Overview
Clinic
In May 2023, the Internal Medicine residency clinic moved from a space shared with non-physician providers to the Harnett Health Internal Medicine clinic, a 7,150 sq ft clinic. The clinic has 12 exam rooms, 9 resident workspaces, 4 faculty offices, and a large conference space.
Residents follow a panel of patients in their weekly continuity clinic throughout their three years of residency. Expertise in outpatient medicine is integral to internal medicine training, regardless of future career plans. The continuity clinic experience is one of the most important and meaningful of residency training. The resident is the primary care physician for their panel of patients, working in conjunction with the clinic attending. The resident gets to form a meaningful relationship with their patients through this experience.
The ambulatory care clinic months expose the residents to common acute care issues seen in primary care. Residents develop skills triaging patients, prioritizing medical issues, selecting appropriate investigations, and arranging proper follow-up care. Panel management is integrated into the resident’s clinic experiences.
Clinic Faculty
- Elizabeth Butcher, MD MPH&TM
- IM Program Director
- CUSOM Adjunct Assistant Professor
- James Cappola, MD FACP
- CUSOM Chair and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
- Zachary Nevolo, DO
- CUSOM Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Jeanna Ashman Stover, DO
- Harnett Health IM Graduate
- Harnett Health Hospitalist
- David Tolentino, DO
- CUSOM Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
- CUSOM Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
- Prabhakar Vaidya, MBBS
- CUSOM Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Quick Facts about Harnett Health Internal Medicine Clinic
- Faculty to Resident ratio is never greater than 1:4
- Nurse to Resident ratio is never greater than 1:2
- Epic integrated in the clinic and the hospital
- Very diverse patient population
- Almost half of our patients are <50 years of age
- Multiple races and ethnicities
- One-third of patients have commercial insurance
- Financial assistance program for uninsured patients
- Patient numbers are: PGY1s 5, PGY2s 6, PGY3s 7 per half day
- Hour long new patient appointments
- Half-hour long follow-up patient appointments
PGY-1
Ogbonnaya Akuma, MD
Afreen Aleem, MD
Vaishnavi Kandukuri, MD
Ravdeep Mathone, MD
Sanjana Allam, MD
David Ryu, MD
Bigyan Paudel, MD
PGY-2
Areej Elshafie, MD
Lathan-Steele Henderson, DO
Vahid Kheirollah, MD
Tyler Meyer, DO
Krusha Patel, MD
Talha Qasim, MD
Rostan Kouokam Sipowa, MD
Sunny Patel, MD
PGY-3
Akinwale Akingbule, MD
Sudheshna Chanamallu, MD
Zain Syed, DO
Sean Vallabh, DO
Pryia Simmons, MD
Al-Mounawara Yaya, MD
Priyanka Barad, MD
