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Current GIM Fellows

Evans Brown, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2020
Undergraduate Education: Macalester College
Graduate Education: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Planetary health and health disparities
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP
Undergraduate Education: Macalester College
Graduate Education: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Planetary health and health disparities
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP
Kristal Brown, PhD
Started GIM Fellowship: August 2020
Undergraduate Education: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Graduate Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
Research Interests: Obesity, health equity and behavioral clinical trials
Undergraduate Education: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Graduate Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
Research Interests: Obesity, health equity and behavioral clinical trials

Kavita Chapla, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2020
Undergraduate Education: Duke University
Graduate Education: University of Florida College of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Impact of arts-based medical education on trainees and Latino health
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP
Undergraduate Education: Duke University
Graduate Education: University of Florida College of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Impact of arts-based medical education on trainees and Latino health
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP

Alaina Chodoff, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2019
Undergraduate Education: Bucknell University
Graduate Education: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Research Interests: Women’s health and cancer survivorship
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP
Undergraduate Education: Bucknell University
Graduate Education: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Research Interests: Women’s health and cancer survivorship
Clinical Practice: JHBMC - JHCP

Robert DeGrazia, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2020
Undergraduate Education: Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Education: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Residency: Christiana Care Health System
Research Interests: Care standardization and social determinants of health
Clinical Practice: JHH Hospitalist Service
Undergraduate Education: Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Education: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Residency: Christiana Care Health System
Research Interests: Care standardization and social determinants of health
Clinical Practice: JHH Hospitalist Service

Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2018
Undergraduate Education: Wellesley College
Graduate Education: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Research Interests: Social determinants of health, obesity and health equity
Clinical Practice: JHMBC - JHCP
Undergraduate Education: Wellesley College
Graduate Education: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Research Interests: Social determinants of health, obesity and health equity
Clinical Practice: JHMBC - JHCP
Marci Laudenslager, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2018
Undergraduate Education: The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Education: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Research Interests: Obesity medicine and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Clinical Practice: GSS Internal Medicine
Undergraduate Education: The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Education: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Research Interests: Obesity medicine and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Clinical Practice: GSS Internal Medicine

S Michelle Ogunwole, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2018
Undergraduate Education: Emory University
Graduate Education: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Interests: Health disparities, health services research, quality improvement and maternal health
Clinical Practice: JHH Hospitalist Service
Undergraduate Education: Emory University
Graduate Education: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Interests: Health disparities, health services research, quality improvement and maternal health
Clinical Practice: JHH Hospitalist Service

Brittanny Polanka, PhD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2020
Undergraduate Education: College of St. Scholastica
Graduate Education: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Internship: University of Florida
Research Interests: Cardiovascular behavioral medicine and cardiothoracic transplant psychology
Undergraduate Education: College of St. Scholastica
Graduate Education: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Internship: University of Florida
Research Interests: Cardiovascular behavioral medicine and cardiothoracic transplant psychology

Jarratt Pytell, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2019
Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate Education: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Health disparities, substance abuse, biostatistics and research methods, controlled trials, epidemiology, and qualitative research
Clinical Practice: JHBMC- CCP
Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate Education: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests: Health disparities, substance abuse, biostatistics and research methods, controlled trials, epidemiology, and qualitative research
Clinical Practice: JHBMC- CCP
Elizabeth Vrany, PhD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2018
Undergraduate Education: BA, University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate Education: PhD, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Research Interests: Psychosocial and behavioral risk factors for the development of cardiometabolic diseases; prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes
Undergraduate Education: BA, University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate Education: PhD, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Research Interests: Psychosocial and behavioral risk factors for the development of cardiometabolic diseases; prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes