Our Residents
Our residents are truly what set our program apart. Joining us from across the country and the around the world, they represent many of the best medical schools and bring a wide variety of lived experiences. What they all share is a deep dedication to social justice and improving the care we all deliver to our patients. The Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at Mount Sinai is designed to foster a team approach to patient care and learning. An essential component of that is creating an environment of friendship, camaraderie and well-being among residents and between residents, faculty and staff.
PGY-1s
Krysta Aris, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Undergraduate: Syracuse University Medical School: Meharry Medica College Career Interests: Primary care, adolescent medicine, medical education Personal Interests: Cooking/baking, traveling, reading Ask me about: My plants, food and music
Jasmin Espinal, DO
Hometown: Queens, NY Undergraduate: State University of New York at Oneonta Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University Career Interest: Community-based health care, mentorship/med-ed, rheumatology Personal Interest: Nutrition, cooking, espresso Ask me about: My time in New Mexico, curly hair products, interior design
Christina Garcés, MD
Hometown: New York, NY Undergraduate: Simon’s Rock College of Bard Medical School: Temple University Career interests: Street medicine, harm reduction, addiction medicine, healthcare for criminalized populations - ie. healthcare for sex workers, undocumented persons, unhoused/housing-insecure and incarcerated populations, gender-affirming care, community health worker/promatora-based healthcare programs, medical education, medicine as social justice, ultrasound & emergency medicine Personal interests: Reading, painting, history, working against systems of oppression, decriminalization, Nutella, sunshine, naps, naps in sunshine Ask me about: Street medicine projects, why sex work is real and valuable work, my latest favorite book, the best playgrounds in East Harlem, and being a single mom in residency
Mary Thomas, MD
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Undergraduate: Middlebury College Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School Career Interests: Global Health, Cardiology, Heme/Onc Personal Interests: Primary care, transitions, disabilities and/or technology dependence, palliative care, medical education Ask Me About: Winter, riding bikes, missing mountains, free audiobooks from the library
PGY-2s
Daniel Cabrera, MD
Hometown: North Plainfield, NJ Undergraduate: Rutgers University - New Brunswick Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Career Interests: Primary Care, Cabrera Care Center (CCC Personal Interests: Movies, story telling, gaming Ask me about: Un Verano Sin Ti, Who I main in Apex/Smash
Christopher Garcia-Wilde, MD
Hometown: Miramar, FL Undergraduate: University of Florida Medical School: University of Miami Career Interest: Addiction medicine, HIV medicine, primary care, and public health Personal Interest: Prison abolition, R&B music, seafood, books, and museums Ask me about: NYC beaches, harm reduction, and my favorite takeout spots
Julian Medina, MD
Hometown: New York, NY Undergraduate: Brown University Medical School: Brown University Career interests: Gender-affirming care, social medicine, language access healthcare, heme/onc, ID Personal interests: Karaoke, weightlifting, cats Ask me about: My research during my med school gap year, my favorite Bad Bunny song, the best way to cook plantains, the best food spots in Washington Heights/Inwood
Nonye Odukwe, MD
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria Undergraduate: Columbia University Medical School: SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Career Interests: Global Health, Cardiology, Heme/Onc Personal Interests: Classic movies, Archie Comics, museum exhibits, long walks Ask Me About: My intern schedule, reacquainting myself with Manhattan, my wellness activities
PGY-3s
Karim Abdel Jalil, DO
Hometown: Westbrook, CT Undergraduate: University of Connecticut Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Career Interests: Primary Care, Home Visits, Refugee Health, Cardiology, Incarceration Medicine Personal Interests: History, reading, coffee, and revolution Ask me about: My giant family, I have 60 first cousins.
Elizabeth Batista, MD
Hometown: Corona, NY Undergraduate: Barnard College Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Career Interest: Primary care, community-based healthcare, health equity, medical education Personal Interest: Strength training, plants, baking, travel, hiking, biking Ask me about: My plants, personal finance, poetry slams in the city
Claire Garpestad, MD
Hometown: Boston, MA Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School Career interests: Possibly primary care/adolescent medicine with a focus on caring for individuals with substance use disorders in life transitions, but I’m also loving a bit of everything so far so stay tuned! Personal interests: Exploring the NYC food scene, pretending I’m going for a run but instead getting lost and sitting in Central Park for hours, city-biking everywhere Ask me about: Being a first time New Yorker after many years in the Midwest, my search for the best BEC near Sinai, my deep love of Ann Arbor, MI (go blue!)
Clare Idehen, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine Career Interests: Primary Care, ACEs/trauma informed care, healthcare for incarcerated populations, homeless medicine, advocacy, academic medicine, holistic health Personal Interests: Dismantling systems of oppression Ask Me About: Best spots to picnic in Central Park, my favorite books, NYC vegan food recommendations, how many playlist I have in my Spotify library
PGY-4s
Jasmine Blake, MD, MSPH
Hometown: Snow Hill, MD Undergraduate: Towson University Graduate: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine Career Interests: Developmental disabilities, complex care, international health, community-based healthcare, narrative medicine Personal Interests: Gardening, photography, snorkeling/traveling, writing, and football (Go Ravens/Roll Tide) Ask me about: Why my co-residents call me "abuelita", my plants's names, bargain shopping, or why Marylanders are obsessed with our flag/state
Amara L. Davidson, MD
Hometown: New York, NY (Harlem) Undergraduate: University of Miami Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine Career Interest: Primary Care, Critical Care, Urban Planning, Health Policy, Systemic inequities in healthcare Personal Interest: Travel, Binge Watching Reality TV, Basketball, Swimming, all things R&B Ask me about: Living with ‘Hurt Bae’ for a year, my newest nephew Ronald Anthony, my sister’s names
Adam Kraus, MD, MPH
Hometown: Clearwater, FL Undergraduate: Dartmouth College Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Career interests: Primary care, global health, medical education, advocacy Personal interests: Being a dog dad, short-sleeve button downs, traveling, being eternally young (#leapdaybaby) Ask me about: That time I crossed an international border via dugout canoe
Damián Suárez, MD, MA
Hometown: Bronx NY, & Edison NJ Undergraduate: Rutgers University, NJ Medical School: Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, Havana, Cuba Career Interests: Too many: global health, primary care, community medicine, neonatology, geriatrics, palliative care, medical education... Personal Interests: Jiu-jitsu, pizza making, high quality chocolates, languages Ask Me About: Amara getting run over by a bike taxi, craigslist bicycles, Cuba
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