Department of Medicine

Gastroenterology Fellows

Master
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First-Year Fellows

Terms
Basim

Item Term
Basim Ali, M.B.B.S.

Item Definition

Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Basim.Ali@bcm.edu

Jinna

Item Term
Jinna Chu, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Jinna.Chu@bcm.edu

Conrad

Item Term
Conrad Fernandes, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Conrad.Fernandes@bcm.edu

Franciska

Item Term
Franciska Gudenkauf, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Franciska.Gudenkauf@bcm.edu

Disha

Item Term
Disha Kumar, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Resident: Baylor College of Medicine
Disha.Kumar@Bcm.edu

Taylor

Item Term
Taylor Riggs, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas HSC at Houston
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Taylor.Riggs@bcm.edu

Emmanuel

Item Term
Emmanuel Palomera Tejada, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Universidad de Guadalajara Centro
Residency: Cook County Health & Hospital System
Chief Resident: Cook County Health & Hospital System
Emmanuel.PalomeraTejeda@bcm.edu

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Second-Year Fellows

Terms
Jake

Item Term
Jake Jacob, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Jake.Jacob@bcm.edu

Kristeen

Item Term
Kristeen Onyirioha, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas HSC at San Antonio 
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
Kristeen.Onyirioha@bcm.edu

Frederick

Item Term
Frederick Peng, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Resident: Baylor College of Medicine
Frederick.Peng@bcm.edu

Ashwin

Item Term
Ashwin Rao, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern 
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
Ashwin.Rao@bcm.edu

Gabriel

Item Term
Gabriel Sandoval, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas HSC at Houston 
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chief Resident: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Gabriel.Sandoval@bcm.edu

Nathaniel

Item Term
Nathaniel Spezia-Lindner, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine 
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Nathaniel.Spezia-Lindner@bcm.edu

Shaleen

Item Term
Shaleen Vasavada, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine 
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Shaleen.Vasavada@bcm.edu

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Third-Year Fellows

Terms
Teminioluwa

Item Term
Farid Abushamat, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: Tulane University
Residency: University of California San Diego
Farid.Abushamat@bcm.edu

Farid

Item Term
Teminioluwa Ajayi, M.D., MPH

Item Definition

Medical School: Duke University
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Teminioluwa.Ajayi@bcm.edu

Shivani

Item Term
Shivani Kastuar, M.D.

Item Definition

Chief Fellow

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Shivani.Kastuar@bcm.edu

Peter

Item Term
Thien-Bao Nguyen, M.D. (Peter)

Item Definition

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Thien-Bao.Nguyen@bcm.edu

David

Item Term
David Szafron, M.D., MS

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Resident: Baylor College of Medicine
David.Szafron@bcm.edu

Anthony

Item Term
Anthony Xu, M.D.

Item Definition

Chief Fellow

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Anthony.Xu@bcm.edu

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Fourth-Year T32 Fellow

Terms
Ronald

Item Term
Ronald Samuel, M.D.

Item Definition

Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch
Ronald.Samuel@bcm.edu