Residents
Chief Residents
Class of 2023
Noel Fahed
Ayoub
MD, MBA
Hometown:
Medical School:
Stanford
Undergraduate:
UCLA
Personal Interests:
Reading long-form journalism, hiking, playing basketball and table tennis, traveling, skydiving, spending time with family and friends
Samuel
Cohen
MD, PhD
Hometown:
Medical School:
NYU
Undergraduate:
Wesleyan University
Personal Interests:
Running, marathons, cooking, reading novels, traveling, making artwork and prints, following Boston sports teams, design
Flavio
Oliveira
MD, PhD
Hometown:
Medical School:
UCSF
Undergrad:
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Personal Interests:
Traveling, cycling, juggling
Z. Jason
Qian
MD
Hometown:
London, Ontario, Canada
Medical School:
Columbia University
Undergraduate:
University of Toronto
Personal Interests:
Violin, comedy, fencing, the outdoors, design, and landscape photography
Chloe
Santa Maria
MBBS, MPH
Hometown:
Medical School:
University of Western Australia
Undergrad:
University of Western Australia
Personal Interests:
Music, singing, pilates
PGY 4
Class of 2024
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 3
Class of 2025
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
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)
Eric
Wei
MD
Hometown:
Medical School:
Johns Hopkins
Undergraduate:
Columbia
Personal Interests:
Squash, basketball, volleyball, playing piano and reading
PGY 2
Class of 2026
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 1
Class of 2027
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.
Residents in Research Years
Year 1
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
Year 1
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)