The Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery hosts a robust residency program which seeks to provide residents with meaningful training and immersion in cutting edge research and innovative patient care in all areas of otolaryngology head and neck surgery. In addition to a clinical residency, our program also offers a research track that provides the most comprehensive experience possible. Meet our former residents.
For additional information, please email: Oto_Residency_Educ@jhmi.edu.
Senior Residents
Robin T. Bigelow, M.D.
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University (2011)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016)
Research areas of interests: Age related vestibular decline, impact of vestibular loss on cognitive function. Hearing loss and cognitive function.
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy spending time with my wife and puppy, cooking, traveling and scuba diving."
Vandra C. Harris, M.D.
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Undergraduate Education: Baylor University (2010)
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine (2014)
Michelle S. Hwang, M.D.
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago (2016)
Research areas of interest: reconstructive surgery
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy eating significant amounts of food, running non-significant number of miles, spending time with my co-residents."
Rebecca J. Kamil, M.D.
Hometown: Commerce Township, MI
Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan (2009)
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2015)
Research Areas of Interest: Aging, hearing loss, vestibular function, otology
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy yoga, hiking, long walks around Baltimore with my dog"
Anisha R. Kumar, M.D.
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Undergraduate Education: Harvard University (2012)
Medical School: Stanford University (2016)
Christopher R. Razavi, M.D.
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate Education: Johns Hopkins University (2011)
Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2015)
Research areas of interest: Novel robotic surgery platforms developed for OHNS, transoral Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy DJing, working out, hiking, being outdoors and OHNS resident soccer team. Go Bills!"
Desi P. Schoo, M.D.
Hometown: Waterloo, IA
Undergraduate Education: Wartburg College (2007)
Medical School: The University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine (2014)
Resident Spotlight: Exploring the Path of Physician-Scientist
Melina J. Windon, M.D.
Hometown: Willington, CT
Undergraduate Education: Messiah College (2015)
Medical School: University of Connecticut (2010)
Research areas of interest: Head and neck cancer, patient preference research, patient communication, epidemiology of head and neck cancers.
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy cycling, backpacking, and cooking for friends."
NIH Funded T32 Research Residents
Elaine O. Bigelow M.D.
Hometown: Vienna, VA
Undergraduate Education: Princeton University (2010)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2016))
Jordan A. Garcia, M.D.
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Undergraduate Education: Stanford University (2010)
Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2016)
Research Areas of Interest: Applications of immunology to head and neck cancer and reconstructive surgery
"When I'm not at the hospital I enjoy swimming, weight lifting, backpacking, landscape photography, and exploring the national parks."
Ioan A. "John" Lina, M.D.
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate Education: Johns Hopkins University (2012)
Medical School: University of Maryland (2017)
Research areas of interests: mouse models of hearing, biotechnology and innovation, translational models of disease
"When I'm not in the hospital, I enjoy hiking and driving across the country, going to the movies, flea marketing, running, watching Netflix."
Kaitlyn F. Strickland
Hometown: Augusta, GA
Undergraduate Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
Medical School: Emory University (2017)
Clinical 3rd Year
Ruth J. Davis, M.D.
Hometown: Madison, WI
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester (2012)
Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (2017)
Virginia E. Drake, M.D.
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Undergraduate Education: Johns Hopkins University (2013)
Medical School: University of Maryland (2017)
Research areas of interest: Subglottic stenosis, cellular mechanisms of inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis, noise induced hearing loss
"When I'm not in the hospital you can find me competing in triathlons, running along the water, yoga, and skiing."
Clinical 2nd Year
Nicholas S. Andresen, M.D.
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Medical School: University of Iowa (2018)
Zechariah G. Franks, M.D.
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Medical School: University of Arizona (2018)
Jonas R. Miller, M.D.
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Medical School: Louisiana State University (2018)
Nicholas Scott-Wittenborn, M.D.
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Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis (2018)
Deborah X. Xie, M.D.
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Medical School: Vanderbilt University (2018)
Interns
Melissa M. Liu, M.D.
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Medical School: Johns Hopkins (2019)
John F. Ryan, M.D.
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Medical School: Johns Hopkins (2019)
Anirudh Saraswathula, M.D.
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Medical School: Stanford University (2019)
Danielle R. Trakimas, M.D.
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Medical School: University of Massachusetts (2019)