Current Fellows and Graduate Information
Current Rheumatology Fellows
Graduates of the Yale Rheumatology Fellowship Program
I am a physician-scientist who completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Human Translational Immunology program as part of my Rheumatology clinical fellowship in the Yale Physician-Scientist Training Program. This experience and exposure to some of the nation's top basic and translational immunobiologists helped prepare me for my current role in conducting early-phase clinical trials utilizing translational immunology approaches to both better understand disease pathogenesis and to evaluate novel therapies for systemic autoimmune diseases.
The training I received during my Rheumatology Fellowship at Yale was outstanding. Twenty years into my career, having been on faculty at academic medical centers, in private practice, and now as Chief Medical Officer at a digital health company, I appreciate the exceptional clinical, basic science and research learning opportunities that I experienced during the fellowship. The training well-prepared me to meet the challenges in these different medical environments. Furthermore, the relationships I developed with mentors and peers at Yale continue to be personally meaningful and professionally impactful.
In addition to teaching us a thorough understanding of rheumatic conditions and underlying inflammatory processes, I was very pleased with how the YALE Rheumatology fellowship prepared me for a career in the private sector. Specifically, I was able to train and learn outpatient procedures involving musculoskeletal ultrasound, and through mentorship, was given adequate exposure to begin the process of understanding coding, authorizations and billing.
Graduates
Year | Fellow | Title & Location |
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2022-2024 | Hailey Baker, MD | Rheumatologist, Palomar Health |
2022-2024 | Matthew Lempel, MD | Rheumatologist, The Hirsh Center |
2021-2024 | Lais Osmani, MD | Instructor, Yale Rheumatology |
2021-2023 | Freda Kennedy, MD | Rheumatologist in private practice |
2021-2023 | Vania Lin, MD | Rheumatologist, Sutter East Bay Medical Group |
2019-2022 | Yuliya Afinogenova, MD | Rheumatologist, Hackensack University Medical Center |
2020-2022 | Rex Huang, MD | Northeast Medical Group (Primed) in Trumbull, CT |
2020-2022 | Jacob Meindertsma, MD | Rheumatologist, UVA Health |
2020-2022 | Trina Pal, MD, MPH | Rheumatologist, Middlesex Hospital, CT |
2018-2021 | Miruna Carnaru, MD | Rheumatologist, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group |
2019-2021 | Marissa Sansone, MD | Rheumatologist, Barnabas Health Medical Group |
2019-2021 | Zachary Sendar, MD | Rheumatologist, Colorado Center for Arthritis & Osteoporosis |
2016-2020 |
Joshua Bilsborrow, MD, MHS
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Instructor, Yale Rheumatology |
2018-2020 | Anita Chandrasekaran, MD | Rheumatologist, Hartford Healthcare |
2018-2020 | Phillip Zhang, MD | Rheumatologist, Summit Medical Group |
2016-2019 |
Yu Pei Chock, MD, MPH
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Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology |
2017-2019 | Judith Lin, MD | Assistant Professor, Ohio State Univ Wexnar Medical Center |
2017-2019 | Daniel Torres, MD | Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Associates of Long Island |
2016-2018 | Ravi Sutaria, MD | Rheumatologist, Premier Rheumatology & Rehabilitation |
2015-2018 | Mei Xue Dong, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology |
2015-2018 | Betty Hsiao, MD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology |
2015-2018 | Kofi Mensah, MD, PhD | Director, Translational Dev in Inflam & Immune Therapeutic Area at Celgene |
2014-2017 | Jiha Lee, MD | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
2014-2018 | John McDougall, MD | Rheumatologist, Northern Navajo Medical Center |
2013-2016 | Sampada Acharya, MD | Rheumatologist, Baylor Scott & White Health |
2013-2016 | Andrew Wang, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Yale Rheumatology |
2013-2015 | Rajwardhan Yadav, MD | Rheumatologist, Trinity Health of New England
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2012-2013 | Janet Bartov, MD | Rheumatologist, Atlantic Med Group's Center for Rheum |
2012-2015 | Raluca Cozmuta, MD | Rheumatologist, Grady Health
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2011-2013 | Elizabeth Wahl, MD, MAS | Assistant Professor, University of Washington |
2010-2014 | Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale Rheumatology | |
2009-2018 | Abhinav Seth, MD, PhD | Associate Medical Director, Regeneron |
2009-2012 | Viviane Bunin, MD, PhD | Rheumatologist, Overlake Medical Center
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2009-2012 | Diane George, MD | Rheumatologist, Tryon Medical Partners
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2009-2015 | Sang Taek Kim, MD, PhD | Instructor, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2009-2012 |
Yousong Wang, MD, PhD
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Rheumatologist, Starling Physicians |
2008-2011 | Minna Kohler, MD | Director, MSK Ultrasound Program, Mass General Hospital |
2007-2010 | Una Makris, MD | Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2007-2009 | Richard Bryan, MD | Rheumatologist, Hudson Headwaters |
2007-2009 | Viviane Stone, MD | Rheumatologist, Virginia Mason |
2006-2009 | Kamini Shah, MD | Rheumatologist, Northwell Health |
2005-2008 | Mehrnaz Hojjati, MD | Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine |
2005-2008 | Antoine Sreih, MD | Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, PENN Medicine
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2004-2007 | Fotios Koumpouras, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Yale Lupus Program |
2004-2006 | Adriana Blanco, MD | Rheumatologist, The Orthopaedic Group |
2002-2004 | Jeff Chung, MD | Rheumatologist, Bergen Medical Associates |