Former Fellows

Where are they now?

Name Specialty Current Position
2019-2020
Kristin Hines, MD Internal Medicine / Geriatrics Clinical Fellow, Geriatrics, VUMC
Anju Phillips, MD Internal Medicine Medical Director, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
Nishi Reddy, MD Internal Medicine/Hospitalist, Family Medicine Medical Director, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN
2018-2019
Emily Carlisle, MD ER Medical Director, WakeMed Health, Raleigh , NC
Vanessa Gallegos-Kearns, MD Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Medical Director, Mid-Dakota Clinic, Bismarck, ND
Shannon Skinner, MD Internal Medicine Assistant Professor, VUMC and Nashville VA
2017-2018
Katreece Ellis, MD Internal Medicine Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR
Joseph Ritchie, MD Internal Medicine Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Ashely Richeson, MD Med-Peds/Ethics Medical Director, Deaconess Clinic, Newburgh, IN
2016-2017
Ricky Shinall, MD, M.Div General Surgery VUMC PC / Trauma and Research
Elizabeth Wullf-Burchfield, MD Hematology Oncology Assistant Professor Kansas University Medical Center Oncology and Palliative Care
Stacey Tillman, MD Internal Medicine / Hospitalist Assistant Professor, Palliative Care, VUMC
2015-2016
Martha Presley, MD, JD Lawyer, Internal Medicine / Hospitalist Aspire Palliative Care (Legal and Policy), Nashville, TN
Ashley Throckmorton, DO Osteopathic Medicine Assistant Professor, North Carolina University
Kara Mackenzie, MD Internal Medicine Faculty, University of Washington, Spokane, WA
2014-2015
Kimbell Kornu, MD Ethics / Hospitalist Internal Medicine Ethics Education, Co-Director HPM clinical program, SLU, St. Louis, MO
Leanne Kolnick, MD Hematology / Oncology Director OPT Pal Care  at Baylor/Houston VA
Melanie Freeman Skeleton, MD Internal Medicine Director, OPT Palliative Medicine, and Faculty at Vail-Stormont Hospital, Topek, KS
2013-2014
Chris Jacobus, MD Emergency Medicine Director, Ohio Hospice
Laura Tharpe, MD Internal Medicine Medical Director, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN
Maribeth Hamrick, MD Internal Medicine Associate Fellowship Director, USC, Charleston, SC
2012-2013
Francine Arneson, MD Neurology Stroke Fellowship Director, Palliative Clinical Program, Sioux Falls, SD
Dana Guyer, MD Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence, RI
2011-2012
Maie El Sorady, MD, MS Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Assistant Fellowship Director, VUMC
David Dellinger, MD Internal Medicine / Geriatrics Director, Hawaii University Hospice, Honolulu, HI
2010-2011
Matthew Peachey, MD Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Assistant Professor, VUMC
Lori Olson, MD Internal Medicine Associate Fellowship Director, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
2009-2010
Sara Martin, MD Internal Medicine Director, OPT Practice, VUMC
Jim Nunnery, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon Director, St. Thomas Program, Murfreesboro, TN