Current Residents
Chief Residents
Megan Braiman, MD
Albany Medical College
Megan graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor's degree in epidemiology. As an undergraduate, Megan spent her time volunteering as an EMT with her university’s student run ambulance agency. She also volunteered with AmeriCorps at the Boys & Girls Club where she led the Cyclopedia biking program that provided children with a safe, healthy environment to explore their community. She served as an AmeriCorps volunteer during her gap year before medical school, where she assisted in combating chronic absenteeism in Rochester city schools to analyze monthly house visit data led by schools’ social work teams. In medical school, Megan applied her passions for preventive medicine by leading a culinary medicine service-learning program. She built the nutrition curriculum with Albany Med Bariatrics center staff for monthly, student-led cooking classes with post-bariatric surgery patients. In addition, Megan served as a research fellow at the Center for Law and Justice, where she created a mental health resource guide for Albany County and advocated on behalf of Center clients. In her free time, Megan loves to run, attend comedy shows with her husband and hang out with her friends’ dogs (and her friends)!
Catherine Casado-Pabon, MD
CUNY School of Medicine
Catherine is a graduate of the CUNY School of Medicine. She completed her B.S. in Biomedical Science during the undergraduate portion of her combined BS/MD at the City College of New York. As an undergraduate, she was a member of her school’s local AMWA chapter and took part in research on adolescent health behaviors and decision-making. As a medical student, Catherine was part of CSOM’s Curriculum Committee. This work involved engaging in critical analysis of and implementing effective change to her school’s 7-year curriculum. Catherine was also a Teaching Assistant with CSOM’s Health Professions Mentorship Program, acting as teacher and mentor to high school students interested in the spectrum of healthcare careers. She later became a consultant for the program and worked continually on its design and quality improvement. Throughout her years of study, Catherine has engaged in the transformative and healing work of Narrative Medicine as a student, small-group leader, and invited guest lecturer. In her spare time, Catherine enjoys going on long walks and taking naps with her cat.
Jessica Mitter-Pardo, DO
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine - California
Jessica graduated from Brown University with an undergraduate degree in Public Health and Master's Degree in Behavioral and Social Health, with a focus on global health and HIV research. She worked with the Miriam Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights to investigate peer-led programs to prevent HIV/Hep C transmission in formally incarcerated individuals, and then focused her Master’s thesis on reviewing the efficacy of gender-based interventions to reduce interpersonal violence and HIV risk. Following graduation, she interned at the Fenway Institute in Boston, MA while completing her post-baccalaureate at Harvard Extension School. In medical school, she continued her public health research, investigating barriers to the use of community health workers for family planning services in Uganda. She completed a Predoctoral Primary Care Academic Teaching Fellowship at Touro University, during which she taught preclinical students clinical reasoning, history taking, and physical exam skills. She also used this opportunity to create and implement a course on structural competency and carried out widespread changes to the pre-clinical curriculum to reduce instances of bias against historically marginalized communities, such as race-based medicine. Jessica was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship for piloting her novel consent-based and LGBTQI inclusive sexual health curriculum and creating a partnership between her medical school and middle schools in Vallejo, CA. She is also passionate about health policy and authored multiple resolutions for the California Academy of Family Physicians and American Medical Association, where she was a member of the Committee for Global and Public Health.