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Internal Medicine Residency Program

Internal Medicine Residency Program – Chief Residents

Chief Residents
Get to know our chief residents — their passions, hobbies and what brought them to this program.
Internal Medicine Residency Program Chief Residents 2025

Our chief residents

Namrata Gadela, MD
Chief resident
Namrata Gadela, MD
Training + education
Undergraduate School
Florida Atlantic University
Medical School
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
About me
Hometown
Minneapolis, MN
Favorite thing about living in Boston

The walkability, enjoying all the seasons and trying new restaurants!

Favorite thing about Tufts Medicine

The sub-specialty system and the wonderful group of people we work with every day!

Plans for the future

Cardiology fellowship

John Morrissey, MD
Chief resident
John Morrissey, MD
Training + education
Undergraduate School
Stanford University
Medical School
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
About me
Hometown
Dublin, Ireland
Favorite thing about living in Boston

Great food options throughout the city, the brownstone architecture and the proximity of fun day trips (hiking in the white mountains, shopping and dining in Portland).

Favorite thing about Tufts Medicine

Strong sense of community, the subspecialty training system wherein you learn each topic from specialists in the field and the diverse and sick patient population we care for.

Plans for the future

Cardiology fellowship, advanced heart failure

Divya Velury, MD
Chief resident
Divya Velury, MD
Training + education
Undergraduate School
Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
About me
Hometown
Lawton, OK
Favorite thing about living in Boston

Being so close to the water, the walkability of the city and the excellent day trip potentials from Boston.

Favorite thing about Tufts Medicine

How invested the faculty and mentors are invested in our success, the approachability of everyone in the hospital creates an amazing learning environment.

Plans for the future

Cardiology fellowship, advanced imaging

Where our recent chief residents went

2024-2025  
Cardiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital  
Cardiology Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital Center  
Hospital Medicine – Massachusetts General Hospital 

2023-2024
Nephrology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center 
Gastroenterology fellowship at University of Chicago Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Brown Medicine

2022-2023
Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center
Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital
Pulmonary/ Critical Care fellowship at University of South Carolina

2021-2022
Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at University of North Carolina
Nephrology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center
Gastroenterology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center

2020-2021 
Cardiology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center 
Nephrology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center 
Gastroenterology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center

2019-2020 
Hematology/Oncology fellowship at UC San Diego 
Cardiology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center 
Internal medicine faculty at Tufts Medical Center

2018-2019 
Infectious diseases fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 
Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center 
Pulmonary/Critical care fellowship at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

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