Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows

• Sarah Cohen, MD Third year fellow

  Sarah grew up in Roanoke, Virginia. She obtained her MD from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, and then completed Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at Duke in Durham, North Carolina. She moved to Columbus in 2019 to start a combined fellowship in Adult Pulmonary & Critical Care and Pediatric Pulmonary at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital. Her interests are in pulmonary conditions that affect patients across the lifespan, including but not limited to adolescents & young adults in their transition from pediatric to adult care. She is doing research in mechanisms, causes, and treatment of alveolar hemorrhage. To further her interest in clinical research, she is pursuing a Masters in Medical Science degree through OSU. When not at work, she enjoys checking out local restaurants with friends, and exploring the Columbus metro parks with her dog.

• Matthew Huang, MD Third year fellow

  Matt grew up in Lexington, KY. He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Minnesota and medical school at the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine. Matt started his training in combined emergency medicine and internal medicine residency at Christiana Care in Newark, Delaware. He transferred during his 3rd year of residency to be closer to family and finished out his EMIM training here at The Ohio State University. He served as one of the EMIM Chief Residents his final year of residency. Matt is passionate about the clinical aspects of pulmonary and critical care medicine in addition to exploring basic/translational research in the field. Matt is an avid hockey fan and player. He enjoys watching sports, traveling, lawn chairs and firepits.

• Alexys Monoson, MD Third year fellow

  Alexys is originally from Colorado, though she has spent most of her time over the past few years on the East Coast. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University and completed medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. She then did her residency in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, where she discovered her passion for pulmonology and critical care. She recently moved to Columbus for fellowship in 2020. Her areas of interest include the effects of air pollution on pulmonary disease, asthma, and medical education. In her spare time she and her boyfriend enjoy falconry, aquarium keeping, and exploring the outdoors. She is also working on her SCUBA certification.

• Kaitlyn Shrake, MD Third year fellow

  Kate is an Ohio native, originally from the Cincinnati area, and has ‘toured the Ohio countryside’ throughout her various levels of training. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Ohio University (Go Bobcats!) and her Medical Degree from the University of Toledo. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center before moving to Columbus for Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at OSU. Kate is pursuing a career as a medical educator and is currently working on building a chest radiology curriculum for the fellowship as her longitudinal scholarly project. Alongside this, she is also participating in faculty-level educator development programs to expand her knowledge and skill in teaching and curriculum design. She also very much enjoys teaching procedural skills to residents and medical students in the simulation center. Once COVID (eventually) comes to a steady state, Kate hopes to get involved in a community theater or perhaps try her hand as a storyteller at The Moth!

• Patrick Sylvester, MD Third year fellow

  Although Pat did his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois, he's since converted as a Buckeye. He came to Columbus for medical school and since then has stayed on to complete a combined residency training program in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at OSU. Outside of his clinical duties, Pat has a strong interest in medical education-- specifically with regards to procedure training and point-of-care ultrasound. Outside of work, Pat enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters exploring the multitude of family-friendly activities in Columbus.

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• Caleb Taylor, MD Third year fellow

  Caleb comes to OSU from Arizona. He performed his undergraduate education at Arizona State University majoring in biochemistry / medicinal chemistry and then went on to obtain a masters in public health and a medical degree from the University of Arizona. He completed a residency in internal medicine and emergency medicine before becoming a pulmonary critical care fellow and joining the division here at Ohio State. His research interests lie mostly in procedural education and curriculum design. He really enjoys airway management and researching airways and other high acuity, low opportunity procedures. In his free time he enjoys spending time with family, hiking, cooking and trying new foods, and going to sporting events or concerts. He tries to find time to pursue hobbies including performance driving, firearms training, and dog training. He has a lovely wife and daughter and two Akita puppies who help make his life as full at home as it is at work.

• Akshay Vijayaraman, MD Third year fellow

  Akshay grew up in Akron, Ohio and he went to medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He completed his combined Med-Peds residency at OSU/NCH, and now is currently completing his Pulmonary/Critical care fellowship at OSU. His clinical and research interests include asthma and pulmonary hypertension. He is interested in medical education and enjoys working with students and residents. In his free time, he enjoys the numerous microbreweries and distilleries that Columbus has to offer.

• Ian Bentley, MD Second year fellow

  Ian is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. He did his undergraduate studies at Xavier University and received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He then moved down south to Nashville, Tennessee to complete his Internal Medicine residency at Vanderbilt University. He is now back in Ohio and looking forward to exploring another new city as a fellow at Ohio State University. He isn't quite sure what his career will look like, but his early interests indude critical care and interstitial lung diseases. In his free time, he loves to play and watch basketball, eat and drink, hike, spend time with his wife, and play with his cat.

• Michelle Gillespie, MD Second year fellow

  Michelle is originally from Needham, MA. She obtained her undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary and her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her internal medicine and pediatric residency at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital, including a year as chief resident from 2020-2021. She is doing a combined fellowship in adult pulmonary/critical care and pediatric pulmonary medicine. Her clinical and research interests are in transitions of care from pediatric to adult medicine, including pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, lung transplant, and rare lung diseases. She is also passionate about critical care medicine, medical education, and physician wellness. Outside of work, she enjoys playing soccer, running, baking, needlepointing, watching Disney movies, using tiny spoons to eat ice cream, reading, and supporting Boston sports teams - go Pats!

• Josh Gordon, MD Second year fellow

  Josh is originally from Scottsdale, Arizona. He received his undergraduate degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Russian Studies from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and received his M.D. from the UA in Phoenix. He moved to Columbus in 2017 and completed his internal medicine residency in 2020 and served as a Chief Resident from 2020-2021. His clinical interests include ILD, COPD, and pulmonary hypertension. His past research interests include ARDS in the ICU and assessing the role that malignancy has on development of this syndrome. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family, girlfriend, and cat, Cricket. He enjoys cooking, football, and playing gin rummy.

• Kashika Goyal, MD Second year fellow

  Kashi grew up in rural Minnesota before moving to Ohio. She obtained her M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. After becoming a true Buckeye fan, Kashi moved to the northeast to complete her internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Prior to applying for fellowship, she worked as a hospitalist and teaching attending. It was during this time she developed both a clinical and research interests in communication strategies in the ICU, how these strategies are taught and the role of palliative care in advanced pulmonary disease. Kashi is passionate about graduate medical education and looking forward to expanding her role as a clinician teacher. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, Anika. Most weekends include enjoying the Ohio outdoors and eating cookies with her daughter (mostly chocolate chip).

• Laura Leuenberger, MD Second year fellow

  Laura is originally from Hershey, Pennsylvania. After college at Columbia University and some time working in research, she went to medical school at Penn State College of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency at University of Michigan. Her research interests include microaggressions in medical education, inequality in ICU care and post ICU care. Outside work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their pets, being outdoors (especially running and hiking), and baking.

• Geoff Newcomb, MD Second year fellow

  Geoff is originally from Columbus, Ohio. He obtained his B.S. in biology from Georgetown University and his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He moved to Rochester, New York In 2017 where he completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He served as a chief resident prior to starting fellowship in 2021. His research and clinical interests include advanced management and outcomes of patients with submassive PE. He is also interested pulmonary hypertension and CTEPH. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, hiking, golfing, exercising, watching sports and attempting new cooking recipes.

• Tyler Haddad, DO First year fellow

  Tyler is originally Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He completed Bachelor's Degrees in Health & Exercise Science and Psychology at Wake Forest University. After working for three years at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, he moved to Maine for medical school at the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine. He went on to complete Internal Medicine residency at Ohio State University and was thrilled to stay on for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. His research and clinical interests include pulmonary toxicities of cancer treatments, hyperoxia in the intensive care unit, and global health. He is an avid traveler and has enjoyed time in over 20 countries. He loves exploring new places and foods with his wife, sailing, hiking, live music, and Boston sports teams.

• Michael Koenig, MD First year fellow

  Michael grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, and traveled down the road to the University of Virginia for college where he majored in chemistry. He has played the drums since he was five years old and in college was a member of the Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and University of Virginia Drumline, where he was Quad Section Leader. Before Michael graduated from college, his parents moved to Morehead, Kentucky, where they currently reside. He attended the University of Kentucky College of Medicine where he realized a lifelong dream of working with and being taught by his father, a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University. While a resident, he performed a secondary analysis of The Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial, which compared Lactated Ringer’s versus saline among critically ill adults with cirrhosis. Michael’s other interests include playing tennis, golf, UVA basketball, and traveling. He is excited to start fellowship training and get to know OSU and the city of Columbus better.

• Patrick Kramer, MD First year fellow

  Hailing from Northeast Ohio, Patrick completed medical school at Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine followed by internal medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University – University Hospitals in Cleveland. He has also spent time as an academic hospitalist in Cleveland and previously completed a Fulbright research grant in Singapore. Career interests include diagnostic reasoning, COPD management strategies, and adult learning strategies within medical education. He loves cheering on the Buckeyes, and also enjoys brewing coffee and playing disc golf. You can find him exploring the outdoors or findings new restaurants with his wife in his free time.

• Ayal Levi, MD First year fellow

  Ayal was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and went to the University of Victoria where he completed a BSc in Biopsychology before attending medical school at Ben-Gurion University in Israel and completing Internal Medicine Residency at National Jewish-Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. His clinical interests are in ARDs, Sepsis, and outpatient monitoring with biosensors. He is also passionate about education (not only his own). When not in the hospital, he loves spending time with his wife, two children, and occasionally lifting a weight or two.

• Sarah MacDowell, MD First year fellow

  Sarah grew up in Cincinnati, OH and Northern Illinois. She went to undergrad at Knox College (Galesburg, IL) and medical school at George Washington University (Washington, DC). She came to Columbus in 2016 when she started combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at OSU-NCH. She then completed a Clinician Educator fellowship and worked as a hospitalist while starting her MPH at OSU. From a medical education perspective, she is interested in curriculum development, assessment methods, and learning technology. From a clinical and research perspective she is interested in caregiver burden, post-ICU care, respiratory failure in neuromuscular conditions, and transitions of care from pediatric to adult care. Outside of work she enjoys exploring the Columbus park system with her husband and their dog Wanda, swimming, making coffee, and going to breweries.

• Nate Nesbitt, MD First year fellow

  Nate is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. He obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in Physiology at the University of Arizona, then moved to Columbus, Ohio to earn his Medical Degree at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He returned to Columbus complete his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship in 2022. His medical interests include critical care, mechanical ventilation, medical education, and optimizing both physical and psychological outcomes in the ICU. Outside of medicine his interests include spending time with his partner, exercising, reading, and traveling.

• Andrew Wodarcyk, MD First year fellow

  Andrew grew up in Columbus Ohio and studied Biology and Psychology at The Ohio State University. He graduated from the University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2019 before completing his Internal Medicine residency at Ohio State. His clinical research interests include vasculitis, pulmonary hypertension, and prediction and prevention of post-intensive care syndromes. When not at work, he enjoys weightlifting, running, golf, crosswords, DIY home projects and spending time with his dog, Eddie, and his expanding family.

Interventional Pulmonology Fellows

• Enam Josan, MD 2021-2022 Fellow

  Enam is originally from northern India and obtained his medical degree from Government Medical College, Amritsar in 2014. He moved to the United States of America in 2015 to pursue residency in Internal Medicine from East Tennessee State University. He finished his Pulmonary disease and Critical care medicine fellowship from Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth in 2021 where he also served as the chief fellow during the senior year. He is passionate about trainee education and is the recipient of the Fellowship excellence award form CWRU/MetroHealth. He is actively involved in multiple national societies such as Training workgroup of American College of Chest Physician (ACCP) and Fellow workgroup of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD). His clinical interests include therapeutic interventions in lung cancer and simulated procedural training. In his leisure time, he enjoys his time on PlayStation and exploring new cuisines with his wife.

• Karthik Vijayan, MD 2020-2021 Fellow

  MD: JJM Medical College
  Residency program: JJM Medical College
  Employer: University of Florida
  
  
  Clinical Interests: Intervention Pulmonary
  Research Interests: Navigation Bronchoscopy, Central airway obstruction
  Hometown: Coimbatore, India

• Virgil Secasanu, MD 2018-2019 Fellow

  MD: University of Central Florida
  Residency program: University of Colorado, Denver
  Employer: Mount Carmel Health Systems
  
  Clinical Interests: critical care, malignant pleural effusions, pleurodesis
  Research Interests: predictors of failure of indwelling tunneled pleural catheters, medical device development, rapid prototyping, biomedical engineering
  Hometown: Atlanta, GA
  

   

• Prarthna Chandar, MD 2018-2019 Fellow

  MD: Government Kilpauk Medical College
  Residency program: Maimonides Medical Center (India)
  Employer: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

  Clinical interests: Pulmonary, critical care, Interventional Pulmonology
  Research interests: Endobronchial valves, medical thoracoscopy
  Hometown: Chennai, India

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• Larry Ladi, MD 2014-2015 fellow

  Employer: Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, OH

• Alejandro Sardi, MD 2015-2016 fellow

  Employer: Emory St. Joseph's Hospital

• Muralidhar Kondapaneni, MD 2013-2014 fellow

  Employer: Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL

• Abdulgadir Adam, MD 2012-2013 fellow

  Employer: Group Practice, Berkley, Michigan

• Umair Gauhar, MD 2011-2012 fellow

  Employer: University of Louisville

Sleep Medicine Fellows

• David Drees, MD

  Med School: Ohio State University
  Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

• Ali Mahdi, MD

  Med School: Trinity College Dublin
  Residency: JFK University Medical Center