Residents on Academic Research Time

Lawrence Brown

Hometown: Stockton, California
Medical School: Meharry Medical College 
Surgical Interest: Colorectal surgery
Researching: Health services, outcomes and disparities research
Lawrence Brown

Sophia Diaz

Hometown: Miami, Florida
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Researching: Biomedical engineering, innovation and design
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Daniel L. Eisenson

Hometown: Wayland, Massachusetts
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Surgical Interest: Transplant
Researching: Transplant immunology, xenotransplantation, global surgery
Daniel Eisenson

Natasha Houshmand

Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Surgical Interest: Trauma, surgical critical care
Researching: Quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, trauma and violence prevention
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Sarah Jabour

Medical School: University of Michigan
Sarah Jabour

Solomon Levin

Hometown: Lakewood, New Jersey
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Surgical Interest: Pediatric surgery, thoracic surgery
Researching: Pathogenesis of liver cancer
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Katherine "Katie" McDermott

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Surgical Interest: Vascular surgery, pediatric surgery
Researching: Epidemiology of vascular disease, health disparities, clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness
Katherine McDermott

Alexander Schulick

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: HPB surgery; transplant and surgical oncology
Researching: Biomarkers in pancreatic cancer, liver transplantation coagulopathy
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Bryan Szeglin

Hometown: Blue Point, New York
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Surgical interest: Surgical oncology
Researching: Rectal cancer chemoresistance mechanisms and ex vivo prognostication assays
A photo of Bryan Szeglin.

James (Joey) Whitbread Jr.

Hometown: Colville, Washington
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Cardiothoracic surgery
Researching: End-stage heart failure/cardiac transplantation
Joey Whitbread

Midori White

Hometown: Tacoma, Washington
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Surgical Interest: Transplant, vascular
Researching: CRISPR-Cas9 to disrupt gene expression in cell lines
A photo of Midori White.