GIM Fellowship: Current Fellows

           
Reza Alavi, MD, MBA
2024 E. Monument St.
Room 2-614A
Baltimore, MD 21287
443-287-2407

          
Undergraduate education:
University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Medical school:
Jefferson Medical College, 2005
Residency:
Mt Auburn Hospital of Harvard Medical School
Began GIM Fellowship: 2008
Research interests:
Obesity health policy
          
           

Blecker, Saul, MD
2024 E. Monument St.
Room 2-602 (5)
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-614-6462

Undergraduate education:
Columbia University, 1999
Medical school:
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2005
Residency:
New York University School of Medicine
Began GIM Fellowship: 2008
Research interests:
       
     
                      

Undergraduate education:
Vanderbilt University, 1993
Medical school:
Duke University School of Medicine, 1997
Residency:
Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine
Began GIM Fellowship: 2008
Research interests:
Diabetes prevention, prediabetes, screening programs
        
        

Undergraduate education:
University of Michigan, 1999
Medical school:
University of California at Davis, 2005
Residency:
Yale University
Began GIM Fellowship: 2008
Research interests:
HIV prevention and healthcare disparities in immigrants and refugees; structural and behavioral interventions
       
         

Undergraduate education:
BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1994, and Mills College, 1998
Graduate education:
MPH, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2000
PhD, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007
Began GIM Fellowship: 2009
Research interests:
Cancer and comorbidities, cancer survivorship
       
       

Kimberly Gudzune, MD, MPH
2024 E. Monument St.
Room 2-516
Baltimore, MD 21287

Undergraduate education:
BA, University of Colorado, 2001
Graduate education:
MD and MPH, Tulane University, 2006
Residency:
University of Maryland Medical System
Began GIM Fellowship: 2009
Research interests:
Health disparities, information technology, patient-physician communication
         

Rashmi P. Kumar, MD
1830 E. Monument St.
Room 8033
Baltimore, MD 21287
443-287-4728

Undergraduate education:
Northwestern University, BA, 1999
Medical school:
University of Washington School of Medicine, 2003
Residency:
University of Washington Department of Internal Medicine Primary Care Program, Seattle/Boise track
Began GIM Fellowship: 2007
Research interests:
Health disparities; global health; palliative care; physician-patient communication
        

Undergraduate education:
New York University, 2004
Graduate Education:
PhD, Yale University, 2009
Began GIM Fellowship: 2009
Research Interests:
Cardiovascular/stroke epidemiology

Undergraduate education:
Union College, 2000
Medical school:
Albany Medical College, 2003
Residency:
University of Miami
Began GIM Fellowship: 2008
Research interests:
Quality improvement projects and systems management; patient safety issues, especially as related to patient census; transitions of care from acute to primary care; impact of Medicare Part D on prescription access
          
        

Anne Monroe, MD
1830 E. Monument St.
Room 8012
Baltimore, MD 21287

Undergraduate education:
BA, University of North Carolina, 1998
Graduate education:
MD, Stony Brook University, 2005
Residency:
University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital
Began GIM Fellowship: 2009
Research interests:
HIV, STDs, health disparities, access to care issues
        
        

Sadie Peters, MD, MA
1830 E. Monument St.
Room 8033
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-502-2415

Undergraduate education:
Dartmouth College, BA, 1990
Medical school:
Howard University College of Medicine, 2000
Residency:
Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Began GIM Fellowship: 2007
Research interests:
Community-based participatory research; cardiovascular risks
       

Lipika Samal, MD, MPH
2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-602 (3)
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-9862

Undergraduate education:
Case Western Reserve University, BA, 2000
Medical school:
Case Western Reserve University, MD, 2004
Residency:
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; General Internal Medicine track
Began GIM Fellowship: 2007
Research interests:
Improving quality of care for chronic and comorbid illness; health information technology; women's health; environmental/occupational health
        

Letitia Wright, MD, PharmD
1830 E. Monument St. Room 8011
Baltimore, MD 21287

Undergraduate education:
BS, University of Maryland, 1994
Graduate education:
PharmD, Howard University, 1997
MD, Ohio State University, 2006
Residency:
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore
Began GIM Fellowship: 2009
Research interests:
Healthcare disparities