Current Residents

David Sterling, MD

Medical School: Indiana University

Prior to medical school, David was a senior management consultant for IBM and an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. During medical school he was Director of Finance and then later Vice President of the Navari Student Outreach Clinic. He has also spent time as a research associate conducting work focusing on the quality of care pre- and post-COVID-19 that will support policy recommendations for Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County.

Diego Yahuaca, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University

During medical school, Diego’s capstone scholarly project in medical education utilized objective structured clinical examinations to evaluate a residency curriculum and resident competency. He has a deep passion for education and has participated in several pipeline programs at Northwestern University where he mentored high school students interested in healthcare fields. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Diego volunteered with Illinois Unidos to provide vaccines within Latinx neighborhoods around Chicagoland. Diego was the recipient of the 2021 Charles D Dillon MD Scholarship for Primary Care.

Dunia Mardini, DO

Medical School: Touro University

During medical school, Dunia participated at the student run free clinic as a coordinator. She also served on the Student American Academy of Osteopathy. Additionally, she worked with a small group of medical students and faculty to develop and implement a wellness curriculum into the College of Medicine. Prior to medical school, she was a founding member of Epsilon Alpha Sigma, the first Arab interest sorority in the nation.

Jenn Nguyen, MD

Medical School: University of Oklahoma

Throughout medical school, during which her dog, Spike, was her unofficial mascot, Jenn was an active volunteer at the Lighthouse Medical Clinic and provided medical care and leadership in both the wound clinic and medical clinic. She has also been the Clinic Liaison Coordinator for the OU Community Health Alliance where she oversaw the fifteen free clinics partnered with the OUCHA and the coordinators for each one. She was the recipient of the R. Murali Krishna, MD Community Service Award in February 2021.

Matthew Moran, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas

Throughout medical school, Matthew volunteered at the UT Health Student-Faculty Collaborative where he utilized Safe Space principles to care for LGBTQ+ patients and women recovering from substance use. He was also involved in the End Stigma HIV Alliance Committee which worked to provide education and engage the public with regards to HIV screening and advocacy. At the beginning of the pandemic, he also spent time as a COVID case investigator.

Musa Williams, MD

Medical School: Louisiana State University

Musa has spent time as an intake counselor at Women’s Health Care Center in New Orleans. He has also spent time as a prevention supervisor managing the STI prevention program for the black LGBTQ+ population of region one of Louisiana. Prior to medical school, Musa was an assistant science teacher supporting a science teacher in a non-traditional high school for at-risk adolescents. He has also spent several years mentoring premed/prehealth students in New Orleans.

Stacey Jaimes-Herrera, MD

Medical School: Loyola University

Prior to medical school Stacey was a care coordinator at Esperanza Health Centers. She has spent time mentoring elementary school age students as well as medical school applicants. During the pandemic, has been a Student Leader in the COVID Equity Response Collaborative Loyola. She has actively participated in the curriculum at Loyola through the Curriculum Evaluation subcommittee as well as part of the Wellness Curriculum.

Young Lee, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Prior to pursuing a career in medicine, Young worked as a trader. During medical school, he has spent significant time working with the Figuero-Wu Family Foundation, an anti-poverty organization committed to helping people in need, as the Chief Procurement Officer. He has also spent time volunteering at the Pilsen Food Pantry and the Pacific Garden Mission Shelter.

Bianca Jenkins, MD

Medical School: Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Bianca is a recipient of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship, co-founder and executive board member of her school’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association, and an executive board member of her chapter of the Student National Medical Association. While in residency, Bianca has been a teaching assistant to Northwestern Medical School's 4th-year students and is on the AMA Foundation's Committee to develop a comprehensive LGBTQ+ fellowship. Bianca was an HIV, pregnancy, and STI care manager for a number of years before medical school and is now pursuing an HIV Area of Concentration.

Esmeralda Rosales, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Esmeralda was awarded the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Scholarship, the Kaiser Permanente Medical School Scholarship, and the Cavero and Cieslak Scholarship. She was also inducted into the Golden Humanism Honor Society and a member of the Urban Medicine Program. Esmeralda was actively involved in her chapter of LMSA and co-founded a school organization called Physicians for Human Rights. Prior to medical school, she was an AIDS United AmeriCorps Health Educator and worked with Erie’s Lending Hands for Life Program.

Jessica McGee, MD, MPH

Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Jessica created a curriculum for middle school students, which encompassed physical activation and nutrition and was taught through the program, Empowering Youth Today. She also served as an active member of the Admissions Committee for her medical school. Jessica volunteered with the Saint Louis University Health Resource Center, providing healthcare to underserved persons and served on the fundraising committee for this organization. She assisted in the pre-matriculation program for under-represented minority medicals students in the summer prior to their first year.

Lukasz Jaros, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Lukasz has been volunteering at Community Health Chicago since undergrad, initially as a Polish translator and then as a medical team member. He created a mentorship program and continued to mentor students interested in applying to the medical field while in medical school as part of NU Feinberg Connections, Phi Delta Epsilon board member, and through personal connections. Lukasz was also a recipient of the Polish American Medical Society Scholarship and the Women’s Eleemosynary Foundation Scholarship.

Maria Granadillo Castellon, MD

Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Maria served as a volunteer with Helping Hands Medical Missions Venezuela where she served indigenous and underserved communities in the Venezuelan Amazon. She also served as a volunteer for the Padre Venard Medical Student Clinic and as interim Medical Director for part of her experience. In addition, Maria participated as a member of her school’s LCME accreditation survey preparation team. Prior to transitioning to medicine, Maria worked in development for Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Foundation.

Nohemi Herrera, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Nohemi has been an active member of her school’s chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association and served as Community Service Chair and Social Chair. Nohemi was a Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation: Jay G. Hirsch Medical Student Fellow and was also one of ten students awarded nationally the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Summer Medical Student Fellowship. She conducted research with Dr. Marilyn Griffin over the course of 12 weeks in the summer of 2016 and presented their research on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome at AACAP's annual meeting in New York in October 2016.

Saad Siddiqui, MD

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Saad was awarded the John R. and Margaret C. Tobin Outstanding Leadership Award for the Class of 2020. Saad completed the Bioethics Honors program, where he focused his research on the development of a hospital violence intervention program, and served as a member of the Loyola Dean’s Leadership Council. He has also been a presenter in the Ministry Department’s Interfaith Spirituality Series where he presented on Islam, Muslims, and culturally relevant information for the medical community. Saad was a member of the Class of 2020 Board and was Co-President of SAMSA.

Sydney Doe, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Sydney is a recipient of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship, was elected as a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and was awarded the Student Senate Service Award in 2017. She was elected as student delegate to represent the Student Congress at the American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegate. Sydney was also awarded the Highest Scoring Student Abstract by the Women’s Caucus of the American Public Health Association when presenting her research on Secondary School Experiences of Menstrual Hygiene Management.

Bushra Anis, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Bushra grew up in Sri Lanka, started a health camp for refugee women in northern Sri Lanka after the 26 yr civil war; volunteered at a homeless shelter in med school as part of an education coalition for health advocacy and helped to start a culinary medicine initiative at Temple.

Carla Villarreal, MD

Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont

Carla was awarded the M3 Family Medicine clerkship award and 2 certificates for community service while in medical school. She worked for Teach for America in Detroit prior to medical school. In medical school she served as a Hispanic Outreach Services Mentor through which she connected medical students with Hispanic youth to educate and guide them on healthy living choices as well as pursuit of academic interests. She was the community service chair for both her school’s chapter of AMWA and LMSA and was the vice president of the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group. She helped start up a small clinic in a shelter and volunteered at her school’s free clinic. She has a teaching certificate in secondary education and is fluent in Spanish as well as speaking some French.

Carol Platt, DO

Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

Carol is graduating at the top of her class as a member of Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society and was awarded the TOUCH service award for her community service. She is an Associate Board Member for EverThrive supporting the health of women and children through policy initiatives and is an associate board member of Urban Initiatives empowering youth through sports and recreation. She is a member of the leadership committee for the National Outreach for Diversity at Midwestern University. She volunteered at her school’s free clinic and worked as a perinatal educator. She worked as a Spanish interpreter at multiple underserved clinics and as a teacher through CPS for several years for 4th and 5th graders. She is fluent in Spanish.

Christina du Breuil, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Christina graduated AOA from UIC where she participated in research looking at health interventions for Latino caregivers of children with disabilities. She gave health education talks at Deborah’s House as part of her Urban Medicine program and participated in research on music in China. She was a staff minister on campus in college where she ran weekly Bible study and gave presentations on spiritual topics. She speaks French and some Chinese.

Eric Sullivan, MD

Medical School: University of Chicago The Pritzker School of Medicine

Eric is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi Research Society. While at U of C he participated in a NIH funded research project exploring how med school curriculum influences interest in primary care and he conducted research on STD testing on female sex workers in India. He served on his medical school’s diversity and inclusion steering committee, was the class representative on the Dean’s Council, was the co-founder and co-president of Pritzker’s chapter of Doctor’s for America and was the co-president of his school’s FMIG. He facilitated discussion groups amongst co-students on topics of race, identity and class, was the co-president of his school’s AMSA chapter and the co-president of the Health Policy Interest Group. He volunteered at several free clinics, a domestic violence shelter and was a volunteer with regional Native American organizations. He co-led a course on health disparities along with several other required medical school courses and was a community service fellow. He was an associate board member for Urban Initiatives and he speaks some French.

Lucia Rodriguez, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Lucia has focused much of her academic career on partnering advocacy with cultural competency. In medical school she worked on a project assessing the barriers and access to health care of Latino populations, she worked on another project regarding resiliency in children of Flint who had experienced Adverse Childhood Events and she studied accessibility to properly provided translator services for a population of Spanish speaking patients. She wrote a resolution for the AMA promoting LGBTQ/gender neutral intake forms and a similar resolution for the Michigan State Medical Society. She volunteered with the Hispanic Latino Collaborative and was a board member for her school’s chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility as well as the co-president of her school’s chapter of LMSA. She is fluent in Spanish.

Nicole Paprocki, DO

Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

Nicole is a Chicago native, Teach For America-Chicago alumna, and a National Health Service Corps Scholar. During medical school, she completed the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship and founded the Scholars de Salud Program, an experiential after-school program for low-income and first-generation high school students to learn more about health careers while connecting them to mentors. Nicole volunteered at free clinics in Chicago and Peru and graduated as a member of Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society, and was awarded the United States Public Health Service “Excellence in Public Health” Award. She was the first Student Board Member for Family Medicine Midwest; now as a resident, she is involved in conference organization as part of the Family Medicine Midwest Host and Educational Committees. Nicole is completing the McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program and serves as one of our program’s academic chiefs. Her professional interests include medical education, trauma-informed care (especially for survivors of intimate partner violence), women’s health, care for complex patients, and osteopathic medicine. She speaks some Spanish.

Stephen Whitfield, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Stephen rotated with us on both inpatient and outpatient and was a great fit for Erie clinic! He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. During medical school he served on the Inclusion and Bias Task Force through which he helped to assess the curriculum for biases in education. He wrote a curriculum for health for incarcerated men at Cook County Jail and wrote several resolutions to the city regarding asking banks to divest from support of private prisons and the Dakota Access pipeline as well as asking the AAFP to write a position paper against medically unnecessary surgery in the intersex infant population (which was passed). He worked as a researcher for the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health investigating barriers to health care experienced by MSM. He speaks Spanish.