Current Residents

Chief Residents (2025-2026)

Tyler Cooke, MD
- CP
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical School: Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Future Plans: Molecular Pathology fellowship (Weill Cornell Medicine)
Academic Interest: Molecular pathology, informatics, medical education
Hobbies: Reading, board games, playing clarinet
Sarah Merl (Nee Sabrudin), MBBS
- AP/CP
Hometown: Malaysia
Undergraduate: Sunway College, Malaysia
Medical School: Manipal University, India
Future plans: Dermatopathology fellowship (Montefiore)
Academic Interests: Skin and soft tissue neoplasm, skin transplantation
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, and running
Miriam Snow, MD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate: Barnard College
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Future plans: GI/Liver fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Breast and GI
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, hanging out with my toddler!

PGY4

Tianye Liu, MD, PhD
- AP/CP
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: AP/CP
Hobbies: Anime, Mongolian history, competitive mahjong, music composition
Sarah Merl (Nee Sabrudin), MBBS
- AP/CP, Chief Resident
Hometown: Malaysia
Undergraduate: Sunway College, Malaysia
Medical School: Manipal University, India
Future plans: Dermatopathology, Surgical Pathology
Academic Interests: Transplant and Immunology
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, and running
Miriam Snow, MD
- AP/CP, Chief Resident
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate: Barnard College
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: Breast and GI
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, hanging out with my 6-month-old baby!

PGY3

Tyler Cooke, MD
- CP, Chief Resident
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical School: Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Future Plans: Clinical Informatics fellowship
Academic Interest: Informatics, molecular pathology, medical education
Hobbies: Reading, board games, playing clarinet
Helen Ellsworth, MD
- AP/NP
Hometown: Plymouth, NH
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Future Plans: Neuropathology, Forensics
Academic Interest: Autopsy, neurodegenerative disease
Hobbies: Classical music, painting, Wikipedia
Victoria Iannarone, MD
- CP
Hometown: Jenkintown, PA
Undergraduate: Connecticut College
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Temple University)
Future Plans: TBD
Academic Interest: Women's Health
Hobbies: Figure skating, biking, hiking, & meditation
Jordan Metz, MD, PhD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Goldens Bridge, NY
Undergraduate: McGill University, Montreal, QC
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Future Plans: Molecular pathology and possibly microbiology fellowships
Academic Interests: Computational biology, programming, transcriptional and translational regulation
Hobbies: Foraging and fermenting, botany and mycology, video and board games, and adventuring with my beagle, Butters
Barbara (Bobbie) Pelham-Web, MD, PhD
- CP
Hometown: Reston, VA
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Future Plans: Transfusion Medicine fellowship (New York Blood Center)
Academic Interests: Transfusion medicine, cell & gene therapy, regenerative medicine
Hobbies: Running, hiking, live music, reading sci-fi & fantasy
Zhe (Jason) Zhu, M.Med
- AP/NP
Hometown: Liuzhou, China
Undergraduate: Guangxi Medical University
Medical School: Guangxi Medical University
Future Plans: Neuropathology, surgical pathology
Academic Interest: Neuro-oncology, clinical trials
Hobbies: Jogging, hiking, biking

PGY2

Alberto Ardura-Fabregat, MD, PhD
- AP/NP
Hometown: Madrid, Spain.
Medical School: University of Navarra, Spain (there is no undergrad before med school in Spain)
PhD: Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg, Germany
Future plans: I'm aiming to become a Physician-Scientist.
Academic Interests: Neuroimmunology, autoimmune diseases and neurodegeneration.
Hobbies: Cooking, rock climbing, hiking, playing the piano, biking, running, swimming.
Damon Ceylan, MD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Norwood, NJ
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Future Plans: GI fellowship
Academic Interests: GI fellowship
Hobbies: Pickleball, Soccer, Video Games, Coffee
Luke Dawson, MD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate: Winthrop University
Medical School: Quillen College of Medicine
Future Plans: Continue government service at Veteran’s Administration hospital
Academic Interests: Surgical pathology, public health, forensics
Hobbies: Weight lifting, running, cooking, tie-dye
Peter Koch, MD, PhD
- AP/NP
Hometown: Englewood, NJ
Undergraduate: California Institute of Technology
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Future Plans: Neuropathology, academic research
Academic Interests: CNS tumors, digital pathology, tumor microenvironment, drug discovery
Hobbies: Trying out new cafes and restaurants, exploring NYC, museums, running, tennis
Brandon Litvak, MD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate: Loyola Marymount University
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine-Tel Aviv University
Future Plans: Molecular Pathology, Hematopathology
Academic Interests: Digital Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics, Medical Education
Hobbies: Tea drinking, hiking, reading, video games, going to music shows
Jennifer Quinter, MD
- AP
Hometown: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: Arcadia University
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Future plans: Forensic pathology fellowship
Academic Interests: Forensics
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, fashion design, video games, cats
Kevin Wang, MD, PhD
- AP/CP
Hometown: Edison, NJ
Undergraduate: UCLA
Medical School: UC Irvine
Future plans: GI fellowship
Academic Interests: Molecular microbiology & GI pathology
Hobbies: Video and board games, traveling, watching musicals and drag shows, rubbing my cat Meeko's belly