The following providers joined WVU Medicine in July:
Morgantown, West Virginia
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY
Daniel Pustay, MD, is a psychiatrist who completed psychiatry residency at Georgetown University.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Darval Hutchinson, DO, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician. He completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Texas and a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the University of Mississippi.
HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE
J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and co-director of research in the Division of Cardiac Surgery. He completed cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, surgery and CT surgery residency, and cardiovascular research fellowship at the University of Virginia. He also earned a master’s degree in clinical research from UVA.
Bilal Jalil, MD, is a cardiac intensivist. In the cardiovascular intensive care unit, he will be a member of the Heart and Vascular Institute Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic. He is formerly of Premier Lung and Sleep Specialists affiliated with Baylor Scott & White in Texas.
Alexey Sergeev, MD, PhD, is an electrophysiologist. He led the Cardiac Electrophysiology Department at Lapino Medical Center in Moscow, Russia. He has also worked for the principal center for cardiovascular surgery in Russia - Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery.
MEDICINE
Isha Singh, MD, is a hospitalist formerly of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Dana Murray, MD, is a hospitalist. She completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Robert Halbritter, MD, is a hospitalist. He completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Spencer Ollayos, MD, is a hospitalist. He completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Joshua Bellamy, MD, is a hospitalist. He completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Tahreem Ahmad, MD, is a general internal medicine physician. He completed an internal medicine residency at UPMC.
Brooke Shannon, DO, is a general internal medicine physician. She completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Steven Mosey, DO, is a general internal medicine physician. He completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Ayesha Hassan, MD, is a general internal medicine physician. She completed an internal medicine residency at WVU.
Manar Shalak, MD, is a palliative care physician. She completed geriatric fellowship at the VA Medical Center, University of Miami Hospital, and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, as well as a palliative medicine fellowship at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, New York. She completed an internal medicine residency at Lincoln Medical Center.
Salahuddin Safi, MD, is a hematologist/oncologist specializing in blood and marrow transplant. He completed a fellowship at WVU.
Himanshu Deshwal, MD, is a pulmonary critical care physician. He completed a pulmonary critical care fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Natasha Campbell, MD, is a former assistant professor of internal medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall/Jersey Shore University Medical Center. She completed her residency there as well.
Haroon Ahmed, MD, is a pulmonary critical care medicine physician. He completed a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at WVU and an internal medicine residency at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
NEUROLOGY
Michael Ebbert, DO, is a general and sports neurologist. He completed sports neurology fellowship at LifeBridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and neurology residency at WVU.
Adeel Memon, MD, is a neurologist specializing in movement disorders. He completed a neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship at the University of Alabama.
Jessica Frey, MD, is a neurologist specializing in movement disorders. She completed a movement disorders fellowship at the University of Florida and a neurology residency at WVU.
NEURORADIOLOGY
Phong Vu, MD, is a neuroradiologist. He completed an endovascular surgical neuroradiology fellowship at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Minnesota, and neurology residency at WVU.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Marcus Cervantes, MD, MPH, is an occupational medicine physician in the School of Public Health. He completed a family medicine residency at MSU/Sparrow Hospital and environmental and occupational health residency at Duke. He earned his MPH at the University of North Carolina.
PATHOLOGY
Peng Cheng Han, MD, PhD, is a neuropathologist. He completed neuropathology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis and an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Utah.
Tony El Jabbour, MD, is a pathologist. He completed a liver pathology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, molecular and genetic pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and gastrointestinal and liver pathology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, all in New York. He completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Albany Medical Center .
PEDIATRICS
Kelsey Haarbauer, MD, is a neonatologist. She completed a neonatology fellowship and pediatrics residency at WVU.
Ting Cheng Hsiesh, MD, is a pediatric cardiac intensivist. He completed a pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He completed a pediatrics residency at Brookdale University Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Elizabeth Brigham, MD, is a pediatric intensivist. She completed a pediatric critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins and pediatric residency at Penn State Children’s Hospital.
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Sarah Singh, MD, is a radiology oncologist. She completed radiation oncology residency at WVU.
RADIOLOGY
Beth Vettiyil, MD, is a radiologist and former chair of Ancillary Department of Radiology and Pathology, Centra Southside Community Hospital, in Farmville, Virginia. She completed musculoskeletal imaging fellowship at MD Anderson and radiology residency at the University of South Alabama.
SURGERY
Halil Uygur, MD, is a plastic surgeon who completed craniofacial-maxillofacial surgery fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He did a burn reconstruction fellowship at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He practiced as an associate professor with the Department of Plastic Surgery at Koc University Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.
Majed Maalouf, MD, is a plastic surgeon who completed microsurgery fellowship at University of Tennessee and breast reconstruction fellowship at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to fellowship training, he practiced as a general plastics and reconstructive surgeon with UPMC.
UROLOGY
Daniel McClelland, MD, is a urologist at WVU Hospital in Morgantown and Uniontown Hospital. He completed a urology residency at WVU.
Bridgeport and Buckhannon, West Virginia
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Tanner Tuggle, DO, is an emergency medicine physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital and United Hospital Center. He completed emergency medicine residency at St. Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Garrick Anderson, MD, is an emergency medicine physician. He completed an ultrasound fellowship and emergency medicine residency at WVU.
HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE
Michaela Vitez, PA-C, is a physician assistant in the vascular surgery division at Berkeley Medical
Center. She was employed with American Executive Health System and graduated from St.
Francis University.
Parkersburg, West VIrginia
Heart and Vascular Institute
Jahnavi Kakuturu, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon. She completed a CT surgery fellowship at WVU and general surgery residency at St. Mary’s Hospital affiliated with Yale University.
Ranson, West Virginia
Emergency Medicine
Morgan Galante, DO; David Skibbie, MD; Amanda Feeney, MD; and Guarav Sahay, MD, have joined WVU Medicine at Jefferson Medical Center as part of the WVU Medicine acquisition.
Marney Treese, MD; Maksim Lapovsky, MD; and Michael Gould, MD, have joined the System Medical Group as part of the same acquisition.
Katharine Lee, Susan Holberger, Michael Hixon, Austin Grant, Danielle Hoya, Jonathan Parker, Meredith Pawliw, John Considine, Rachel Sigel-Domenico, and Paige Anderson are advanced practice providers now with the System Medical Group as part of the same acquisition.
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
MEDICINE
Trishala Menon, MD, is a hospitalist at Uniontown Hospital as part of the System Medical Group. She completed a family medicine residency at Wheeling Hospital.
Ayla Zubair, MD, is a pulmonary critical care physician at Uniontown Hospital as part of the System Medical Group. She completed a pulmonary critical care fellowship at SUNY, Brooklyn, and an internal medicine residency at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, also in Brooklyn.
Alok Bhatt, MD, is a pulmonary critical care physician at Uniontown Hospital as part of the System Medical Group. He completed pulmonary critical care and sleep fellowships at NYU, and internal medicine residency at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.
UROLOGY
Daniel McClelland, MD, is a urologist at WVU Hospital in Morgantown and Uniontown Hospital. He completed a urology residency at WVU.
Weston, West Virginia
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY
Abid Rizvi, MD, is a psychiatrist at William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital. He completed a psychiatry residency at Texas Tech.
Joy Parks, MD, is a psychiatrist at William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital. She completed psychiatry residency and medical school at WVU.