Thomas Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program celebrates 2023 Graduates

Thomas Hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program recently honored their graduating class of physicians with a ceremony at the Fairhope Yacht Club. Established in 2020, the program’s goal is to provide excellent internal medicine training and to create physician leaders who will serve our community with integrity and the highest standards of medical care. The seven graduating physicians will now begin their professional practices or enter specialized fellowship programs, with two of the graduates entering cardiology fellowships and one an infectious disease fellowship. Others of the graduating class will be joining the medical staff at Thomas Hospital and Mobile Infirmary as hospitalists.

Congratulations graduates!

• Christina Amanambu, MD
• Christina Carl, DO
• Rene Castro, MD
• Hyunsoo Chung, MD
• Ian Langford, MD
• Celestine Odigwe, MD
• Andy Yu, DO

Many faculty, graduates and current residents were honored with awards chosen by the program faculty or their peers.

• New Innovations Award – Elizabeth Beltran, MD
• Crystal Apple Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching – Michael Broadwell, MD
• PGY1, PGY2 & PGY 3 Peer Selected Resident Leadership Award – Rene Castro, MD; Celestine Odigwe, MD
• PGY 1 & PGY2 Peer Selected Resident Leadership Award: Lauren Hopkins, DO; Juwairiah Mohammad, MD
• Research & Scholarly Activity Award – Hyunsoo Chung, MD; Michaela Bylokova McDonald, MD; Celestine Odigwe, MD
• Intern of the Year – Unwam Ekpuk Jumbo, MD; Charles Mansour, MD
• PGY 1 Peer Selected Resident Leadership Award – William Kutsche, DO; Sravani Singu, MD
• Morning Report Award – Celestine Odigwe, MD