Hospital Medicine

Welcome to the Division of Hospital Medicine, the youngest (created in July 2017) and the largest Division within the Department of Internal Medicine. The faculty within the Division specializes in the comprehensive care of hospitalized patients from the moment the decision is made that a patient needs to be admitted through discharge. Faculty within the Division evaluates patients holistically and make treatment decisions with the whole patient in mind and coordinate care with other specialists when needed. With more than 75 physician and advanced care providers within the VCU Health System, we are available to meet the needs of our patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. The Division is committed to providing the highest quality of clinical care, the highest value clinical care, and the most cost-effective clinical care to our patients with great compassion.

• Somaya Albhaisi, MD
• Mariam Assi, MD
• Stephen Biederman, MD
• Michael Bradley, MD
• Michelle Brooks, MD
• Francesca Capanni Orams, MD
• Benjamin Chopski, DO
• Melissa Chouinard, MD
• Aimee Collins, MD
• Bryn Culpepper, MD
• Helen Dang, MD, MPH
• Alan Dow, MD, MSHA
• Shelley Edwards, MD
• Masoud Faridnia,MD
• Leticia Flores, MD
• Irene Foley, MD
• Brandon Frett, MD
• Adam Garber, MD
• David Goldberg, MD
• Margaret Guy, MD
• Ryan Haran, MD
• Sarah Hartigan, MD
• Dennis Hopkinson, MD
• Nasiffa Hossain, MD
• Kristin Hull, MD
• Iman Ibrahim, MD
• David Jessee, MD
• Ajin John, MD
• Tim Johnson, MD
• Jessica L. Keiser, MD - Associate Chair for Clinical Operations
• Abhay Khashu, MD
• Calvin Kiani, MD
• Katherine Le, MD
• Candice Culpepper Lee, MD
• Amr Marawan, MD
• Carolyn Marcelo, MD
• Catherine J. Marcelo, MD
• Heather Masters, MD, SFHM, FACP
• Georgia N. McIntosh, MD
• Evan Meadors, MD
• Pete D. Meliagros, MD
• Rebecca E. Miller, MD
• Vimal K. Mishra, MD, MMCi
• Sarika S. Modi, MD
• Leslie Moses, MD
• Gordon Pace, MD
• Laura E. Paletta-Hobbs, MD
• Kimberly S. Pedram, MD - Associate Chair for Medical Education
• Manish Pradhan, MD
• Shanti K. Pradhan, MD
• Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS, FAHA - Division Chair
• Brenda A. Queen, MD
• Alex Rittenberg, MD
• Evan M. Ritter, MD
• Jawaid Shaw, MD
• Ee-Rah Sung, DO
• Gopika Suraj, MD
• George Thieroff, MD
• Georgia Thomas, MD, PhD
• Melissa Warwick, MD
• Dennis D. Wixted, MD
• Alice Wong, MD
• Allison Young, MD

Advanced Practice Providers

• Julia Amantea, ANCP
• Stephanie Autry, AGACNP-BC
• Amber Balzer, AGACNP-BC
• Krystle Brunson, FNP
• Nicole Carter, FNP - Lead
• Pamela Derby, FNP
• Jessica Eckard, AGACNP
• Tim Ford, AGACNP
• Heather Goldston, AGACNP
• Alysson Gordon, ACNP
• Leandra Hemmings, AGACNP
• Rachel Ingram, FNP
• Kim Ketchersid, PA
• Maheswari Murugesan, PhD, ACNP-BC
• Rinequa O'Bannon, ACNPC-AG
• Rebecca Snell, FNP
• Laura Tormey, ACNP
• Alison Wilkins, FNP

The Division of Hospital Medicine provides these clinical services through the VCU Medical Campus.

The research conducted at the Division of Hospital Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University is diverse. The diversity of research interests of our hospitalists is reflected in research studies that are currently underway within the Division of Hospital Medicine. 

Research Studies

Recent Publications

Division of Hospital Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Box 980102
Richmond, VA 23298

Division Contacts

Medicine

Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS, FAHA
Division Chair
Box 980102
Email: rehan.qayyum@vcuhealth.org

Jessica Keiser, MD
Division Associate Chair for Clinical Operations
Box 980102
Email: jessica.keiser@vcuhealth.org

Kimberly Pedram, MD
Division Associate Chair for Medical Education
Box 980102
Email: kimberly.pedram@vcuhealth.org

Administration

Zee Dabney
Division Administrator
Box 980102
Phone: (804) 628-9613
Email: zenobia.dabney@vcuhealth.org