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Albert Bui, D.O., Pharm.D.
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
About me: My hobbies include playing/watching basketball, rollerblading, exploring new restaurants, going to the beach, and making people laugh! I love my experience in Jacksonville thus far. I hope to pursue nephrology/critical care as a future career.
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Aman Bali, M.D.
Hometown: Durham, NC
Medical school: Duke University
About me: Academically, my interests include gastroenterology, health services research, artificial intelligence, and the gut microbiome. Outside of medicine, I'm an avid basketball fan and enjoy traveling, hiking, biking, lifting, watching movies, and working on my golf game.
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Justin Call, M.D.
Hometown: Rock Hill, SC
Medical school: Medical University of South Carolina
About me: My academic interests include pulmonology/CC, asthma, and ILD. I am an all-around family man with two adorable kids that keep me on my toes. My hobbies include running, reading fantasy, and video games. I am all about the beach life which may have been why I chose Mayo Clinic.
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Pedro Cortes, M.D.
Hometown: Houston, TX
Medical school: Harvard University
About me: I relocated to Jacksonville for Internal Medicine residency at Mayo Clinic. My career interests include advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy and innovation. In my free time, I enjoy weightlifting, and traveling to cities and national parks with my wife.
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Wiaam Elkhatib, M.D.
Hometown: Indiana
Medical school: Indiana University
About me: Previously a biomedical engineering graduate, I hope to combine my interests in health and technology to further humankind’s presence in space exploration by specializing in aerospace medicine. My other passions include human rights education, medical research, studying metaphysics and world religions, and spending afternoons on the beach or with family.
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Anna Kornafeld, M.D.
Hometown: Hungary
Medical school: Semmelweis University, Budapest
About me: Pulmonology and critical care are my main interests. I love educating communities about smoking prevention. My research interests include interventional pulmonology, COPD, hypoxia, chronic cough, rare pulmonary disorders, and social media use. In my free time, I practice ashtanga yoga, running on the beach, playing board games, and being with my cat, Pompom.
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Justin J. Kuhlman, M.D.
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Medical school: Florida State University
About me: I couldn't be more grateful to train at a wonderful institution so close to family and friends all while developing new great friends during training. I have a strong desire to pursue hematology/oncology and have been fortunate enough to get involved with lymphoma research while here at Mayo Clinic. Outside of medicine, my wife and I like to go to the beach and get in a round of 18 on the golf course every now and then.
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Nahyr Lugo-Fagundo, M.D.
Hometown: Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Medical school: Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine in Puerto Rico
About me: I'm interested in Interventional Cardiology. I also enjoy paddle-boarding, long distance running, walks on the beach with my toy poodle, Nala, cooking, and baking.
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Ben McCormick, M.D.
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Medical school: University of South Alabama
About me: I plan to pursue a career in academic hematology/oncology with specific interests in malignant hematology and bone marrow transplant. In my free time, I enjoy Alabama football, Atlanta Braves baseball, exploring new coffee/craft beer/bourbon, and spending time with my 2-year-old bernedoodle (Dansby), and my fiancée who is a pediatrics resident at University of Florida in Gainesville.
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Parsa Mirmehdi, M.D
Medical school: UCF College of Medicine
About me: I am very passionate about my patients and hope to make a difference in their lives. I enjoy the sunny Florida weather and spending time with family.
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Ayan Nasir, M.D.
Hometown: Born in Pakistan. Lived in Orlando, Florida.
Medical school: University of Central Florida College of Medicine
About me: I studied financial engineering at Columbia University and worked in international finance before transitioning to medicine and studying at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. My research interests include healthcare data management, healthcare economics, and healthcare policy. I am still deciding on possible fellowships and career paths, but is excited to continue exploring areas of interests at Mayo Clinic. I am recently married and in my free time, I love to travel, enjoy music, and play sports (basketball, football, cricket).
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Zeynep Seckin, M.D.
Hometown: Turkey
Medical school: Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty of Medicine
About me: My future career goal is Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. My research interest is primarily obstructive sleep apnea and its association with acute and chronic thromboembolic events. I like to play tennis; my all-time favorite tennis player is Roger Federer. My new favorite pastime activity is training my little doggie boy, Sokka.
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