Program Leadership
Internal Medicine Residency Program Leadership
Brandi Hoag, DO
Dr. Brandi Hoag is the Director of the St. Vincent Ambulatory Care Center which is the St. Vincent Hospital Internal Medicine resident outpatient teaching clinic. In addition, she is an Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Saint Vincent Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Hoag earned her medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medical School and completed her residency training at Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA and served as chief resident 2007-2008.
She worked as a hospitalist for 3 years at St. Vincent Hospital before transitioning into her role as the Director of the St. Vincent Ambulatory Care Center where she works directly with residents caring for patients and teaching. Areas of interest include care for the underserved, development of performance improvement projects in the Ambulatory Clinic, and development of the Success Team for resident improvement and assistance.
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 Medicine
Richard A. Rosiello, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Specialty Education Coordinator, Pulmonary Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Education: BA, College of the Holy Cross
MD, Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School
Fellowship: Yale University
Critical Care
Kevin B. Martin, MD
Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Specialty Education Coordinator, Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Umass Chan Medical School
Education: BA, Harvard College, Cambridge MA,
MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
Fellowship: Brown University, RI
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
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
Pulmonary Medicine
Richard A. Rosiello, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Reliant Medical Group at WMC
Education: BA, College of the Holy Cross
MD, Dartmouth Medical
School
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School
Fellowship: Yale University
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, Rhuematic 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, Rhuematic Diseases & Musculoskeletal Medicine
Education: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Fellowship: Saint Vincent Hospital