Brightwood House Learning Community

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Brightwood House is the learning community for all PURCH students. With six faculty mentors and about 100 students, it is an especially close group.

Meet Our PURCH Students

> Profiles of our PURCH classes
> PURCH Student Highlights
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Your Brightwood House Mentors

Brightwood House Learning Community Mentors

Photo: (L to R) Sam Borden, Eric Churchill, Beth Eagleson, Rohini Harvey, Molly Senn-McNally, Jackie Wu

Samuel Borden, MD: Classes of 2024, 2023
Eric Churchill, MD, MPH - Head of House: Classes of 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023
Elizabeth Eagleson, MD: Classes of 2024, 2023
Rohini Harvey, MD: Classes of 2026, 2025
Molly Senn-McNally, MD: Classes of 2026, 2025
Jacqueline Wu, MD: Classes of 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

Director of Student Affairs, PURCH

Eric Churchill, MD, MPH
Explore student services and resources Eric has put together.

Director of Health Equity Education and Practice

Sarah Perez-McAdoo, MD, MPH

Faculty and Advisors

Early Clinical Learning Faculty

Nadia Villarroel, MD, Course Director

Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH

Harry Hoar, MD

Reva Kleppel, MSW, MPH

Kristy Peterson, LCCE

Durane Walker, MD

Specialty Advisors

Department	Specialty Advisor
Anesthesiology	Stanlies D'Souza email
Community Medicine	Eric Churchill email, Andy Balder email
Dermatology (no observerships)	Emily West
Emergency Medicine	Liza Smith Bryanne Macdonald email
Family Medicine	Robert.Baldor , Cortney Haynes , Nathan Macedo email
Geriatrics	TBD
Hospital Medicine	Stephen Ryzewicz , Chris Bryson email, Alexander Roseman
IM-Primary Care	Stephen Ryzewicz , Eric Churchill email
IM-Cardiology	Quinn Pack
IM-Critical Care	Josh Allgaier email
IM-Endocrinology	Michele Gortakowski
IM-Gastroenterology	Yesenia Greeff email
IM-Hematology/Oncology (no observerships)	TBD
IM-Infectious Diseases	TBD
IM-Nephrology	Spencer Hodgins email, Kostas Papamarkakis email
IM-Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care	Carolyn Garcia email
IM-Rheumatology	TBD
Medicine/Pediatrics	Maura Munoz , Alexander Roseman
Neurology	Anthony Jackson email
Neurosurgery	TBD
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Carolyn Delk , James Gebhardt
Occupational Medicine	TBD
Ophthamology	Brian Bredvik
Orthopedics	TBD
Otolaryngology	TBD
Palliative Medicine	Yael Tarshich , Emily Zametkin
Pathology	Rahul Jawale email
Pediatrics (General)	Hilary Branch , Alexander Roseman (Hospital Medicine)
Pediatrics Emergency Medicine	Ian Goodman
Pediatrics Neonatology	Ruben Vaidya
Pediatrics Child Abuse	Stephen Boos email
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Barry Rodstein
Preventive Medicine	Quinn Pack
Psychiatry	Stephanie Daly
Radiation Oncology	TBD
Radiology	Thomas Anderson
Surgery	Kate Debbink email
Urology	Aaron Berkenwald; Michael Zavaski
Vascular Surgery	Matt Kronick

Residency Application Advisors

Anesthesiology

Brian C. Martin, Program Director
Maria Lopez, Program Administrator

Emergency Medicine

Adam Kellogg, Program Director
Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, Associate Program Director
Liza Smith, Clerkship Director

Family Medicine

Chandra Hartman, Program Director
Nathan Macedo, Associate Program Director

Internal Medicine

Riffat Sabir, Program Director
Christine Bryson, Associate Program Director
Kathryn Jobbins, Associate Program Director
Yesenia Greeff, Assistant Program Director

Medicine-Pediatrics

Sharon Wretzel, Program Director
Maura Muñoz, Associate Program Director

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Jacqueline Kates, Program Director
Carolyn Delk, Associate Program Director
Kimberly Marakovitz, Faculty

Pathology

Rahul Jawale, Faculty
Ashraf Khan, Chair
James Mueller, Program Director

Psychiatry

Steven Fischel, Program Director
John Hopkins, Associate Program Director
Sonia Riyaz, Faculty

Radiology

Martha Lopez, Associate Program Director
Christopher Mudge, Faculty

Surgery

Neal Seymour, Program Director
David B. Tashjian, Associate Program Director