Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Program Director, Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program

Dr. Burke is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (1991). Prior to matriculating in medical school, she spent two years working as a public high school teacher in New Orleans with Teach For America. She graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine (1997), and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (M.P.H., 1997). She was a member of the first Georgetown Med-Peds class recruited by Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell. Upon completion of the program in 2001, Dr. Burke accepted a position as junior faculty, ultimately being named program director in 2004. In 2017, she became the Associate DIO (Designated Institutional Official) at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In this role she advocates for a positive learning environment, innovative educational strategies and a culture that emphasizes well-being for all the residents and fellows at MGUH. She also serves as the course director for the AAMC LEAD program offered at MedStar since 2016. When not at work, she serves as Ring Leader for a chaotic and fun household that includes 4 teens and a dog as well as her talented husband, the Program Director for Internal Medicine.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Associate Program Director, Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program

Dr. Sarah Thornton is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Georgetown and then served as Chief Resident at Georgetown during her final year of residency. She is currently a Hospitalist for both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and is the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program. Dr. Thornton’s interests include medical education and promoting residents’ skills as educators and bedside teachers. She is the director of the Residents as Educators program at MedStar. She is an active member and fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Joseph J. Butenas Professor and Dean for Medical Education

Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., MACP FAAP, is the Dean for Medical Education at Georgetown. Dr. Mitchell is The Joseph J. Butenas Professor of Medical Education and is also Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Mitchell completed training and certification in internal medicine and pediatrics at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. He completed rheumatology subspecialty training at Georgetown University. In 1988, he accepted a faculty position to provide rheumatology teaching and service in adult and pediatric rheumatology at Georgetown University Hospital, where he opened the Childhood Arthritis Center. He served as Residency Program Director in Internal Medicine from 1992 to 1999 and initiated an innovative Medicine Pediatric Residency at Georgetown in partnership with Kaiser Permanente in 1996 under the sponsorship of Partnerships for Quality Education and the Pew Charitable Trusts. He served as Associate Dean for Clinical Curriculum at Georgetown University School of Medicine from 1998 to 2000 and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2000 to May 2002. He has served as the chief academic officer for the past decade.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Donnelly received his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (1998), and completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City (2002). Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Donnelly worked at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. After one year in Boston, he accepted a position at Georgetown. He served as the Associate Director of our Med-Peds residency and also ran the physical diagnosis course at the medical school from 2004-2016, before stepping into the role of Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. In 2021 he became the Physician Executive Director of Pediatrics at MedStar Health. He currently serves as a faculty advisor to the National Med-Peds Residents Association (NMPRA) and recently served as Chair of the executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Med-Peds Section.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Dr. Gandhi received her MD from The George Washington University’s School of Medicine (2005) and completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Georgetown University (2009). She is currently an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Georgetown and serves as an outpatient preceptor for the Med-Peds resident’s clinic. Dr. Gandhi is involved in student education as the Medicine Clerkship Director for the School of Medicine. Previously directing the Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program, she is now the Director of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Survivorship Program providing consultations for adult cancer survivors who have completed active cancer treatment and may need support for their future healthcare needs.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Dr. Farrish received her MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine (2009), and completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Georgetown University (2013). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Georgetown and serves as an outpatient preceptor for both the Med-Peds resident’s clinic and the Internal Medicine resident’s clinic. Professional interests include medical education, procedures in primary care, and health maintenance and prevention in patients with chronic medical conditions.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Dr. Lubrano received her MD degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC in 2009, and completed Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Georgetown University in 2013. Since graduation, she has been employed as an academic hospitalist at Georgetown, working closely with medical students and residents on their inpatient medicine and inpatient pediatrics rotations. Her career passion is longitudinal inpatient care for complex chronic illnesses. When not on the wards, Dr. Lubrano can be found teaching small group classes in Pharmacology, Evidence Based Medicine, and Physical Diagnosis for the preclinical med school students.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Dr. Elizabeth Cilenti received her medical degree at Indiana University and completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Indiana University. Following completion of residency she worked for four years providing primary care to children and adults at Unity Health Care in Washington, DC, where she served as an assistant site medical director and the director of Pediatrics. She completed her Master of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Health and Social Behavior field of study with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health while working part time at Partners Urgent Care. Her professional interests include preventative care, caring for children with developmental and behavioral concerns and the improvement of healthcare quality, patient safety and medical education.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Dr. Felker graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 2013. She recently completed combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA in 2017. She is excited to have joined the Med-Peds residency clinic practice at Georgetown. She has clinical interests in transitions of care and quality improvement.