PGY-6

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-5

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-7

Dr. Ratnaparkhi graduated from Stanford University Ob/Gyn residency program. She grew up in Cleveland Ohio and completed her undergraduate degree at Brown University in Neuroscience and medical school at Case Western Reserve University. She then worked at Leerink Partners for two years in management consulting for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. At Stanford, she completed the honors certificate program in medical education and has led research projects related to fear of cancer recurrence and patient education in survivorship care for gynecologic malignancies. She is so excited to begin training at KU! In her free time she enjoys yoga, hiking, crafting, and rooting for Cleveland sports teams.