Internal Medicine Residency Faculty

Our Vision

Through a commitment to excellence, continuous improvement and individual holistic growth, we are educating physician leaders of tomorrow.

Program Director

Alexandre Lacasse, MD, FACP MSc
Chair, Internal Medicine Department
Director, Infection Prevention
Physician Lead, SSM Health System Sepsis Team

Associate Program Director

Helen Kornblum, MD
Director, Internal Medicine Clinic

Designated Institutional Officer

Raana Ponstingl, MD
Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital

Faculty

Ronen Dudaie, MD
Director, Critical Care Medicine
Sound Physicians
Chief Resident (s)

Benjamin Harris, DO
Medical Director
Sound Physicians

Mohammad Moaddabi-Araghi, MD
Core Teaching Faculty

Treena Sturgeon, DO
Core Teaching Faculty

Additional Core Faculty joining in January 2022

Academic Hospitalists

Omer Afzal, MD
Micahla Brown, MD
Benjamin Harris, DO
David Hayes, MD
Grant Kerr, MD
Sabina Morga, MD
Neelima Nallapaneni, MD
Amanuel Yohannes, MD

Nocturnists

Burt Humburg, MD
Jae Son, DO

Critical Care Medicine

Madan Chilappa, MD
Amar Jadhav, MD
Ankit Nahata, MD

Internal Medicine Clinic

Pradeep Kapoor, MD

Chief Resident

Vanaja Yedla, MD
Chief Resident, PGY-4