Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship

Fellows

Manish Arora, M.B.B.S.
3^rd year - NIH
Residency: Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Medical Degree: Government Medical College, Amritsar, India
Projects: Immunopathogenesis of food allergy and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders; Gastrointestinal involvement in hyper-IgE syndromes (Job's Syndrome); Behcet's disease

Kevin Halsey, M.D.
3^rd year
Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison WI
Medical Degree: University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine
BA: University of Missouri
Projects:Endoscopic ablation of Barrett's esophagus – recurrence patterns, eosinophilia after ablation, success rates

Seema Patil, M.D.
3^rd year
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
BA: Columbia University, New York NY
Projects: Impact of anti-TNF therapy on diagnostic radiation exposure in Crohn's disease; Comparative efficacy of anti-TNF agents in Crohn's disease; Racial disparities in therapeutics in IBD

Nirish Shah, M.B.B.S.
3^rd year – T32 training grant
Residency: Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Projects: Azoxymethane (AOM)-induced liver injury in mice: A model of experimental cirrhosis and ductular proliferation modulated by muscarinic receptor activation

Douglas Weinstein, M.D.
3^rd year - NIH
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Medical Degree: Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
BA: Duke University, Durham NC
Projects: Use of the SmartPill for acid peptic disorders

Florence Aslinia, M.D.
2^nd year – T32 training grant
Residency: Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Projects: Quality assessment in colonoscopy; Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in women and minorities

Sajneet Khangura, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Residency: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree: Government Medical College, Patiala, India

Apurva Trivedi, M.D.
2^nd year – NIH
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Medical Degree: University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile AL
BA: Duke University, Durham, NC
Projects: Familial mid-gut carcinoid – natural history, symptoms, appropriate diagnostic modalities, histology, metastatic potential, metabolic sequelae, and clinical and biochemical prognostic factors

Preet Bagi, M.D.
1^st 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

Sonia Gosain, M.D.
1^st year
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Medical Degree: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
BS: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Christopher Koh, M.D.
1^st 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.
1^st 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.
1^st year
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

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