PGY 1

	Akash Goel, MD While working for the William J. Clinton Foundation, Akash led the launch of India's national Second Line ARV drug program that currently provides life saving medication to thousands of individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Akash has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group, Rabin Martin, CNN's Medical News Unit, the New York City Department of Health, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Akash is currently an MD Candidate at the University of Michigan and a graduate of Harvard College. His research interests are in population health, private sector engagement, pharma R&D strategy, and medical technology. Akash is a member of the New York Academy of Medicine and SHOPS' Private Sector Working Group.
	Andrew Goldstein, MD, MPH Andrew grew up in the Philadelphia area and attended Princeton University for college, Mount Sinai School of Medicine for his MD, and Harvard University as a Reynolds Fellow for his MPH. He is passionate about ecosystem approaches to social change, and is focused on healthcare delivery improvement, global health, and social entrepreneurship. His recent work has consisted of strategic planning and program development with the Millennium Villages, CRHP in Jamkhed, GHEC, Sana Mobile, and Tiyatien Health. Andrew is the founder of the Frontline Health Worker Network, which aims to help the community health worker sector with knowledge dissemination, networking, and collective action.
	Daniel Henderson, MD, MPH Dan is from Waterbury, CT, studied Biochemistry at Trinity College and medicine at the University of Connecticut. During medical school, he took a year off to serve as the AMSA Health Justice fellow in Washington, DC, and complete an MPH at Harvard in Health Policy and Management. His research interests are in quality and safety, access and the medical home, and health informatics.
	Amanda Ramsdell, MD Amanda is from Washington, DC, studied Chemistry at Columbia Univeristy, and is finishing her MD at Columbia. Prior to medical school, Amanda served as a high school science teacher in Kenya in the Peace Coprs. In medical school, Amanda has been a leader of the COSMO student clinic and is interested in curriculum development.
	Kelly Schoenbeck, MD Kelly is from Portland, OR, and studied psychology and political science at Washington Univeristy, and Medicine at Oregon Health and Science. Prior to medical school she worked in research involving PDA reminders for weight loss in veterans. During medical school she worked with the student free clinic, led an interest group in geriatrics and palliative care, and continue research in electronic reminders for chronic health conditions.
	Rahul Vanjani, MD, MSc Rahul is originally from Virginia and studied economics and biology at McGill University and then George Washington University. He completed his MSc in Immunology at the University of Oxford and his MD at George Washington University. As a medical student, he served as co-founder and co-director of the student-run clinic, investigated the determinants of non-adherence among HIV-positive District residents and developed an interest in promoting sustainable, interdisciplinary development in underserved areas.
	Amanda Westlake, MD Amanda grew up in Rhode Island and studied English and French at Wesleyan University.  After college, Amanda worked for the NYC Department of Housing, advocating for low-income tenants at risk of eviction and later as a case manager at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless.  She completed the post-baccalaureate premedical program at Goucher College before returning home for medical school at Brown University where she cultivated a passion for health literacy and geriatrics.

 

PGY 2

	Laura Frado, MD Laura is originally from Massachusetts, studied Biology at Boston College, and completed medical school at SUNY Downstate. During college, Laura conducted research in neurosurgical oncology and in angiography with a TIMI research study. During medical school, Laura volunteered and served as a directing clinical officer of the Brooklyn Free Clinic, volunteered in Tijuana, and conducted research on the use of ultrasound for the FAST exam.
	Kellie Hawkins, MD Kellie is originally from Colorado and studied Biology at Boston College, where she volunteered at an HIV residence and conducted molecular biology research on the immune response to HIV. She completed her MD and MPH at New York Medical College, volunteered at a free clinic in East Harlem and in Guatemala, and organized lectures and curriculum on health reform, prevention, and community medicine.
	Edward Lee, MD, MPH Edward is originally from Korea, but grew up in Los Angeles and studied Biology at Stanford University. He completed his MD at UCLA and his MPH in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University. Edward served as Board Chairman of a free medical clinic in Los Angeles and oversaw its expansion and electronic medical record implementation. His MPH thesis is on the barriers to health care in low-income, indigent communities.
	Bryan McColgan, MD Bryan is originally from Massachusetts.  He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and his bachelors in biological sciences from Stanford University.  A former United States Fulbright Fellow in Zimbabwe, he has also interned for the World Health Organization in Geneva and the medical unit of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.  He is most passionate about LGBT health, global health, and the combination of medicine and media.

 

PGY 3

	Eloise Austin, MD As an undergraduate, Eloise majored in American History and Literature at Harvard University.  Subsequently, she acquired work experience in health policy at the Commonwealth Fund prior to pursuing a post-baccalaureate program at Johns Hopkins.  Eloise then matriculated at the Yale School of Medicine where she has pursued pediatric global health research in Rwanda and a medical conflict of interest project based at the Columbia P&S Center on Medicine as a Profession.
	Jonathan Dick, MD As an undergraduate, Jonathan majored in Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania.  He subsequently acquired significant work experience in informatics prior to pursuing a post-baccalaureate program at NYU.  Jonathan then matriculated at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago where he became involved in community-based, quality research in diabetes as well as global health work involving the implementation of EHRs in Africa.
	Samreen Hasan, MD, MPH Samreen is from Wyoming and went to college at Brown University, majoring in Community Health. She then worked at the Center For Immigrant Health in NYC, providing TB testing and education throughout the city and directly observed therapy at an international high school. Samreen subsequently went to medical school at University of California, San Francisco and was awarded the Zuckerman Fellowship to pursue an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she focused on health policy and management. Samreen is interested in an outpatient clinical career that also incorporates public heath work and/or research.
	Kinjal Patel, MD Kinjal studied biochemistry and biology at Brown University and attended medical school at Columbia, where her research focused on a novel therapeutic cancer agent, a p53 peptide, and she also led the AMSA chapter for P&S and served on her Medical School Class Council. During residency, Kinjal has participated in a DOH elective collecting data on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and has focused her research interests in nephrology, investigating heavy chain deposition disease and membranous nephropathy in kidney transplant. She plans to pursue a fellowship in Nephrology after residency.