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Integrated Vascular and Interventional Radiology Alumni

Class of 2025

Name	Education	Initial Plans Post-Training
Image James Ford, MD	Undergraduate: St. John’s University Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Intern Year: Rush General Surgery	Private Practice - Mayo, Wisconsin
Image Jeff Hirsh, MD	Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis Medical School: University of Virginia Intern Year: Rush General Surgery	Private Practice - Radiology Associates of Richmond, Virginia
Image Ryan Hoogmoed, MD	Undergraduate: Grand Valley State University Medical School: University of Michigan Intern Year: Rush General Surgery	Corwell Health, Michigan
Image Noam Kupfer, MD	Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis Medical School: Loyola Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Intern Year: Rush General Surgery	Northwest Radiology Associates, Chicago, IL

Class of 2024

Name	Education	Initial Plans Post-Training
Shelly Bhanot, MD	Undergraduate: Knox College Medical School: George Washington University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Chicago, IL - Cook County
Image Faris Galambo, MD	Undergraduate: The University of Tampa Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Salt Lake City, UT - University of Utah
Image Dustin Gulizia, MD	Undergraduate: Texas A&M University Medical School: University of Texas at Houston Medical School Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Private Practice - IL
Image Anel Yakupovich, MD	Undergraduate: Arizona State University Medical School: Rush University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Private Practice - CA

Class of 2023

Name	Education	Initial Plans Post-Training
Image Vaishak Amblee, MD	Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Riverside Medical Center - Kankakee IL
Image Ryan Lutz, MD	Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital - IL
Image Omar Uddin, MD	Undergraduate: Northwestern University Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Private - WI
Image Chetan Velagapudi, MD	Undergraduate: Northwestern University Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Methodist Hospitals - IN

Class of 2022

Name	Education	Initial Plans Post-Training
Michael Dombroski, MD	Undergraduate: Boston College Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Fellowship: Interventional Radiology	Hybrid - Chicago, IL
Maria Kotarska, MD	Undergraduate: Arizona State University Medical School: Rush University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Hybrid - Chicago, IL
Victor Nguyen, MD	Undergraduate: University of Washington-Seattle Medical School: The Ohio State University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Private - Vancouver, WA
Westley Zimmer, MD	Undergraduate: Miami University (OH) Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency	Private - Chicago (Suburbs), IL