Graduate Assistants (Externs)
The Graduate Assistant Program in Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Georgia was started in 1938 and has grown into a 15-member program that supports medical students by providing employment, patient care as a provider of BLS and ACLS, clinical and educational research, and recruitment into the specialty of anesthesiology.
The extern is primarily responsible to the anesthesiology faculty and resident staff on-call. The extern is a critical part of the anesthesia care team and is scheduled at approximately 40 hours per month during evening, weekend, and holiday hours. In addition to their responsibilities as the sole anesthesia technician for the OR and PACU during their shifts, the extern works throughout the 500-bed medical center in all anesthesia and critical care areas while also responding to all traumas and codes. The extern also serves as the OR laboratory technologist and the trauma technician handling all massive transfusions within the OR.
Class of 2026
Amber Bullock, Chief Extern
Undergraduate: BS, Biology, University of Georgia, 2022
Nicholas Fuchs
Undergraduate: BBA Management, Kennesaw State University, 2019
David Overholt
Undergraduate: BS, Microbiology, University of Florida, 2020
Josephine Rudd Zhong Manis
Undergraduate: BS, Biochemistry-Applied Languages & Intercultural Studies (French), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
Class of 2027
Ishan Aggarwal
Undergraduate: BS, Biology and Psychology, University of Georgia, 2023
Hallie Hayes
Undergraduate: BS, Biology, Augusta University, 2022
Nikhil Jaganathan
Undergraduate: BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, 2024
Sweta Munagapati
Undergraduate: BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, 2024
Jack West
Undergraduate: BS, Microbiology, BA, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2022
Class of 2028
Griffin Burgess
Undergraduate: BS, University of Alabama, psychology, 2023
Alusine Fofanah
Undergraduate: BS, University of Georgia, biology, 2022
Shreya Gunji
Undergraduate: BS, Augusta University, cell and molecular biology, 2025
Meghna Kamath
Undergraduate: BS, biology/AB, international affairs, University of Georgia, 2023
Ashi Zain
Undergraduate: BS, University of Georgia, biomedical physiology and biology, 2024
Recent Graduates
2021 Jennifer Butler (chief extern), Michael Lopez; 2022 Sneha Sareddy (chief extern); 2023 Elena Diller, Cameron Ernst (chief extern), Dilys Osei, Charlecia Williams; Jouvanie Zamor; 2024 Bryant Bolds, Lauren Brown, Sydney Greenlaw, Farhan Lakhani (chief extern), Viktoriya Sapkalova, Antron Spooner; 2025 Samantha Fraime (chief extern), Joshua Nougaisse
user icon Clerkship Director: Caryl Bailey, MBBS
Associate Clerkship Director: Sheryl Ang, MBBS, MRCP