2016 Graduating EM Residents

2016 Graduating EM Residents


POSTED IN: Summer 2016,

June has arrived and that means that it’s time to bid farewell to graduating residents from across the state. These individuals have spent the last 3-4 years honing their craft and learning what it means to be an emergency physician. In the process they have cared for countless Missourians and improved the health of our state.

Nine of the 28 residents listed below are planning to practice or complete fellowships in the state of Missouri. Please welcome our newest group of colleagues!

Saint Louis University

Scott C. Birdwell, MD: (Schumacher Group) – DePaul Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Yui “Julie” Dai, MD: (Ergentus Outsourced Emergency Department Physician Services) SCL Health Colorado

Andrew R. Krieger, MD: (St. Jude Emergency Physicians ) – St. Joseph Health – St. Jude Medical Center, California

Astha Mor, MD: Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York

Zachary D. Rynerson, MD: (California Emergency Physicians) – Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois

Nicholas Watson, MD: (California Emergency Physicians) – Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois

University of Missouri – Kansas City

Abby Blackman, MD: Emergency Physicians of St Petersburg, Florida

Shelley Bridgford, MD: North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Robert Edmonds, MD: Langley Air Force Hospital, Hampton, Virginia

Elliott Fried, MD: Overland Park Regional Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas

Jeff Hassenflug, MD: St Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont , Texas

Melina Keithly, DO: Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas

Shirley Kwan, MD: Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida

Samantha Nohava, MD: Emergency Medical Specialists, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Ravi Patel, DO: Belton Regional Medical Center, Belton, Missouri

Hunter White, MD: Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Washington University School of Medicine

Sean Cavanaugh, MD – Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

Kevin Cullison, MD – Washington University, St. Louis, then to University of Pittsburgh

Maia Dorsett, MD – EMS Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Brendan Fitzpatrick, MD – (Schumacher Group) – St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Michael Galante, MD – Travis Air Force Base, California

Louis Jamtgaard, MD – Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri

Lydia Luangruangrong, MD – Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, California

Aurora Lybeck, MD – EMS Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sara Manning, MD – Faculty at University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Alicia Oberle, MD – Ultrasound Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Sam Smith, MD – EMS Fellowship, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado

Laura Wallace – Ultrasound Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri