Internal Medicine Residency Faculty

Program Leadership

Dr. Butros Bazo, MD

Butros Bazo, MD


Internal Medicine Residency Program Director


Dr. Bazo is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the ABIM. He is a graduate of Damascus University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Saint Barnabas Hospital in New York. Dr. Bazo has been a hospitalist since 2010, beginning his career as a Chief Medical Resident and then appointed as the Associate Program Director for a 90-resident Internal Medicine Residency Program in New York. Dr. Bazo continued his academic career as a member of a large hospitalist group at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland before relocating to the Tampa Bay Area to join the hospitalist staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He’s an enthusiastic hospitalist and enjoys working with an interdisciplinary, inter-professional team. Dr. Bazo is an avid educator, and his passion is teaching residents and medical students the art of medicine and patient-centered care.

Associate Program Directors

Dr. Mauricio Valenzuela, MD

Mauricio Valenzuela, MD 

Associate Program Director

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: University Of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis, Tennessee
Residency: University of South Florida – Tampa, Florida

Dr. Camille Alfonso, DO

Camille Alfonso, DO

Associate Program Director

Board Certification: American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Seton Hall – Greensburg, Pennsylvania 
Residency: HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME Bayonet Point Hospital – Hudson, Florida

Core Faculty

Dr. Tereese M. Allen, MD

Tereese M. Allen, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: University of Louisville – Louisville, Kentucky
Residency: Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple, Texas

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Parul Aneja, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Education
Medical School: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine – North Chicago, Illinois
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Nilo F. Ayuyao, MD

Nilo F. Ayuyao, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: University of the Philippines, College of Medicine – Manila, Philippines
Residency: St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center – New York, New York

Dr. Nathan Chandler, DO

Nathan Chandler, DO

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: Midwestern University – Downers Grove, Illinois
Residency: Northshore University HealthSystem – Evanston, Illinois

Dr. Amma Jesri, MD

Ammar Jesri, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: University of Aleppo – Aleppo, Syria
Residency: Ministry of Health Hospitals|Seton Hall University at St. Francis Medical Center  – Trenton, New Jersey
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina – Charleston, South Carolina

Dr. Carmen I. Nan, MD

Carmen I. Nan, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy – Bucharest, Romania
Residency: Alexandria General Hospital – Teleorman, Romania
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University – Bronx, New York

Dr. Hannie Patel, MD

Hannie Patel, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: Windsor University – St. Kitts, West Indies
Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine – Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Sapna Patel, MD

Sapna Patel, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine 
Education
Medical School: USF Morsani College of Medicine – Tampa, Florida
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine – Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Niveditha S. Reddy, MD

Niveditha S. Reddy, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College – Bengaluru, Kamataka, India
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Urbana, Illinois
Fellowship: The Ohio State University – Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Howard Rothbaum, MD

Howard Rothbaum, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine – Columbus, Ohio
Residency: The Ohio State University College of Medicine – Columbus, Ohio

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Kevin Sierra, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: University Central del Este – Pedro de Maconis, Dominican Republic
Residency: Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care: Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Anna Liza B. Valina-Toth, MD

Anna Liza B. Valina-Toth, MD

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease)
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine – Detroit, Michigan
Residency: MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western University – Cleveland, Ohio
Fellowship: Cardiology (cardiovascular disease) fellowship at Willian Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak, Michigan