Kristopher Braun, MD

Physician
Dermatology Associates of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Adam Braun graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Kentucky. He obtained his medical degree and completed his Internship at the University of Kentucky. He completed a residency in dermatology at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he served as chief resident.

Dr. Braun is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology.

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Aneisha Crossbourne, MD, FHM

Assistant Professor
Med Center Health
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Hospitalist since 2011 at Med Center Health at Bowling Green. She attended medical school at the University of the West Indies Mona graduating in 2002. She went on to complete residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University where she developed a keen interest in palliative care and providing patients with dignity at the end of life. A passionate teacher who was involved in the inception of the Internal Medicine residency program in Bowling Green in 2014 and continues to contribute to the education of residents in that program.

Dr. Crossbourne now practices hospitalist medicine in various locations with US Acute Care Solutions.

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Key Douthitt, MD

Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Doctor Key Douthitt is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He completed his residency training at the University of Kentucky, East Kentucky Family Medicine residency program and practiced in Jackson, Kentucky for 7 years before returning to the UK Department of Family and Community Medicine as an assistant professor in 2016. He currently serves as medical director of the University of Kentucky North Fork Valley Community Health Center in Hazard, Kentucky where he created and serves as the primary clinician of a multi-disciplinary diabetes clinic. He has presented locally and internationally for his work in the care of underserved populations and in his work with resident diabetes education.

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Brianna Fischer, APRN

Nurse Practitioner
Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Before joining the University of Kentucky in the outpatient Pulmonary Clinic, I practiced in an Allergy/Asthma Center for almost 4 years. I have been an FNP since 2016, when I graduated from EKU’s MSN Rural Health FNP program with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. Prior to becoming an FNP, I worked as an RN in diverse clinical settings at Baptist Health Lexington, including Labor & Delivery/Antepartum and the Neuro ICU.

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Tyler Gluckman, MD, MHA, FACC, FAHA, FASPC

Medical Director, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS)
Providence Heart Institute
Providence Health System
Portland, Oregon

Ty J. Gluckman is Medical Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS) at the Providence Heart Institute in Portland, Oregon, and an adjunct faculty member of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

His principal clinical interests include identifying, coordinating, and implementing cardiovascular care improvement strategies. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific articles, reviews, and book chapters. His work has been published in several high-impact journals including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA Cardiology, Journal of the American Heart Association, and New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst. He served as co-chair of the 2022 American College of Cardiology Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Cardiovascular Sequelae of COVID-19 in Adults.

He previously served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Associate Editor for Guidelines and Clinical Documents for ACC.org, the primary web site for the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and chair of the ACC’s Solution Set Oversight Committee, overseeing policy and clinical documents issued by the ACC. He is immediate past Governor for the Oregon Chapter of the ACC and a board member of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). He previously served as national chair of the ACC Patient Navigator Program-Focus MI and the ACC’s Quality Summit. He is a member of the Operations Committee of the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19 CVD Registry, a liaison for the AHA’s Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR), and a site member of the AHA’s Target: Aortic Stenosis initiative. Finally, he was lead developer for the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Estimator app.

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Mrudu Herbert, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Maddie Herbert is a graduate of Government Medical College Thrissur, Kerala, India. She went on to receive a Masters in Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed her Pediatrics residency training at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Maddie Herbert chose to pursue Pediatrics when she found joy in taking care of children and building long-term relationships with her patients and their families. She believes that every patient and family is unique and have their own individual set of health care needs. Her personal goal is to provide medical care that is timely, compassionate and patient-centered. Dr. Herbert's clinical interests include care of well children, mental health and reproductive health. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, tennis and gardening.

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Dana Ionel, DO

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Kentucky and Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr Ionel is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Kentucky and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington KY She is a headache specialist and board certified adult neurologist She completed her medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences followed by her neurology residency and headache fellowship at the University of Kentucky Her interests within headache medicine include veterans headache care trigeminal autonomic cephalgias and encouraging selfadvocacy for those living with migraine In her free time she enjoys cross stitching playing board games with friends and spending time with her family

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Archana Kudrimoti, MD(MBBS), MPH

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Residency Program Director
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Archana Kudrimoti attended medical school at Osmania Medical College Hyderabad India (MBBS Degree 1992), with additional post graduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology (MD) at Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad, India (1994).She came to United States in 1996 and made Kentucky her home since then.

She completed a Family Medicine Residency from 1999–2002 at University of Louisville and was elected as Chief Resident in the final year of residency (2001–02). She sought additional training in Master’s in Public Health (MPH) at University of Louisville and a Fellowship in Geriatrics in 2002- 2004.

Dr. Kudrimoti joined the University of Kentucky as Assistant Professor at the UK Residency Program in Hazard KY (2005- 2009). She served as the Medical Director for the Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center for 2 years while residing at Hazard. She moved to Lexington in 2009 and has been practicing primary care and Geriatrics for the past 15 years at UK Healthcare in Lexington. She also spent the last 15 years teaching medical students and training resident physicians. She is currently the Residency Program director at UK Family Medicine Residency, Lexington Campus.

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Sarah Marks, MD, MA, FAAFP

Assistant Professor
Associate Residency Program Director and Maternity Care Director, Family and Community Medicine
UK HealthCare
Lexington, Kentucky

A Lexington native, Dr. Sarah Marks graduated from UK with a Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics and English. She received her Master of Arts in linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then returned to UK for medical school. She completed her family medicine residency at St. Joseph Family Medicine Residency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She worked in medical student education and the Interprofessional Teaching Clinic at the University of Kansas before coming to the University of Kentucky in 2019. At UK, Dr. Marks is the associate program director and maternity care director in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and is focused on residency education and curriculum design. Her clinical interests include LGBTQ* health, women’s health, substance use disorders and family centered maternity care and she is one class away from completing a Master of Education degree.

Dr, Marks joined the University of Kansas Family Medicine department's Interprofessional Teaching Clinic and the Family Medicine Clerkship before coming back to UK.

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Brock Marrs, MD

Assistant Professor
Good Samaritan Interventional Pain Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

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Sally Mathias, MD

Associate Professor
Associate Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
Department of Neurology/ Epilepsy Division
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Chief of Neurology
Lexington VA Healthcare System
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Sally V. Mathias graduated from Father Muller Medical College in India and completed neurology residency at University of Kentucky, followed by a fellowship in epilepsy at Vanderbilt University. She is double board certified, in neurology and epilepsy. She is currently an Associate Professor at University of Kentucky and Associate Program Director of the Adult Neurology Residency. Dr Mathias holds a dual appointment at the Veterans Health Administration in Lexington, KY where she is the chief of neurology service and site director for neurology residency. She enjoys being a physician educator and has received several teaching and mentorship awards in the last 5 years including the 2023 A. B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award by the American Academy of Neurology.

Her clinical interests are epilepsy surgery, women’s epilepsy and epilepsy in the elderly. Dr. Mathias is actively involved in clinical research at the University. In 2020, she received the Kimford J. Meador award at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting for her research in women’s epilepsy. In 2015, she received the Quality and Safety Award by the American Academy of Neurology and Young Investigator Award by the American Epilepsy Society. She is also a member of several committees within the university, VA and on a national level.

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Kristina Naseman, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, CDE

Clinical Pharmacist
UK HealthCare
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Kristina Naseman received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy. She then completed a Post-Graduate Year One Pharmacy Practice Residency at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Kristina is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator. Additionally, Kristina obtained a Master in Public Health degree from The Ohio State University. Kristina currently practices with UK HealthCare with the inpatient diabetes service team, The Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Her interests include population health, diabetes prevention, and diabetes in pregnancy.

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Bethany Shorey Fennell, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

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Kshitij Thakur, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow
Division of Internal Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Thakur graduated medical school from Delhi University and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Philadelphia. After finishing residency, he practiced as a primary care doctor and a medical educator, serving in the role of associate residency program director. Then pursued a four-year research track gastroenterology fellowship at University of Kentucky and graduated in 2024. He’s currently a clinical instructor in the division of gastroenterology and a therapeutic endoscopy Fellow.

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Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Division of Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Rishi K. Wadhera, M.D., M.P.P., M.Phil. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Associate Director of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a practicing cardiologist at BIDMC. As the Associate Director of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at BIDMC, Dr. Wadhera leads an NIH-funded research program focused on healthcare policy, health equity, and population health. His work leverages causal inference statistical methods to understand how state and federal health policies impact access, care quality, and health outcomes. Dr. Wadhera has authored >190 peer-reviewed publications to date, many of which have appeared in leading journals (New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ, Health Affairs). He is the PI of 3 R01 grants from the NIH, the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, as well as several other extramural grants. He has mentored >30 medical students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows, and is a recipient of the Harvard Medical School Excellence in Mentoring Award. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), as well as on standing expert advisory panels for the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), the National Committee of Quality Assurance, and American Heart Association (AHA) Policy Statements focused on value-based care. Dr. Wadhera received his M.D. from the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine as well as an M.Phil. in Public Health as a Gates Cambridge Scholar from the University of Cambridge. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and during this time, also received a Master’s in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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Jonathan Webb, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine
Division of Nephrology, Bone and Mineral Metabolism
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Webb earned his MD degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed a residency and fellowship at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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