Our Fellows

First Year (Started July 2024)

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First Year (Started July 2024)

Khalid Ahmed

Khalid Ahmed

Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
Medical School: University of Medical Sciences & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
Residency: The Wright Center for GMe, Scranton, PA
Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: Just moved here, but the food scene & outdoor scenery seems amazing so far. Can’t wait to see more! 
Favorite Book/Author: Season of Migration to the North (by a Sudanese author)
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Teleport

Megan Ghai

Megan Ghai

Hometown: Plymouth, MN
Medical School: Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona - Phoenix
Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: Enjoying the lakes and the local music scene
Favorite Book/Author: Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Flying, so I could travel anywhere I want at any time
 

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Gaurav Suryawanshi

Gaurav Suryawanshi

Hometown: Eden Prairie, MN
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota
Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: Try different restaurants and bike/walk to various trails
Favorite Book/Author: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? The ability to fly 

Manaswita Tappata

Manaswita Tappata

Medical School: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of Minnesota
Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: All the greenery! I love exploring the outdoors, walking the lakes and various neighborhoods.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Flying 

Second Year (Started July 2023)

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Second Year (Started July 2023)

Neer Dutta

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Hometown: 
Rochester, MN

Medical School: 
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

Residency: 
University of Minnesota

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: 
Como Conservatory in the winter and Minnehaha Falls in the summer

Favorite book/author: 
Atul Gawande 

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Control time

Rahul Karna

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Hometown: 
New Delhi

Medical School: 
Maulana Azad Medical College

Residency: 
Allegheny Health Network

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: 
Hiking, Biking and exploring different cuisines

Favorite book/author: 
The White Tiger

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? 
Teleportation

Giovanni Roldan Carrillo

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Hometown:
 

Medical School: 
 

Residency: 
 

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities: 
 

Favorite book/author: 
 

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? 
 

Third Year (Started July 2022)

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Third Year (Started July 2022)

Morgan Freeman

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Hometown:
Preston, Minnesota

Medical School:
University of Minnesota

Residency:
University of Minnesota

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities:
Walking my dog around the Stone Arch Bridge area and trying out new restaurants!

Favorite book/author:
Recent favorites: Educated by Tara Westover and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Teleportation

Ying Gibbens

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Hometown:
Hangzhou China

Medical School:
University of Minnesota

Residency:
Mayo Clinic Rochester MN

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities:
Jogging around lakes

Favorite book/author:
Educated/Tara Westover

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Super memory that allows me to remember everything about medicine.

Kawthar Mohamed

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Kawthar Mohamed, MD

Hometown:
Toronto, ON, CA

Medical School:
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Residency:
Indiana University School of Medicine

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities:
Running and Biking around the lakes, getting to explore diverse cuisines, and having plenty of close family and friends in town

Favorite book/author:
Warsan Shire

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Real time teleportation!

Ioannis Pothoulakis

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Hometown:
Athens, Greece

Medical School:
University of Athens School of Health Sciences, Greece

Residency:
Georgetown University/MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities:
Explore running routes around the lakes

Favorite book/author:
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Slow down/speed up time

Physician Scientist Training Program Fellows

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Physician Scientist Training Program Fellows

Sophie Hapak

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Hometown:
Casa Grande, AZ

Medical School:
University of Pittsburgh

Residency:
University of Minnesota

Favorite thing to do in the Twin Cities:
Jogging by the lakes

Favorite book/author:
It's a tie between The Magus by John Fowles and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Teleporting