Mentor Roster
Our URMP Mentors
We are pleased to share with you our mentor roster for the Underrepresented Resident Mentorship Program (URMP), which will be updated regularly with volunteer faculty mentors.
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Dr. Juan José Andino
Hometown: Arecibo, PR
Residency: University of Michigan
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Clinical - Sexual Medicine, Male infertility; Academic - Telehealth, health policy & advocacy, DEI
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with our new baby, going outdoors (beach, hikes, camping)
Dr. Aditya Bagrodia
Hometown: Kingsport, TN
Residency: UTSW
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology, germ cell tumor, prostate cancer, biomarkers, socieodemographics
Hobbies/Interests: Surfing, ping pong, Bollywood
Dr. Petar Bajic
Hometown: North Royalton, OH
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease (penile curvature), sexual and urinary dysfunction due to cancer treatment, low testosterone, vasectomy, and prostate issues
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, bike and weight lift, and I’m a sci-fi/fantasy movie buff
Dr. Fornati Bedell
Hometown: Pennsauken, NJ
Residency: University of Maryland
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: General Urology
Hobbies/interests: hiking, traveling, planning, dancing, cooking
Dr. Raevti Bole
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Male sexual and reproductive medicine (Erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease), BPH, prostate cancer survivorship
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, cooking/restaurants, reading, movies (love action, suspense, comedy, Bollywood), dog lover, spending time with family
Dr. Claire de la Calle
Hometown: Mexico, I am half Mexican half French
Residency: University of Washington and Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family
Dr. Elodi Dielubanza
Hometown: Los Angeles
Residency: Northwestern University
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery
Hobbies/interests: Travel, Art, Fiction
Dr. Obi Ekwenna
Hometown: Oakland California/Nigeria
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Robotics/Kidney Transplantation
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, sports, mentoring, reading nonfiction, podcasts/global surgery, overcoming barriers to kidney transplantation in underserved communities & resource constrained environments, robotics in urology and renal transplantation, living organ donor protection, medical education
Dr. Christine Ibilibor
Hometown: Marietta, GA
Residency: Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology
Hobbies/interests: writing poetry, running, yoga, reading, wellness, mindfulness
Dr. Jamaal C. Jackson
Hometown: Hyattsville, MD (PG County)
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology
Hobbies/Interests: Football, basketball, playing sports, video games, shoes, restaurants/bars, cooking, history, stand-up comedy
Dr. Lawrence Jenkins, MD, MBA, FACS
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Residency: University of Miami
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Urologic subspecialty/ Area of professional interest: Men’s Sexual Health and Fertility
Hobbies/ Interests: Travel, photography, watching sports
Dr. Michael Kongnyuy
Hometown: Kumbo, Cameroon
Residency: University of Alabama in Birmingham
Urologic subspecialty/ Area of professional interest: General Urology
Hobbies/ Interests: Auto Mechanics
Dr. Courtney L. Lee
Hometown: Morristown, NJ
Residency: SUNY Downstate
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: General Urology with an emphasis on female urology
Hobbies/Interests: Spinning yarn, knitting, crocheting, weaving, quilting, and listening to audiobooks
Dr. David Melendez
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Residency: St Louis University
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Prosthetics for male / ED, General Urology, Endourology & Stones, Robotics, Hispanic Urology
Hobbies/Interests: Soccer, travel, enology, cooking, spending time with family, reading, music
Dr. Onika Noel
Hometown: Georgetown, Guyana; Brooklyn, NY
Residency: Sacramento, CA
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology, Bladder Cancer, health care disparities, medical education
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, live shows, comedy, minding my business, reading, documentaries
Dr. Jay Ogunkeye
Hometown: Malvern PA, Chicago IL
Residency: Stanford Urology
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology and health policy
Hobbies/Interests: Sports (Philadelphia Eagles, UNC Tar Heels), music, traveling
Dr. Henry Okafor
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Residency: SUNY Upstate
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: FPMRS
Hobbies/interests: biking, gaming
Dr. Chinonyerem Okoro
Hometown: Washington D.C.
Residency: University of Washington
Fellowship: Temple University
Urologic Subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Robotics, Urologic Oncology and Reconstruction
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, Sports, Exercise
Dr. Marcelino Rivera
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Endourology/Stone Disease, BPH/HoLEP
Hobbies/Interests: Singing, Music, indoor rowing, running, travel, gardening
Dr. Kymora Scotland, MD, PhD
Hometown: Bronx, New York
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Endourology/ Basic research
Hobbies/interests: Dancing, Travel, Capoeira
Dr. Matthew Smith
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Residency: SUNY Downstate
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Urologic Oncology, Health Disparities in underserved populations
Hobbies/Interests: NFL, stand-up comedy, boxing
Dr. Gjanje Smith-Mathus MD, MPH
Hometown: Currently reside in Durham, NC, originally from Monrovia, Liberia
Residency: Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Urologic subspecialty/ Area of professional interest: Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Hobbies/ Interests: Family time, travel, music, reading, crochet
Dr. Kristian Stensland
Hometown: Snohomish, Washington
Residency: Lahey Clinic
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Oncology, HSR (implementation science and clinical trials)
Hobbies/Interests: Running, college football
Dr. Aisha Taylor
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Residency: Northwestern McGaw University in Chicago, IL
Urologic Subspecialty/Area of Professional interest: Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (UPRS)
Hobbies/Interests: Painting, sketching, visual art creation, traveling the world, (dancing if I can learn to be good again), live concert going (COVID safe), reggae music festivals in Jamaica
Dr. Adam Weiner
Hometown: Manteca, CA
Residency: Northwestern University
Urologic subspecialty/ Area of professional interest: Urologic oncology, prostate cancer, computational genomic research
Hobbies/ Interests: Weightlifting, guitar, hiking, watching stand-up comedy
Dr. Dock Winston, MD MPH MBA
Hometown: Oxford, NC
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Urologic subspecialty/Area of professional interest: Reconstruction, Men's Heath, Racial/Ethnic/Sexual Minorities Health Disparities, Healthcare Systems Development and Management
Hobbies/Interests: Using my passport as much as possible (53 countries and counting); Drone Pilot; DIY Foodie; Disco Enthusiast