Current GIM Fellows
Kara Alcegueire, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2023
Undergraduate Education: Northwestern University
Graduate Education: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Miami at Holy Cross Hospital
Research Interests: Integrating and applying interprofessional scholarship to promote wellness and burnout within medicine and medical education
Clinical Practice: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Email: kalcegu1@jhmi.edu

Portia Buchongo, PhD, MPH, RN
Started GIM Fellowship: Dec. 2024
Undergraduate Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate Education: University of Maryland College Park; Georgia State University, MPH
Research Interests: Learning health systems and health services
Email: pbuchon1@jhmi.edu

Kacey Chae, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2023
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia
Graduate Education: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Clinical Fellowship: Obesity Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Prevention of sarcopenic obesity in older adults
Clinical Practice: Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station Internal Medicine and Johns Hopkins Healthful Eating, Activity and Weight Program
Email: kchae1@jhmi.edu

Y. Joseph Hwang, MD, MSc
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2023
Undergraduate Education: University of Western Ontario
Graduate Education: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; University of Western Ontario, MSc
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside and Pittsburgh VA Medical Center
Research Interests: Clinical epidemiology and health outcomes research
Clinical Practice: Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station Internal Medicine
Email: yhwang19@jhmi.edu

Amanda McArthur, PhD
Started GIM Fellowship: July 2022
Undergraduate Education: Drexel University
Graduate Education: University of California – Los Angeles; University of California – Los Angeles, MA in Sociology and in Linguistics
Research Interests: Physician-patient communication in primary care and other healthcare settings
Email: amcarth1@jhmi.edu

Rinas Osman, MD
Started GIM Fellowship: Aug. 2024
Undergraduate Education: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Education: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Internal Medicine, Montefiore – Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Research Interests: Lifestyle interventions in diabetes and related metabolic outcomes
Clinical Practice: Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station Internal Medicine
Email: rosman1@jhmi.edu
