Meet Our Residents

Paola Comas Vargas, MD

• Undergraduate: Northeastern University
• Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University
• Hobbies: jogging, painting, drinking coffee
• Career Interests: planning to apply for MIGS fellowship

Joseph (Joey) DiZoglio, MD

• Undergraduate: Brown University
• Medical School: Brown University
• Hobbies: antiracist activisim, cooking, cycling
• Career Interests: planning to practice general OBGYN at a federally qualified health center

Ashley Garcia, MD

• Undergraduate: Northeastern University
• Medical School: Drexel University
• Hobbies: running, soccer, games, spending time with my dog, my husband and my son
• Career Interests: considering private practice generalist OBGYN position in central Connecticut area

Rajeshwari (Raji) Kalyanaraman, MBBS

• Undergraduate/ Medical School: MIMER Medical College, India
• Hobbies: Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam) and Carnatic music, binge watching shows on netflix, spending time with friends and family
• Career Interests: Considering REI fellowship

Yanbin (Allison) Wang, MD, PhD

• Undergraduate: Fudan University, Shanghai China
• PhD in ophthalmology: Yale University
• Medical School: University of Connecticut
• Hobbies: cats, thriller movies and chicken parmesan
• Career Interests: interested in joining a private practice OBGYN group in Fairfield, CT

Diana Andres, MD

• Undergraduate: University of Arizona at Tucson
• Medical School: University of Nevada, Reno
• Hobbies: Living outside my means, musical theater, coffee connoisseur, museums
• Career Interests: interested in MIGS fellowship

Frank Jackson, DO

• Undergraduate: University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Medical School: University of New England
• Hobbies: camping, hiking, spending time with my wife and daughter
• Career Interests: considering MFM fellowship vs working as an OB hospitalist

Julie Peck, MB BCh BAO

• Undergraduate: Northeastern University
• Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Hobbies: yoga, running, hiking, drinking delicious wine, eating too much ramen, spending time with my friends
• Career Interests: considering breast fellowship

Kaitlin (Kate) Renkosiak, MD

• Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
• Medical School: Quinnipiac University
• Hobbies: Crime Fiction, Connecticut Wine Trail, video games, jogging (slowly)
• Career Interests: planning to apply for FPMRS fellowship

Heather Weber, DO

• Undergraduate: State University of New York at Geneseo
• Medical School: Midwestern University
• Hobbies: hiking, eating, Netflix, cheerleading - performing and coaching
• Career Interests: planning to work as a generalist in upstate New York

Alexander Almeida Larrea, MD

• Undergrad: University of North Carolina Charlotte
• Medical School: East Carolina University
• Hobbies: soccer, basketball, mountain biking, hiking, my Peloton, spending time with my wife and kids
• Career Interests: working as a generalist in a small rural setting, particularly low income areas

Kristina Hunter, MD, MPH

• Undergraduate: University of Toronto
• Masters in Public Health: Simon Fraser University
• Medical School: Ben Gurion University
• Hobbies: camping, canoeing, cycling, traveling, outdoors
• Career Interests: sexual health medicine

Kenneth Keplinger, MD

• Undergraduate: Hendrix College
• Medical School: University of Arkansas
• Hobbies: rock climbing, roller blading, backpacking, biking, cheesemaking, fermenting things
• Career Interests: generalist, GYN surgery, rural medicine

Emma Lazrove, MD

• Undergraduate: Mount Holyoke College
• Medical School: Quinnipiac University
• Hobbies: vegetable gardening, indoor planting, cooking, golfing
• Career Interests: considering working as a private practice generalist OBGYN in Connecticut

Helen Stolyar, MD

• Undergraduate: Brandeis University
• Medical School: Tufts University
• Hobbies: reading fiction, travel, running and Ultimate Frisbee, sailing, skiing
• Career Interests: considering pediatric adolescent gynecology fellowship

Bonnie Campbell, DO

• Undergraduate: Union College
• Medical School: Midwestern University
• Hobbies: rock climbing, singing, music, hiking, swimming
• Career Plan: joining Woodland Women's Health Associates private practice (working with students & residents) with privileges at St. Francis Hospital

Anthony Ferrante, DO

• Undergraduate: Central Connecticut State University
• Medical School: University of New England
• Hobbies: board games, fishing, archery, dance, beer
• Career Plan: planning to join private practice generalist OBGYN position

Abigail (Abby) Gurall, MD

• Undergraduate: Bowdoin College
• Medical School: Quinnipiac University
• Hobbies: "finance and fashion" - aka living that bougie life...with children
• Career Plan: joining Connecticut Women OBGYN private practice with privileges (working with students & residents) at St. Francis Hospital

Aparna Kailasam, MD, MBA

• Undergraduate/MBA: University of Denver
• Medical School: Creighton University
• Hobbies: women's health advocacy, learning to play guitar and ukulele, tennis, literally all games, photography, digital design, jokes and puns
• Career Plan: Gyn oncology fellowship (matched for class of 2024) at Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN

Jennifer (Jen) Marshall, MD

• Undergraduate: Lock Haven University
• Medical School: Drexel University
• Hobbies: Peleton, hiking, going to the movies, wine with friends, exploring new cheeses, being a bada** mom!
• Career Plan: joining Thameside OBGYN private practice with privileges (working with midlevel providers) at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, CT