Current residents

I was born and raised in Chicago, where I stayed for college and medical school. My path to Child Neurology was a serendipitous one that began late in medical school, when I was inspired to do an elective rotation in the subspecialty, in part, because I knew little about it. After spending time with patients affected by their neurologic diseases, I realized I loved working with children and their families, and thoroughly appreciated how the brain was so intimately tied to one’s personhood and identity. Currently, my interests in Child Neurology are broad, and I am excited to be committing to a medical career deepening my knowledge of the neurologic diseases affecting children. Outside of work I enjoy painting, cooking, caring for my houseplants, and going to museums. Although I have missed Chicago’s spectacular architecture, I have also grown to really love Boston’s charming and historical cobblestone streets.

I was born in Cali, Colombia. My parents emigrated to Colombia from Chile. The brain fascinated me since my first year as a medical student. During my pediatric rotations, I realized interacting with children and their families was incredibly rewarding. In Bogotá and then Philadelphia, I enjoyed understanding and developing biostatistical approaches to clinical research. My interests within Child Neurology include music medicine, neurodevelopment, and movement disorders. Outside of work, I enjoy salsa dancing, playing guitar, travelling, and spending time with my wife and our two dogs: Vladimir and Sabina.

I’m from Lexington, MA and went to Amherst College where I studied neuroscience. I worked at MGH for two years before medical school as a research coordinator for the adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) gene therapy trial and program manager for ALD Connect, a patient advocacy organization. Being a part of this incredible research trial and meeting families with ALD from all around the world first sparked my love for pediatric neurology and, inspired my interest in studying rare neurological diseases. Afterwards, I ventured out to the West Coast for medical school at Stanford. During medical school, I worked in Dr. Michelle Monje’s laboratory studying invasion mechanisms of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) through a HHMI fellowship. In my spare time, I love cooking/baking, traveling, rock climbing, and learning Spanish. I’m so excited to be coming back home to Boston as a pediatric neurology resident.

Hailing from Edgemont(Scarsdale), New York, I attended college at Colgate University. There, I obtained degrees in English and Neuroscience and became interested in neuromodulation after working with tDCS during my senior thesis. Following graduation, I accepted a two-year fellowship at the NIMH where I studied the neural substrates underlying learning and memory in Rhesus macaques. I then spent six months in Ecuador and Peru, learning Spanish and working with children with congenital neurological illnesses, before returning to the states and finding employment as a bartender in DC, where I worked for another two years. As a medical student, I served on the board for a free-student health clinic, led the Medical Spanish club, co-founded the Addiction Medicine Interest Group, and played guitar/ bass for a student band. My career interests relate to developmental neurology, understanding the dynamic interactions between the brain and the mind, the clinical potential of neuromodulation, and advancing our academic understanding of and social policy regarding SUDs. Outside of medicine, I love to travel, be outside, stay active, read, write, meditate, and everything about music.

I am from Houston, Texas, and went to undergrad at Wash U in St. Louis, where I majored in Statistics. I came back to Houston to work in an adult behavioral neurology clinic for a year before starting medical school at McGovern. Things I love and look forward to continuing: academic child neurology; Muscular Dystrophy Association camp (I’ve volunteered there for eight summers, hopefully more to come!); clinical research; disability advocacy; and spending time outdoors. I spent many of my childhood vacations in Boston visiting my paternal grandparents, who moved from Ukraine, landed in Boston, and never left—I can’t wait to be near the Charles again!

I am originally from Chatham, New Jersey, and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine with a major in Neuroscience and a minor in Education. After graduation, I remained in the Northeast and worked as are search assistant in the Benoist-Mathis Lab at Harvard Medical School and helped coordinate the Immunological Genome Project. After three years in the lab, I came across town to MGH to work as a scribe with the Department of Urology. I then moved to New York to attend New York Medical College, where I solidified my clinical and research interests in pediatric neurology. In starting residency at MGH I am looking forward to learning from the amazing residents and attendings here while I work on identifying my subspecialty career goals. When not in the hospital, I love to spend time with my dog and partner outside as much as possible, particularly biking, hiking, hammocking, and rock climbing. I am very excited to be coming back to MGH for residency and look forward to exploring all that New England has to offer! 

I was raised in Salem, New Hampshire and graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience. I then went to Sidney Kimmel Medical School at Thomas Jefferson University where I developed interests in global health and advocacy. I was able to participate in a unique research-abroad experience via the Thomas Jefferson University/University of Rwanda affiliation and I am a founding member of the Child Neurology Society at my medical school. In my free time I enjoy hiking, camping, kayaking, running, rock climbing, traveling and baking.

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I am from Horsham, Pennsylvania and attended Cornell University where I majored in Classics and Biological Sciences. This was followed by medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine. It was across my rotations in medical school that I developed a strong interest in seeking out answers and evidence of new treatments and insights into disease processes. Whether it be surveying existing literature or posing new questions I’ve always strived to learn more so that I could implement this knowledge into clinical care This same drive is what made me passionate about neuroscience research. Learning how to execute the scientific method and be part of a research team are skills that I hope to continue to develop in residency. In my free time I enjoy hiking and camping, exploring different states and national parks with family and friends. I have also had a lifelong interest in astronomy, observing the night sky with my telescope.

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I am a proud Houstonian, where I grew up and stayed for college. I have always been drawn to the intersection of the humanities with medicine, studying English and then completing my Master’s in Bioethics while in medical school at Philadelphia. My interests have spanned both clinical and research ethics including issues in conflicts of interest, patient advocacy, and disability and quality of life, and I look forward to integrating these further into my future practice as well as continuing to learn from and advocate for disabled and neurodivergent communities. Outside of work, I love all forms of outdoor adventures and all four seasons on the East Coast, yoga, travel, and fiction, especially fantasy.

I grew up in Dallas, TX, and attended Northwestern University where I completed an undergraduate degree in neuroscience while playing Division I volleyball in the Big Ten Conference. I did some rural community health work before attending Dell Medical School at UT Austin, where I discovered a passion for child neurology during my clinical rotations. I love building longitudinal relationships to navigate complex medical care and through my advocacy work developed a specific interest in caring for LGBTQIA+ patients and families. I also pursued an MBA through McCombs School of Business during my third year to improve my understanding of the health business ecosystem and to become a more effective agent of change within the healthcare system. During residency at MGH I hope to continue to explore these interests and look forward to becoming a fierce advocate for marginalized communities. In my free time, you can find me listening to podcasts, taking long walks, cooking, reading, playing the NYT mini games, and petting other people’s dogs.

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