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Quinsigamond 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  

Specialty House Specialty Advisor Email Address
Anesthesiology Ronald Rubin Ronald.Rubin@umassmemorial.org
Community Medicine    
Dermatology    
Emergency Medicine Timothy Gleeson Timothy.Gleeson@umassmemorial.org
Family Medicine/Primary Care    
Family Medicine/Sports Medicine Jay Broadhurst James.Broadhurst@umassmemorial.org
Geriatrics Erika Zimmons Erika.Zimmons@umassmemorial.org
Hospital Medicine Andrea Poisson Irani Andrea.Poissonlrani@umassmemorial.org
     IM: Primary Care Nancy Skehan Nancy.Skehan@umassmemorial.org
     IM: Cardiology    
     IM: Critical Care    
     IM: Endocrinology    
     IM: Gastroenterology    
     IM: Hem/Onc Andrew Gillis-Smith Hailey.Hernandez@umassmemorial.org  
     IM: Infectious Disease    
     IM: Nephrology Jason Kurland Jason.Kurland@umassmemorial.org
     IM: Pulm/Critical Care Bruce Greenberg Bruce.Greenberg@umassmemorial.org
     IM: Rheumatology Jonathan Kay Jonathan.Kay@umassmemorial.org
Med/Peds Susan Fine Susan.Fine@umassmed.edu
Neurology Edward Ginns  
Neurosurgery    
OBGYN Benjamin Hamar Benjamin.Hamar@umassmemorial.org
Ophthalmology Gabriel Luna Gabriel.Luna@umassmemorial.org
Orthopedics Marci Jones Marci.Jones@umassmemorial.org
Christine Bub Christine.Bub@umassmed.edu
Otolaryngology Christopher Ito Christopher.Ito@umassmemorial.org
Palliative Medicine Vandana Nagpal Vandana.Nagpal@umassmemorial.org
Pathology Dina Kandil Dina.Kandil@umassmemorial.org
Pediatrics Kathryn Wynne Kathryn.Wynne@umassmemorial.org
     Peds: Cardiology    
     Peds: Child Protection    
     Peds: Critical Care    
     Peds: EM    
     Peds: Gastro    
     Peds: Hospital Medicine    
     Peds: ID    
     Peds: Neph    
     Peds: Neonatology    
Physical Medicine & Rehab Minjin Fromm Minjin.Fromm@umassmed.edu
Plastic Surgery    
Prev Med Mukti Kulkarni Mukti.Kulkarni@umassmemorial.org
Psychiatry Brian Skehan Brian.Skehan@umassmemorial.org
Radiation Oncology    
Radiology (Diagnostic) Maria Barile Maria.Barile2@umassmed.edu
Radiology (Interventional)    
Surgery Jennifer LaFemina Jennifer.LaFemina@umassmemorial.org
Urology Mitchell Sokoloff Mitchell.Sokoloff@umassmemorial.org
Vascular Surgery Jessica Simons Jessica.Simons2@umassmed.edu

OCT 22 2026 | cjd