Family medicine residents PGY-III

Aliyah Ahmed, DO

Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
Hometown: IL

Career Interests:

• Preventative Care
• Integrative Medicine
• Women's Health

Personal Interests:

• Bike riding and hiking, especially in the sunniest of weather!
• Traveling...anywhere and everywhere
• Quality time with family/friends over yummy food
• Art, both making my own and appreciating others

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• The people! From the supportive and hardworking co-residents to the intelligent and devoted faculty to the ample ancillary staff we have, to help with every aspect of our training and patient care
• The diverse patient population, both in ethnic background, age, race as well as pathology
• The amazing facilities we have at both Christ hospital and the Children's hospital as well as our beautiful, well-equipped outpatient clinic

Sujith Kochat, MD

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Hometown: IL

Career Interests:

• Sports medicine
• Inpatient medicine

Personal Interests:

• Working on cars
• Technology
• Sports
• My pets

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• Being a part of a big family who all strive to do the best for the patients, and so willing to go out of their way to help each other.

Leila Patterson, MD

Medical School:  Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago Medical School
Hometown:  IL

Career Interests:

• Medically Underserved
• Traditional Family Medicine
• Integrative Medicine

Personal Interests:

• Making up my own food recipes
• Dining out at new restaurants
• Traveling/Weekend Getaways

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• The diversity of the faculty, staff, and patient population
• The level of teaching, support, and encouragement from Family Medicine Faculty
• The hospital is located very close to the neighborhood where I was born and raised

Timothy Prajka, DO

Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
Hometown: IL

Career Interests:

• Broad Spectrum Family Medicine
• Sports Medicine

Personal Interests:

• Watching Sports: Go White Sox, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks and Illini!!
• Hanging with my girlfriend, friends, and family
• Watching Netflix
• Food (Unless I'm cooking it, because then it won't be that good)

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• My co-residents. From the beginning they have all been extremely supportive of me and I couldn't imagine doing this without them
• Our faculty and staff. Everything they have said and done has focused on our growth as not only medical professionals, but also as people
• The variety in pathology. Christ provides such a unique range of pathology that you will not be able to see in many other places

Jay B. Shah, DO

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University - Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: IL

Career Interests:

• Underserved Medicine
• Traditional Family Medicine
• Sport Medicine
• Pain Management
• Wound Care

Personal Interests:

• Fine dining
• Traveling and trying popular local ice cream shops
• Watching Movies
• Sneakerhead
• Video games

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• Our incredible and intelligent faculty and staff who are here to support us into becoming well rounded Family Medicine Physicians
• The diverse pathology that comes into Advocate Christ Medical Center and the Advocate Christ Family Medicine Residency Clinic
• Being challenged academically and learning different approaches to the art of medicine
• Specialist who are willing to spend time teaching and collaborating with faculty members on research topics
• My co-residents who make coming into work enjoyable every day!

Nikita Shroff, MD

Medical School: University of London, St George’s Hospital in London, U.K.
Hometown: CA

Career Interests:

• Global Medicine
• Broad Spectrum Family Medicine

Personal Interests:

• Cooking! I love trying new recipes from around the world
• Traveling as much as possible
• Spending time with family and friends

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:

• Hands down, my amazing co-residents
• The attendings in both the hospital and clinic are incredibly approachable and have a passion for teaching
• Being in a vibrant city like Chicago is a definite plus!

Ahja D. Steele, MD

Medical School:   Ross University School of Medicine
Hometown: IL

Career Interests:

• Procedural Medicine
• Integrative Medicine
• Women's Health
• Global Health

Personal Interests:

• Cooking, brunching
• Festivals, Live performances and music
• International Travel
• Binging Netflix/Watching movies/Dog Mom to 7lb Chihuahua Riley

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:
Amazing co-residents! Love the diversity in the faculty, staff, and patients!

Steven Suh, MD

Medical School: Rush Medical College
Hometown:  IL

Career Interests:

• Medically Underserved
• Global Health

Personal Interests:

• Photography
• Singing/acapella

What I enjoy most about being in the Christ Family Medicine Residency:
I highly value the socioeconomic diversity of the patient population as well as the interesting pathology.