Meet the Fellows - Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
The University of Maryland Critical Care Medicine Fellowship brings in highly diverse, talented trainees with different training backgrounds from all over the country. Learn more about our current fellows and learn where our prior trainees go when they graduate.
Class of 2025

Cody Couperus-Masewske, MD
Hometown: Heuvelton, New York
Medical School: The Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Residency (EMIMCC): University of Maryland Medical Center

Robert Nicholson, MD
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Medical School: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Residency (EM): Carolinas Medical Center

Jordan Parker, MD
Hometown: Hampstead, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency (EMIMCC): University of Maryland Medical Center

Ayal Pierce, MD
Hometown: Demarest, NJ
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency (EM): George Washington University

Robert Stephens, MD, MS
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
Residency (EM): Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University

Melissa Templeton, MD
Hometown: Westford, MA
Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University
Residency (EM): MedStar Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center
Class of 2024

Lauren Becker, MD
Hometown: Schaumburg, IL
Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Residency (EM): Denver Health

Taylor Douglas, MD
Hometown: Olney, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency (EM/IM): SUNY Downstate/Kings County

Peter Hanna, MD
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Residency (IM): Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship (Cardiology): University of Maryland Medical Center

Wesley Hutto, MD
Hometown: Bogart, Georgia
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Science F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine
Residency (IM): Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Ryan Thomas Lee, MD
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency (EM): Christiana Care

Ketan Mehta, DO
Hometown: Medina, NY
Medical School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency (IM): Madigan Army Medical Center

Sam Yarmis, MD
Hometown: Weston, CT
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency (EM/IM): University of Maryland Medical Center

Sharleen Yuan, MD, MA, PhD
Hometown: Rapid City, SD
Medical School: Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota
Residency (EM/IM): University of Maryland Medical Center
Class of 2023

Samar Mehta, MD, PhD
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Residency (EM/IM): Kings County Hospital/SUNY Downstate
Fellowship (Infectious Disease): Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Joseph Nelson MD, MBA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Undergraduate: CUNY School of Medicine
Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Residency (EM): UCSF

Leena Ramadan, MD
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Undergraduate: Yale University
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency (EM): NYU/ Bellevue Hospital Center

Zachary Rogers, MD
Hometown: Pensacola, FL
Undergraduate: Bob Jones University
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Residency (EM/IM): University of Maryland

Cheyenne Snavely, MD
Hometown: Covelo, California
Undergraduate: San Francisco State University
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Residency (EM): NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center

Alexandra Vrancik, MD
Hometown: Cinnaminson, NJ
Undergraduate: Lafayette College
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Residency (IM): Cooper University Hospital