Meet Our Fellows


2026-2027 Class


Jennifer Zepf, DO

Jennifer Zepf, DO earned her medical degree from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency training in Clinical Pathology at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center. An Associate Professor with an established academic career in scholarship and teaching in undergraduate medical education, she is now completing fellowship training in Transfusion Medicine at NYBC. Her interests include advancing evidence-based transfusion practices through education, with the goal of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.


Bobbie Pelham-Webb, MD, PhD

Bobbie Pelham-Webb, MD, PhD is a fellow at NYBC/Columbia/Cornell with an interest in transfusion medicine, cellular therapy, and hematology. She did her MD-PhD at the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program and her Clinical Pathology Residency at Columbia University. Her scientific background is in stem cell biology and cellular reprogramming and her clinical interests focus on improving the transfusion care for neonates as well as sickle cell disease patients.

Fellows in past 10 years

2025-2026
Siba Saker, MD

2024-2025
Suzanne Brandt, MD
Chinwe Madubata, MD
Ian Mellis, MD, PhD
Evan Waldron, MD, PhD

2023-2024
Ronald Devera, MD
Beth Raju, MD

2022-2023
Behnam Rafiee, MD
Tobias Cohen, MD PhD

2021-2022
Michael Karasick, MD

2020-2021
Stacia Semple, MD
Maha Al-Ghafry, MD
Marilyn Nedumcheril, MD

2019-2020
Alexandra Budhai, MD
Elizabeth Stone, MD PhD
Kristin Sticco, MD

2018-2019
Aaron Wyble, MD
Gianna Ballon, MD
Sabrina Racine-Brzostek, MD PhD
Sarah Vossoughi, MD RN

2017-2018
Elizabeth Godbey, MD
Monika Paroder, MD PhD
Robert DeSimone, MD
Swathi Ratkal, MD

2016-2017
Susmitha Edappallath, MD
Stuart Weisberg, MD PhD
Edward Yoon, MD