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Current Community and Population Helathcare Residents

Tyler Benjamin, M.D.

  • Home Town: Manchester, TN
  • Undergraduate School: Auburn University
  • Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Career Interests Hospital Medicine, Refugee and Immigrant Health, Medical Education
  • Personal Interests: Pickleball, running, reading, knitting, new activities/breweries with friends

Neil Chandnani, M.D.

  • Home Town:  Decatur, AL
  • Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Health Systems, Quality Improvement, Hospital Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Pickleball, beach volleyball, longboarding/surfing, weightlifting, golf, running, skiing, reading, woodworking, plants

Christopher Huy Doan, M.D.

  • Home Town: Arlington, TX
  • Undergraduate School: The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Medical School: John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology, GI/Hepatology, Health Disparities
  • Personal Interests: Bowling, photography, fantasy football, DFW sports, trading cards, and walking my dog.

Carlon Gragg, M.D., B.S.

  • Home Town: Malvern, AR
  • Undergraduate School: Henderson State University
  • Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Career Interests: Gastoenterology, Pulmonary & Critical Care
  • Personal Interests: Fishing, movies, working out, trying new foods, and spending time with family/friends.

Daniel Kirk, Jr., M.D.

  • Home Town: Dandridge, TN
  • Undergraduate School: University of Tennessee
  • Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: Cooking, tennis, reading, traveling, and activities with my partner and two dogs.

Panayiotis Kontoyiannis, M.D.

  • Home Town: Bellaire, TX
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston
  • Career Interests: Hematology/ Oncology, Health Equity and Policy, Medical Education
  • Personal Interests: Basketball, exploring new restaurants, cooking, labrador retrievers

Julia Lange, M.D.

  • Home Town: The Woodlands, TX
  • Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center SOM
  • Career Interests: General Internist, Infectious Disease
  • Personal Interests: Reading fantasy novels, listening to and playing music (violin), trying new coffee shops

Rosa Martinez, M.D., M.S.

  • Home Town: Waukegan, IL
  • Undergraduate School: Rice University
  • Medical School: University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
  • Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology; Palliative Care; Value-Based Care; Health Equity
  • Personal Interests: Board games, chicago sports teams, reading/watching thrillers, traveling, playing with my dog.

Jessica Ngo, M.D.

  • Home Town: Garland, TX
  • Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Career Interests: Academic Hospital Medicine; Medical Education; Global Health; Preventive & Lifestyle Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, camping, pickleball, board games, reading nonfiction, music festivals, and hanging out with my dog.

Aubriana Perez, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dededo, Guam
  • Undergraduate School: University of Guam
  • Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Nephrology, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Disparities
  • Personal Interests: Fitness (indoor cycling, Lagree, resistance training), cooking, and kayak fishing.

Joshua Perez, M.D., M.B.A.

  • Home Town: Fullerton, CA
  • Undergraduate School: California State University, Fullerton
  • Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Career Interests: GI and Transplant Hepatology
  • Personal Interests: Escape rooms, game nights with friends, soccer, weightlifting, camping, fishing, roller coasters, NYT daily puzzles.

Alexandra Richards, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Home Town: Toledo, OH
  • Undergraduate School: Northwestern University
  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Hospital Medicine; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Volleyball, live music, chaotic reality TV

Ashwin Sunderraj, M.D.

  • Home Town: Carmel, Indiana
  • Undergraduate School: Purdue University
  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology
  • Personal Interests: Archery, baking, and reading

Keissa Sylia, M.D.

  • Home Town: Conakry, Guinea
  • Undergraduate School: University of Delaware
  • Medical School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Career Interests: Pulmonology & Critical Care, General Internal Medicine, Cardiology
  • Personal Interests: Cooking/baking, board games, volleyball, traveling, documentaries, hosting friends and family.

Harrison Woods, M.D.

  • Home Town: Dallas, TX
  • Undergraduate School: University of Arkansas
  • Medical School: Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine
  • Career Interests: Cardiovascular Disease, Rural Health Disparities, Academic Medicine
  • Personal Interests: Cooking/barbecue, wildlife habitat preservation, soccer, coffee, mystery and neo-western novels