Scholars & Fellows 2020-2022
2020-2022 Scholars
Lamees Ibrahim El Nihum
General Surgery Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, 2022-Present
MD/MEng, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, 2022
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholar 2020-2022
BS, Chemical & Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University ‘15
Career Specialty Goals: Congenital Heart Surgery
Research Project: Novel endovascular approaches to occlusion of high-flow vascular targets in congenital heart disease
Yajaira Sofia Jimenez
Internal Medicine Resident, Duke University School of Medicine, 2022-Present
MD/MS, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, 2022
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholar 2020-2022
BS, Biology, St. Mary's University, '17
Career Specialty Goals: Internal Medicine
Research Project: Harnessing the potential of dendritic cells-derived exosomes as tools for immunotherapy in ovarian cancer
Emily Newstrom
Otolaryngology Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, 2022-Present
MD/MS, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, 2022
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholar 2020-2022
BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, ‘15
Career Specialty Goals: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Research Project: Antisense knockdown of the IL-9 super enhancer: A potential immunotherapeutic approach to treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis and other IL-9-mediated diseases
2020-2022 Fellows
Ryan (R.J.) Austerman, MD, MS
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Fellow, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2023
Neurosurgery Resident, PGY-7, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2022-Present
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellow 2020-2022
MD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, '16
MS, Global Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, '10
BS, Biology, Arizona State University, '09
Career Specialty Goals: Functional neurosurgery and epilepsy
Research Project: Development of a portable, deployable device utilizing artificial intelligence for diagnosis and management of stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury
Takashi Hirase, MD, MPH
Spine Surgery Fellow, New York Hospital for Specialty Surgery, 2023
Orthopedic Surgery Resident, PGY-5, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2022-Present
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellow 2020-2022
MD, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, ‘18
MPH, Texas A&M University School of Public Health, ‘14
BS, Molecular Cell Developmental Biology, UCLA, ‘13
Career Specialty Goals: Orthopedic spine surgery
Research Project: Vancomycin-loaded biomimetic trizonal membrane for reduction of surgical site infection in a rabbit spine fusion model.
Yoon Kyung 'Kady' Lee, MD
MS Candidate, Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2024
General Surgery Resident, PGY-3, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2022-Present
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellow 2020-2022
MD, University of California-Irvine, ‘18
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, ‘13
Career Specialty Goals: General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery
Project Title: Effect of osteocalcin and metformin on human islets