Meet our faculty of top-tier physicians

Julie Chen, MD, FACP

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group​ ​
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Program Director​
Gaithersburg Medical Center and Regional Headquarters​

MEDICAL EDUCATION

University of Hong Kong School of Medicine

RESIDENCY

The Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia
Chief Resident

SPECIALTIES AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Board Certified Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Quality improvement, innovative medical education, resident wellness and resilience ​

HOW I THRIVE

I love downhill skiing with my sons, traveling to the beach, and spending quality time with my family. I also love hosting book clubs with great friends.
Dr. Chen has been in medical education leadership since 2006 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she served as both Assistant Chief for Graduate Medical Education, and the Director of the Resident Continuity Clinic. She was an Associate Program Director in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Walter Reed for 5 years before becoming the founding Program Director for the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Alex Dummett, MD, FACP, CPPS

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group​ ​
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director​
Gaithersburg Medical Center and Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring​

MEDICAL EDUCATION

George Washington University School of Medicine ​

RESIDENCY

Kaiser​ Permanente Santa Clara
Chief Resident

FELLOWSHIP

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco ​

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Board Certified Preventive Medicine—Subspecialty of Clinical Informatics

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Patient safety, quality improvement, diagnostic error prevention, training through simulation, clinical informatics, physician wellness, hospital medicine

HOW I THRIVE

I love cooking with my daughter, hiking, traveling to exotic locations, and spending time with my family. I also love teaching my daughter science through hands-on experiments.
Dr. Dummett leads several region-wide initiatives, the most important of which focuses on preventing in-hospital deterioration using advanced predictive analytics. He is a certified Patient Safety Professional and a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer.

Kathleen Anderson, MD, MS​

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group​ ​
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Gaithersburg Medical Center

MEDICAL EDUCATION

George Washington University School of Medicine

RESIDENCY

Georgetown University Hospital
Chief Resident

FELLOWSHIP

Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University ​

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Board Certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Board Certified in Integrative Medicine

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Student and resident education, communication skills training ​

HOW I THRIVE

I enjoy biking and bike repair. ​
Dr. Anderson’s clinical focus is in interdisciplinary treatment for patients with complex illnesses. She heads the Comprehensive Chronic Pain Management Program which is a coordinated and holistic model of care for our patients in the DC-Suburban Maryland service area.

Elisabeth Kramer, MD, FACP

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Gaithersburg Medical Center

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Friedrich Schiller University Faculty of Medicine, Jena, Germany

RESIDENCY

Georgetown University

FELLOWSHIP

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

SPECIALTIES and ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Comprehensive primary care and preventive medicine; resident clinical and research education

HOW I THRIVE

I come from a family of musicians and love to play the violin. I look forward to traveling with my family to the beach and snow-capped mountains!
Elisabeth Kramer joins the Internal Medicine Residency Program with a strong background in research. She has received several competitive scholarship awards, including the Bayer Research Foundation-Carl Duisberg Scholarship, German Research Foundation, and Erasmus Internship Grant. She was the 2017 recipient of the Edward Tsou Medical Humanities Award from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Kramer is fluent in German, French, and Italian.

Charu Maheshwary, MD

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad, India

RESIDENCY

University of Florida, Family Practice Internship, Jacksonville, FL
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD

SPECIALTIES AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Best Practices in Hospital Medicine, Patient safety and Quality improvement, Special interest in Graduate Medical education and curriculum development

HOW I THRIVE

I thrive by stepping out of my comfort zone. For example, I enjoy adventure travel, weight training, and long-distance running. I also love dancing, pencil sketching, and spending time with my husband and two girls (who have made me a closet “Swiftie”). Dr. Maheshwary has been practicing Hospital Medicine since 2009. She joined MAPMG in 2015 inspired by its "all-in-one" model of coordinated care, which provides meaningful opportunities to interact with patients, providers, and specialists. She is passionate about hospital medicine that improves quality of care, patient satisfaction, and clinical outcomes by enabling compassionate care in hospital setting. She has a keen interest in Graduate Medical Education and teaching residents best practices in Hospital Medicine.

Daren Yang, DO

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Kensington Medical Center

MEDICAL EDUCATION

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

RESIDENCY

National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Improving preventative care, advancing residency primary care training, preventing resident burnout

HOW I THRIVE

Spending time with my wife and daughter. Traveling as much as possible. Staying active by running or cycling daily.
Dr. Yang has spent the past four years as active duty in the Army while also serving with the Internal Medicine Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX as a Core Faculty Member before joining MAPMG in 2021.

Enaruna Tychus, MD

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group​ ​
Chief of Adult and Family Medicine Department, DC-Suburban MD service area
Largo Medical Center

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Howard University College of Medicine

RESIDENCY

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Quality improvement and excellence in service

HOW I THRIVE

One of the ways I thrive is by coming early to work and leaving early for home as much as possible. I also thrive by always having an attitude of gratitude.
I enjoy traveling and writing. My favorite pastime is spending time with my family. A fun fact about me is I love playing sports, not watching sports. I played soccer and ran 100m races.

Pierre-Luc Paultre, MD

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Chief of Hospital-Based Medicine, DC-Suburban MD service area
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University

RESIDENCY

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Hospital Medicine

HOW I THRIVE

The way I thrive is through the success of my team of doctors. Every day, they remind me of the reason why I embraced healing as a vocation. Their resilience, selflessness and kindness, motivate me to bring my A game every day. Having the chance to disconnect and recharge are essential to stay grounded and becoming your best self. Meditation, family time with my kids, reading, fitness and travel are my favorite ways to remain centered.

Rachel Vile, MD​

Capital Critical Care, LLC Medical Group​
Medical Director of Critical Care​
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring​ ​

MEDICAL EDUCATION

University of Kansas School of Medicine.

RESIDENCY

Washington Hospital Center

FELLOWSHIP

Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University

SPECIALTIES and CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Internal Medicine
Board Certified Critical Care ​

CURRICULAR INTERESTS

Serving the underserved and at-risk population by volunteering

HOW I THRIVE

I thrive by keeping a positive attitude and enjoying the fun in life. Walking the dogs with my husband, playing games with my kids, and always staying up to date with my friends are my priorities. And getting lost in a good book now and then always helps.​
Dr. Vile is a double-certified internist and intensivist with decades of experience and is a member of the Ethics Committee and the Credentialing Committee at Holy Cross Hospital.

Sushmita Malik, MD

Chief Resident

MEDICAL EDUCATION

George Washington University School of Medicine

RESIDENCY

Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States

WHY YOU CHOSE TO APPLY TO KPMAS

I admire the mission statement of the program to train highly competent and compassionate physicians to deliver high-quality care, and am looking forward to becoming this clinician in the community I grew up in.

WHAT MAKES YOUR PASSIONATE ABOUT PRACTICING MEDICINE

Being able to serve diverse patients and realizing that medicine is more than just treating a disease, it is about approaching patient care with a holistic perspective by considering patients’ social needs, ethnicities, and cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

FUN FACT ABOUT YOU

I studied abroad for a year in Berlin, Germany when I was 16 years old during high school without knowing the language!

HOW I THRIVE

Working in a supportive and collaborative environment while continuously challenging myself to grow and always trying to explore new things.

Marc John D. Barredo, C-TAGME

Program Manager, GME Residency

Marc John Barredo is the program manager for the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Internal Medicine Residency Program. He has been an integral part of the accreditation process and manages the multiple priorities to ensure the program’s success. After achieving accreditation and recruitment of the inaugural class in 2020, he pursued operational and consulting roles within Kaiser Permanente.

Before coming to Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, Marc worked at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates in a similar role. Marc is married to a graphic designer who makes his pictures look stunning all the time, and he likes to spend time with his family outside of work.

HOW I THRIVE

I recently got into running and slowly targeting a half-marathon by the end of the year. I played club volleyball in college and still play the sport weekly until my knees cannot take it anymore.

Kelliann Dell​

Senior Program Manager

Kelliann Dell is a Senior Program Manager for Medical Education KPMAS Residency Programs. Kelliann earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College. She worked for the Johns Hopkins University Internal Medicine Residency program for nine years — first as a Program Administrator and later as a Program Manager — before joining the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Internal Medicine Residency Program.

HOW I THRIVE

By spending time with my family. Together we enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking, and occasionally a competitive bowling game. We enjoy spending quiet vacations at the beach and at our home away from home in Florida. We also live within walking distance of her husband’s family farm, so there is never a shortage of fresh fruits and vegetable.

What our residents have to say

My favorite aspect of the KPMAS IM residency program is the level of individualization available to us. The administrators and attendings keep our specific interests in mind and will go to great lengths to accommodate our educational and career goals. This includes creating new, tailored rotations for us (Advanced Ambulatory Care for me!), helping to coordinate away rotations, and being flexible about scheduling options. This makes for a very tailored educational experience that I enjoy!

Miranda Hunter, MD, PGY-3

Being part of the inagural graduating class and assuming the role of the first internal chief resident in an exhilarating opportunity. With a sincere passion for teaching and mentoring, this year presents me with the chance to make an impact on the education and professional growth of residents. Witnessing the remarkable journey of this residency program from its infancy has been an unforgettable, once in a life-time experience. Having the chance to stay and take on this leadership role offers me the opportunity to develop and strenghten various skills for my future medical career.

Sushmita Malik, MD, Chief Resident

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