Current Residents

PGY- 1 Residents

Meron Teklu, MD

Undergrad: Rice University
Med School: Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
Hometown: : Rosharon, TX

Med Derm Resident

PGY- 2 Residents

Sepideh Ashrafzadeh, MD

Undergrad: University of Michigan
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Stevensville, MI

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical dermatology, cutaneous oncology, procedural dermatology, health policy, community health.
Sara Behbahani, MD

Undergrad: University of Southern California
Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois / Scottsdale, Arizona

Med Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: cutaneous oncology, skin toxicities of cancer-related therapy, and inpatient dermatology.
Olivia Davies, MD

Undergrad: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Hometown: Waukesha, WI

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Inpatient dermatology (ID-Derm), surgical dermatology (excisions/laser therapy), medical education and innovation, and health policy (community outreach/global health).
Lisa Guo, MD

Undergrad: Duke University
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Solon, OH

Med Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Rheum-derm, complex medical dermatology, health policy, medical education.
Victoria Simonne Humphrey, MD

Undergrad: University of Miami
Med School: University of Pittsburgh
Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Skin of color, medical dermatology, surgical dermatology, healthcare media and journalism, business and innovation, mentorship, community outreach.
Anusha Kumar, MD

Undergrad: Stanford University
Med School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Hometown: : Moline, IL

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Complex medical dermatology, inpatient dermatology, medical education, and clinical research.
Danna Moustafa, MD

Undergrad: Yale University
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Newport Coast, CA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Pediatric dermatology, medical dermatology, rheum-derm, and medical education.
Mack Su, MD PhD

Undergrad: Yale University
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Shanghai, St. Louis

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical dermatology, cutaneous oncology, basic and translational research.
Nelson Chika Ugwu, MD

Undergrad: Truman State University
Med School: Yale University School of Medicine
Hometown: Kaduna, Nigeria

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical dermatology, Surgical dermatology, Skin of color, Cutaneous oncology and Health equity.
Joseph Michael Yardman-Frank, MD MPH

Undergrad: University of New Mexico
Med School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Hometown: Santa Fe, NM

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Dermatology-related community/public health, dermatoepidemiology, improving access to dermatological care for underserved communities.

PGY-3 Residents

Nnenna Ezeh, MD

Undergrad: University of Southern California
Med School: University of Wisconsin
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Med-Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Rheum-derm, complex medical dermatology, skin of color, health equity and health policy.
Madeline DeWane, MD

Undergrad: Kenyon College, BA; Johns Hopkins University, BSN
Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hometown: Charleston, IL

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Inpatient dermatology, complex medical dermatology, healthcare innovation, and medical education.
Balaji Jothishankar, MD MBA

Undergrad: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Med School: University of Chicago
Hometown: Iowa City, IA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: General dermatology, surgical dermatology, undergraduate medical education, diversity and inclusion, and business and innovation.
Gun Ho Lee, MD

Undergrad: Stanford University
Med School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Hometown: Cupertino, CA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: health media, bioinformatics, medical dermatology, and procedural dermatology.
Young Lim, MD PhD

Undergrad: Yale University
Med School: Yale University School of Medicine
Hometown: Aurora, CO

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Genodermatoses, vascular anomalies, dermatopathology, cosmetic dermatology and stem cell therapy.
Michael Shaughnessey, MD

Undergrad: Duke University
Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Hometown: Hingham, MA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Cutaneous oncology, melanoma, dermatologic surgery.
Sean Singer, MD

Undergrad: Boston College
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Walpole, MA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: medical dermatology, oncodermatology and cutaneous toxicities, sexual and gender minority health and gender-affirming dermatology.
Jacqueline Stevens, MD PhD

Undergrad: University of Virginia
Med School: University of Virginia
Hometown: Burlington, VT

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Rheum-Derm, Innate Immunology, Skin Microbiome, Health Policy.
Connie Zhong, MD

Undergrad: Harvard University
Med School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Oncodermatology, medical education, and complex medical dermatology.

PGY-4 Residents

Jessica Cervantes, MD

Undergrad: University of Miami
Med School:University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Hometown: Miami, FL

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical dermatology, Surgical dermatology.
Stella Xiang Chen, MD

Undergrad: University of California San Diego
Med School: University of California San Diego
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec

Chief Resident Dermatology, Advanced Derm

Dermatology Interests: Complex medical dermatology, underserved medicine, and endocrine/metabolic overlap with skin disease.
Timothy Dang, MD

Undergrad: Stanford University
Med School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Hometown: Yorba Linda, CA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Complex medical dermatology, Inpatient dermatology, and Oncodermatology and cutaneous toxicities.
Rebecca Gaffney, MD

Undergrad: University of Delaware
Med School: Rutgers Medical School
Hometown: Newton, MA

Med-Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Rheum-derm, in-patient consults, medical education.
David Hashemi, MD, MBA

Undergrad: University of Chicago
Med School: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Dana Point, CA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical Dermatology, Oncologic Dermatology, and Clinical Research.
Nikolai Klebanov, MD

Undergrad: Tufts University
Med School: Tufts University
Hometown: Moscow, Russia

Chief Resident Dermatology, Advanced Derm

Dermatology Interests: Genetics, biologic therapies, skin cancer, statistics and data analysis.
David Li, MD, MBA

Undergrad: University of California, Los Angeles
Med School: Tufts University
Hometown: Walnut, CA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Quality improvement and implementation, healthcare innovation, general dermatology.
Jeffrey Smith, MD, PhD

Undergrad: University of Washington
Med School: Duke University School of Medicine
Hometown: Richland, WA

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Basic research, drug discovery, T-cell disorders, chemokine receptors.
Michael Stephens, MD

Undergrad: Thomas More College
Med School: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Fort Thomas, KY

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Complex medical dermatology and inpatient consults including cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, severe cutaneous adverse reactions to medications, and skin and soft tissue infections. Under this umbrella, I have a particular interest in autoimmune and inflammatory skin conditions and the overlap between dermatology and rheumatology.
Erin Theisen, MD, PhD

Undergrad: University of Minnesota
Med School: University of Wisconsin
Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Medical dermatology, pediatric dermatology, basic science and translational research, inflammation.
Thet Su Win, MD, PhD

Undergrad: University of Birmingham
Med School: University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Hometown: Yangon (Burma)

Advanced Derm Resident

Dermatology Interests: Skin immunology, Dermatologic surgery, Technological innovations in dermatology.

PGY-5 Resident

Christopher Iriarte, MD

Undergrad: Cornell University
Med School: George Washington School of Medicine
Hometown: Miami, FL

Administrative Chief Resident, Med Derm

Dermatology Interests: Inpatient consults, infectious disease, rheum-derm, medical education, pediatric dermatology

Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program

PGY- 1 Residents

Meron Teklu, MD

PGY- 2 Residents

Sepideh Ashrafzadeh, MD

Sara Behbahani, MD

Olivia Davies, MD

Lisa Guo, MD

Victoria Simonne Humphrey, MD

Anusha Kumar, MD

Danna Moustafa, MD

Mack Su, MD PhD

Nelson Chika Ugwu, MD

Joseph Michael Yardman-Frank, MD MPH

PGY-3 Residents

Nnenna Ezeh, MD

Madeline DeWane, MD

Balaji Jothishankar, MD MBA

Gun Ho Lee, MD

Young Lim, MD PhD

Michael Shaughnessey, MD

Sean Singer, MD

Jacqueline Stevens, MD PhD

Connie Zhong, MD

PGY-4 Residents

Jessica Cervantes, MD

Stella Xiang Chen, MD

Timothy Dang, MD

Rebecca Gaffney, MD

David Hashemi, MD, MBA

Nikolai Klebanov, MD

David Li, MD, MBA

Jeffrey Smith, MD, PhD

Michael Stephens, MD

Erin Theisen, MD, PhD

Thet Su Win, MD, PhD

PGY-5 Resident

Christopher Iriarte, MD