Residents

People

 

Residents

Chief Residents

Class of 2023

Alanna
Coughran

MD

Hometown:

Medical School:
Stanford University

Undergraduate:
Agnes Scott College

Personal Interests:
Crafts: woodworking (eg shaker-inspired table), watercolor portraits; rock climbing (bouldering); being outdoors (trail running, road races, camping and hiking); reading (news and arts periodicals, historical fiction, autobiographies)

Javier
Howard

MD, MPH

Hometown:
Flint, MI

Medical School:
University of Cincinnati 

Undergraduate:
Michigan State University

Personal Interests:
Long-distance swimming, hiking, travel, cooking, reading, watching collegiate sports, exploring integrative medicine

 
 
 

George
Liu

MD

Hometown: 
Rochester, NY 

Medical School:
Stanford University 

Undergraduate:
Princeton University

Personal Interests:
Tennis, clarinet, chess, creative writing, running, skiing, swimming, fiction, NFL, podcasts, live music

 
 
 
 
 

Tina
Munjal
MD

Hometown:
Houston, TX

Medical School:
Johns Hopkins University

Undergraduate:
Rice University

Personal Interests:
Creative writing, short stories, cooking, dancing, watching independent & foreign language films, roadtrips, my nephew

 

 

 

   

PGY 4

Class of 2024

Julien
Azimzadeh

MD, PhD

 

Hometown:
Strasbourg, France

Medical School:
Weill Cornell Medicine (PhD at Rockefeller) 

Undergraduate:
University of Maryland

Personal Interests:
Cycling, running, recording music with father, cooking

 
 

Mohamed
Diop

MD, MS

Hometown:

Medical School:
Columbia University 

Undergraduate:
Boston College

Personal Interests:
Cycling, soccer, cooking senegalese food, and cutting hair

 

 
 

Zoë
Fullerton

MD, MBE

Hometown:

Medical School:
CHarvard Medical School

Undergraduate:
Vassar College

Personal Interests:
Running, ocean swimming, reading, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, cake decorating, and bread baking

 
 

Alice  E.
Huang

MD

Hometown:

Medical School:
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Undergraduate:
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Personal Interests:
Nature and food photography, sightreading classical piano and chamber music, cross stitching, running, and yoga

Yu-Jin
Lee

MD, MS

Hometown:
 

Medical School:
Stanford 

Undergraduate:
Stanford

Personal Interests:
Ceramics, triathlons, running, patio gardening, baking

 

Eric
Wei

MD

Hometown:

Medical School:
Johns Hopkins

Undergraduate:
Columbia

Personal Interests:
Squash, basketball, volleyball, playing piano and reading

 
 
 

   

PGY 3

Class of 2025

Michael Belsky
MD, MS

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh

Undergraduate: Schreyer Honors College, The Pennsylvania State University

Hobbies: Music - piano and singing, musical theater, running, reading, and mentoring junior medical students.

 

Rami Ezzibdeh
MD, MS

Medical School: Stanford

Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania

Hobbies: Urban design and architectural preservation, education, biomaterials, surgical oncology, premier league soccer, drumming and percussion.

 

Patrick Kiessling
MD

Medical School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Hobbies: Music performance: solo classical singing, opera, musical theatre, choir, and classical piano; Baking, cooking, and teaching myself new recipes; Running, hiking, reading, and yoga.

Steven Losorelli
MD, MS

Medical School: Stanford

Undergraduate: Stanford

Hobbies: Scientific Scuba Diving, Great Highland Bagpiper (Grade III; 2011–present), Coffee roasting and farming, Long-distance trail running, Surfski ocean kayaking, Backpacking, Tennis, and Creative writing.

Arifeen Rahman
MD

Medical School: Stanford

Undergraduate: Harvard College

Hobbies: Creative writing, theater (plays, musicals, live magazines), crafting travel itineraries, and baking.

   

PGY 2

Class of 2026

Shayna Cooperman
MD

Medical School:
Stanford University

Undergraduate: University of Southern California

Hobbies: Writing—currently blogging (eg educational and humorous insights to life as a deaf individual); dancing (tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, salsa); and videography.  

 

Maxwell
Lee
MD, MS

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University 

Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Hobbies: Ice hockey (adult hockey league, Ottawa Senators); resort and backcountry skiing (favorite resort is Arapahoe Basin); soccer; recreational badminton; pickup basketball; and cooking.

 

Elish
Mahajan
MD

Medical School: Duke University 

Undergraduate: Duke University 

Hobbies: Music performance: solo classical singing, opera, musical theatre, choir, and classical piano; Baking, cooking, and teaching myself new recipes; Running, hiking, reading, and yoga.

Lacey
Nelson
MD, MS

Medical School: Georgetown University 

Undergraduate: UCLA

Hobbies: Gymnastics (former competitive athlete and coach); camping and hiking; baking (patisserie, miniature desserts, crepes); and live music.

Anthony
Thai

MD

Medical School: Stanford

Undergraduate: Harvard College

Hobbies: Racket sports (tennis, badminton); hiking; and cooking.

   

PGY 1

Class of 2027

Monica Bodd
MD, MTS

Medical School: Duke University

Undergraduate: Rice University

Hobbies: Duke basketball, walking with family+friends, trail running, bouldering, decolonizing theology, more Duke basketball, boba, cooking vegan foods

 

Peter Moon
MD, MS

Medical School: Stanford University 
Undergraduate: Stanford University

Hobbies: Running scenic routes & 5-10K races, avid supporter of Denver Broncos, Stanford, and Texas A&M Football, playing the violin, and watching Korean historical cinema.

Varun Sagi
MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota
Undergraduate: University of Minnesota 

Hobbies: Playing pick-up basketball and watching the NBA, tennis, Formula 1 racing, fantasy football and hiking.

Amar Sheth
MD

Medical School: Yale University
Undergraduate: University of Texas, Austin

Hobbies: Running, cycling, gym exercises, playing intramural sports, reading historical fiction novels, knitting scarves, watching anime, and cooking for friends.

Shannon Wu
MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

Hobbies: Cycling, skiing, and playing tunes from pop culture songs and classical favorites.

Residents in Research Years

Year 1

Ki Wan
Park

MD

Hometown:

Medical School:
UCLA

Undergraduate:
UC Berkeley

Personal Interests:
Tennis (avid Roger Federer fan), French horn, running, and music (top hits vs k-pop)

 
 
 

Year 2

Joanne
Soo

MD

Hometown:

Medical School:
Duke University 

Undergraduate:
Duke University

Personal Interests:
Cooking (eg themed dinners, different ethnic cuisines); TV & movies (eg Game of Thrones); handmade gifts (eg.1000 paper cranes arranged to form a picture, scrapbooks of family vacations)