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

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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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