Emerging Leaders Fellowship

Fellows

  • Ry Garcia-Sampson, MD, MPH, Duke Family Medicine and Community Health
  • Bhavika Patel, MD, Virtua Health Care
  • Bridget Peters, MD, Christiana Care
  • Andrea Rosado, MD, University of Cincinnati 
  • Mary Mier, DO, The Ohio State University
  • Katherine Haga, DO, Novant Health Family Medicine
  • Elise LaFlamme, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center 
  • Tara Kennedy, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Syed Muhammad Atif MD, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Cory A. Johnson MD, MPH, UCFS
  • Emily Kirchner, MD, MA, Penn Medicine Lancaster General 
  • Ammar Husan MD, MBA, Oschner LSU Health Science Center
  • Stephen Foster, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Vidushi Mehrotra, MD, USC Keck School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Maguire, MD, University of Rochester 
  • Astrud Villareal, MD
  • Brandi Strong, MD
  • Cynthia Sharling Chen-Joea, MD
  • Elizabeth Kennedy Jones, MD
  • Jenna Greenberg, MD
  • Kari Beth Watts, MD
  • Katherine Hughey, MD
  • Lauren Brown-Berchtold, MD
  • Mercy Adetoye, MD
  • Samantha Cotler, MD
  • Sara Johanna Guevara, MD

  • Namita Bhardwaj, MD, University of Texas
  • Muhammad Deen, MD, Northwestern University
  • Karim Hanna, MD, University of Florida
  • Jennifer Lee, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Amber Lin, MD, PIH Health Whittier Residency Program
  • Ian McDaniels, MD, Natividad Medical Center
  • Adam Normandin, MD, Maine Medical Center FM Residency
  • Kyulee Park, PhD, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine
  • Rubayat Qadeer, MD, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
  • Tessa Rohrberg, MD, University of Kansas
  • Karlynn Sievers, MD St. Mary’s Family Medicine Residency
  • Susan Skef, MD, University of Texas, Houston
  • Leslie Stone, MD, University of Arkansas
  • Morgan Adams, PharmD, BCACP, University of South Carolina
  • Faraz Ahmad, MD, MPH, The Ohio State University
  • Jeffrey Arroyo, MD, University of California, Irvine
  • Victor Cantania, MD, MBA, Lehigh Valley Physician Group - Pocono
  • Farah Chaus, MD, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Family Medicine Program
  • Lauren Drake, MD, Medstar Franklin Square Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Natalia Galarza Carrazco, MD, Yuma Regional Medical Center
  • Thomas Hahn, MD, University of Wisconsin 
  • Laura Heinrich, MD, University of Michigan
  • Barbara Nightingale, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Pamela Obi, MD, Floyd Family Medicine Residency
  • Pamela Oiler, LCSW, University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Dawn Pruett, MD, University of Rochester
  • Jose Ramos, MD, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
  • Lisa Rothlein-Naron, MD, Swedish Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Nina Ruedas, MS, LMFT, University of California, Riverside 
  • Johnny Tenegra, MD, MS, Southern Illinois University
  • Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, University of Arizona/Banner Health 
  • Katura Bullock, PharmD, University of North Texas Health Science Center 
  • Rebecca Cantone, MD, Oregon Health & Science University 
  • Gregory Castelli, PharmD, UPMC St. Margaret 
  • Sarah DeSpain, MD, US Air Force Offutt Air Force Base NE 
  • Krys Foster, MD, MPH Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University  
  • Kristina Depeau Gracey, MD, PMH UMass Memorial Medical Group,  Worcester, MA
  • Christina Johnson, MD, PhD, Atlantic Health System
  • Jianming Alexander Lau, MD, Oakwood Annapolis FMR, Wayne, MI 
  • Kathryn McKenna, MD, MPH, Lancaster General Health FMR 
  • Allison Miller, MD, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
  • Anna Nelson, MD, MS, ProMedica Toledo Hospital FMR, Toledo, OH
  • Bethany Panchal, MD, Ohio State University 
  • Kathryn Shaffer, MD, Munson FMR, Traverse City, MI 
  • Emily Soni, DO, Ascension Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI
  • Andrea Anderson, MD, National Family Medicine Residency, Washington, DC
  • Keri B Bergeson, MD, Columbia Valley Community Health, Chelan, WA
  • Jodi Berzak-Wolf, DO, Kaiser Permanente Southern California (San Diego) FMR, San Diego, CA
  • Maggie Edmunds, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco FMR, San Francisco, CA
  • Charles Edward Geno, MD, MRO, MBS, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa FMR, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Maria Gervits, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • Susan Hansen, MA, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
  • Anita Hernandez, MD, University of Michigan
  • Joseph Hines, MD, UMPC Altoona FMR, Altoona, PA
  • Sarah Holder, DO, Baylor Medical Center at Garland FMR, Garland, TX
  • Anna Laurie, MD, University of Michigan
  • Alicia Milan-Flanigan, MD, Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Chicago, IL
  • Elizabeth Paddock, MD, The University of Montana FMR, Missoula, MT
  • Jason Ramirez, MD, University of Maryland
  • Cecil Robinson, PhD, University of Alabama
  • Rosemary Roper, DO, Michigan State University
  • Stephen Warnick, Jr, MD, University of Michigan
  • Meghan Williams, PharmD, Union Hospital FMR, Terre, IN
  • Jeffrey Baker, MD, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
  • Scott Bragg, PharmD, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
  • Maria Castro, MD,University of Kentucky
  • Kara Cummins, MD, Southern California Kaiser Permanente FMR
  • Margaret Day, MD, MSPH, University of Missouri, Columbia
  • Ronya Green, MD, MPH, Methodist Charlton FMR
  • Scott Hartman, MD, University of Rochester
  • Masaya Higuchi, MD, MPH, Southern Illinois University
  • Manorama Khare, PhD, MS, University of Illinois, Rockford
  • Thomas Kim, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Sarah Marks, MD,University of Kansas Medical Center
  • London Muse, MD, NYMC Phelps FMR
  • Neha Sachdev, MD, Virtua FMR
  • John Snellings, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Shaun Thompson, MD, University of Colorado FMR
  • Eric Wiser, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Joel Bumol, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency, Bronx, NY
  • David Kelley, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Kevin Koo, MD, MS, Chicago Medical School and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  • Lydia Leung, MD, University of California—San Francisco
  • Whitney Lyn, MD, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago
  • Jaime Marks, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Anibal Martinez, MD, University of Colorado
  • Barbara Miller, MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
  • Sabrina Mitchell, DO, St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, Grand Junction, CO
  • Patrick Moran, DO, Community Health of Central Washington Family Medicine Residency, Yakima, WA
  • Juan Robles, MD, Montiefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • Rachelle Toman, MD, PhD, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC
  • Katrin Tsigonis, MD, Mayo Clinic System-Franciscan Healthcare, La Crosse, WI
  • Melanie Tucker, PhD, Tuscaloosa Community Health Science Family Medicine Residency, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Pamela Webber, MD, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO
  • Kenyon Weidle, MD, HealthONE Swedish Family Medicine Residency, Englewood, CO
  • Jean Wong, MD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Shannon Barkley, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Urmi Desai, Columbia University
  • Joanna Drowos, DO, MPH, MBA, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
  • Geneen Gin, DO, University of California-San Diego
  • Lindsay Grizzle, MD, St Joseph's Family Medicine Residency, Tempe, AZ
  • David Mahoney, MD, MBE, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Edward Malone III, MD, La Crosse-Mayo Family Medicine Residency, La Crosse, WI
  • Sara Malone, MD, Southern Illinois University Family Medicine Residency, Carbondale, IL
  • Rebecca Malouin, PhD, MPH, MS, Michigan State University
  • Khine Swe Zin Min, MD, St Francis Family Practice Residency, Wilmington, DE
  • Katherine McClellan, MD, University of Utah Family Medicine
  • Carrie Nichols, MD, University of Southern California
  • Adam Roise, MD, MPH, Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation
  • Randi Sokol, MD, MPH, Tufts Family Medicine Residency, Cambridge, MA
  • Melanie Southard, DO, University of California San Fresno—Fresno Family and Community Medicine
  • Janice Void, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, NY
  • Laurie Belknap, MD, Ohio State University Family Medicine Residency, Lewis Center, OH
  • Jennie Broders, PharmD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St Margaret FMR, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Gina Gill Glass, MD, Inspira Medical Center Woodbury Family Medicine Residency, Woodbury, NJ
  • Kristen Goodell, MD, Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
  • Darlene Moyer, MD, Scottsdale Healthcare-Osborn, Phoenix, AZ
  • Uchemadu Nwaononiwu, MD, Hennepin County Family Medicine Residency, Minneapolis, MN
  • Timothy Pelkowski, MD, MS, St Vincent Health Center Family Medicine Residency, Erie, PA
  • Sherry Fung-Sakita, MD, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Family Medicine, Vallejo, CA
  • George Samraj, MD, University of Florida
  • Lori Weir Solomon, MD, MPH, New York Medical College
  • Lisa Winkler, MD, St Anthony Hospital Program/St. Anthony North Family Medicine Residency, Thornton, CO
  • Jennifer Joyce, MD, Commonwealth Medical College
  • David Norris, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Judy Washington, MD, New Jersey Institute of Technology Student Health Services
  • Jennifer Sparks, MD, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency
  • Daniel Mullin, PsyD, University of Massachusetts-Worcester Family Medicine Residency
  • Sara Oberhelman, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
  • Kimberely Stutzman Rural Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
  • Sabesan Karuppiah, MD, MPH, Altoona Family Medicine Residency
  • Paul Larson, MD, MS, DTMH, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/St Margaret FMR 
  • David Holub, MD, University of Rochester/Highland Hospital FMR
  • Renee Crichlow, MD, University of Minnesota North Memorial Health Care FMR
  • Cassandra Arceneaux, MD, MPH, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  • Mari Egan, MD, MHPE, University of Chicago
  • Donna Forgey, RN, PhD, Research Family Medicine Residency,
  • Edmund Kim, MD, University of Connecticut
  • Sandy Kimmer, MD, MPH, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
  • Amir Levine, PhD, LCSW, Bronx Lebanon Hospital 
  • Donald Mack, MD, Ohio State University
  • Oscar Noriega, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Susan Pohl, MD, University of Utah Family Medicine Residency
  • Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, University of Rochester 
  • Gail Swarm, DO, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Amy Trelease-Bell, MD University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency at Cheyenne
  • Peter Ziemkowski, MD, MS, Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
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"What type of membership is best for me?"

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