Meet Inspira Advantage’s Residency Experts

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Dr. Katherine M.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Munoz attended Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine before becoming a resident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With over 10 years of experience in advising and tutoring students and five years in selecting, interviewing, and ranking applicants for medical school and residency. She currently sits on the admissions committee for the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program at the University of Wisconsin.

University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Donohue is a clinical fellow in the Harvard-affiliated Boston combined Residency Program in Pediatrics. She served on the admissions committee at the UMass Chan School of Medicine and received national grants for her health services research. She also spent four years as an MMI rater for the UMass admissions committee.

Dr. Lance Louis M.

Texas Tech Health Science Center School of Medicine

Dr. Mwangi is a board-certified family medicine physician who is passionate about mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals. He has extensive experience guiding both aspiring medical students and those seeking residency positions and has served as an interviewer for the HCA-Houston Healthcare West residency admissions committee. He has interviewed numerous aspiring physicians and reviewed their applications, giving him insight into what makes a strong candidate.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Director of Advising

Dr. Aizman is a dermatology resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she has served as a residency interview coordinator for over two years. She graduated summa cum laude from the seven-year BS/MD program at George Washington University, where she previously served as a student admissions director. With over 25 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Aizman’s research has been widely recognized and celebrated within the medical community.

Dr. Marianne R.

Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Before attending the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Dr. Ruelle conducted research at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University. She’s now a resident physician at Ascension Saint Joseph in Chicago.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Rabinowitz is a urology resident physician at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Lester Persky, MD Urologic Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins, he engaged in extensive clinical investigation, graduating with 30+ publications. Dr. Rabinowitz has over seven years of mentoring and admissions experience, including serving on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine admissions committee as a voting member and interviewer, personally trained by the admissions dean.

Dr. Michaela R.

UC Irvine School of Medicine

Dr. Rand is a resident physician at UC San Diego. She has served as a student interviewer at UC Irvine, where she honed her communication, organization, and empathy skills to guide students through their journey toward healthcare careers. She looks forward to helping students find structure, clarity, and confidence in their medical school applications.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Adjei is a general surgery resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with a strong foundation in academic medicine, leadership, and admissions. She earned an MD from Tufts University School of Medicine, where she served on both the admissions committee and curriculum development committee. With years of mentorship experience and a portfolio of NIH-funded research, Dr. Adjei brings strategic insight and compassion to her work as an admissions counselor.

University of Texas Dell Medical School

Director of Advising

Dr. Miljanic is the Chief Resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s radiology oncology program and graduated at the top of his class with honors from the University of Texas Dell Medical School. He served as an interviewer for the UT Austin Dell Medical School admissions committee and as a voting member on the UT Southwestern residency admission committee, evaluating hundreds of applications.

Dr. Mitchell N.

Case Western School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Ng is a spine surgery fellow at Rothman Orthopaedics, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was previously a Chief Resident in orthopedic surgery at the Maimonides Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center and the largest hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He has over a decade of admissions and coaching experience, including serving for years as an interviewer at Case Western University School of Medicine.

Dr. Mohammed S.

Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Siddiqui graduated with a DO from Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Before medical school, he earned a BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he majored in psychology. He is a dedicated physician, experienced clinical researcher, and has over five years on medical school and residency admissions committees.

New York University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Saleh is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist who served as a gynecologic oncology fellowship interviewer at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an OB/GYN residency mock interviewer at NYU School of Medicine. She has over 15 peer-reviewed publications and served as the Research & Quality Improvement Chief Resident and Chief Diversity Ambassador at NYU School of Medicine.

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York

Director of Advising

Dr. Sarad is a general surgery resident at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center with 15+ years of experience in mentorship and admissions. She has served on admissions committees at the Keck Graduate Institute as a graduate admissions assistant and at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine as a student admissions liaison.

Washington University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Zilkha is a board-certified pediatrician with 30 years of experience in pediatrics. She has 20 years of coaching experience and has sat on the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell admissions committee for five years. During this time, she has reviewed over 1,000 applications and interviewed hundreds of applicants. She has experience coaching applicants at every stage of their journey to becoming a physician, including high schoolers, pre-med students, and medical students.

University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Singh is a plastic and reconstructive surgery resident at Indiana University Health. He earned a BS in psychology with honors and a minor in biology from the University of Alabama, before earning an MD and MBA with emphasis in healthcare management at UAB, graduating with high honors. He served as a Heersink School of Medicine Admissions Committee board member, reviewing hundreds of applications and interviewing candidates.

University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine & Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Diaz is a resident physician and experienced admissions mentor with nine years of coaching experience and a unique background in both urology and diagnostic radiology. For five years, he has served as a medical school interviewer for the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine and the UCLA/Charles R. Drew Medical Education Program.

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Dr. Patel is an internal medicine resident physician at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and an incoming gastroenterology fellow at Staten Island University Hospital in NYC. Throughout his medical education, he has been actively involved in research, publishing manuscripts, and presenting his work at national and international conferences. Dr. Patel is a Doximity Digital Health Fellow and has diverse teaching and mentoring experience.

Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Dr. Mellacheruvu is a resident physician at Penn Medicine. He serves on the Resident Steering Committee where he collaborates with faculty and program directors to shape the residency experience. Dr. Mellacheruvu has extensive mentorship in helping students craft meaningful medical school personal statements and CVs; he has also acted as an MCAT, Step exam, and college-level STEM course tutor.

UC San Diego School of Medicine

Dr. Chaturvedi is an anesthesiology resident at Weill Cornell Medical Center. While attending the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, he published over 30 PubMed-indexed manuscripts, including both journal articles and book chapters. With years of coaching experience, Dr. Chaturvedi has coached dozens of students through the medical school and residency application processes.

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

Dr. Ravi graduated with an MD from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine after completing her undergraduate studies in cognitive science at Rice University. She is a neurology resident at Houston Methodist Hospital, one of the nation's top-ranked neurology and neurosurgery hospitals. Dr. Ravi has years of mentorship and admissions experience with a strong background in research.

Yale School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Chan is an integrated interventional radiology resident at the University of California, San Francisco. She has a Bachelor of Science with honors in biology from Stanford University and an MD from Yale School of Medicine. With a solid foundation in admissions counseling, she has more than 10 years of experience guiding students through the rigorous application processes in higher education.

Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. Tanti specialized in anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and graduated from Morehouse School of Medicine after completing her Bachelor of Science in neuroscience at Georgia State University in just three years. During medical school, she held leadership roles in multiple student organizations and served as an admissions ambassador.

Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Hasselmo is a Yale psychiatry resident with a passion for child and adolescent psychiatry. A multi-award-winning author, she has been recognized for her contributions to medical, creative, and research writing. With five years of admissions experience, she has guided students through the medical school and residency application process, helping them gain admission to their top-choice programs.

Yale University School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Chung is a general surgery resident at the University of California, San Diego with 10+ years of mentorship experience, serving as an MIT educational counselor and a medical admissions committee member at the Yale School of Medicine. She has over 30 articles featured in major journals including scientific manuscripts, invited commentaries, and personal essays, and was an ad hoc reviewer for JAMA Surgery.

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Director of Advising

Dr. Bradley is a board-certified family medicine physician with over 15 years of experience mentoring and coaching students toward their medical school and residency goals. She earned her MD from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and completed her residency at Northwestern McGaw University. Dr. Bradley served as an admissions committee interviewer at both schools, directly evaluating hundreds of applicants.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Director of Advising

Dr. LaRivière is an accomplished Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) alumnus and general surgery resident at the University of Colorado. He has 15+ years of coaching and admissions experience, including serving on the University of Colorado’s MSTP admissions committee and working as an applicant reviewer for his residency program.

University of Texas Medical Branch

Director of Advising

Dr. Rice is a dermatology resident at Washington University in St. Louis. He has years of admissions committee experience, serving as an interviewer at the University of Texas Medical Branch, residency admissions committee member at John Peter Smith Hospital, and interviewer and recruitment committee member at his residency program. During this time, Dr. Rice has reviewed approximately 250 applications and interviewed 200 applicants.

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