Nikita Barai, MD

Hometown: Munster, IN

Medical School:  Indiana University School of Medicine

For fun I: dance, read, brunch, explore new neighborhoods in Baltimore, spend time with family & friends

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  the water and the neighborhoods

E-mail:  nbarai1@jhmi.edu

Carolyn Bramante, MD, MPH

Hometown: Minneaplis, MN

Medical School: University of Minnesota

For fun I: spend time with my son and cross country ski

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  the friendly people

E-mail:  cbraman1@jhmi.edu

Iris Leviner, MD, MS

Hometown: Flanders, NJ

Medical School:  Georgetown University School of Medicine

For fun I: see friends, drink coffee, read the paper, bike around the city

Favorite thing about Baltimore: The neighborhoods; there are so many things to discover.  My own neighbors-they seem so diverse but they hang out on their porches together, throw block parties, and generally look out for each other and for me.

Career Interests:  Health service delivery quality improvement for an underserved community

E-mail:  ilevine3@jhmi.edu

Benjamin Oldfield, MD

Hometown: Washington, DC

Medical School:  Harvard Medical School

For fun I: garden on my roof, ferment beverages, bike Baltimore's streets, practice my spanish at the mexican bar down the street, listen to Otis Redding

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  a lack of pretense, a unique mix of pride and shame in the city, the bodegas in my neighborhood, BLTs at my farmer's market, the gossip at my local barber shop

Career Interests:  Primary care, social and economic injustice, addiction, prisons, literature, and medicine

E-mail:  boldfie1@jhmi.edu

Zachary Nayak, MD

Hometown: Bloomington, IL

Medical School:  University of Illinois

For fun I: spend time with my wife, read, sleep and go to church

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  The gritty charm of the city and the food

E-mail:  znayak1@jhmi.edu

Jocelyn Ronda, MD

Hometown:  Accord, NY

Medical School:  Yale School of Medicine

For fun I:  enjoy eating a great meal with friends

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  Baltimore Farmer's Market on Saturday or the row of Indian, Thai, Japanese, and Turkish food down my street

E-mail: jronda1@jhmi.edu

Katie Shaw, MD

Hometown:  Macon, GA

Medical School:  Vanderbilt University

For fun I:  spend time with my husband, run

Favorite thing about Baltimore: the great neighborhoods and pride people have in the city (everyone loves the Ravens!)

E-mail: kshaw17@jhmi.edu

Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS

Hometown:  Brooklyn, NY

Medical School:  Yale University

For fun I:  bike down to the Sunday Farmer's Market, catch a live band at Joe Squared Pizza, attend murder mystery water ballets with fellow Med-Peds-ers (okay, that was just once)

Favorite thing about Baltimore: quirky, diverse neighborhoods with good eats, good arts, and a gritty urban charm totally unique to this city.

E-mail:  natalie.spicyn@jhmi.edu

Monica Mix, MD

Hometown: Hudson, OH

Medical School:  Yale

For fun I:  water polo, swimming, read the NY Times

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  the different neighborhoods

E-mail:  mmix2@jhmi.edu

Sara Mixter, MD, MPH

Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD

Medical School:  Harvard

For fun I:  enjoy baking, knitting, spending time with friends

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  besides being closer to my family and friends in MD, my favorite thing is the great community of residents here and all the fun, affordable things to do in the city

E-mail: smixter2@jhmi.edu

Deanna Wilson, MD

Hometown: West Grove, PA

Medical School:  Yale

For fun I:  drink coffee, listen to music, travel

Favorite thing about Baltimore:  Close proximity to the water, great arts and music scene

E-mail: dwilso76@jhmi.edu