MD/PhD Recent Graduates

Daniel Chapman, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Residency: Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles (Neurology)

Gregory Gallanis, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Residency: Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles (Neurology)

Safwan Hyder, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Residency: University of Tennessee SOM (Neurology)

Bryce Jones, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Moshe Levi, MD
Residency: University of Colorado (Dermatology)

Tyler Ketchabaw, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (Neurology)

YoungRok Park, MD, PhD

Class of 2025
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Todd Waldman, MD, PhD
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (General Surgery)

Irfan Khan, MD, PhD

Class of 2024
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD
Residency: Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles (Radiation Oncology)

Joshua McCall, MD, PhD

Class of 2024
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Residency: Vanderbilt University Hospital (Neurology)

Joseph Posner, MD, PhD

Class of 2024
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Rhonda Friedman, PhD
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Pediatric Neurology)

Jerry Xiao, MD, PhD

Class of 2024
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Dick Schlegel, MD, PhD
Residency: University of California, San Francisco (Internal Medicine)

Srikanth Damera, MD, PhD

Class of 2023
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Max Riesenhuber, PhD
Residency: Children’s National Medical Center – DC (Pediatrics)

J. Vivian Dickens, MD, PhD

Class of 2023
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – PA (Neurology)

Allison Fitzgerald, MD, PhD

Class of 2023
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Lou Weiner, MD
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital – MA (Internal Medicine)

Jay Patel, MD, PhD

Class of 2023
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Steve Byers, MD
Residency: University of Utah Health – UT (Internal Medicine)

Laya Rajan, MD, PhD

Class of 2023
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Chandan Vaidya, PhD
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital – NY (Neurology)