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Blackstone Specialty Advisors

This list of House Specialty Advisors is comprised of UMass Chan faculty who are highly recommended by students and/or faculty peers as passionate ambassadors for their field. To learn more about a specialty that you are interested in exploring contact your House Specialty Advisor to arrange a meeting or time to shadow* them in the clinical setting. (If you do not hear back after reaching out with a couple of emails, it is fine to contact a House Specialty Advisor in another House). When you do meet with a House Specialty Advisor consider interviewing them about their field by asking questions such as those in the list linked to here.

*Shadowing/Observerships:

For shadowing opportunities in a given field please contact your House Specialty Advisor.

For observerships in Dermatology or Hem/Onc please contact the individual specified below:

**Dermatology: Esmeralda.Valois@umassmemorial.org

**Hematology/Oncology: Hailey.Hernandez@umassmemorial.org

Department	Physician Profile	Email Address
Anesthesiology
Dermatology**	Ryan Svoboda	Esmeralda.Valois@umassmed.edu
Emergency Medicine	John Broach	John.Broach@umassmemorial.org
Family Medicine/Primary Care	Kristina Gracey	Kristina.Gracey@umassmemorial.org
Family Medicine/Primary Care	Katharine Barnard	Katharine.Barnard@umassmemorial.org
Family Medicine/Sports Medicine	Lee Mancini	doctoroffitness@mac.com LeeA.Mancini@umassmemorial.org
Geriatrics
Hospital Medicine	Majid Yazdani	Majid.Yazdani@umassmemorial.org Majid.Yazdani2@umassmed.edu
IM: Primary Care	Howard Sachs	Howard.Sachs@umassmed.edu
IM: Cardiology	Ramprakash Devadoss	Ramprakash.Devadoss@umassmed.edu
IM: Critical Care
IM: Endocrinology	Andrea Kassai	Andrea.Kassai@umassmemorial.org
IM: Gastroenterology	Curtis Barry	Curtis.Barry@umassmemorial.org
IM: Hematology/Oncology**	Laurie Pearson	Hailey.Hernandez@umassmemorial.org
IM: Infectious Disease	Richard Ellison	Richard.Ellison@umassmemorial.org
IM: Nephrology	Bernie (Maria) DelRosario
IM: Pulmonary/Critical Care	Nick Smyrnios	Nicholas.Smyrnios@umassmemorial.org
IM: Rheumatology	Jonathan Cheah	Jonathan.Cheah@umassmemorial.org
Med/Peds
Neurology	Raphael Carandang	Raphael.Carandang@umassmed.edu
Neurosurgery	Mark Johnson	Mark.Johnson3@umassmemorial.org
OBGYN	Petra Belady	Petra.Belady@umassmed.edu
Ophthalmology	Jeremy Meltzer	drj@meltzereye.com
Orthopedics	Mark Kraus	Mark.Kraus@umassmemorial.org
Orthopedics	Daniel Mandell	Daniel.Mandell@umassmemorial.org
Otolaryngology	Aaron Remenschneider
Palliative Medicine	Isabel Castro	Isabel.Castro@umassmemorial.org
Pathology	Vijay Vanguri	Vijay.Vanguri@umassmemorial.org
Pediatrics	Peter Sell	Peter.Sell@umassmed.edu
Peds: Cardiology	Mike Fahey	MichaelC.Fahey@umassmemorial.org
Peds: Child Protection
Peds: Critical Care	Scot Bateman	Scot.Bateman@umassmed.edu
Peds: Emergency Medicine
Peds: Gastro
Peds: Hospital Medicine
Peds: Infectious Disease	Tina Hermos	Christina.Hermos@umassmemorial.org
Peds: Nephrology	Jennifer Fishbein	Jennifer.Fishbein@umassmed.edu
Peds: Neonatology
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	David Mazin	David.Mazin@umassmemorial.org
Plastic Surgery	Janice Lalikos	Janice.Lalikos@umassmemorial.org
Preventive Medicine	Mukti Kulkarni	Mukti.Kulkarni@umassmemorial.org
Psychiatry	Fida Hassan	Fida.Hassan@umassmed.edu
Radiation Oncology	Gavin Jones	Gavin.Jones1@umassmed.edu
Radiology (Diagnostic)	Ryan Tai	Ryan.Tai@umassmemorial.org
Radiology (Interventional)
Surgery	Anne Larkin	Anne.Larkin@umassmed.edu
Surgery	Don Czerniach	Donald.Czerniach@umassmemorial.org
Urology	Paula Bellin	Paula.Bellin@umassmemorial.org
Vascular Surgery

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