With this week’s Fellowship Match Day, many of our graduating residents can breathe a sigh of relief as their next couple years come into focus. We are proud to announce below the members of our residency who have matched into fellowship programs beginning in the 2025–26 academic year.
Match Day also allows us to update our map detailing where the graduates of our residency program from the last six years have gone on to further their training.

“We are pleased that so many graduates chose the University of Iowa’s fellowship programs to continue their training,” Manish Suneja, MD, Internal Medicine Vice Chair for Education and Residency Program Director, said. “We know completing their residency training at one of the top-ranked programs in the country makes them strong and sought-after candidates nationally. They are as competitive as the openings they will fill here.”

Grace Alexander, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Rush University

Rachel Anderson, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Kansas Medical Center

James Burton, MD
Gastroenterology
University of Louisville

Marie Finkbeiner, MD
Cardiovascular Disease
UI Health Care

Hunter Frederiksen, MD
Cardiovascular Disease
UI Health Care

Alex Greiner, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Disease
UI Health Care

Lakshmi Guduguntla, MD
Gastroenterology
UI Health Care

Luke Morrey, MD
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
UI Health Care

Joe Phillips, MD
Cardiovascular Disease
UI Health Care

Joe Salomone, MD, PhD
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
UI Health Care

Mike Tabet, MD
Nephrology
Duke University

Lauren Zabel, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
University Wisconsin
Congratulations to these graduating residents! We will provide updates on the destinations of all our graduates and information on our incoming class of fellows in the spring.
Congratulations also to recent residency graduate, Paul Mester, MD, (Class of 2022) for matching this year into fellowship!

Paul Mester, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center
See photos from our Fellowship Match Celebration below!

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