First-Year Fellows
Lucie Calderon
Medical School: LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Residency: Emory University
Interest within GI: Advanced GI, motility
Smit Deliwala
Hometown: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Medical School: St. James School of Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University
Interest within GI: Advanced Endoscopy
Victoria Earl
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Interest within GI: Women's issues in GI, colorectal cancer screening, quality improvement
Nidah Khakoo
Medical School: Albany Medical College (BS/MD Program)
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Health System
Interest within GI: I'm torn! I have a strong interest in liver disease, particularly PSC/PBC, and in
IBD, especially in understanding environmental exposures that can influence IBD onset. Excited
to explore both avenues throughout my fellowship
Nicole Ruiz
Hometown: Miami, FL
Medical School: University of Florida
Residency: University of Florida
Interest within GI: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, General GI, Nutrition and Health Disparities
Second-Year Fellows
Ikenna Kingsley Emelogu
Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical School: University of Texas at Houston
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Interest within GI: Advanced Endoscopy, Medical Education, and Health Disparities
Fiyinfoluwa Abraham
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Interest within GI: Colon cancer screening and motility disorders
Abubaker Abdalla
Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
Medical School: University of Khartoum
Residency: University of Nevada
Fellowship: Hospital Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic
Interest within GI: Not sure to be honest, but I like doing procedures. (I can't wait to see what captures my interest in GI.)
Anshika Khare
Hometown: Centerville, OH
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Interest within GI: General GI and quality improvement
Hima Veeramachaneni
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Medical School: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Residency: Emory University
Interest within GI: Transplant hepatology, medical education, and health disparities
Steven Chang
Hometown: Troy, MI
Medical School: New York University
Residency: New York University
Interest within GI: Colon cancer screening and health disparities
Third-Year Fellows
Chuma Obineme
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland, Baltimore
Residency: Emory University
Interest within GI: Medical education, esophageal disorders, and narrative medicine
Cicily Vachaparambil
Hometown: Albany, NY
Medical School: Drexel University
Residency: Emory University
Interest within GI: Quality improvement and patient safety
Cynthia Tran
Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Interest within GI: Advanced Endoscopy
Cindy Ye
Hometown: Marietta, GA
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Emory Internal Medicine Program
Interest within GI: Medical education, hepatology, and inflammatory bowel disease
Advanced Endoscopy Fellow
Preeyanka Sundar
Medical School: Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
Residency: Berkshire Medical Center
Interest within GI: Pancreaticobiliary Disease
Transplant Hepatology Fellow
Michael Andrew Yu
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Medical School: Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science)
Residency: Emory University
Interest within GI: Hepatology and NAFLD