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Internal Medicine Interns

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Omer Abdrabbuh, M.D.

  • Home Town: Homs, Istanbul
  • Undergraduate School:
  • Medical School: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Hematology/Oncology; Global health and medical education
  • Personal Interests: Traveling and volunteering

Robert “Trey” Adkins, M.D.

  • Home Town: Colleyville, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Texas A&M University
  • Medical School: McGovern Medical School
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Family, friends, and fishing!

Harsh Agarwal, M.D.

  • Home Town: Guwahati, India
  • Undergraduate School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Nephrology
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, Experimental Cooking, Pilates, Stargazing, Freestyle Swimming, Mumbai Indians.

Sachin Aggarwal, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University
  • Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Health Equity; Healthcare Disparities
    • Personal Interests: Soccer, Running, Pickleball, Watching Sports, Cooking & Trying New Restaurants

Diego F. Anazco Villarreal, M.D.

  • Home Town: Quito, Ecuador
  • Undergraduate School:
  • Medical School: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Obesity Medicine; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Soccer, Table Tennis, Scuba Diving, Dog Walking, BBQ.

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Samar Bhat, M.D.

  • Home Town: Berkeley, California
  • Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Hematology/Oncology; Healthcare Disparities; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Soccer, tennis, cycling, watching movies, cooking, board games, water sports, traveling, hanging out with friends and family

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Lucia Cabrejos Hirashima, M.D.

  • Home Town: Lima, Peru
  • Undergraduate School:
  • Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Career Interests: Infectious Diseases; Healthcare Disparities
  • Personal Interests: Dogs, Fusion cuisine (especially Nikkei), exploring restaurants, watching docuseries

Jason Carlquist, M.D.

  • Home Town: Sugar Grove, Illinois
  • Undergraduate School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Allergy and Immunology; Infectious Diseases
  • Personal Interests: Soccer, video games, cooking, hiking, golf

Abril Carrillo Siller, M.D.

  • Home Town: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Undergraduate School:
  • Medical School: Instituto Politécnico Nacional
  • Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology; Healthcare Disparities; Medical education
  • Personal Interests: Animal rescue, feminism, social justice, and traveling.

Usamah Chaudhary, M.D.

  • Home Town: Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Undergraduate School: Duke University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology
  • Personal Interests:

Nina Curkovic, M.D.

  • Home Town: New York City, New York
  • Undergraduate School: University of Florida
  • Medical School: University of Florida
  • Career Interests: Dermatology 
  • Personal Interests: Cake decorating, Cooking, Trying new restaurants, Arts and crafts, Running
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Raj Dalal, M.D.

  • Home Town: Chicago, Illinois
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Basketball, hiking, tennis, reading, Christopher Nolan films

Daniel Daou, M.D.

  • Home Town: Beirut, Lebanon
  • Undergraduate School: American University of Beirut
  • Medical School: American University of Beirut
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Scientific research; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
  • Personal Interests: Paddle boarding, road trips, music, hiking and soccer

Ahmed Dawood, M.D.

  • Home Town: Mombasa, Kenya
  • Medical School: Moi University
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology
  • Personal Interests: Traveling, Journaling, Work outs & Meditation

George Doumat, M.D.

  • Home Town: Beirut, Lebanon
  • Undergraduate School: American University of Beirut
  • Medical School: American University of Beirut
  • Career Interests:
  • Personal Interests: Traveling, Basketball, Soccer, F1, Fusion Cooking, Hiking, Coffee

Maymona Dulli, M.D.

  • Home Town: Lubbock, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: College of William and Mary
  • Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Academic Medicine; Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Cooking Syrian cuisine, reading mystery novels, spending time with family, traveling

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Sebastian Echeandia Rushton, M.D.

  • Home Town: Lima, Peru
  • Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Career Interests: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Medical Education
  • Personal Interests: Weightlifting, hanging out with friends, going to the cinema.

Dabel Emebo, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  • Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; General Medicine; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Bouldering, Reading novels, Pickleball. Taking Scenic walks and drives, playing games and hosting game nights.

Jessica Evans, M.D.

  • Home Town: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Undergraduate School: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • Medical School: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • Career Interests: Health Equity; Healthcare Disparities; Skin of color
  • Personal Interests: walking on trails, making specialty coffee drinks, cooking, puzzles

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Alex Gajewski, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: UT Austin
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; General Medicine; Health Equity; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Academic: Payment Policy, Workforce Development Policy, Hospital Price Controls Leisure: Volleyball, Travel

Gabriella Gerlach, M.D.

  • Home Town: Hillsborough, North Carolina
  • Undergraduate School: University of North Carolina
  • Medical School: Florida International University
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
  • Personal Interests: Knitting, Reality TV, Soccer, Baking, Building LEGO Sets, UNC Basketball, Falling Asleep During Movies

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Sameena Hameed, M.D.

  • Home Town: Olathe, Kansas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Career Interests: Academic Medicine; Nephrology
  • Personal Interests: Reading, Classical South Asian and Islamic Art, mastering my chai recipe, board games

Sam Harwood, M.D.

  • Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Undergraduate School: University of Arizona
  • Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease;
  • Personal Interests: Running, hiking, national parks, reading

Thien An Hoang, M.D.

  • Home Town: Arlington, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Duke University
  • Medical School: UT Medical Branch
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Academic Medicine; Healthcare Disparities
  • Personal Interests: Painting, Cooking, Exploring new restaurants, Traveling, Binging Netflix shows, Piano/Violin, Pickleball, Duke Basketball

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Feroz James, M.D.

  • Home Town: Austin, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: Cycling, reading, watching movies

William Jennings, M.D.

  • Home Town: Granbury, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Kentucky
  • Medical School: University of Louisville
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology
  • Personal Interests: Baking Reading Football

Eun Jeong, M.D.

  • Home Town: Allentown, Pennsylvani
  • Undergraduate School: University of Georgia
  • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
  • Career Interests: Allergy and Immunology; Hospital Medicine; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Basketball, trail running, traveling, coffee, fashion, alternative rock music

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Joseph Kassab, M.D.

  • Home Town: Paris, France
  • Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph Faculté de Médecine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease
  • Personal Interests: Tennis, Squash, Pickleball, Soccer, Chess, World Travel, Gaming, Movie Theater

Heejo "Clare" Keum, M.D.

  • Home Town: Seoul, South Korea
  • Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Yoga, Pilates, golf, painting, playing with cats

Seyed Khalafi, M.D.

  • Home Town: Ft. Worth, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Houston
  • Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Foster 
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease
  • Personal Interests: Weightlifting, Playing and Watching Sports, New Restaurants and Coffee Shops, World Travel, Music Around the World, Trivia

Zain Khera, M.D.

  • Home Town: Canton, Michigan
  • Undergraduate School: Vanderbilt University
  • Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Reading, traveling, running, biking, video games, basketball, weightlifting

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Alex Li, M.D.

  • Home Town: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: New York University
  • Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology
  • Personal Interests: Exploring new restaurants and coffee shops, video/board games, cooking, bouldering

Michael Li, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease
  • Personal Interests: Road trips, trying new restaurants, video/board games, chess/sudoku, basketball, piano

Sainan Li, M.D.

  • Home Town:
  • Undergraduate School: Tongji University
  • Medical School: Tongji University, School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology
  • Personal Interests: Kayaking, sailing, hiking, spend time with my family and friends!

Nidhish Lokesh, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: UT Dallas
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Healthcare Disparities; Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Basketball and Volleyball, Writing, Singing, Photography, Hiking

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Alec Mason, M.D.

  • Home Town: Bossier City, Louisiana
  • Undergraduate School: Southern Methodist University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Academic Medicine; Transplant Hepatology
  • Personal Interests: Cooking, hiking, reading fantasy novels, board games, video games

Cameron Miller, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Baylor University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Hospital Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Allergy and Immunology
  • Personal Interests: Yoga, Piano, Craft Cocktails, Video Games, Making Dinner for Friends!

Casey Moore, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Academic Medicine; Hematology/Oncology; Radiation Oncology
  • Personal Interests: I have a small vegetable garden I tend with my daughter, and also love doing puzzles, running and being outside.
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Maishara Muquith, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Hematology/Oncology; Healthcare Disparities; General Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Exploring coffee shops and restaurants, travelling, and binge-watching sitcoms

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Priyanka Narvekar, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: Texas A&M School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Gastroenterology; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: Bhangra (Indian folk dance), hiking, OrangeTheory, trivia nights, trying out new restaurants, all things Marvel, and playing with my dog, Dasher

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Garrett Ray, M.D.

  • Home Town: Austin, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Baylor University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Cardiovascular Disease; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: History, chess, fishing, sports.

Seth Reine, M.D.

  • Home Town: Arlington, Texas
  • Undergraduate School:
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests:
  • Personal Interests: Piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
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Alexandra Russell, M.D.

  • Home Town: Memphis, Tennessee,
  • Undergraduate School: The University of Memphis
  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 
  • Career Interests: Hospital Medicine; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Soccer, Basketball

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Ludovic Saba, M.D.

  • Home Town: Paris, France
  • Undergraduate School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
  • Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
  • Career Interests: Rheumatology; Healthcare Disparities; Gastroenterology; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Traveling, drawing, kayaking, biking, dancing, karaoke

Adam Saleh, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Medical School: Texas A&M College of Engineering Medicine
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Soccer, bouldering, chess and watching sports

Laura Salej Duran, M.D.

  • Home Town: Bogota, Colombia
  • Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Healthcare Disparities
  • Personal Interests: Running, hiking, tennis, yoga, scuba diving, cooking, baking, exploring coffee shops, singing, art.

Glaiza Sande-Docor, M.D.

  • Home Town: Cebu City, Philippines
  • Undergraduate School: UT Austin
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation; Cardiovascular Disease; Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Healthcare Disparities; Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: Reading, writing, journaling, crochet, pottery, hanging out with my dogs, video games, hiking, traveling, church

Gabrielle "Ellie" Schwab, M.D.

  • Home Town: Chicago, Illinois
  • Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease
  • Personal Interests: Fitness, travel, music, food, nature

Esmeralda Segura, M.D.

  • Home Town: Kissimmee, Florida
  • Undergraduate School: University of South Florida
  • Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Pickleball, Barre, Yoga, Exploring Food Scenes, Theatre, Traveling

Karim Seif El Dahan, M.D.

  • Home Town: Beirut, Lebanon
  • Undergraduate School: American University of Beirut
  • Medical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Transplant Hepatology
  • Personal Interests: Tennis, Padel, Table Tennis, Piano, Chess, Traveling

Frans Serpa Carmona, M.D.

  • Home Town: Quito, Ecuador
  • Medical School: Universidad San Francisco de Quito 
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Medical Education; Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: playing soccer, running outdoors, reading personal development books

Megha Sheth, M.D.

  • Home Town: Houston, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Career Interests: Gastroenterology
  • Personal Interests: Cooking, reading, music, camping, skiing

Nathan Sumarsono, M.D.

  • Home Town: Anaheim, California
  • Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease; Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Classical music, classical guitar, coffee, badminton, video games, traveling, aviation

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Josh Tidman, M.D.

  • Home Town: Austin, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: The University of Texas
  • Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
  • Career Interests: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Literature and art, movies, hiking, and trying new restaurants

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Nathan Wasserman, M.D.

  • Home Town: Miami, Florida
  • Undergraduate School: Vanderbilt University
  • Medical School: University of Miami
  • Career Interests: PM&R; Sports Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Watching/playing sports, trivia, history, cooking

Dustan Watkins

  • Home Town: Austin, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: UT Austin
  • Medical School: UT Medical Branch
  • Career Interests: Allergy and Immunology; Hematology/Oncology; Infectious Diseases; Academic Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease;
  • Personal Interests: Reading fiction, listening to podcasts, nature walks, live music, interior design, Longhorn sports

Alexis Whellan

  • Home Town: Austin, Texas
  • Undergraduate School: Syracuse University
  • Medical School: UT Medical Branch
  • Career Interests: Health Equity; Healthcare Disparities; Hospital Medicine; General Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, swimming, reading, and crossword puzzles

Alexa Wilden, M.D.

  • Home Town: Clinton, Iowa
  • Undergraduate School: Kansas State University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; General Medicine; Academic Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Medical Education, Promotion of Health Literacy
  • Personal Interests: Animal welfare advocacy, traveling, pickleball, scrapbooking, reading, nail art

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Lubna Ziauddin, M.D.

  • Home Town: Aurora, Illinois
  • Undergraduate School: Benedictine University
  • Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago 
  • Career Interests: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Academic Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease;
  • Personal Interests: Reading, baking, and exploring new coffee shops around Dallas
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