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Education > Graduate Medical Education > Pediatric Residency Program > Our Residents

Our Residents

Our Statistics:

Each class of residents consists of 11 very diverse individuals, for a total of 33 residents and 2 chief residents. Sixteen of our residents are married, four with children. We originate from 15 different states and 30­­­ different medical schools. Twenty-two residents are multilingual.

Some Prior Careers:

Biomedical Engineer Hazardous Terrain Rescuer
Anesthesiology Intern Graphic Artist
Pediatric Dietitian Dinner Theater
Autopsy Assistant/Medical Investigator Marketing
OB/GYN Intern Farm Girl
NIH Researcher Camp Volunteer
Physics Teacher Legal Secretary
NASA Engineer

Special Hobbies and Fun Facts:

Child Advocacy Writing Poetry
Avid Reader Def Leppard Devotee
Deep Sea Fishing Bassoonist
Triathlons/Marathons Violinist
Latin Dancing Singer
Ultimate Frisbee-ist Foreign Film Junkie
Motorcycling Foreign Travel
Duke Basketball Fanatic Cosby Show Closet Addict
Board Game Fiend Harry Potter Aficionado
Anything Athletic Has a Pet Rabbit
One of Eight Kids

Where They Are Now?

Class of 2007

2007 Graduates

Madhu Borra: General Pediatrics
Samia Hafsa: General Pediatrics
Vanessa Laquinte: General Pediatrics
Noel Pesce: Adolescent Medicine at Children National Medical Center
Pooja Railan: Hospitalist
Anita Shah: Hospitalist
Matthew Springer: General Pediatrics
Christine Sunia: General Pediatrics
Christine Whitman: General Pediatrics

Cheif Residents
Thuy Ngo: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Meena Srivastava: International Medicine

Class of 2000 - 2006
Academic Pediatrics:
University of California @ San Diego
University of Minnesota
University of Pittsburg

Adolescent Medicine:
Children's National Medical Center

Allergy/Immunology:
Duke University

Cardiology:
Children's National Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Hospital
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
Yale University

Critical Care:
Children's National Medical Center

Emergency Medicine:
Long Island Jewish Hospital

Genetics:
Johns Hopkins
National Institutes of Health

Hematology/Oncology:
Duke University

Neonatology:
University of South Carolina

Nephrology:
Dallas Children's Hospital

Pulmonology:
Children's Hospital of Denver

Hospitalist:
Dupont Hospital for Children
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children

Locations of General Pediatricians:

  • 75 percent in Northern Virginia/D.C. Metro
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Hawaii
  • Maryland
  • Mississippi
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Washington, D.C.

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