Vital Signs is featuring introductions to many of the new faculty members and chief residents who joined us over the past year. Each has been invited to provide some background about their primary professional focus in clinical, research, and/or medical education, what drew them to UW–Madison, their hopes and dreams for their first year, hobbies and interests, and a favorite piece of advice from a mentor or inspiring figure. 

We are pleased to welcome:

Chief Residents

• Nimrod Deiss-Yehiely, MD
• Scott Laurenzo, MD
• Lindsay Matthews, MD
• Emily Owen, MD

Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

• Hilary Faust, MD
• Jacqueline Kruser, MD
• Erin Lowery, MD
• Daniel Rosenberg, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine

• Michael Accavitti, MD
• Dustin Hillerson, MD
• Todd Noreuil, MD
• Aga Silbert, MD
• Amr Youssef, MBBCH, MSC, PhD

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

• Kimberly Daniel, MD
• Amanda DeVoss, MMS, PA-C
• Megan Lutz, MD
• Vinay Patel, MD

General Internal Medicine

• Erik Bartholomew, MD
• Andrew Coyle, MD
• Maryam Famouri, MD, MPH
• Randy Heidel, MD
• Rachel Wilson, DO
• Heidi Twedt, MD

Geriatrics and Gerontology

• Shenikqua Bouges, MD
• Adam Konopka, PhD, MS
• Floreta Shapiro, DO, MA

Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care

• Jeremy Kratz, MD
• Vincent Ma, MD
• Eric Marty, MD
• Saiju Pyarajan, PhD
• Tim Schmidt, MD
• Luke Zurbriggen, MD

Hospital Medicine

• Paul Durick, MD
• Andrew Pap, MD
• Michael Peliska, MD
• Sree Pilla, MD, MPH
• Kyle Schmidt, MD
• Bipin Sunkara, MD
• Tyler Will, MD
• Katrina Wolfe, MD
• Yinzhong Zhang, MD, PhD

Infectious Disease

• Swapnil Lanjewar, MD

Nephrology

• Ravi Patel, MBBS

Rheumatology

• Ann Chodara, MD
• Justin Levinson, MD, MBA

Banner: Dr. Deiss-Yehiely at the hospital. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.