Getting to Know You: Q&As with faculty joining the Department of Medicine in 2023-2024

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The Department of Medicine is excited to introduce many of the new faculty members who joined us between September 2023 and the end of October 2024.

Each has been invited to tell us a little more about what drew them to the Department of Medicine, as well as their primary professional focus, first year hopes and dreams, hobbies and interests, and their favorite piece of advice from a mentor or inspiring figure. You can read a faculty member's Q&A by clicking their name if it is linked.

Please join us in welcoming our incredible new faculty!

Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine

  • Ariel Bodker, MD
  • Peter Mason, MD, MPH
  • Vrunda Patel, DO
  • Stephen Philip, MD, MS
  • Aditya Sahai, MD
  • Colton Thompson, MD
  • Sarah Thordsen, MD
  • Veli Topkara, MD, MSc
  • Cydney Zeman, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

General Internal Medicine

Geriatrics and Gerontology

  • Jon Leja, MD

Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care

Hospital Medicine

Infectious Disease

Nephrology

Rheumatology