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Program Year NS7 – Chief Residents/Clinical Elective Year

Daniel
Nagasawa,
MD
Biography
Publications

UC Irvine
Nagasawa Tianyi
Niu,
MD
Biography
Publications
MC Wisconsin
Niu Alexander
Tucker,
MD
Biography Publications
Mass Medical
Tucker

Program Year NS6 – Chief Resident Year

Joel Beckett, MD, MHS
Biography Publications
Yale
Beckett Jos'lyn Woodard, MD
Biography Publications
Stanford
Woodard      

Program Year NS5 – Senior Resident Year

Srinivas Chivukula,
MD

Biography Publications
Pittsburgh
Chivukula Yevgeniy Freyvert,
MD
Biography Publications
State U NY
Yevgeniy Freyvert Giyarpuram Prashant, MD
Biography Publications
Baylor
Giyarpuram Prashant    

Program Year NS4 – Research Year

Mark
Attiah,
MD, MS

Biography Publications
U Penn
Attiah H. Westley
Phillips,
MD

Biography Publications
U Penn
Westley Phillips, MD Matthew
Sun,
MD

Biography Publications
UCSF
Sun    

Program Year NS3 – Senior Resident Year

Jasmine
A.T. DiCesare,
MD
Biography Publications
Harvard
Jasmine A.T. DiCesare Azim
Laiwalla,
MD, PhD

Biography Publications
UCLA
Laiwalla Kunal
Patel,
MD
Biography Publications
Weill Cornell
Patel  

Program Year NS2 – Junior Resident Year

Joseph
Bell,
MD, PhD
Biography Publications
Harvard
Bell Sophie
Peeters,
MD
Biography Publications
U Texas
Southwestern
Peeters Bayard
Wilson,
MD
Biography Publications
UCSD
Wilson    

Program Year NS1 – Intern Year

Patrick
Flanigan,
MD
Biography Publications
Case Western
Flanigan Wi Jin
Kim,
MD
Biography Publications
U Pittsburgh
Kim Benjamin
Uy,
MD, PhD
Biography Publications
Rush
Uy    

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