UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE RESIDENT & FELLOW … · 2020. 11. 7. · Non-Clinical Interests: Tennis, golf, salsa dancing, guitar NNENNA EZEH, MD Resident, PGY-1 Medicine-Dermatology

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’ S HOSPITAL

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AY 2020-2021

UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE

RESIDENT & FELLOW DIRECTORY

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE


RESIDENT & FELLOW DIREC TORY

Duaa

AbdelHameid,MD

Internal Medicine

Resident

Nicolette Juliana

Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Gastroenterology,

Hepatology, and

Endoscopy Fellow

David Sanchez, MD

Internal Medicine

Resident

URM Resident and Fellow Committee Leadership

We are so excited to share this second annual directory of underrepresented in medicine (URM) residents and

fellows in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Our URM community continues to

grow with support of Department of Medicine leadership, providing an additional level of camaraderie and

support within the BWH community. We hope this directory can be a useful resource for our own URM residents

and fellows, highlighting opportunities for mentorship, networking, and friendship. Additionally, this document

can serve as a guide for prospective residents and fellows who may join our community in the future.

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RESIDENTS

EVAN MICHAEL SHANNON, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Resident

Email: [email protected]

Hometown: Brookline, MA

Undergraduate Training: Stanford

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco

Graduate Training: UCLA (M.P.H.)

Residency Training: Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Fellowship/Specialty: Hospital Medicine Research Fellow

Interests: Hanging out with my baby daughter Naomi, wife Mariya and dog

Robyn. Listening to music and going to concerts (indie, hiphop, electronic).

FOOD (checking out new restaurants or cooking new recipes). Watching sports

(football and basketball especially…Go Pats and Celtics!). Cycling. Reading the

New Yorker. Podcasts (The Daily, Pod Save America, Bill Simmons, Men in

Blazers, Pod Save the People, Switched on Pop). Travel (lucky to have been to

all 6 inhabited continents). TV (current shows: Watchmen, Peaky Blinders,

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; favorite shows: Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, The

Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Great British Bakeoff)

mailto:[email protected]

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NICHOLAS CHEDID, MD


Hometown: New Orleans, LA

Clinical Interests: Cardiology or general internal medicine; medical

innovation/entrepreneurship and machine learning

Non-Clinical Interests: Traveling, trying to cook new things, sci-fi/fantasy,

nature/outdoors





DUAA ABDELHAMEID, MD


Hometown: Alexandria, VA

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University

Clinical Interests: Critical care + cardiology, health disparities

Non-clinical Interests: Knitting, Netflix (Bollywood movies and Egyptian

TV shows), reading

MARIEL BAILEY, MD, MEd

Resident, PGY-4

Medicine-Pediatrics


Hometown: Newport, RI

Undergraduate Training: Stanford University

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: GI, public health, health inequities in urban adolescent

populations

Non-Clinical Interests: Sci-Fi/fantasy/cosplay, my dog




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MAXWELL COLL, MD

Resident, PGY-2

Categorical


Hometown: Santa Fe, NM/NYC

Undergraduate Training: Washington University in St. Louis

Medical School: Georgetown

Clinical Interests: Cardio-oncology

Non-Clinical Interests: Hanging out with my wife and dog, basketball,

movies, musical theater and trying new restaurants (ultimate goal is

finding the perfect Cubano)

RICARDO DE ARMAS, MD, MBA

Resident, PGY-1

Categorical


Hometown: Miami, FL

Undergraduate Training: MIT

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Graduate Training: Harvard Business School

Clinical Interests: Cardiology, medical technology innovation

Non-Clinical Interests: Tennis, golf, salsa dancing, guitar

NNENNA EZEH, MD

Resident, PGY-1

Medicine-Dermatology


Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Undergraduate Training: University of Southern California

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Clinical Interests: Rheumatology-dermatology, hair and skin of color, health equity and health policy

Non-Clinical Interests: trying new restaurants, cooking/baking,

Netflix/Hulu, reading


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MOHAMMED GHARE, MD


Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Clinical Interests: Women’s and minority representation in cardiovascular

clinical trials





LUTHER FLEURY,MD

Resident, PGY-2

Categorical


Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL

Undergraduate Training: University of South Florida

Medical School: Meharry Medical College

Clinical Interests: General

Non-Clinical Interests: Church/Theology, Netflix/Old shows (Bill Cosby

Show, Seinfeld, Cheers, Columbo, Star Trek, etc.), Rap (Battle Rap or

Christian HipHop)

RON GEJMAN, MD, PhD

Resident, PGY-1

Categorical


Hometown: Chicago, IL

Undergraduate Training: Columbia University

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College

Graduate Training: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Clinical Interests: Oncology

Non-Clinical Interests: Biking, public transit improvements



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Hometown: Miami, FL

Medical School: George Washington University Clinical Interests: Rheumatology and dermatology, medical education

Non-Clinical Interests: Exploring the tapas scene in Boston, SoulCycle





ZACHARY HERMES, MD, MPH, JM

Resident, PGY-4

Categorical-MBA


Hometown: Kaukauna, WI

Undergraduate Training: University of Wisconsin

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Health equity, cardiovascular medicine, healthcare

delivery, innovation and entrepreneurship

Non-Clinical Interests: Traveling, nature/outdoors, spirituality

ERICKA HOWARD, MD

Resident, PGY-3

Categorical


Hometown: Dallas, TX

Undergraduate Training: Rice University

Medical School: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas

Health Science Center at Houston

Clinical Interests: Gastroenterology/IBD; Health Equity research

Non-Clinical Interests: TV (comedy and true crime), Art, Traveling (warm

climates only), Food




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ORLY LEIVA, MD


Hometown: Dayton, OH

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Non-Clinical Interests: Soccer, hanging out with my fiancée and dog,

going to rock shows





ZAINAB JAJI, MD

Resident, PGY-3

Categorical


Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

Undergraduate Training: Gustavus Adolphus College

Medical School: Yale

Clinical Interests: Cardiology

MIRIAM KWARTENG-SIAW, MD

Resident, PGY-2

Categorical, Global Health Equity


Hometown: Ghana; Dallas, TX

Undergraduate Training: Columbia University

Medical School: Columbia Physicians & Surgeons

Clinical Interests: Global health, sickle cell disease, hematology, clinical

research, providing care in underserved areas

Non-Clinical Interests: Hanging out with friends, puzzles, singing,

traveling




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Hometown: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe


Clinical Interests: Global health, cardiology





MIGUEL LINARES, MD, MPH

Resident, PGY-1

BWH Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care


Hometown: Sonsonate, El Salvador; San Francisco Bay Area

Undergraduate Training: UC Berkeley

Medical School: UCSF

Graduate Training: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Clinical Interests: Health disparities, public health, medical education,

diversifying the healthcare workforce

Non-Clinical Interests: Hiking, photography, running, spinning,

and chasing after my infant daughter

LAUREN LYNCH, MD, PhD

Resident, PGY-1

Categorical


Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Undergraduate Training: University of Miami

Medical School: Indiana University

Graduate Training: Purdue University

Clinical Interests: Internal medicine, data science

Non-Clinical Interests: Hanging out with my husband and

daughter, trying new restaurants, Netflix/television, bar trivia, 1990s

computer games/N64


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Medical School:

Clinical Interests:





WILFREDO MATIAS, MD

Resident, PGY-4

Categorical, Global Health Equity


Hometown: New York, NY

Undergraduate Training: New York University


Clinical Interests: Global health, infectious disease

Non-Clinical Interests: Languages, travelling the Caribbean

FABIOLA MOLINA, MD

Resident, PGY-3

Primary Care, Division of General Medicine


Hometown: McAllen, TX

Undergraduate Training: Texas A&M


Clinical Interests: General medicine, health equity, immigrant health,

public health

Non-Clinical Interests: Cooking, reading, museums, documentaries,

binge-worthy tv, spending time with my husband and family



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CHEIKH NJIE, MD


Hometown: San Francisco, CA + Gambia

Undergraduate Training: San Francisco State University


Clinical Interests: GI, global health

Non-Clinical Interests: Traveling, trying new restaurants/bars, Netflix,

concerts

SORAYA NAQVI, MD, MPH

Resident, PGY-1

BWH Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care


Hometown: Abilene, TX

Undergraduate Training: Baylor University

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio

Clinical Interests: Primary Care, community health, geriatrics, global

health, infectious disease

Non-Clinical Interests: Reading, watching movies, drinking coffee,

sketching/painting, spending time with friends and family

ASHLEY ODAI-AFOTAY, MD

Resident, PGY-1

Categorical


Hometown: Silver Spring, MD

Undergraduate Training: Cornell University

Medical School: Yale School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Oncology, women’s health, health disparities

Non-Clinical Interests: In my free time one of my favorite things

to do is to cook


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MARCOS ORTIZ-RIOS, MD

Resident, PGY-1

Medicine-Pediatrics


Hometown: Toa Alta, PR

Undergraduate Training: University of Puerto Rico

Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Cardiology, oncology or primary Care, medical

education

Non-Clinical Interests: Traveling, running, re-watching The Office

LUISA PAREDES ACOSTA, MD

Resident, PGY-2

Primary Care, Division of General and Internal Medicine Email:

[email protected]

Hometown: Dominican Republic/North Carolina

Undergraduate Training: Macalester College

Medical School: University of North Carolina

Clinical Interests: General medicine, medical education, and primary

care

Non-Clinical Interests: Community partnerships, dog Bruno and nature

walks

RAMÓN RODRIGUEZ, MD

Resident, PGY-1

Categorical


Hometown: Providence, RI

Undergraduate Training: Brown University

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and

Surgeons

Clinical Interests: Undecided but considering infectious disease or

palliative care; disparities research; medical education; mentoring Black and

Latinx students interested in medicine; LGBTQ+ health

Non-Clinical Interests


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RONNYE RUTLEDGE, MD


Clinical Interests: Palliative care, LGBTQ healthcare, primary care

DAVID SANCHEZ, MD

Resident, PGY-3

Categorical


Hometown: New York, NY

Undergraduate Training: New York University

Medical School: Howard

Clinical Interests: Disparities in asthma, mentoring black/brown youth

interested in healthcare careers, allergy/immunology

Non-Clinical Interests: Going to concerts, going to Miami as many times

as possible during residency, hanging with my bae

MICHAEL SENTER-ZAPATA, MD

Resident, PGY-2

Categorical


Hometown: Blue Hill, ME

Undergraduate Training: Harvard College

Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis

Clinical Interests: GI, medical education

Non-Clinical Interests: Photography, traveling, hiking




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ANU SOPEYIN, MD

Resident, PGY-1

Preliminary, Ophthalmology


Hometown: Jos, Nigeria

Undergraduate Training: Vassar College

Medical School: Yale School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Ophthalmology, global health, and surgery

Non-Clinical Interests: Traveling, dancing, cooking, skincare

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FELLOWS

Please note that a limited subset of URM fellows are

included below due to response and time constraints.

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JOHN CHIOSI, MD


Hometown:

Medical School:

Residency Training:

Clinical Interests:

Non-Clinical Interests:





SYLVAN BACA, M.D, PhD

Fellow, Hematology/Oncology


Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

Undergraduate Training: Stanford University Graduate Training: Harvard Medical School

Medical School: Harvard Medical School Residency Training: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Interests: Genitourinary oncology, cancer epigenomics and therapeutic resistance. Running and, relatedly, chasing my one- and three-year old

children.

ELLIOT BREA, MD, PhD



Hometown: Buffalo Grove, NY

Undergraduate Training: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College

Graduate Training: Weill Cornell Medical College

Residency Training: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Clinical Interests: Bone marrow transplantation, CAR-T therapy,

hematologic malignancy

Non-Clinical Interests: Running, hiking, cooking


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DIANA M. LOPEZ, MD

Fellow, Cardiology Email: [email protected]

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Undergraduate Training: Dartmouth College



Interests: cardiac imaging, Iichemic heart disease, heart failure disparities

FILIPE MOURA, MD

Fellow, Cardiology


Hometown: Brasilia, Brazil

Undergraduate Training/Medical School: Universidade de Brasilia

Residency Training: New York Presbyterian/Cornell

Interests: Family (I have the 2 cutest girls), soccer, tennis, musicals.

Research interests include the intersection between metabolic syndrome

and atherosclerosis.

NICOLETTE JULIANA RODRIGUEZ,MD,MPH

Fellow, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy


Hometown: Long Island (Rockville Centre), NY

Undergraduate Training: Brown University

Graduate Training: Brown University School of Public Health

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University

Residency Training: Yale

Interests: digestive diseases, cancer genetics and care, population

health and healthcare disparities




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CARMELA SOCOLOVSKY, MD

Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care


Hometown: Yorktown, VA

Undergraduate Training: University of Virginia

Medical School: University of Chicago

Residency Training: Massachusetts General Hospital

Interests: my golden retriever Sasha, all desserts, being outside (with my

husband and Sasha), health policy for equitable health care delivery reform

SARI SANCHEZ, MD

Fellow, Infectious Diseases


Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Undergraduate Training: Princeton University

Medical School: University of Puerto Rico

Residency Training: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Interests: Always on the lookout for a fun dancing spot and an interesting

podcast!

ANN-MARCIA TUKPAH, MD, MPH

Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


Hometown: Holbrook, MA

Undergraduate Training: Northeastern University

Graduate Training: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Residency Training: Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Interests: travel, cuisine, novels, indoor gardening, antiquing




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XAVIER VELA PARADA, MD

Fellow, Nephrology


Hometown: San Salvador, El Salvador

Medical School: University of El Salvador

Residency Training: Mount Sinai

Clinical Interests: Chronic kidney disease in rural communities; hepatorenal syndrome

Non-Clinical Interests: sports; spending time with friends outdoors; running;

music; videogames; podcasts; books

LACHELLE DAWN WEEKS, MD, PhD


Dana-Farber Cancer Institute


Hometown: Newark, NJ

Undergraduate Training: Wellesley College

Graduate Training: Case Western Reserve University School of

Medicine

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine


Interests: adult clonal hematopoiesis, therapy related MDS/AML and

survivorship

JESSICA WILLIAMS, MD, MPH

Fellow, Rheumatology Email: [email protected]

Hometown: Auburn, AL

Undergraduate Training: Auburn University

Graduate Training: Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine


Interests: Traveling, reading, trying new restaurants



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UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE RESIDENT & FELLOW … · 2020. 11. 7. · Non-Clinical Interests: Tennis, golf, salsa dancing, guitar NNENNA EZEH, MD Resident, PGY-1 Medicine-Dermatology