2026 LEAD Program Participants

Mona Arbab, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology

Olufunke Awosogba, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry

Gloria Ayuba, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Jamaal Benjamin, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Radiology

Daniel Cai, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Elena Daoud, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Pathology

Zainab Farzal, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology

Stephanie Ghaleb, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Mahmuda Islam, M.D.

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

B. Katherine Karlay, M.D.

AssistantProfessor
Psychiatry

Sidd Kogilwaimath, M.D.

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Krutika Kuppalli, M.D.

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Paulo Kuriki, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Radiology

Laila Lakhani, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Al Lulla, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

Sukh Makhnoon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Public Health

Laura Mattingly, M.S.

Assistant Professor
Academic Coordinator, Physician Assistant Studies

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Michael McDowell, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Tetyana Nesterenko, M.D.

Associate Professor
Pediatrics

Kaveh Nezafati, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Dermatology

KC Okoroha, M.D.

Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery

Kishan G. Patel, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology

Nam Pham, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Sonika Raj, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

Anita Fazal Rasheed, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Justin Rousseau, M.D.

Associate Professor
Neurology

Molin Shi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry

Anthony Tannous, M.D.

Associate Professor
Surgery

Hoi See Tsao, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Anezi Uzendu, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Rebecca Vasquez, M.D.

Associate Professor
Dermatology

Heather Wolfe, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Chien-Ting Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Microbiology