Current Residents In Research
Research Residents 2025-2026
Kiyah Anderson, MD R1
Clinical Year: PGY3
Site: VA Boston Healthcare System
Mentor: Daniel Weiner, MD
Dr. Kiyah Anderson serves as Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety at the VA Boston Healthcare System. This nationally recognized training program equips physicians with the skills necessary to safeguard and prevent unintended harm from occurring during healthcare delivery. During the one-year program, participants focus on learning, applying, and teaching quality improvement and patient safety principles.
Funding: Department of Surgery
Daniel Counihan, MD, MS R1
Clinical Year: PGY2
Site: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Mentors: Danby Kang MD; Sabrina Sanchez MD, MPH
Dr. Counihan’s research focuses on trauma outcomes and resource utilization. He will examine the resources provided to trauma patients through Boston Medical Center, the community, and the state to assess utilization, effectiveness, and potential gaps. Additionally, he is working on a quality improvement project aimed at developing educational materials for trauma teams focused on opioid tapering at discharge to minimize post-discharge healthcare utilization for these patients. Dr. Counihan currently serves as the Junior Administrative Research Resident.
Funding: NIH T32 Grant: Impact of Biological, Clinical, and Social Determinants on Trauma and Trauma Outcomes
Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo, MD R2
Clinical Year: PGY 2
Site: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Mentor: Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, MBA; Pamela Rosenkranz, RN, BSN, MEd; David McAneny, MD; Megan Janeway, MD
Dr. Maaneb de Macedo is the Quality Improvement Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She focuses on improving the quality of surgical care through both research efforts and institution-wide quality improvement programs. In this role, she leads several multidisciplinary projects: standardizing VTE prophylaxis; reducing the risk of breakthrough VTE; assessing how language barriers impact the quality of patient care; better understanding the social determinants of health that impact our patient population, with a focus on immigrant populations; and working to find ways our healthcare community can better serve the underserved. Dr. Maaneb de Macedo currently serves as the Senior Administrative Research Resident.
Funding: NIH T32 Grant: Impact of Biological, Clinical, and Social Determinants on Trauma and Trauma Outcomes
Abdimajid Mohamed, MD R2
Clinical Year: PGY 2
Site: Boston Children’s Hospital
Mentor: Benjamin Zendejas, MD, MSc
Dr. Mohamed’s program primarily focuses on collaborating with the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) team at Boston Children’s Hospital. EAT consists of a multidisciplinary team of pediatric specialists. His research centers on innovative endoscopic approaches to manage esophageal atresia and related strictures, exploring surgical techniques to improve long-term perioperative care and enhance outcomes, and quality of life for affected children.
Funding: Boston Children’s Hospital
Sara Myers, MD R2
Clinical Year: PGY 3
Site: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Mentor: Jennifer Davids, MD
Dr. Myers is researching geospatial disparities in access to colorectal surgical care at the local and national levels. She is investigating factors associated with urgent and elective presentation for colorectal cancer; financial burden among urban and rural colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgery; and healthcare resource differences in urban areas associated with colorectal cancer surgery outcomes.
Funding: NIH T32 Grant: Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations
Rebecca Reardon-Lochbaum, MD R1
Clinical Year: PGY 2
Site: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Mentors: Andrea Geisz-Fremy, PhD; Teviah Sachs, MD, MPH
Dr. Reardon-Lochbaum is interested in improving early detection of pancreatic cancer and addressing the socioeconomic disparities related to the morbidity and mortality of the disease. She will be participating in basic and translation science, aimed at characterizing the genetic and biomolecular underpinnings of pancreatic cancer, with the goal of identifying early biomarkers that can be utilized for more efficacious screening and detection.
Funding: NIH T32 Grant: Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations
Ashlee Seldomridge, MD R2
Clinical Year: PGY3
Site: MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mentors: Beth Helmink, MD, PhD; Ashley Holder, MD; Jennifer Wargo, MD
Dr. Seldomridge is involved in basic and translational research work on targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and the impact of the gut and tumor microbiome in melanoma, appendiceal cancer, and peritoneal dissemination of cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is also interested in information and data science in oncology and computational modeling for discovery, development, and optimization of precision medicine.
Funding: Training of Academic Surgical Oncologists T32 Fellowship at MD Anderson
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