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2025 Fellows

Ching (Katharine) Chung, M.D.

Dr. Katharine Chung earned her medical degree from China Medical University in Taiwan in 2020, where she gained laboratory experience in cancer biology and contributed to several publications in peer-reviewed journals. She completed her internal medicine residency at UPMC McKeesport in Pittsburgh, PA. During this time, Dr. Chung developed a strong interest in rheumatic lung diseases, particularly at the intersection of rheumatology, pulmonary medicine, and critical care. Her long-term goal is to investigate the underlying mechanisms driving these conditions. She has presented her work at national conferences, including the American College of Rheumatology and the American Thoracic Society. Outside of medicine, Dr. Chung enjoys visiting museums, playing the piano and basketball, and exploring new restaurants.

Qianzi Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Qianzi Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., earned her medical and master's degrees from Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine and her Ph.D. in Rheumatology and Immunology from Peking Union Medical College in China. She completed her internal medicine residency at Trinity Health Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Zhao has several years of post-doctoral research experience at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Her research has been presented at conferences including the American College of Rheumatology, Convergence, published in peer-reviewed journals, and won several abstract awards. Outside of medicine, Dr. Zhao enjoys singing, reading, and exercising, especially Pilates.

2024 Fellows

Hannah Berrett, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Hannah Berrett completed the MD/PhD program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, graduating in 2021. Her graduate work investigated the differentiation pathways of innate immune cell lineages. She completed residency at the HCA Healthcare Kansas City/Overland Park Research Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency where she formed a research committee to support her co-residents in their scholarly pursuits. She has several peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals as well as science communication articles directed towards the general public and has made several regional and national presentations. Her hobbies include social dancing, watercolor painting, cycling, and reading romance novels. During her fellowship at the NIH, she is interested in investigating the link between mental health and chronic illness in rheumatology.

Casey Stein, M.D.

Dr. Casey Stein attended MIT, where she received undergraduate and graduate degrees in urban planning with a focus on environmental and energy policy. She then made a transition to medicine and completed her MD at Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine and her internal medicine residency at Yale. She has an interest in the effects of environmental factors on personal and public health, particularly in relationship to rheumatologic diseases. She enjoys watching the birds in her backyard take dirt baths, exploring farmers markets, and spending time with her large, boisterous, and irreverent family.

2023 Fellows

Benjamin Turturice, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Turturice earned both a doctorate in microbiology and immunology and his medical degree from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2021. His doctoral thesis and associated publications focused on host-microbiome interactions in relation to immune-mediated pulmonary disease. Dr. Turturice completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Stanford University in 2023. He plans to focus his research on clinical and immunologic phenotyping of rheumatic conditions with the aim of personalizing treatment to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. Outside of medicine, Dr. Turturice enjoys exploring the great outdoors, playing ice hockey and humor in all things.

Recent Graduates

Dale Kobrin, M.D.

Dr. Kobrin completed his medical training at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 and completed residency with the Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium in Pittsburgh, PA. His research experience led to publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kobrin is also the principal author of a book chapter on Castleman disease, a rare immunologic condition with abnormalities that overlap with rheumatologic conditions. His interests and hobbies include film history and automotive repair and restoration.

Ecem Sevim, M.D.

Dr. Sevim completed her residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She received her medical degree from Istanbul University in 2012 and spent two years as a research fellow at the Hospital for Surgery in New York researching rheumatology. She has several publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Sevim has given 14 poster presentations and five final oral presentations at venues such as the American College of Rheumatology and the International Congress of Internal Medicine. Her hobbies and interests include abstract art, jazz, snowboarding, and traveling.