2009-2010 Residents

Ahmet Altiner

Ahmet Altiner

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Columbia University
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Internship: New York University Langone Medical Center/ Bellevue Hospital Center
Clinical Interest: General Dermatology
Research Interest: Microarrays

Robert Anolik

Robert Anolik

Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Princeton University
Undergraduate Major: Molecular Biology
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Medical and Procedural Dermatology
Research Interest: Procedural Dermatology, Hyaluronic Acids

Priya Batra

Priya Batra

Chief Resident, Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Interest: General Dermatology, Skin Cancer
Research Interest: Resident Education

 

Emily Berger

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Undergraduate Major: Psychology
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Internship: Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Interest: Pediatric Dermatology, Inflammatory Diseases

Jeremy Brauer

Jeremy Brauer

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Undergraduate Major: Human Biology, Health and Society
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Internship: Lenox Hill Hospital
Clinical Interest: General Dermatology
Research Interest: Dermatoepidemiology

DeFelice

Taylor DeFelice

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Stanford University
Undergraduate Major: Cognitive Psychology
Medical School: University of California Irvine
Internship: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center / UCLA
Clinical Interest: Melanoma and psoriasis
Research Interest: Melanoma and psoriasis

Sarina Elmariah

Sarina Elmariah

Chief Resident, Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Major: Biologic Basis of Behavior
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Medical Dermatology
Research Interest: Nail Disorders, Immunologic Basis of Skin Disorders

Mercedes Gonzalez

Mercedes Gonzalez

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Emory University
Undergraduate Major: Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and Spanish
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Internship: Columbia University Medical Center: Morgan Stanely Children's Hospital
Clinical Interest: Pediatric Dermatology
Research Interest: Alopecia Areata, Resident Education

Rachael Hartman

Rachael Hartman

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Major: The Biological Basis of Behavior
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: Northwestern University Hospital
Clinical Interest: Medical Dermatology
Research Interest: Therapeutics

 Hunt

Raegan Hunt

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Texas A&M University
Undergraduate Major: Nuclear Engineering, Radiological Health Engineering
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Internship: Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Interest: Pediatric Dermatology
Research Interest: Genetic skin disorders

Ali Jabbari

Ali Jabbari

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Internship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interest: Cutaneous Oncology
Research Interest: CD8 T Cells

Leger

Marie Leger

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley
Undergraduate Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
Internship: University of Chicago
Clinical Interest: General dermatology
Research Interests: Social/cultural aspects of health and disease

Rachel Farley-Loftus 

Rachel Farley-Loftus

Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Georgetown University
Undergraduate Major: Psychology
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Interest: General and Medical Dermatology
Research Interest: Clinical Dermatology, Evidence-Based Medicine

 Phoebe Lu

Phoebe Lu

Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: SUNY at Stony Brook
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Internship: New York University Langone Medical Center
Clinical Interest: General Dermatology
Research Interest: Quality of Life Measurement in Vitiligo Patients

Matt Mahlberg

Matt Mahlberg

Chief Resident, Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Colorado at Boulder
Undergraduate Major: Intellectual History
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Internship: St. Luke's-Presbyterian Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Cutaneous Oncology, Medical Dermatology, Surgical and Procedural Dermatology
Research Interest: Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Laser Therapy for Scar Revision

Newlove

Tracey Newlove

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Arizona
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry and Spanish Literature and Linguistics
Medical School: University of Arizona
Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clinical Interest: HIV and Infectious Dermatology,  Tropical Dermatology
Research Interest: Dermatology and Infectious Disease

Oreilly

Kathryn O’Reilly

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Delaware
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry and French
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Internship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Clinical Interest: Pigmented lesions and cutaneous oncology
Research Interest: Melanoma signal transduction

Patel

Utpal Patel

Undergrad: Penn State University
Undergrad major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical school: Temple Univesity School of Medicine
Internship: Abington Memorial Hospital

Gideon Smith

Gideon Smith

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Imperial College, University of London
Undergraduate Major: Physics
Medical School: Cornell Medical College
Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Medical Dermatology
Research Interest: Sarcoid

Brook Tlougan

Brook Tlougan

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: University of Arizona
Undergraduate Major: Physiology and Spanish
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Internship: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Pediatric Dermatology, Sports Dermatology, Connective Tissue Diseases
Research Interest: Pediatric Dermatology; completed Research Fellowship in Pediatric Dermatology at Northwestern University

Vashi

Neelam Vashi

First Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University
Undergraduate Major: Psychology
Medical School: Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
Internship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interest: Medical dermatology, psychocutaneous disease, and connective tissue disorders
Research Interest: Laser treatments and quality of life measurements

Melanie Warycha

Melanie Warycha

Second Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Internship: New York University Langone Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Pigmented Melanocytic Lesions, Melanoma
Research Interest: Melanoma

Molly Yancovitz

Molly Yancovitz

Third Year Resident
Undergraduate School: Brown University
Undergraduate Major: Urban Studies
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Internship: Columbia University Medical Center
Clinical Interest: General Dermatology, Skin Cancer
Research Interest: Melanoma