Current Residents

Ifeoma Ikedionwu, M.D.

• Home Town: Cookeville, TN
• Undergraduate School: Baylor University
• Medical School: University of Chicago
• Career Interests: Integrated behavioral health in primary care settings
• Personal Interests: Red eared slider turtles, puzzles, and the NYTs mini games

Chynna Moore, M.D.

• Home Town: Glenwood, GA
• Undergraduate School: University of Georgia
• Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
• Career Interests: Integrated medical and psychiatric care in the outpatient setting
• Personal Interests: Traveling, spending time with family, friends and my dog, binging movies and TV shows, going to the beach, hiking when possible!

Melissa Dong, M.D.

• Home Town: Holmdel, NJ
• Undergraduate School: Tufts University
• Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Career Interests: General Medicine; Healthcare Disparities; Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Primary Care, Collaborative Care
• Personal Interests: Traveling internationally, hiking US national parks, reading & writing in local cafes

Juan Carlos Zarate, M.D.

• Home Town: Sanger, CA
• Undergraduate School: University of California, Davis
• Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
• Career Interests: Gastroenterology; Cardiovascular Disease; Healthcare Disparities; Health Equity
• Personal Interests: Cooking, Sports, Fitness, Movies, Music, Traveling, New Experiences

Stephanie Byun, M.D.

• Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
• Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
• Personal Interests: Cooking Korean cuisine, hiking, running, golfing and traveling

Ashley Ernst, M.D.

• Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland
• Undergraduate School: James Madison University
• Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Personal Interests: Reading, watching scary movies, knitting, hiking/backpacking/camping, painting/drawing/graphic art, collecting minerals

Layne Jordan, M.D.

• Hometown: Surprise, Arizona
• Undergraduate School: Northern Arizona Univeristy
• Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
• Career Interests: Integrated outpatient care, transplant, working with rural and Native American populations
• Personal Interests: Latin dancing, journaling, writing short stories, and outdoors

Kayla Murphy, M.D.

• Hometown: Marshall, Minnesota
• Undergraduate School: Baylor University
• Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
• Career Interests: Geriatrics
• Personal Interests: Dog sitter/walker, cycling, and visiting State Parks

Areej Ali, M.D., M.P.H.

• Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Undergraduate Degree: Biology, Psychology
• Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
• Interests: Reading, writing, yoga, podcasts, and @Dglaucomflecken videos

Nathalie Abenoza, M.D.

• Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Undergraduate Degree: Linguistics, Anthropology
• Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Interests: Homebrewing, a healthy plant obsession, and hiking with my doggo