About our fellows
The Ohio State Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is committed to training the next generation of professionals in gastrointestinal care. We offer several fellowship programs that help students strengthen their knowledge of subdisciplines such as endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and transplant hepatology.
Advanced Endoscopy Fellows
Steve Serrao, MD
Gastroenterology Fellows
Third year fellows
Delvise Fogwe, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Rachel Hannum, MD
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Naima Hashi, MD
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Garren Montgomery, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Vanisha Patel, MD
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Adam Spandorfer, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Second year fellows
Abigail Braun, MD
Judy Daboul, MD
Tassiana Maloof, MD
Suraj Pai, MD
Gavisha Waidyaratne, MD
Akul Yajnik, MD
First year fellows
Morgan Ferrell, MD
Joanna Jiang, MD
Bryn Koehler, MD
Matt Leupold, MD
Joshua Morny, MD
Da Yeon Ryoo, MD
IBD Fellow
No fellows
Gastroenterology fellow alumni
- Fadi Hawa, MD
- Chineze Akusoba, MD
- Allie Bery, MD
- Brandon Chu, MD
- Tricia Hengehold, MD
- Fred Karaisz, MD
- Albert Manudhane, MD
- Erin Bouquet, MD: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, OH)
- Alyssa Drosdak, MD: Licking Memorial Health System (Newark, OH)
- Arsheya Patel, MD: Gastro Health (Towson, MD)
- Antoinette Pusateri, MD: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, OH)
- Abirami Thiyagarajan, MD: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, OH)
- Maryam Alimirah, MD: University Hospitals St. John Medical Center (Westlake, OH)
- Kenny Allen, DO: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, OH)
- Wei “Ray” Lu, MD: Gastroenterology of Greater Orlando (Orlando, FL)
- Chelsey McShane, MD: Community Health Network (Indianapolis, IN)
- Elain Shao, MD: Swedish Health Services (Seattle, WA)
- Samuel Akinyeye, MD: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, OH)
- Matthew Bender, MD: University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA)
- Andrew Kruger, DO: Monmouth Gastroenterology (Oakhurst, NJ)
- Ashley Nickerson, DO: Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA)
- Kishan Patel, MD: Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (Woodbridge, VA)