Our Fellows

Alyssa C. Savelli Binsted, MD, MS
Third Year Fellow

Alyssa attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, VA where she received in 2012 her Bachelor of Science in Biology, with minors in Chemistry and Religion. She then graduated with a Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics in 2014 from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Additionally, Alyssa went on to receive her M.D. degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in 2018 in Roanoke, VA. Shortly after, she went on to complete a residency in OB/GYN at our institute in June 2022, where she was named Academic Chief Resident during her fourth year. Alyssa began her MFM fellowship training in July 2022.

Christiana C. Bitas, MD
Third Year Fellow

Christiana, also known as Chrissie, graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychological & Brain Sciences. She received her M.D. degree from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY in 2018.

Christiana also completed her residency in OB/GYN at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA in June 2022. She was the Obstetrics Quality Improvement Chief from 2021 to 2022 at Tufts Medical Center. Christiana began her MFM fellowship training in July 2022.

Emily E. Nuss, MD
Second Year Fellow

Emily graduated Magna Cum Laude from State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology.  She received her MD degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY in 2019.

Emily completed her OB/GYN residency at ChristianaCare Health System in June 2023.  In college, Emily was a four-year starter for Binghamton University’s Division I women’s soccer team. Emily began her MFM fellowship training in August 2023.

Morgan A. Scaglione, MD
Second Year Fellow

Morgan graduated from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA in 2014 with a Dual Degree Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Psychology.  She received a Masters in Business and Commercial Law from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA in 2015.  She received her M.D. degree from our institute in Norfolk, VA in 2019.

Morgan completed her OB/GYN residency at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, UT in June 2023.  During her time there, she  created a medical-legal partnership between the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters and Regent University School of Law to connect at-risk patients and families in need of affordable legal aid with law school faculty to provide pro-bono work.  Morgan begins her MFM fellowship training in August 2023.

John Carl (JC) Rowe, MD
First Year Fellow

J.C. graduated from the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; History. He received his M.D. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, VA in 2020.

J.C. completed his residency in OB/GYN at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC in June 2024. In residency, J.C. participated in the Teachers of Quality Academy, an AAMC grant-supported initiative developed to train providers in the concepts of quality improvement, patient safety and population health. J.C. begins his MFM fellowship training at EVMS in August 2024

Kaitlin Hufstetler, MD
First Year Fellow

Katie graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia in 2013 with a Bachelor of Biology. She received her M.D. degree from Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in Augusta, GA in 2018.

Katie completed her residency in OB/GYN at Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in June 2022. During residency, she received the Award for Excellence in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery from the American Urogynecologic Society and the Outstanding Minimally Invasive Surgery Resident from the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons. Katie began her MFM fellowship training at EVMS in August 2024.

Katie spent a year at CDC part of the Gilstrap fellowship program on epidemiology research