Residency and Fellowship Programs
Current Residents and Fellows
Residents in the VCU Department of Radiology represent some of the top graduates in their medical programs. We pride ourselves on providing an advanced residency program that challenges and trains the next generation of radiologists and are excited to welcome our current residents to the Department.
For more information on residency schedules, recommended texts, research and conferences, visit the Radiology Resident Resources Web site.
First-year Residents – Class of 2011
Catherine D. Buhler
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
- M.S. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2002
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Karen E. Gerlach
- M.D. – Tulane University School of Medicine, 2003
- M.S. – Tulane University, 2001
- Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology – University of Texas, Houston, TX, 2005
Jonathan Ha
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, 2006
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Robert M. Kennedy IV
- M.D. – University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 2006
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Rekha I. Kishore
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
- Internship – Riverside Regional Medical Center, 2006-07
Jamil Muasher
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Aaron D. Nordgren
- M.D. – Florida State University College of Medicine, 2006
- Internship – Riverside Regional Medical Center, 2006-07
Jeffery D. Settles II
- M.D. – University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2006
- Internship – Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006-07
Kenneth B. Uy
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2002
- Internship – National Naval Medical Center, 2002-03
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Second-year Residents – Class of 2010
S. Mehdi Bathaii
- M.D. – Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 1999
- Research fellow – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2003-04
- Internship – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2004-05
- Residency, Nuclear Medicine – University of Pennsylvania, 2005-06
Reordan DeJesus
- M.D. – Pontifical Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Domincan Republic, 2000
- Internship, General Surgery – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2004-06
Elizabeth Ellison
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 1999
- M.S., Physiology and Biophysics – Georgetown University, 1995
- Residency, Emergency Medicine – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1999-2002
- Private practice, Emergency Medicine, 2002-06
A. Janae Johnson
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
- M.S., anatomy – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2001
- Internship – Riverside, Norfolk, VA, 2005-06
Nicole Kelleher
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
- M.S., anatomy – 2001
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2005-06
Michael Lombino
- M.D. – NYU School of Medicine, 2003
- Internship – Staten Island University, New York, 2005-06
G. Shepard Morano
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2005-06
Brian Suddarth
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
- Internship – Riverside, Norfolk, VA, 2005-06
Yang Tang
- M.D. – Peking Union University
- Residency – Peking Union University
- Ph.D., Neuroscience – University of Cincinnati, 2002
- Research scientist – University of Cincinnati, 2002-04
- Research scientist – University of California, Davis, 2004-05
- Internship – University of Minnesota, 2005-06
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Third-year Residents – Class of 2009
Arash Chehrazi
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2004
- Internship – Georgetown University Hospital, 2004-05
William C. Fox
- M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, TX, 2004
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2004-05
Joseph Ghitis
- M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, 2003
- Internship – Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004-04
John C. Kirkham
- M.D. – George Washington University, 2004
- Internship – Riverside, Norfolk, VA, 2004-05
David Polinger-Hyman
- M.D. – State University of New York, Brooklyn, 2003
- Internship – Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, 2003-04
Ami M. Sethi
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Internship – Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania, 2004-04
Garrick T. Sherman
- M.D. – University of Kentucky, 2004
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2004-05
Dishant Shah
- M.D. – University of Vermont, 2004
- Internship – Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut, 2005-05
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – Fletcher Allen Health Care, 2005-06
Maria R. Torrone
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2004
- Internship – Georgetown University Hospital, 2004-05
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Fourth-year Residents – Class of 2008
Jiyearn Chung
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Internship – NY Hospital, Queens, NY, 2003-04
Robert Conklin
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Internship – University of Virginia, Roanoke, VA, and Salem, VA, 2003-04
Atul Gupta
- M.D. – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2003
- Internship – University of Virginia, Roanoke, VA, and Salem, VA, 2003-04
Gregory Klisch
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Ph.D., Immunology – VCU, Richmond, VA, 1999
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-04
Brad J. Robinson
- M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, TX, 2003
- Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-04
Narinder N. Sethi
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Internship – York Hospital, York, PA, 2003-04
Jeff A. Vandesand
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
- Internship – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2003-04
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Nuclear Medicine Resident
Carolyn S. Harris
- M.D. – Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2004
- Internship – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2006-07
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Fellows
Rakesh Agarwal
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 1996
- M.S. – VCU, Richmond, VA, 2001
- Internship, Internal Medicine – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2001-02
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, MRI – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
W. Scott Conrad
- M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2002
- M.S. - VCU, Richmond, VA, 1998
- Internship, Internal Medicine – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2002-03
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, Musculoskeletal – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Vidhi Gupta
- M.D. – University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 2000
- Internship, Internal Medicine – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2000-01
- Residency, Internal Medicine – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2001-03
- Residency, Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, Women’s Imaging– VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Michael P. Habeeb
- M.D. – State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 2002
- Internship, Internal Medicine – Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, 2002-03
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, MRI – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Daniel W. Kirkham
- M.D. – George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2002
- Internship, Transitional – Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA, 2002-03
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO, 2003-07
- Fellowship, MRI – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Ashley G. Merritt
- M.D. – University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 1998
- Internship, Transitional – Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, AL, 1998-99
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 1999-2003
- Fellowship, MRI – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
James F. Primich
- M.D. – Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1999
- Internship, Transitional – Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, 1999-2000
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, MRI – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
John M. Wessinger
- M.D. – University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 2002
- Internship, Transitional – Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Systems, Spartanburg, SC, 2002-03
- Residency, Diagnostic Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-07
- Fellowship, Interventional Radiology – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
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