Residency Alumni

2024 Graduates

Lydia Andrawis, M.D.

Medical School: George Washington University
Undergrad: George Mason University
Activities/Hobbies: Baking, board games, brushing up on history, playing the piano, exploring coffee shops
Home State: Virginia
Where is she practicing: RWJ Barnabas in Jersey City, NJ

Whitney Brown, M.D.

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Undergrad: Oakwood University
Activities/Hobbies: Indoor cycling/Peloton, HGTV/Interior design, travelling, volunteering/community service, live music
Home State: Maryland
Where is she practicing: MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Katie Lorenz, M.D.

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
Activities/Hobbies: Playing basketball, DIY projects with my husband, yoga, cooking, puzzling
Home State: California
Where is she practicing: Medical Education Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Harry Flaster, M.D.

Medical School: Stanford
Undergrad: Yale
Activities/Hobbies: Riding bikes, swimming, running, triathlons, Latin dancing, writing, changing diapers
Home Country: Israel
Where is he practicing: Mercy Hospital and University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD

Geoffrey Gao, M.D.

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
Activities/Hobbies: Playing the piano, running, traveling, football
Home State: Pennsylvania
Where is he practicing: Penn State Health in Lancaster, PA

Arvin Jundoria, M.D., M.H.S.

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Undergrad: Stony Brook University
Activities/Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, reading, baking, discovering new coffee and dessert shops
Home State: New York
Where is she practicing: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA

Lakshmi Kirkire, M.D.

Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park
Activities/Hobbies: Baking, yoga, mixology, reading, city-exploring (mostly through eating and drinking but also some walking)
Home State: Maryland
Where is she practicing: Palliative Care Fellow at UCSD in San Diego, CA

Kristofer Montoya, M.D.

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Undergrad: Occidental College
Activities/Hobbies: Basketball, baking, watching documentaries, hiking, spoiling my dog
Home State: Oregon
Where is he practicing: Ultrasound Fellow at Mass General & Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA

Leena Owen, D.O., M.P.H.

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University
Undergrad: University of Maryland – College Park
Activities/Hobbies: Baking, exploring national parks, running
Home State: Maryland
Where is she practicing: UC Davis in Sacramento, CA

David Rudolph, M.D.

Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Oklahoma
Activities/Hobbies: Singing, playing the trumpet, watching college sports, traveling to new places, and playing all kinds of board games
Home State: Iowa
Where is he practicing: International Emergency Medicine & Public Health Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Lisa Saffire, M.D.

Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Undergrad: Northeastern University/SUNY at Buffalo
Activities/Hobbies: Snowboarding, travelling, golfing, kickball, succulents, the Buffalo Bills
Home State: New York
Where is she practicing: University at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY

Alexandra Vaughn, M.D.

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Undergrad: Washington State University
Activities/Hobbies: Hiking, skiing, kayaking, eating spicy foods, watching home makeover shows
Home State: Washington
Where is she practicing: EMS Fellow at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC

2023 Graduates

Kara Abarcar, M.D.

Medical School: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Post-Baccalaureate: New York University
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Home Country: Maryland, the Philippines
Where she is practicing: Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA

Meinkeng Stephannie Acha-Morfaw, M.D.

Medical School: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Post-Baccalaureate: Drexel University College of Medicine
Undergrad: Hood College
Home State: Maryland
Where she is practicing: University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI

Kyle Burton, M.D., M.P.P.

Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Graduate: Harvard Kennedy School — John F. Kennedy School of Government
Undergrad: Howard University
Home State: Missouri, Illinois
Where he is practicing: Kaiser Permanente in Washington, DC

Ubah Jimale Dimbil, M.D.

Medical School: George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Undergrad: Stanford University
Home State: California
Where she is practicing: Inova Fairfax in Fairfax, VA

Seema Ghelani, M.D.

Medical School:  University of Illinois College of Medicine
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Home State: Illinois
Where she is practicing: Advocate General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL

Won-Jun Kuk, M.D.

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Undergrad: Williams College
Home State: Virginia
Where he is practicing: Critical Care Fellow at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI

Richa Manglorkar, M.D.

Medical School:  University of Maryland School of Medicine
Undergrad: Baylor University
Home State: Texas
Where she is practicing: Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, MD

Kiriana Morse, M.D.

Medical School: State University of New York, Downstate
Undergrad: Quinnipiac University
Home State: New York
Where she is practicing: EMS Fellow at University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI

Joshua Niforatos, M.D., M.T.S.

Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Graduate School: Boston University School of Theology
Undergrad:  University of New Mexico
Home State: Illinois
Where he is practicing: University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI

Harsh Pathak, M.D.

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergrad: Rutgers University School of Engineering
Home State: New Jersey
Where he is practicing: Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, NJ

Daniel Piening, M.D.

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Undergrad: Boston College
Home State: New York
Where he is practicing: University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA

Aera Shin, M.D.

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Washington
Home State: Washington
Where she is practicing: Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH

 
 

2022 Graduates

Karim Hajjar, M.D.

Medical School: American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Undergrad: American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Home Country: Lebanon
Where He is Practicing: Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center in Baltimore, MD

Jordan Harris, M.D.

Medical School: University of Michigan
Undergrad: Eastern Washington University
Home State: Idaho
Where He is Practicing: St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Michael M. Hsu, M.D., M.A.

Medical school: University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Graduate: University of Cambridge, England
Undergrad: United States Naval Academy
Home State: Tennessee
Where He is Practicing: Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, CA

Kyle Jones, M.D.

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Undergrad: Texas A&M University
Home State: Texas
Where He is Practicing: Tactical Medicine Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD

Kaveesh Kutty, M.D.

Medical School:  Drexel University College of Medicine
Undergrad: Drexel University
Home State: New Jersey
Where He is Practicing: Ascension Seton Hays Medical Center in Austin, TX

Hai Le, M.D.

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park
Home State: Maryland
Where He is Practicing: Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, MD

Caleb Leibee, D.O.

Medical School: LECOM (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Undergrad: Geneva College/Penn State
Home State: Pennsylvania
Where He is Practicing: Sarasota Emergency Associates in Sarasota, FL

Andrew Lin, M.D.

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern
Undergrad: University of Texas at Dallas
Home State: Texas
Where He is Practicing: ACCM Critical Care Fellow at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA

Nicholas Markadakis, M.D.

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Alaska
Home State: Alaska
Where He is Practicing: Seattle Emergency Physicians Services in Seattle, WA

Bradley Schifrien, M.D.

Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Home State: Maryland
Where He is Practicing: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD

Aaron Stern, M.D.

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Undergrad: Wesleyan University
Home State: Massachusetts
Where He is Practicing: Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians in Boston, MA

Balakrishna Vemula, M.D.

Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergrad: Boston University
Home State: Massachusetts
Where He is Practicing: Hospice and Palliative Care Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD

 

 

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