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Gastroenterology – Current & Past Fellows

  • PGY-4

    Erick Argueta, MD
    Medical School: Stony Brook University
    Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Global health, improving quality and delivery in GI disorders, IBD, H pylori.
    Social interests: Travel, trying different cuisines, spending time with family and friends

    Kaio Ferreira, MD
    Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: General gastroenterology, IBD.
    Social Interests: Cross training, gardening, Rhode Island summers!

    Breton Roussel, MD
    Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Residency and Chief Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Body composition and sarcopenia in IBD, GI malignancy
    Social Interests: Saltwater fishing, cooking, international travel

  • PGY-5

    Amporn Atsawarungruangkit, MD
    Medical School: Rangsit University (Thailand)
    Residency: MetroWest Medical Center
    Clinical and Research Interests: machine learning applications in gastroenterology, small bowel diseases, women’s GI medicine, motility disorders.
    Social Interests: Gardening, traveling, playing with my puppy

    Jaehoon Cho, MD
    Medical School: Stony Brook University
    Residency: University of Southern California
    Clinical and Research Interests: gastric cancer, bariatrics
    Social Interests: Boxing, weightlifting, travel

    May Min, MD
    Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Residency and Chief Residency: University of Massachusetts
    Clinical and Research Interests: Capsule endoscopy, pancreatitis and nutrition, IBD
    Social Interests: Travel, baking/cooking, spending time with friends and family

  • PGY-6

    Chung Sang Tse, MD
    Medical School: Yale University
    Residency: Mayo Clinic
    Clinical and Research Interests: Women’s GI health, improving quality of life and outcomes in IBD
    Social Interests: Travel, reading
    Plans after Fellowship: IBD Fellowship (UCSD)

    Ronan Farrell, MD
    Medical School: Charles University (Czech Republic)
    Residency: St. Vincent’s University Hospital (Ireland)
    Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital, UPenn Health Systems
    Clinical and Research Interests: Education, cost effective care, and conservative management of geriatric GI patients
    Social Interests: Rugby, theatre, running, reading
    Plans after Fellowship: Will join faculty at Brown

    Jason Pan, MD
    Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Residency and Chief Residency: Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Hepatitis C, NAFLD
    Social Interests: Cooking, photography, travel
    Plans after Fellowship: Transplant hepatology Fellowship (U. Michigan)

  • Research Fellow

    Waihong Chung, MD PhD
    Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Clinical and Research Interests: Alcoholic liver disease, NAFLD, management of diabetes in patients with chronic liver diseases. endoscopic management of upper and lower GI bleeding.
    Social Interests: Marvel movies and wait… do other parents of young kids have social interests?

  • Past Fellows – Where did they go?

    2020
    Sehrish Jamot, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (Dartmouth).
    Katherine Fan, MD: Clinical practice, Tacoma, WA

    2019
    Shannon Simmons, MD: Joined faculty at Brown
    Manida Wungjiranirun, MD: Transplant hepatology fellowship (UCSF). Transplant hepatology faculty at Oregon Health and Science University.
    Mena Bakhit, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA). Advanced endoscopy faculty at Tufts Medical School; Beth Israel Lahey Health, Burlington, MA.

    2018
    Yesenia Greff, MD: Clinical practice, Springfield, MA
    Olelanru Jimoh, MD: Private practice, Charlotte, NC
    Alex Browne, MD: Private practice, Oakhurst, NJ

    2017
    Eric Mao, MD: IBD Fellowship (UCSF)
    Sean Fine, MD: Joined faculty at Brown
    Michal Ganz, MD: Private practice, Amherst, MA

    2016
    David Rahni, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (Dartmouth)
    Nancy Kang, MD: Private practice, Hartford, CT)
    Alexis Pappas, MD: Private practice South Coast system, Fall River, MA

    2015
    Jason Ferreira, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (Dartmouth). Returned to Brown as faculty
    Pranith Perera, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (U. Michigan). Returned to Brown as faculty
    Charles Wang, MD: Private practice, Sacramento, CA

    2014
    Sarah Hyder, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship (Dartmouth). Returned to Brown as faculty
    Judy Nee, MD: Faculty at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
    Milton Ochieng, MD: Private practice, St. Louis, MI

    2013
    Daniel Zandman, MD: Mt Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA
    James Watson, MD: Advanced endoscopy, Duke, NC
    Deepthi DeConda, MD: Clinical Practice, Southcoast System, Fall River, MA

    2012
    Jaydeep Bhat, MD: Kaiser, Atlanta, GA
    Sasha Taleban, MD: IBD center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
    Cui Lin, MD: Advanced endoscopy fellowship, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

    2011
    Josh Beirne, MD: Clinical Practice, Santa Rosa, CA
    Adam Harris, MD: IBD-based practice, Phoenix, AZ
    Mitul Patel, MD: Clinical Practice: Altoona, PA
    Amanda Pressman, MD: Joined faculty at Brown

Gastroenterology

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About Us

The Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School is comprised of eleven distinct Divisions. These Divisions, working in conjunction with the community doctors who comprise our Primary Care offerings, provide patients with an outstanding level of care both within the Brown affiliated hospitals and throughout several community-based clinical locations. In addition to patient services, several of our Divisions offer exceptional programs for Residents and Fellows within their designated areas of expertise.

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