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• Howa Yeung, MD, MSc: Goal of attaining career development award as a health services researcher, with focus on sexual minority dermatology.
  • Dermatology Foundation Science of Human Appearance Career Development Award. “Epidemiology of Acne and Barriers to Treatment in Transgender Persons”. March 2020
  • NIH/NIAMS K23 Award: “Epidemiology, impact, and experience of acne in transgender persons”
• Ron Feldman, MD, PhD: Research program in autoimmune blistering disorders
  • NIH/NIAMS R01: “Improving Clinical Trial Recruitment and Outcome Measures in Bullous Pemphigoid”
• Salma de la Feld, MD
  • Grooming to be the next clinical director of teledermatology at the VA
  • Dermatology sub-internship director
• Sarah Chisolm, MD
  • Grooming to be the next clinical trials director
• Laura Aspey, MD, MPH: Grady Hospital Dermatology Chief
  • Help set up teledermatology service at Grady
• Benjamin Stoff, MD, MA: Dermatopathology clinical operations director, Bioethics
  • Published: Guiding principles for prioritization of limited in-person dermatology appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Leslie Lawley, MD: Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Director
  • Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance Treasurer
• Lauren Orenstein, MD:  Goal of attaining career development award as a health services researcher, with focus on sexual minority dermatology.
  • NIH BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) Scholar
  • Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award: “Pain in HS: The role of nerve sensitization and defining pain outcomes.”
• Justin Cheeley, MD: Inpatient dermatology
  • Developing a real-time clinical pathologic correlation with zoom for inpatient service
• Jamie MacKelfresh, MD: Hair disorders, Residency Program Director
  • Incorporating diversity and cultural humility into curriculum
• Loren Krueger, MD
  • Director of Diversity Inclusion and Equity initiative
  • Established new rating system for medical students applying to dermatology
• Erica Tarabadkar, MD: Supportive Dermato-oncologist
  • Tarabadkar E, Atteh G, Chen SC. “Epidemiology in Melanoma”. In: Alani R,  Sahni D. Melanoma in Clinical Practice. Springer 2020
• Travis Blalock, MD: Mohs surgeon
  • Established Mohs service at Atlanta VAMC
• Emily Cole, MD
  • Developing translational research portfolio in pruritu

ii. Fellows, doctoral, post docs

a.     Postdoctoral Fellows

Name: Ugochi Ohuabunwa
Degree/Position:  MD/Outcomes Research Fellow
Dates:  2000-2001
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Medicine, Division Geriatrics

Name: Joshua DiCarlo
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2000-2001
Current Status: Private Practice, UT

Name: Seaver Soon
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2001-2003
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Tracy Bialy
Degree/Position: MD, MPH/Outcomes Research Fellow (T32 training grant funded)
Dates:  2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Sandra Bendeck
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2003-2004
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Herb Alexander
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2004-2006
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Paola Bonaccorsi
Degree/Position:  MD, PhD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2004-2005
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Michelle Pennie
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2005-2006
Current Status: Private Practice, Sarasota, FL

Name: Laura DeLong Aspey
Degree/Position:  MD, MPH/Outcomes Research Fellow (T32 training grant funded)
Dates:  2006-2008
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Emory University

Name: Zakiya (Pressley) Rice
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2006-2008
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Sallyann Coleman King
Degree/Position:  MD, Msc/Clinical Trials Fellow/Outcomes Research Fellow (T32 training grant funded)
Dates:  2009-2010, 2008-2009
Current Status: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Name: Julia Kamalpour
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2008-2009
Current Status: Private Practice, Santa Barbara, CA

Name: Rachel Sahn Hill
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2010-2011
Current Status: Private Practice, SC

Name: Justin Cheeley
Degree/Position:  MD/Internal Medicine Chief Resident
Dates:  2011-2012
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory University

Name: Judah Greenberg
Degree/Position:  MD/Clinical Trials Fellow
Dates:  2011-2012
Current Status: Private Practice

b.     Graduate Students (Thesis Advisor)


Name: Seema Kini
Degree/Affiliation:  Masters of Science in Clinical Research, Emory University
Dates:  2009-2011
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Christina Correnti
Degree/Affiliation: Masters of Science in Clinical Research, Emory University
Dates:  2012-2013
Current Status: Private Practice, MA

Name: Kevin Luk
Degree/Affiliation: Masters of Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Dates:  2016-2018
Current Status: Dermatology Resident, Henry Ford

Name: Howa Yeung
Degree/Affiliation:  Masters of Science in Clinical Research, Emory University (Funded by KL2 TR002381)
Dates:  2017-2019
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory Dermatology

Name: Lauren Orenstein
Degree/Affiliation:  Masters of Science in Clinical Research, Emory University (Funded by NIH BIRCWH award)
Dates:  2019-2021
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory Dermatology


iii. Residents    

Name: Susan Chon
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Stanford University
Dates:  1999-2000*
Current Status: Associate Professor, MD Anderson

Name: Peterson Pierre
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Stanford University
Dates:  1999-2001*
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Whitney Hannon
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2000-2003
Current Status: Private Practice, WA

Name: Ashley Adams
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2000-2003
Current Status: Private Practice, FL

Name: Gilly Munavalli
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2001-2002
Current Status: Private Practice, MD

Name: Jennifer Stroble
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, PhD, Emory University
Dates:  2002-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, FL

Name: Tonya McCleod
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, MPH, Emory University
Dates:  2002-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, SD

Name: Uma Nadiminti
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2002-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, VA

Name: Leslie Lawley
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2002-2005
Current Status: Assistant Professor and Director of Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship, Emory Dermatology

Name: Seaver Soon
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2003-2006
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Jamie MacKelfresh
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2003-2006
Current Status: Associate Professor and Residency Director, Emory Dermatology

Name: Annie Chiu
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University/Women’s Dermatology Society Academic Research Grant Program
Dates:  2004-2007
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Kristin Magee
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2005-2008
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Vinh Chung
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2005-2009
Current Status: Private Practice, CO

Name: Bethanee Schlosser
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, PhD, Emory University/Women’s Dermatology Society Academic Research Grant Program
Dates:  2006-2007
Current Status: Associate Professor, Northwestern University, IL

Name: Shannon Setzer
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2006-2008
Current Status: Private Practice, MT

Name: Carmen Traywick
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2006-2009
Current Status: Private Practice, SC

Name: Herb Alexander
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2006-2009
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Paola Bonaccorsi
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2006-2009
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Ben Stoff
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2007-2010
Current Status: Associate Professor, Emory Dermatology

Name: Michelle Pennie
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2007-2010
Current Status: Private Practice, FL

Name: Todd Cartee
Degree/Residency Training:  MD, Emory University
Dates:  2008-2010
Current Status: Associate Professor, Dermatology, Penn State Hershey

Name: Laura DeLong Aspey
Degree/Residency Training: MD, MPH, Emory University,Women’s Dermatology Society Academic Research Grant Program
Dates:  2008-2011
Current Status: Associate Professor, Emory Dermatology

Name: Kim Neyman
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2008-2011
Current Status: Private Practice, CO

Name: Ryan Wells
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2008-2011
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Josette McMichael
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2013
Current Status: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emory University and DermAlive (Afghanistan)

Name: Estelle Kahn
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2013
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Sasha Jenkins
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2013
Current Status: Private Practice, OH

Name: Allyson Spence
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2013
Current Status: Private Practice, HI

Name: Elizabeth Seidler
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2014
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Rachel (Sahn) Hill
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2014
Current Status: Private Practice, SC

Name: Avnee Shah
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2014
Current Status: Private Practice, NY

Name: Laurel Stevens
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2014
Current Status: Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Name: Chris Carr
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2011-2014
Current Status: Private Practice, TX

Name: Seema Kini
Degree/Residency Training: MD, MSCR, Emory University
Dates:  2012-2015
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Mamta Jhaveri
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2012-2015
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Name: Brian Raphael
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2012-2015
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Matt Fink
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2013-2016
Current Status: Private Practice, KS

Name: Misha Heller
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2013-2016
Current Status: Private Practice, CA

Name: Beth Nieman
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2013-2016
Current Status: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina

Name: Rajini Murthy
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: Private Practice, AL (Oct. 2018)

Name: Alex Maley
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: Private Practice, WI (July 2017)

Name: Shali Zhang
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: Private Practice, CA (July 2017)

Name: Michael Sargen
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: National Cancer Institute Clinical Fellow

Name: Howa Yeung
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory University

Name: Justin Cheeley
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2014-2017
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Emory University

Name: Elizabeth Berry
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2015-2018
Current Status: Assistant Professor, OHSU

Name: Elizabeth Berry
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2015-2018
Current Status: Assistant Professor, OHSU

Name: Emily Gurney
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2015-2018
Current Status: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

Name: Erin Herring
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2015-2018
Current Status: Private Practice, OH

Name: Grant Plost
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2015-2018
Current Status: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

Name: Emily Cole
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2016-present
Current Status: Complex Medical Dermatology Fellow, Emory

Name: Mario Maruther
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2016-2019
Current Status: Clinical Instructor, Medical College of Georgia

Name: Sarah Wilson
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2016-2019
Current Status: Mohs Fellow, Northwestern University

Name: Caitlin Haydek
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2017-2020
Current Status: Pediatric Dermatology Fellow, Univ of Colorado

Name: Ivie Manalo
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2017-2020
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Kehinde Raji
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2017-2020
Current Status: Private Practice

Name: Frances Wolocko
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2018-2019
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 3rd year, UT Southwestern

Name: Jack Levy
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2018-present
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 3rd year

Name: Zachary Eyre
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2018-present
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 3rd year

Name: Toya Rogers
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2018-present
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 3rd year

Name: Chase Kwon
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2019-present
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 2nd year

Name: Zach Wolner
Degree/Residency Training: MD, Emory University
Dates:  2019-present
Current Status: Dermatology Residency - 2nd year

iv. Medical students

Name: Anongnuth Chavalithamrong
Degree/Position: MD, Stanford University Business School Student
Dates:  Summer 1998*
Current Status: Medical Director, Addlife Anti-Aging Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Name: Seaver Soon
Degree/Position: MS III, McMaster University, AAD Minority Mentorship Program Awardee
Dates:  Summer 1998*
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Scripps Institute

Name: Shenara Austin
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  Summer 1998*
Current Status: Private Practice, GA

Name: Kent Aftergut
Degree/Position: MS IV, UT Southwestern
Dates:  Summer 1998*
Current Status: Private Practice, TX

Name: Jensen Young
Degree/Position: MS II, McMaster University
Dates:  12/1999*
Current Status: Private Practice, Toronto, ON

Name: Evette Weil
Degree/Position: MS II, University of Toronto, Student Research Award from the Medical Research Council of Canada
Dates:  Summer 1999*
Current Status: Private Practice (Internal Medicine), New York, NY

Name: Han Phan
Degree/Position: MS III, Morehouse University
Dates:  Summer 2001
Current Status: Private Practice (Pediatrics), CHOA, Atlanta


Name: Naga Meduri
Degree/Position: MS III, Albany Medical College
Dates:  Summer 2001
Current Status: Private Practice, GA

Name: Adrienne Moore
Degree/Position: MS IV, University of Michigan, AAD Minority Mentorship Program Awardee
Dates:  1-6/2001
Current Status: Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Vice Chair, Residency Program Director, SUNY Stony Brook

Name: Jamie (Bower) MacKelfresh
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  2001-2002
Current Status: Assistant Professor and Residency Director, Emory Dermatology

Name: Corrie Vanexel
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  2001-2002
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Debra Atkins
Degree/Position: MS IV, University of New Mexico
Dates:  2001-2003
Current Status: Private Practice (Plastic Surgery). GA

Name: Liana Abramova
Degree/Position: MS II, Emory University
Dates:  1/2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice. VA

Name: Barry Johns
Degree/Position: MS I, Emory University, Emory University Student Research Award
Dates:  2/2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice (Endocrine). GA

Name: Eric Weisberg
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  2/2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice. TX


Name: Frances Ramos-Ceballos
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University, Emory University Student Research Award
Dates:  3/2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice. FL

Name: Janet Robinson
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  3/2002-2004
Current Status: Private Practice (Internal Medicine). FL

Name: Michelle Pennie
Degree/Position: MS I, Emory University, Emory University Student Research Award
Dates:  3/2002-2007
Current Status: Private Practice. FL

Name: Clare Zhang
Degree/Position: MS I, Case Western Reserve
Dates:  6/2002-8/2002
Current Status: Private Practice (Radiology). PA

Name: Stacey Freedman
Degree/position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  3/2003-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, NY

Name: Kimberley Singh
Degree/Position: MS III, Emory University
Dates:  6/2003
Current Status: Private Practice (Plastic Surgery). Atlanta

Name: Jason Hadley
Degree/Position: MS I, Emory University, Emory University Student Research Award
Dates:  6/2003
Current Status: Private Practice. UT

Name: Michelle Lucero
Degree/Position: MS I, Morehouse University
Dates:  7-8/2003
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Brie Poindexter
Degree/Position: MS I, Emory University
Dates:  1/2003-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, NC

Name: Bahar Firoz
Degree/Position:MPH, Yale University
Dates: 8/2003-10/2003
Current Status: Associate Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Name: Brooke Sikora
Degree/Position:MS II, Emory University
Dates: 1/2004-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, OR

Name: Tina Rakkhit
Degree/Position:MS II, Emory University
Dates: 1/2004-2005
Current Status: Private Practice, Atlanta

Name: Yvette Montrope
Degree/Position:MS III, University of Toronto
Dates: 1/2004-2/2004
Current Status: Private Practice, Ontario, Toronto

Name: Kim Palubin
Degree/Position: MS I, Emory University, Emory University Student Research Award
Dates: 1/2004-2006
Current Status: Private Practice, Chicago, IL