PGY-7

Dr. Abedin grew up in Los Angeles, California and completing her undergraduate degree in Chemistry at UCLA. She continued on to a Masters of Public Health at USC focused on global health and health disparities. Dr. Abedin attended Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL for medical school. She loved the winter weather in the Windy City. Dr. Abedin completed her residency at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School and stayed there after to work as a junior faculty attending and researcher. Dr. Abedin's research involved uterine leiomyosarcoma and the Notch signaling pathway.

In her free time, she likes spending time with my family, cooking, painting, and shopping. She also enjoys horror genre films and tv shows.

 

PGY-6

Dr. Aliani grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. She is a lifelong Jayhawk; she graduated from the University of Kansas with a biochemistry degree and then from the University of Kansas Medical School. Dr. Aliani completed her residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where her research interests focused on identifying and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in gynecologic care. During residency, she also developed an interest in advocacy and worked at the state and national level to improve patient care through work with ACOG and SGO.

She is extremely excited to be back at KU. Outside of the hospital, she enjoys spending all the time she can with her family and dog, practicing yoga, and traveling everywhere she can.

PGY-5

Dr. Chavez grew up in New Jersey and attended New York University where he studied Neuroscience and cultivated an interest for medicine through volunteering at Bellevue Hospital in both the Pediatrics and Emergency departments.  He attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he discovered an affinity for women's health. 

After graduating, he finished a preliminary year in General Surgery at the University of Kentucky to make sure he didn't want to be a general surgeon, and then completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency training at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta with Morehouse School of Medicine.  During residency he conducted research on endometrial cancer disparities and developed a passion for gynecologic oncology and advocating for healthcare access.  He is honored to be continuing his medical education with KU and hopes to make a lasting impact in his patients.

In his free time he enjoys all things ice hockey, music, and spending time with his fiancée and their cat Marleigh.