Trainees Discuss Pros, Cons of Rheumatology Residency Rotation

Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD, is the fellowship program director and division chief of rheumatology at Boston University-affiliated Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, R.I.

Anais Ovalle, MD, is a second-year internal medicine resident at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Her interests include general internal medicine, clinical infectious disease and recently general rheumatology.

Elias Jabbour, MD, is a third-year internal medicine resident at Boston University-affiliated Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, R.I. He graduated from the Lebanese University Medical School in 2013 and moved to Providence, R.I., for a residency in internal medicine in 2014. He has an interest in pulmonary critical care and will be starting a fellowship in that field in July 2017.

Heather Ferri, DO, went to medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is currently a third-year internal medicine resident at Rhode Island Hospital, affiliated with Brown University. She is married and has a beloved daughter at home.

Gabrielle Thottam, MD, is currently a second-year internal medicine resident at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I. She plans on becoming a rheumatologist and is applying for a fellowship this year.

Acknowledgment: The authors thank Dr. Barney Zimmermann for his critical and kind review of the article.