Recent Graduates

Samuel Ko, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon
• Internship: Transitional, Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School
• Undergrad: University of Wisconsin – Madison
• Hometown: Hudson, WI

Chief Resident

Jose L. Villa-Uribe, MD, MPH 

• Background: Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician 
• Residency: Emergency Medicine, Baystate Medical Center 
• Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University 
• Undergrad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
• Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia

Shane Joseph, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Navy
• Internship: General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego 
• Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Undergrad: UCLA
• Hometown: San Francisco, CA 

James Medeiros, DO, MPH

• Background: U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon
• Internship: Transitional, St. Luke’s Hospital (Bethlehem, PA)
• Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Undergrad: James Madison University
• Hometown: Fall River, MA

Jonathan David Sterns II, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon
• Internship: Pediatrics, Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Undergrad: Lee University
• Hometown: Nashville, TN

Alexander Jobrack, DO, MPH

• Background: U.S. Air Force 
• Internship: Keesler Air Force Base
• Medical School: Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine 
• Undergrad: California State University, East Bay
• Hometown: Livermore, CA 

Stephen Kasteler, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Air Force
• Internship: Transitional, US Air Force David Grant Medical Center
• Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Undergrad: University of Utah
• Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT

Chief Resident

Gabriel Gaviola, MD, MPH

• Background: Telehealth startup
• Internship: Transitional, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
• Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Undergrad: Georgetown University
• Hometown: Warren, NJ

Richard Abitria, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Navy
• Internship: General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Undergrad:University of California Los Angeles
• Hometown: San Diego, CA

Glen Cheng, MD, JD, MPH

• Background: Intellectual Property Law, FDA
• Internship: Maimonides Medical Center
• Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
• Undergrad: The College of New Jersey
• Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ

Christopher Scheibler, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Air Force
• Internship: General Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio
• Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Undergrad: Baylor University
• Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Chief Resident

• Background: U.S. Navy
• Internship: General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
• Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University – School of Engineering
• Hometown: Richmond, VA

Nathan Jones, MD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Air Force
• Internship: Transitional, Kettering Health Network
• Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
• Undergrad: Brigham Young University
• Hometown: Oneonta, NY

Mike Parenteau, MD, JD, MPH

• Background: U.S. Navy
• Internship: General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego
• Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Undergrad: University of California Los Angeles
• Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA

Hussam Kurdi, MBBS, MPH

• Residency: Internal Medicine, Connecticut Institute for Communities
• Medical School: King Abdulaziz University Medical School
• Hometown: Mecca, Saudi Arabia