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: Jack Henry Kotnik, Mady Tung
  • APSA Institutional Representative: Rohan Chaudhari
  • M.D./Ph.D. Committee Student Representatives: Kelly Abshire, Eric Cramer, Kayla Maanum, Eli Wisdom
  • Peer Mentorship Leader: Jessica Keating
  • Student Administration Liaison: Taitea Dykstra
  • Community Engagement Liaisons: Ashley Anderson, Rohan Chaudhari, Mady Tung, Simone Woodruff

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

Steven Adamou Profile Picture

Steven Adamou

Ph.D. Year 1

Taitea Dykstra profile picture

Taitea Dykstra
she/her

Ph.D. Year 1

Taelor Ekstrom profile picture

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

Malik Seals profile picture

Malik Seals

Ph.D. Year 1

Madelynn Tung profile picture

Mady Tung

Ph.D. Year 1

Daniella (Rin) Yang profile picture

Rin Yang

Ph.D. Year 1

Rohan Chaudhari profile picture

Rohan Chaudhari

Ph.D. Year 2

Jamie Contreras profile picture

Jaime Contreras

Ph.D. Year 1

Samuel Kim profile picture

Samuel Kim

Ph.D. Year 2

Jing Xie profile picture

Jing Xie

Ph.D. Year 2

Amanda Zucker profile picture

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

Hannah Jaeger profile picture

Hannah Jaeger

Ph.D. Year 3

Jessica Keating profile picture

Jessica Keating
she/her

Ph.D. Year 3

Photo of Kayla Maanum

Kayla Maanum
she/her

Ph.D. Year 3

Xammy Nguyenla profile picture

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

Greg Chin profile picture

Gregory Chin

Ph.D. Year 4

Alexandra Dagunts profile picture

Aleksandra Dagunts

Ph.D. Year 4

Mizan Gaillard profile picture

Mizan Gaillard

Ph.D. Year 4

Melanie Piller profile picture

Melanie Piller

Ph.D. Year 4

Photo of Joyce Kim

Se-Jin (Joyce) Kim
She/her/hers

Ph.D. Year 4

Sofia Vignolo profile picture

Sofia Vignolo

Ph.D. Year 4

Picture of Simone Woodruff

Simone Woodruff
she/her

Ph.D. Year 4

Moriah Arnold is an MD/PhD student

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

M.D. Year 3

Landon Bayless-Edwards Profile Picture

Landon Bayless-Edwards
she/her/hers

Ph.D. Year 5

Zoe Beach Profile Picture

Zoe Beach, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

Louis Diaz profile picture

Luis Diaz

Ph.D. Year 5

MD/PhD program student Parham Diba

Parham Diba

Ph.D. Year 5

Tetiana Korzun profile picture

Tetiana Korzun, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 4

Rick Mathews profile picture

Rick Mathews, Ph.D.

M.D. Year 3

Natasha Warikoo profile picture

Natasha Warikoo

Ph.D. Year 6

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