Neuromuscular Fellows & Alumni
Current Fellows
Rachel Caplan, MDMedical School: Columbia University
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Stephen Chrzanowski, MD, PhDMedical School/Graduate School: University of Florida, Gainesville
Neurology Residency: Boston Children’s Hospital; Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center; Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Alba Coraini, MDMedical School: Milan State University
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Divya Jayaraman, MD, PhDMedical School/Graduate School: Harvard Medical School
Neurology Residency: Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston Medical Center
Ario Mirian, MD, MScMedical School: University of Calgary/Graduate School: McMaster University
Neurology Residency: Western University
Cristina Viguera Altolaguirre, MDMedical School: Johns Hopkins University
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Class of 2022-2023
Medical School/Graduate School: Harvard Medical School
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: Faculty at Mass General Brigham
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: Faculty at Atrius Health
Medical School: Columbia University
Neurology Residency: Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Post-fellowship position: Faculty at Mass General Brigham
Medical School: Stanford University
PMR Residency: Harvard/Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Post-fellowship position: Faculty at Spaulding Rehabilitation
Medical School: Laval University (Quebec)
Neurology Residency: Laval University
Post-fellowship position: Research fellowship in ALS at MGH Institute for Neurodegenetrative Disease (MIND)
Medical School/Graduate School: Harvard University
Neurology Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: Faculty at Mass General Brigham
Class of 2021-2022
Medical School/Graduate School: Sapienza Universita di Roma (Italy)
Neurology Residency: University of Massachusetts
Post-fellowship position: Fellowship, Gene Therapy Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Child Neurology Residency: Boston Children’s Hospital
Post-fellowship position: Child Neurology Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital
Medical School: University of North Carolina
Neurology Residency: Duke University
Post-fellowship position: Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: University of Vermont
PMR Residency: Univ Minnesota
Post-fellowship position: Practice, Adirondack Rehabilitation Medicine (New York)
Medical School: Dartmouth
Neurology Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Post-fellowship position: Practice, Northwest Keiser Permanente (Oregon)
Medical School/Graduate School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Neurology Residency: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Post-fellowship position: Faculty, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Class of 2020-2021
Medical school: University of Missouri Columbia
Residency: Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Post-fellowship position: ALS Fellowship, MGH then Faculty, Mayo Clinic (Arizona)
Medical school: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: ALS Fellowship/Faculty, MGH then Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Medical school: University of Alabama School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Post-fellowship position: Austin Neuromuscular Center (Texas)
Medical school: Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Residency: Tufts Medical Center
Post-fellowship position: Asante Neurology (Oregon)
Medical school: University College Dublin, Ireland
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: Faculty, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical school: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Post-fellowship position: Faculty, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (South Shore)
2020 Graduates
Salman Bhai, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Faculty, UT Southwestern
Leeann Burton, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital/Anne Young Drug Development Fellowship
Sarah Madani, MD
Medical school: Damascus University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Graduation position: Practice, Boston, Harvard Vanguard
Ariel Marks, MD
Medical school: Temple University
Residency: Boston University
Graduation position: Faculty, Boston University
Michael Slama, MD, PhD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Faculty, Tufts/St Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Joome Suh, MD
Medical school: Yale University
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Faculty, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2019 Graduates
Vijay Ganesh, MD, PhD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Brigham & Women's Hospital
Mehdi Ghasemi, MD
Medical school: Tehran, Iran
Residency: University of Massachusetts
Graduation position: University of Massachusetts
Nadim Jiwa, MD
Medical school: University of Toronto
Residency: University of Toronto
Graduation position: University of British Columbia - Vancouver
Dave Lorance, MD
Medical school: Tulane
Residency: University of Vermont
Graduation position: Practice - Montana
Thomas Ragole, MD
Medical school: University of Colorado
Residency: University of Colorado
Graduation position: Oregon Health & Science University
Crystal Yeo, MD, PhD
Medical school: Cambridge, England
Residency: Houston Methodist
Graduation position: National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
2014-2018
2018
Sheena Chew, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Fellowship - Mass General ALS / Biogen
Chris Doughty, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Brigham & Women's Faculty - NeuroNEXT Fellowship
Div Dubey, MBBS
Medical school: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College
Residency: University of Texas Southwest, Mayo Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship
Graduation position: Mayo Clinic
Paloma Gonzalez-Perez, MD, PhD
Medical school: University of Navarra (Spain) (MD), University of Massachusetts (PhD)
Residency: Virgen del Rocio University Hospital (Seville, Spain), University of Iowa
Graduation position: Mass General
Vincent Lau, MD
Medical school: Mount Sinai
Residency: Yale
Graduation position: Boston Medical Center Faculty
Emer McGrath, MD, PhD
Medical school: National University of Ireland, Galway
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Brigham & Women's Hospital
2017
Christyn Edmundson, MD
Medical school: Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Graduation position: University of Pennsylvania
Laura Foster, MD
Medical school: Loma Linda University
Residency: University of Minnesota
Graduation position: Fellowship - Palliative Care, Mass General
Francis Huttinger, MD
Medical school: University of Cincinnati
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Graduation position: University of Massachusetts
Pooja Raibagkar, MD
Medical school: Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, India
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Lahey Clinic
Janice Wong, MD, MS
Medical school: University of Toronto
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: University of California San Francisco
2016
Suma Babu, MD, MPH
Medical school: MBBS, Bangalore Medical College
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Graduation position: Mass General Fellowship - ALS
Adam Chen, MD
Medical school: New Jersey
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Harvard Vanguard
Karine Garneau, MD
Medical school: McGill University
Residency: McGill University
Graduation position: McGill University
Darian Reddick, MD
Medical school: Meharry Medical College
Residency: University of Miami
Graduation position: Practice
Komal Sawlani, MD
Medical school: Indiana University
Residency: University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Graduation position: University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Kara Steijlin, MD
Medical school: Georgetown University
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Graduation position: Henry Ford Health System
2015
Kate Daniello, MD
Medical school: Boston University
Residency: University of Massachusetts
Graduation position: University of Massachusetts
Chris Hahn, MD
Medical school: University of Calgary
Residency: University of Calgary
Graduation position: Fellowship (MS) - University of Calgary
Alexis (Economos) Lizarraga, MD, MS
Medical school: University of Miami
Residency: University of Miami
Graduation position: Fellowship (MS), University of Miami
Prerna Malla, MD
Medical school: Kasturba Medical College, India
Residency: University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Graduation position: Fellowship - University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Sara Mayer, MD
Medical school: University of North Dakota
Residency: University of Minnesota
Graduation position: University Affiliated – Minnesota
Laura Rosow, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: University of California San Francisco
Graduation position: University of California San Francisco
2014
Mike Bowley, MD, PhD
Medical school: Boston University
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Mass General
Kathy Chuang, MD
Medical school: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard/Mass General Brigham
Graduation position: Practice (Harvard Vanguard)
Jennifer Dineen, MD
Medical school: University College Cork, Ireland
Residency: Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Graduation position: Fellowship - Autonomic - BIDMC, Fellowship - IOM - Mass General
Karissa Gable, MD
Medical school: University of North Carolina
Residency: Northwestern University
Graduation position: Duke University Medical Center
Karen Lynch, MD
Medical school: Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
Residency: Tufts University
Graduation position: Practice (Cape Cod)
Katharine Nicholson, MD
Medical school: George Washington University
Residency: Dartmouth
Graduation position: Fellowship - ALS/Biogen
2007-2013
2013
Margaret Adler
Current position: UCLA
John Brandsema
Current position: University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Choi
Current position: Georgetown University
Kelly Gwathmey
Current position: University of Virginia/Medical College of Virginia
Aaron Izenberg
Current position: University of Toronto
Asif Paker
Current position: Bluebird Pharmaceuticals
2012
Elizabeth (Haule) Beck
Current position: Practice
Esther Byun
Current position: Loma Linda University
Chafic Karam
Current position: Oregon Health Science Center
Sabrina Paganoni
Current position: Mass General
Colin Quinn
Current position: University of Pennsylvania
Louis Tramontozzi
Current position: Practice
2011
Sameer Chhibber
Current position: Columbia University
Jahannaz Dastgir
Current position: Loma Linda University
Emily (Choi) Decroos
Current position: Practice
Vera Fridman
Current position: University of Colorado
Tessa Marberger
Current position: Oregon Health & Science University/Practice
Dorothy Weiss Tolchin
Current position: Spaulding Rehabilitation/Harvard
Mithila Vullaganti
Current position: Tufts University
2010
James Berry
Current position: Mass General
Steve Han
Current position: Biogen
Doreen Ho
Current position: Lahey Clinic
Lucy Liange
Current position: Practice
Jeffrey McClean
Current position: San Antonio Military Medical Center/US Air Force
Sarah Sheikh
Current position: Biogen
2009
Nazem Atassi
Current position: Mass General/Sanofi
Evelyn Gleeson
Current position: Practice
Dan Kitei
Current position: Practice
Jennifer Markowitz
Current position: Boston Children's Hospital
Ali Mohsin
Current position: Practice
Anant Shenoy
Current position: Bay State Medical Center
2008
Jeffrey Allen
Current position: University of Minnesota
Phyllis Grable
Current position: Practice
Johnny Salemeh
Current position: University of Massachusetts
Annie Wu
Current position: New York Hospital
2007
Yassar Chafke
Current position: Practice
Valeria Serban
Current position: Practice
Jennifer Tracy
Current position: Mayo Clinic