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The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, proudly announces its next 12 Resident Physicians who will join the current 24 rising second-year and third-year resident physicians in the program. 

Mohammad Alkofahi, MD 

Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan)
Hometown: Irbid, Jordan
Moving to Oxford from: Irbid, Jordan   

Spencer Arnaud, DO 

Medical School: Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Fort Smith, AR)
Undergraduate: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
Moving to Oxford from: Tucson, AZ   

Punith Chirumamilla, MD 

Medical School: Guntur Medical College (Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Hometown: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Moving to Oxford from: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India   

Steven Douville, DO 

Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine (Buies Creek, NC, USA)
Undergraduate: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
Hometown: Jacksonville, NC
Moving to Oxford from: Jacksonville, NC   

Ahmad Jalil, MD 

Medical School: King Edward Medical University (Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan)
Hometown: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 
Moving to Oxford from: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan    

Stephanie Koplitz, DO 

Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Louisiana Campus (Monroe, LA)
Undergraduate: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
Hometown: Pittsboro, NC
Moving to Oxford from: New Orleans, LA, USA   

Mehnaz Nadeem, MD 

Medical School: Changsha Medical University (Changsha, Hunan, China)
Undergraduate: Army Public School and College System (Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan)
Hometown: Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Moving to Oxford from: Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan   

Dhairya Shah, MD 

Medical School: Gujarat medical education and research Society, Gotri (Vadodara, Gujarat, India)
Hometown: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Moving to Oxford from: Vadodara, Gujarat, India   

Zoya Tahir, MD 

Medical School: Sharif Medical & Dental College (Lahore, Pakistan)
Hometown: Bear, DE
Moving to Oxford from: Bear, DE   

Bhavya Talwar, MD 

Medical School: Dr. D. Y Patil Medical College, Hospital, and Research Center (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Hometown: Delhi, India
Moving to Oxford from: Delhi, India   

Bryant Graham Watson, DO 

Medical School: William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Hattiesburg, MS)
Undergraduate: Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Hometown: Brookhaven, MS
Moving to Oxford from: Brookhaven, MS 

Brooke Willans, DO 

Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harrogate, TN) Undergraduate: High Point University (High Point, NC)
Hometown: Nazareth, PA
Moving to Oxford from: Knoxville, TN 

The group will begin their three years of training in July 2024 as interns following a two-week orientation period that begins on Monday, June 17. They will enter the program as the founding class of 12 resident physicians who began their training in 2021 are graduating, marking the first such transition of the program. 

These clinicians matched with BMH-NM on the first day of the National Resident Matching Program’s Main Residency Match after a rigorous recruitment, interview, and ranking process. The program received over 3,100 applications, and conducted over 150 interviews. Most applicants were able to travel to Oxford, MS, to see the community, hospital, and program in person. They were warmly welcomed by resident and faculty physicians, hospital administration and staff, and community members alike. 

The program’s mission remains to train clinically and procedurally competent physicians in the specialty of Internal Medicine who will provide high quality, safe, cost-effective, and patient/family-centered care for adults in North Mississippi, upholding the greater Baptist Memorial Health Care mission of “Healing, Preaching and Teaching.” 

Click here to download a PDF of the class flyer