Internal Medicine

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Overview
Welcome to the MountainView Regional Medical Center internal medicine residency program! Our training program offers a supportive environment where our residents can fulfill their fullest potential as clinicians, educators and leaders with a special focus on physician well being.

Mission and Vision
Our faculty is committed to our residents, keeping in mind their individualized career interests, learning styles and overall goals in medicine. Our purpose is to prepare graduates for today’s challenges in patient care. We provide a structured academic foundation with patient care diversity, subspecialty exposure and research opportunities. Because of our affiliation with the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) – located on the New Mexico State University campus – our residents have access to a library, simulation center and research facilities. Residents also work closely with BCOM students while rotating in both the inpatient and outpatient settings and participating in a “Residents as Teachers” curriculum.

Come train in sunny Las Cruces, where you will be considered part of our family. Residents, faculty and staff pride themselves on maintaining a nurturing environment while maintaining an exceptional educational experience.

Curriculum
Case presentations (formally morning report): Held one hour daily from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. virtually during COVID-19. The relaxed environment allows for group discussion of clinical cases with a multidisciplinary approach. Cases are broken down to help learners formulate assessments and plans on complex patients. Subspecialists are invited to add their clinical knowledge to the case.

Noon conferences: Held daily following case presentations, residents receive lectures and/or a case discussion led by faculty in general medicine and its subspecialties. We also have frequent visitors.

• Topics in medicine: faculty presentations
• Morbidity and mortality conference
• Journal club
• Board review sessions from Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP)
• Curriculum from New England Journal of Medicine
• Wellness lecture series, including monthly fitness challenges
• “Rich Doctor Poor Doctor”: financial wellness lecture series for physicians
• Grand rounds
• Simulation training, including procedural skills workshops
• Internal medicine themed Jeopardy

Research
Residents are required to do scholarly activity within three years of training.

Committees
Residents are required to join at least one committee. Committees include: Ethics Committee, Infectious Disease, Mortality and Morbidity, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Sepsis and more.

Residents

Internal Medicine Residents PGY-1

Harriet Adeleke, MBBS
Medical School: University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Nigeria

Luis Beverido, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina, Guadalajara, Mexico

Hugo Gonzalez, D.O.
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Aaron Hollenbaugh, D.O.
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Madonna Phillip, M.D.
Medical School: St. George’s University, School of Medicine, Grenada

Shelby Reyes, D.O.
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Sarbesh Rijal, MBBS
Medical School: Nepal Medical College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kruti Shah, MBBS
Medical School: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Medical Education Trust Medical College, India

Pamela Yao, D.O.
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Internal Medicine Residents PGY-2

Sinan Abdul-Wahab, M.D., MBBS
Medical School: University of Baghdad College of Medicine

Nouf Almaghlouth, M.D., MBBS, MPH
Medical School: University of Dammam, College of Medicine, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Vincent Esparza, M.D.
Medical School: Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University, El Paso

Laurel Kittrell, M.D.
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine

Chukwudi Muojieje, M.D., MBBS, MPH
Medical School: Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences Nigeria

Elissa Peckham, D.O.
Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Justin Sanders, D.O.
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Carmelo Virgala, M.C., M.D.
Medical School: Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela) Facultad de Medicina

Internal Medicine Residents PGY-3

Cherylene Abalos, D.O.
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Douglas Gaufin, D.O.
Medical School: : Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona

Jin A Hur, D.O.
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, California

Benoit Lebrun, D.O.
Medical School: University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Kentucky

Britte Lowther, D.O.
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania

Sarah Moats, D.O.
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Yakima, Washington

Sundeep Mummaneni, D.O.
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Shravya Nagurla, D.O.
Medical School: Touro University of Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Henderson, Nevada

Kishan Patel, M.D.
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada

Matthew Robinson, D.O.
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, Tennessee

Leadership and Staff