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House Staff Council

House Staff Council Executives

House Staff Council Executives

President

Maria Molinaro, MD
Department of Child Neurology
Maria Molinaro

Vice President of Residential Affairs

Danielle Amundsen, MD 
Department of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
 
Danielle Amundson

Vice President of Diversity

Anthony Spellman, MD 
Department of Pediatrics
 
Anthony Spellman

Vice President of Finance

Stephanie Nwagwu, MD 
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

 
stephanie nwagwu

Vice President of Operations

Sukrit Suresh, MBBS 
Department of Orthopedics
 
Sukri Suresh

Vice President of Communications

Mark Alshak, MD
Department of Urology
Mark Alshak, MD

Vice President of Resident Health and Family Affairs

Barry Bryant, MD
Department of Psychiatry
 
Barry Bryant

House Staff Council Representatives 2024-2025

Thank you to our Departmental Representatives for your work over the years. Thank you for representing the close to 900 residents across different specialties! Our current departmental representatives include:

Anesthesia

  • Dr. Karla Objio
  • Dr. Alexis Motz
  • Dr. Saher Ali
 

Emergency Medicine

  • Dr. Paul Hahn

Neurosurgery

  • Dr. Jawad Khalifeh
  • Dr. Ethan Srinivasan
 

Pathology

  • Dr. Rachel Schendzielos
  • Dr. Troi Lake
     

Pediatric Neurology

  • Dr. Alex Testino
  • Dr. Molly Himmelrich
 

PM&R

  • Dr. Ahmed Khawer
  • Dr. Jen Viola
  • Dr. Alejandra Cardenas Rojas
  • Dr. Drew Lestersmith
  • Dr. Harman Chopra
 

Radiation Oncology

  • Dr. Tori Doss
  • Dr. Daniel Liu
 

Dermatology

  • Dr. Raghav Tripathi
  • Dr. Connie Qiu
     

Internal Medicine (Osler)

  • Dr. Geyner (Andres) Gaona
  • Dr. Jonathan You
  • Dr. Alessio Gasperetti
  • Dr. Anjali Bhalta
     

OB GYN

  • Dr. Laura Fuhr
  • Dr. Emily Adams
  • Dr. Anna Jarvis
  • Dr. Courtney Connolly
     

Pediatrics

  • Dr. Sarah Crawford
  • Dr. Rafi Faria
  • Dr. Priscilla Yong
  • Dr. Claire Slevin
     

Plastic Surgery

  • Dr. Alex Sun
  • Dr. Millie Ngaage
     

Radiology

  • Dr. Rachel Drummey
  • Dr. Judy Fustok
 

Interventional Radiology

  • Dr. Tony Kim

Surgery

  • Dr. Ben Bigelow
  • Dr. Colin Fadzen
  • Dr. Dane Paneitz
  • Dr. Midori White
 

Urology

  • Dr. Annie Geller 

Otolaryngology

  • Dr. Ellie Thompson
  • Dr. Andy Ding
 

Medical Genetics

  • Dr. Hasan Gun

Nuclear Medicine

  • Dr. Somya Shesadri
  • Dr. Nizar Alnabahne
     

Psychiatry

  • Dr. Bernadette Wharton-Hawthorne
  • Dr. Rachel Bigley
  • Dr. Sarah Walser
 

Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Dr. Nkosi Alvarez

Ophthalmology

  • Dr. Anupam Garag
  • Dr. Joana Andoh
  • Dr. Whitney Sambhariya
  • Dr. Rohan Shah
 

Anesthesia/Pediatrics

  • Dr. Sapna Desai

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

  • Dr. Sreeja Kodali

Orthopedics

  • Dr. Majd Marrache
  • Dr. Jacob Mikula
  • Dr. Henry Fox
  • Dr. Sudarsan Murali
  • Dr. Yesha Parekh
     

Neurology

  • Dr. LeeAnn Li

Former Presidents/Chairs:

  • Dr. Majd Marrache MD (2023-2024) 
  • Dr. Stephan Castellanos (2022-2023)
  • Dr. Kathleen Hiltz (2021-2022)
  • Dr. Ting-Jia Lorigiano (2020-2021)
  • Dr. Varun Puvanesarajah (2019-2020)
  • Dr. Raj Amin (2018-2019)
  • Dr. Vandra Harris (2017 - 2018)
  • Dr. Ira Leeds (2016 - 2017)
  • Dr. Christopher Terndrup (2015 - 2016)
  • Dr. Carrie Nieman (2014 - 2015)