Current Fellows and Graduate Information
Current Rheumatology Fellows
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Clinical Fellow; Chief Fellow, Rheumatology
Graduates of the Yale Rheumatology Fellowship Program
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I am a physician-scientist who completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Human Translational Immunology program as part of my Rheumatology clinical fellowship in the Yale Physician-Scientist Training Program. This experience and exposure to some of the nation's top basic and translational immunobiologists helped prepare me for my current role in conducting early-phase clinical trials utilizing translational immunology approaches to both better understand disease pathogenesis and to evaluate novel therapies for systemic autoimmune diseases.
The training I received during my Rheumatology Fellowship at Yale was outstanding. Twenty years into my career, having been on faculty at academic medical centers, in private practice, and now as Chief Medical Officer at a digital health company, I appreciate the exceptional clinical, basic science and research learning opportunities that I experienced during the fellowship. The training well-prepared me to meet the challenges in these different medical environments. Furthermore, the relationships I developed with mentors and peers at Yale continue to be personally meaningful and professionally impactful.
In addition to teaching us a thorough understanding of rheumatic conditions and underlying inflammatory processes, I was very pleased with how the YALE Rheumatology fellowship prepared me for a career in the private sector. Specifically, I was able to train and learn outpatient procedures involving musculoskeletal ultrasound, and through mentorship, was given adequate exposure to begin the process of understanding coding, authorizations and billing.
Graduates
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| Year | Fellow | Title & Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2026 | Annabelle Guo, MD, PhD | Physician, Danbury Hospital (CT) |
| 2023-2025 | William Bracamonte, MD, PhD | Clinical Assistant Professor; Univeristy of Wisconsin (WI) |
| 2023-2026 | Blerta Green, MD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2023-2025 | Krisnasai Abhishek Madathanapalli, MD | Rheumatologist, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (WA) |
| 2022-2025 | Mario Felix, MD | VA Fellow, West Haven VA (CT) |
| 2022-2025 | Marat Kribis, MD | Rheumatologist; NorthEast Medical Group (CT) |
| 2022-2024 | Hailey Baker, MD, MS | Clinical Rheumatologist; Palomar Health (CA) |
| 2022-2024 | Matthew Lempel, MD | Clinical Rheumatologist; The Hirsh Center (FL) |
| 2021-2024 | Lais Osmani, MD, MHS | Instructor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2021-2023 | Freda Kennedy, MD | Clinical Rheumatologist, NYC Health & Hospitals (NY) |
| 2021-2023 | Vania Lin, MD | Rheumatologist, Sutter East Bay Medical Group (CA) |
| 2019-2022 | Yuliya Afinogenova, MD | Clinical Rheumatologist, Atlantic Health (NJ) |
| 2020-2022 | Rex Huang, MD | Northeast Medical Group (Primed) (CT) |
| 2020-2022 | Jacob Meindertsma, MD | Rheumatologist, University of Virginia Medical Center (VA) |
| 2020-2022 | Trina Pal, MD, MPH | Rheumatologist, Vitruvian Health (TN) |
| 2019-2021 | Marissa Sansone,MD | Rheumatologist, Valley Health System (NJ) |
| 2019-2021 | Zachary Sendar, MD | Geriatric Medicine, Melissa Memorial Hospital (NY) |
| 2018-2021 | Miruna Carnaru, MD | Rheumatologist, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group (CT) |
| 2018-2020 | Anita Chandrasekaran, MD | Rheumatologist, TeleMedU (CT) |
| 2018-2020 | Phillip Zhang, MD | Rheumatologist, Kaiser Permanente (MD) |
| 2017-2021 | Lisa Korn, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Colorado (CO) |
| 2017-2019 | Judith Lin, MD | Assistant Professor, Ohio State Univ Wexnar Med Center (OH) |
| 2017-2019 | Daniel Torres, MD | Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Associates of Long Island (NY) |
| 2016-2020 | Joshua Bilsborrow, MD, MHS | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2016-2019 | Yu Pei Chock, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2016-2018 | Ravi Sutaria, MD | Rheumatologist, Catholic Health (NY) |
| 2015-2018 | Mei Xue Dong, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2015-2018 | Betty Hsiao, MD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2015-2018 | Kofi Mensah, MD, PhD | Director, Translational Dev in Inflam & Immune Therapeutic Area at Celgene (MA) |
| 2014-2017 | Jiha Lee, MD | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan (MI) |
| 2014-2018 | John McDougall, MD | Rheumatologist, Northern Navajo Medical Center (NM) |
| 2013-2016 | Sampada Acharya, MD | Rheumatologist, Baylor Scott & White Health (TX) |
| 2013-2016 | Andrew Wang, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2013-2015 | Rajwardhan Yadav, MD | Rheumatologist, Sage Brush Health (CT) |
| 2012-2013 | Janet Bartov, MD | Rheumatologist, Atlantic Health (NJ) |
| 2012-2015 | Raluca Cozmuta, MD | Rheumatologist, Grady Health (GA) |
| 2011-2013 | Elizabeth Wahl, MD, MAS | Assistant Professor, University of Washington (WA) |
| 2010-2014 | Evelyn Hsieh Donroe, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2009-2018 | Abhinav Seth, MD, PhD | Associate Medical Director, Regeneron |
| 2009-2012 | Viviane Bunin, MD, PhD | Rheumatologist, RheumCenter (WA) |
| 2009-2012 | Diane George, MD | Rheumatologist, Queens Rheumatology, (SC) |
| 2009-2015 | Sang Taek Kim, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology (CT) |
| 2009-2012 | Yousong Wang, MD, PhD | Rheumatologist, Starling Physicians (CT) |
| 2008-2011 | Minna Kohler, MD | Director, MSK Ultrasound Program, Mass General Hospital (MA) |
| 2007-2010 | Una Makris, MD | Chief of Rheuamtology, VA San Diego (CA) |
| 2007-2009 | Richard Bryan, MD | Rheumatologist, The Medical Group at Montefiore (NY) |
| 2007-2009 | Viviane Stone, MD | Rheumatologist, Virginia Mason (WA) |
| 2006-2009 | Kamini Shah, MD | Rheumatologist, Northwell Health (NY) |
| 2005-2008 | Mehrnaz Hojjati, MD | Rheumatologist, Providence Health (CA) |
| 2005-2008 | Antoine Sreih, MD | Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, PENN Medicine (PA) |
| 2004-2007 | Fotios Koumpouras, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Yale Lupus Program (CT) |
| 2004-2006 | Adriana Blanco, MD | Rheumatologist, The Orthopaedic Group (CT) |
| 2002-2004 | Jeff Chung, MD | Rheumatologist, Bergen Medical Associates (NJ) |