Present Residents/Fellows
Medical Genetics and Genomics
Lily Walson, MD
Medical School: Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center in Kerala, India
Residency: Internal Medicine, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland
Transition year at St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee - Medical College of Wisconsin-affiliated
Medical Genetics and Pediatrics
Erkin Ozel, MD
Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Medical Biochemical Genetics
Rana Al-Jaberi, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan School of Medicine, Amman
Residency: Pediatrics, Case Western University, MetroHealth Center
Tomas Vanagunas, MD, PhD
Medical and Graduate School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Residency: Combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Recent Graduates
Medical Genetics and Genomics
Aixa Gonzalez Garcia, MD
Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellow
Current position: University of Arkansas and Arkansas Children's Hospital
Kristen Elizabeth Ferriero, MD
Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Pediatrics/Medical & Genetics and Genomics
Kaitlin Weishappel, MD
Medical Biochemical Genetics
Emily Davis Black, MD
Clinical Molecular Genetics
Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli, PhD
Current Position: Laboratory Director, Perkin Elmer Genomics
Val Lapin, PhD
Current Position: Clinical Scientist, LifeLabs Genetics
Hamoud Al-Khallaf, MD
Current Position: Research Associate at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Eli S. Williams, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pathology; Associate Director of Genomics and Cytogenomics at
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Vanessa Horner, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor; Assistant Director of Cytogenetic Services in Dept. of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Melanie Jones, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Director of the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical Cytogenetics
Ying Zhang, MD, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Director in Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Sema4 Genomics
Heather Maria Mason-Suares, PhD
Current Position: Associate Laboratory Director at the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine at Partners
HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Boston MA; Assistant Director to the Molecular Genetics ABMGG
Fellowship, part of the Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program.
Vanessa Horner, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor; Assistant Director of Cytogenetic Services in Dept. of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Eli S. Williams, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pathology; Associate Director of Genomics and Cytogenomics at
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Melanie Jones, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Director of the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at
Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT
Clinical Biochemical Genetics
Libin Yuan MD, PhD
Current Position: Genomics Associate Technical Director, LabCorp, Durham, NC
Hamoud Al-Khallaf, MD
Current Position: Research Associate at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Andrea Behlmann, PhD
Current Position: Laboratory Director, Perkin Elmer Genomics