Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship

Fellows

Preet Bagi, M.D.
3^rd year – NIH
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
BA: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Projects: Gastrointestinal manifestations in Behcet's disease and hyper-IgE syndromes, novel non-invasive means of measuring gastric acid secretion

Sonia Gosain, M.D.
3^rd year
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Medical Degree: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
BS: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Projects: Endoscopic spray cryotherapy for treatment of high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus

Christopher Koh, M.D.
3^rd year – NIH
Residency: Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles
BA: Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Projects: Natural history and pathophysiology of noncirrhotic portal hypertension; Treatment of Delta hepatitis; Genetic polymorphisms in liver disease; Microbial translocation in viral hepatitis

Sandara Quezada, M.D.
3^rd year – T32 training grant
Residency: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
BA: Hood College, Frederick, MD
Projects: Impact of age at diagnosis on Crohn's disease phenotype and ulcerative colitis disease extent; Differential host response to microbial antigens in older onset IBD; Impact of aging and IBD on body composition and functional performance

Vikrant Rachakonda, M.D.
3^rd year – T32 training grant
Residency: Barnes Jewish – Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
BS: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Projects: Role of muscarinic receptors in a murine azoxymethane-induced chronic liver injury model

Nicole Cullen, M.D.
2^nd year
Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
BA: Boston University, Boston, MA
Projects: Celiac disease

Alexis Gorden, M.D.
2^nd year – F32 training grant
Residency: New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Medical Degree: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
BA: Brown University, Providence, RI
Project: Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Matilda Hagen, M.D.
2^nd year
Residency: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
BS: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Project: Sexual dysfunction in IBD patients

Leon McLean, M.D., M.P.H.
2^nd year – T32 training grant
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
MPH: Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, MA
Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, MA
BS: Tufts University, Medford, MA
Projects: Role of type 1 and type 3 muscarinic receptors and effects on ileal mucosal barrier function as well as macrophage phenotype and function

Thomas Simcox, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (MCV), Richmond, VA
BS: University of California - Davis. Davis, CA

Mark Voellinger, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Residency: West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV
Medical Degree: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV
BA: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Projects: Familial mid-gut carcinoid - natural history, symptoms, appropriate diagnostic modalities, histology, metastatic potential, metabolic sequelae, and clinical and biochemical prognostic factor

Jim Y. Chou, M.D.
1^st year – NIH
Residency: Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Medical Degree: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
BA: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Nancy Ho, M.D.
1^st year – NIH
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Medical Degree: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
BA: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Matthew Hudson, M.D.
1^st year
Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
BA: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Nathalie Urrunaga, M.D.
1^st year – T32 training grant
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Medical Degree: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Project: Role of muscarinic receptors in modulating acetaminophen-induced liver injury

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