Current Residents

Entered 2022

Kristen J. Brao, MD PhD

AP Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Brandon Clausen, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

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Benjamin L. Coiner, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Elizabeth C. Draper, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

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Rohiverth Guarecuco Jr., MD PhD

AP, Year in Program 2

MD: Weill Cornell Medicine and PhD: The Rockefeller University

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Andrew M. Leader, MD PhD

AP or AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Joshua E. Lewis, MD PhD

CP, Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Emory University School of Medicine

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Mariko S. Peterson, MD PhD

AP or AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Emory University School of Medicine

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Lee P. Richman, MD PhD

AP or AP/CP, Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Jay Shi, MD PhD

AP, Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Weill Cornell Medicine

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Di Zhang, MD PhD

CP , Year in Program 2

MD/PhD: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Entered 2021

David Basta, MD PhD

David Basta, MD PhD

Stepped out for Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship

MD: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and PhD: California Institute of Technology

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Ioana Capa, MD

Ioana Capa, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 3

MD: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Dale L. Davis, MD

Dale L. Davis, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 3

MD: Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

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Melissa S. Gildenberg, MD PhD

Melissa S. Gildenberg, MD PhD

AP/CP, Year in Program 3

MD/PhD: University of Iowa Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

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Marshall Lukacs, MD PhD

Marshall Lukacs, MD PhD

AP, Year in Program 3

MD/PhD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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Arek V. Melkonian, MD PhD

Arek V. Melkonian, MD PhD

CP, Year in Program 3

MD/PhD: Stanford University School of Medicine

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Igor Odintsov, MD

Igor Odintsov, MD

AP, Year in Program 3

MD: 2. Lékřská Fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy 

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Ramya Prabhu, MD

Ramya Prabhu, MD

AP, Year in Program 3

MD: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Cesar J. Torres Gutierrez, MD

Cesar J. Torres Gutierrez, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 3

MD: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

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Katelynn M. Wilton, MD PhD

Katelynn M. Wilton, MD PhD

Stepped out for Hematopathology Fellowship

MD/PhD: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

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Jonathan H. Young, MD PhD

Jonathan H. Young, MD PhD

Stepped out for Hematopathology Fellowship

MD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and PhD: University of Texas at Austin

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Entered 2020

Mohammadreza (Sam) Pakyari, MD PhD

Mohammadreza (Sam) Pakyari, MD PhD

AP/CP, Year in Program 4

MD: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and PhD: University of British Columbia

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Victoria L. Thomas, MD MPH

Victoria L. Thomas, MD MPH

AP/CP, Year in Program 4

MD: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Tulsa

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Entered 2019

Melissa Zhao, MD

Melissa Zhao, MD

AP/CP, Year in Program 4

MD: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

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