Faculty and Leadership

Vaishnavy Bhaskaruni, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Hometown:
Hyderabad, India. Milwaukee has been my home since 2018, and the suburbs of Chicago, prior to that.
Undergraduate Education (location and degree):
We don’t have to do this in India! It's high school to med school!
Medical School/Graduate School:
SVS Medical College, MacNeal Internal Medicine Residency Program
Residency Program experience:
I started as a new attending in 2015, and have been in Graduate Medical Education since.
Clinical Interests:
Endocrinology, Obesity Medicine
Interests/Fun fact:
I’m a rockhound and have long collected rock crystals and gemstones. I have a degree in Gemology! My guilty pleasure is indulging in luxury handbags. I love cooking, traveling, reading fantasy fiction and all things beach/ocean and nature! My happiest role in life is being mum to my two children and wife to my best friend and husband.

Nicole DeCredico, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine and Program; Program Director, Transitional Year Residency Program
Hometown:
Seaville, NJ
Undergraduate Education (location and degree):
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Medical School/Graduate School:
Rutgers University - Newark, NJ
Residency Program experience:
Northwestern University - Chicago, IL
Clinical Interests:
I enjoy the breadth of Hospital Medicine and the opportunity to work across various subspecialties.
Interests/Fun fact:
I love spending time with my two young children as well as traveling/exploring new places.

Sriram Darisetty, MD, FACP
Chief Academic Officer & Hospitalist Faculty - Columbia St. Mary's Hospital & St. Joseph Hospital
Hometown:
Hyderabad, India and now Brookfield, Wisconsin!
Undergraduate Education (location and degree):
We don’t have to do this in India! It's high school to med school!
Medical School/Graduate School:
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India
Residency Program experience:
Internal Medicine Residency, Westlake-Loyola Medicine, Chicago, IL
Clinical Interests:
Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Critical Care, Medical Education
Interests/Fun fact:
I love sports. Soccer, cricket, tennis, badminton and now pickleball! I am a huge Chelsea Football Club fan, as well as a travel enthusiast, and audio enthusiast.
Program Coordinators

Brittany Miller
Program Coordinator, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Natalie Vang Willis
Program Coordinator, Transitional Year & Internal Medicine Residency Program
Core Faculty
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Arsalan Ahmad, MD
Internist and TY Associate Program Director
Omer Afzal, MD
Nephrology, Chief of Medicine

Andrew Makowski, MD
Emergency Medicine

John Roddy, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Brett Twente, MD
Ambulist

James Troken, DO
Cardiology
Joseph Jeffries, MD
Critical Care Medicine
