First Year Residents
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Elizabeth Ademuwagun, MD I was born and raised in Grand Prairie, TX, a suburb within the DFW metroplex. I am one of three lovely daughters of our amazing parents, who raised us up in Nigerian culture with American amenities. I completed my undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas (Go Comets). I continued on in my medical education journey to obtain my MD from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio’s Long School of Medicine. After medical school, I headed back home to the DFW area to complete my internal medicine preliminary year at Medical City Weatherford. I am now looking forward to continuing my journey here at Fox Chase. Outside of medicine, I enjoy being outside, whether it be to play pickle ball or enjoy a nice hike, making memories with my friends and family, reading, and learning how to find joy in all that God brings to my life.
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Lamees El Nihum, MD I was raised in a family of Aggies in College Station, Texas, where I graduated from Texas A&M University in 2015 with a BS in Chemical Engineering and minors in both Aerospace Engineering and Chemistry. I fell in love with the vibrant culture of southern Spain after a family trip in college, and after graduation I was able to study abroad for an extraordinary semester in Granada, Spain, at the University of Granada Center of Modern Languages. I then attended medical school at the Texas A&M College of Medicine/Houston Methodist Hospital, where I served as the first EnMed pilot student and obtained both my MD and Master of Engineering during my research year as a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholar in the Texas A&M Academy of Physician Scientists. Before joining the team at Fox Chase, I completed my intern year in General Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. I am passionate about innovation in the field of Radiation Oncology and future global medicine initiatives in developing countries. My greatest passions are spending time with my family and friends, as well as flamenco, indoor bouldering, and reading classics, sociopolitical works, and epic fantasies.
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Mihir Karande, MD I was born in Bloomsburg, PA and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. I attended college at the University of Virginia where I majored in Biology and minored in Psychology. I spent a gap year scribing in an Emergency Department in Hampton, VA and another year completing a Master’s of Biomedical Sciences at Eastern Virginia Medical School, where I later attended medical school. Prior to starting Radiation Oncology residency at Fox Chase Cancer Center, I finished a transitional year at Conway Medical Center in Conway, SC. In terms of academics, I am interested in non-oncologic uses of radiation therapy, machine learning, and disparities in radiation therapy access. In my spare time, I enjoy staying active, indulging my sweet tooth while discovering healthy alternatives, playing games, and watching movies and live sports. I am eager to dive into the Philly food and sports scene.
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Mary Mahoney, MD I grew up in the scenic Hudson Valley region of New York State, nestled 90 miles north of New York City. I received my undergraduate degrees in physics and chemistry from Binghamton University and my medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. Before moving to Philadelphia for Radiation Oncology residency, I completed my Transitional Year internship at Garnet Health in my hometown of Middletown, NY. My research interests include medical education and residency recruitment. As a member of the American Radium Society (ARS) Radiation OnCology Knowledge for Early-career and Training (ROCKET) leadership team, I help develop and deliver medical student webinar programming. My hobbies include listening to podcasts, physical activities in the sun, trying new recipes, and crafting.
Second Year Residents
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Robert Freeman, MD Following a family-focused upbringing in Connecticut, I attended Northeastern University in Boston where I majored in Biology and minored in Psychology. A formative gap year working at Brigham and Women’s Emergency Department helped to prepare me for medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson in New Brunswick, NJ. Prior to starting at Fox Chase, I completed a transitional year at Capital Health in Hopewell, NJ. My broad academic interests include socioeconomic factors related to healthcare and translational research. Outside of medicine, I try to stay physically active with several sports (soccer, pickleball, golf) and enjoy reading (fantasy/sci-fi), movies, and games.
Third Year Residents
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Zachary Kiss, DO My three brothers and I were raised by a schoolteacher and an architect. Our parents taught us to share and care for each other through our most formidable battles over the best seat in the minivan on long trips. I learned the value of perseverance as I witnessed my mother’s family work together to run a small-town plumbing business. I appreciated how lifelong learning can help others as I saw my father’s family cultivate careers in academia and consulting. When I got to college, I studied theater and geography—disparate disciplines about people—how we interact with each other and our environments. Yet, arts and humanities would be lonely without sciences. After performing on stage in London and presenting on healthcare accessibility in Manhattan, I worked as a research scientist in molecular biophysics and applied to study medicine. In medical school, I investigated oxidative stress signaling, one of the many processes cancer cells exploit to adapt to treatments. Understanding stress response is a potential avenue for optimizing treatment efficacy and reducing harm. Following medical school, I completed my intern year at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in New York. I am humbled and honored to continue my training in Radiation Oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, where I will continue to pursue my passion for finding safer ways to care for our patients.
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Maryanne Judy Lubas, DO I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and attended college locally at West Chester University. Following graduation, I worked as a research assistant in clinical oncology at the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Presbyterian before attending medical school. I then completed my preliminary medicine intern year at Einstein Medical Center, where I was named outstanding preliminary intern, prior to starting at Fox Chase. I am interested in research pertaining to rarer gastrointestinal malignancies, notably neuroendocrine tumors, as well as breast cancer and precision medicine. I also have a vested interest in both global health and health equity, and was fortunate enough to hold a leadership position in a global health non-profit during my clinical years of medical school. In my spare time, I enjoy running, spending time at the beach with my husband and traveling to Brooklyn to visit my newborn nephew.
Fourth Year Residents
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Peter Lin Lee, MD, PhD Originally born in Utah, I moved around the country as a child, but spent most of my formative years growing up just outside of Boston in Wayland, MA. I went to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH for undergrad, where I pursued degrees in both Physics and Nutritional Biochemistry. It was there that I developed an interest in leveraging and applying the physical sciences to human health. After undergrad, I enrolled in the MD-PhD program at UMass Medical School, where I completed my thesis studying mTOR signaling in adipocytes and its relationship with white and brown adipocyte development. I also had the opportunity to work closely with the radiation oncology department as a medical student, participating in research projects studying SBRT in hepatocellular carcinoma. After medical school, I completed my internship in a transitional year program at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, MA. Outside of medicine, I am heavily involved in olympic weightlifting, in which I compete at the national level. My other hobbies include skiing, golfing, sailing, and exploring local restaurants.
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Alexander Lukez, MD I grew up in Lexington, MA before going to upstate New York for an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Rochester. Before attending medical school, I worked at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a clinical research coordinator. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, I completed PGY1 at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital transitional year program. My research interests include patient quality of life, digital health, and SBRT. Outside of work, I like to explore Philadelphia, dine out or try cooking new recipes, and play soccer.
