Our Team

Sarah Kimball, MD
(Co) Director
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Claire Oppenheim, MPH
Director of Operations
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Joelle Taos Taknint, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Director of Behavioral Health / Clinical Psychologist
Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Lily Sonis, LICSW, MPH
Program Director
Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Maithri Ameresekere, MD, MSc, PMH-C
Director of Women's Mental Health Program
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)

Camila Pescetto, MSW
Case Manager
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Mitsouka Exantus
Medical Case Manager
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Sara Bayoumi, CHW
Community Health Worker
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center 

Salma Amin, MPH
Senior Research Assistant
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Jessica Brandao
Patient Care Coordinator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Hailyn Yoon
Administrative Coordinator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR)

Casey Waskiewicz
Program Assistant
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Josselyn Cooksey, CHW
Community Health Worker / Citizenship and Immigration Rights Navigator
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Audrey Montgomery, MSW 
RWHC Case Manager 
BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Sondra Crosby, MD
Director of Immigrant & Refugee Health Program
Director of FMEG
Department of General Internal Medicine

Nicolette Oleng, MD
Director of Resident Education for Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Lucy Schulson, MD, MPH
Primary Care Physician
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program
Department of General Internal Medicine

Aissatou Gueye, NP
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Jordana Laks, MD, MPH
Primary Care Physician 
Immigrant & Refugee Health Program 
Department of General Internal Medicine

Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH
Director of Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Senior Advisor for BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC)
Department of Psychiatry

Dana Rous, LICSW
Associate Dir. of Client Services
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Elissa Bargas, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Sandra Mattar, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychologist
Training Director
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Rudra Darai, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Resham Gellatly, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Sofia Vivoni Corominas, MD
Attending Psychiatrist
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry

Anissa Dickerson, CNM, MSN, MPH
Director of Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Alexandra Belcher-Obejero-Paz, MD, MPH
Physician
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Rasha Khoury, MD, MPH
Physician
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Katharine Hutchinson, CNM
Midwife
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Kettie Louis, DNP, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC
OBGYN Nurse Practitioner
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ingrid St. Hill
Care Coordinator
Refugee Women's Health Clinic (RWHC)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Elisa Portz
Career Counselor
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (BCRHHR)
Department of Psychiatry