UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2009
Undergraduate Major(s): Computer Science
Currently Employed By: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Anesthesiologist
Updates: Hi there! It’s been a long time since I’ve been in touch, sorry about that! The past several years have been exciting overall. After medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I did my residency at the same place. I went to the University of California at San Francisco for a one-year liver transplant anesthesiology fellowship and stayed there for four years additionally as an attending. This was great as the department was very supportive at getting a young attending career off the ground with plenty of research resources. After that, I moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to join the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as a liver transplant anesthesiologist at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, I’ve continued my research efforts, broadened to quality improvement and patient safety as well. In the meantime, my wife, Anjali, and I have had two beautiful daughters, Asha, and Maya. The whole family is doing great here! Overall, things are going well. I’ve been able to meet some great people through national societies like the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesiologists, and the International Liver Transplant Society. I have presented topics and held workshops around the world, including the Netherlands and coming up in Geneva this year. It’s been great to meet other people around the world and learn how they’re practicing medicine for the same thing but in different ways. Hopefully looking forward to a rank promotion for full professor in a couple of years. I guess we’ll see what the future holds!

Updates: After finishing my BA in Cognitive Science and Political Science in 2019, I finished my Masters in Public Health at UConn Health via the MPH Fast Track Program in 2020. From 2020 to 2021, I was the Ann Kolker Fellow at the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance focusing on reproductive health policy and advocating for ovarian cancer patients/survivors in Washington, DC. In the Fall of 2021, I began my PhD in Health Policy and Management, Bioethics and Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where I pursued projects on the ethics and regulation of AI-enabled medical devices. On August 20, 2025, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Attitudes, Advertisements, and Access To Market: An Examination and Ethical Evaluation of Digital Therapeutics” (which is the attached photo with my best friends and fellow UConn alumni).

I am now the inaugural Berman Institute of Bioethics and Institute for Assured Autonomy AI Ethics and Governance Post Doctoral Fellow. I continue to work with interdisciplinary groups on issues of AI ethics and governance applied to a variety of fields, including but not limited to: bioethics, research, public health, medicine, engineering, criminal justice, and government.

It would be my pleasure to connect with any current and future Rowe Scholars!

Undergraduate Major: Individualized: Human Health Sciences
Updates: After graduating UConn in 2018, I pursued my doctorate in Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health where I defended my dissertation “Early life exposure to multiple metals and adolescent neurodevelopment” in 2022. After defending my PhD, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the Epidemiology branch. Now, I have been working as a Senior Scientist at a non-profit based in DC, the Environmental Working Group where I lead the science portfolio for safety of cosmetic ingredients in personal care products. I also regularly serve as an on-air expert in media and was recently on Morning Mika on MSNBC.

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2022
Undergraduate Major(s): Physiology and Neurobiology
Currently Employed By: UConn Pre-Medical & Pre-Dental Advising Office
Updates: Currently I’m a nursing student and will graduate with my Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) this August. Once I pass my boards, I’ll officially be a licensed registered nurse. In addition to my current studies at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, I’ve continued working part-time for my undergrad’s Pre-Medical & Pre-Dental Advising Office. Through this role, I’ve grown my passion as a mentor, a communicator, and a social media creator. This ties in nicely with the social media account @nursetmillz. I love sharing pieces of my nursing journey with others and answering questions about nursing school. I want to use my platform to help highlight each healthcare professional’s unique role by sharing my friends’ stories and understanding why they chose X over Y or vice versa. I hope these posts will help others choose the career path that’s best for them before investing their time and money into any particular road. 

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2021
Undergraduate Major(s): Environmental Studies, B.A
Currently Employed By: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Updates: I am currently a post-baccalaureate trainee at the NIEHS where I am working with Dr. Chandra Jackson in the Social & Environmental Determinants of Health Equity Group in the Epidemiology Branch. In this role, I currently assist postdocs on current projects, activities, and manuscripts, as well as attend seminars.

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2021
Undergraduate Major(s): Biological Sciences
Currently Employed By: UConn Health Graduate School
Updates: Since graduating from UConn, I have been grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of the 2023 Young Innovative Investigators Program (YIIP) Cohort under the Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering. I am currently in the final semester of the 2-year master’s program and will be graduating in May 2023 with my Master’s in Biomedical Sciences. I spent the past two years working in a Vascular Biology lab that focuses on prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in prostate cancer. This program has allowed me extensive exposure to both bench and clinical research, allowing me to hone in on my lab skillset and build a greater understanding of the science behind medicine as I aspire towards my goal of medical school.