Welcoming the Class of 2025 to the Alumni Association

Published on July 29, 2025

We congratulate the Class of 2025 and welcome them to the Richland Emergency Medicine Alumni Association! Five of our graduates are engaged in fellowships, while another transitions to surgical residency.

 As fellow Alums, if you notice that our new grads are working near your shop, please reach out and welcome them!

From left to right

Kayla Ferguson, MD - Lexington Medical Center - Lexington, SC

Ryan Hatfield, MD - Novant Health - Wilmington, NC

Erin Gatrone, MD - General Surgical Residency 

Chris Wolz, DO - Prisma Health Richland EMS Fellowship - Columbia, SC

Ashley Axson, MD - Trident Health System - Charleston, SC

Micheal Spates, DO - Prisma Health Richland US / SIM Fellowship - Columbia, SC

Michael Cox, DO - Prisma Health Richland US Fellowship - Columbia, SC

Brendan Lutz, MD - University of Utah Wilderness Fellowship - Salt Lake City, UT

Michael Nelems, DO - Beaufort Memorial Hospital - Beaufort, SC

Tony Patel, MD - Atrium Health - Charlotte, NC

Sireen Momani, DO - Prisma Health Richland Global Health Fellowship - Columbia, SC

Christian Go, MD - US Navy 3rd Medical Battalion - Okinawa, Japan

Kait Sinopoli, MD - Prisma Health Midlands - Columbia, SC

 

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Introducing the Class of 2028

April 16, 2025
We would like to welcome the class of 2028 as future colleagues and alumni!This year we matched medical students from South Carolina (3), Georgia (2), Tennessee (2), North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, Michigan, West Virginia, and New York. We have 9 men, 4 women, and for the first time in the program have matched an EM-EM couple.Congratulations to the class of 2028 and welcome to the Richland Family