Our Internal Medicine Residents

I was born in the Boston area but have also lived in northern India, where my family is originally from. Growing up, I spent a lot of time volunteering with underserved populations in both the US and in India, and I believe those experiences sparked my interest in pursuing medicine. I moved to Philly to attend college at UPenn, where I chose to major in South Asia Studies alongside the required prerequisite classes for med school.

After college, I spent some time working in India for an NGO that specialized in malnutrition and non-communicable disease alleviation. I got to travel the country and worked to extend healthcare resources to those with very limited access. That experience was really powerful for me, as it contextualized the socioeconomic determinants of health that I had learned about in the classroom.

I went to medical school in New York, where I was drawn to internal medicine because of its complexity and impact on patients. My experiences with patients of diverse backgrounds led me to seek projects focused on impacting clinical care and outcomes. My research has focused on population health, health equity, and clinical outcomes after cardiac catheterization.

I was thrilled to match at BIDMC and come back to Boston to be close to my family. Our program and our hospital are very special. As residents, not only do we get world-class academic and clinical training by top-notch faculty, but we also have the privilege of caring for the region’s sickest patients in an exceptionally collaborative and intimate setting. The warm culture that has been created here is truly unique and palpable — it’s so evident that the people here truly care about each other. Outside of the hospital, I enjoy singing, running, and spending time with my co-residents exploring the area’s restaurants and bars. I plan on pursuing a career in academic cardiology with a focus on global and population health.

I grew up in Israel before moving to the United States. Once here, my family lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the “Hub City,” where I was lucky to learn intimately about all life in the South has to offer, including stick-to-your-ribs home cooking, blues music, and, importantly, SEC sports!

I moved to Chicago, the “Windy City”, for medical school where I undoubtedly learned about the wind — but also learned to navigate life with diverse people from all corners of the globe. I learned the foundations of how to be a good doctor and practice good medicine — and how that ultimately begins by being a good human and caring about the communities around you.

I took a year to pursue research, during which I worked physically at Massachusetts General Hospital, and remotely at Brigham and Women's Hospital, UCSF, and University of Washington. That was my first experience living in Boston and I was absolutely thrilled to match at BIDMC and to get to stay in this area as a preliminary intern.

In particular, what drew me to BIDMC was the amalgam of faculty and residents I encountered on interview day: a group with such diverse backgrounds and interests but with the same underlying pulse to be both good doctors and good humans — and an understanding of how the two go hand in hand. In my eyes, this is the root of the BI culture and was a message that resonated so deeply with me. On interview day, I saw it demonstrated in how the interviewers treated me, my co-interviewees, and even each other. It made me feel warmth, a sense of belonging, and a desire to continue my education in a place that prioritized that value. In addition, BIDMC offers an incredible education, vast research opportunities, excellent clinical exposure, and amazing mentorship.

Although I am a preliminary intern, BIDMC has truly captured my heart, and this will always be my family. I have made friends here that I will keep for a lifetime, mentors that will continue to shepherd me through difficult decisions, and memories, that I will hold in my heart through the rest of my training and career in medicine. If you needed a sign — this is it!

I was born in Vietnam and moved to Houston, TX when I was 8 years old. My dad has nine siblings who mostly live in Houston, so I grew up with over 15 cousins. I went to the University of Texas at Austin (hook ‘em) where I majored in biology and minored in business of healthcare. I decided to be closer to my family for medical school and attended the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Then, I decided to trade my cowboy boots and flip flops for my winter boots and headed up north to BIDMC, my top choice for residency.

The primary care track at BIDMC is one of a kind, and now having been here, it totally exceeds my expectations. I plan to be a primary care physician who focuses on HIV and LGBTQIA+ medicine. The program allows me to personalize my learning experience, and I will be graduating with the knowledge and credentials needed to practice in these fields. Along with the superb education, I was drawn to the joy that illuminated from the residents. Now, I am happy to call these amazing people my friends.

Outside of work, I live quite a balanced life! I cook almost every day, play volleyball at least twice a week, and hike at least once a month.

I'm originally from Portland, OR, though have spent lots of time on both coasts. I initially came out to Massachusetts for undergrad at Amherst College, where I studied neuroscience, before taking a couple years off to do diabetes advocacy work in San Francisco. I subsequently moved back to the east coast for medical school at Brown and was absolutely thrilled to match at BI and to get to stay in this area.

In particular, what drew me to BIDMC was the intimacy of the program. There are undoubtedly a number of IM programs that offer a fantastic education, a breath of research opportunities, diverse clinical exposure, and outstanding mentorship, but, in my view, there are only a handful that do all of that while still looking out for its residents and thinking about who they are outside the walls of the hospital. Ultimately, I wanted to go to a place where I could learn to be a great doctor but also continue to grow in other facets of my life.

Speaking of life outside the hospital, I'm a bit of a sports fanatic and my free time is often spent on the tennis or basketball court or running along the Charles (with a mask, of course) or cheering for my hometown Portland Trailblazers. Indeed, as much as I love medicine, the best summer of my life was spent as a copy editor at ESPN, and I think it speaks very much to our culture at BIDMC that we bring together a group with such diverse backgrounds and interests.

I am originally from China and moved to the United States with my family when I was eight years old. We ended up in Nashville, TN, when my dad got a job at Vanderbilt University. During high school, I came to love mathematics, eventually thinking I would pursue a quantitative discipline for a career. Nevertheless, having parents who were both in medicine and public health, medicine was always in the back of my mind.

I eventually moved to the University of Chicago to begin my undergraduate studies, initially trying to major in economics and statistics. Ultimately, however, I fell in love with medicine for its humanistic aspects, while still demanding immense amounts of critical thinking I came to cherish from studying economics and statistics. I stayed at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine for medical school, but to satiate my budding passion for public health, I came to Boston for a year to study at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It was during this year that I had the chance to meet and interact with residents and faculty members at BIDMC. I became determined at that time to come back to Boston and do my residency training at the BIDMC.

I was ecstatic to have matched at BIDMC for Internal Medicine Residency. Having been one of the last classes that was able to do in-person interviews, I was immediately drawn to the incredibly kind and warm personalities of all the residents and faculty members here. The mission of the residency program to train physicians that provide the type of care that we would all want our own family members to receive was deeply aspirational and something I will continue to strive for during my career.