Eliza Hersh Lorentzen, MD

Eliza Hersh Lorentzen, MD Research Fellow Mentor: Christina Minami, MD, MS; Tari King, MD, FACS, FSSO; Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, MHCM Eliza Hersh Lorentzen, MD is a surgical resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the path to a career in academic Breast Surgical Oncology. Her interest in health services research began as an English […]

Orly Farber, MD

Orly Farber, MD Research Fellow Mentor: Zara Cooper, MD, MSc; George Molina, MD, MPH Orly Farber, MD, is a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She grew up in Rockville, Maryland and received her bachelor’s degree in Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. She spent two years at the NIH as […]

Thais Faggion Vinholo, MD, MSc

Thais Faggion Vinholo, MD, MSc Research Fellow Mentor: Ashraf Sabe, MD; Mohamad Hussain, MD Thais Faggion Vinholo, MD, MSc is a Cardiac Surgery resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. She was born in Londrina, southern Brazil. She attended Queens University of Charlotte, where she completed a Bachelor of Science. During that time, she did research […]

Brittany Dacier, MD, MPH

Brittany Dacier, MD, MPH Research Fellow Mentor: Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH Brittany Dacier, MD, MPH is a general surgery resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She grew up nearby in Sherborn, MA and completed her undergraduate degree in Art History and Hispanic Studies at Boston College. She then went on to earn her […]

Abena Appah-Sampong, MD

Abena Appah-Sampong, MD Research Fellow Mentor: Mohamad Hussain, MD; Behbood Bikdeli, MD, MS Abena Appah-Sampong, MD is a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She completed a bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago in public policy and biology prior to attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine for her medical training. […]

Isaac Alty, MD

Isaac Alty, MD Research Fellow Mentor: Nakul Raykar, MD, MPH Isaac is currently a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, he received his B.S. in Chemistry at the College of William & Mary with a double major in Ancient Greek. He received his MD from Harvard Medical […]

Saba Ilkhani, MD, MPH

Saba Ilkhani, MD, MPH Research Fellow Mentors: Geoffrey Anderson, MD, MPH Saba Ilkhani, MD, MPH, graduated in 2021 from Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Her main research interests are surgical outcomes, with a specific focus on the long-term outcomes of trauma patients. She is a fellow in the FORTE (functional outcomes and recovery after trauma […]