Meet Our Current Fellows
Dr. Sherry Liang grew up in Portland and was lucky to be raised by grandparents who modeled compassion, grit and gratitude. After medical school at OHSU, she moved to New Orleans to complete dual training in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. During that time, Dr. Liang discovered a deep joy in caring for older adults, which led her back to OHSU to pursue a combined fellowship in Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry. When she is not at work, you can usually find her out on a walk, lost in a book, or searching for her next favorite food spot!
Dr. Sydney Ramsey Landreth grew up in Baltimore, MD and lived in Charleston, SC before moving to Portland in 2019 where she completed residency training. She is a board-certified Family Medicine physician. Through her practice caring for people of all ages, she developed a particular interest in caring for older adults in the context of their lived experiences, community structures, and complex health histories which led her to pursue fellowship training in Geriatrics. When she is not at work, she can be found bird watching, going on walks around town, quilting, and spending time with loved ones.
Dr. Ali Navarrete earned her MD from Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at OHSU Hillsboro, a community-based partner of Oregon Health & Science University. She is specializing in Geriatric Medicine to provide patient-centered care that honors the complexity, resilience, and lived experiences of older adults, while supporting their independence and quality of life. She has three children ages 26, 21, and 12 and lives in a multigenerational home with her youngest child and venerable octogenarian parents. Dr. Navarrete enjoys hiking, reading British murder mysteries, solving logic puzzles, and trying Portland’s many wonderful restaurants.
Dr. Surbhi Patel was raised in Tucson, Arizona. She completed her undergrad studies and medical school at the University of Arizona. She double-majored in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science and Molecular & Cellular Biology and minored in Spanish Language. During medical school, she was part of the MSTAR program at UCSF where she performed geriatrics-related research. One of her favorite experiences of medical school was being part of Medcat Companions, a medical-student-led program that connects students to patients and creates a space for companionship. She came to the PNW for her Internal Medicine residency at OHSU. Her interests in Geriatrics and autoimmune disease blossomed in residency during her year-long experiences in both Geriatrics clinic and Rheumatology clinic where she developed an interest in healthy aging and frailty. She is excited to build her niche as she continues serving older adults and training at OHSU for her Geriatrics Fellowship. During her free time she enjoys going on long walks, gardening, cooking, and spending time with her loved ones.
Dr. Emily Mitchell is a Midwesterner at heart, born and raised in Omaha, NE. She moved to the West Coast for college at Stanford University where she studied Global Public Health. After graduating, she lived in San Francisco for many years, working in population health at a primary care practice, where she realized her desire for a career in both public health and clinical medicine. This led her to pursue a dual MD/MPH at OHSU. In the process, she fell in love with the PNW, as well as her now husband! She was thrilled to stay at OHSU for her Internal Medicine residency and is equally thrilled to continue training here as a Geriatrics fellow. She finds all parts of medicine fascinating and is particularly interested in chronic disease prevention so as to maintain health, independence, and joy as we age. She loves helping patients navigate the space between population-level evidence and individual-level preferences. Throughout her medical training, she has done research that focuses on the challenges faced by populations historically neglected by the medical community. Outside of medicine, she enjoys gardening, cooking, camping, dancing, photography, writing, and observing the endless oddities of her cat, Helen (yes, of Troy).