About RothLA

Dr. C. Sophia Albott

University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

I received a BA in Neuroscience from Grinnell College in Iowa and then graduated with a BA and a Master in Philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. I completed medical school here at the University of Minnesota, where I also did my residency in psychiatry and my T32 postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric comorbidity. I am an adult psychiatrist with a clinical focus on neuromodulation, deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS), treatment-resistant depression, mood disorders, translational neuroscience, women's mental health, and comorbid psychiatric disorders. My research focuses on investigating novel treatments and diagnostic tools for characterizing pathological responses to trauma, which focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. I am board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and a member of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry. Within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, I am the deputy vice-chair for research. I am also co-founder of the Junior Research Faculty Peer Mentoring Group and the Early Career Investigator Peer Mentoring Group.

Dr. Khalid Amin

University of Minnesota Department of Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Amin is an anatomic and clinical pathologist who has conducted research in the areas of angiogenesis, carcinogenesis, and radiation-induced lung disease. He has also pursued studies of various human diseases in animal models, in vivo toxicology assays, and preclinical drug development of anti-cancer drugs in collaboration with the biotechnology industry.  

Dr. Alex Boucher

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Boucher joined the University of Minnesota faculty as Assistant Professor of pediatric hematology in the Department of Pediatrics in 2019. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine. His specific interests include inherited hemoglobinopathies, especially sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia, and addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in clinical care. He sees pediatric patients with a wide range of hematologic disorders including red cell disorders, cytopenias, and marrow failure disorders.

In the Department of Medicine, he directs the SCD program with a focus on addressing care gaps for adolescents and young adults with SCD and other red cell disorders. In doing so, his goal is to build a lifespan approach to red cell disorders, particularly SCD, and strengthen our clinical care approach and research expansion.

Dr. Boucher's research includes improving patient-centered outcomes and community awareness for individuals with hemoglobinopathies like SCD and thalassemias. He also conducts research focused on addressing health inequities in clinical care, hematologic and otherwise. He is engaged in medical education for non-malignant hematology and in curriculum development around social determinants of health.

Dr. Kathryn Brown

University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health 

Dr. Kathryn Brown has been a member of the St. John's Hospital Family Medicine Residency core faculty since 2015. She received her medical training at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities campus and completed her family medicine training in 2014 at the St. John's Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. In the field of family medicine, Dr. Brown is motivated by developing and sustaining collaborative relationships with patients in the clinical setting, working with families, providing obstetric care, and enhancing the patient experience as they interface with medicine. Dr. Brown's research interests include: improving the patient experience in clinical care and management of chronic pain and safe opiate prescribing. In her personal life, Dr. Brown enjoys time with her family, cooking, time spent outdoors, and ceramics.

Dr. Iryna Chugaieva

University of Minnesota Department of Anesthesia

Iryna Chugaieva, MD, is an assistant professor and the Medical Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Chugaieva completed her doctorate at Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv, followed by her residency in anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. An Church

University of Minnesota Department of Radiology

Dr. Aaron DeVries

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Deputy Chief of Staff

Dr. DeVries serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Minneapolis VA Healthcare System. He provides leadership across the 15 clinical sites encompassing Minnesota and Western Wisconsin serving more than 100,000 Veterans, educational activities for over 1,400 health professional trainees, and research programs including over 500 active projects with $29.1 million in expenditures. 

Following an MD at Vanderbilt University he completed Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency, Infectious Disease fellowship, and MPH in Epidemiology at University of Minnesota. Following fellowship, he worked as Medical Director of the Infectious Disease Division at the Minnesota Department of Health leading infectious disease investigations, policy development, public health preparedness activities, and consulted on infectious disease issues throughout the Department.

Dr. DeVries joined the Minneapolis VA in 2015 as Healthcare Epidemiologist overseeing infection prevention activities and Infectious Disease clinician. He served as COVID-19 Medical Operations Chief and in 2021 became VISN23 Healthcare Epidemiologist leading infection prevention and infectious disease activities across all VA facilities in MN, SD, ND, IA, and NE. He was elected as Fellow by Infectious Disease Society of America in 2012. In 2022 he was appointed to the rank of Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Sean Engel

University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Sean Engel, MD, is a sports medicine physician who cares for adult and pediatric patients with sports injuries. Dr. Engel sees his patients at M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center - Maple Grove and M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center - Minneapolis. His clinical interests include muscle, tendon and ligament Injuries. Dr. Engel is also academically interested in research and has co-authored multiple publications. In addition, he is a Sports Medicine Physician in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Dr. Elizabeth Ester

University of Minnesota Department of Radiation Oncology 

Dr. Brian Hilliard

University of Minnesota Department of Medicine

Dr. Brian Hilliard is an Internal Medicine and Pediatric hospitalist at the University of Minnesota.  He is currently the associate director for clinical hospital medicine within the Division of Hospital Medicine.  In this capacity he helps to lead operational management and strategic initiatives, and partners with individuals internal and external to the division.  He has a particular interest in the expansion and dissemination of QI projects within the wider health system. He chairs a number of committees focused on quality improvement and professional enhancement.  He is a member of the leadership team for MEC at UMMC.   He is a member of the departmental finance committee, multiple health system projects (currently interdisciplinary bedside rounding project), and serves on the unified credentialing committee for FPAN.  Additionally, he is the site director for the IM clerkship at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.  His research focus includes diagnostic safety and health equity.  As part of this, he serves as the co-site lead for the ADEPT study, an AHRQ multi-site study out of UCSF and BWH.

Dr. Guru Hiremath

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Gurumurthy Hiremath completed his pediatric cardiology training and a 4th year of interventional training at the University of California, San Francisco. He is currently the director of the congenital cardiac catheterization laboratories and cardiopulmonary exercise testing at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital and the associate division director for pediatric cardiology. His clinic interests include pulmonary artery stenting, transcatheter pulmonary valve placements, device closures of intracardiac defects, interventions in adults with congenital heart disease, and hybrid interventional procedures in partnership with cardiac surgeons.

Dr. Hiremath's research interests are focused on improving our understanding of the physiological effects of transcatheter interventions. He completed a prospective multi-center clinical study looking at the physiologic effects of successful treatment of unilateral pulmonary artery stenosis. He is actively involved in the use of intracardiac pressure-volume loops to understand the physiological effects of transcatheter interventions. He has several active research grants and has authored several publications and book chapters.

Dr. Hiremath is an active member of the interventional cardiology societies, with active roles in the SCAI’s Congenital Heart Disease Council, the Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Early Career Society (PICES), and the Pediatric Interventional Cardiology CPT coding group. He served as the Research Vice President of PICES (Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Early Career Society) from 2018–2020, where he planned, coordinated, and led several multicenter research projects under its auspices. He is actively involved with industry in developing new intracardiac devices and participates in several national device trials and registries. He has received several awards, including the University of Minnesota's 'Innovation in Clinical Practice Award’ for developing innovative treatments and industry partnerships to improve patient care.

Dr. Paul Hoogervorst

University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery

It is my goal to provide each patient with excellent orthopedic care that caters to their individual needs and is in accordance with evidence-based treatment strategies. My priority is to treat every patient as if they were a member of my own family. I will do everything I can to make sure that together we obtain the best possible results.

Dr. Sara Johnson

Fairview Primary Care Service Line 

Sara Hope Johnson, MD is a Board-Certified Family Physician and Medical Director for M Health Fairview’s Highland Park Clinic since 2019, Hiawatha Clinic 2019-2020, and Rice Street Clinic since 2023.

Since starting her physician leadership role she is most proud of the culture of collaboration, flexibility and continuous improvement she has helped to foster at her sites.  Highland Park is the top-ranking Fairview Clinic in quality metrics for the 2^nd year in a row, and Rice Street Clinic has shown significant improvement in quality metrics and patient satisfaction metrics since she started as medical director last year.  She has overseen the difficult closure of the beloved neighborhood Hiawatha Clinic, and the happy opening of the Highland Bridge clinic.  She has a facilitative, servant leadership style and is a strong advocate for her excellent providers. She enjoys partnering with others on the team with different perspectives in order to create solutions that work for most. 

She has been recognized as a Top Doctor by Minnesota Monthly in 2023 and 2024, and as Top Doctor Rising Start by Mpls St Paul Magazine in 2015, 2016 & 2017.  She was elected to the Fairview Medical Group Physician Advisory Council in 2017 and has been recognized as a “Champion of Care” by Fairview in 2013 & 2015 and “Top Provider” by UMP in 2007.

She graduated from Carleton College and the University of Minnesota Medical School and was Chief Resident at Smiley’s Family Medicine Residency Program from 2007-2008.  Before she went to medical school, she led multi-week expedition outdoor wilderness adventures for teens with YMCA Camp Widjiwagan. She has been in clinical practice for 16 years. 

Outside her clinical and leadership roles, Dr. Johnson enjoys reading, exercising, and adventuring.  She most loves spending time with her husband and 3 children, preferably somewhere outdoors and wild. 

Dr. Rahul Kapur

University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health 

Rahul Kapur, MD is Director of the Program in Sports Medicine for the DFMCH. He previously served as the Director of Education Programs in Sports Medicine for the Department from 2019-2022. He is also core faculty for the St John's Family Medicine Residency and the UMN Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.

He came to the Twin Cities from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA where he served as Fellowship Director for the Penn Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship from 2010-2018. He served as Chief Medical Physician for Penn Athletics from 2007-2018.

He currently serves as a team physician for the Minnesota Twins and St. Paul Saints, and was a team physician for the USA Lacrosse Women's Senior Team from 2017-2022. He also served as Co-Medical Director for the Twin Cities Marathon in 2022.

Dr. Catherine Larson-Nath

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Catherine Larson-Nath joined the University of Minnesota's Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition team in 2015. She completed her medical school, residency at the University of Minnesota where she also stayed on for an extra year as a chief resident. She then completed her fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin before returning to the University of Minnesota.

At the University of Minnesota Dr. Larson-Nath started the multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program which she currently leads. She also initiated and continues to run nutrition focused rounds in the Neonatal and Cardiac Intensive Care Units. In addition to these clinical programs Dr. Larson-Nath serves as the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition fellowship program director. Dr. Larson-Nath's research interests include body composition assessment and nutritional management of children with chronic disease. She is interested in validation and optimization of bedside body composition tools and better understanding the relationship between nutritional provision, body composition and short and long term growth, developmental, and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Katarzyna Litak

University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

During residency training, I was actively involved in medical education and teaching as Chief Resident. While working at Hennepin County Mental Health Center and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, I have supervised the University of Minnesota, Hennepin County Medical Center Psychiatry Residents and Mayo Clinic Child Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry Fellows.

I am board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. I am passionate about working with young adults and adolescents with substance use disorders.  I see my role as a diagnostician who uses mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational, and psychodynamic approaches, coupled with responsible use of psychiatric medications to assist with symptom management as well as collaboration with support systems.

In my career, I have worked with diverse populations, including children in the welfare and juvenile justice systems, various settings, including community-based clinics and residential programs. I have extensive experience working with young adults and adolescents with substance use and co-morbid disorders. I enjoy working on a multidisciplinary team to provide my patients with the most comprehensive care, and I appreciate the importance of family collaboration. I believe strongly in the psychiatrist's role as a diagnostician and the prudent and responsible use of psychiatric medications to assist symptom management. I prescribe controlled substances judiciously.

Outside of my clinical practice I am interested in intersections of use of documentary photography and narratives  to promote resilience and gratitude. I have led documentary photography and oral history projects with grant support from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Metro Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota Historical Society.

Dr. Lan Luu

University of Minnesota Department of Medicine

I chose my specialty because I value the opportunity to care for patients throughout their lifespan, meeting them where they are and supporting them through their unique care journeys. It allows me to build long-term relationships, understanding their health needs at different stages of life. I enjoy the continuity of care and the ability to support individuals and families through everyday health concerns as well as more complex challenges. I enjoy creating craft projects with my Cricut machine, dabbling in photography and cooking Vietnamese food.

Dr. Robert McGovern

University of Minnesota Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. McGovern is a functional/stereotactical neurosurgeon who specializes in treating patients with epilepsy and in providing deep brain stimulation surgery for relieving symptoms in patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. He is splitting his time between the university (two days) and Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (three days).

He believes there are three important aspects to practicing neurosurgery in an academic setting: patient care, teaching and research. "When it comes to patient care, I try to be as honest and transparent as I can about what goes into a surgery," he explained. "It's a journey you take together with your patient, so no one is surprised on either end."

From a teaching standpoint, Dr. McGovern believes that, "educating patients, residents and medical students is one of the most important things we do in an academic practice. What's especially nice at the VA is that there is only one resident for each six-month rotation, which gives you an opportunity to develop an intimate relationship. It's a great way to teach."

Dr. McGovern and his family live in the Edina/Richfield, MN, area. When he has spare time, he likes to play with his son, find new restaurants to eat at with his wife, stay active and run the marathons. He also is a passionate sports fan who loves all sports, but particularly baseball and his "beloved" Red Sox.

Dr. Laura Miller

University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health 

Laura Miller, MD, MPH, joined the University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine Residency faculty in 2012 and became program director in July 2025. She practices and teaches full-spectrum family medicine and has a particular interest in obstetric and prenatal care. She has a Master of Public Health with a focus on community health and specifically on postpartum depression screening and management in primary care. Her medical interests include obstetrics, public health, research, community health, resilience for physicians, underserved medicine, and international health.

Dr. Stephanie Misono

University of Minnesota Department of Otolaryngology

I focus on treating voice disorders and other laryngeal and airway problems. I often partner with colleagues in speech-language pathology and other fields with the goal to provide optimal patient-centered care. 

Dr. Misono’s research is focused on optimizing treatment outcomes in patients with laryngeal disorders. Her interests in laryngology include voice and airway problems, as well as early laryngeal cancer, epidemiology and outcomes research. She is Director of the Lions Voice Clinic and Division Head of Laryngology at the University of Minnesota. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Triological Society, and the American College of Surgery.

Dr. Pawel Mroz

University of Minnesota Department of Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Pawel Mroz is a member of the department's Division of Molecular Pathology and Genomics. He is board-certified certified in anatomic and clinical pathology with expertise in hematopathology and molecular genetic pathology and he will provide primary service in the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory as well as hematopathology.  

Dr. Jessica Nyholm

University of Minnesota Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health

Dr. Nyholm received her medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. She went on to complete her residency in Obstetrics/Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic as well as a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nyholm is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has a subspecialty certification in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Dr. Joshua Olson

University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. Olson practices Comprehensive ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He accepts new patients for surgical evaluations and routine eye care. He is known for his expertise in cataract surgery and glaucoma treatment including the latest technologies of premium intraocular lens implants and microinvasive glaucoma surgery. He has been commended for his ability as a surgical instructor, being awarded the Krachmer Surgical Teacher of the Year for the past three years. Dr. Olson has been recognized locally and nationally for his expertise, including awards for Top Docs Rising Stars, Castle Connolly Top Doctors, Consumers' Research Council of America Top Ophthalmologists, and Named Amongst the Leading Physicians of the World. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys climbing, hiking, boating, snowmobiling, and relaxing on the lake.

Dr. Ingrid Polcari

University of Minnesota Department of Dermatology

Dr. Ingrid Polcari is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of MN, where she is the Program Director of the Residency Program and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Dermatology. She has a special interest in education and has authored educational content for the Society of Pediatric Dermatology and is active within her subspecialty's education committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has a special interest in sun protection as a means of skin cancer prevention and her research has examined predictors of sun protective behaviors. 

Dr. Madhuri Rao

University of Minnesota Department of Surgery

I feel that being able to take care of fellow human beings is a privilege. I aim to provide my patients with the best care that I can deliver to them. And to do this, I strive to excel in my field with continued learning and research and with attention to the needs and wants of patients and their families.

Dr. Elizabeth Rogers

University of Minnesota Department of Medicine

Dr. Rogers is an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics and serves as the Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and is faculty in the Program in Health Disparities Research. Her research focus is to design, implement, and evaluate pragmatic, patient-centered interventions based in safety net primary care to optimize care quality and improve health outcomes in patients with multiple chronic conditions, including diabetes. These strategies aim to support self-management by considering psychosocial and medical complexity, such as understanding and mitigating patient-perceived treatment burden and social needs, and by utilizing team-based approaches, such as community health worker models of care. Her funding sources include the NIH and ARPA-H, and she serves as UMN site co-lead for the multi-center clinical trial, the PREvention of Cardiovascular and DiabEtic kidney disease in Type 2 Diabetes (PRECEDENTED).

Dr. Jeff Rykken

University of Minnesota Department of Radiology

Dr. Rykken completed his diagnostic radiology residency in Radiology at the University of Minnesota in 2011. After completing a fellowship in neuroradiology at Mayo Clinic, he returned to join the faculty at the University of Minnesota. He has continued to practice here since 2012, currenly as an Associated Professor. His research interests are focused on imaging of the spine and of encephalopathies. He is also an excellent teacher, actively involved in the departmental residency and fellowship programs. He has served as the Neuroradiology Division Director since 2020 and also is the Vice Chair of Quality and Safety for the Department of Radiology. He enjoys reading a wide breadth of fiction and non-fiction, in addition to being a bit of a cinephile. He was raised, and still lives, in the Metro area with his wife and two children.

Dr. Charo Santos

Fairview Primary Care Service Line 

Charito Santos, MD is a Board-Certified Family Physician and M Health Fairview Medical Director for Unscheduled Care overseeing 6 Urgent Care Locations throughout the Metro.

Since starting her physician leadership role in May 2023, she has had multiple notable achievements which include developing RN testing and treatment protocols, leader of Service Bundle 1 team of the Primary Care Operating Model group and active participation in Access Governance.

Prior to this current leadership role, she actively participated in Urgent Care Committees which worked on scope of practice, compensation, and COVID-19 governance during the pandemic.

She was Chief Resident of her Family Medicine Residency Program in Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. She has been in clinical practice for 14 years after graduating residency with experience in high acuity urgency center, family medicine primary care, and urgent care.

“Be a thermostat and not a thermometer,” as said by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is one of the principles Dr. Santos follows with her leadership style. Her contagious positive energy is a breath of fresh air which causes an unmistakable esprit de corps in her team.

Outside her clinical and leadership role, Dr. Santos spends time with her husband and 4 boys. She has a passion for developing sensory-friendly programs in church for special needs children. She has participated in Medical Missions and has a heart for service leadership both in and out of the field of Medicine.    

Dr. Brittney Schultz

University of Minnesota Department of Dermatology

I am a medical dermatologist with a special interest in autoimmune blistering diseases. I am dedicated to improving the lives of patients through evidence-based, high-quality, and individualized care. I strive to provide every patient with a thorough and compassionate visit. Residency Program Co-Director for the Combined Internal Medicine/Dermatology program.

Dr. Miriam Shapiro

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Miriam Shapiro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Affiliate Faculty at the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics. She earned her medical degree from the Medical School for International Health at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. Dr. Shapiro completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Additionally, she was a Hecht-Levi Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

Dr. Shapiro cares for patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and Hennepin County Medical Center.

Dr. Shapiro's research interests are in decision-making in pediatric critical illness, pediatric chronic critical illness, and physician responsibility and teamwork.

Dr. Thomas Suszynski

University of Minnesota Department of Surgery

My areas of clinical interest are in hand and upper extremity surgery, breast reconstruction, microsurgery and aesthetic surgery. My primary focus is to provide the highest-quality and world-class patient care as well as to contribute to our field through advances in cutting-edge surgical techniques, therapeutics, devices, and tissue engineering.

Dr. Robert Tanouye

University of Minnesota Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Tanouye serves as the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs of the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Minnesota Medical Center and the Senior Medical Director for M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center/Masonic Children's Hospital Emergency Departments.  He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.  

Dr. Tanouye founded the department's first fellowship based at UMMC, Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management Fellowship, and serves as its Fellowship Director.  He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and specializes in clinical operations. His academic and educational interests surround leadership and managerial training of medical students and early career physician leaders as well as operational approaches to physician wellness and collaborative approaches to patient care.  He sits on the national ACEP EM Practice Management committee and Coding Nomenclature Advisory Committee and SAEM Administration and Clinical Operations Committee and peer edits for various Emergency Medicine journals. 

Dr. Eric Waldron

University of Minnesota Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

I completed my bachelor's degree in psychology and neuroscience from Lawrence University, in Appleton, WI. I worked for a few years as a research assistant in the Language Imaging Laboratory at the Medical College of Wisconsin. I then completed my MA and PhD at the University of Houston in clinical psychology in the adult neuropsychology track. I completed my internship in adult neuropsychology at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience. I then completed my fellowship in adult neuropsychology in the Benton Laboratory at the University of Iowa's Department of Neurology. I stayed on as staff at the University of Iowa after my fellowship. 

I moved to the University of Minnesota in 2014. I am now an associate professor of Rehabilitation Medicine. I am primarily a clinician. I am a generalist clinical neuropsychologist, although I have an area of focus in epilepsy and have been working with the surgical epilepsy team since coming to UMN. In the last several years, my administrative responsibilities have grown as well. I currently serve as our associate training director for fellowship and practicum placement. Additionally, I also serve as the interim division director for adult neuropsychology. I serve on other committees within the UMN Medical School as well.

My service in the field of neuropsychology includes as a consulting editor for The Clinical Neuropsychologist. I also serve on several professional neuropsychology committees. Additionally, I chair the Be Ready for ABPP In Neuropsychology (BRAIN) committee for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. 

Dr. Leyla Warsame

Fairview Informatics and Hospitalist

Leyla Warsame is the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer of Digital and Advanced Clinical Decision Support at M Health Fairview. She practices as a hospitalist at M Health Fairview St John’s hospital in Maplewood. She completed her residency training at Harlem hospital and clinical informatics fellowship at Geisinger Health.  She is leading the Artificial Intelligence efforts at M Health Fairview and working to advance our clinical decision support capabilities and digital front door.  Her past informatics projects have included provider training and efficiency, point of care clinical guidelines in pediatric emergency, BPA optimization and delivering equitable care for marginalized populations. Her involvement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives throughout her career, as well as her work in low-resource centers and with at-risk populations, provides her with a nuanced understanding of health equity.

Dr. Joseph Zabell

University of Minnesota Department of Urology

Dr. Zabell specializes in the surgical treatment of urologic malignancies including prostate, bladder, kidney and testis cancer. He performs endoscopic, laparoscopic, robotic, and open surgical approaches that are tailored patient preferences and the unique characteristics of each case. Dr. Zabell grew up in the Twin Cities and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. He completed medical school at the University of Iowa before returning to the University of Minnesota for his urology residency training. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Urologic Oncology at Cleveland Clinic in conjunction with a Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Zabell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology and is actively involved in clinical research. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Urologic Oncology, and the Minnesota Urological Society.

Dr. Rochelle Zarzar

University of Minnesota Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Zarzar joined the Hennepin Healthcare Emergency Medicine faculty in 2019, after completing her Emergency Medicine Residency and Medical Education & Simulation Fellowship at Hennepin Healthcare. She has served in a variety of educational and administrative leadership roles including Emergency Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, Clerkship Director, and Assistant Medical Director.  In her current position as the Senior Medical Director of Emergency Services at Hennepin Healthcare, she oversees operations for the Emergency Department, Hennepin Assault Response Team, and Hyperbaric Medicine.  In 2024, Dr. Zarzar graduated from the executive MBA program at the Carlson School of Management and was named to The Best & Brightest Executive MBAs of 2024 list by Poets & Quants.  In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Zarzar is a co-founder of a consumer products startup slated to launch early 2026.