UHSA
Graduate Medical Education
Resident & Fellow Compact Ceremony
Friday, June 26, 2026
1 – 3 p.m.
Morehouse School of Medicine
National Center for Primary Care
Program
Welcome
Dr. Macy McNair
Mistress of Ceremonies
Associate Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Dr. Chinedu Ivonye
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
Occasion
Dr. Riba C. Kelsey
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Resident Compact & White Coat Ceremony
Participating Faculty, Fellows and Residents
Faculty & Resident/Fellow Compact Reading
Dr. Judith Volcy
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Dr. Michele Mack
RFA Leadership AY2025-26/Outgoing Family Medicine Chief Resident
Dr. Mariah Rolle
Rising Chief Resident, Family Medicine Residency
New Chief Pinning Ceremony
Rising Chief Residents
Pinning Ceremony & Closing Remarks
Dr. Chinedu Ivonye
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
Intern & Fellow Pinning
Family Medicine Residency Program*
Dr. Folashade Omole Department Chair
Dr. Riba Kelsey Program Director
Dr. Macy McNair Associate Program Director
Rita Akiyode, MPA Program Manager
Jenelle Charlton-Broomes Program Assistant
Dr. Mariah Rolle Rising Chief Resident
General Surgery Residency Program*
Dr. John Stewart Department Chair
Dr. Kimberly Miller-Hammond Program Director
Dr. Roberto Cortez Associate Program Director
Dr. Sitaram Chivukula Associate Program Director
Dollmesha Greene, MBA Director, Surgical Education
*All Available Faculty Members
Zaynah Hamilton Program Manager
Dr. Jennifer Butler Rising Chief Resident
Dr. Sasha Corbin Rising Chief Resident
Dr. Chevar South Rising Chief Resident
Internal Medicine Residency Program*
Dr. Priscilla Pemu
Department Chair
Dr. Judith Volcy
Program Director
Dr. Dokun Dario
Associate Program Director
Dr. Nkechi Mbaezue
Associate Program Director
Dr. Amber Boyd
Associate Program Director
Dr. Amy Miller
Associate Program Director
Riehym McCarty
Program Manager
Jatae Darden
Program Coordinator
Audrey Thomas Program Coordinator
Dr. Chima Amadi
Chief Resident
Dr. Theodora Esomonye
Rising Chief Resident
Dr. Dimitri Ford
Rising Chief Resident
Dr. Jamil Joyner
Rising Chief Resident
Neurology Residency Program
Dr. Chantale Branson
Program Director
Dr. Ryan Kollar
Associate Program Director
Nida Pornpailin Patimavirujih, MPA Program Manager
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program*
Dr. Roland Matthews
Department Chair
Dr. Kiwita Phillips
Program Director
Dr. Raimot Olanrewaju
Associate Program Director
*All Available Faculty Members
Ebony Mackey
Program Manager
Alisa Ware
Program Assistant
Dr. Autumn Acklin
Rising Chief Resident
Pediatrics Residency Program*
Dr. Lynn Gardner Department Chair
Dr. Barbara Menchan
Program Director
Dr. Roger Berkow
Associate Program Director
Dr. Anita Moton
Associate Program Director
Venetta Green Program Manager
Dr. Mirandy Li Rising Chief Resident
Psychiatry Residency Program
Dr. Sarah Vinson Department Chair
Dr. Deirdre Evans-Cosby Program Director
Dr. Sheril Kalarithara
Associate Program Director
Kennyna Landing Program Manager
Kristopher Goodlow Program Coordinator
Dr. Terrance Jenkins Rising Chief Resident
Dr. Kiyana Harris Rising Chief Resident
Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Residency Program*
Dr. Tabia Akintobi Department Chair
Dr. Alex Crosby Program Director
Dr. Sonja Hutchins
Associate Program Director
Ingrid Glenn, MPH Program Manager
Dr. Nicolette Lewis Rising Chief Resident
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program*
Dr. Priscilla Pemu Department Chair
Dr. Yasir Taha Program Director
*All Available Faculty Members
Carla Wagner Program Manager
Tarek Jabi Program Coordinator
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program*
Dr. Francisco Amador
Rising Chief Fellow
Dr. Kisha Burgess
Rising Chief Fellow
Dr. Stephanie Miller
Rising Chief Fellow
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program*
Dr. Sarah Vinson
Department Chair
Dr. Danae Evans
Program Director
Dr. Kamille Williams
Associate Program Director
Kennyna Landing Program Manager
Kristopher Goodlow Program Coordinator
Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program*
Dr. Gerald Gowitt
Program Director
Alma Fuller Program Manager
Gastroenterology Fellowship Program*
Dr. Julia Liu
Program Director
Dr. Jessica Briscoe
Associate Program Director
Nida Pornpailin Patimavirujih, MPA Program Manager
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program*
Dr. Priscilla Pemu
Department Chair
Dr. Marilyn Foreman
Program Director
Dr. Gloria Westney
Associate Program Director
*All Available Faculty Members
Carla Wagner Program Manager
Tarek Jabi Program Coordinator
Dr. Taraq Attumi
Rising Chief Fellow
The Compact
The Compact Between Resident Physicians and Their Teachers is a declaration of the fundamental principles of graduate medical education (GME) and the major commitments of both residents and faculty to the educational process, to each other and to the patients they serve.
The Compact’s purpose is to provide institutional GME sponsors, program directors and residents with a model statement that will foster more open communication, clarify expectations and re-energize the commitment to the primary educational mission of training tomorrow’s doctors.
The Compact was originated by the AAMC and its principles are supported by the following organizations:
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Medical Specialties
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Physicians
American Gastroenterological Association
American Hospital Association, Committee on Health Professions
American Medical Women’s Association
American Orthopaedic Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Pediatric Society
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Association of Academic Health Centers
Association of Academic Physiatrists
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Professors of Dermatology
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Association of University Anesthesiologists
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology
Association of University Radiologists
Council of Medical Specialty Societies
Federation of State Medical Boards
National Board of Medical Examiners®
National Resident Matching Program
Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiology Departments
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons
Residency and Fellowship is an integral component of the formal education of physicians. In order to practice medicine independently, physicians must receive a medical degree and complete a supervised period of residency training in a specialty area. To meet their educational goals, resident physicians must participate actively in the care of patients and must assume progressively more responsibility for that care as they advance through their training. In supervising resident education, faculty must ensure that trainees acquire the knowledge and special skills of their respective disciplines while adhering to the highest standards of quality and safety in the delivery of patient care services. In addition, faculty are charged with nurturing those values and behaviors that strengthen the doctor-patient relationship and that sustain the profession of medicine as an ethical enterprise.
Core Tenets of Residency Education
Excellence in Medical Education
Institutional sponsors of residency and fellowship programs and program faculty must be committed to maintaining high standards of educational quality. Resident physicians are first and foremost learners. Accordingly, a resident’s educational needs should be the primary determinant of any assigned patient care services. Residents must, however, remain mindful of their oath as physicians and recognize that their responsibilities to their patients always take priority over purely educational considerations.
Highest Quality Patient Care and Safety
Preparing future physicians to meet patients’ expectations for optimal care requires that they learn in clinical settings epitomizing the highest standards of medical practice. Indeed, the primary obligation of institutions and individuals providing resident education is the provision of high quality, safe patient care. By allowing resident physicians to participate in the care of their patients, faculty accept an obligation to ensure high quality medical care in all learning environments.
Respect for Residents and Fellows’ Wellbeing
Fundamental to the ethics of medicine is respect for every individual. In keeping with their status as trainees, resident physicians are especially vulnerable and their well-being must be accorded the highest priority. Given the uncommon stresses inherent in fulfilling the demands of their training program, residents must be allowed sufficient opportunities to meet personal and family obligations, to pursue recreational activities, and to obtain adequate rest.
Commitments
Faculty
1. As role models for our residents/fellows, we will maintain the highest standards of care, respect the needs and expectations of patients, and embrace the contributions of all members of the healthcare team.
2. We pledge our utmost effort to ensure that all components of the educational program for resident/fellow physicians are of high quality, including our own contributions as teachers.
3. In fulfilling our responsibility to nurture both the intellectual and the personal development of residents, we commit to fostering academic excellence, exemplary professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to maintaining competence through life-long learning.
4. We will demonstrate respect for all resident/fellows as individuals, without regard to gender, race, national origin, religion, disability, or sexual orientation; and we will cultivate a culture of tolerance among the entire staff.
5. We will do our utmost to ensure that resident/fellow physicians have opportunities to participate in patient care activities of sufficient variety and with sufficient frequency to achieve the competencies required by their chosen discipline. We also will do our utmost to ensure that residents/fellows are not assigned excessive clinical responsibilities and are not overburdened with services of little or no educational value.
6. We will provide resident physicians with opportunities to exercise graded, progressive responsibility for the care of patients, so that they can learn how to practice their specialty and recognize when, and under what circumstances, they should seek assistance from colleagues. We will do our utmost to prepare residents to function effectively as members of healthcare teams.
7. In fulfilling the essential responsibility we have to our patients, we will ensure that residents receive appropriate supervision for all of the care they provide during their training.
8. We will evaluate each resident/fellow’s performance on a regular basis, provide appropriate verbal and written feedback, and document achievement of the competencies required to meet all educational objectives.
9. We will ensure that resident/fellow physicians have opportunities to partake in required conferences, seminars and other non-patient care learning experiences and that they have sufficient time to pursue the independent, self-directed learning essential for acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors required for practice.
10. We will nurture and support residents/fellows in their role as teachers of other learners.
Residents & Fellows
1. We acknowledge our fundamental obligation as physicians—to place our patients’ welfare uppermost; quality health care and patient safety will always be our prime objectives.
2. We pledge our utmost effort to acquire the knowledge, clinical skills, attitudes and behaviors required to fulfill all objectives of the educational program and to achieve the competencies deemed appropriate for our chosen discipline.
3. We embrace the professional values of honesty, compassion, integrity, and dependability.
4. We will adhere to the highest standards of the medical profession and pledge to conduct ourselves accordingly in all of our interactions. We will demonstrate respect for all patients and members of the health care team without regard to gender, race, national origin, religion, economic status, disability or sexual orientation.
5. As physicians in training, we learn most from being involved in the direct care of patients and from the guidance of faculty and other members of the healthcare team. We understand the need for faculty to supervise all of our interactions with patients.
6. We accept our obligation to secure direct assistance from faculty or appropriately experienced residents and fellows whenever we are confronted with high-risk situations or with clinical decisions that exceed our confidence or skill to handle alone.
7. We welcome candid and constructive feedback from faculty and all others who observe our performance, recognizing that objective
assessments are indispensable guides to improving our skills as physicians.
8. We also will provide candid and constructive feedback on the performance of our learners and of faculty, recognizing our life-long obligation as physicians to participate in peer evaluation and quality improvement.
9. We recognize the rapid pace of change in medical knowledge and the consequent need to prepare ourselves to maintain our expertise and competency throughout our professional lifetimes.
10. In fulfilling our own obligations as professionals, we pledge to assist our learners in meeting their professional obligations by serving as their teachers and role models.
This Compact serves both as a pledge and as a reminder to resident/ fellow physicians and their teachers that their conduct in fulfilling their obligations to one another is the medium through which the profession perpetuates its standards and inculcates its ethical values. For more information about the Compact, go to www.aamc.org/ residentcompact.
Residents & Fellows
Family Medicine Residents
Dr. Kenneth Burnett
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Dr. Cya Johnson University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Dr. Loian Coco Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineAuburn Campus
Dr. Joakim Kennedy Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
General Surgery Residents
Dr. Chelsea Cherry Howard University College of Medicine
Dr. Aasha Henderson Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Esther Soyebo McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dr. Dieynabou Diallo Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Malik Graham University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jamaica
Dr. Paige Harper Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Danny John University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Dontranika Horton University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dr. Lionel Ouonkap Morehouse School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residents
Dr. Kristin Adderley
University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jamaica
Dr. Joseph Agbama College of Medicine, University of Calabar
Dr. Owen Hyatt University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jamaica
Dr. Jasmine Stewart New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Ameena Ali Mercer University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residents
Dr. Yasseen Amellal Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Dr. Jeromey Beaman Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Shreya Chodisetty Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. Chinasa Anokwuru University of Houston Tilman
J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Dr. Mariam Bello Afe Babalola University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr. Lyndsey Clark Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Mosope Balogun Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
Dr. Alexia Charlot Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Dalyngs Duvelsaint Howard University College of Medicine
Dr. Moges Gelete McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dr. Uzoamaka Mbionwu University of MissouriColumbia School of Medicine
Dr. Samiyyah Muhammad Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Antoinette Holland Northeast Ohio Medical University
Dr. Louvenser Minthor University d’Etat d’Haiti Faculty de Medecine et de Pharmacie
Dr. Nicole Njeru Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Wesam Hritani University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Justin Moon Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Chukwuka Okoro Ohio State University College of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residents
Dr. Syed Rahman Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Vyom Shah Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Dr. Sahan Vangala Mercer University School of Medicine
Dr. Lauren Ryan
Medicine
Dr. Betenas Tafesse Debre Tabor University College of Medicine and Health Science
Dr. Ryan Yang Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Josiah Thule Morehouse School of Medicine
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Dr. Ikpemosi Sado Richmond Gabriel University
Neurology Residents
Dr. Andrew Burke
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Dr. Alain Czaykowsky
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Dr. Rida Naeem
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents
Dr. Meija Caldwell
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Dr. Monica Hill
Michigan State Un College of Human Medicine
Dr. Alyssa Edgar Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Sidney Ison
Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Auburn Campus
Dr. Leila Glover Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina Univ
Dr. Briana Paris Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina Univ
Pediatrics Residents
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Dr. Cassie Abbey West Virginia University School of Medicine
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Dr. Justin Baker Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Zada Grandberry Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Deja-Marie LaBorde Meharry Medical College
Dr. London Wheeler Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Brianna Lemoine Edward Via
of Osteo Medicine-Auburn Campus
Dr. Janya Oglesby Morehouse School of Medicine
Psychiatry Residents
Dr. Dasia Byas Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Tiffany Pittman Philadelphia Col of Osteo Med, Philadelphia
Dr. Peiton Jarmon Tulane University School of Medicine
Dr. Jessica Ray Howard University College of Medicine
Dr. Alexander Martinek Morehouse School of Medicine
Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident
Dr. Nefertiti Tyehemba
State University of New York
Upstate Medical University
Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Fellows
Dr. Ridwan Azees University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Dr. Allen Sanyi Lincoln Memorial University, Debusk College of Osteopathic MedicineTennesee
Dr. William Vaughn Mercer University School of Medicine
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Dr. Joselyn Hines
Ohio University, College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Obianuju Madu
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Forensic Pathology Fellow
Dr. Oluwaseun Ogunbona College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Maya Smith University of Michigan Medical School
Gastroenterology Fellow
Dr. Charlee McLean-Powell
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellows
Dr. Mariam Ahmed
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Tyler Dempsey Morehouse School of Medicine
