Mid-Atlantic
Regional
Elections

Maxwell Droznin, MD, MPH

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Maxwell Droznin, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Associate Office Medical Director of the Internal Medicine Practice at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He earned his MPH at Rollins College and MD at the University of Central Florida, then completed internal medicine residency in Bayview’s Primary Care Track.

His work connects clinical practice, public health, and community partnership. Before medical school, he served with AmeriCorps VISTA, building coalitions addressing poverty and food access. He cofounded SNAP Volusia and continues as treasurer, supporting SNAP access and nutrition incentives at farmers markets. His scholarship examines primary care access, food insecurity, and community health worker interventions for hypertension management. In Baltimore, he partners with churches and community organizers to understand barriers to hypertension care.

At Bayview, he provides longitudinal primary care, teaches residents and medical students, and develops practical approaches to community resource access and equitable clinical workflows. His CLOSLER essays explore relationships, dignity, and attentiveness in patient care. An SGIM member since 2022, he brings experience in nonprofit governance, community organizing, health policy advocacy, and sustained mentorship, with a commitment to translating evidence and community priorities into more responsive systems of care.

Personal Statement

I seek to serve as Mid-Atlantic President-Elect because general internists need a professional community that helps us act on the barriers our patients face. My work spans primary care leadership, community partnerships, and research on food access and community health workers. I would help shape regional meetings around practical workshops, cross-institutional collaboration, and mentorship that welcomes trainees and early-career faculty. I would also bring community voices into conversations about equitable care. Having built nonprofit partnerships and now working to improve clinic systems, I would bring a collaborative, practical approach to strengthening our region and supporting its future leaders.

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Tovah Tripp, MD

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Tovah Tripp, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, where she serves as Internal Medicine Clerkship Director and Chair of the Phase 2 Curriculum Committee. She leads the school's Internal Medicine Senior Mentor Program, supporting and guiding students applying to internal medicine residency, and previously directed the school’s pre-clerkship problem-based learning curriculum.

Dr. Tripp earned her BS in Biology from Haverford College and her MD, with distinction in service to the community, from UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed residency training in the Primary Care Track at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School. Her academic interests include undergraduate medical education, curriculum development, faculty development, mentorship, and strengthening the pipeline into internal medicine.

An active member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Tripp has served on the Mid-Atlantic regional planning committee and currently serves on the national annual meeting planning committee. Through her involvement in SGIM’s Hess Initiative Workgroup to Improve Learner Experience in Primary Care, she helped co-found the undergraduate medical education subgroup, contributing to efforts to strengthen primary care education and improve medical students’ learning experiences. Her work reflects a sustained commitment to medical education, mentorship, and the future of internal medicine.

Personal Statement
SGIM has been one of the most meaningful organizations in my professional life. It has given me a sense of belonging and connected me with people who share a love of general internal medicine, commitment to medical education, and investment in the future of our specialty. Having served on the regional planning committee and currently serving on the national annual meeting planning committee, I would welcome the opportunity to deepen my service to an organization that feels like a professional home. As president-elect, I would also hope to strengthen SGIM’s connection with Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and support the students I mentor pursuing careers in internal medicine.

Joan Curcio-Williams, MD, DBA

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Joan Curcio, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a senior physician leader at Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she serves as Division Chief of Hospital Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine.

Over more than two decades in academic general internal medicine, she has combined clinical leadership, health system innovation, faculty development, and medical education within a large urban safety-net health system. Dr. Curcio founded and developed Elmhurst’s Division of Hospital Medicine, now comprising 24 full-time faculty, and has led major initiatives in inpatient care redesign, interdisciplinary care, observation medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, and faculty development. She has mentored more than 50 physicians, supporting advancement into academic, educational, and clinical leadership positions.

Her administrative experience also includes elected service as Vice Chair and subsequently Chair of the institution’s Faculty Practice Group, where she led governance modernization and worked closely with operational and financial leadership during a period of substantial growth in clinical revenue and collections.

Dr. Curcio seeks to bring her experience in organizational leadership, fiscal stewardship, collaboration, and faculty engagement to the SGIM Mid-Atlantic Region as Secretary/Treasurer, while strengthening opportunities for mentorship, professional development, scholarship, and engagement among general internists across the region

Personal Statement

I am writing to express my interest in serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the SGIM Mid-Atlantic Region. Throughout my career in academic general internal medicine, I have held leadership roles requiring organizational oversight, fiscal stewardship, collaborative decision-making, and faculty engagement. I would welcome the opportunity to bring this experience to SGIM and contribute more directly to the regional organization. I am particularly interested in strengthening member engagement, mentorship, professional development, and opportunities for collaboration and scholarship among general internists. It would be a privilege to support the Region’s leadership and help advance SGIM’s mission and community.

Vineeth Amba, MD, MPH

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Vineeth Amba, MD, MPH, is a primary care–internal medicine resident at Mount Sinai. He has been active in SGIM since medical school as an abstract reviewer, Health Policy Education Subcommittee member, and mentor; at SGIM Mid-Atlantic, he has presented oral research, won a poster award, and led an advocacy curriculum workshop and a Clinical Updates session. He built a statewide advocacy training program in NJ that has trained more than 200 students, who have since held over 25 meetings with legislators. His research on labor market precarity and the health care safety net has been published in journals including JAMA and JAMA Network Open, and has been cited more than 200 times as a trainee. Before residency, he worked in government on primary care payment reform in Massachusetts, mental health workforce capacity in Oregon, and care transitions in Los Angeles County. He was also a Zuckerman Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He earned his MD from Rutgers-RWJ Medical School and his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. He plans to pursue a GIM fellowship and build a career as a primary care physician who studies the safety net, teaches, and commits to public service.

Personal Statement

I am a Rutgers-RWJMS graduate and IM-Primary Care resident at Mount Sinai, who is deeply involved in SGIM-MA: an oral research presentation, winning a poster award, and leading a Clinical Updates session and Workshop featuring faculty from multiple states/institutions. Through leading a statewide advocacy curriculum in NJ, I built relationships with faculty across the region and mentored students now training throughout the Mid-Atlantic. As a trainee who will soon enter GIM fellowship, I offer a new perspective on growing our field’s pipeline. As Membership Chair, I would recruit and retain trainees and junior faculty by establishing GIM champions representing each Mid-Atlantic state and creating defined planning committee roles for first-time attendees.

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Timothy Bober, MD

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I joined SGIM in 2018 as an internal medicine intern at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside. I remember how exciting it was to learn about the scope and diversity of a career in General Internal Medicine at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. After completing residency and Chief Residency at Pitt, I completed a three-year clinical research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where I am now a clinician-investigator and Assistant Professor of Medicine.

My research focuses on digital health tools for adults with type 2 diabetes and is supported by an NIDDK Administrative Supplement for Supporting Emerging Physician Scientists in Diabetes. I have presented six abstracts at the SGIM national conference throughout the years. These early research collaborations taught me to build partnerships across institutions and health systems and provided a firsthand view of what draws trainees and early-career faculty to SGIM.

My training spans the Mid-Atlantic region, including four years at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. As Mid-Atlantic Membership Chair, I would contribute actively to the national Membership Committee, lead in-person recruitment at the regional meeting, and recruit planning committee volunteers. My stated goal is for each learner and colleague to feel engaged with the SGIM mission in improving care access and reducing care disparities.

Personal Statement

I am writing to express my interest in serving as Membership Chair of the SGIM Mid-Atlantic Leadership Board. I have been an SGIM member since 2018, when I began internship at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside in Pittsburgh. SGIM has supported my growth ever since, from trainee to clinician-investigator and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. I would be honored to give back by promoting SGIM membership across our region and nationwide. Building on my experience as a Chief Medical Resident at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside, I am excited to lead in-person recruitment at the regional meeting and recruit enthusiastic planning committee volunteers as Membership Chair.

Sunaina Kaushal, MD

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Education and Training:

BS, Monmouth University (2005-2009)
MD, Drexel University College of Medicine (2009-2013)
Resident Physician in Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital (2013-2016)
Fellowship, Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions grant program under HRSA, Thomas Jefferson University (2022-2023)

Positions and Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine (2016-2019)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Thomas Jefferson University (2020-Present)
Wellness Champion, Department of Medicine Wellness Committee, SKMC (2020-2022)
Course Director, The Healer’s Art, SKMC (2024-Present)
Faculty Member, SKMC DEI Committee (2024-Present)
Co-Lead Women’s Task Force, Department of Medicine, SKMC (2024-Present)
Course Director, Tending the Flame, Primary Care track IM residency, SKMC (2025-2026)
Course Director, Making Space (developed and launched course), Primary Care track IM residency, SKMC (2026-Present)
Associate Well-being Director, Department of Medicine, SKMC (2026-Present)

Contributions to Science:
Awarded grant funding by the Department of Medicine for wellness initiative. Developed and delivered mindfulness workshops for staff and clinicians in conjunction with the Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness, Jefferson Health (2024)

Kaushal S. Mindfulness Workshops to Improve Well-Being. 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting; 2025 May 15; Hollywood, FL.

Choudhary, C., Kaushal, S., Wickersham, A. Building Your Boardroom: Designing the Network that Elevates You, Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University; 2025 Oct 9; Philadelphia, PA

Developed and launched a campaign to celebrate and recognize women physicians across the Department of Medicine for National Women Physician’s Day. (“She Heals. She Leads. She Inspires.”). SKMC at Thomas Jefferson University (2026)

Developed and launched Faculty Mentor Directory to foster connection between mentors and mentees in the Department of Medicine. SKMC (2026).

Personal Statement

I believe meaningful progress in diversity, equity, and inclusion begins with open, candid conversations that foster innovation, collaboration, and action. As the child of immigrants, a woman in medicine, and an Internist caring for diverse patient populations, advancing DEI is both personally meaningful and professionally important to me. Through my roles as Associate Well-being Director for the Sidney Kimmel Medical College Department of Medicine, Co-Lead of the Department Women’s Task Force, and member of the SKMC DEI Committee, I have led efforts addressing disparities in workplace experience and belonging. I would be honored to bring this collaborative, action-oriented approach to advancing DEI across SGIM.