Meet our PENN-CHOP Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Program residents.

Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1)

Evangelia (Evi) Alexpoulos, MD (she, her, hers) 
Evi grew up in Rye, NY. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biology and Global Health at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Afterwards, she spent two gap years working at a free primary care clinic for uninsured individuals in Raleigh, NC through AmeriCorps. She then returned to Duke for medical school - a proud “double Dukie!”. In medical school she was involved in cardiology research, mentoring pre-medical students, and spent 6 months in Eldoret, Kenya completing a research project on rheumatic heart disease. She has special interests in caring for vulnerable populations, medical Spanish, and the intersection of cardiology and global health. Evi also enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring new places, rooting for Duke basketball, and curating the perfect music playlist. She and her fiancé are so excited to explore all that Philly has to offer and live a little closer to their extended families!

Jack Bookbinder, MD (he/him)
Jack is from Cazenovia, NY. He completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University before finishing his "tour de upstate NY" with his medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Throughout medical school, Jack explored interests in medical education and bioethics, while simultaneously having the privilege of working with community partners to advocate for people involved with the criminal legal system. His clinical and academic interests include cardiology and optimizing transitions of care. Outside of the hospital, Jack is an avid hockey player and cyclist, as well as a loyal Buffalo sports fan. He enjoys spending time with his partner, Lily, and their very friendly dog, Goose.

Mohammed (Nour) Hussari, MD (he/him)
Nour Hussari grew up in New York City. They graduated from Yale University with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and engaged extensively in refugee justice and education work in New Haven, helping establish a nonprofit that builds economic and social power with refugee women. As an undergraduate, they pursued their interest in global health by working on LGBTQ+ health projects in Lebanon.

They attended the UC San Diego School of Medicine, where they participated in the Global Health Academic Concentration and conducted planetary and environmental health research, studying the effects of pesticide exposure on children and adolescents in Ecuador. Academically, they are passionate about decolonial approaches to global health and the integration of ecological frameworks into medicine. Outside of the hospital, you can find them dancing, running, reading, or enjoying long conversations with friends!

Joseph Reitano MD (he/him)
Originally from Staten Island, NY, Joe Reitano attended the University at Albany for his undergraduate education, where he studied biology and neurological sciences before attending The Ohio State University College of Medicine for medical school. There, he developed his passion for medical education, curriculum building, and disability care and advocacy, where he frequently volunteered at Flying Horse Farms, a sleepaway camp for medically complex kids. Outside of medicine, Joe enjoys musical theatre, reading a wide array of books while coffeeshop hopping, collecting and listening to vinyl records, and regularly winning his family's fantasy football league.

Noah Tsao MD (he/him)
Noah was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He pursued his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Haverford College. Subsequently, he delved into research in cardiovascular genetics and earned a Master’s degree in Bioethics from Penn. At the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, he continued his research in genetic epidemiology, which has shaped his passion for investigating disease risk across the lifespan. Outside the hospital, you can find Noah rowing on the Schuylkill River, running the river trail, exploring the outdoors, watching sports of any kind, roasting coffee, and seeking wisdom from his cat, Aurora.

Cecilia Wada MD (she/her)
Cecilia joins the Med-Peds team from Los Angeles, where she studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to matriculating in medical school, Cecilia spent 6 years working to establish a small, community-based and student-governed post-secondary school in Sitka, Alaska. In Sitka, Cecilia learned to sew garments, woodwork, and catch and process salmon. She graduated from Yale College in 2015 with a degree in History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. Her thesis focused on treatment activism within ACT-UP NY during the HIV/AIDS crisis. She harbors a particular interest in how community organizing among patients, allies, and advocates supports medical and social breakthroughs in treating illness. Her current academic interests include studying, building, and implementing school-based interventions to improve adolescent life outcomes (substance misuse, depression, and anxiety). Her goal as a Med-Peds trained physician is to work with adolescents and young adults in under-resourced settings.

Post Graduate Year 2 (PGY2)

Jessica Campanile, MD (she/her)
Jessica is originally from New Jersey. Prior to medical school, she attended Dartmouth College, where she studied medical anthropology and linguistics. She moved to Philadelphia to attend medical school at Penn, where she pursued her passions for health equity, climate health, and medical education. While at Penn, Jessica has served in national leadership positions, including Associate Director of Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI) and as the Perelman School of Medicine’s representative to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Her academic interests include disability health, complex and critical care, pre-hospital and wilderness medicine, and point-of-care ultrasound. Outside of the hospital, she can be found enjoying the outdoors, discovering new pasta shapes, and hanging with her three-legged cat.

Leila Habib, MD (she/her)
Leila grew up in Silver Spring, MD. Prior to entering medical school at Johns Hopkins, she studied neuroscience and photojournalism at Northeastern University, worked on oral history projects about the Ethiopian Diaspora, and obtained a Master’s in Public Health in Community-Oriented Primary Care from George Washington University. Blending health, art, and organizing, Leila is passionate about exploring storytelling as a tool for healing and community-building while furthering the wellbeing of marginalized communities both in and out the clinical space. She has special interests in primary care, adolescent health, mental health, and immigrant and refugee health. Outside of the hospital, Leila can be found sitting by water, beating her friends in Uno, and trying to avoid accumulating cavities with her relentless sweet tooth.

Vismaya Kharkar (she/her)
Vismaya was born and raised in Salt Lake City, where she attended the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. As an undergraduate at Harvard, she studied human evolution, which shaped her love of development, genetics, and care across the lifespan. Throughout college and medical school, she led community initiatives connecting folks to well-rounded care, from youth without stable housing in Cambridge to New American patients in South Salt Lake. Her academic interests include interprofessional and community-based care models, improving medical education, and complex congenital disorders. Vismaya also enjoys hiking with her husky, Kaya, reading speculative fiction, and playing board games with friends.

Rachel Lutz (she/her)
Rachel Lutz is originally from Portland, Oregon where she learned to love nature, fusion food, and expensive coffee. She studied Biochemistry at the University of Oregon, and then attended Yale School of Medicine for medical school. While in medical school she explored research in neuroimmunology and developed a passion for community-based culinary medicine. When she is outside of the hospital, you can find Rachel attending dance classes, enjoying cooking for her friends, and exploring the city (especially the food scene!)

Rachel Parks (she/her)
Rachel grew up in Hamilton, New York. She went to medical school at UCLA, where she also received a PhD in Anthropology. At UCLA she focused on disability research and advocacy both in medical education and in patient care. Outside of medicine, she loves cooking, eating, and spending time with her partner and their two cats.

Neha Pondicherry (she/her)
Though born in New Jersey, Neha's heart belongs to California, where she was raised. Prior to medical school, she studied international studies with a focus on global health inequities.. At UCSF School of Medicine, she was active in advocacy efforts focusing on period poverty and menstrual inequity and worked on capacity-building for LMICs with SaveTheChildren. During medical school, she also earned an MPH in Global Health from Harvard, where she continued her interest in climate change and its impact on marginalized communities in resource limited areas. Outside of school, Neha loves to travel and stay active! You will find her either at the departure area of the airport, or in the sun - finding joy in swimming, hiking, or reading a book.

Post Graduate Year 3 (PGY3)

Nathaniel Srikureja, MD (he/him)
Nathaniel is a Californian, born and raised. His favorite pastimes are reading, video games, and playing D&D and other card/board games with fiends. He also enjoys hanging out with his wife, Jo Ann, and two dangerously cuddly dogs, Bleu and Brie. Last but not least, he enjoys travel, exploration, and eating great food. 

Rachel Burriss, MD (she/her)
Rachel was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia. In undergrad, she studied Political Science and Spanish Language at DePauw University. Post-grad, she worked in global health and infectious disease in Atlanta, GA while obtaining her MPH at Emory University. Upon starting medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences she commissioned into the U.S. Public Health Service as an active duty officer with the Indian Health Service (IHS). Following residency, she will provide care to American Indian and Alaska Native communities through her service commitment with the IHS. Rachel's academic interests include global health, infectious disease, underserved medicine, and primary care. In her free time she enjoys baking, sailing, and spending time with her husband Peter, and their two cats, Birdie and Buoy. She is an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan, and looks forward to returning to the City of Brotherly Love for residency. 

Ella van Deventer, MD (she/her)
Ella is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii but has spent a near decade on the East Coast.  She comes to us from Brown University Alpert Medical School where she formed interests in patient-centered communication, medical education, and care of underserved populations. She pursued a dual degree with a Masters in Population Medicine where her research focused on care of individuals with substance use disorders and individuals involved with the criminal legal system. Outside of the hospital, you can find her spending quality time with friends, reading a good book, going for a swim, and enjoying great food.

Jane Hinkle, MD (she/her) 
Jane is originally from New Jersey.  She attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she explored interests in public health, pediatric chronic disease, and community engagement. Her research in clinical informatics led her to pursue an MPH in Quantitative Methods from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she examined quality outcomes for adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer. Her academic interests include AYA oncology, population health, and advocacy. Outside of the hospital, she loves doing hot yoga, watching early 2000s rom-coms, and cooking any NYT recipe with her partner.

Erini Papas, MD (she/her) 
Erini comes from a big fat Greek family and is a born and raised New Jersey-ian! She went to undergrad at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and stayed there during her gap year. She loved the five years that she called Baltimore home. In her free time, Erini is an avid bookworm, loves to bake, travel, and be outdoors. She is also excited to adopt a cat during residency!

Klevi Golloshi, MD (he/him) 
Klevi was born in a small town in Albania where he spent his first decade before moving to Georgia. Before medical school, he worked with the unhoused in New Haven’s soup kitchens and later as a medical assistant. At Emory School of Medicine, he worked with the Dean of Student Success to found a school-wide tutoring program providing academic guidance to students in need and coordinated the student-run refugee clinic. His interests include improving equity of resources in medical training, immigrant and refugee health, and medical education. When not at the hospital, you can find him trying out new routes at his bouldering gym or cuddling and petting any dog he runs into.

Post Graduate Year 4 (PGY4)

Sharon-Rose Nartey, MD (she/her) 
Sharon-Rose is originally from Ghana, but also calls Chicago home. She comes to us from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) where she was heavily involved in DEI initiatives. Some of these efforts included co-founding the school’s chapter of White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL), leading a statewide WC4BL rally, and serving as co-president of Wisconsin's chapter of Student National Medical Association (SNMA). Her academic interests include advocacy, medical education reform, health disparity research, and mentoring students who are underrepresented in medicine. Outside of the hospital, Sharon-Rose enjoys catching up with friends and exploring local food spots.

Spenser Chen, MD (he/him) 
Spenser was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Taipei and San Jose, California. Prior to medical school, he worked closely with community leaders and volunteered as a community organizer and advocate in a Latinx immigrant community in the Bay Area while also working at a Disability Justice non-profit. At the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, he explored his interests in liberation theology, social medicine, and medical education while partnering with community-based organizations in advocacy. His academic interests include transitional care and decolonial praxis in global health. Outside of the hospital, you can find him catching up with friends and perfecting noodle soup recipes.

Victoria Moffitt, MD, MPH (she/her) 
Victoria is originally from New Jersey but has lived in Philadelphia since starting her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a “Penn lifer” ever since! Prior to medical school she studied English literature, Hispanic Studies, and journalism before joining a post-baccalaureate program in the health sciences. She attended medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn, where she simultaneously pursued a Master’s in Public Health. Her passions include adolescent medicine, One Health, and global health, particularly partnering with communities in Guatemala and Ecuador. Throughout medical school, she has engaged in public health projects working alongside a community in San Cristóbal, Galápagos. Most recently, she investigated the impacts of climate change on child and adolescent mental health on the island and is working with community partners on interventions to support these young people. She is also passionate about working with adolescents who are experiencing homelessness at the clinic at Covenant House Pennsylvania. She is a dog-lover who is always seeking opportunities to scuba dive, do HIIT workouts, bake chocolate chip cookies, and read fantasy novels!

JK Vervilles, MD, MPH (he/him) 
JK is originally from Bowling Green, KY. Before medical school, he taught middle school science in Minneapolis through Teach For America and the University of Minnesota. After teaching, he spent several years working at Epic, the electronic health records software company, where he helped customize the software for organizations switching from another EHR. At Sidney Kimmel Medical College, he developed interests in Med-Peds primary care, digital health, quality improvement, and public health. When not at the hospital, you can find him with his husband and playing with their three cats, traveling, running along the Schuylkill River, line dancing at Tavern on Camac, or hunkering down in one of Philly’s many cozy coffee shops and reading a good book.

Kingsley Fortin-Leung, MD, MS (he/him) 
Kingsley was born in Hong Kong but spent most of his childhood in San Rafael, CA. Prior to medical school, he taught English in South Korea (where he met his husband!), obtained his Master of Science in Epidemiology, and worked in HIV research. At Emory University School of Medicine, he was active in advocacy efforts through the Asian and Pacific Islander American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) and Emory’s LGBTQ+ student group. His academic interests include HIV medicine, transgender health, antimicrobial stewardship, and medical education. When he’s not working, he’s baking, dancing, or cuddling with his dog, Dumpling.

Lane Kantor, MD, MPH (they/them) 
Lane grew up in Seattle, WA. They went to medical school at UCLA where they helped design and implement a novel Structural Racism and Health Equity curriculum that fosters students’ critical consciousness of racial capitalism, neoliberalism, and abolitionist praxis. They also earned an MPH in Health Policy from Harvard, where they examined the intersections between the medical industrial complex, anti-transgender legislation, and the undermining of intersex bodily autonomy. Their research centers around exploring the sexual health and educational needs of transgender youth and their parents and implementing EHR changes to improve rates of preventative screenings for transgender patients. Their academic interests include medical education and gender-affirming care and they plan to combine clinical practice, health policy advocacy, and community organizing to work toward racial, social, and economic justice for the LGBTQIA2S community. When not at the hospital, you can often find them playing ultimate frisbee, making (and eating!) charcuterie boards, playing extremely time-consuming board games, and trying local restaurants.

Chief Resident

Andrea Szabo, MD (she/her)
Andrea comes from Cleveland, OH where she went to medical school at Case Western Reserve University. While there, she developed a passion for Med-Peds primary care, global health, and public health. She's now part of the Global Health Track and plans to go to Botswana this year with some of her Med-Peds co-residents. When not at work, you can find her checking out a new fitness class, dancing, or going for a bike ride after hitting up one of the class happy hours (two programs = three times the happy hours).