Our Team

Matthew Chia, MD, MS

Since 2021, Recruitment

 

Matt is an integrated vascular surgery resident at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.  His research has centered on outcomes in vascular surgery and surgical education.  Originally from the Greater Boston Area, he now calls Chicago home base for life as an avid podcast fan, coffee geek, and amateur videographer.  Follow @chia_md

Sharif Ellozy, MD 

 Since 2018

 

Sharif is an Associate Professor of Surgery and in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Program Director for the NYP Vascular Surgery Fellowship. He is passionate about surgical education, and couldn’t be prouder of his trainees. He is an avid swimmer, and in his off time he enjoys music, food, travel and listens to way too many podcasts. Follow @SharifEllozy

Gowri Gowda, MD, MPH

Since 2023

 

Gowri is an integrated vascular surgery resident at UC Davis and completed an MD/MPH at Tulane SOM. She started podcasting through the holding pressure series as a medical student. Since then, she has loved being an active member of Audible Bleeding with a particular interest in the international series. In her spare time she enjoys playing tennis, dancing, and going on culinary and coffeeshop adventures. Follow @gowrigowda11

Adam Johnson, MD, MPH

Since 2018

 

Adam is an assistant professor of surgery at Duke University and at the VA in Durham, NC.  He was a founding member of Audible Bleeding with research interests in reducing disparities in peripheral arterial disease, open source informatics, and quality improvement.  He first fell in love with listening to podcasts while walking his new Italian Greyhound, Pepperoni. Follow @adam_mdmph

Imani McElroy, MD, MPH 

 Since 2021, Senior Editor

 

Imani is a senior general surgery resident at MGH in Boston, MA and has matched into the vascular surgery fellowship at USC in LA, CA.  As a San Francisco Bay Area native, the disparities Imani experienced first-hand serve as motivation to work towards equity within healthcare.  Her research interests include implementation sciences, racial/ethnic and gender disparities within health care and vascular surgery.  Follow @IEMcElroy.

Ezra Schwartz, MD, MS

Since 2023

 

Ezra is an aspiring vascular surgeon and currently a master’s student at Harvard Medical School focusing on technology in medical education. He completed a master’s in narrative medicine at Columbia University and his medical studies at McGill University. His academic interests include patient, student, and surgeon experience and surgical education. Ezra loves skiing, golfing, surfing, the visual arts, and podcasts (of course!). Follow @EzraSchwartz10

Adham Elmously, MD

Editor 2019-2021

 

Amanda Fobare, MD

Editor 2021-2023

 

Kevin Kniery, MD, MPH

Co-Founder, Editor 2018-2023

 

Jacob Schwartzman, MD, MPH

Editor 2019-2023

 

Fanny Allie-Cusson, MD

Elizabeth Andraska, MD

Chris Audu, MD

Mohamed Barkat, MBChB

Sebouh Bazikian

Kirthi Bellamkonda, MD

Laurence Bertrand, MD

Panpan Chen, MD

Joshua Chitwood, MD

Dominique Dockery

Kaitlyn Dunphy, MD

David Ebertz, MD

Thomas Forbes, MD

Alex Forsyth

Rahul Ghosh

Morgan Gold

Francesca Guest, MBChB

Eilidh Gunn, MBChB

Aakanksha Gupta, MD

Chris Henry, MD

Jessie Ho, MD

James Hu, MD

Ali Irshad, MD

Nitin Jethmalani, MD

Lily Johnston, MD

 

 Wes Jones, MD

Sree Kanna, MD

Nedal Katib, MD

Wen Kawaji, MD

Andew Lazar, MD

Young Lee, MD

Philip Lettieri, MD

Lara Lopes, MD

Cullen McCarthy, MD

Daniela Medina, MD

Tomaz Mesar, MD

Ryan Meyer, MD

Mia Miller, MD

Soni Nag, MD

Reginald Nkansah, MD

Andrew Nickinson, MBChB

Anna Ohlsson, MD

Westley Ohman, MD

Natalia Osipchuck

 

 

Oliver Aalami, MD

Chris Abularrage, MD

Ali AbuRahma, MD

Olamide Alabi, MD

Todd Albert, MD

Kenneth Appel, MD

Carlo Angel Sanchez Montano, MD

Edward Arous, MD

Shipra Arya, MD

Bernadette Aulivola, MD

Faisal Aziz, MD

Ali Azzizadeh, MD

John Baber, MD

Leah Backhus, MD

Jonathan Bath, MD

Danielle Bajakian, MD

Donald Baril, MD

Jonathan Bath, MD

Hernan Bazan, MD

Robert Beaulieu, MD

Adam Beck, MD

Rachel Bell, MS FRCS

Ruth Benson, MBCHB, PhD

Xavier Berard, MD

Todd Berland, MD

Daniel Bertges, MD

Jean Bismuth, MD

Paul Blair, MBBS, MD

Saideep Bose, MD

Nina Bowens, MD

Kathryn Bowser, MD

Jonathan Boyle, MD, FRCS

Einar Brevik, MD

Kellie Brown, MD

Avianne Bunnell, MD

Sarah Carlson, MD

Christopher Carston, MD

Wayne Causey, MD

Rabih Chaer, MD

Jesse Chait, MD

Khalil Chamseddin, MD

Venita Chandra, MD

Lisa Cohen

Dawn Coleman, MD

Peter Connolly, MD

Michol Cooper, MD, PhD

Matthew Corriere, MD

James Craven, MD

Jack Cronenwett, MD

Robert Cuff, MD

Carrie Cunningham, MD

Ron Dalman, MD

Alan Dardik, MD, PhD

Ross Davis, MD

Steven Deak, MD

Sarah Deery, MD

Jose Diaz, MD

Paul DiMuzio, MD, MBA

Dominique Dockery

Chelsea Dorsey, MD

Callie Dowdy, MD

Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA

Julie Duke, MD

Audra Duncan, MD

Yasan Duwaryi, MD 

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Matthew Edwards, MD

Eric Endean, MD

John Eidt, MD

Ronald Fairman, MD

Garietta Falls, MD

Alik Farber, MD

Arash Fereydoni, MD

Uwe Fischer, MD

Brian Fisher, MD

Thomas Forbes, MD

Nathaniel Forrester

Julie Freischlag, MD

Patricia Furey, MD

Warren Gasper, MD

Ty Garland, MD

Bruce Gewertz, MD

Kristina Giles, MD

Peter Gloviczki, MD

Alexandra Gobble, MD

Manj Gohel, MD

Philip Goodney, MD, MS

Brad Grimsley, MD

London Guidry, MD

Ali Hakimi

Daniel Han, MD

Sukgu Han, MD

Linda Harris, MD

Caitlyn Hicks, MD, MS

Anil Hingorani, MD

Kim Hodgson, MD 

Neil Hopper, MD, FRCS

Karen Ho, MD

Stephen Houlon, MD

Misty Humphries, MD

Regina Husman, MD

Chris Imray, MBBS, PhD

Michael Jenkins, MD

Geetha Jeyabalan, MD

Jeffrey Jim, MD, MPHS

Carmen Johnson, PhD

Keith Jones, MD

William Jordan, MD

Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD

Loay Kabbani, MD

Sree Kanna, MD

Sophia Kahn, MD

Patrick Kelly, MD

Pratap Khanwilkar, PhD, MBA

Sharon Kiang, MD

Melina Kibbe, MD

Dennis Kim, MD

Melissa Kirkwood, MD

Larry Kraiss, MD

Shivani Kumar, MD

David Kuraguntla, MD

Antonio Lanfranchi, MD

Peter Lawrence, MD

Linda Le, MD

Jason Lee, MD

Brian Leoce

Scott Levin, MD

Judith Lin, MD

Evan Lipsitz, MD

Jim Littlejohn, MD

Joseph Lombardi, MD

Alan Lumsden, MD

Loay Kabbani, MD, MHAS

Vikram Kashyap, MD

Angela Kokkosis, MD

Gregory Magee, MD

Monica Majumdar, MD

Michel Makaroun, MD

Rafael Malgor, MD

Ashraf Mansour, MD

Matthew Martin, MD

Mark Mattos, MD

Jessica Mayor, MD

Katharine McGinigle, MD

Barend Mees, MD

Andrew Meltzer, MD

Matthew Menard, MD

Bernardo Mendes, MD

Erica Mitchell, MD

Joseph Mills, MD

Gregory Modrall, MD

Robert Molnar, MD

Nick Mouawad, MD

Sam Money, MD

Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH

Sandip Nandhra, MBBS, MD

Ross Naylor, MBChB, MD

Peter Nelson, MD

Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD

Andrea Obi, MD

Gustavo Oderich, MD

Osarumen Okunbor, MD

Nicholas Osborne, MD

Robert Patterson, MD

Seth Sankary, MD

 

Marlén Gomez

SVS Marketing

 

Marlén is the Communications Specialist at the Society for Vascular Surgery. She works with Audible Bleeding on website development, social promotion and managing operations for the group.