Image Our Fellows Internal Medicine Fellowships Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Our Fellows Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows In This Section Program Leaders and Core Faculty Our Faculty and Staff Rotations Didactics and Training Our Fellows Fellowship Tracks How to Apply Social Media About Lexington and UK PGY-6 Loor Alshawa, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-6 Education: Indiana University School of Medicine Christopher Distel, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-6 Education: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine Zachary Fyffe, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-6 Rachana Mendpara, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-6 PGY-5 Caroline Blake, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-5 Catherine Cashy, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-5 Lauren Crossman, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-5 Education: University of Kentucky, Emory University (IM Residency) Hometown: Northern Kentucky About Lauren Why did you choose the University of Kentucky? Strong clinical training, emphasis on medical education, supportive co-fellows What are your hobbies? Gardening, cooking, spending time with my dog and husband, going to breweries with friends Evan Stearns, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-5 Education: UK (medical school and residency) Hometown: Louisville, KY PGY-4 Eugene Almazan, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Education: Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine Momina Amjad, MBBS Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Jonathan Mathes, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Ajay Siva, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Critical Care Medicine Fellows PGY-6 Atabak Parsa, MD Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-6 Education: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Hometown: Shiraz, Iran About Atabak Why did you choose the University of Kentucky? UK is one of the Prestigious, highest rank programs over the nation. What do you like about your program? Super friendly environment, respectful, knowledgeable attendings What are your hobbies? Biking, gardening, road trip PGY-5 Valentina Maksymyuk, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-5 PGY-4 Ryan Briskie, DO Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Sikder Hassan, MBBS Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 Jayesh Patel, MBBS Internal Medicine GME Program: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Summary: Year: PGY-4 IP Fellow PGY-7 Brenda Garcia, MD Internal Medicine Positions Held: Interventional Pulmonary Fellow