Patricio Lau, M.D.’13 is a pediatric surgeon and medical director of trauma at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. He served the keynote speaker of the FIU Medicine Class of 2030 White Coat Ceremony.
Alexander Volsky, M.D.’14 is medical director and co-chief of anesthesiology at Baptist Health Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
Jennifer Kosoy Shook, M.D.’15 is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine. She is the Pediatrics Clerkship Director at Penn State College of Medicine.
Michael Rosenthal, M.D.’15 is a board-certified assistant attending psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Omer Shahab, M.D.’16 is a board-certified and fellowship-trained gastroenterologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Peter W. D’ Amore, M.D.’17 is a board certified and fellowship-trained spine surgeon at the Orthopaedic Center of South Florida. He is the faculty advisor for the Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Interest Group at FIU Medicine.
Jorge Portuondo, M.D.’17 is an assistant professor of surgery and surgical oncologist at the University of Miami. He completed his surgical oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Yelenis Seijo De Armas, M.D.’18 is a cardiologist at Baptist Heath Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. She completed her internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
Christian-Immanuel Oliveros, M.D.’19 is an assistant professor and board-certified and fellowshipped-trained pediatric rheumatologist at the University of Florida Shands Children's Hospital.
Ashley Mila-Hoff, M.D.’20 and John Hoff, M.D.’20
Ashley and John, who met at FIU, completed their general surgery residencies at AdventHealth Orlando. She then did a fellowship in abdominal wall reconstruction at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and is starting a faculty position with AdventHealth. John starts a fellowship in vascular surgery at UCF in 2027. They have two children and are expecting a third.
Roshan Nebhrajani Bransden, M.D.’21 is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Heath and at FIU Medicine. She serves as the unit director for the pulmonology course for second-year medical students. She completed her family medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center.
Diana Llompart, M.D.’21 is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at FIU Medicine. She teaches third year medical students in the Psychiatry Clerkship and provides clinical services at the FIU Health Faculty Group Practice. She completed her psychiatry residency at Memorial Healthcare in Hollywood, Florida.
Sara Sherman, M.D.’22 is completing a cytopathology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, where she did her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology. She also celebrated a personal milestone in 2025 with the birth of twins, a boy and a girl.
Daniel Aloise, M.D.’23 is an emergency medicine physician at Baptist Health Doctors Hospital and Mt. Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach, where he did his residency and was named chief resident.
Cesar Larancuent, M.D.’24 serves as chief resident and recruitment chief for the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program at Baylor College of Medicine. He is in his third year of residency and is a member of the Latino Medical Student Association where he mentors students.