Primary Care Fellows

Current Fellows

  • InĂ©s Robles Aponte, MD

    • Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow (2022-2024)
  • Danielle Rome, MD

    • Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow (2022-2024)

    Danielle Rome, MD received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, attended medical school at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, and completed Internal Medicine Residency in the Generalist-Primary Care pathway at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is currently a post-doctoral clinical fellow in General Internal Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. After fellowship she plans to continue a career in academic primary care. Research interests include quality improvement initiatives in vulnerable settings, virtual healthcare and telemedicine, and preventive care in elderly populations.

Past Fellows

Arielle Elmaleh-Sachs, MD, 2020-2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Rebecca Leeds, MD, MS, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine)
Columbia University, New York, NY

Nadia Liyanage-Don, MD, MS, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Kelsey Bryant, MD, MS, 2018-2021
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical School, New York, NY

Morgan Finkel, MD, MS, 2018-2020
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Marguerite Costich, MD, MS, 2017-2019
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Rosa Mendoza, MD, MS, 2017-2019
Family Medicine Clerkship Director, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ

Hye Gi Shim, MD, MS, 2017-2019
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Vanessa Scott, MD, MS, 2016-2018
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego Division of Academic General Pediatrics, San Diego, CA

Allison Crawford, MD, MS, 2016-2018
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mindy Brittner, MD, MS, 2015-2017
Core Faculty, Harlem Residency in Family Medicine, The Family HealthCenter of Harlem,
The Institute for Family Health, New York, NY

Sharon Rikin, MD, MS, 2015-2017
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director for Ambulatory QI
Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY

Hima Ekanadham, MD, MS, 2014-2016
Assistant Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine), Columbia University, New York, NY

Cristina Fernandez, MD, MS, 2014-2016
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Nathalie Moise, MD, MS, 2013-2015
Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Noe’ Romo, MD, MS, 2012-2014
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Director, Jacobi Medical Center Pediatric Violent Trauma Follow up Clinic
and of the Community Violence Prevention Initiative, Albert Einstein Medical Center, New York, NY

Urmi Desai, MD, MS, 2012-2014
Assistant Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine), Columbia University, New York, NY

Negar Aliabadi, MD, MS, 2012-2014
Associate Director, Pfizer, New York, NY, 2019-present
Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2016-2019

Elizabeth Oelsner, MD, MPH, 2011-2013
Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Jessica Singer, MD, MPH, 2010-2012
Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Associates in Internal Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Rhea Powell, MD, MPH, 2010-2012
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Jonathan Shaffer, PhD, 2010-2012
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

Jennifer Chuang, MD, MS, 2010-2012 (joint with Adolescent fellowship)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Medical Director, Adolescent Inpatient Services, Perelman School of Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA

Ayesha Siddiqui, MD, 2009-2011
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Dana Sirota, MD, MPH, 2009-2011
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Annika Hofstetter, MD, PhD, MPH, 2009-2011
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Carrie Bernstein, MD, MS, 2009-2011 (joint with Adolescent fellowship)
Retired

Maya Rom Korin, PhD, MS, 2008-2010
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Omolara Thomas, MD, MPH, 2008-2010
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine; Director, Pediatric Global Health Program Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York; Associate Program Director, Global Health Track, General Pediatrics Residency Program at North Shore- LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY

Elizabeth Kiefer, MD, MPH, 2007-2009
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI

Ginger Winston, MD, MPH, 2007-2009
Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, DC

John Rausch, MD, MPH, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Andrea Card, MD, MPH, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY

Deborah Jones, MD, MPH, 2004-2006
Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Sarita Shah, MD, MPH, 2003-2004
Associate Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; formerly Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, CDC

Ellen Hummel, MD, 2003-2004
Hospice & Palliative Medicine, University of Michgan Health, Ann Arbor, MI

Rebecca Press, MD, MPH, 2001-2003
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Brian Britt, MD, 2000-2002
Staff Physician, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

Joseph Chang, MD, MPH, 2000-2002
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; Private Practice, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Susmita Pati, MD, MPH, 2000-2002
Chief, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY

David Delaet, MD, MPH, 1999-2001
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Ira Solomon, MD, MPH, 1998-2000
Chief Safety Officer, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, New Brunswick, NJ

Erica Lubetkin, MD, MPH, 1998-2000
Associate Professor, Community Health and Social Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York (CUNY), New York, NY; Course Director, Clinical Decision Making and Evidence Based Medicine

Jose Luchsinger, MD, MPH, 1997-1999
Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chair for Clinical & Epidemiological Research, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Wei-Nchih Lee, MD, 1997-1999
Assistant Clincal Professor of Medicine and Director of Residency Research Program, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Carmen Isasi, MD, MPH, 1997-1999
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Randall Sell, PhD, 1997-2001
Professor, Department of Community Health & Prevention, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA

Steven Glazer, MD, MPH, 1995-1997
Private Practice, Internal Medicine, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk CT

David Rosenburg, MD, MPH, 1995-1997
Private Practice, Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY

Navneet Kathuria, MD, MPH, 1995-1997
Currenly in private practice; previously Senior Vice President of Population Health and Clinical Quality, Hackensack Meridian Health; Chief Performance Officer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Leslie Blum, MD, MPH, 1993-1995
Physician & Site Director, Premise Health, New York, NY; formerly Associate Director of Primary Care Education, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT (Yale Affiliate)

Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, 1992-1994
Research Associate (bioterrorism), Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Mahmoud Moawad, MD, MPH, 1991-1992
Internist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Cambridge, MA

Ariel Pablos-Mendez, MD, MPH, 1990-1992
Presently Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY; formerly Assistant Administrator for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC; formerly Managing Director, Global Health Initiatives, Rockefeller Foundation

Ernest Moy, MD, MPH, 1989-1991
Executive Director, Office of Health Equity, Veterans Hospital Administration; formerly Medical Officer, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Washington, DC; Chair, Racial and Ethnic Disparities Committee, American Public Health Association's Medical Care Section; Assistant Vice President for Research, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington, DC

Sarah Garrison, MD, 1988-1990
Formerly Chief of Ambulatory Medicine, Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital; currently Internist, North Central Bronx Hospital, New York, NY

Ann Morrison, MD, 1988-1990
Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Director of Assessment, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM

Susan Matos, MD, 1987-1988
Clinical Practice (General Medicine), Bergen County, NJ

Nancy Bennett, MD, MS, 1985-1987
Professor of Medicine & Public Health Sciences and Associate Dean, University of Rochester Medical School; and Associate Commissioner, Department of Health, Monroe County, NY; Chair, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2015-2018

Seth Feltheimer, MD, 1984-1985
Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY

Rita Charon, MD, PhD, 1981-1985
Professor of Medical Humanities & Ethics and of Medicine; Chair, Department of Medical Humanities & Ethics, Columbia University, New York, NY

David Carmichael, MD, 1987-1981
Associate Professor of Medicine (retired), Columbia University, New York, NY