Our Faculty

• Katina Rue, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP

  Family Medicine Physician with Trios Medical Group

  Program Title: Program Director for Trios Health Family Medicine Residency

  Katina Rue, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP is the Family Medicine Residency Program Director at Trios Health Family Medicine Residency. Dr. Rue brings with her a wide array of experience that will be a great benefit and resource for our family medicine resident physicians, faculty, and the community.

  She earned her Doctor of Osteopathy at the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, now called Kansas City University, and then completed her Traditional Osteopathic Rotating Internship and Family Medicine Residency at the Medical Center of Independence Family Medicine Residency Program. During her residency, she served as Chief Intern and later as Chief Resident.

  She is also an experienced medical student and resident educator and currently holds faculty positions at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, University of Washington Department of Family Medicine, and Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Prior GME experience includes Family Medicine Core faculty, Associate Program Director, Director of Osteopathic Education, and Medical Student Director.

  Dr. Rue also serves as the president-elect of the Washington State Medical Association, which represents 12,000 physician, resident, and physician assistant members. Additionally, she’s on the Department of Health Community Health Worker Leadership Committee and the Health Care Authority’s Primary Care Certification Workgroup, an active committee member of the Washington Academy of Family Medicine.  She currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation.  She has been a past board member of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.

  She is a fierce advocate for residents, patients, and the house of medicine.  She enjoys spending time with her family on the family farm, traveling and exploring new outdoor areas. 

• Vamsi Kanneganti, MD

  Nephrology Physician with Trios Medical Group

  Program Title: Program Director for Trios Health Internal Medicine Residency  

  Dr. Kanneganti earned his medical degree at the Deccan College of Medical Science in Hyderabad, India. He subsequently moved to the United States to complete his residency and an internship at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He then completed his fellowship training in nephrology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. 

  Dr. Kanneganti moved to the Tri-Cities in Washington in 2013 when he joined Trios Medical Group as a nephrologist. In February 2017, he was appointed Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Trios Health.

  Dr. Kanneganti is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology and is a certified hypertension specialist and interventional nephrologist by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ADIN). He holds memberships with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Society of Nephrology (ASN), American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), and the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI). His interests include vascular access in end stage renal disease and graduate medical education.

Elizabeth Brallier, MD
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Health Science Center
Residency: University of Washington
Specialty: Family Medicine

Kimberly Bell, MD, MMM, SFHM, FACP
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center
Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Whitney Fix-Lanes, DO
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University
Residency: Trios Health
Specialty: Family Medicine

Alexandria Capers, DO
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University
Residency: Trios Health
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Alex Nelson, MSW, MA, LICSW, SUDP
Family Residency Clinic - Behavioral
Health Specialist
Director of Behavioral Health, Trios Health

Sridivya Kosuri, MD
Medical School: Kamineni Institute
of Medical Science
Residency: Trios Health
Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Dan Vaughn, MD
Medical School: University of Washington
Residency: Clarkson Family Medicine
Specialty: Family Medicine

Amardeep Mann, MD
Medical School: GURU Gobind Singh
Residency: University of Southern California
Specialty: Cardiology