Robert L. Phillips, Jr. Health Policy Fellowship

Health Policy Fellowship and graduate medical education opportunities in family medicine are offered by MedStar Health, which has one of the largest graduate medical education platforms in the country. Georgetown University is MedStar Health’s research and academic health system partner.

MedStar Health offers a variety of clinical venues and exposure to Georgetown University’s world class faculty — clinicians, educators and researchers — for an unmatched graduate medical education experience

Robert L. Phillips - Professor of Family Medicine

Read more about the one-year Robert L. Phillips, Jr. Health Policy Fellowship. (Please note: This link takes you to an affiliated MedStar Health page).

Current Fellow

Dr. Joshua Smith - Health Policy Fellow

Joshua Smith, MD, MPH is a Family Physician and Psychiatrist. He serves as a Health Policy Fellow at the Robert Graham Center and Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Smith completed his combined residency in Family Medicine and Psychiatry at The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He earned his MD and MPH in Health Policy and Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and his BA in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical, teaching, and research interests include integrated behavioral health, chronic disease management, and the intersection of healthcare with housing, economic, and social policy. He is passionate about delivering high quality care to medically, psychiatrically, and socially complex patients, while also working to improve health and healthcare for all individuals.

Former Fellows

  • Diana Rubio (2024-2025)
  • Chrystal Pristell (2023-2024)
  • Grace Walter (2022-2023)
  • Rita Kuwahara (2021-2022)
  • Monica Ajinkya (2020-2021)
  • Brian Antono (2019-2020)
  • Alison Huffstetler (2018-2019)
  • Robert Baillieu (2017-2018)
  • Hannah Jackson (2017-2018)
  • Tyler Barreto (2016-2017)
  • Julie Marcinek Petersen (2016-2017)
  • Yalda Jabbarpour (2015-2016)
  • Tracey Henry (2014-2015)
  • Melanie Raffoul (2014-2015)
  • John Parks (2013-2014)
  • Matthew Burke (2012-2013)
  • Laura Makaroff (2012-2013)
  • Rachael Consoli (2010-2011)
  • Winston Liaw (2009-2010)
  • Matthew Burke (2009-2010)
  • Keisa Bennett (2008-2009)
  • Anne Gaglioti (2007-2008)
  • Krishnan Narasimhan (2006-2007)
  • Ginger Ruddy (2004-2005)
  • Charles Ellington (2004-2005)
  • April Everett (2003-2004)
  • Janelle Guirguis-Blake (2002-2003)
  • David Meyers (2001-2002)