COMPASS Cohorts | Emory School of Medicine

2026 Cohort

Emily Altman
Dermatology

James Bates
Radiation Oncology

Sarah Chisolm
Dermatology

Elizabeth Collins
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Joshua Guttman
Emergency Medicine

Leona Hidalgo
Rehabilitation Medicine

Leila Hojat
Medicine

Nisha Joseph
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Ashish Khanna
Rehabilitation Medicine

Yona Levites
Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

Jennifer Mascaro
Family and Preventive Medicine

Mari Mori
Human Genetics

Anu Murthy
Family and Preventive Medicine

Digvijaya Navalkele
Neurology

Paula Ramos
Medicine

Rossana Sanchez
Human Genetics

Maha Sulieman
Medicine

Tiffany Walker
Medicine

Samantha Yeligar
Medicine

Past Cohorts

2024-2025 Mentees and Mentors

Mikhail Akbashev
Medicine
Mentor: Christopher Masi (medicine)

Reema Dbouk
Medicine
Mentor: Sachin Kedar (ophthalmology)

Lindsey Hartsell
Urology
Mentor: Holly Gooding (pediatrics)

Heather Hipp
Gynecology and obstetrics
Mentor: Melissa White (emergency medicine)

Priya Kohli
Medicine
Mentor: Jonathan Grossberg (neurosurgery)

Ambar Kulshreshtha
Family and Preventive Medicine
Mentor: Alexandra Key (pediatrics)

Denise Lo
Surgery
Mentor: Robert Swerlick (dermatology)

Babak Mahmoudi
Biomedical Informatics
Mentor: Anant Madabhushi (biomedical engineering)

Samer Melhem
Anesthesiology
Mentor: Sushma Cribbs (medicine)

Laura Oh
Emergency Medicine
Mentor: Christine Kempton (hematology and medical oncology)

Marie-Claude Perreault
Cell Biology
Mentor: Nicholas Seyfried (biochemistry)

Himalee Sabnis
Pediatrics
Mentor: Danielle Jones (medicine)

Jade Stafford
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Mentor: Jada Bussey-Jones (medicine)

Tommy Thomas
Neurology
Mentor: Andrew Furman (psychiatry and behavioral sciences)

Chia-shi Wang
Pediatrics
Mentor: Nadine Rouphael (medicine)

Past Knowledge Network Leads

2024-2025

Kathy Griendling
Medicine

Jennifer Stapel-Wax
Pediatrics

Anne Marie McKenzie Bown
Anesthesiology