2025-2026 Fellows
Weston Niermeyer, MD
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Hometown: Washington, DC
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Outside Interests: Racquet Sports, personal finance, running, studying Swahili, hiking, SCUBA diving, travel/trip plan
Research Interests: Ongoing projects: Implementation of outcomes registry in low resources setting; three delay model analysis in LMIC settings; case volume and type for assessment of surgical capacity in Ethiopia. Tracheostomy in patients under 2 years. Pediatric otolaryngology surgical outcomes; ergonomics in surgery. Tranexamic acid; hip arthroplasty. Pancreatic tumor microenvironment and chemoresistance.
Autefeh Sajjadi, MD
Otolaryngology: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Hometown: San Jose, California
Undergrad: University of California at Berkeley
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Outside Interests: Snowboarding, reading, soccer, off-roading, hiking
Research Interests: Identifying inequities in access to care and helping develop community connections to healthcare systems both locally and abroad. Her research projects have included identifying and addressing disparities in hearing screening among school-aged children, less lethal weapons and their impacts on facial trauma amongst social justice movements and disparities in surgical outcomes amongst different patient populations.
Jennifer Silver, MD
Otolaryngology - Laryngology
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Undergrad: McGill University, Montreal QC
Medical School: McGill University, Montreal QC
Outside Interests: Basketball, running, juggling, unicycling
Research Interests: Irritable Larynx Syndrome, validation of the Reflux symptom.
Rajas Tipnis, MD
Otolaryngology - Pediatric
Hometown: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
Undergrad: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Medical School: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON
Outside Interests: Cooking, hiking, traveling, soccer
Research Interests: Working in cell and molecular biology wet lab using multiple techniques and performing statistical analysis on date output. Radiation Oncology, CancerCare research, brain tumors. Evaluation of longitudinal functional outcomes following conventional treatment of advanced stage oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Locally advance Laryngeal cancer patients treated with Total Laryngectomy or organ preservation therapy. Spontaneous regression of mandibular myofibroma without surgical intervention.