Meet the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellows

Fellowship Graduates

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Third-Year Fellows

Andrew Canakis, DO
Categorical

• Residency: Boston University
• Medical Degree: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Osman Ali, MD
Categorical / T32

• Residency: University of Maryland Midtown
• Medical Degree: American University of Antigua College of Medicine

Kiran Motwani, MD
Categorical

• Residency: University of Maryland
• Medical Degree: Drexel University College of Medici

Andrew Ma, MD
Mercy

• Residency: University of Maryland
• Medical Degree: New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Hanna Blaney, MD
NIH

• Residency: Texas A&M University College of Medicine
• Medical Degree: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long SOM

Mian Khalid, MD
NIH

• Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
• Medical Degree: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Second-Year Fellows

Rukaiya Bashir Hamidu, MD
Categorical

• Residency: Thomas Jefferson Uni Hospital
• Medical Degree: St Georges Uni School of Medicine

Joseph Clinton, MD
Categorical

• Residency: Medstar Georgetown Uni Hospital
• Medical Degree: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

David Lee, MD
Categorical

• Residency: Brown University, Providence, RI
• Medical Degree: East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Stephen Schwartz, DO
Mercy

• Residency: University of PA
• Medical Degree: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Disha Sharma, MBBS
NIH

• Residency: Georgetown Uni/Medstar Washington Hospital Center
• Medical Degree: Seth GH Medical College

Gracia Viana Rodriguez, MD
NIH

• Residency: Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Health
• Medical Degree: Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado Escuela de Medicina El Salvador

First-Year Fellows

Xixi Xu, MD
NIH

• Residency: Boston University Medical Center
• Medical Degree: Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian SOM

Cerise Kleb, MD
Categorical

• Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Medical Degree: Thomas Jefferson University

Alla Turshudzhyan, DO
NIH

• Residency: University of Connecticut
• Medical Degree: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Waseem Amjad, MBBS
Mercy

• Residency: Northwell Health Forest Hills Hospital
• Medical Degree: Allama Iqbal Medical College (Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan)

Azubuogu Anudu, MD
Mercy

• Residency: University of South Florida-Morsani
• Medical Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Shaya Noorian, MD
Categorical

• Residency: UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
• Medical Degree: Albert Einstein College of Medicine