Current Residents

Medical School: Universidad de Panamá Facultad de Medicine

Daniel Alvarez joins us from the Universidad de Panamá Facultad de Medicine in Venezuela. Daniel trained in a public hospital where he cared for the indigenous population and sparked an interest in social medicine. He enjoys focusing on creating relationships with families and has done research in geriatrics. Daniel loves dancing salsa as it connects him to this culture and family.

Medical School: Universidad Central del Ecuador Facultad de Ciencias Médicas

Sandra joins us from Universidad Central del Ecuador Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. She worked as a primary care clinician there both in rural areas and in Quito after completing medical school. She is interested in both community health and working with marginalized populations. Since moving here, Sandra has been deeply involved in mentorship of Latinx students, helping them navigate the process of applying and working in the US. She has a passion for dancing and has competed internationally representing Ecuador and winning several awards. 

Medical School: Cairo University Faculty of Medicine

Mostafa joins us from Cairo University Faculty of Medicine in Egypt. He has immersed himself in learning about women’s health, conducting research in MSM health and eventually hopes to have a career in providing care for patients living with HIV. He is passionate about LGBTQ health as well as urban/rural health equity. He enjoys reading contemporary fiction and participating in book clubs. 

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Emily Fishbein studied at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and has an interest in nutritional health and integrative medicine. She has volunteered with both the refugee population and persons experiencing homelessness during medical school. She enjoys many hobbies including long-distance running, gardening, and traveling. 

Medical School:  University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Ananna is joining us from the  University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.  She has been volunteering in the Bronx since moving here including starting a Bangladeshi Youth Council and providing resources and connections for her community. She has continued to do research with her community and hopes to provide care for them as a local physician one day. She enjoys long distance walking and gourmet cooking. 

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Faith completed her medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. She has contributed to advocacy efforts for persons with disabilities and worked with MUSC faculty to develop the university’s first official LGBT+ care competency curriculum for senior students in the college of medicine. She enjoys visual art, music, and bouldering.

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine

Rahee comes to us from the University of Washington School of Medicine. She has had extensive involvement in working with underserved communities including providing care for people with substance use disorders, survivors of IPV and unhoused patients in Seattle. She also  founded an organization to combat gender-based violence.  She is the owner of a portraiture photography business and an avid live music enthusiast. 

Medical School: Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Cuba

Nat is joining us from Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Cuba. She is interested in border health and working with marginalized communities and has volunteered with a refugee health alliance in Tijuana. She organized and helped to develop a transgender health educational workshop with her peers during medical school.  She enjoys films, writing, and spoken word poetry. 

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of  Medicine

Dolly studied at Pennsylvania State University College of  Medicine and  she has a strong interest in family planning and women's health. She worked on the Diversity Task Force to create physician allies for each clerkship rotation to support struggling learners and also did a QI project to identify barriers when working with patients with limited English proficiency. She enjoys yoga, travel and painting. 

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Nicole joins us from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has a strong interest in food justice, population health and policy. She helped to start a COVID-19 grocery delivery service and partnered with other medical students to create a community based service learning group. She enjoys hiking and cooking, especially making homemade versions of famous take out foods. 

Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

A first-generation New Jersey native, Meher graduated from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to medical school, she earned her Masters of Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers School of Graduate Studies. During medical school, Meher was part of the Student Government Association as the institution’s first Inclusion and Diversity Officer. She led the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and developed student programming that integrated activism within the context of medical care. By hosting Community Circle sessions Meher established institution-wide dialogue on race relations, microaggressions, and the social determinants of health which were instrumental in opening up spaces of safety for underrepresented students. She led efforts to incorporate inclusive language to the Osteopathic Oath and helped create a Graduation Inclusivity Oath. Meher designed an annual Health Equity Workshop that hosted a variety of guest speakers from across New York’s public health systems to highlight health disparities and systemic inequalities. In addition, Meher collaborated with the greater NYITCOM Diversity and Inclusion Committee to advocate for antiracism and cultural competence training to the medical school curriculum. Meher is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and a recipient of the AOA DEI Unification Award. She was also involved with Physicians for Human Rights as well as the NYITCOM Asylum Clinic. Meher is passionate about art, music, fashion, enjoys cooking and skincare, and collects sneakers and vinyls.

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine

Anita graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Health Policy and Management BSPH and Biology BS. She completed her medical training at Weill Cornell Medical College. She cares about advocating for marginalized communities, through affirming dignity, centering joy, and building communities of care. At UNC, Anita led the expansion of the Refugee Health Initiative and led a public health design thinking initiative. As a medical student, she worked with the Prison Education Project, leading courses on mindfulness, sociology, forgiveness, and healing inside prisons in California, Hawaii, and Scotland. She collaborated with researchers to publish a study documenting prison healthcare access disparity, and a study examining the allocation of Medicaid DSH payments. She volunteered with the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights. Anita is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She is interested in using primary care, addiction medicine, public health, and community advocacy to heal at both an individual and systems level.

Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria

Katherine graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, IL. After earning a BA in Russian literature and music from Columbia University, she worked as a CNA at Carle Hospital and then obtained her post-baccalaureate degree from Bryn Mawr College. Prior to starting medical school, she worked as a research assistant at the Castleman Disease Research Program in Philadelphia. During medical school, she served as a student leader at Cordoba Healthcare, a medical clinic which offers free subspeciality care for any uninsured or underinsured individual in the Peoria area.

Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Emma graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Societies with a concentration in public health. She served as president of Penn’s chapter of Global Medical Brigades, organizing fundraising, recruitment, and education efforts for volunteer trips to medically underserved regions of Nicaragua and Panama. During her first gap year, Emma worked for the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers as a health coach in an addiction medicine clinic in Camden, New Jersey. In this role, she assisted patients with their social needs such as arranging transportation to medical appointments, finding them a place to stay for the night, or helping them apply for jobs. In medical school, Emma was involved in the Improving Patient Access, Care, and Cost through Training (IMPACcT) primary care experience longitudinal program where she worked alongside a team of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to provide patient-centered care. She was also actively involved in the student run free clinic, community service committee, and internal medicine coalition. In her fourth year of medical school, Emma attended a five-week global health elective trip to Kisoro, Uganda with Doctors for Global Health. She provided care to patients in a local district hospital and supported the work of outpatient community-based programs led by village health workers.

Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine

Miledys graduated from the CUNY School of Medicine Sophie Davis Program, a combined BS/MD program dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented in medicine (URiM) physicians in underserved community. During her undergraduate years at City College, she completed a minor in Latin America and Latino/a/x Studies (LALS), collaborated in several research projects as a research assistant and served as teaching assistant for LALS Program Director, an international migration, stratification and health scholar. She also volunteered twice in Puerto Rico, post hurricanes Maria and Irma with the CUNY Service Corps helping to build housing and advocacy on behalf of victims. Miledys organizes with other medical students NYAM's annual Advocacy In Medicine conference for conversations on advocacy and activism. She completed a Restorative Justice Pilot Program with the AAMC and volunteers with Radical Health to promote health equity and community led engagement. She is a Bronx native Afro Puerto Rican Dominican committed to collective liberation and equity.

Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine

Giang graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering. As an undergraduate, he worked as a general chemistry tutor and study group leader and designed a portable device to help geriatric patients enter and exit vehicles for his Capstone project. He then completed a Master’s degree in Translational Medicine at UC Berkeley and UCSF, where worked as a product development associate at a biologics company and taught multivariable calculus. In medical school, he served on the leadership board of numerous mentorship, healthcare education, and diversity organizations, including Penn State’s APAMSA (Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association) chapter, BRIDGE, REMARK (Rehabilitation, Education, and Mentorship for At-Risk Youth), and the Salvation Army. He has also worked as smoking cessation coordinator for LionCare, which is Penn State’s student-run free clinic, and collaborated on numerous research projects focused on healthcare education equity, public health, and social medicine.

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Anshel graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, he focused on biological markers of Schizophrenia which he continued studying in his gap year. As a Vice President of the service society, he primarily helped organize high school tutoring in the Baltimore area. In medical school, Anshel was a research chair and co-president of the Refugee Health Partners. He worked with a variety of organizations in Philadelphia to help promote COVID-19 vaccination in the immigrant and refugee communities, studied the specific factors preventing vaccination, and partnered with a variety of organizations across Philadelphia. Using those results he helped facilitate a weekly pop-up vaccination clinic. He also was the vice president and co-founder of the Infectious Disease Society at Jefferson. His interests include HIV Primary Care, combating vaccine hesitancy, and Refugee and Immigrant health.

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Sarah joins the PCSIM program from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM). After earning a BA in Biology at Swarthmore College, Sarah completed a post baccalaureate program at LKSOM before starting medical school. A classically trained soprano, Sarah was the President of Tachychordia Acapella Group and the Temple Arts Group and directed and produced music videos for the virtual LKSOM graduation ceremonies in 2020 and 2021. She also helped organize and run Narcan (naloxone) training events for the Addiction Medicine Interest Group and volunteered with the Temple Emergency Action Corps (TEAC) at One Day at A Time, a center that provides addiction and recovery support. As a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Sarah mentored and conducted interviews with prospective medical students identifying as LGBTQ+ as part of LKSOM’s owLGBTQ+ advocacy group. In her free time, Sarah is an avid foodie and loves to see Broadway shows!

Medical School: Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine 

Abiola completed his medical school at the prestigious Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University in Ukraine. During his time in medical school, he served as the president of the International Christian Medical Association and founded Krushkrok.com. This platform has been instrumental in aiding over 2,500 medical students in Ukraine since 2015, helping them to enhance their grasp of fundamental medical concepts. Upon his graduation, he returned to Nigeria with a commitment to advancing healthcare. As a primary care physician in Nigeria, he established a support group for sickle cell patients within the university community in Abuja. This initiative particularly focused on assisting sickle cell disease patients struggling with opioid addiction to achieve sobriety. Additionally, Abiola dedicated his time to volunteering at community health outreaches, where underserved populations were screened for preventable non-communicable chronic diseases. These efforts, with a special emphasis on rural areas lacking medical resources, facilitated early diagnosis and provided essential counseling and treatment for conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, thereby promoting improved health outcomes within these communities. 

Medical School: SUNY Downstate COM

Leah graduated with BS in Biology from SUNY Binghamton. During her undergraduate studies, she spent several years volunteering with a local senior center to provide a safe and engaging environment for adults with early-stage dementia. She also volunteered as a pre-med advisor to assist peers with building their applications for graduate programs in healthcare. In medical school, Leah collaborated with a board of her peers to provide healthcare to people experiencing homelessness and people living in shelters in the local Brooklyn area through the SUNY Downstate Street Medicine Outreach group. She also really enjoyed her involvement in the Brooklyn Free clinic as both a junior and senior volunteer, providing healthcare to patients without insurance and helping mentor pre-clinical medical students in their first experience with primary care in the community. 

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School

Sonia graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in May 2024, where she was a Dean’s Merit Scholar and member of the Gold Humanism Honors Society. After earning her BS in Biochemistry at UCLA and graduating magna cum laude, she went on to serve as an Americorps Massachusetts Promise Fellow (MPF) from 2018-2019. In medical school, Sonia founded the virtual Caring for Communities of Color Conference to foster the growth of future healthcare trainees committed to social justice. She pursued her Masters in public policy degree at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a Gleitsman Social Change Fellow at the Harvard Center for Public Leadership. In her final year of graduate school, she was a policy analyst for the Medicare program at the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Budget. Sonia is currently a member of the Health Justice Lab at the Cambridge Health Alliance. As a daughter to working-class South Asian immigrants, she is passionate about advancing health equity for marginalized communities in the United States. She credits her personal and professional development as an activist to her year serving Boston’s youth of color with MPF, and the brilliant youth, peers, and mentors that fundamentally shaped her passion for social change.

Medical School: University of Washington, School of Medicine
Graduate School: Ohio University

Jiabin graduated from University of Washington, School of Medicine. After earning a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University in China, He pursued his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Ohio University. Then he joined Los Alamos National Laboratory to work on environmental research projects on global warming. Then he joined British Petroleum company as an engineer for 8 years.  During his career of research and professional careers, he published over 30 papers on pharmaceutics, materials, geology and biology.

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Ashley graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Biochemistry. She played on the varsity women’s soccer team as an undergraduate and continues to play in her free time. During medical school, she conducted research on HIV and mental health integration as well as HCV drug resistance. She volunteered with Boston Healthcare for Homeless Persons and was elected to the Honos Civicus Society at Tufts. She is committed to taking care of underserved patients, both in the inpatient and outpatient settings. She hopes to work in a FQHC affiliated with a safety net hospital. She is also interested in global health and completed an internal medicine rotation in Ghana during her fourth year of medical school. 

Medical school: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Danish Majid comes from Chicago, IL after graduating from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. During medical school, they volunteered as a protest medic after George Floyd’s murder. They are passionate about the rights of those who are incarcerated/detained and medical-legal advocacy—they spent several years with the Chicago People’s Rights Collaborative mentoring helping draft expert written testimony for clients with terminal medical issues and experiencing substandard healthcare while in incarceration/detention. Outside of work, they love long-distance running (always looking for new running buddies), aerial silks, exploring new cafes and boba shops, raising plants, and doing henna/mehndi. 

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Allison graduated from Binghamton University with a BA in Biology. As an undergraduate, Allison was very involved in research examining the effects of methadone exposure on learning and memory. While on the executive board for Dance Marathon, she helped to fundraise thousands of dollars for the Children’s Miracle Network throughout her undergraduate years. In medical school, as president of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Medicine, Allison spent time increasing addiction medicine exposure for medical students. Additionally, she participated in a quality improvement project with the goal of increasing patient continuity within the endocrinology clinic. Allison has also spent time mentoring students at her alma mater as a medical student by helping them navigate the pre-medical process.

Medical School: Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College

Omar graduated from Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College in India and continued his journey in medicine, which eventually led him to serve as a primary care physician within a prison facility in Saudi Arabia. While working in prison, he pursued further academics, completing a diploma in family medicine and attaining international membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners of the UK, ensuring the provision of the best care to his patients. Beyond his clinical duties, Omar undertook leadership roles, advocating for improved healthcare access for all inmates and striving to rectify inequalities within the system. Notably, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he voluntarily stationed himself within the prison facility for three months, gaining invaluable insights into the mental health challenges faced by inmates. Omar has actively participated in projects aimed at enhancing the delivery of healthcare services, such as improving access for elderly patients at a primary care clinic in Brooklyn and assessing electronic literacy among geriatric patients attending a skin cancer clinic at Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada. His collaborative efforts in these endeavors highlight his commitment to advancing healthcare delivery reforms and addressing the needs of diverse underserved communities.

Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Kiran graduated from Cornell University with a degree in the biological sciences and concentration in genetics and developmental biology. She dedicated most of her time studying valvulogenesis and aortic stenosis in Dr. Butcher's Lab of Developmental Biology and Bioengineering. She was also president of the College of Arts and Sciences Pre-Professional Health Association and a member of two dance teams. She volunteered regularly as a patient advocate in the Cayuga Medical Center Emergency Department. In medical school, Kiran continued her research in aortic pathology via the Sarnoff Fellowship and her thesis project. She concurrently completed a Master's Degree in Clinical Research via the Clinical Research Scholars Program. She also volunteered with the Community Health Initiative and participated in school-wide diversity dinners. These activities along with her wonderful experience in longitudinal clinic inspired her to enter primary care. 

Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Disha graduated from Hofstra University in 2019 where she majored in Public Health and minored in Biochemistry. As an undergraduate, she was captain of the Division 1 Tennis Team and served as VP of UNICEF. She spent time doing research with the New York State Department of Health where she studied how immigration status impacted the prevalence of SIDS related deaths. In medical school at the Zucker School of Medicine, Disha headed the Curriculum Subcommittee of the Committee of Anti Racism and Allyship where she implemented over 14 permanent curricular changes.  She was the chair of the Wellness Committee where she created a longitudinal nutrition program between RDs and medical students to help students understand their personal nutritional goals. Disha spent a year doing translational lab research at the Feinstein Institute where she studied the impact of frequency of breastmilk feedings on the diversity of the neonatal microbiome.