Pediatric Residents PL-II

Pediatric Residents PL-II

	Dr. Jennifer Blau
Medical school	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Home	Gaithersburg, MD
Career goal	Pediatric gastroenterology
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Why I chose Inova

	Dr. Katrina Elio
Medical school	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Home	Franklin Square, NY
Career goal	Pediatric subspecialty
Hobbies	Travel, dance, snowboarding, spending time with family and friends
Program pluses	Great people; good teaching, good work environment; experience in all subspecialties of pediatrics.
Why I chose Inova	I chose Inova because I met a lot of great people that I could see myself working with for the next 3 years of residency and because the amount of teaching is excellent, especially because a lot of people are motivated to teach.

	Dr. Amer Khojah
Medical school	Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia
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	Dr. Deepti Mathur
Medical school	The University of the West Indies, Trinidad
Home	San Fernando, Trinidad
Career goal	Considering neonatology
Hobbies	Dancing, traveling, cooking, spending time with family and friends
Program pluses	Very nurturing learning environment – major hospital in Northern Virginia serving a diverse population with great attendings who enjoy teaching.
Why I chose Inova	Ideal location to live and work; very friendly work environment with happy residents; research is encouraged; very supportive attendings; residents have moved on to great fellowship programs.

	Dr. Barbara Molloy
Medical school	University of Miami
Home	Setauket, NY
Career goal	General or developmental pediatrics
Hobbies	Photography, playing with my kids
Program pluses	Great seniors and attendings; a lot of support.
Why I chose Inova	Everyone seemed willing to teach and cared about resident training.

	Dr. Elisabetta Prat
Medical school	University of Milan
Home	Milan, Italy
Career goal	Become a good pediatrician and stay close to sick children by providing them with medical care in a general pediatrics or child neurology setting
Hobbies	Mountain climbing and trekking with friends and family
Program pluses	Wide exposure, patient diversity, strong hospitalist and sub-specialties service. Attendings love to teach.
Why I chose Inova	Because of program pluses and atmosphere among residents: friendly – great variety of personalities – all sharing a strong interest and dedication to medicine.

	Dr. Nishitha Pillai
Medical school	Government Medical College, Calicut, India
Home	Calicut, India
Career goal	Fellowship in medical genetics
Hobbies	Spending time with my family, shopping, movies, listening to music
Program pluses	Since it is a small program, everyone knows and cares about each other. All the attendings know you on a personal level rather than just as a resident. Wide variety of cases and diverse population.
Why I chose Inova

	Dr. Laura Pumphrey
Medical school	West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Home	Frederick, MD
Career goal	Primary care, with a focus on adolescents. I'd love to stay in the Northern Virginia area after residency.
Hobbies	Being a "foodie,' watching Bravo TV, going to happy hour, cheering for the Baltimore Ravens!
Program pluses	Developing close relationships with my fellow residents; working with attendings who always take the time to teach and who care about my education; being close to Washington, DC.
Why I chose Inova	I chose Inova because I wanted a residency program where I would feel like part of a family. I wanted a smaller program where the attendings would not only know my name, but know me.

	Dr. Caitlin Smith
Medical school	The George Washington University
Home	Potomac, MD
Career goal	Primary care
Hobbies	Taking my dog to the park, trying new restaurants, running, watching too much reality TV
Program pluses	Good relationships between the attendings, residents and nurses; focus on education.
Why I chose Inova	Medium-size program so you get to know the people you work with well; great location with lots to do in the area.

	Dr. Mahsheed Taeb
Medical school	Tourocom
Home	Columbia, MD
Career goal
Hobbies	Traveling!!
Program pluses	All subspecialties are in house; all the attendings and subspecialists are very friendly and approachable; great fellowship placement of graduating senior residents; great exposure to different patient populations and pathology.
Why I chose Inova	I chose Inova because overall it gave me everything that I wanted in a residency program and the ability to go anywhere with my career after my residency. This program has a friendly environment that is very condusive to learning.

	Dr. Wan-Yee Teo
Medical school	National University of Singapore School of Medicine
Home	Singapore
Career goal	Pediatric neuro-oncology
Hobbies	Ballet, fencing, shopping, foodie
Program pluses	A great group of residents and attendings that truly care about resident welfare and teaching.
Why I chose Inova

	Dr. Colleen Wallace
Medical school	Howard University
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	Dr. Carla Zingariello
Medical school	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Home	Wakefield, MA
Career goal	Pediatric neurology
Hobbies	Traveling, watching Boston sports teams, trying new types of food/restaurants, spending time with my husband
Program pluses	Warm, friendly residents and attendings; amazing pathology (new diagnoses) that astounds all our visiting residents and students; enthusiastic specialists who love to teach, and a Residency Director open to new ideas.
Why I chose Inova	Having done rotations at area hospitals, I knew that Inova had a reputation for sending residents on to great fellowships and career paths. When I visited Inova, I could immediately tell how happy residents were compared to other programs I visited.