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Gastroenterology – Current & Past Fellows

  • PGY-4

    Yousef Elfanagely, MD
    Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: General gastroenterology, Medical Education
    Social Interests: Spending time with friends and family, thrifting, going to the beach

    John Paul Nsubuga MD
    Medical School: The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
    Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
    Clinical and Research Interests: Health Care Disparities, Colorectal cancer screening, General gastroenterology.
    Social Interests: Playing Basketball, Soccer, Traveling, Exploring new restaurants, Watching the Premier League, and NFL football.

    William Park, MD
    Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
    Residency: Boston Medical Center
    Clinical and Research Interests: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Education
    Social Interests: Soccer, running, trying new recipes, traveling

    Nathan Sairam MD
    Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
    Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Clinical and Research Interests: Quality improvement, medical education, general gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, NAFLD
    Social Interests: Spending time in the kitchen, discovering new restaurants, getting outdoors with my dog

  • PGY-5

    Lindsey Channen, MD
    Medical School: New York Medical College
    Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Transplant hepatology, colorectal cancer screening, general gastroenterology
    Social Interests: Travel, trying new restaurants, watching TV with my cat, fitness classes

    Kanhai Farrakhan, MD
    Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
    Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Education, GI malignancy
    Social Interests: Board games, reading

    Averill Guo, MD
    Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Clinical and Research Interests: Quality improvement, NAFLD
    Social Interests: Cycling, hiking, listening to podcasts, and exploring new restaurants

  • PGY-6

    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

  • Past Fellows – Where did they go?

    2022
    Jaehoon Cho, MD: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship (Columbia, NY, NY)
    Amber Charoen MD: Faculty at Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
    May Min, MD: Staying on as GI Faculty member at Brown

    2021
    Chung Sang Tse, MD: IBD Fellowship (UCSD)
    Ronan Farrell, MD: Faculty at Brown
    Jason Pan, MD: Transplant hepatology Fellowship (U. Michigan)

    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

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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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