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Department of Medicine Young Scholars Program

Department of Medicine Young Scholars Program
The Department of Medicine’s Young Scholars Program provides early career investigators with philanthropic funding to support innovative research endeavors.
With the freedom to pursue research at our institution, these up-and-coming physician–scientists lay the foundation for submitting competitive applications to the National Institutes of Health, foundations, and other external funding sources.
Chairmen's Circle Scholars
Akankasha Goyal, MD
Instructor, Department of Medicine
Natalie Levy
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Thomas D. Norton, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Irfana Soomro, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Gerald Weissmann, MD, Scholars
Sean P. Heffron, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Melanie R. Jay, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Eugene E. Kim, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Saperstein Family Scholars
John A. Dodson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jennifer S. Scherer, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine