Graduates and Field of Employment
Clinician Investigator
Arpita Aggarwal, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2004-2006
Assistant Prof Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
Focus: Cancer prevention and outcome research
Elaine Alpert, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1983-1985
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Associate Visiting Professor
University of British Columbia
Focus: Health Professions Education; Policy Development and Community Advocacy in Family Violence and Sexual Assault
Tracy Battaglia, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1999-2001
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine
Focus: Breast Health
Daniel Berlowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1985-1987
Professor of Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, and Director, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford VAMC
Focus: Long-term care settings and health outcomes; case-mix adjustment
Nicolas Bertholet, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Lausanne University, Switzerland
Focus: Substance Abuse
Leslie Blackhall, M.D., M.Div.
Years in Fellowship: 1987-1989
Associate Prof Medicine, USC School of Medicine, Director, Medical Ethics, LA County Medical Center
Focus: Ethics Education, Medical Ethics Research, Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Advanced Care Directives
Charles Brackett, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1990-1992
Assistant Prof Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Focus: Attitudes of Adolescents Toward Preventive Medicine
Sharmila Chatterjee, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2008
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford VA Hospital, Bedford, MA
Cynthia Chuang, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2002-2004
Assistant Prof Medicine, Penn State College of Med; Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Focus: Sexual abuse and high-risk sexual behavior among HIV-infected patients
Israel DeAlba, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1999-2001
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of California, Irvine, CA
Focus: Improving Pap Smear Screening among Latinas
Karen Freund, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1987-1989
Professor of Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Director, Women’s Health Unit, Co-Director, Women’s Health Fellowship
Focus: Women’s Health Education; Health Services Research on Breast Cancer
Matthew Frieberg, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2002-2005
Assistant Prof Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Jane Geraci, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1989-1991
Associate Prof Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Researcher, VA Health Services Research & Development, Houston, TX
Focus: Predictors of Quality of Care for Patients with Myocardial Infarction
William Ghali, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1993-1995
Professor of Medicine, Univ of Calgary
Focus: Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Jewel Husti Halanych, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2001-2003
Assistant Professor Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Focus: Impact of Hispanic ethnicity on care in patients with diabetes
Christina Holt, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2005
Attending Physician, Maine Medical Center, ME
Alok Kapoor, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2004-2007
Hospitalist, Boston Medical Center; Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Search for and synthesis of medical evidence including methods of meta-analysis and decision analysis
Stefan Kertesz, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2000-2002
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, Div of Preventive Medicine
Focus: Addiction Health Services, Health Services for Homeless Individuals
Douglas Kiel, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1984-1986
Associate Prof Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Director, Medical Research, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research & Training Institute, Boston, MA
Focus: Geriatrics and Long-term Care Education
Theresa Kim, M.D.
Years in Fellowship: 2002-2004
Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Medical care for adults with addiction, unstable housing and medical co-morbidities
Andrea Kronman, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2006
Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Preventive Medicine; Racial and gender disparities in healthcare; reducing medical errors
Jane Liebschutz, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1995-1998
Associate Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Director, GIM Fellowship, Director, Preventive Medicine Residency
Focus: Physical and Sexual Abuse
Elizabeth Lincoln, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1991-1993
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, VA Medical Center
Focus: Health-Related Quality of Life
Bruce Ling, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1997-1999
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Focus: Cancer Prevention
Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2008
Assistant Prof, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Focus: Preventive Medicine; Women’s Health
Anita Palepu, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1994-1996
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of British Columbia
Focus: Utilization and Cost of Health Services among Injection Drug Users
Anuradha Paranjape, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1998-2000
Associate Professor Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine
Focus: Domestic Violence Screening
Adam Perlman, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1996-1998
Executive Director, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UMDNJ; Chairperson and Associate Professor Department of Primary Care; Hunterdon Endowed Professor in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UMDNJ
Focus: Alternative Medicine
Neeraja Peterson, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2000-2002
Assistant Prof Medicine, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Focus: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Follow-Up, Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Academic Medicine
Adam Rose, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Bedford VA Hospital; Assistant Prof, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Quality of care measurement
Peter Sargious, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1995-1997
Assistant Prof Medicine, Manager, Health Informatics, Univ of Calgary
Focus: Computer Resource Centre Development
Scott Sherman, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1989-1991
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of California, Los Angeles and Sepulveda VA Hospital
Focus: Health Benefits of Exercise
Alexander Walley, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2007
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University Medical Center
Focus: Substance abuse treatment; HIV
Joanne Wilkinson, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2004-2006
Associate Director of Predoctoral Education, Department of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Focus: Disabilities
Clinician Educator
Manuel Anton, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1989-1991
Assistant Prof Medicine, University of Florida, Director, Medical Education, Assistant Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Karen Barnard, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1997-1999
Assistant Prof Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Focus: Medical Education
Jonathan Berz, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2007-2009
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Preventive Medicine, Medical Education
Suzanne Blood, M.D., M.P.H
Years in Fellowship: 1991-1993
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Massachusetts School of Medicine
Denise Bonds, M.D., M.P.H
Years in Fellowship: 1997-1999
Assistant Prof Medicine, Wake Forest Univ, Winston-Salem, NC
Focus: Women’s Health
Ann Borzecki, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1995-1998
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Bedford VA Hospital
Focus: Medical Education
Risa Burns, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1988-1990
Assistant Prof Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Focus: Medical Resident and GIM Fellow Education
James Byrd, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1983-1985
Prof Medicine, Chief, GIM, Eastern Carolina Univ School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
Focus: Primary Care Education
Andrea Charbonneau Ely, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2000-2003
Assistant Prof Medicine, Division of General & Geriatric Medicine, Dept of Preventive Medicine, Univ of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Focus: Benchmarking patterns in Pharmocotherapy of Depression
Daniel Chen, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2007
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University of Medicine
Focus: Medical Education, Empathy in Medical Students
Teresa Cheng, M.D.
Years in Fellowship: 2007-2009
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Primary Care Medical Student and Resident Education
David Connors, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1994-1996
Assistant Prof Medicine, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Focus: Decision analysis on prophylaxis in HIV patients
Godwin Darko, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1998-2000
Assistant Prof Medicine, Georgetown School of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Director, Resident Clinic
Nameeta Dookeran, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2007
Hospitalist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Focus: Burden of chronic disease among refugees in Massachusetts
Susan Frayne, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1990-1992
Associate Prof Medicine, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto Veterans Administration
Focus: GIM Fellow and Women’s Health Education
Renee Goetzler, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1987-1989
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Associate Training Director, Carney Hospital, Boston, MA
Focus: Primary Care Residency Training
Eric Green, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2001-2004
Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Focus: Medical Education
Jini Han, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2000-2002
Instructor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
David Harmanns, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1994-1996
Medical Director, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Focus: Medical Education
Warren Hershman, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1986-1988
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Boston University School of Medicine
Bennett Lee, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1998-2001
Virginia Commonwealth University
Katherine Johnston, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Women’s Health Clinic, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Elizabeth MacKay, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1995-1997
Associate Prof Medicine, Director, Medical Teaching Unit, Univ of Calgary
Mary E. Manning, M.D., M.P.H.
Dorcas Mansell, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1989-1991
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Jeffrey Markuns, M.D., Ed.M.
Years in Fellowship: 2005-2007
Clinical Instructor, Dept of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Focus: Medical Education
Sandra Marwill, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1992-1994
Assistant Clin Prof Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Focus: Medical Student and Resident Education
Craig Maylath, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1996-1998
Assistant Prof Medicine, Director, TYMC, Univ South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC
Bruce McCarthy, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1988-1990
Associate Prof Medicine, Univ of Michigan and Henry Ford Hospital, Division Head, GIM Clinics, Co-Director, GIM Fellowship Program
Focus: GIM Fellow and Medical Resident Education
Ellen Cowen Meltzer, M.D.
Years in Fellowship: 2007-2009
Attending Physician, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Focus: Opioid misuse
Alejandro Moreno, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1997-2000
Assistant Prof of Internal Medicine, Associate Director Internal Medicine Residency Program, Univ of Texas Medical Branch
Focus: Health law
Karen Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1994-1997
CEO/Medical Director UNITE HERE Health Center, Assistant Prof Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center
Focus: Career development of Primary Care M.D.s
Haruo Obara, M.D., Ed.M.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Focus: Residency Education
Jay Orlander, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1990-1992
Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Service, VA Boston HealthCare System
Focus: Medical Education
Stephanie Page, M.D., Ed.M.
Years in Fellowship: 2004-2006
Hospitalist, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Subha Ramani, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1996-1998
Associate Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine
Focus: Medical Education
Hannah Rubins, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1985-1987
Colleen Sam, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1997-1999
Clinical Educator, Dallas, TX
Focus: Atrial Fibrillation
Jamie Stern, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1994-1996
Instructor of Medicine, Univ of Pittsburgh
Focus: Medical Education
Sandhya Wahi-Gururaji, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1999-2001
Assistant Prof Medicine, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas
Focus: Status of Academic Primary Care
Lisa Waldman, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1999-2001
Instructor of Medicine, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Focus: Women’s Health
Keith Williams, M.D., Ed.M.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2005
Boston Medical Center
Focus: Medical Education
Kate Worzala, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1997-1999
Assistant Prof Medicine, Jefferson Univ School of Medicine
Focus: Medical Education
Andrew Yacht, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2000-2002
Assistant Prof Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Focus: Medical Education and Administration
Clinician Administrator
Claudia DeYoung, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2001-2003
Director, Women’s Health, Breast Health Clinic Director, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA
Stephan Gaedhe, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1992-
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston VA Medical Center
Anand Kartha, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2005
VA Boston HealthCare System, Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine
Focus: Predictors of re-hospitalization/utilization of health care resources in post-traumatic stress disorder
Diego Martinez-Vasquez, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 2007-2009
Site Director, Hospitalist Management Group, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Adam Perlman, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1996-1998
Executive Director, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UMDNJ, Chairperson and Associate Prof Department of Primary Care, Hunterdon Endowed Professor in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UMDNJ
Focus: Alternative Medicine
Clinical Medicine
Wasel Akbary, D.O.
Years in Fellowship: 1998-2000
Internal Medicine, Arlington, VA
Focus: Improving Health Care in Afghanistan
Julia Ireland, D.O.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, MA
Khelda Jabbar, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Consultant, Middle East Region Global Primary Health Care Initiative, Dept of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Gregory Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1996-1998
Internist, Cambridge, MA
Focus: Medical Education
Kartarzyna Pomianowski, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 2004-20063
Community Family Practice, Hebron Family Practice Office
Focus: Family Medicine
Keith Bridgers, M.D., M.Sc.
Kathleen Pierce, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1992-1994
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston VA Outpatient Clinic
Margaret Seaver, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1998-2001
Staff Physician, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Focus: Women Veteran’s Health
Alfredo Selim, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1993-1995
Assistant Prof Medicine, Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston VA Medical Center
Ann Spires, M.D.
Years in Fellowship: 2006-2008
Physician, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA
Public Health/Government/Industry/Other
Donald Kern, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1980-1982
Chief Medical Officer for NaphCare, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Lisa McCoy, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1999-2001
Health District Director, Suffolk Health Department, Suffolk, VA
Focus: Cancer Research
Patricia McEachrane-Gross, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2002-2004
Chief, Department of Medical Management, Officer in Charge, Medical Evaluation Board Process, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA
Harley Ramelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1991-1993
Corporate Manager, LMR Design, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Focus: Smoking cessation
Carolina Takiwaza, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2005
Focus: Preventive Medicine
Junaid Usman, M.D., M.Sc.
Years in Fellowship: 2003-2005
Hospitalist, St. Joseph Hospital, Tacoma, WA
Angela Walker, M.D., M.P.H.
Years in Fellowship: 1995-1997
Novo Nordisk Pharm, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Focus: Confidentiality in computerized records
