Program Year 1 Residents 2025 - 2026

Hannah Checkeye, M.D.
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Undergrad: University of Mary Washington
Home State: Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Gillian Cooper, M.D., MS
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Graduate: M.S. in Molecular Biomedicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Undergrad: Goucher College
Home State: Maryland

Jaliya Dassanayaka, M.D., ME
Medical School: Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Graduate: University of Virginia
Undergrad: University of Virginia
Home State: Illinois and Virginia

Miguel De Souza Peixoto, D.O., MS
Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduate: Kansas City University
Undergrad: Cal State University, Bakersfield
Home Country: Lima, Peru

Daniel Haik, M.D., MPH
Medical School: University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Graduate: New York University
Undergrad: University of California – Santa Barbara
Home State: New York, California and Arizona

Thomas Huang, M.D., MHS
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
Graduate: Yale School of Medicine
Undergrad: Tulane University
Home State: Kentucky

Brannon Johnson, M.D.
Medical School: Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Undergrad: University of Virginia
Home State: Virginia

Starr Milbury, M.D.
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Undergrad: Rhodes College
Home State: Massachusetts, Tennessee and Washington, DC

Sindhu Murugan, M.D.
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park
Home State: New Jersey

Ashley Owens, M.D., MS
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Graduate: Hampton University
Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University

Maya Sorini, M.D., MS
Medical School: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Graduate: M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University
Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis
Home State: Maryland