MD-PhD
Recent Graduates
While the roots of the program trace back to the 1980s, it wasn't until 2007 that the College of Medicine formalized the MD-PhD Training Program. Our Alumni network reaches all across the nation.

Complete List of Graduates
Faculty Member | Start Date | Terminal Degree(s) Received & Year(s) | Initial Position | Current Position | Grant(s)/Role/Year Awarded |
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Hoh, Brian | 8/1/2008 | PhD 2014; MD 2016 | Resident, Neurosurgery, Univ Pittsburgh, Further Training | Resident, Neurosurgery, Univ Pittsburgh, Further Training | –– |
Giasson, Benoit & Golde, Todd | 9/1/2009 | PhD 2014; MD 2016 | Resident, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Univ, Further Training | Resident, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Univ, Further Training | –– |
Nixon, Sara | 8/1/2008 | PhD 2014; MD 2016 | Resident, Psychiatry, Univ Pittsburgh, Further Training | Resident, Psychiatry, Univ Pittsburgh, Further Training | AA F30/ PI/2012 |
Larkin, Joseph | 8/1/2009 | PhD 2014; MD 2018 | Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Univ, Further Training | Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Univ, Further Training | –– |
Cogle, Christopher | 8/1/2009 | PhD 2015; MD 2017 | Resident, Internal Medicine, Univ Florida, Further Training | Resident, Internal Medicine, Univ Florida, Further Training | –– |
Zajac-Kaye, Maria | 8/1/2009 | PhD 2015; MD 2017 | Resident, Dermatology, Univ Florida, Further Training | Resident, Dermatology, Univ Florida, Further Training | –– |
Sumners, Colin | 8/1/2010 | PhD 2016; MD 2018 | Resident, Otolaryngology, Univ Iowa, Further Training | Resident, Otolaryngology, Univ Iowa, Further Training | HL T32/ Fellow/2014 NS F31/ PI/2014 |
Byrne, Barry J. | 8/1/2010 | PhD 2016; MD 2018 | Resident, Pediatric Neurology, Boston Children’s, Further Training | Resident, Pediatric Neurology, Boston Children’s, Further Training | HL T32/ Fellow/2013 |
Dore, Sylvain | 8/1/2011 | PhD 2016; MD 2018 | Resident, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Med, Ohio State Univ, Further Training | Resident, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Med, Ohio State Univ, Further Training | HL T32/ Fellow/2013 NS F31/ PI/2016 |
Gunduz, Aysegul & Okun, Michael | 8/1/2011 | PhD 2016; MD 2018 | Resident, Psychiatry, UCLA, Further Training | Resident, Psychiatry, UCLA, Further Training | HD T32/ Fellow/2014 |
*Names have been hidden for student privacy, 2025