GI Fellows

Gastroenterology Fellows

Samantha (Sami) Chua, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Year Started Fellowship: 2024

Fun facts/interests: Running along the Charles and hiking, trying new cafes and eating croissants

Rei Mitsuyama, MD

Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Residency: Brown University/Lifespan

Year Started Fellowship: 2024

Fun facts/interests: playing soccer (played at Kenyon College), hiking (especially the White Mountains), pour-over coffee, NYT games, craft beer, cooking

Marya Pulaski, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Year Started Fellowship: 2024

Fun facts/interests: Yoga, cooking, gardening, and spending time outside

Danielle Bellavance, MD

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Started Fellowship: 2025

Research Interests: GI motility

Fun facts/interests: Exploring the south and hiking with her greyhound

Rachel Thompson, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School

Residency: Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Residency

Started Fellowship: 2025

Research Interests: Alcohol-associated liver disease

Fun facts/interests: Baking, hiking, yoga, running, and rock climbing

Alexa Trovato, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Started Fellowship: 2025

Research Interests: EoE and IBD

Fun facts/interests: Cooking, weightlifting, hiking, yoga, trying new exercise classes

Sapana Gupta, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Brown University/Categorical Internal Medicine Program

Started Fellowship: 2026

Research Interests: gut microbiome, IBD

Jacqueline Liu, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Started Fellowship: 2026

Research Interests: Disorders of gut-brain interaction

Nicole Lue, MD

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine

Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Started Fellowship: 2026

Research Interests: Hepatitis C and Improving access to healthcare