GMED Alumni
The UIC Global Medicine (GMED) Program is a scholarly concentration program for UIC medical students interested in developing skills to become global health leaders. We have had 8 classes graduate so far and are building our alumni network.
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Class of 2023
Miracle Diala
- Specialty: Transitional Year (PGY-1), University of Louisville School of Medicine (PGY-2)
- Program: Medical College of Wisconsin (PGY-1), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PGY-2)
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (PGY-1), Louisville, Kentucky (PGY-2)
Caroline Fernandes
- Specialty: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Program: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Location: Lubbock, Texas
Vivian Jin
- Specialty: Otolaryngology
- Program: University of Texas Medical School
- Location: Houston, Texas
Claudia Kazmirak
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Deepika Khanna
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Christopher Llerena
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Boston University Medical Center
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Annik Lupieri
- Specialty: Otolaryngology
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Diana Loana Rapolti
- Specialty: General Surgery
- Program: SIU School of Medicine
- Location: Springfield, Illinois
Gabriele Ruzgas
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Program: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nicole Zolman
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Class of 2022
Julie Conrad
- Specialty: Internal Medicine- Pediatrics
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Debra Eluobaju
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: John Hopkins Hospital
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Akua (Ava) Graf
- Specialty: General Surgery
- Program: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Robert Haemmerle
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
- Location: Rochester, Minnesota
Meghan Nagam
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Cleveland Clinic
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Mohannad Safadi
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Yaseen Saleh
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Miami/Jackson Health System
- Location: Miami, Florida
Hola Sayegh
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Stanford Health Care
- Location: Stanford, California
Georgina Sorrentino
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: The Ohio State University Medical Center
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
Pearl Ugwu – Dike
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Preliminary (PGY-1) Dermatology (PGY-2)
- Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (PGY-1) NYU Grossman School of Medicine (PGY-2)Boston, Massachusetts (PGY – 1)
- Location: New York, New York (PGY -2)
Stefan Vidovich
- Specialty: Otolaryngology
- Program: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Class of 2021
Meha Desai
- Specialty: Psychiatry/Family Medicine
- Program: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Alena Hoover
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Advocate Health Care Illinois
- Location: Oak Lawn, Illinois
Natalie Jansen
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Brittany Kotek
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Wisconsin Hospital/ Clinics
- Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Sherin Mahrat
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
John McGlothlin
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
- Location: Rochester, Minnesota
Natasha Mehta
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Stanford University Programs
- Location: Stanford, California
Eunsong Park
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Program: Christ Hospital – OH
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Mahi Singh
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: The University of Chicago Medicine Center
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Hannah WaveringÂ
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Class of 2020
Dr. Diego Barragan
- Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia
- Education: Portland State University, BS, 2015
- Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
- Research: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Recognition: Graduation with Honors
Dr. Flavius Beca
- Hometown: Fagaras, Romania
- Education: University of Chicago, BS, 2015
- Specialty: Ophthalmology
- PGY1: Internal Medicine, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
- PGY2: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida
- Recognition: Graduation with Honors
Dr. Andrew Robert Florin
- Hometown: Whittier, California
- Education: University of California, Santa Barbara, BS, 2011, University of Southern California, MS, 2013
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Recognition: Gold Humanism Honor Society
Dr. Sarah Lauren Garvey
- Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Education: Wellesley College, BA, 2015, Columbia University, MS, 2016
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Residency: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Recognition: Gold Humanism Honor Society
Dr. Francesca Ariel Kimelman
- Hometown: Northbrook, Illinois
- Education: University of Michigan, BS, 2013, Tufts University School of Medicine, MS, MPH, 2016
- Specialty: Surgery
- Residency: University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
- Recognition: Graduation with Honors
Dr. Abhinav Komandur
- Hometown: Madras, India
- Education: University of North Carolina
- Specialty: Anesthesia
- Residency: University of Texas Health , San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Gina Lee
- Hometown: Palatine, Illinois
- Education: Illinois Wesleyan University, BA, 2013
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
Dr. Molly MacInnes Perri
- Hometown: Cary, Illinois
- Education: University of Colorado at Boulder, BA, 2012, Oakland University, MA, 2014
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Residency: The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago Illinois
- Recognition: Gold Humanism Honor Society, Graduation with Honors
Dr. Megan Marshalla
- Hometown: Lake Zurich, Illinois
- Education: University of Notre Dame, BS, 2015, University of Notre Dame, Ba, 2015
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Illinois
- Recognition: Graduation with Honors
Dr. Shelbi Olson
- Hometown: Olathe, Kansas
- Eduction: Harvard University, BA, 2014
- Specialty: Surgery
- Residency: University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Recognition: Graduation with Honors
Dr. Natalie S. Rodriguez
- Hometown: Alhambra, California
- Education: University of Southern California, BS, BA, 2011, California State University Los Angeles, MS, 2015
- Specialty: Surgery
- Residency: University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, California
Dr. Stephanie Marie Turcios
- Hometown: Waukegan, Illinois
- Education: Loyola University, BS, 2008, University of Michigan, MPH, 2014
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Residency: University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, California
- Recognition: Gold Humanism Honor Society
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Class of 2019
Arjun Arya
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Hennepin Country Medical Center
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Camila Castellanos
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Program: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Location: New York, New York
Frank Ebai
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Nazareth Hospital
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eleanor Ganz
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Washington School of Medicine
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Tegan Gomez
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: The University of Chicago Hospitals
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Lewis Jordan
- Specialty:Radiology-Diagnostic
- Program: PGY1- Transitional Year, Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illinois PGY2- Rush University Medical Center
- Location: Chicago Illinois
Mary McGlynn
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: Washington University St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Giancarlo Saldana
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: The University of Chicago Hospitals
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Gwyneth SullivanÂ
- Specialty: Surgery – General
- Program: Rush University Medical Center
- Location: Chicago Illinois
Sumana Vardhan
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Case Western Reserve University Hospital s
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Prinston Varghese
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: Loyola University Medical Center
- Location: Maywood Illinois
Chase Westra
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Southern California
- Location: Los Angeles, California
Agata Parfieniuk
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Class of 2018
Paul Blessing
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Michelle Yoo
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Program: MacNeal Memorial Hospital
- Location: Berwyn Illinois
Takahiro Yamaguchi
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: Rhode Island Hospital / Brown University
- Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Tosha Songolo
- Specialty: Anesthesiology
- Program: PGY1 – Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center San Diego, California PGY2 – University of California San Diego Medical Center
- Location: San Diego, California
Katherine Reifler
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Boston University
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Nagel
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Vanessa Martinez
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: Spectrum Health Michigan State University
- Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bing Li
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: SUNY Health Science Center
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
Gregory Klazura
- Specialty: Surgery
- Program: Loyola University Medical Center
- Location: Maywood Illinois
Michael Dienstbach
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
Molly Conroy
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Brandon Collofello
- Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
- Program: University of Kentucky Medical Center
- Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Class of 2017
Amina Basha
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Desiree Delgado
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Location: Miami, Florida
Lena Elmuti
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Program: The University of Chicago Hospitals
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Tsige Gebreslasse
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: University of Minnesota Medical Center
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kimberly Helseth
- Specialty: Surgery
- Program: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Patrick Lanter
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Barnes Jewish Hospital
- Location: St Louis, Missouri
David Lee
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Cambridge Health Alliance
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Athena Mikros
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Naval Medical Center
- Location: San Diego, California
Nnenna Okoye
- Specialty: Preventative Medicine
- Program: Adena Health System
- Location: Chillicothe, Ohio
John James Parker
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Duaa Sharfi
- Specialty: Transitional Year (PGY1), Ophthalmology
- Program: MacNeal Memorial Hospital (PGY1), Ear Infirmary (PGY2)
- Location: Berwyn, Illinois (PGY1), New York, New York (PGY2)
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Class of 2016
Timothy Lee
- Specialty: Family Medicine
- Program: University of California Irvine Medical Center
- Location: Orange, California
Teresa Liu
- Specialty: Internal Medicine
- Program: Stanford University Programs
- Location: Stanford, California
Shuvani Sanyal
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Shaun Harty
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Peter Wickwire
- Specialty: Otolaryngology
- Program: University of California Davis Health System
- Location: Sacramento, California
Karla Guerrero
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Eric Foster
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Program: Resurrection Medical Center
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Darshana Bhattacharyya
- Specialty: Psychiatry/Family Medicine
- Program: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Danish Haider
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Ana Clara Mauro
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Pediatrics
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Ama Thrasher
- Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Program: The University of Chicago Hospitals
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Aaron Case
- Specialty: Internal Medicine – Emergency Medicine
- Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois