Current Residents | Emory School of Medicine

PGY-5

Chase Escott, MD Chief Resident 2020-2021

2016, Dartmouth College, MD
2004, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, BS, Mechanical Engineering

Neil Pfister, MD, PhD Chief Resident 2020-2021

2016, Columbia University, MD
2015, Columbia University, PhD, Cancer Biology
2009, University of Georgia, BS, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Genetics

2020 Chester Rochfort Scholarship Recipient
2019 Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship Recipient

Arif S. Rashid, MD

2016, University of Pittsburgh, MD
2010, University of Pennsylvania, BS, Economics and BAS, Bioengineering

Karen Xu, MD

2016, University of Pittsburgh, MD
2012, University of Rochester, BS, Physics, Applied Mathematics

PGY-4

Vishal Dhere, MD Chief Resident 2021-2022

2017, Emory University, MD
2011, University of Denver, BS, Molecular Biology/Chemistry/Medical Physics

Lisa Sudmeier, MD, PhD Chief Resident 2021-2022

2017, University of Wisconsin-Madison, MD
2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD, Neuroscience/Cell Biology
2008, Washington University in St. Louis, BA, Biology

2020 Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship Recipient

Yusef Syed, MD, MS

2017, University of Buffalo, MD
2007, Cornell University, MA, Mechanical Engineering
2005, Yale University, BA, Mechanical Engineering

Sarah Westergaard, MD

2017, University of Texas, MD
2013, Mississippi College, BS, Chemistry/Medical Sciences

PGY-3

Neal S. McCall, MD

2018, Thomas Jefferson University, MD
2013, University of Pittsburgh, BS, Chemistry

James Janopaul-Naylor, MD

2018, University of Pennsylvania, MD
2014, College of William and Mary, BS, Mathematics and Neuroscience

David Qian, MD, PhD

2018, Dartmouth College, MD
2016, Dartmouth College, PhD, Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
2011, Dartmouth College, BA, Biophysical Chemistry/Economics

Ashley Schlafstein, MD

2018, Augusta University, MD
2012, Cornell University, BA, Biology/Society

PGY-2

Naba Ali, MD

2019, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, MD
2015, University of Rochester, BS, Neuroscience

Joshua Lorenz, MD

2019, Medical College Wisconsin
2015, St. John's University, BA, Biochemistry

Jacob Wynne, MD

2019, Emory University School of Medicine, MD
2011, Cornell University, BS, Biology

PGY-1

Joshua Anderson, MD

2020, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MD
2016, University of Arkansas, BS, Biology

Taylor Corriher, MD, MBA

2020, University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD
2013, Duke University, BS, Evolutionary Anthropology/Spanish

Katherine Sykes-Martin, MD, MS

2020, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, MD
2015, Georgetown University, MS, Psychology/Biophysics
2013, University of Georgia, BA, Journalism/Biology

Christopher Williamson, MD, MS

2020, Medical College of Georgia Augusta University, MD
2005, Georgia Institute of Technology, MS, Medical Physics
2003, Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, Mechanical Engineering

Incoming Class

Yifu Ding MD, PhD

2021, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, MD, PhD
2011, Johns Hopkins University, BSE, Biomedical Engineering

Benjamin D. Hopkins, MD

2021, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, MD
2017, University of California, Los Angeles, BS, Psychobiology

H. Scott McGinnis, MD

2021, Wake Forest School of Medicine, MD
2015, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS, Biology

Jimmy S. Patel, MD, PhD

2021, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, MD
2019, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School/Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, PhD, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
2013, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, BA, Chemistry & Molecular Biology/Biochemistry