Chief Residents
Chief residents provide leadership and support to residents in the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program. They serve as mentors and advocates for the residents and set a positive tone for the program.
Emily Freeman
Through every chapter of my life, I’ve found myself a Hoosier: I was born and raised in Indianapolis, studied human biology at IU, went to IU School of Medicine and was lucky enough to stay here for Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency.
I knew I wanted to be a part of the med-peds program before I ever matched here. As a medical student, I looked up to the med-peds residents who taught me and, quite simply, wanted to be like them. They were smart, kind, great teachers and seemed to genuinely love being around each other. Now, many of my closest and best friends are people I met through this program.
One of the coolest parts of training at IU has been getting to learn from a wide range of physicians who are truly experts in their fields. I plan to pursue a career in primary care and I hope to take pieces of what IU has taught me and use that knowledge to be a better doctor for all of my patients.
As one of the chiefs, I hope I can give back some of what this program has given me. I want our residents to feel supported, find the people and parts of medicine that make them excited to come to work, and maybe convince a few medical students along the way that med-peds is as great as I think it is. Welcome to IU Med-Peds!
Marisa Hochstetler
Hi, I’m Marisa! I grew up in a small rural town in northern Indiana and studied biology and humanities at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. I completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, and loved the program and training I was exposed to, leading me to stay for residency! Following residency, I am pursuing a career as a palliative care physician with possible time as a hospitalist, and hope to continue caring for patients of all ages across multiple settings.
During medical school, I had the opportunity to work alongside many med-peds residents and attendings, who not only helped me realize this was the specialty for me, but also showed me what the residency program had to offer. IU has provided a wide breadth of experiences across all five hospitals, each with their own unique patient population. Being the largest med-peds program allows our residents to be fully integrated with our strong categorical peers, while also maintaining our unique perspective that comes from our training across both specialties and within our diverse community. I have loved that on a typical day, I run into, work with or consult multiple other med-peds residents!
Having the opportunity to serve as chief resident is so exciting because I genuinely love the people who make this program what it is. I hope to contribute to the same sense of community at IU that drew me in, while also ensuring residents are supported in their path to becoming excellent physicians and pursue whatever career path they choose.
Dylan Stolz
Hello and welcome! My name is Dylan Stolz, and I am one of the chiefs this year. I am originally from a small town in South Jersey, but my family moved to Terre Haute, IN, also known as “Terredise,” when I was in middle school. I have called Indiana home ever since and love the people and community here.
Like Larry Bird, I attended Indiana State University, where I studied biology and minored in civic leadership. I then completed the MD/MBA program through IU School of Medicine and the Kelley School of Business. During my training, I have become increasingly interested in how health care systems can better support patient-centered care. I hope to use my training in medicine and business to improve care through leadership, quality improvement and advocacy both in the U.S. and through global health initiatives while working as a med-peds hospitalist.
During medical school, I found myself torn between internal medicine and pediatrics. I loved the complexity and systems-based thinking of internal medicine, but I was equally drawn to the resilience of children, supporting parents through difficult situations and the energy of pediatric patients and staff. I also realized that many of my favorite residents and role models at IU were med-peds physicians, which helped make the decision clear. I love the med-peds family at IU, the diverse patients we serve and the breadth of clinical experiences that prepare us to care for patients across the lifespan in many settings, from Indiana to Kenya.