Alumni
Alumni Corner – May 2025
May. 27, 2025—Dr. Alex Sundermann (‘20) gave our Alumni talk to close out MSTP Seminar for the academic year. Dr. Sundermann shared great advice about navigating transitions through the MSTP, residency and starting a faculty position. MSTP Director Dr. Chris Williams saw alum Dr. Maggie Axelrod (‘23) at Digestive Disease Week in San Diego, CA!
Alumni Profile: Mary Ellen Koran, M.D., Ph.D. (’16)
Feb. 27, 2023—by Camella Carlson (M2) Dr. Mary Ellen Koran is a 2016 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and is back at Vanderbilt as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Nuclear Medicine division. As part of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, she is focused on novel positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers and...
Meet Dr. John Stafford, MSTP Associate Director for Clinical Education
Nov. 30, 2022—by Jeewooo Kim (G1) Dr. John M. Stafford is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. He is also the Associate Director for Clinical Education for the Vanderbilt MSTP. His lab focuses on obesity and diabetes contribution to cardiovascular risk and he has a...
Alumni Corner
Nov. 1, 2022—The Vanderbilt MSTP held the first annual Alumni Happy Hour during Reunion weekend! Thank you to Bryn and the Alumni Committee for their help in planning the event.
Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.: Stahlman-Thomas Advising College Faculty Leader
Sep. 29, 2022—by Jen Peek (G1) Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine within the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and is the newest Faculty Advisor of Stahlman Thomas. He trained in the Vanderbilt MSTP, where he completed his PhD in Pharmacology with Lee Limbird on the structure-function relationships of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors. Dr....
Dr. J-N Gallant, M.D., Ph.D. (’19): Sutherland-Watkins Associate College Advisor
Aug. 30, 2022—by Kaitlin McKernan (G1) Dr. Jean-Nicolas Gallant, M.D., Ph.D. is a 2019 graduate of the Vanderbilt University MSTP and is currently a fourth year in Vanderbilt’s Otolaryngology residency program and a Sutherland-Watkins Associate College Advisor. He is from Montréal, QC, Canada, and he attended Amherst College, where he majored in Anthropology and Chemistry. He then...
Alumni Corner
May. 31, 2022— Drs. Bobak Parang (‘17) and Brian Grieb (16’) received Young Investigator Awards from American Society of Clinical Oncology!
Congratulations to the 2022 Graduating Class!
May. 31, 2022—Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps. Several of our graduates were recognized with awards at class day! Benjamin Reisman received the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine from the Department of Medicine. This award recognizes graduating students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, superior clinical competence, and the qualities of...
India Reddy, M.D., Ph.D. (’18): Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisor
Apr. 29, 2022—by Camille Wang (G3) Dr. India Reddy is a fourth year at Vanderbilt’s research track psychiatry residency program and a recent addition to the Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisors. She is from Glastonbury, CT, and she attended college at Cornell University before matriculating in the Vanderbilt MSTP program. There, she worked in the Galli lab doing...
Alumnus Spotlight: Dr. Asit Parikh
Dec. 1, 2021—An Audience with Asit Parikh by Matthew O’Neill (G2) Asit Parikh is an alumnus of the Vanderbilt MSTP who sits at the helm of MOMA therapeutics, serving as the President and CEO of the early-stage biotech company headquartered in Boston. Having traversed the traditional path of training through MSTP, residency, fellowship, and postdoctoral training, he...