​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Meet Our Internal Medicine Residents

Named Cincinnati's number one hospital by U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024, The Christ Hospital Internal Medicine program holds itself to high standards.

Through our commitment to providing exceptional care for our patients, The Christ Hospital has Network remained the National Research Corporation's Most Preferred Hospital in the Greater Cincinnati region for more than 20 consecutive years. 

Our residents maintain our tradition of providing the same high-quality care wherever they practice.

The Christ Hospital Internal Medicine Residency was founded in 1976, training highly  skilled, compassionate and well-rounded internal medicine physicians. 
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Meet our Residents

3rd Year

Mallika Sridhar, MD
PGY3 (Chief)

Alexander Scavo, DO
PGY3

Michael Groeschen, MD
PGY3

Matthew Doyle, MD
PGY3

Sean Thornton, MD
PGY3

Zachary Greiner, DO
PGY3 (Chief)

Robert Grigsby, DO
PGY3 (Chief)

Luke Lamorelle, DO
PGY3

Caroline Hyman, DO
PGY3

Scott Cho, DO
PGY3

Mohammad Akhtar, DO
PGY3

2nd Year

Brooke Benjamin, DO
PGY2

Bryce Dickman, DO
PGY2

Gillian Gurney, DO
PGY2

Bassel Khourey, MD
PGY2

Eric Schmitz, MD
PGY2

Zohaa Shahid, MD
PGY2

Evans Takyi, MD
PGY2

Chelsea Wendling, MD
PGY2

Ryan Woolf, DO
PGY2

1st Year

Nicola Armour-Smith, DO
PGY1 Categorical

John Bonyo, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Lee-Ann Briggs, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Akia Dawson, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Kristina Franklin, DO
PGY1 Categorical

Bradley Gerhardt, DO
PGY1 Categorical

Simon Gores, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Ishank Gupta, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Avery Merten, DO
PGY1 Categorical

Benjamin Piller, DO
PGY1 Categorical

Monitha Pinnamaneni, MD
PGY1 Categorical

Hrishikesh Bhaththiwala, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Tyren Busby, DO
PGY1 Prelim

Sishir Doddi, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Stacy Henley, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Marielle Holm, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Wyatt Kaiser, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Warren Lee, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Andrew Nicholas, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Michael Oswald, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Kateri Schoettinger, MD
PGY1 Prelim

Zachary Smotzer, MD
PGY1 Prelim

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Meet the graduates of The Christ Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program 

The Christ Hospital Internal Medicine program holds itself to high standards, helping our residents thoroughly develop their career pathways to become some of the​ best physicians in the country. We our proud of all our graduates and the work they are able to accomplish throughout their careers. Some of those careers happen right here in Cincinnati at The Christ Hospital, while many are well established in other parts of the country, working to improve the health of the communities they now serve. 

View all Th​e Christ Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Graduates.