Program Leadership
Internal Medicine Residency Program Leadership
Suzanne G. Martin, MD, FACP, FASN
Dr. Suzanne Martin is a practicing nephrologist at Reliant Medical Group and an Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Dr. Martin has a strong interest in education. She has written a dialysis curriculum for nephrology fellows. She has also created a formal curriculum for the nephrology elective for Internal Medicine residents at St. Vincent Hospital. She has co-written a Salt and Water module for a comparative physiology course at Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratories in Bar Harbor, Maine. She leads small group sessions with University of Massachusetts Medical students.
She serves as a board member of the National Kidney Foundation. She also actively works with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American Society of Nephrology.
Dr. Martin earned her medical degree at University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her residency, chief residency, and nephrology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Faculty
Medicine Department Core Faculty
Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center
Administration
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)
Chief of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital
Director, Division of Indectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Susan V. George, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, National University of Singapore
MRCP: Royal College of Physicians, UK
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Nitin Trivedi, MD, DM, FACP, FACE
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, MGM Medical College
DM: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Joslin Diabetes Center and Brown Medical School
Brandi L. Hoag, DO
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Saint Vincent Ambulatory Care
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: University of New England Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Suzanne G. Martin, MD, FACP, FASN
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Specialty Education Coordinator Renal Medicine
Director, Division of Renal Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief Medical Resident: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jennifer B. Sargent, DO, FACP
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Gary P. Blanchard, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Clerkship Director, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: Tufts University
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Brown University
Blood Disorders and Cancer Medicine
Kala Seetharaman, MD
Director, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Education: Government Medical College Bellary, Karnataka, India
Residency: Illinois Masonic Medical College, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Cardiovascular Medicine
Mark Kranis, DO, MS
Specialty Education Coordinator, Cardiovascular Medicine
Education: MS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, DO
Nova Southeastern
University, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Saint Vincent Hospital Cardiovascular Disease
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Gerardo P. Carino, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Specialty Education Coordinator
Education: MD, Brown University School of Medicine
Residency: Brown University, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Jensen Galvis, MD
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Core Faculty
Education: MD, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Residency: Temple University Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine
Nitin Trivedi, MD, DM, FACP, FACE
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, MGM Medical College
DM: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Joslin Diabetes Center and Brown Medical School
Sai Katta, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Core Faculty
Education: MBBS, MD, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Endocrine Medicine
Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Medicine
Curuchi Anand, MD, FACP
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Specialty Education Coordinator, Gastrointestinal Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship: University Hospital of Arkansas
Geriatric Medicine
Gary P. Blanchard, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Clerkship Director, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: Tufts University
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Brown University
Jarod Faucher, DO
Coordinator, Transitions of Care
Education: Lake Erie Colleg of Osteopathic Medicine, PA
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA Residency, Saint
Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA
Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)
Chief of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital
Director, Division of Indectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Renal Medicine
Suzanne G. Martin, MD, FACP, FASN
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Specialty Education Coordinator, Renal Medicine
Director, Division of Renal Medicine
Education: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief Medical Resident: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rheumatic Diseases and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Suzanne Gilman, MD
Specialty Education Coordinator, Rheumatic Diseases & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Education: Washington University in St. Louis - School of Medicine
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center
Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis- Barnes Jewish Hospital
Gary Wolf, MD
Specialty Education Coordinator, Rheumatic Diseases & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Education: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Fellowship: Saint Vincent Hospital
Hospital Medicine Core Faculty
Sarat C. Malempati, MD
Hospital Medicine, Core Faculty
Education: MBBS, MD, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital, Internal Medicine, Chief Medical Resident,
Internal Medicine
Mahawa K. Sam, MD
Hospital Medicine, Core Faculty
Education: MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital Alpert Medical School of Brown University,
Internal Medicine University of Connecticut, Internal Medicine
Jessica C. Veulens, MD
Hospital Medicine, Core Faculty
Education: MD, Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Connecticut, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Connecticut, Renal Medicine