Fellows & Alumni Gastroenterology

Incoming Fellows (July 2026)

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Emily Currier, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Wayne State

Mithal Aditya headshot

Aditya Mithal, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Johns Hopkins

Mojdeh Mostafavi headshot

Mojdeh Mostafavi, MD

Residency
MGH/U Mass Pediatric Internal Medicine

Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine

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Alexander Prete, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
New York University

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Ramya Singhal, MD

Residency
Boston University Medical Center

Medical School
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

1st Year Fellows

Harris Feldman

Harris Feldman, MD

Residency
University of Massachusetts

Medical School
University of Maryland

Sebastian Niezen

Sebastian Niezen, MD

Residency
University of Pittsburgh

Medical School
Universidad Anáhuac Escuela de Medicina

Rachel Porth

Rachel Porth, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School   
Tufts University School of Medicine
 

Karina Oelerich

Karina Oelerich, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

2nd Year Fellows

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Rachel Bocchino, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Boston University School of Medicine 

Markos Kalligeros headshot

Markos Kalligeros, MD

Residency
Brown

Medical School
University of Athens School of Health Sciences

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Anabel Liyen-Cartelle, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Medical College of Georgia

Benjamin Mecsas-Faxon headshot

Benjamin Mecsas-Faxon, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Tufts

Lauren Simon headshot

Lauren Simon, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Boston University

3rd Year Fellows

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Todd Brenner, MD

Residency
Johns Hopkins

Medical School
Harvard Medical School

Bryan Ferrigno headshot

Bryan Ferrigno, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
University of Connecticut

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Maria Paula Diaz Soto, MD

Residency
Yale

Medical School
Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina (Colombia)

Ava Sanayei headshot

Ava Sanayei, MD

Residency
BIDMC

Medical School
Tufts Medical School

Meet Our Alumni

2025 Alumni

  • Duncan J. Flynn, MD, Gastroenterologist, Maine Medical Center
  • Aaron Hakim, MD, Transplant Hepatology Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Dora Huang, MD, Gastroenterologist, VA Pacific Islands
  • Brian Li, MD, Faculty Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Scott Minchenberg, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Bryan Zoll, MD, MBA, Gastroenterologist, BID-Needham

2024 Alumni

  • Mariel Bailey, MD, Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente
  • Lauren Dunn Gilbert, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Miami

2023 Alumni

  • Awais Ahmed, MD, MSc, Faculty Physician, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
  • Mary Barbara, MD, Private practice, Jacksonville, FL
  • Kirsti Campbell, MD, GI Hospitalist, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
  • Gila Hoffman, MD, IBD Center, Mercy Clinic, St. Louis, MO
  • Laura Horton, MD, Private practice, New Hampshire
  • Samuel Miller, MD, Private practice, Gastrohealth, Framingham, MA

2022 Alumni

  • Shana Rakowsky, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Eric Ardolino, MD, Private Practice, Digestive Health Associates
  • Jeremy Glissen-Brown, MD, MSc, Faculty Physician, Duke University
  • Kenneth Barshop, MD, Associate, Digestive Disease Associates; Clinical Instructor, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Gopal Veeraraghavan, MD, MPH, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Milton

2021 Alumni

  • Abhishek Agnihotri, MD, Advanced Endoscopist, Bayhealth Medical Center
  • Javier Andrés Villafuerte Gálvez, MD, Faculty physician, BIDMC
  • Sarah Shannahan, MD, Private Practice, Greater Boston Gastroenterology, P.C.
  • Hirsh Trivedi, MD, Faculty Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2020 Alumni

  • Jonathan Mark Erlich, MD, Private Practice, Chicago
  • Daniel Stein, MD, MPH, Faculty Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Amelie Therrien, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Lauren M. Yang, MD, Faculty Physician, BIDMC Transplant Center

2019 Alumni

  • William T. Clarke, MD, Faculty Physician, Duke University
  • Christopher Danford, MD, Transplant Hepatologist, Intermountain Medical Center, Utah
  • Steven Lin, MD, MPH Faculty Physician, Kaiser Permanente
  • Prashant Singh, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Michigan

2018 Alumni

  • Suzanne Chan, MD, PhD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Ghideon Ezaz, MD, MPP, Faculty Physician, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
  • David Fudman, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Anna Juncadella, MD, Gastroenterologist at NCH Healthcare System, Naples, FL

2017 Alumni

  • Jonah Cohen, MD, Faculty Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Laurie Grossberg, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Douglas Grunwald, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Connecticut
  • Darshan Kothari, MD, Faculty Physician, Duke University
  • Zhenghui Gordon Jiang, MD, PhD, Faculty Physician, Liver Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2016 Alumni

  • Mona Akbari, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Clinical Science, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  • Robert Gianotti, MD, Albany Gastroenterology Consultants
  • Katharine Germansky, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Elliot Tapper, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Michigan

2015 Alumni

  • Neil Sengupta, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Chicago
  • Sveta Shah Oza, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts
  • Vilas Rashmi Patwardhan, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2014 Alumni

  • Joseph Feuerstein, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Gyanaprakash Ketwaroo, MD, MSc, Faculty Physician, Yale
  • Saurabh Sethi, MD, MPH, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, California
  • Lindsey Surace, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Pennsylvania
  • Byron Vaughn, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Minnesota

2013 Alumni

  • Maggie Ham, MD, Faculty Physician, UCLA
  • Rakhi Kheraj, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Georgia
  • Suma Magge, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Connecticut
  • Sumeet K. Tewani, MD, Faculty Physician University of Illinois
  • Talia Zenlea, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Toronto

2012 Alumni

  • Sandeep Krishnan, MD, PhD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts
  • Xi Na, MD, PhD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts
  • Cheng Zhang, MD, PhD, Faculty Physician, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center

2011 alumni

  • Tyler Berzin, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program Director
  • Tahereh Ghaziani, MD, Faculty Physician, Stanford Medicine
  • Laura Rosenberg, MD, Attending Gastroenterologist, Colorado
  • Paul Sepe, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts

2010 Alumni

  • Filippo Cremonini, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Nevada
  • Steven Kappler, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Florida
  • Sarah Flier, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2009 Alumni

  • Laren Becker, MD, Faculty Physician, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Paola Blanco, MD, Faculty Physician, Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Nielsen Fernandez-Becker, MD, Faculty Physician, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Sanjeev Tummala, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, California

2008 Alumni

  • Mary Hu, MD, Staff Gastroenterologist, Freemont Center
  • Hani Abdallah, MD, Faculty Physician, Baylor Medical Center
  • Asim Khokhar, MD, Faculty Physician, Stony Brook Medical Center
  • Daniel Leffler, MD, Medical Director at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Michelle Lai, MD, Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Hepatology Fellowship Program Director

2007 Alumni

  • Alan Moss, MD, Faculty Physician, Boston Medical Center
  • Chandrashekhar Thukral, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Chicago
  • Howard Chang, MD, Staff Gastroenterologist, California

2006 Alumni

  • Brett Kalmowitz, MD, Faculty Attending, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
  • Seema Maroo, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Georgia
  • Claribel Taylor, MD, Staff Gastroenterologist, California
  • Noah Zinkin, MD, Faculty Physician, Long Island University
  • David Fefferman, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts
  • Sonal Patel, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts

2005 Alumni

  • Win Travassos, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts

2004 Alumni

  • Andres Gelrud, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Chicago
  • John Kwon, MD, Faculty Physician, University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Samuel Somers, MD, Private Practice Gastroenterologist, New Hampshire