2026-2027 fellows
Katherine (Katie) Botta, MD
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency Program: Temple University/Chestnut Hill, Family Medicine
Elizabeth (Beth) Bryant, MD
Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University
Residency Program: Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Internal Medicine
Eunice Choe, MD
Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University - Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Residency Program: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Family Medicine
Karen Cohen, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Program: Cooper University Hospital, Internal Medicine
AGE SMART fellow (3rd Year)
Joseph Young, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Residency Program: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine
2026
Natalie A. Barrett, DO
Dr. Barrett is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ashlee Randolph, DO
Dr. Randolph is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
2025
Margaret Heller, MD
Rowan University School of Medicine
Abigail Schmucker, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Hospitalist
Danna Zevy, MD
Oak Street Health Simpson Primary Care Clinic, PCP/Geri
Joseph Lee Young, MD
AGE SMART Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania Division of Geriatric Medicine
2024
Andrew Kim, MD
Dr. Kim is a primary care internal medicine physician at Jonah Health Group in Los Angeles, CA.
Subeena Phull, MD
Dr. Phull is an internal medicine physician specializing in geriatrics at Samaritan Health Services, a nonprofit health network serving mid-Willamette Valley, portions of Marion and Polk counties and the central Oregon coast.
Jeremy Schmoyer, DO
Dr. Schmoyer is a fellow in Hematology and Medical Oncology at St Luke’s University Medical Center in Easton, PA.
Batool Zehra, MD
Dr. Zehra is an attending physician specializing in geriatrics in Naples, FL.
2023
Julianna Ricco, MD
Dr. Ricco is an attending physician specializing in geriatrics at Crozer Chester Medical Center/Crozer Health.
Rebecca Russell, MD
Dr. Russell is an attending family practice physician with Christiana Care in Wilmington, DE.
Eva Szymanski, MD
Dr. Szymanski is an assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Matthew Van Dongen, MD
Dr. Van Dongen is a fellow in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
2022
Jacqueline Nghiem
Dr. Nghiem practices family medicine and geriatric medicine at Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
Grecia Rico
Dr. Rico is a palliative care and graduate research fellow at the University of Texas Health Center and the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, where she teaches palliative care to medical students and works as a geriatrician in the home care program.
Carolyn Sciblo
Dr. Sciblo is a family medicine doctor specializing in geriatrics with Chestnut Hill Hospital – Temple Health.
David Zheng
Dr. Zheng is a primary care attending at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
2021
Merlyn Abraham
Dr. Abraham is a geriatric specialist practicing physician at Holy Redeemer Family Medicine.
Fotini Debonera
Dr. Debonera is a family medicine physician with Lancaster General Health.
Daniel J. Kim
Dr. Kim is an assistant professor of medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. His clinical interests are geriatrics and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and his research focuses on medical education, specifically the use of POCUS in the care of geriatric patients.
Mariam Mati
Dr. Mati is an assistant professor and primary care provider with the Emory University physician network in Decatur, GA, specializing in family medicine with a focus on geriatric medicine.
2020
Hishen Dang
Dr. Dang is an internist and family medicine doctor at Oak Street Health – Roosevelt Office in Philadelphia, PA.
Emily Fessler
Dr. Fessler is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Mariana Gonzalez
Dr. Gonzalez is a physician with VA Home Based Primary Care who is very actively involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education in geriatrics.
Rose Onyeali
Dr. Onyeali is an attending hospitalist at Pennsylvania Hospital During her fellowship, she observed gaps in the health care transitions of older incarcerated adults into the community, which led to her research interest in transitions of care of incarcerated adults with cognitive and functional impairment.
2019
Ankur Jain
Dr. Jain is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada and an internal/geriatric medicine specialist at UPMC Chautauqua - Niagara Health in Jamestown, NY.
Alyson Michener
Dr. Michener is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s Center for Continuing Care based in the Rittenhouse Facility. She is an associate program director for the Penn Geriatric fellowship and responsible for ensuring that principles of geriatric care are integrated into the core medical student curriculum.
Linnea Pepper
Dr. Pepper is an attending physician in geriatric medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Her clinical focus is the MedStar House Call Program that helps reduce the cost of providing quality care by eliminating situations that prevent unnecessary ER visits, hospitalization, or nursing home care.
Reshma Shah
Dr. Shah is an internist with Main Line Health – Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA.
2018
Elisabeth P. Walsh
Dr. Walsh is a family medicine physician at Christiana Primary Care - Greenville and a geriatric attending at Wilmington Hospital in Delaware.
Radha Yerneni
Dr. Yerneni is an internal medicine hospitalist at Kentfield Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in San Francisco, CA.
Yue Zhao
Dr. Zhao is an internal medicine specialist in the St. Luke’s University Hospital care network in Bethlehem, PA.
2017
Mohammad Hashmi
Dr. Hashmi completed a fellowship in nephrology at MedStar Health after his geriatric medicine fellowship and is affiliated with Temple University and Virtua Health Voorhees and Our Lady of Lourdes hospitals as a dual specialist.
Penden Mahautmr
Penn Medicine Tuttleman Center.
Vimmi Panchal
Dr. Panchal is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the clinical lead physician at Renaissance Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center and provides coverage on the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit.
James Rotenberg
Dr. Rotenberg is an internal medicine specialist at Oak Street Health Germantown.
2016
Soumya Bollampolly
Dr. Bollampolly’s research has focused on cost reduction in home-based care for elderly adults. Currently an assistant professor of geriatrics, she has worked in the Penn Memory Center and served for over two years as assistant program director of the Penn geriatric medicine fellowship.
Shakira Grant
Dr. Grant is an Assistant Professor of Hematology and Geriatric Medicine at the University of North Carolina and a board-certified Geriatric Hematologist Oncologist, providing care for older adults with hematological malignancies.
Francisco Medrano-Corado
Dr. Medrano Corado is a geriatric/internal medicine specialist affiliated with Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in California.
Anjoulie Pujji
Dr. Pujji is an inpatient geriatric physician at University of California-San Diego Health. She was previously a hospitalist at the University of Rochester, NY and Kaiser Permanente, Harbor City, CA.
Brian Ramnaraign
Dr. Ramnaraign is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center. He completed a Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology with a focus on genitourinary oncology at the University of Florida subsequent to his geriatric training at Penn.
2015
Tejal Dharia
Dr. Tejal Dharia, MD is a Family Medicine physician specializing in geriatrics in Haymarket, VA. She is affiliated with Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional and also has a private practice located in Norristown, PA.
Ming Jang
Dr. Jang is currently Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Penn State Health, having served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and a family practice physician at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital.
Jenaro Hernandez
Dr. Hernandez is currently an Internal/Geriatric Medicine primary care physician at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Abingdon, MD. He was previously a quality management/utilization management consultant with Aetna Better Health and a staff physician at Baltimore Medical System.
Alysa Krain
Dr. Krain is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who is double-board certified in Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is an expert on management of prosthetic joint infections, HIV/AIDS in the elderly, and pre- and post-travel medicine. She sees patients in the Radnor and Ralston outpatient care facilities.
Erin Lockard
Dr. Lockard is a board-certified Internal medicine physician with subspecialty board certification in Geriatric Medicine. She practices with Quivira Internal Medicine and is affiliated with Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, KS. A medical educator with an academic hospitalist background, she was previously an adjunct professor of Medicine at Temple University and an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.