2022-2023 Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellows

Third-Year Fellows

Rukaiya Bashir Hamidu, MD – Categorical

  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Medical Degree: St. George's University School of Medicine

Joseph Clinton, MD – Categorical

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

David Lee, MD – Categorical

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

Stephen Schwartz, DO – Mercy

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

Disha Sharma, MBBS – NIH

  • Residency: Georgetown University/MedStar Washington Hospital Center
  • Medical Degree: Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College

Gracia Viana Rodriguez, MD – NIH

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

Second-Year Fellows

Waseem Amjad, MBBS – Mercy

  • Residency: Northwell Health Forest Hills Hospital
  • Medical Degree: Allama Iqbal Medical College

Azubuogu Anudu, MD – Mercy

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

Cerise Kleb, MD – Categorical

  • Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Medical Degree: Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine

Shaya Noorian, MD – Categorical

  • Residency: UCLA Medical Center
  • Medical Degree: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alla Turshudzhyan, DO – NIH

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

Xixi Xu, MD – NIH

  • Residency: Boston University Medical Center
  • Medical Degree: Boston University Aram V. Chobanian and Edward Avedisian School of Medicine

First-Year Fellows

Nehna Abdul Majeed, MBBS – T32, Categorical

  • Residency: MedStar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program of Baltimore
  • Medical Degree: Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in India

Aastha Chokshi, MD – Mercy

  • Residency: Brown University
  • Medical Degree: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Ebehiwele Ebhohon, MBBS – T32, Categorical

  • Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
  • Medical Degree: University of Benin School of Medicine in Nigeria

Asif Hitawala, MBBS – NIH

  • Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Fairview Hospital
  • Medical Degree: Ravindra Nath Tagore Medical College in India

Andrew Leopold, MD – ABIM Pathway, Categorical

  • Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
  • Medical Degree: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Carolina Versaille, MD – NIH

  • Residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel
  • Medical Degree: St. George's University School of Medicine Grenada