Faculty help first-year residents form connections through mentorship program


Since 2023, the UW Department of Radiology has matched each first-year resident with a faculty member through the Resident Mentorship Program. Faculty members help the new residents navigate their new role, provide support throughout their training, and share insight from their own experiences.  

Mentors also facilitate residents forming connections in the department by introducing their mentee at a faculty meeting and sharing fun facts like hobbies, favorite movies, and career goals with the broader group of faculty members. Often, this sparks conversations between faculty and residents who have common interests while they are working together in the reading rooms.   

In addition to the benefits to the residents, faculty members enjoy volunteering for the program, finding a sense of fulfillment. 

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Alex Thomas (L) and Kelly Capel (R).
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Annie Zlevor (L) and Alison Gegios (R).

First year residents and mentors

Diagnostic Radiology

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Ibrahim Abdalla, MD
Mentored by Isaiah Tan, MD
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Ronnie Alramahi, MD
Mentored by Jade Anderson, MD
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Annika Anderson, MD
Mentored by Mai Elezaby, MD
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Nate Kauffman, MD, PhD
Mentored by J. Louis Hinshaw, MD
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Mark Lewis, MD
Mentored by Nathan Skinner, MD, PhD
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Alex Thomas, MD
Mentored by Kelly Capel, MD
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Onur Tuncer, MD
Mentored by Lewis Jordan, MD, MPH, MS
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Vish Vijayakumar, MD
Mentored by Kevin McDonald, MD
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Raphael do Vale Souza, MD; Mentored by Jennifer Jupitz, MD
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Annie Zlevor, MD
Mentored by Alison Gegios, MD

Interventional Radiology

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Hassan Rizvi, MD
Mentored by Elliott Russell, MD
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Nathan Travers, MD
Mentored by Matthew Niemeyer, MD

Nuclear Medicine

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Lydienid Rodriguez Ortiz,
MD; Mentored by Tomas
Romero, MD