SUMMER 2026 ISSUE

LewisGale Medical Center Update

By Chandler Keever, MD
LewisGale Medical Center 

LGMC Graduating Residents:

  • Dr. Emma Naatz will be starting a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Riverside University Health System in California. 
  • Dr. Michalla Braford will be starting a consultation-liaison fellowship at Darthmouth University in New Hampshire. 
  • Dr. Zachary Doerrer has accepted an inpatient psychiatry attending position at Mercy Health System in Missouri. 
  • Dr. Jazmine Pszenitzki is returning home to Tennessee to start her own private practice.
  • Dr. Jon Kross has accepted an inpatient psychiatry attending position at Butler Memorial Hospital in his home state of Pennsylvania. 
  • Dr. Meisam Mahmoudi has accepted a position at LewisGale Medical Center and will be working in the outpatient clinic. 
  • Dr. Kayta Mastronardi is planning to work for the VA medical center in Beckley, West Virginia.
  • Dr. Ibrahim Siddiqui will be starting a child and adolescent fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School. 
  • Dr. Frank Karkazis will be starting a child and adolescent fellowship at the University of Nevada. 

Incoming Residents:

  • Dr. Sean Connor from St. George’s University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Natasha Doshi from Lake Eerie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Dr. Felix Guzman Leon from San Juan Batista School of Medicine
  • Dr. Alec Henderson from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Dr. Jesse Kupfer from Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Dr. Ria Mittal Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
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