MD-PhD Class of 2011 - Harvard Medical School
Academic Degrees/PhD Titles/Postgraduate Year Destinations

Jennifer Shih-Yi Chang
B.S., University of Michigan (2001)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Genetics (2009)
DISSERTATION: The histone regulatory proteins Spt10 and Spt21: roles in growth and silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Transitional at Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Radiation Oncology at UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Michael Lawrence Dougan
B.A., Amherst College (2002)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2009)
DISSERTATION: Balancing Oncogenic Inflammation and Anti-Tumor Immunity in the Development of Novel Immune Therapies for Cancer
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Marlys Susan Stempihar Fassett
A.B., Harvard University (2001)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2009)
DISSERTATION: The Nur77 family in T cell tolerance M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Dermatology at UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Ruth Kjelgaard Foreman
B.A., University of Pennsylvania (2001)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2009)
DISSERTATION: Reprogramming Cellular Fate using Defined Factors
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Sarah Emily Henrickson
A.B., Harvard University (2001)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2008)
DISSERTATION: Dynamics of T cell activation in vivo
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Sam Harold Horng
B.A., Columbia University (2000)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in BCS (MIT) (2010)
DISSERTATION: Identification and functional characterization of two patterning genes, Zic4 and Ten_m3, in topographic map formation of the visual pathway
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Neurology at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Ryan Michael Lanning
B.S., University of California, Irvine (2000)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP (2010)
DISSERTATION: Tumor Vasculature and Microenvironment during Progression and Treatment: Insights from Optical Microscopy
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY

Zachary Scott Morris
B.S., Ripon College (2002)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Pathology (2009)
DISSERTATION: Regulation of EGFR by the NF2 Tumor Suppressor, Merlin
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Radiation Oncology at U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

Scott Edward Potenta
B.A., University of Pennsylvania (2003)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Cell Biology (2009)
DISSERTATION: Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Cancer Progression and Tissue Fibrosis
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Transitional at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Radiology at UVM/Fletcher Allen, Burlington, VT

Carlos Manuel Soto
B.A., Cornell University (1998)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Philosophy (2010)
DISSERTATION: Extending and Ending Life in Health Care and Beyond
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Einstein/Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Anesthesiology at NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Srinivas Raghavan Viswanathan
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-BCMP (2009)
DISSERTATION: Lin28: An Inhibitor of microRNA Biogenesis with Roles in Cancer and Development
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2011)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston, MA