By Noel Jabbour, MD, MS, FACS, Residency Program Director and Lisa A. Goldstein
A great group of residents will be joining the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to academic achievements and dedication to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, the group includes a diverse range of accomplishments.
Alexa Pearce is a graduate of NYU, earning a degree in French and Art History. She spent an academic year teaching English and studying art in Paris before returning to the U.S. to complete further coursework to prepare for medical school. She will soon graduate from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine. She has worked as a freelance artist since high school and has donated paintings to the University of Arkansas anatomy lab, as well as completed a very large 40’ × 8’ mural for the new orthopedic hospital at UAMS.
Hannah Piston is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and will soon graduate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is an elite, nationally recognized harpist, having played over 100 concerts, including three international tours. Hannah spent one year between her third and fourth year of medical school completing research within our Department at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Ashwin Reddy is a graduate of Stanford University and will soon graduate from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is the recipient of a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health to study hearing loss in brick kiln workers in Nepal. He is also the recipient of the Johns Hopkins SOURCE Community Service Award, which honors the best graduate health student group for meaningful local engagement and measurable impact. He is passionate about global health and speaks six languages.
Lucy Revercomb is a graduate of Rice University and will soon graduate from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She is the co-founder and co-president of Medical Students for Environmental Health, an organization that raises awareness of environmental justice and the intersection of climate change and health. She is passionate about research in otolaryngology, having already published over 20 papers at this early stage in her career. She has played tennis competitively and coached tennis for the Special Olympics.
Mark Schuweiler is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, MN, where he studied Business and Biochemistry. He will soon graduate from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. While at Hopkins, he spent an additional year completing a Master’s in Bioengineering Innovation and Design and co-led a global health project developing a pediatric tuberculosis screening tool. He has worked with otolaryngology faculty to develop medical devices tailored to the unmet needs of head and neck cancer patients.
“I am very excited to welcome them,” said José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. “I look forward to the contributions they will make.”