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2010 - 2012

• Amanda Almazan (University of
  Texas Health Center/San Antonio)
  • Senior Mentor:Cynthia Minkovitz (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)
  • Junior Mentor: John Rauch (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
  
  
  
• Selene Bantz (Cornell-New York Presbyterian)
  • Senior Mentor: Michael Cabana (UC-San Francisco)
  • Junior Mentor: Sande Okelo (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
  
  
  
• Errol Fields (Boston Combined Residency Program)
  • Senior Mentor: Elizabeth Miller (UC-Davis)
  • Junior Mentor: Ray Perry (UCLA)
  
  
  
• Marleny Franco (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
  • Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (UT Southwestern/ Children's MC Dallas)
  • Junior Mentor: Marina Reznik (Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
  
  
  
• Travis Gayles (Northwestern/McGaw)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Peter Szilagyi (University of Rochester School of Medicine)
  • Junior Mentor: Mario Cruz (St. Christopher's/Drexel College of Medicine)
  
  
  
• April Inniss (Floating Hospital/Tufts)
  • Senior Mentor: Tina Cheng (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
  • Junior Mentor: Julia Anixt (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
  
  
  
• Maureen Villasenor (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles)
  • Senior Mentor: Matilde Irigoyen (Albert Einstein Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Mollie Grow (Seattle Children's Hospital)

2009-2011

• Roxanne Almas (University of
  Massachusetts School of Medicine)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Carol Weitzman (Yale/New Haven)
  • Junior Mentor: Arvin Garg (Tufts/Boston Floating)
    
    
• Elaine Barfield (Cornell-New York Presbyterian)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester)
    
  • Junior Mentor:Asha Willis (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    
• Marc Callender (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Benard Dreyer (NYU School of Medicine)
  • Junior Mentor: Ray Perry (UCLA)
    
    
• Janice Hobbs (St. Christopher's Hospital for Children)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Debra Bogen (University of Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Children's)
  • Junior Mentor: Kecia Carroll (Vanderbuilt University/Vanderbuilt Children's)
    
    
• Brandi Kaye Freeman (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Lisa Simpson (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)
  • Junior Mentor: Tumani Coker (UCLA/RAND)
    
    
• Nicole Salazar Austin (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Rhonda Graves (NYU Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Tyler Smith (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
    
    
• Allison Kirk (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
  
  • Senior Mentor: Joanne Cox (Children's Hospital of Boston)
  • Junior Mentor: Inyang Isong (Massachusetts General Hospital)
    
    

2008-2010

• Tarayn Fairlie (Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine)
  • Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Cori Green (NYU School of Medicine)
    
    
• Maya Jones (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Senior Mentor: Denice Cora-Bramble (Children's National Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Vicki Wilkins (University of Washington)
    
    
• Traci Means (Baylor College of Medicine)
  • Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Julia Anixt (University of Maryland)
    
    
• Jenny Smokey (University of Washington School of Medicine)
  • Senior Mentor: Matilde Irigoyen (Albert Einstein Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Kathy Angkustsiri (UC-Davis School of Medicine)
    
    
• Ashaunta Tumblin (Baylor College of Medicine)
  • Senior Mentor: Suzette Oyeku (Albert Einstein Coll. Of Medicine/Montefiore)
  • Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Children's Hospital of LA/USC)
    
    
• Natalie Woods (University of Chicago)
  • Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester School of Medicine)
  • Junior Mentor: Amanda Bennett (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
    
    

2007-2009:

• Shaquita Bell (University of Washington)
  • Senior Mentor: Rhonda Graves (NYU)
  • Junior Mentor: Amelia Burgess (Minnesota)
    
    
• Monica Eneriz-Wiemer (Stanford)
  • Senior Mentor: Fred Rivara (University of Washington)
  • Junior Mentor: Marney Gundlach (Texas Children's Hospital)
    
    
• Raymond Perry (University of Chicago)
  • Senior Mentor: James Perrin (Massachusetts General Hospital)
  • Junior Mentor: Jonathan Castillo* (Cincinnati)
    
    
• Carryn Rice (Palmetto Health Richland/University of South Carolina)
  • Senior Mentor: Steven Shelov (Maimonides Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Asha Willis* (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    
• Delene Richburg (Emory)
  • Senior Mentor: Veronnie Jones (University of Louisville)
  • Junior Mentor: Sheela Sathyanarayana (University of Washington)
    
    
• Kamillah Wood (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
  • Senior Mentor: Danielle Laraque (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
  • Junior Mentor: Mollie Greves (University of Washington)
    
    

2006-2008:

• Monique Collier (Columbia Presbyterian)
  • Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (Rochester)
  • Junior Mentor: Steve Maddox (NYU)
    
    
• Candyce Greene (LAC/USC Medical Center)
  • Senior Mentor: Lauren Smith (Boston University Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Stanford)
    
    
• Alexandria Saulsberry (Medical College of Wisconsin)
  • Senior Mentor: Lee Pachter (UConn)
  • Junior Mentor: Shuba Kamath (Tufts)
    
    
• Chinwe Umez (Crozer Chester Medical Center)
  • Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Evelyn Berger (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    

2005-2007:

• Renee Boynton-Jarrett (John Hopkins Hospital)
  • Senior Mentor: Lauren Smith (Boston University Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Salethiel Kendrick (Morehouse School of Medicine)
    
    
• Jonathan Castillo
  • Senior Mentor: Glen Flores (Wisconsin)
  • Junior Mentor: Adam Cohen (Washington)
    
    
• Erika Crawford (University of Virginia)
  • Senior Mentor: Lolita McDavid (Rainbow Babies and Children's)
  • Junior Mentor: Deb Steinbaum (Mount Sinai School of Medicine )
    
    
• Denia Garfias (LAC-USC Pediatrics Residency Program)
  • Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza (Stanford)
  • Junior Mentor: Steve Federico (Denver)
    
    
• Oye Grant
  • Senior Mentor: Thyde Dumont-Mathieu (UConn)
  • Junior Mentor: Shuba Kamath (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    
• Vanessa Gomez
  • Senior Mentor: Elsie Taveras (Harvard)
  • Junior Mentor: Erika Gibson (Montefiore)
    
    
• Rachel Johnson (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Senior Mentor: Anne Beale (Commonwealth Fund)
  • Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Stanford)
    
    
• Nicole Mapp-Hight (Carolinas Medical Center)
  • Senior Mentor: Danielle Laraque (Mount Sinai)
  • Junior Mentor: Ingrid Walker-Descartes (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    
• Shelly McLaren
  • Senior Mentor: Denice Cora-Bramble (Childrens National Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Stephaine Wallace (UAB)
    
    
• Janelle Plummer (Carolinas Medical Center)
  • Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester)
  • Junior Mentor: Naomi Duke (U Minnesota)
    
    
• Candace Smith
  • Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center)
  • Junior Mentor: Evelyn Berger (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
    
    
• Asha Willis
  • Senior Mentor: Lee Pachter (UConn)
  • Junior Mentor: Avril Houston (Children's National Medical Center)
    
    

* Mentor who was a past NCScholar