Musicians of the PMSO

The Penn Med Symphony Orchestra comprises musicians from across the Philadelphia area who work in healthcare, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, researchers, students, dentists, veterinarians, and administrators.

 

Conductor: David Zhang - MD-PhD candidate, Penn

Strings

Violin 1

  • Concertmasters:

    • Jenny Hong - MD Candidate, U Penn

    • Jenna Devare, MD - Fellow Physician, Pediatric Otolaryngology, CHOP

  • Hee-won Yoon, MPH - Infection Prevention, CHOP

  • Jilei Hao - Sr. Application Developer, PICSL, UPenn

  • Kaito Mimura - DMD Candidate, UPenn

  • Angela Chen - MD-PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • Alexander Bonnel, MD - Physician, Hospital Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, PA Hospital

  • Kyle Bruely, MBA - Director, Business Operations, EPAM

  • Carson Poltorack - MD-PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • Carole Lee - Research Specialist

  • Caroline Huang - OB/GYN Research Staff, UPenn

  • Angela Lee - DMD Candidate, UPenn

  • Ricardo A. Velázquez Aponte - PhD Candidate, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, UPenn

  • Azzurra Cox - Professor, Weitzman School of Design

  • Svanik Jaikumar - Bioengineering Undergraduate, UPenn

  • Tarlan Dayoush - CRC, Psychiatry, MA Candidate, UPenn

  • Ting-Wei “Ernie” Liao, MD - Research Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology, UPenn

  • Mallika Kodavatiganti - MD Candidate, Jefferson

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Violin 2

  • Liana Vaccari, PhD - Alumna, Penn Engineering

  • Andrian Radaios - DMD Candidate, UPenn

  • Harry Chen, MD - Interventional Radiologist, Community Radiology Division, Penn Radiology (Retired)

  • Charolette Monsour - MD-PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • Dora von Trentini - PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • Michaela Helble - PhD Candidate, Gene Therapy & Vaccines, UPenn

  • Christine Hsu - CHOP

  • Alex Gardner - Penn Medicine Press Officer

  • Delaney Wilde - PhD Candidate, Bioengineering, UPenn

  • Kelly Bayruns -Wistar Institute

  • Alexis Scott - PhD Candidate, Cell & Molecular Bio, UPenn

  • David Toffey, MD - OBGYN, PA Hospital

  • Priya Swamy, MD - PMR and Pain Management

  • Grace Clark - PhD Candidate, MCBG, Drexel

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Viola

  • Ji Won Lee - MD Candidate, Drexel

  • Desi Alexander - PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • Andrea Jin - MD Candidate, UPenn

  • Peter Vasquez, MD - Associate Professor of Clinical OB/GYN, UPenn

  • Rebecca Hubbard, PhD - Professor of Biostatistics, UPenn

  • Catrina Hacker - PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, UPenn

  • Rachel Frank - Drexel Alumni, Engineering

  • Febe Abbad - DMD Candidate, UPenn

  • Tom Coen - Clinical Coordinator & Instructor of Radiography, Jefferson

  • Andrew Vanichkachorn - MD Candidate, Jeferson

  • Giles Hooker - Professor of Statistics & Data Science, UPenn

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Cello

  • Andrew Devaney - Associate Scientist, Century Therapeutics

  • Kelsey Keith - Bioinformatics Scientist, Biomedical and Health Informatics, CHOP

  • Gina Chang, MD, MPH - Resident Physician, Child Neurology, CHOP

  • Jordan Brown - Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Einstein

  • Brandon Chin - DMD Candidate, UPenn

  • David Kim - Dental Medicine, Einstein

  • Alec Kacew - Internal Medicine Resident, UPenn

  • Jeremy Cha - MD Candidate, Jefferson

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Double Bass

  • Jonathan Haines- Guest Artist

  • Dylan Reckner - Guest Artist

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WoodWinds

Flute

  • Ivy Han - MD Candidate, UPenn

  • Eden Kahle - Attending, General Pediatrics, CHOP

  • Nicholas Cerda - PhD Candidate, Gene Therapy and Vaccines, U Penn

Flute + Piccolo

  • Emily Long - MPH Candidate, U Penn CRC

  • Andrea Apter, MD, MSc, MA - Professor Emerita of Medicine, U Penn

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Oboe

  • Parker Kronen - MD Candidate, U Penn

  • Laura Schultz, PhD - Data Scientist, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, CHOP

  • Nina Cheng - MD Candidate, Drexel

  • Erica Yox - DMD Candidate, UPenn

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Clarinet

  • Isabella Panse - MD-PhD Candidate, UPenn

  • David Harary - MD Candidate, Jefferson

  • Kristen Park - MD-PhD Candidate, Penn

  • Eric Kaiser, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology, U Penn

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Bassoon

  • Sanam Kavari - MD-PhD Candidate, U Penn

  • Lawrence Kenyon, MD, PhD - Pathologist, Cooper University Hopsital

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Brass and PErcussion

French Horn

  • Marissa Kamarck - Research Associate, Monell Chemical Senses Center

  • Craig Marlatt - Product Stewardship Specialist, Avantor Life Sciences

  • Harold Litt - Professor of Radiology & Medicine, HUP

  • Karla Boyd, MD - Pediatric Oncology & BMT Hospital Physician, CHOP

  • Tim Park - DMD Candidate, U Penn

  • Tegan Thurston - Postbacc Researcher, CHOP

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Trumpet

  • Joseph Markoff, MD, PhD - Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson

  • Jocelyne Waller - Academic Coordinator, U Penn

  • Sarah Kuwik, LCSW - Social Worker, Philadelphia Public Schools

  • Riley Funk - DMD Candidate, U Penn

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Trombone

  • James Waller, PhD - Research Meteorologist, Guy Carpenter

  • Matthew Owens - Software Engineer, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, CHOP

  • Devika Jaishankar - Pediatrics Resident, CHOP

Tuba

  • Carlos Rodriguez - MD-PhD Candidate, U Penn

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Percussion

  • Adin Kreiger-Benson, NP - Nurse Practitioner, Greater Philadelphia Health Action

  • Amber Abbott - PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology, U Penn

  • Kimmie Wodzanowski, PhD - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microbiology, Penn Medicine

  • Bryce Hambach - MD Candidate, Jefferson

  • Tony Trent - Research Tech, Biochemistry & Biophysics, UPenn

  • Joujou Nguyenphuc, DDS - Resident, Penn Dental Medicine

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