PGY-1 Preliminary Interns

Hira Asim

• Medical School: UT Health San Antonio

• Undergrad: UT Austin

• Hometown: Southlake, TX

• Career goals: Dermatology

• Hobbies: Sand volleyball, traveling, event planning, and visiting new coffee shops!

Delayne Coleman

• Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

• Undergrad: University of Arkansas

• Hometown: Carrollton, TX

• Career goals: I can’t wait to be an anesthesiologist! I would love to become a physician educator and pursue fellowship training in the future, but I’m still deciding which subspecialty is the one for me!

• Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Playing board games, Trying new restaurants

Ibrahim Ahmad Bhatti

• Medical School: Shifa College of Medicine

• Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan

• Career goals: Undecided between the subspecialties of neurology, leaning towards stroke/intervention and movement disorders right now

• Hobbies: music, movies, gym, soccer

Laiba Adan Khalil

• Medical School: Shifa College Of Medicine

• Hometown: Toronto, Canada

• Career goals: Neurology

• Hobbies: Cooking, Travel/Nature Adventures 

Abi Sivatharman

• Medical School: UT Southwestern

• Undergrad: Carnegie Mellon University

• Hometown: Rockwall, TX

• Career goals: Unsure of what specialty I want to go into because there's something I love about everything!

• Hobbies: I love playing board games, cooking, watching TV/movies, and doing crafts

Caroline Woodard

• Medical School: Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Undergrad: University of Oklahoma

• Hometown: Overland Park, KS

• Career goals: Neuro Critical Care

• Hobbies: Any sports, reading, trying new restaurants, and spending time with my dog Sophie

Abdel Rahman Diab

• Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

• Undergrad: Emory University

• Hometown: Dallas, TX

• Career goals: Radiology

• Hobbies: Soccer, lifting, road trips 

Grace Han

• Medical School: Texas Tech El Paso

• Undergrad: University of Texas Austin

• Hometown: Allen, TX

• Career goals: Diagnostic Radiology

• Hobbies: Needlepoint, reading, weightlifting, and pilates!

Karim Salhadar

• Medical School: UT Southwestern

• Undergrad: UT Austin

• Hometown: Brownsville, Texas

• Career goals: Diagnostic Radiology

• Hobbies: Drawing, soccer, tennis, traveling

Isuru Somawardana

• Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine

• Undergrad: Rice University

• Hometown: San Antonio, TX

• Career goals: Interventional Radiology

• Hobbies: Watching movies, basketball, pickleball, board games, and traveling

Yusuf Zaidi

• Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine 

• Undergrad: University of Houston

• Hometown: Austin, Texas

• Career goals: Academic radiology, God willing

• Hobbies: Revising Qur'an, exercising, spending time with friends and family, reading