Alissa Arango is a third-year medical student at Duke University and plans to pursue a career in orthopedic surgery. While Arango’s interests in the field are broad, she is particularly interested in improving health outcomes of Spanish-speaking patients. Born and raised in Miami, Fl., Arango is the child of Cuban immigrants. She is a first-generation college graduate, graduating from the University of Florida in 2019 with a B.S. in applied physiology and kinesiology. She then earned her Master of Biomedical Science at the Duke University School of Medicine in 2020. During her time at Duke, Arango became interested in pursuing the TMC Fellowship. When returning to Duke for her medical degree, she knew she had to take the opportunity. She is interested in exploring the intersection of medicine and ethics especially amongst vulnerable populations.

Schuyler Bain is a fourth-year medical student at the UNC School of Medicine and was formerly a campus minister at UNC as well. He plans to pursue residency in internal medicine and eventually a career in cardiology. His research interests include clarifying the social risk factors of sudden death and heart failure. Bain hopes to further develop a theological imagination to animate a lifetime serving and walking alongside those living and dying with acute and chronic heart disease. 

Bernie Ebri is a fourth-year medical student at UNC. She grew up on the coast of Georgia and later graduated from Miami University (in Ohio!) with degrees in Biochemistry and Family Science. She is excited to begin this journey as a TMC fellow as a continuation of her medical education as she learns how to best care for herself and her patients. She is currently most interested in pursuing a career in either obstetrics and gynecology or pediatrics.

Madeline Erwich is originally from Massachusetts but grew up in South Florida. She is in between her third and fourth years of medical school at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. During the TMC Fellowship, Erwich looks forward to exploring questions about healing and faith, as well as engaging in community with the wider divinity school. 

Tenley Force is a registered nurse, writer, and seminary graduate from Southern California. She earned her B.S.N. at Biola University, followed by an M.A. in biblical exposition at the Talbot School of Theology. As an R.N., she has practiced in a variety of settings—from the hospital, to disaster response (both domestically and internationally), to adjuncting as a nursing clinical instructor. Her passion, however, comes through writing and in 2023 she published a self-help book titled New: Nursing and the Art of Being Human, which is meant to assist new nurses as they attempt to hold on to their holistic sense of self during their difficult first year of practice. Throughout this exploration, Force found that if nurses can learn these lessons in the face of death, then anyone can learn these lessons in the face of life. Now as a TMC fellow and M.T.S. student, Force hopes to continue her exploration of what it means to be a holistically healthy human in the midst of new transitions and changes. 

Hope Gehle is a TMC fellow and M.T.S. student with a B.S. in biology from UNC Chapel Hill. She is also a fourth-year medical student at UNC who plans to pursue a career in anesthesiology. Her work with Cru in East Asia and encounters with spiritual suffering throughout her medical rotations have inspired her desire for formal theological training. Gehle has interests in planetary health, holistic patient care, and palliative care. 

Emma Lindahl, originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, is a recent graduate of Baylor University where she studied Neuroscience. Lindahl loved staying active at Baylor by playing all sorts of intramural sports and being on the Baylor club wakeboarding team. She hopes to become a physician and is excited about how the TMC fellowship will equip her to do so faithfully.

Namrata Mathew is a recent graduate of Baylor University where she majored in neuroscience and philosophy. She will be part of the M.T.S. program as a TMC Fellow and plans to apply to medical school next year. Mathew is excited to focus on the intersection of theology and medicine, while developing friendships with others in this program, and understanding her role as a Christian in the health care field.

Brandon Oddo purportedly grew up in Southern California. He went to Pepperdine University where he minored in art, majored in sports medicine, and unofficially minored in ideas. He then cross-coasted to Boston University for medical school where he co-started a student group on grief as well as began volunteering as a chaplain in a safety-net hospital. He is now taking a sojourn after the first three years of medical school to complete an M.T.S.

Tony Pan is a recent graduate of Brown University who studied chemistry and human biology. In college, Pan served as an undergraduate teaching assistant for organic chemistry and human anatomy and volunteered as a dispatcher for the American Red Cross Disaster Action Team. As the former Brown president of Global Medical Missions Alliance and a regional coordinator, Pan had the opportunity to travel to Honduras three times with this Christian missional organization for ministry. Through the TMC Fellowship, he’s interested in pursuing medicine and using these gifts for God's glory in other nations. 

Micah Rojo holds a B.S.N. from Marquette University. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nev., where he spent most of his time playing bass on the worship team, skateboarding with friends, and landscaping. In between all of this he decided to pursue nursing for the same reasons most people do: it seemed like the best way he could help people. When he began taking theology classes at Marquette, Rojo quickly saw how they helped him love and care for his patients more fully. TMC presents a unique opportunity where he can continue to foster that connection. Outside the classroom, Rojo works as a registered nurse on an oncology floor at Duke University Hospital.

Parker Savage grew up in Wake Forest, N.C., with his two wonderful parents and three younger siblings. After graduating from high school, he completed his undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University, pursuing opportunities in global health and education while there. He is now in his fourth year of medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine where he aspires to pursue a career in pediatric surgery. He is pursuing the TMC Fellowship so that he might continue to explore his faith and understanding of Christian truth and how it might apply to his medical practice in the future. In a broader sense, he hopes to learn how to approach ethical dilemmas in medicine in order to be better equipped for his career and to serve as an aid to his future colleagues and patients. 

Aaron Shirley is a lover of Christ from Chesapeake, Virginia and a recent graduate from the History of Science and Sociology departments at Harvard University. While there, Shirley focused his studies on the intricate history of power and oppression in medicine, which culminated into a senior thesis on medieval surgery and Christian embodiment. It was that project that made him fall in love with the intersections of theology and healing and inspired him to pursue the TMC Fellowship at Duke Divinity School. 

Sophia Sparrow, from Lawrenceville, Ga., is excited to grow deeper in her faith and explore the connections between theology and healing to widen pathways for individuals to engage with health holistically in her future medical profession. Sparrow graduated from Duke University with a B.S in neuroscience and minors in chemistry and psychology. She currently serves as an emergency medical technician and has previously engaged with research advocating for equitable and improved carceral healthcare practices. 

Bindu Thota is a surgical resident at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. She studied business management and international business as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University and earned her M.D. at Texas A&M College of Medicine. She completed the Certificate in Theology and Healthcare (CTHC) in 2022-2023 and is here with TMC for a residential year to complete her M.T.S. She plans to pursue a surgical oncology fellowship after residency with hopes of serving as a surgical oncologist in war zones. Her experiences in Palestine have shaped her "why" for becoming a surgeon, her theology, and her love for shawarma. 

Lily Weir is a proud Floridian who recently graduated from Baylor University studying medical humanities and who plans on attending PA school after completing her M.T.S. Her study of medicine in theological context combined with her love of all things outdoors (hiking, backpacking, running) and cooking has fostered her interests in creation care and food access. This has led her to spend the past two summers volunteering on organic farms in New York and France. She’s excited to explore Durham and learn from the rich community of TMC.