*Chief Resident 2021

Sally Azer, MD

Hematology / Oncology Fellowship: Emory University (Atlanta, GA)

Undergraduate:  University of Missouri Kansas City (Liberal Arts)

Medical School:  University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine


Doel Dhar, MD

Rheumatology Fellowship: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Undergraduate:  College of William and Mary (Neuroscience)

Graduate:  Virginia Commonwealth University (Neuroscience)

Medical School:  Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine


Susannah Eckman, MD

Palliative Medicine Fellowship: Washington University (St. Louis, MO)

Undergraduate:  Williams College (Chemistry and Art History)

Medical School:  Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University


Leonard Emuren, MD

Infectious Disease Fellowship: Yale University – New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT)

Graduate:  Eastern Virginia Medical School (MPH)

Medical School:  University of Ibadan College of Medicine

Doctorate:  Drexel University (PhD, Epidemiology)


Sheema Gaffar, MD

Neonatal Fellowship: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Undergraduate:  University of California Berkeley (Molecular and Cell Biology: Immunology/Pathogenesis)

Graduate:  University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine (Global Medicine)

Medical School:  Eastern Virginia Medical School


Rebecca Gyi, MD

General Pediatrics - Intellectual Disabilities - Complex Medical Care (Raleigh, NC)

Undergraduate:  Cornell University (Human Biology, Health and Society)

Graduate:  Boston University School of Medicine Graduate Medical Sciences

Medical School:  Wake Forest University School of Medicine


Angelina June, MD

Neonatal Fellowship: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Undergraduate:  University of Maryland (Neurobiology and Physiology); English Language and Literature)

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Neonatology, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Traumatic Brain Injury


Malvika Kapoor, MD

Urgent Care Physician: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)

Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology (Biology)

Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine


Gowry Kulandaivel, MD*

Chief Resident, CHKD/EVMS (Norfolk, Virginia)

Undergraduate: University of Maryland Baltimore County (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine


Rebecca Lundberg, MD

Neonatal Fellowship: Children’s National (Washington, DC)

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin - Madison (Biology)

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health


Jessica O’Neal, MD*

Chief Resident, CHKD/EVMS (Norfolk, Virginia)

Undergraduate: Youngstown State University (Combined Science)

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University


Amy Mackay, MD*

Chief Resident, CHKD/EVMS (Norfolk, Virginia)

Undergraduate: Birmingham - Southern College (Biology and French)

Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine


Rachel Mayer, MD

General Pediatrics Practice:CHKD Medical Group – Liberty Pediatrics (Newport News, VA)

Undergraduate: Old Dominion University (Marine Biology)

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School


Sara McCrate, MD

Global Health Fellowship: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Undergraduate: University of Dayton (Biological Sciences)

Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine


Dana Reynolds, MD

CSG Urgent Care: CHKD (Norfolk, VA)

Undergraduate: George Washington University (Biology/Spanish)

Graduate: Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School


Hannah Rogers-McQuade, MD

General Pediatrics Practice (Philadelphia, PA)

Undergraduate:  Saint Joseph's University (Biology)

Graduate: Saint Joseph's University (Health Care Ethics)

Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University


Callie Roth, MD

Hospitalist Medicine Fellowship: Louisiana State University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)

Undergraduate: Clemson University (Political Science)

Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine


Susie Samreth, MD

General Pediatrician: Community Health Center (Boston, MA)

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin - Madison (Biomedical Engineering)

Graduate: Northwestern University (Biomedical Engineering with Cert in Global Health Technology)

Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine


Roshni Sheth, MD

Private Pediatrics Practice: West Alabama Pediatrics (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Undergraduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Molecular Biology)

Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine


Sara Smith, MD*

Chief Resident, CHKD/EVMS (Norfolk, Virginia)

Undergraduate: College of Charleston (Biochemistry/Spanish)

Graduate: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Reproductive and Cancer Biology)

Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo


April Venn, MD

Acute Care Physician - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Emergency Medicine: CUMC (New York, NY)

Undergraduate: University of Virginia (History, Middle Eastern Studies)

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth


Lana Zhang, MD

Neonatal Fellowship: UNC (Chapel Hill, NC)

Undergraduate: University of Maryland - Baltimore County (Biological Science/English Literature)

Medical School: Meharry Medical College