Leadership
Mary C. Downing, MD, FACP, Program Director
Dr. Mary Downing earned her medical degree from the Tulane Medical School. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the memorial Heath University Medical Center and her Vascular Medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Downing is a graduate of Duke University and competed a post graduate studies at Columbia University. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Vascular Medicine.
Timothy P Connelly, MD, PA, FACP
- Internal Medicine
- Associate Program Director
- Clinical Informatics
Joseph C Kramer, MD
- Internal Medicine
- Associate Program Director
Lora C. Denton, MD FACP
- Internal Medicine
- Continuity Clinic Director
Chad Martins, MD
- Internal Medicine
- Clerkship Director
Steven L. Carpenter, MD
- Internal Medicine,
- Chair
Faculty
Maulik A. Patel, MD, Faculty
Dr. Patel is board certified in Internal Medicine, and Geriatric Medicine. He received his medical education from Mercer University School of Medicine, and completed residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Dr. Patel completed his fellowship at the University of Florida at Gainesville. He specializes in providing medical care for senior adults. His approach to care is to empower patients to be the best managers of their own health. He does that by educating them about their illness and giving them ways to treat diseases and their complications. Most importantly, he helps them learn about the medicines they are taking and the potential side effects. As a geriatrician, Dr. Patel considers the whole patient before treating medical conditions -- their physical, emotional and mental health as well as their illness. He says he enjoys the challenge of piecing together a diagnosis based on symptoms and lab or imaging results. Then, he can create the perfect "recipe" for treating his patients' particular disease.
Cristina M. Negrea, MD, CMD
Dr. Negrea is board certified in Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics. She received her medical education from Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago, Dominican Republic, and completed residency at Mount Vernon Hospital/ New York Medical College. Dr. Negrea completed Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at Philadelphia Geriatric Center Medical College of Pennsylvania. She is an assistant professor of internal medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine, Savanah Campus.
Lloyd S. Goodman, MD, FACC
Dr. Goodman is board certified in Internal Medicine, and Cardiology. He received his medical education from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Goodman completed fellowship in Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine. He was also served in the United States Navy at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Dr. Goodman is a clinical professor at the Medical College of Georgia, department of internal medicine, and an associate professor of internal medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine.
Mary I. Cady, MD
Dr. Cady is board certified in Internal Medicine. She received her medical education from the Medical College of Georgia, and completed residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She is an assistant professor of medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine, department of internal medicine. Dr. Cady is a faculty member in the department of internal medicine at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She enjoys running, tennis and exercise.
A native of Savannah, Dr. Patel enjoys meditating and watching documentaries. He and his wife, along with their two young sons, are active in their spiritual community at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.
Lindsey Goldberg, MD
- Internal Medicine
Michael Ruiz, MD, Faculty
Dr. Ruiz is board certified in Internal Medicine. He received his medical education from Medical College of Georgia, and completed residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Dr. Ruiz is an assistant professor of medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine, and a faculty member at Memorial Health University Medical Center, department of Internal Medicine. He enjoys working out, fishing, playing golf, and spending time with his family.
Chad Martins, MD Clerkship Director
Dr. Martins is a graduate of Youngstown State University, and Northeast Ohio Medical University. He completed residency at the George Washington University, and was chief resident. He joined the Memorial Health in 2019.
Joseph C. Kramer, MD Associate Program Director
Dr. Kramer is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, and Mercer University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident 2015-2016. Dr. Kramer joined the Internal Medicine faculty in 2016. He was the Clerkship Director. He is an Associate Program Director.
Lora Denton, MD, FACP Director of Ambulatory Education
Dr. Denton is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and attended medical school at Mercer University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Georgia Baptist Medical in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Denton joined the residency program at Memorial Health in 1995 as a faculty member. She became the Director of Ambulatory Education in 2011.
Mary Downing, MD, FACP Program Director
Graduate of Duke University, and Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at Memorial Health and a Vascular Medicine Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Downing joined the residency program in 2012 as a faculty member. She is the current program director.
Timothy Connelly, MD FACP Associate Program Director
Dr. Connelly graduated medical school at the University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine. He completed Internal Medicine residency at Memorial Health, he served as Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Connelly joined the Internal Medicine faculty in 2012. He is actively involved in IT initiatives at Memorial, including the implementation of the Epic Enterprise EHR. Dr. Donnelly is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Core Faculty:
William Hannah, MD
Designated Institutional Official Dr. Hannah is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, and Emory University School of Medicine. He completed residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and was chief resident. He is currently faculty and DIO at Memorial Health.
Cristina Negrea, MD
Dr. Negrea is graduate of Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago, and Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She completed residency at Mount Vernon Hospital/ New York Medical College. Dr. Negrea completed Geriatric fellowship at Philadelphia Geriatric Center.
Michael Ruiz, MD
Dr. Ruiz is a graduate of Armstrong State University, and the Medical College of Georgia. He completed residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center.
Lindsey Goldberg, MD
Dr. Goldberg is a graduated of Amherst College, and the Medical College of Georgia. She completed residency at the University of Kentucky, and was chief resident.
Maulik Patel, MD
Dr. Patel is a graduate of Emory University and Mercer University School of Medicine. He completed residency at Memorial Heath University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Dr. Patel is specialized in medical care for the elderly, completing a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at University of Florida Institute for Aging in Gainesville, FL.
Lloyd Goodman, MD, FACC
Dr. Goodman is a graduate of Emory University, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Goodman completed Cardiology fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. He also served in the United States Navy.
Priya Pujara, MD
Dr. Pujara attended medical school in Charleston, SC at MUSC and did her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics in Washington, DC at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. After completing residency Dr. Pujara worked in an outpatient med-peds clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. After Cleveland and before moving to Savannah, she worked for Prisma Health at their midland's campus in Columbia, SC. She worked as a preceptor in the resident clinic and she ran her own in clinic for adults with developmental disabilities She has an interest in transition care from pediatrics to adult medicine. When not working, she enjoys traveling and being outside with her family.
Dr. Obaid Rehman, MD
Born and raised in New York, NY, Dr. Rehman graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Economics. He then attended the Medical University of the Americas on St. Kitts and Nevis.
Dr. Rehman completed his internship at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, NY and then his residency at Hamilton Health Care System in Dalton, GA, where he also served as a Chief Resident. In the final year of his residency, he was awarded the “2021 Outstanding Resident in Volunteerism and Advocacy” by the American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter.
He is now the Chief Medical Resident at Memorial Health University Medical Center.
