Fellows

Meet our cohort of Emergency Medicine fellows! Each fellow brings their own unique experiences and interests to our department. They enrich our academic and clinical environment through resident supervision, active involvement in research, curricular development and many other academic pursuits. We invite you to learn more about our current cohort of fellows below.

2024-2025 Fellows

Aleksandra Degtyar, MD, MS

Research

Undergraduate: UC Berkeley

Med School: UCLA

Graduate School: MS in Global Health Sciences, UCSF

Residency: Wellstar Kennestone

Interests: escape games, research, martial arts, Broadway, bread 

Ed Diaz, MD

Simulation

Undergraduate: UNC Chapel Hill

Med School: UNC Chapel Hill

Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside/West

Interests: video games, working out, being a plant dad, college basketball, hiking

Sussanna Oad, MD

Global Health

Undergraduate: 

Med School: UT Southwestern

Residency: HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

Interests:

Ann Pearson, MD

Global Health

Undergraduate: Creighton University

Med School: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Interests: Golf, Husker football, Creighton basketball, traveling, documentaries, coffee, exploring new restaurants, Global EM, Social EM

Connor Welsh, MD

Research

Undergraduate: The Johns Hopkins University

Med School:  Michigan State University

Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside/West

Interests: Clinical Trial Methodology, Neurotrauma, Cardiac Arrest, Biostatistics, Detroit Sports (go Red Wings and Lions!), Science Fiction, Travel, exclusively wearing scrub bottoms and t-shirts, and continuing to run less than Ed.