Orthopaedic Residents PGY1 Troy Amen, MD, MBA, grew up on the Florida- Austin Camron Kaidi, MD, MSc, grew up in Orange Georgia line in Tallahassee, Fl. He attended County, California. For his undergraduate education Columbia University, where he studied philosophy. he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, After graduating he worked as a high school teacher where he received his degree in microbiology, in Chicago teaching 9th grade biology. Troy received immunology, and molecular genetics. Following his medical degree from Harvard Medical School graduation, he received a master’s in public health and also completed an MBA at Harvard Business from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical School. In his free time, he enjoys shooting hoops, Medicine. Austin then moved to New York and watching Fresh Prince, mentoring his former earned his medical degree from the Columbia students, and attending church-related activities University Vagelos College of Physicians and with his wife. Surgeons. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, visiting museums, and finding new favorite Joshua Turner Bram, MD, was born and raised in restaurants in the city. State College, PA. He received his undergraduate degree from Penn State University, where he studied Don Tianmu Li, MD, PhD, was born in China but biology and immunology. After graduation, Josh grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. He moved to Philadelphia to attend the Perelman School attended Yale University for undergraduate of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. While biochemistry studies and stayed at Yale School of there, he spent an additional year as a Benjamin Fox Medicine for the Medical Scientist Training Program. Orthopedic Research Fellow at the Children’s Hospital There he completed his medical degree as well as a of Philadelphia. In his free time, Josh enjoys hiking, PhD in cell biology. In his free time, Don enjoys playing soccer, cheering on Penn State football, and Broadway shows, virtual reality, audiobooks, and trying new restaurants with his wife. strategic board games. Ryann Davie, MD, was born and raised in the Jung Kee (Anthony) Mok, MD, was born in South suburbs of Atlanta, GA. She attended the University Korea and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended of Oregon for undergraduate studies, where she Georgia Tech, where he earned his undergraduate concentrated in human physiology and chemistry. degree in biology. After graduation, he spent one year There, she was the captain of the varsity women’s working at a basic science research lab at Georgia soccer team. After graduation, she spent two years Tech, studying molecular mechanisms of working at Emory Sports Medicine and also coaching bioremediation. He then moved to New York City to soccer. Ryann earned her medical degree from the receive his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College of Georgia. In her free time, she Medicine. In his free time, he enjoys playing enjoys playing soccer, golf, and tennis. She is an avid basketball, cheering for the Atlanta sports teams, and Oregon Ducks fan and supports all Atlanta sports spending time with his family and friends. teams. Rafa Rahman, MD, MPH, was born in Dhaka, Hailey Paige Huddleston, MD, was born and raised Bangladesh, and grew up in northern Virginia. She in New York City. She completed her undergraduate attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for education at Brown University, where she her undergraduate studies, where she majored in concentrated in neuroscience and fenced epee for biological engineering and minored in public policy. Brown’s varsity fencing team. Following a year She received her medical degree from the Johns conducting neurology research at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hopkins University School of Medicine, during which Hailey completed her medical degree at SUNY time she also earned her Master of Public Health Downstate in Brooklyn. During her medical training, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Hailey spent an additional year performing research Health. In her free time, Rafa enjoys getting outdoors, within the Sports Medicine Division of Midwest traveling, and exploring the city with her husband, Orthopedics at Rush in Chicago. In her free time, friends, and family. Hailey enjoys sketching, hiking in state parks, and finding the best pizza in NYC. Nathan Varady, MD, MBA, grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his undergraduate studies, where he majored in mechanical engineering and was captain of the varsity football team. Nathan received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. In his free time, he enjoys cheering on the Arkansas Razorbacks, listening to music, and spending time on the lake or in the mountains.HSS Education Institute Academic Year 2021–2022
Orthopaedic Residents PGY2 Francesca (Frannie) Coxe, MD, grew up in Blake Meza, MD, grew up in Denville, New Jersey, Southern California in the small beach town of San and attended Georgetown University, earning a Clemente. Frannie attended Yale University where bachelor’s degree in human science. After she majored in psychology and played varsity graduation, he attended the Perelman School of soccer. After graduating, she completed a post- Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. There, baccalaureate program at Goucher College. She Blake spent an additional year completing the earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine. Benjamin Fox Orthopaedic Research Fellowship at For fun, Frannie enjoys playing soccer, basketball, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In his free and golf, cheering on Manchester United, cooking, time, Blake enjoys running, playing basketball, traveling, and spending time with her family. passionately cheering on the Yankees and Georgetown Hoyas, and seeking out new cuisines and craft beer. Heather Haeberle, MD, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She attended the University of Texas Karthik Nathan, MD, grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, at Austin for her undergraduate studies, where she and went to college at Georgia Tech, where he majored in biomedical engineering. Heather earned studied Biomedical Engineering and German. He her medical degree from the Baylor College of attended medical school at Stanford University. He Medicine. In her free time, she enjoys running played and coached club ultimate frisbee during outdoors, skiing, watching Texas Longhorns football, college and medical school and is also an avid golfer traveling, and spending time with friends and family. and basketball and tennis player. When he’s not working, Karthik tries not to miss a single Georgia Gregory Kazarian, MD, was born and raised in Tech football or basketball game and loves Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his supporting his hometown Atlanta sports teams undergraduate degree from Princeton University, (though they tend not to love him back)! Outside of where he majored in molecular biology. During sports, he loves going to the movies, trying new college, he also worked in the CD Diagnostics restaurants and bars, and flying around the country laboratory, where he assisted in the research and and world to visit friends and family. development of the Synovasure® test, a biomarker assay for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint Sreetha Sidharthan, MD, was born in Kerala, India, infection. Following graduation, he spent two years and grew up in Seattle. She attended the University performing orthopaedic research at the Rothman of Washington and majored in biochemistry. Upon Institute in Philadelphia. Greg received his medical graduating, Sreetha spent two years at the National degree from Washington University in St. Louis Institutes of Health managing clinical drug trials for School of Medicine. In his free time, he enjoys water hepatitis C treatment. She received her medical sports, running, skiing, and spending time with degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at family and friends. UCLA, during which time she spent an additional year performing research with the pediatric orthopaedic department at HSS. Outside of the Kyle Kunze, MD, grew up in Collings Lakes, New hospital, Sreetha enjoys running around Central Jersey. He attended the University of Chicago where Park, traveling, exploring museums, and spending he received a bachelor of science degree with time with friends and loved ones. honors in the biological sciences and played varsity football. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. In his free time, Alexander White, MD, was born and raised in Kyle enjoys weightlifting, traveling, and cooking. Summit, New Jersey and attended Delbarton School for his high school years. Alex completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University, Scott LaValva, MD, grew up in Bangor, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in Pennsylvania. As an undergraduate at Franklin economics. While at Harvard, he was a 4-year & Marshall College, he studied biochemistry and member and USILA Scholar All-American on the played running back on the varsity football team. men’s varsity lacrosse team. Alex completed his He received his medical degree from the Perelman medical degree at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University. During his free time, where he spent an additional year as a clinical he enjoys spending time with his wife, all types of research fellow at the Children’s Hospital of exercise, playing golf and rooting for New York Philadelphia. He enjoys playing with his dog, pick-up sports teams. basketball, and home brewing beer.HSS Education Institute Academic Year 2021–2022
Orthopaedic Residents PGY3 Alex Anatone, MD, was born and raised in Vincentius (Jeremy) Suhardi, MD, PhD, was born Providence, Rhode Island. He attended and raised in Surabaya, Indonesia. He attended Northeastern University, where he received his California Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience. Upon bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a graduation, Alex spent one year conducting master’s degree in chemistry. Afterward, Jeremy translational medical research at Dana Farber moved to Boston to join the Harvard Medical Cancer Institute. He then moved to New York City School-Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his medical degree at Columbia Medical Scientist Training Program where he University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In his completed a PhD in medical engineering and medical free time, Alex enjoys cooking, skiing, woodworking physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. and spending time with family and friends. In his free time, Jeremy enjoys listening to music, playing badminton, and spending time with family. Kathryn Barth, MD, grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. She attended the University of Pennsylvania for her Ryan Thacher, MD, grew up in Los Angeles, undergraduate degree where she studied health and California. He attended Stanford University where societies, concentrating in healthcare markets and he majored in history and captained the varsity finance, and was a member of the varsity soccer tennis team. After graduating, Ryan played team. She earned her medical degree from professional tennis for a year before completing a Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. year-long post-baccalaureate pre-medical program In her free time, she enjoys spending time with at Goucher College. He conducted orthopaedic friends and family, playing and watching sports, trauma research at HSS prior to receiving his trying different workout classes, and listening to true medical degree from Columbia University. When crime podcasts. he’s not working, Ryan enjoys playing sports, including basketball, soccer, tennis and golf, listening to country music and exploring the NYC Patawut Bovonratwet, MD, was born and raised in restaurant scene with his wife. Bangkok, Thailand. He first arrived in the United States to pursue a college degree at Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Tyler Uppstrom, MD, was born and raised in biomedical engineering and completed an additional Sutton, Massachusetts. He attended Washington major in applied mathematics and statistics. He then University in St. Louis, where he received his enrolled in the MD program at Yale University School bachelor’s degree in psychology and played on the of Medicine. In his free time, Patawut enjoys traveling, club soccer team. He spent one year at HSS as a cooking, and going on food tours with his wife. clinical research coordinator for the Pediatric Orthopaedics Department before receiving his Yusef Jordan, MD, grew up in Palos Verdes, medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. California, a small suburb outside of Los Angeles. He In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, basketball, attended Harvard College, where he majored in and soccer, and spending time family and friends. neurobiology with a minor in economics. After graduating from college, he spent two years back in Brian Yang, MD, was born and raised in Los Angeles working at Harbor-UCLA Medical Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Harvard Center and also worked as a tutor. Yusef received his University where he majored in neurobiology with a medical degree from Washington University in St. minor in economics. After graduation, Brian spent a Louis School of Medicine. In his free time, he enjoys year break dancing in San Francisco while also playing basketball, attempting to play the guitar, and performing clinical research at UCSF. He returned to spending time with friends and family. Boston to earn his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and spent an additional year Julia Retzky, MD, grew up in the northern suburbs conducting research in pediatric orthopaedic of Chicago. She attended Northwestern University, surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. In his free where she studied biology and psychology and also time, Brian continues to dance, enjoys playing played varsity field hockey. After graduating from football, and is a lifelong Michigan Wolverines fan. college, she spent one year as a pre-med intern at Stetson Powell Orthopedics in Los Angeles, California. She earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In her free time, she enjoys working out, watching Northwestern sports, and trying new restaurants.HSS Education Institute Academic Year 2021–2022
Orthopaedic Residents PGY4 Jennifer Bido, MD, MPH, was born in the Drake LeBrun, MD, MPH, grew up in Austin, Texas. Dominican Republic and raised in Queens, He received his undergraduate degree from Rice New York. She attended Stanford University for University in biochemistry and cell biology. Upon her undergraduate studies, where she majored in graduating, Drake spent one year abroad human biology and was a member of the rugby researching global surgical inequities on a Watson team. After graduating, Jen spent two years Fellowship. He received his medical degree from the working at HSS in the motion analysis laboratory. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of She earned her medical degree from Harvard Pennsylvania and earned a master in public health Medical School and spent a year at the Harvard degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public T.H. Chan School of Public Health obtaining an Health. Drake enjoys traveling, running, and planning MPH. In her free time, Jen is an avid New York food tours with his family. He is interested in ARJR. sports fan who loves fitness classes, cooking, and traveling with her husband. She has a fellowship Nathaniel Ondeck, MD, MHS, was born and raised interest in adult reconstruction and joint in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Carnegie replacement. Mellon University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and completed an Edward (Grant) Carey, MD, grew up in northern additional major in biomedical engineering. He Michigan, in the small town of Higgins Lake. He then enrolled in the MD/MHS program at the Yale attended Kalamazoo College, where he earned a School of Medicine. In his free time, Nathaniel double major in biology and business and played enjoys playing soccer and spending time with his varsity basketball and soccer. Grant pursued his family and friends. He is interested in ARJR. medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School. In his free time, he enjoys playing Yuri Pompeu, MD, PhD, was born in Brazil and basketball, watching University of Michigan football, moved to the US to pursue a college degree. While at and spending time with family. He has a fellowship Murray State University, he played varsity tennis and interest in Sports Medicine. earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Upon graduation, he went to the University of Florida where he completed his doctoral studies in enzyme Christopher DeFrancesco, MD, grew up in the engineering and immunology. Afterwards, Yuri suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. Chris attended Carnegie moved to Boston and obtained his medical degree Mellon University, where he was a member of the from Harvard Medical School. In his spare time, he varsity football team. After graduating with a degree enjoys the great outdoors, tennis, basketball, in mechanical engineering and biomedical following the Florida Gators, and playing the drums. engineering, he worked as a mechanical engineer for Whenever possible he travels to Florida to visit his two years in his hometown. Chris went on to earn his mother and to Brazil to visit the rest of his family. His medical degree from the Perelman School of fellowship interest is in spine. Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018. On a free day, you may find him out for a run, watching college football, or rooting for his favorite Gregory Schimizzi, MD, PhD, grew up in Pittsburgh sports teams. His fellowship interest is in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended the pediatric orthopaedics and sports medicine. University of North Carolina where he studied biology, chemistry, and music. Greg moved to St. Louis to join the Washington University School of Ameer Elbuluk, MD, was born and raised in Akron, Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program where Ohio. He attended Princeton University, where he he completed a PhD in molecular cell biology, as well graduated with a degree in economics and a minor as his medical degree. In his free time, Greg enjoys in global health and health policy. He was also a music, guitar, running, and soccer. His specialty member of the varsity basketball team. Ameer interest is in orthopaedic trauma attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, during which he spent an additional year completing a research fellowship in the Division of Karim Shafi, MD, was born and raised in Newark, Adult Reconstructive Surgery at NYU Hospital for Delaware. He attended the University of Joint Diseases. In his free time, he enjoys playing Pennsylvania where he majored in biological basis of and watching sports, traveling, trying new coffee behavior and was a member of the varsity wrestling shops, and spending time with family and friends. team. He remained in Philadelphia to complete his Ameer’s fellowship interest is in adult reconstruction medical degree at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of and joint replacement (ARJR). Thomas Jefferson University. Outside of medicine, Karim enjoys mixed martial arts (MMA) and lifting weights, cooking, and listening to a wide array of music, from classical to electronic. His fellowship interest is in spine.HSS Education Institute Academic Year 2021–2022
Orthopaedic Residents PGY5 John (Yianni) Apostolakos, MD, is originally from Claire Eliasberg, MD, was born in New York, but grew Rochester, New York. He attended the University of up in Jacksonville, Florida and San Diego, California. Connecticut as an undergraduate and competed on She attended Yale University where she majored in the the football team during his four years before history of science and medicine. She was also the matriculating into medical school. Yianni is an avid captain of the lacrosse team. She received her medical sports fan and grew up watching the Buffalo Bills and degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Buffalo Sabres. Yianni enjoys spending time with his Claire enjoys water sports, skiing, hiking, running, family by walking in Central Park, trying different spending time with her friends and family, and trying restaurants throughout the city, and traveling. They will new restaurants with her husband. Claire will stay at be moving to Colorado in 2022 where Yianni will be HSS for a sports medicine fellowship. completing a sports medicine fellowship at the Steadman Clinic/Steadman Philipon Research Bridget Ellsworth, MD, is originally from the suburbs Institute. of Chicago, Illinois. Bridget attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in the biological basis Lauren Barber, MD, was born and raised in Mequon, of behavior and played on the softball team. She stayed Wisconsin. She received her undergraduate degree from at Penn for medical school and decided to pursue a Harvard College in molecular and cellular biology with a career in orthopaedic surgery because she enjoyed the minor in history of science. While in college, Lauren diversity of cases and patient population. Bridget likes threw shot put, discus, hammer, and weight for the to run, try new restaurants, play sports, watch the Cubs varsity track and field team and wrote her senior thesis win, and spend time with family and friends. She is on osteogenesis imperfecta. Lauren earned her medical headed to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a degree from Harvard Medical School, where she fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics next year. continued studying osteogenesis imperfecta during a year-long research fellowship at the NIH. Lauren enjoys Mark Langhans, MD, PhD, was born and raised in spending time with family and friends, playing classical Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He completed a bachelor of bass, and cheering for the Green Bay Packers and science degree at the University of Notre Dame. Mark Milwaukee Bucks. She is headed to Emory University in continued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh in Atlanta, Georgia for spine fellowship next year. the Medical Scientist Training Program where he earned a PhD in molecular genetics and developmental biology Christopher Brusalis, MD, was born and raised in as well as his medical degree. Mark enjoys skiing, Long Island, New York. He completed his working out, and trying new restaurants. He is an avid undergraduate education at Yale University where he Notre Dame and Pittsburgh sports fan. He is headed to majored in history and molecular biophysics and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for a fellowship in sports biochemistry. Upon graduating, Christopher spent medicine next year. two years working as an HIV counselor and researcher in New York City. He then received his medical degree Kyle Morse, MD, graduated with a B.S. in mechanical from the Perelman School of Medicine at the engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He University of Pennsylvania. Christopher enjoys subsequently finished a post-baccalaureate program at watching and playing basketball, traveling, and trying Columbia University and completed medical school at new restaurants with his family. He is headed to Rush Weill Cornell Medical College. He enjoys skiing, University in Chicago, Illinois for a fellowship in sports automobile racing, soccer, and photography. His medicine next year. fellowship interest is in ARJR. Daniel Driscoll, MD, was raised in a suburb of Buffalo, Tony Shen, MD,grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He New York. He attended Harvard College where he attended Harvard College where he graduated with a earned a bachelor of arts degree in human evolutionary degree in neurobiology and a minor in East Asian biology and was a four-year member of the varsity studies. He earned his medical degree at Washington football team. Daniel continued his studies at Harvard University in St. Louis. Tony enjoys tennis, basketball, Medical School, where he earned his medical degree. In BrazilianJiu-jitsu, hiking, cooking, eating, and spending his free time, Dan enjoys traveling abroad, lifting time with his wife. Tony will remain at HSS for an ARJR weights, and cooking. After his residency, he will be fellowship. staying at HSS for a fellowship in adult reconstruction and joint replacement (ARJR). Joshua Wright-Chisem, MD, was born and raised in Chicago. He attended Morehouse College where he received his bachelor of arts in Spanish and was captain of the varsity baseball team. He attended medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. For fun, Josh loves playing basketball, traveling, and working with kids. He and his wife are enjoying their adventures in New York! His fellowship interest is in sports medicine.HSS Education Institute Academic Year 2021–2022
