Current Residents
PGY4 Chief Residents
Faria Amjad, MD
Undergraduate Education: Georgetown University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Career Interests: Sleep, headache, multiple sclerosis
Personal Interests: Gardening, travel, reading
2013 Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis, Georgetown University Hospital
Wendell Bobb, MD
Undergraduate Education: University of Florida
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
2013 Fellowship: Sleep Medicine/Epilepsy, Duke University Medical Center
Hometown: George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Career Interests: Sleep, epilepsy
Personal Interests: Playing percussion instruments, jogging, reading travel memoirs, swimming with stingrays
Forough Ghavami, DO
Undergraduate Education: University of California, Irvine
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Internship: Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (Phoenix, AZ)
2013 Fellowship: Epilepsy/IOM, Stanford University Hospital
Hometown: Woodland Hills, CA
Personal Interests: Dancing, travel, international medicine, spending time with family and friends, exploring new places
Sean Gratton, MD
Undergraduate Education: Saint Louis University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Georgetown University Hospital
2013 Fellowship: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Career Interests: Neuro-ophthalmology
Personal Interests: Books (Irish history, random fiction, occasional poetry), hiking/camping, Kansas City sports
Jordan Paulson, MD
Undergraduate Education: Emory University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
2013 Fellowship: Movement Disorders, UMass Medical Center
Career Interests: Movement disorders
Personal Interests: College basketball, concerts, DC sports teams, coffee drinking and Sunday brunch
Peter Sumner, DO
Undergraduate Education: Houghton College
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: Flushing Hospital
2013 Fellowship: Neurophysiology Epilepsy/EEG, Georgetown University Hospital
Hometown: Marcy, NY
Career Interests: Headache, neurophysiology, pain management
Personal Interests: Running, biking, swimming, anything outdoors
PGY3 Senior Residents
Toni Ahern, MD
Undergraduate Education: University of New Hampshire, University of Maryland
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Career Interests: Seizure Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis
Personal Interests: Spending time with my husband and children
Carter Denny, MD
Undergraduate Education: Middlebury College
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Internship: Tulane School of Medicine
Hometown: New York, NY
Career Interests: Stroke, Movement Disorders
Personal Interests: Traveling, baking, running, yoga
Drew Falconer, MD
Undergraduate Education: Louisiana State University
Medical School: Tulane University
Internship: Louisiana State University
Hometown: Mandeville, LA
Career Interests: Undecided, stay tuned
Personal Interests: Football, movies, cheeseburgers
Crystal Janani, MD
Undergraduate Education: Tulane University
Medical School: Tulane University
Internship: St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Career Interests: Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromuscular disorders
Personal Interests: Relaxing in my time off, going to the beach, dogs
Becky O'Dwyer, MD
Undergraduate Education: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Medical School: Technical University of Munich, Germany
Internship: Northside Hospital (Ohio)
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Career Interests: Epilepsy: both clinical and experimental; Neurocardiology: experimental modeling and its' clinical applications
Personal Interests: Traveling, hiking and climbing, music, reading and medical relief work.
Sean Rogers, MD, PhD
Undergraduate Education: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate School: Georgetown University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship: Carillion Clinic
Career Interests: Memory Disorders, Movement Disorders
Personal Interests: Spending time with my wife and daughter, singing, guitar, tennis, basketball, movies
Ellen Valadez, MD
Undergraduate Education: Tulane University
Medical School: Georgetown University
Internship: Carillion Clinic
Career Interests: Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis
Personal Interests: Theater, glass blowing, baking, rabbits, scuba diving
PGY2 Residents
Bryan Gough, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Janielle Hyde, MD
Undergraduate Education: Howard University
Medical School: Drexel University College
Career Interests: Epilepsy, Headache
Personal Interests: Reading, Watching Sports, Traveling
Abigail Keys, MD
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Hida Ramos, MD
Undergraduate Education: Virginia Tech
Medical School: Georgetown University
Personal Interests: Ballet Classes, hiking, reading, movies
Mandy Reimer, MD
Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Career Interests: Undecided
Personal Interests: Outdoors, Water Sports, Theology, and Literature
Yassar Torres-Yaghi, MD
Undergraduate Education: University of Chicago
Medical School: George Washington University
Career Interests: Currently all fellowships- leaning towards Neurophysiology (EEG) and Sleep.
Personal Interests: Long walks through cities to view landscapes, parks and architecture. Also, I love anything outdoors on nice days like running, biking, and swimming. I love movies (and usually the long boring ones) as well as reading (mostly classics), all music, languages, travelling, and different foods.
Sophia Wang, MD
Undergraduate Education: Penn State
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Internship: Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Career Interests: Neurophysiology
