FELLOWS

Tenzin Choden, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow

Noa Krugliak Cleveland, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow/Advanced IBD Fellow

Fares Ayoub, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow

Anita Rao, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow

Nathaniel Cohen, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow

Scott Friedberg, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow

Mora Puertolas, MBBS
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow
RESEARCH STAFF

Emma Dyer
Clinical Research Coordinator

Nicole Garcia
Clinical Research Coordinator
MEDICAL STUDENTS

Max Ackerman
Pritzker Medical Student
UNDERGRADUATES

Alexa Silfen
Undergraduate Researcher

Clara Aeder
Undergraduate Researcher
ALUMNI – Where Are They Now?

Arthur Aelvoet
Research Intern, 2016
PhD Candidate at the Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Joseph Ahn, M.D., M.S.
2000-2003
Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Hepatology at Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon)

Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, M.D., MPH
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2019
Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Matangi Priyasri Bala, M.D.
Research Assistant, 2000
Anesthesiologist at AMITA Health (Hinsdale, Illinois)

Lauren Bowling, M.S., CGC
Research Assistant, 2006
Cancer Genetic Counselor at the University of California San Francisco

Audrey Calderwood, M.D., M.S.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medcine, 2003-2005
Associate Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire)

Rahul Chhablani, M.D.
Research Assistant, 1998
Gastroenterologist at Providence Medical Institute (Torrance, California)

Ruben Colman, M.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2013-2015
Family Medicine Physician at the University of Miami Family Medicine and Community Health (Miami, Florida)
Angie Djordjevic, M.D.
2003-2007
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood, Illinois)

Katia El Jurdi, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator 2017-2019
Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City, Kansas)
Rishi Gandhi, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2005
Founder/Owner, Ohio Skin Center. Board Certified Dermatologist and Mohs Micrographic Surgeon. (Dayton, Ohio)

Laura Glick, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2016-2019
Internal Medicine Resident at Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, Connecticut)
Alex Gonsalves
High School Research Assistant, 2015

Frank Hoentjen, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2011
Gastroenterologist at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Adam Kaufman, M.D.
IBD Fellow, 2009-2011
Gastroenterologist at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Robert Kavitt, M.D., MPH
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2003
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Vani Konda, M.D.
2005-2009
Gastroenterologist at Baylor Scott and White Surgical Specialists (Waxahachie Texas)

Jami Rothe Kinnucan, M.D.
IBD Fellow, 2013-2015
Gastroenterologist at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Gabriel Lang, M.D.
2010-2011
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (St. Louis Missouri)

Marissa Miller, D.O.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004
Family Medicine Physician at Sparrow Health System (Lansing, Michigan)

Adam Mikolajczyk, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2007-2010; Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2018
Hepatologist at the University of Illinois Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)

Inessa Normatov, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, 2018-2019
Attending Physician in Pediatric Gastroenterology at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (Bronx, New York)

Sudarshan Paramsothy, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2017
Gastroenterologist at Strathfield Private Hospital (Strathfield, Australia)

Joel Pekow, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2007-2010
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago

Victoria Rai
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2018-2020
PhD in Molecular Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology Candidate at Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

Daniel Rubin
Student Research Assistant, 2018
Bachelor of Industrial and Operations Engineering Candidate at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Miriam Sauer, M.D.
2004
Gastroenterologist at Wilmington Gastroenterology (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Seth Shaffer, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2019-2020
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Manitoba (Manitoba, Canada)

Anthony Sofia, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2015-2018
Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon)

Adam Stein, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2010-2014
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)

Alex Ulitsky, M.D.
2007
Gastroenterologist at GI Associates (Oak Lawn, Illinois)

Jorie Singer
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2019-2021
Julie Voelker, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2003

Paula Williams, M.D., M.S.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2003
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Fetal Cardiology at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Gordon Wood, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2005
Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)

Andres Yarur, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2014-2015
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Yangtian Yi
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2019-2021
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine

Timothy Zisman, M.D., MPH
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)

Shintaro Akiyama, MD, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow 2019-2021
Lecturer in the Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)

Michael Andersen, M.D.
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2018-2021
Resident Physician

Andrew Aronsohn, M.D.
2005-2007
Associate Professor of Medicine in Hepatology and Transplant at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Samuel Becker, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2012
Director of Rhinology at the Becker ENT Center and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Alana Bunnag, M.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2005-2008
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City, New York)

Christopher Chapman, M.D.
2010-2011
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Britt Christensen, M.D., MPH
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2013-2015
Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne, Australia)

Amish Dave, M.D., PhD
Research Assistant, 2007
Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the Institute for Academic Medicine at Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College (Houston, Texas)

Amarachi Erondu, M.D., MS
Medical Student at Pritzker School of Medicine, 2019-2021
Resident Physician

Jeanne Farnan, M.D., MHPE
2005-2007
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Samuel Gavzy, M.D., M.S.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2006-2009
Resident Physician in General Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland)
Sarah Goeppinger
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2015
Maya Aharoni Golan, M.D.
2016-2017
Jeremy Hetzel
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2007
Amanda Israel, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2018-2019

Jordan Karpin
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2021
Post Baccalaureate Student at Columbia University (New York, New York)

Kian Keyashian, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2011-2013
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)

Rachel Lawton, PhD
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007
Assistant Professor in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinatti Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinatti, Ohio)

Delaney Koehler, M.D.
High School Research Assistant, 2002
Family Medicine Physician at Silver Cross Hospital (New Lenox, Illinois)

Yvette Leung, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2009-2010
Gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Julia Marks, P.A.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2012
Physician Assistant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)

Veena Nannegari, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2013-2014
Gastroenterologist at Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois)
Jacob Ollech, M.D.
Advanced IBD Fellow, 2018-2019
Talia Pearl
Student Research Assistant, 2018

Jason Poston, M.D.
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2007
Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Tina Rodriguez
Lab Manager (2020-2021)

Dylan Rodriquez
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2017
Master of Science in Computer Science Candidate at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)

Joe Runde, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, 2019-2020
Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Instructor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, Illinois)
Atsushi Sakuraba, M.D., PhD
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2011-2013

Mina Sedrak, M.D., M.S.
Premedical Student, 2003-2006
Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope (Duarte, California)

Corey Siegel, M.D., M.S.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2004-2005
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire)

Philip Sossenheimer, M.D.
Medical Student at the Pritzker School of Medicine, 2018-2021
Internal Medicine Resident at Stanford University (Stanford, California)

Josh Steinberg, MD
Advanced IBD Fellow 2019-2021
Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastroenterology of the Rockies (Denver, Colorado)

Cindy Traboulsi, M.D.
Lab Research Coordinator, 2019-2021
Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Pittsburg (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Roni Weisshof, M.D.
Gastroenterology Fellow, 2016-2018

Jeffrey Winterfield, M.D., PhD
Medical Student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1997-2001
Hank and Laurel Greer Endowed Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina)
Nicole Yadron, PharmD
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2002-2006
Olivia Yvellez
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2017-2019

Nada Zmeter, M.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator, 2016-2018
Internal Medicine Resident at Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri)