Department of Internal Medicine Divisions and Faculty
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Hospitalist
Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology
Research
Cardiology

Vijay Ramu, MD
Professor, Division Chief & Program Director, Cardiology
Endocrinology

Deepika Nallala, MD, FACE
Associate Professor
Endocrinology

Rabindra Lamichhane, MD
Assistant Professor
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology

Mark Young, MD
Professor, Division Chief, Fellowship Director
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine

Holly Berndt, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine-Kingsport
General Internal Medicine

William Dodd, MD
Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine

Katie Masters, DO
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine

Tu Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Shari Rajoo, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine

Kenneth E. Olive, MD
Professor, Associate Program Director, Accreditation Compliance
General Internal Medicine

Blair Reece, MD
Residency Program Director, Associate
Professor
General Internal Medicine

Alora Ricker, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine

Stephen Sauer, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Clerkship Director

Krishna Pulivarthi, MD
Division Chief of General Internal Medicine-Kingsport, Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine, Kingsport Office, Program Director of Ambulatory Medicine

Rupal Shah, MD
Professor, Division Chief of General Internal Medicine - Johnson City

Rebecca Copeland, MD
Associate Professor
General Internal Medicine

T.J. Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
General Internal Medicine
Hospitalist

Christopher Cook, DO
Assistant Professor, Division Chief of Hospital Medicine
Internal Medicine

Phil Dougherty, DO
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine

Dan Frechtling, MD
Assistant Professor
Clerkship Director
General Internal Medicine

Sagar Goyal, MD
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine

Taif Khattak, MD
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine

Deidre Pierce, MD
Professor, Chair

Tander Simberloff, MD
Assistant Professor-Hospitalist
General Internal Medicine -HVMC; JCMC

Harsha Vedantam, MD
Associate Program Director of Academics, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Alina Bhat, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology

Bradley Beeler, MD, FACP
Associate Professor/Vice-Chair of Fellowship Education and Development
Hematology and Oncology

Sakshi Singal, MD
Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director - Oncology
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Diseases

Mathew Finniss, MD
Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease

Lamis Wahid Ibrahim, MD
Professor, Division Chief, Infectious Disease
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Matthew Krolikowski, DO
Associate Professor, FACOI
Infectious Disease

Whitney Krolikowski, DO
Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease

Jonathan Moorman, MD, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair of Research and Scholarship, Division Chief, Associate Vice President for Clinical Research, Cecile Cox Quillen Chair of Excellence in Geriatrics and Gerontology
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Zhi Qiang Yao, MD, PhD
Professor, Division Chief of Research
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease
Dishner Chair of Excellence

Wael Shams, MD
Professor
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Paras Patel, MD
Professor, Fellowship Director, Infectious Disease/Critical Care Medicine
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Neethu Vedantam, MD
Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease

Dima Youssef, MD
Associate Professor
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

David Tierney, Ph.D
Assistant Professor & Director of Behavorial Health at COE for HIV/Aids
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Wael El Minaoui, MD
Associate Professor, Fellowship Director
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology

James Baker, MD
Assistant Professor
Rheumatology

Ashley Blaske, MD
Assistant Professor
Rheumatology

Shrey Gole, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director of Research
Rheumatology

Suzanne Moore, MD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Mentorship
Rheumatology
Research

Mohammad Hajipour, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
Internal Medicine

Zhi Qiang Yao, MD, PhD
Professor, Division Chief of Research
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease
Dishner Chair of Excellence

Melissa White-Archer, DrPH
Biostatistician, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Ling Wang, PhD
Associate Professor
General Internal Medicine

Mohamed Elgazzar, PhD
Professor
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

Madison Schank, PhD
Assistant Professor

Shunbin Ning, Ph.D
Professor
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Jonathan Moorman, MD, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair of Research and Scholarship, Division Chief, Associate Vice President for Clinical Research, Cecile Cox Quillen Chair of Excellence in Geriatrics and Gerontology
Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease

Juan Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor
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