Meet Our Fellows
Fellows - Third Year
Name: Tien- Chan Hsieh, MD
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Medical School: National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan, Province of China
Residency: Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut
Hobbies: Sports- primarily basketball and blogging
Name: Vera Kazakova, MD
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Medical School: Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Medicine, Moscow, Russia
Residency: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center - Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Traveling, dancing, hiking, and camping
Name: Ritika Walia, MD
Hometown: Westborough, Massachusetts
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Medical Center Springfield, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Reading and writing
Name: Mohammed Wazir, MD
Hometown: Iraq
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Residency: AdventHealth Orlando (formerly Florida Hospital Orlando) Orlando, Florida
Hobbies: Squash, tennis, movies, and any outdoor activity with family
Name: Yiyu Xie, MD
Hometown: Changzhou, China
Medical School: Soochow University Medical College, Suzhou, China
Residency: Yale New Haven Health/Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Hobbies: Board Games- Go
Fellows - Second Year
Name: Caroline Gordon, MD
Hometown: Barrington, Rhode Island
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, Connecticut
Hobbies: Alpine and cross-country skiing, running, group workout classes
Name: Erin Thomas, MD
Hometown: Freehold, New Jersey
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Current events, health journalism, painting, comedy, kayaking
Name: Nsabimana (Alain) Uwumugambi, MD
Hometown: Rwanda
Medical School: Universite National du Rwanda (University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Running, travel, cooking
Name: Tina Zhang, MD
Hometown: Shenyang, China / Newton, Massachusetts
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Exploring new cities, night markets, gardening, cooking, yoga, and road trips
Fellows - First Year
Name: Charlotte Barker, DO
Hometown: Southborough, MA
Medical School: University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, ME
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School, MA
Hobbies: International travel, skiing, gourmet cooking
Name: Jonathan Fogel, MD
Hometown: Albany, NY
Medical School: Albany Medical College, NY
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Playing guitar, making music with friends, ice hockey, documentaries
Name: Taylor Francoeur Smith, MD
Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Name: Yana Salei, MD
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, FL
Residency: Tufts Medical Center, MA