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Board of Directors

Resident / Medical Student Board

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF​

Gabriella Alvarez, MD

Administrative Assistant
Preliminary Resident
McGovern Medical School at UT Houston
Houston, TX

Lauren Gawey, MD
Lauren Gawey, MD

Administrative Assistant
Preliminary Resident
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, AR

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Sarah A. Ibrahim, MD

Research Coordinator
Dermatology Resident
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Areeba Ahmed, MD

Administrative Assistant
Dermatology Research Fellow
Northwestern University, Chicago
Chicago, IL

Eric Koza
Eric Koza, BS

Administrative Assistant
Medical Student
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, PA

Misha Haq
Misha Haq, BS

Administrative Assistant
Medical Student
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Rochester, MI

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Melissa S. Ma, BS

Administrative Assistant &
Social Media Manager
Medical Student
California University of Science and Medicine
Colton, CA

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Alexandra Richmond, MD, MSCR

Administrative Assistant
Dermatology Resident
Department of Dermatology 
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Victoria Shi
Victoria Shi, BA

Administrative Assistant
Medical Student
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, MO

RESIDENT MEDICAL / STUDENT BOARD

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Gaurav Agnihotri, MD

Dermatology Resident
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Miguel Angel MD
Miguel Aristizabal, MD

Dermatology Research Trainee
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

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Christy T. Behnam, MD

Dermatology Resident
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Madison, WI

Mary Dick
Mary Dick, MD

Dermatology Resident
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Sherry Fan, BS

MD/PhD Student
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD/PhD Program
New York, NY

Sam Fathizadeh, BS

Medical Student
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Amaris Geisler, MD

Dermatology Resident
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Claire Hines, BA

Medical Student
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Alexander Jafari, MD, MPH

Dermatology Fellow
UTHealth McGovern Medical School
Houston, TX

Shalinie Mahadeo, BA
Shalinie Mahadeo, BA

Medical Student
Department of Dermatology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Abena Minta, BS

Medical Student
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH

Rafael Mojica, DO

Dermatology Resident
Department of Dermatology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Simone Montgomery, MD, MPH

Dermatology Resident
Department of Dermatology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Ong, BS

Medical Student
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Lily Park
Lily Park, DO

Dermatology Resident
Larkin Community Hospital, Nova
Southeastern University
Miami, FL

Anna Poliner MD
Anna Poliner, MD

Dermatology Resident
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, NY

Lucia Ray, BA

Medical Student
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Lucy Rose, BS, MA

Medical Student
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Sophia Salingaros, BS

Medical Student
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Kevin Truong-Balderas, BA, BS

Medical Student
Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL

Faraaz Zafar
Faraaz S. Zafar, MD

Dermatology Resident
Marshfield Clinic Health System
Marshfield, WI

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Rachel L. Ziebart, BSN

Medical Student
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN