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Meet our passionate faculty members who provide supervision, support, and guidance to our residents.

alberto
Neville Alberto, M.D., FACP
Program Director - Transitional Year Residency Program, Associate Program Director - Internal Medicine Residency
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital - Philadelphia, PA
    Year ABIM Certified: 2001
    Board certified in Hospice & Palliative Medicine

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Palliative Medicine

    Practice: Sanford Health

bande
Dinesh Bande, M.D., FACP
Internal Medicine Chair
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Associate Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota - Fargo, ND
    Year ABIM Certified: 2011

    Specialty:
    Internal Medicine, Hospitalist and Hospice

    Practice: Sanford Health

nagpal
Avish Nagpal, M.D.
Vice Chair of Research
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Associate Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
    Fellowship: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
    Year ABIM Certified: 2010

    Specialty: Infectious Disease

    Practice: Sanford Health

holaday
Kristopher Holaday, M.D.
Chair of Core Faculty
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
    Year ABIM Certified: 2019

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Sanford Health

clark
Riley Clark, M.D.
Core Faculty, Hospital Medicine
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
    Year ABIM Certified: 2019

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Sanford Health

     

paladugu
Gopikrishna Paladugu, M.D.
Core Faculty, Hospital Medicine
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
    Year ABIM Certified: 2011

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Sanford Health

     

hess
April Hess, M.D.
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine, Nocturnist
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Fargo, ND
    Year ABIM Certified: 2013

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Sanford Health

estepp
Kayla Estepp, D.O.
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine, Nocturnist
  • Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Fargo, ND
    Year ABIM Certified: 2023

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Sanford Health

     

alabid
Baha Al-Abid, M.D.
Core Faculty, Critical Care
  • Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
    Fellowship: Nephrology and Critical Care combined fellowship, Henry Ford Hospitals/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
    Year ABIM Certified: 2015

    Specialty: Critical Care Medicine

    Practice: Sanford Health

Ryan Brown, M.D.
Core Faculty, Emergency Medicine
  • Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Emergency Medicine Residency: Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL

    Specialty:
    Emergency Medicine

    Practice: Sanford Health

ottenbacher
Ronovan Ottenbacher, M.D., FACP
Core Faculty, Ambulatory Medicine - Fargo VA Healthcare System
  • Appointment: Clinical Associate Professor

    Faculty Credentials:
    Internal Medicine Residency: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Fargo, ND
    Year ABIM Certified: 2015

    Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

    Practice: Fargo VA Healthcare System

     

Transitional Year Residency Program
UNDSMHS Southeast Campus Fargo
4820 23rd Ave S Ste 200
Fargo, ND 58104
reagan.sellin@sanfordhealth.org

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