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

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

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

Jonathan Ha

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, 2006
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Robert M. Kennedy IV

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

Rekha I. Kishore

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
  • Internship – Riverside Regional Medical Center, 2006-07
Jamil  Muasher

Jamil Muasher

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2006-07
Aaron D.  Nordgren

Aaron D. Nordgren

  • M.D. – Florida State University College of Medicine, 2006
  • Internship – Riverside Regional Medical Center, 2006-07
Jeffery D.  Settles II

Jeffery D. Settles II

  • M.D. – University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2006
  • Internship – Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006-07
Kenneth B. Uy

Kenneth B. Uy

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2002
  • Internship – National Naval Medical Center, 2002-03

Second-year Residents – Class of 2010

S. Mehdi Bathaii

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

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

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

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

G. Shepard Morano

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2005-06
Brian Suddarth

Brian Suddarth

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
  • Internship – Riverside, Norfolk, VA, 2005-06
Yang Tang

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

Third-year Residents – Class of 2009

Arash Chehrazi

Arash Chehrazi

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2004
  • Internship – Georgetown University Hospital, 2004-05
William C. Fox

William C. Fox

  • M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, TX, 2004
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2004-05
Joseph Ghitis

Joseph Ghitis

  • M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, 2003
  • Internship – Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004-04
John C. Kirkham

John C. Kirkham

  • M.D. – George Washington University, 2004
  • Internship – Riverside, Norfolk, VA, 2004-05
David  Polinger-Hyman

David Polinger-Hyman

  • M.D. – State University of New York, Brooklyn, 2003
  • Internship – Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, 2003-04
Ami M. Sethi

Ami M. Sethi

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
  • Internship – Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania, 2004-04
Garrick T.  Sherman

Garrick T. Sherman

  • M.D. – University of Kentucky, 2004
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2004-05
Dishant Shah

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

Maria R. Torrone

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2004
  • Internship – Georgetown University Hospital, 2004-05

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

Robert Conklin

  • M.D. – VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2003
  • Internship – University of Virginia, Roanoke, VA, and Salem, VA, 2003-04
Atul Gupta

Atul Gupta

  • M.D. – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2003
  • Internship – University of Virginia, Roanoke, VA, and Salem, VA, 2003-04
Gregory Klisch

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

Brad J. Robinson

  • M.D. – University of Texas, Galveston, TX, 2003
  • Internship – VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 2003-04
Narinder N.  Sethi

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

Nuclear Medicine Resident

Carolyn S.  Harris

Carolyn S. Harris

  • M.D. – Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2004
  • Internship – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2006-07

Fellows

Rakesh  Agarwal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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