Fellows

First Year Fellows

Steven Borson, MD Education: BS – Washington University in St Louis MD – Temple University School of Medicine Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine

Kristine Gade, MD Education: BS – University of Virginia MD – University of Virginia, School of Medicine Residency: University of Virginia, School of Medicine

Max Jameson Lee, MD, PhD Education: BS – University of Florida Post-Bac – National Institute of Health Rocky Mountain Labs (Montana) PhD – University of Virginia MD – Medical College of Virginia Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University

Lilit Karapetyan, MD Education: MD – Yerevan State Medical University Master – University of Michigan Residency: Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital

Rachel Rosenblum, MD Education: BSc – McGill University MD – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Saba Shaikh, MD Education: BS – University of Texas at Dallas MD – Baylor College of Medicine Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Second Year Fellows

Zara Kelly, DO Education: BS – Georgetown University DO – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: UPMC

Nicoletta Machin, DO Education: BA/BS – Allegheny College DO – University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: UPMC

William Maguire, MD, PhD Education: BA – Princeton University MD – Weill Cornell Medical College PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College Residency: UPMC

Monica Malhotra, MD Education: MBChB – All India Institute of Medical Sciences Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Kevin Quann, MD, PhD Education: BS – Drexel University MD – Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University PhD – Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Residency: UPMC

Anjali Rohatgi, MD, PhD Education: BS – Michigan State University MD – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine PhD – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Residency: York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Third Year Fellows

Charlie Kuang, MD, PhD Education: BS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology MD – University of Michigan PhD – University of Michigan Residency: UPMC

Konstantinos Lontos, MD Education: MD – University of Athens School of Health Sciences Greece Residency: UPMC

Azadeh Nasrazadani, PhD, MD Education: BS – University of Texas at Austin PhD – University of Texas at Austin MD – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Residency: UPMC

Asha Ricciuti, MD Education: BS – University of Florida MD – University of Central Florida College of Medicine Residency: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Neal Spada, MD Education: BS – The Pennsylvania State University MD – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Residency: UPMC

Meet Our Chief Fellows

Asha Ricciuti, MD
Chief Fellow, 2019-2020

Even though I was born and raised in Florida, my fellowship search drew me to the Pittsburgh region primarily for family reasons. After starting my fellowship, I realized how incredibly fortunate I am to train at UPMC and take advantage of the unique opportunities the program offers. My favorite aspect of the program is the immense diversity of clinical experiences at our multiple sites allowing exposure to both common diseases and very rare cases. Fellows rotate with experts in specialty oncology at the Hillman outpatient clinics, malignant hematology on the inpatient BMT/Leukemia services at Shadyside, bleeding disorders at the Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania, hemoglobinopathies on the dedicated sickle cell consult service, and serve as a consultant for complex inpatient hematologic and oncologic issues at a major tertiary referral center. My favorite clinical experience as a fellow is caring for my personal patient panel of veterans during our continuity clinic at the VA, where fellows practice as patients’ primary hematology/oncology physicians and make key evidence-based clinical decisions with appropriate faculty supervision.

My personal interests are to develop a career as a clinician educator working with medical students, residents, and fellows with a focus on curriculum development research. Despite following a non-traditional research pathway, UPMC has been immensely supportive of my personal career development goals and are helping me in pursuing a master’s degree in medical education through the University of Pittsburgh ICRE during my fellowship. Pittsburgh living is vastly underrated, and I have found it to be an incredibly welcoming city with amazing restaurants, cultural events, frequent festivals, weekend markets, unique neighborhoods, and kind neighbors.

Neal Spada, MD
Chief Fellow, 2019-2020

As a native Pittsburgher, I have always dreamed of being able to serve the community that has treated me so warmly over the years as a physician. Fortunately, the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC offer world-class medical training in my backyard. That is why, after completing medical school at Pitt and my internal medicine residency at UPMC, it was an easy decision to complete my training in hematology/oncology at UPMC as well. The hub-and-satellite model of cancer care that UPMC has implemented so well offers me and other fellows the opportunity to see an incredible breadth of cases, including everything from bread-and-butter solid tumor oncology to complex patients with challenging malignant hematology diagnoses to thought-provoking, diagnostic mysteries in benign hematology. In the same week, I see my own panel of general hematology/oncology patients in our VA continuity clinic, work on my health outcomes research, and see patients with and learn from one of the dozens of experts that practice hematology/oncology at UPMC in their clinic or on an inpatient service.
Meanwhile, I get to live in Pittsburgh, where I can catch a Pirates game at PNC Park, dine on Mount Washington with a beautiful view of the downtown skyline, and catch a show in the vibrant Cultural District all in the same weekend. Despite having all the amenities of a larger city, Pittsburgh still has the welcoming charm of a smaller city, and its affordability too. All in all, I could not imagine a better place to live and train than right here, and I am thrilled that I will be continuing my career at UPMC Passavant just north of the city when I complete my training next year.

Meet some of our fellows. 

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