ROSS GRADS EARN CHIEF RESIDENT SPOTS FOR 2014-2015 RESIDENCY YEAR

Chief residents, who are generally appointed by the program director of a given residency program, are entrusted with developing clinical rotation schedules, performing administrative duties, and supervising junior residents, among other responsibilities.

Family Medicine Chief Residents

• Namita Bhardwaj, MD: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Family & Community Medicine
• Alexander Gelou, MD: Southern Regional AHEC Family Medicine Residency
• Erin James, MD: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Saint Francis Family Medicine Residency
• Joan Medina, MD: CentraState Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program
• Richard Pigg, MD: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
• Helena Russell, MD: University of Nevada School of Medicine
• Jay St. John, MD: Methodist Health System

Internal Medicine Chief Residents

• Christine Charaf, MD: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• Jennifer LaCoss, MD: The University of Oklahoma at Tulsa School of Community Medicine
• Christina Lanza, MD: The University of Oklahoma at Tulsa School of Community Medicine
• Michael Marsh, MD: Roger Williams Medical Center
• Boris Shkolnik, MD: Albany Medical College

Neurology

• Pedro Oliveira, MD: Medical College of Wisconsin

Psychiatry

• Julia DiPierdomenico, MD: University of Arizona
• Fatima Kasiah, MD: Morehouse School of Medicine
• Rubby Saini, MD: East Carolina University