Founded by pediatric trainees and empowered by departmental leadership, our team is now composed of pediatric residents, chief residents, experts in medical education, faculty and department chairs.
Resident Team
Alexandra Power-Hays MD
Co-Leader
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Tyler Rainer MD
Co-Leader
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Faraz Alizadeh MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Cynthia Akagbosu MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Daniel Zheng MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Beverly Aiyanyor MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Destiny Tolliver MD
Chief Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Kristan Scott MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Rohini Jain MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Eliza Szuch MD
Resident, Boston Combined Residency Program
Faculty Leadership
Heather Hsu MD, MPH
Faculty Co-Leader
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Caroline Kistin MD, MPH
Faculty Co-Leader
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Joanna Perdomo MD
General Academic Pediatrics Fellow
Boston Children's Hospital
Katherine Nash MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University
Pediatric Hospitalist, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Catherine Michelson MD, MMS
Program Director, Boston Combined Residency Program
Assistant Professor and Karp Family Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Robert J Vinci MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Contact Us
If you would like to learn more about Health Equity Rounds at Boston Medical Center or how to start a Health Equity Rounds at your own institution please send us an email at HealthEquityRounds@bmc.org.
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