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Meet Our Residents (2009-2010)
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Toyin Ajayi
King’s College London School of Medicine
Raised in Nairobi, Toyin Ajayi joins BUMC from King’s College in London. After completing her undergraduate degree at Stanford, Toyin worked for the US Department of Health and Human Services as a regional program coordinator for the HIV/AIDS Regional Resource Network Project. She earned her Masters in Development Studies in the UK at the University of Cambridge. While at King’s College, Toyin co-founded and chaired Kings’ branch of the national organization, the Student Stop AIDS Society, and spent time working in Ethiopia, Tanzania, India, and Sierra Leone. Toyin has spent the past year in Sierra Leone helping to establish the Welbodi Partnership, an organization that works with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to improve the quality of care and training at Ola During Children’s Hospital, the nation’s only tertiary pediatric facility. |
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Shaun Austin
The George Washington University School of Medicine
After growing up on the west coast, Shaun’s path to Family Medicine included several years in Europe, serving in the US Army. Upon his return to the US, Shaun attended San Diego State University while working full time as a store manager. He was a project leader at the Lifespan Human Senses Lab of SDSU, investigating the impact of nasal sinus surgery on HIV/AIDS patients. Shaun also worked as project site supervisor for Jaeger Engineering. While studying medicine at GWU, Shaun worked for THEARC, Bread for the City, and So Others May Eat, serving the underserved communities of Washington DC. Shaun also volunteered his time with Unity Healthcare’s Homeless Outreach Services. A member of the AAFP, Shaun is a National Health Service Corps Scholar. |
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Caitlin Day
Boston University School of Medicine
Born in the Boston area and raised in Minnesota, Caitlin joins us from BU School of Medicine. After being a student-athlete at Haverford College, Caitlin moved to Boston and worked at the Immune Disease Institute. She also volunteered as a soccer coach for CityKicks and at Horizons for Homeless Children, a shelter for children of domestic violence victims. After two years of bench research, Caitlin moved to Portland, Oregon to volunteer with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She worked at two downtown health clinics, assisting low income and uninsured patients gain access to free prescriptions. After her year of service, Caitlin continued to work with the underserved populations of Portland with Central City Concern and Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, as a residential counselor for adult mental health patients. At BU, Caitlin served as a Class of 2009 student representative on the Clinical Curriculum Committee. Outside of medicine Caitlin enjoys riding her bike, knitting, hiking, soccer, candlepin bowling, and spending time with her partner Tess. |
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Anna Groskin
Brown Medical School
Coming to BUMC from Brown Medical School, Anna completed her undergraduate degree at Williams College, and went on to earn a Masters of Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins. Anna took her public health interests to the west coast, working for the STD Control Branch of the California State Health Department, at UC San Francisco as a clinical research coordinator, and at a women’s health clinic as a health educator and HIV counselor. At Brown, Anna has been co-chair of both Medical Students for Choice and a student-led maternal and child health elective, and served as an advisor to first year medical students. Her medical interests include reproductive and adolescent health, as well as HIV medicine. She also loves reading, running, cycling, cooking, and spending time with her amazing husband and daughter! |
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Erica Mintzer
Yale University School of Medicine
Coming to BUMC from Yale School of Medicine, Erica completed her undergraduate work at Dartmouth, where she majored in Latin American Literature and was a founding member of DREAM, a mentoring program for low income children. Erica has worked extensively in Latin America, volunteering at an environmental school and The Humanitarian Foundation in Costa Rica, and with the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group in Guatemala. Before medical school, Erica worked as a research analyst for Tellus Institute, a non-profit environmental research and consulting firm in Boston. While in Boston, she also taught English as a Second Language with Concilio Hispano, and served on a committee at Harvest Co-op Markets. At Yale, Erica has been a team member at the HAVEN Free Clinic, an AMSA Health Equity Scholar, and a coordinator of both the Yale SOM Environmental Health Group and the Yale Medical Campus Traffic Safety Group. Her thesis research at Yale focused on the effectiveness of a school garden in improving nutrition and health among urban high school students. |
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Aileen Richmond
Boston University School of Medicine
Aileen joins us after receiving an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and MPH from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to medical school, Aileen worked as a research assistant at both Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. She worked with Harvard’s summer science program, the Boston Youth Organizing Project, Health Care for All, and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, working to increase state funding for affordable housing around the city. While pursuing her MPH, Aileen worked in research at Columbia’s Department of Population and Public Health. A BU SOM student, Aileen was a participant in our Family Medicine Student Track, served on the peer advising committee and worked as a tutor with St. Stephen’s After School Program. |
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Zhiling Gau, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Though she comes to us from the Midwest, Zhiling is no stranger to Boston, having served as an Americorps volunteer assisting in the production of a TB prevention video in coordination with the Boston Department of Public Health. In addition, Zhiling has worked in free clinics, and volunteered with the American Medical Student Association where she coordinated a complementary and alternative medicine workshop, and has focused her work on patient advocacy. Outside of her medical interests, Zhiling plays violin in community orchestras, plays piano, and enjoys cooking and reading. |
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Bernadatte Gilbert, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Bernadatte joins us after receiving her B.S. in Biology from Virginia
Union University and attending our own Boston University School of
Medicine. At BU, Bernadatte worked with several groups to promote heart health and nutrition in both teens and adults. Bernadatte was a volunteer educator for the American Heart Association, certified HIV counselor, and co-chair of a high school mentoring program. Bernadatte is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In her free time, she enjoys providing service through her sorority, reading novels, traveling, and spending time with her new husband. She hopes to become an educator as well as a medical provider. |
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Bich-May Nguyen, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
A Texas native, May completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Houston, and her medical education at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, she received her M.P.H. from Harvard in 2007. During her time at Baylor, May managed a student-run free clinic for the homeless, and was a national leader for the American Medical Student Association for which she coordinated a number of events. May also has traveled to Chile to study health care reform. Conversational in Vietnamese and Spanish, May enjoys reading and salsa, swing, and tango dancing. |
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Kuon Lo, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Kuon joins us from the University of Florida after completing his undergraduate work at Cornell University. Kuon was a co-leader for Project Haiti, a student-run program to benefit Haitians and Dominicans, and completed research in the Dominican Republic. In 2005, Kuon traveled to Peru where he researched socio-cultural issues in healthcare. In addition, Kuon is a member of the Student National Medical Association, and is fluent in French, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Kuon can also be found playing tennis or volleyball, cooking, or traveling. |
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Carme Ogando, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Born in Haiti, Carme joins BMC after attending, Boston University for her undergraduate work and then UMass Medical School. At UMass, she was the co-leader for several programs promoting Primary Care lectures and events. In addition, Carme volunteered for a refugee-tutoring program, and has also worked with the Codman Square Health Center, where she implemented new policies for the Codman Academy Wellness Pogram. Fluent in French Creole, Carme also enjoys baking and scrapbooking. |
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Nicole Steinmuller, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Nicole joins us after graduating from Tufts with a degree in medicine and a Master’s in Public Health. During 2003, Nicole was the managing director of a student run clinic for the underserved. Cultivating her interest in public health, Nicole completed and published research on food borne disease as part of a yearlong fellowship in applied epidemiology at the Center for Disease Control. Nicole has also worked for a nonprofit organization in California focused on reproductive health issues, and hopes to continue her work with women’s health. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys running, yoga, skiing, travel and movies. |
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Mary Connolly, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mary received her B.A. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1994, and then took a hiatus from the classroom to explore her interest in advancing physical and mental health through athletics. She ran, rowed, hiked, and scrummed herself from coast to coast and coached adults and youth to do the same. From these experiences and from her work with emphysema patients and victims of domestic violence, Mary decided that a focus on creating novel ways to deliver preventative care would shape her future career as a family physician. A member of AOA at UMass, she participated in a four-year commitment to the underserved communities of Worcester that included travel to Costa Rica and Ecuador to improve her Spanish. Mary enjoys spending time with her partner Lauren, and chasing her nieces and nephews. As a family physician, Mary is ready for the “life-long commitment of caring and trusting, teaching and listening, encouraging, and most importantly, accepting.” |
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Elizabeth Gaskins, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University SOM
After attaining a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and an M.S. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Elizabeth comes to join us from VCU SOM. After her first year, Elizabeth was awarded the School of Medicine Student Summer Research Fellowship to perform basic science research in breast cancer cells. She was also the Co-President of the Geriatric Student Interest Group. During her first and second years of medical school, she volunteered at the Crossover Clinic, which is a local inner city free clinic. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Elizabeth enjoys reading and visiting museums. |
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Kimberly Hanley, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Kimberly.Hanley@bmc.org
Kim joins us from Tufts University, and has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and also a member of AOA. She was also the Co-president of the Tufts Chapter American Medical Women’s Association. In 2002, Kim traveled to London for an internship at the University College London Hospital. While she was there she observed and assisted midwives and doctors in the Elizabeth Anderson Obstetric Hospital. Kim’s hobbies are ballroom dancing, outdoor adventures, singing, watching movies, and reading. |
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Kevin Heaton, DO
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kevin.Heaton@bmc.org
Hailing from Amherst, NH, Kevin graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2001 with a B.S. in Biology. After UNH, Kevin moved to Boston and spent the next two years working at PerkinElmer Life Sciences, a local biotech company, just blocks away from Boston Medical Center. He joins us after graduating from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. Kevin’s medical interests include preventative medicine, sports medicine and manipulative therapy. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, mountain biking and snowboarding. |
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Eric Huang, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Eric. Huang@bmc.org
Born in Yung Ho, Taiwan Eric also joins us from Tufts University School of Medicine. He has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 2004, Eric spent time on the Sherwood Project, a free clinic for the underserved in Malden, assisting patients with general medical problems and counseling others who came in for HIV testing. He has also spent time working with the research Department of Gastroenterology at Boston Medical Center. Eric is conversational in Taiwanese and Mandarin. He enjoys cooking, computers, and watching movies. |
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Judy Korik, MD
State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine
Judy.Korik@bmc.org
Originally from Boston, Judy joins us from Stony Brook School of Medicine. She speaks Russian and some Spanish. Judy is interested in women's health, and has been a member of Medical Students for Choice since her first year in medical school. In 2004, Judy traveled to a community AIDS Clinic in Chennai, India to help develop lectures on the subject of "Stigma and AIDS" in Southern India. Judy enjoys reading, gardening, fishing and playing volleyball. |
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Dara Arons, MD
Yale University
Dara.Arons@bmc.org
Originally from Boston, Dara joins us from Yale University School of Medicine. She speaks French and Spanish, and is interested in complementary and integrative medicine along with providing reproductive healthcare. In 2003,Dara worked at Harvard Medical School studying a traditional Chinese treatment of breech pregnancy. She was also the Co-president of Medical Students for Choice and a founding board member of the Rosie Fund, Connecticut's first abortion fund. Dara enjoys knitting, making pottery, playing ultimate Frisbee, and traveling internationally. She is committed to helping "her future patients make positive, and healthy choices." |
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Yasmin Issa , MD
Ross University
Yasmin.Issa@bmc.org
Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Yasmin joins us from Ross University School of Medicine. She has been a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society since 1997. Prior to medical school, Yasmin worked as a medical interpreter at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center; she is fluent in Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. She has been involved in various research projects, such as Vitamin A teratogenicity, jejunal diverticulitis, and an FDA-funded experimental HIV drug, while in medical school. She has had many international volunteer experiences, most recently being involved with Haiti. She has been a dance performer for Flamenco, Argentine Tango, and Ballroom dancing. Yasmin looks forward to becoming a "compassionate and fearless physician dedicated to all her patients including those without proper access to health care." |
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Mike Noonan, DO
University of Medicine and Dentistry N.J School of Osteopathic Medicine
Michael.noonan@bmc.org
Mike Noonan comes to the BUMC Family Practice program after a rotating internship at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. He attended medical school at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine and is looking forward to working in primary care as part of the National Health Service Corps after completing his residency. He has strong interests in primary care, computational and biological research and reproductive health. Outside of work, Mike likes to tinker with computers, bicycles, and his motorcycle. |
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Pooja Shah, MD
University of Texas Medical School
pooja.shah@bmc.org
Pooja comes to us from the University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston. After completing her undergraduate degree in Austin, she served as a full-time adolescent healthcare coordinator with AmeriCorps in Brooklyn, New York. She has initiated several adolescent health programs and coordinated free HIV testing for high school students. Pooja was awarded the Vivian Pinn, M.D. Scholarship in Diversity in Health Care in 2005 and the Osler Scholarship in Global Health in 2006. This spring Pooja will be venturing to three Himalayan towns where she will be doing an integrative/alternative rural medicine rotation. Some of Pooja's hobbies include international travel, music, hiking, bicycling and black and white photography. She looks forward to becoming a part of the team with us here at Boston Medical Center. |
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Rachel Siegel , MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Rachel.Siegel@bmc.org
Originally from the Boston area, Rachel got her B.A. in Hispanic Studies from Northwestern Univ. and completed medical school at the Univ. of Massachusetts. At UMass she worked as a student course coordinator for an elective in teen pregnancy. She recruited speakers for didactic sessions and helped solidify a mentoring program for teen parents. In 2003, Rachel traveled to the Nascer Cidadao Maternity Hospital, in Goiania, Brazil to work as a volunteer. She is also planning a medical elective in rural Tanzania this spring. Rachel is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese. She plays the violin, and enjoys hiking, snowboarding, and Ultimate Frisbee. Rachel is excited about the prospect of "caring for patients throughout the life cycle, and in treating people of diverse ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds." |
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Ani Tahmassian, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Ani.Tahmassian@bmc.org
Upon attaining a BS in Biology from Boston College, Ani graduated from BUSM in May 2006. She has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Golden Key National Honor Society. She is fluent in Armenian, and in April 2006 she will participate in the International Health elective " Medical Care in Armenia". Ani enjoys dance, traveling and photography. She is looking forward to "being able to work with patients at BMC to participate in those moments in a patient's life when the doctor-relationship will serve to better deliver the quality of care that every person deserves." |
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