Residents
The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program prepares residents for a vast assortment of future career opportunities. We promote a collaborative learning atmosphere which engages attending physicians, residents and ancillary staff in a team-based approach to provide residents with the knowledge and skills for success.
Learn More about Resident Life and Our Alumni
We value interpersonal relationships as much as we value education. Our residents and alumni come from many different paths. These collaborative relationships are strengthened through both professional experiences and getting to know our residents outside the workplace.
PGY1
Jayda Burton, MD
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Undergraduate School: Burman University
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Hospital medicine, academic medicine, community outreach
Personal Interests: Soccer (#YNWA), farmer's markets, watching crime documentaries
Emily Huber, MD
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Undergraduate School: UNC-Chapel Hill
Medical School: UNC-Chapel Hill
Professional Interests: Palliative care, AYA Heme/Onc, potentially dual hospitalist, equity & advocacy, medical education
Personal Interests: Baking (working on fun pastries!), seeing Broadway musicals, needlepoint, HIIT classes, trying out new ways to meal prep, traveling, exploring new restaurants/coffee shops!
McKenzie Parks, MD
Hometown: Wallace, North Carolina
Undergraduate School: Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio
Professional Interests: I am open to learning more about everything, but as of right now I would say I’m most interested in adult inpatient medicine, newborn nursery, and pediatric primary care!
Personal Interests: I enjoy traveling, reading, going on nature walks, cooking, playing board games, and watching sitcoms and medical dramas
Ilene Trinh, MD
Hometown: Orange, CA
Undergraduate School: University of California, Irvine (zot zot zot!)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University SOM
Professional Interests: heme/onc, teaching/mentorship, immigrant health, and medical humanities
Personal Interests: I am passionate about going on food runs always! In my free time, I love to sing, play piano, read, and sketch/paint. Also love all things Disney and Marvel!
PGY2
Nicholas Bean, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate School: Case Western Reserve University
Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences
Professional Interests: Caring for Medically complex children and adolescents with disabilities.
Personal Interests: Music, skateboarding, and analog photography
Ifeoma Ezeilo, MD
Hometown: Haverstraw, NY
Undergraduate School: State University of NY at Binghamton
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo
Professional interests: global health, sleep medicine, gun violence intervention
Personal interests: writing poetry, learning new languages, playing double bass, pilates and power heels
Mariam Salama, MD, MPH
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Undergraduate School: University of Minnesota
Medical School: George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Professional Interests: Immigrant and Refugee Health.
Personal Interests: Container gardening, meditation, nutrition
Mary Yeh, MD
Hometown: Boston, MA
Undergraduate School: Harvard University
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo
Professional Interests: Academic medicine
Personal Interests: Puzzles, recreational knitting, event coordination, string bass, crew coxswain
PGY3
Irene Ganahl, MD
Hometown: Lewisburg, PA
Undergraduate School: Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA
Professional Interests: primary care, women's health, health equity, global health, quality improvement, advocacy
Personal Interests: music (I have played violin since I was 3 1/2 -y/o), farmer's markets, being outdoors in almost all capacities, lap swimming, reading
Riley Reed, MD
Hometown: Canton, MI
Undergraduate School: Michigan State University
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Primary care, social determinants of health, DEI, mentorship
Personal Interests: Reading, travel, trying new restaurants in Cleveland, watching crazy reality tv shows, spending time with family and friends
Steven Reehl, MD
Hometown: Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate School: Elizabethtown College
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Professional Interests: In true med-peds fashion, I remain undecided. Also in true med-peds fashion, the world is my oyster! I'm considering primary care, health equity and advocacy, LGBTQ+ health and health access, and potential combined fellowships!
Personal Interests: I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, shopping, finding new music, finding good coffee, and exploring Cleveland. I'm always looking for new ways to stay active and meet new people!
Jack Reifenberg, MD
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Undergraduate School: The Ohio State University
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Professional Interests: quality improvement, medical education, legislative advocacy
Personal Interests: soccer, making soup, trail running
PGY4
Amber Estes, MD
Hometown: Tinley Park, IL
Undergraduate School: The University of Chicago
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Professional Interests: I have many interests and I see myself pursuing either primary care or a combined fellowship (infectious disease, cardiology, rheumatology...we'll see!). I am passionate about advocacy, LGBTQ+ medicine, community engagement, and medical education.
Personal Interests: I like to bake, cook, read, draw, dance, try new restaurants (there are many great ones in Cleveland), and check out the metro parks while birdwatching. I also always love spending time with my two cats.
Mary Irwin, MD
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Undergrad: Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!!)
Medical school: University of Cincinnati COM (Go Bengals!!)
Professional interests: Possible dual hospitalist, PICU, adolescent + advocacy and med ed
Personal interests: Plants, yoga, most popular fantasy series, trying local breweries, hiking, anime, reading a good book (fiction and nonfiction), ice cream (most varieties)
Andrea Janis, MD
Hometown: Westport, Connecticut
Undergraduate School: University of Michigan (Go blue!!)
Graduate School: N/A
Medical School: Wayne State School of Medicine
Professional Interests: Med-Peds hospitalist, primary care, transitions of care, medical education
Personal Interests: dogs, baking, hiking, live music!
Jaysa Withey, DO
Hometown: Flint/Mount Morris, MI
Undergraduate School: Case Western Reserve University
Graduate School: Chatham University
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Professional Interests: Dual Hospitalist, Global Health Medicine
Personal Interests: Reading (non-academic), cycling, HIIT classes, Hiking, DIY projects, Gardening, Home Goods/Home Sense (Obsessed with the store).