GME Internal Medicine Faculty

Farrin Manian, MD MPH - Chairman

Dr. Manian received his M.D. degree from University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical School in Nashville. In 2013, he joined the Department of Medicine at Mass General Hospital in Boston as a Clinician Educator. He served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School as Associate Professor of Medicine. In 2020, Dr. Manian joined the Department of Medicine at Mercy Hospital St. Louis as Chairman and Academic Hospitalist.

Dr. Garland received her medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 2006, completed her Internship at the University of Maryland and Residency and Chief Resident year at George Washington University in 2009.

Dr. Robertson graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 2014. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Saint Louis University in 2017 followed by a year as a chief resident. He joined Mercy in July of 2018 as an academic hospitalist.

Michelle Kempf joined the Internal Medicine Program in 2008 as the Program Coordinator. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from UMSL and her Master’s Degree in Business Management & Leadership from Webster University.

Dr. Novack received his M.D. Degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 2020. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Mercy Hospital, Saint Louis in 2023. He joined as Junior faculty as Chief Resident for 2023-2024 and plans to pursue fellowship in Critical Care Medicine.