Lab Members
    
Our Staff
    
    
    
        
            M.D. – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Internal Medicine Residency – New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY
Gastroenterology Fellowship – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
        
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
Internal Medicine Residency – The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Internal Medicine Residency – Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT
Gastroenterology Fellowship – Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Liver Diseases Fellowship – NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
M.H.Sc. – Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – University of Witwatersrand Medical school
Internal Medicine Residency – Georgetown University Hospital
Viral Hepatitis Fellowship – NIAID, Bethesda, MD
Gastroenterology Fellowship – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Liver Diseases Fellowship – NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Internal Medicine Residency – University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Internal Medicine Residency – VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Gastroenterology Fellowship – VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Jefferson Medical College)
Internal Medicine Residency – Boston University Medical Center
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship – Columbia University-New York Presbyterian Hospital
Transplant Hepatology Fellowship – Columbia University-New York Presbyterian Hospital
Transplant Hepatology Attending, Assistant Professor – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Gastroenterology
Transplant Hepatology Attending, Assistant Professor – Georgetown University, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
         
 
    
    
        
        Senior Research Physician
            
     
        
            M.D. – Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands-Antilles
M.H.Sc. - Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Internal Medicine Residency – Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD 
Liver Diseases Fellowship – NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
Gastroenterology Fellowship – University of Maryland/NIH Scholars Program, Baltimore, MD & Bethesda, MD
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
M.Sc. – Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Internal Medicine Residency – Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tiqwa, Israel
Gastroenterology Fellowship – Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tiqwa, Israel
Liver Diseases Fellowship – NIDDK, Bethesda, MD
         
 
    
    
        
            M.D. – Queens University Faculty of Health Sciences, Kingston, Canada
Internal Medicine Residency – Mt. Sinai Hosptial University, Toronto, Canada
Gastroenterology Fellowship – University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Liver Diseases Fellowship – Stanford University, Stanford, CA
         
 
 
Clinical Specialists
    
    
    
        
Jaha Norman-Wheeler, BA, RN, CCRC        
        Supervisory Nurse Manager
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Patricia Alcivar        
        Patient Care Coordinator
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Jose Linan        
        Patient Care Coordinator
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Elenita M. Rivera, BSN, RN        
        Research Nurse Specialist
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Shani C. Scott, BSN, RN        
        Research Nurse Specialist
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Alaina Magnani, RN        
        Research Nurse Specialist
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
    
        
Dolma T. Lama BSN, RN        
        Research Nurse Specialist
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
        
Camelia D. Achondo BSN, RN        
        Research Nurse Specialist
            
     
        
             
        
 
    
        
    
 
            Last Reviewed October 2024