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Our Residents

Front row: Celestina Okoye, Simran Chadha, YJ Kim, Taylor Erickson, Nicole Stefanko, Samantha Guhan*, Samantha Venkatesh*

Back row: Alecia Blaszczak, Stephen Li, Victor Quan, Zachary Solomon, Rachel Eisenstadt, Molly Hales, Joshua Prenner*, Edward Li

*Medicine-Dermatology

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Past Residents

2024 Graduates

  • Taylor Erickson, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow at Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL 
  • Molly Hales, MD, PhD:  Clinical Instructor at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Yoo Jung Kim, MD: Rheum-Derm Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA
  • Edward Li, MD, PhD: Clinical Instructor at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL

2023 Graduates

  • Alyce Anderson, MD, PhD: Dermatopathology Fellow at Northwestern University/ McGaw Medical Center,  Chicago, IL
  • Victor Quan, MD:  Dermatopathology Fellow at Northwestern University/ McGaw Medical Center,  Chicago, IL
  • Zachary Solomon, MD: Dermatology Private Practice,  Aurora, IL
  • Nicole Stefanko, MD : Dermatology Private Practice, Fort Collins, CO

2022 Graduates

  • Alvin Li, MD: Dermatologic Surgery Fellow at California Skin Institute,  San Jose, CA
  • Spencer Ng, MD, PhD:  Clinical Instructor at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Liza Siegel, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
  • Laura Walsh, MD, PhD : Dermatology Private Practice, Renton, WA

2021 Graduates

  • Derek Hsu, MD: Dermatology Private Practice,  San Francisco, CA
  • Jessica Labadie:  Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Fellow, SkinCare Physicians, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Emily Merkel, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellow,  Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
  • Molly Stout, MD : Dermatology Private Practice, Chicago, IL

2020 Graduates

  • Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Julia Mhlaba, MD:  Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Olivia Schenck, MD:  Full-time faculty at University of Virginia,  Charlottesville, VA
  • Jennifer Shastry, MD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL

2019 Graduates

  • Brittany Dulmage, MD: Full-time faculty at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  • Betty Kong, MD:  Full-time faculty at Northwestern Medicine, Glenview,IL
  • Joshua Owen, MD, PhD:  Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellow, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
  • Joel Sunshine, MD, PhD: Dermatopathology Fellow, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

2018 Graduates

  • Amin Esfahani, MD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL
  • Kassandra Holzem, MD: Dermatology private practice, Brookfield, WI
  • Sreya Talasila, MD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Shuai (Steve) Xu, MD, MSc: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL

2017 Graduates

  • Sarah Adams, MD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Victoria Godinez-Puig, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellow at University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada
  • Michael Pelster, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellow at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
  • Ainah Tan, MD: Dermatology private practice

2016 Graduates

  • Melanie Clark, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellow at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  • Katherine Mercy, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellow at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Lara Rosenbaum, MD: Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellow at University of Texas MD Anderson, Houston, TX

2015 Graduates

  • Lauren Graham, MD, PhD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Luzheng Liu, MD, PhD: Dermatology private practice, NorthShore Health System, Glenview, IL
  • Pedram Yazdan, MD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago and Lake Forest, IL

2014 Graduates

  • Tracy Donahue, MD: Full-time faculty in Dermatology at Northwestern Medicine /Chicago Lakeshore Medical Associates, Chicago, IL
  • Julia Minocha, MD: Dermatology private practice, San Diego, CA
  • Lisa Shen, MD: Pediatric Dermatology fellow at Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL. Now full-time faculty at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
  • Jennifer Sorrell, MD: Pediatric Dermatology fellow at Columbia University, New York, NY. Now full-time faculty at Stanford University.

2013 Graduates

  • Lisa Arkin, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Full-time faculty in Dermatology at Rush, Chicago, IL
  • Gunilla Carlsson Thorn, MD: Private Practice, Cadence Physician Group, Illinois
  • Anne Goldsberry, MD, MBA:Procedural Dermatology/Mohs Fellow at the Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana. Private Practice, Paradise Valley AZ
  • Ben Marks, MD, PhD: Full-time faculty at Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Practice, Glenview, IL

2012 Graduates

  • Sarah Baker, MD: Full‐time faculty at Northwestern University/Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL
  • Bryan Gammon, MD: Dermatopathology Fellow at Stanford University
  • Kavi Menon: Full‐time faculty at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
  • Sonal Shah, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow at UCSF, San Francisco, CA
  • Sapna Vaghani: Lurie Children’s Fellow, Chicago, IL

2011 Graduates

  • Melissa Abrams, MD: Pediatric dermatology fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Pediatric dermatology practice of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Vernon Hills Clinic located in Vernon Hills, IL
  • Elizabeth Grossman, MD: Private practice at Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates, Chicago, IL
  • Sandra Han, MD: Procedural Dermatology Fellow at UCSF
  • Kimberly Nicholson, MD: Dermatopathology Fellow at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

2010 Graduates

  • Susan L. Boone, MD: Procedural Dermatology fellow with Dr. Heidi Donnelly, Dayton Skin Surgery Center, Inc. in Dayton, OH
  • Katherine K. Brown, MD: Full‐time faculty at Rush University, Chicago, IL
  • David C. Reid, MD: Full‐time faculty at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL

2009 Graduates

  • Brandi Kenner‐Bell, MD: Pediatric dermatology fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Faculty at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Anjeli Krishnan Isaac, MD: Full‐time faculty at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL from 2009‐2011. Currently in private practice in Seattle, WA
  • Diana Leu, MD: Private practice, Menlo Park, CA; Volunteer faculty member at Stanford University
  • Victoria Nguyen Wang, MD: Private practice at Advanced Dermatology, Lincolnshire, IL. Currently in private practice in Encinitas, CA

2008 Graduates

  • Ana Ciurea, MD: Faculty at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  • James Collyer, MD: Private practice, Seattle, WA
  • Aimee Hawrot Smidt, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Faculty at University of New Mexico

2007 Graduates

  • Ross Levy, MD: Procedural Dermatology fellow with Dr. C. William Hanke, Carmel, IN. Private practice at Evanston NorthShore
    University Health, Evanston, IL
  • Ki‐Young Suh, MD: Fellow in Pediatric Dermatology at UCSF. Full‐time faculty at UCLA.

2006 Graduates

  • Jill Weinstein, MD: Private practice with Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, Chicago, IL
  • Stephanie Mehlis, MD: Private practice at Evanston NorthShore University Health, Evanston, IL
  • Eva Parker, MD: Full‐time faculty at Loyola University Chicago. Currently in private practice in Franklin, TN
  • Stacy McClure, MD: Full‐time faculty at Loyola University Chicago. Currently in private practice at Dermatology Associates of LaGrange, LaGrange, IL

2005 Graduates

  • Keren Baron Horn, MD: Private practice in Chicago, IL
  • Prashant Singri, MD: Part‐time Clinical Instructor of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and private practice in Schaumburg, IL
  • Kim Nussbaum, MD: Private practice in Scottsdale, AZ

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