PGY 3 Residents

Isaac Alty, MD

Hometown
Lynchburg, VA

Education
MD: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: College of William & Mary

Clinical and research interests
Trauma/acute care surgery, global surgery, surgical education

Personal interests
Piano, motorcycle riding, skiing, hiking, camping, woodworking

ILARIA CATUREGLI, MD

Hometown
Baltimore, MD

Education
MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania

Clinical and research interests
Oncology, gender disparities in surgery

Personal interests
Playing the piano, sailing, skiing, yoga, hiking, cooking

JAMES ETHERIDGE, MD, MPH

Hometown
Norfolk, VA

Education
MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School
MPH: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Clinical and research interests
Trauma and acute care surgery, implementation science and diffusion of evidence-based practices, surgical safety, medical education

Personal interests
Fishing, backpacking, running, woodworking

Eliza Hersh, MD

Hometown
New York, NY

Education
MD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Undergraduate: Amherst College

Clinical and research interests
Clinical: Breast surgery
Research: Health services, clinical outcomes, patient-provider decision-making

Personal interests
Biking, tennis, cooking, skiing, travel

PAIGE NEWELL, MD

Hometown
Littleton, CO

Education
MD: Temple University
Undergraduate: Harvard University

Clinical and research interests
Cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, socioeconomic and gender-based disparities in surgical outcomes

Personal interests
Open water swimming, running, hiking, collecting antique medical prints

SANGKI OAK, MD

Hometown
Tulsa, OK

Education
MD: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Duke University

Clinical and research interests
Global surgery and trauma

Personal interests
Cooking, 3D printing, travel

ALEXANDER ORDOOBADI, MD

Hometown
Washington, D.C.

Education
MD: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: Amherst College

Clinical and research interests
Trauma and acute surgery, hernia repair, minimally invasive surgery, prehospital care, health services research

Personal interests
Skiing, hiking, kiteboarding

MEHIDA ROJAS-ALEXANDRE, MD, MHS

Hometown
Brooklyn, NY (via Cap-Haitian, Haiti)

Education
MD and MHS: Yale School of Medicine
Undergraduate: CUNY-Hunter College

Clinical and research interests
Minimally invasive surgery, general surgery, surgical oncology

Personal interests
Powerlifting, track and field, cooking, spending time with husband and daughter

VANESSA WELTEN, MD, MPH

Hometown
Crysler, Ontario, Canada

Education
MD and MPH: Northwestern University
Undergraduate: Brown University

Clinical and research interests
Undecided clinically; surgical oncology outcomes, quantitative and qualitative research methods, patient decision-making and care experience

Personal interests
Ice hockey, rollerblading, running, traveling, time with family and friends