Meet the Students

Current Students

Meet the current OHSU M.D./Ph.D. students!
Click on their names to learn more.

MD/PhD Student Leadership

  • Admissions Liaisons: Sam King, Peter Tran
  • APSA Institutional Representative: Eric Cramer
  • M.D./Ph.D. Committee Student Representatives: Kelly Abshire, Taitea Dykstra, Jack Henry Kotnik, Eli Wisdom
  • Peer Mentorship Leader: Amara Pang
  • Student Administration Liaison: Luke Whitcomb
  • Community Engagement Liaisons: Ashley Anderson, Julia Huffaker, Kayla Maanum, Rodaba Rahim, Mady Tung, Simone Woodruff
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Kate Augustyn

M.D. Year 1

Jessica Cope is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

Jessica Cope

M.D. Year 1

McKenna Finley is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

McKenna Finley

M.D. Year 1

Dylan Flink is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

Dylan Flink

M.D. Year 1

Mirelle (Elle) Kass is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

Elle Kass

M.D. Year 1

Ridhi Patil is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

Ridhi Patil

M.D. Year 1

Augustine Vanlianuk is an MD/PhD student at OHSU

Augustine Vanlianuk

M.D. Year 1

Owen Doyle is an incoming MD/PhD student in Summer B 2025

Owen Doyle

M.D. Year 1

Julia Huffaker is an incoming MD/PhD student in Summer B 2025

Julia Huffaker

M.D. Year 1

Kevin Mueller is a matriculating MD/PhD student in August 2025

Kevin Mueller

M.D. Year 1

Byun, Hyuntae_MDPhD Student

Hyuntae Byun

M.D. Year 2

Bianca Hoang-Dang Profile Portrait

Bianca Hoang-Dang
she/her/hers

M.D. Year 1

King, Charles Sam_MDPhD Student

Sam King

M.D. Year 2

Rahim, Rodaba_MDPhD Student

Rodaba Rahim

M.D. Year 2

Tran, Peter_MDPhD Student

Peter Tran
he/him/his

M.D. Year 2

Whitcomb, Luke_MDPhD Student

Luke Whitcomb

M.D. Year 2

Woods, Kareem_MDPhD Student

Kareem Woods

M.D. Year 2

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Steven Adamou

Ph.D. Year 1

Taitea Dykstra profile picture

Taitea Dykstra
she/her

Ph.D. Year 1

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TJ Ekstrom

Ph.D. Year 1

Jack Kotnick profile picture

Jack Henry Kotnik

Ph.D. Year 1

Hannah Minns profile picture

Hanna Minns

Ph.D. Year 1

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Malik Seals

Ph.D. Year 1

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Mady Tung

Ph.D. Year 1

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Rin Yang

Ph.D. Year 1

Rohan Chaudhari profile picture

Rohan Chaudhari

Ph.D. Year 2

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Jaime Contreras

Ph.D. Year 1

Samuel Kim profile picture

Samuel Kim

Ph.D. Year 2

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Jing Xie

Ph.D. Year 2

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Amanda Zucker

Ph.D. Year 2

Kelly Abshire Profile Picture

Kelly Abshire

Ph.D. Year 3

Eric Cramer profile picture

Eric Cramer
He/Him

Ph.D. Year 3

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Jessica Keating
she/her

Ph.D. Year 3

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Kayla Maanum
she/her

Ph.D. Year 3

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Xammy Wrynla

Ph.D. Year 3

Amara Pang profile picture

Amara Pang

Ph.D. Year 3

Photo of Katherine Pelz

Katherine Pelz
She/Her

Ph.D. Year 3

Photo of Elias Wisdom

Elias (Eli) Wisdom
He/Him

Ph.D. Year 3

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Gregory Chin

Ph.D. Year 4

Photo of Joyce Kim

Se-Jin (Joyce) Kim, Ph.D.
She/her/hers

M.D. Year 3

Picture of Simone Woodruff

Simone Woodruff, Ph.D.
she/her

M.D. Year 3

Moriah Arnold is an MD/PhD student

Moriah Arnold, Ph.D.
She/her/hers

M.D. Year 3

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Landon Bayless-Edwards
she/her/hers

M.D. Year 3

Zoe Beach Profile Picture

Zoe Beach, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

Louis Diaz profile picture

Luis Diaz, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

MD/PhD program student Parham Diba

Parham Diba, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

Tetiana Korzun profile picture

Tetiana Korzun, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 4

Rick Mathews is an MS3 in the MD/PhD Program

Rick Mathews, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

William Yashar is an MD PhD student in his 4th clinical year of the program

William Yashar, Ph.D.
He/Him

M.D. Year 4