Meet the Residents

Katie Berry, MD

Katie grew up in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She attended DePauw University in Indiana where she majored in Spanish and Biochemistry. She received her M.D. from University of Virginia and is excited to now be a Double-Hoo! In her free time, she enjoys hiking, baking, board games, and going to wineries.

Tina Chen, MD, M.Eng

Tina grew up in New York City and attended Cornell University for her B.S. and M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering. She completed her M.D. at the University of Missouri. She is part of the leadership track and is currently undecided about her career path. In her free time, she enjoys playing board games, building things out of other things, and hiking with her husband.

Bahrom Ostad, MD

Bahrom grew up in Los Angeles, California to immigrant parents. He attended the University California at San Diego where he majored in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and minored in Psychology. He traveled across the country to the University of Virginia where he received his M.D. He is very excited to become a Double-Hoo!! In his free time, he enjoys cooking, being a home barista, playing disc golf, and exploring new restaurants.

Jeunice Owens-Walton, MD

Jeunice was born and raised in Oxford, England, and moved to the U.S. at the age of 12. She attended Georgia State University for undergrad and received her M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia. She enjoys hot yoga, cooking (and eating!) gourmet meals, thrifting, dancing, and skating.

Fionna Sun, MD

Fionna grew up in San Francisco, California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley where she majored in Molecular Cell Biology—Immunology. She received her M.D. from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and is excited to be a Hoo! In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, baking, cooking, and wineries.

Grace Ignozzi, MD

Grace grew up in Newport News, Virginia and attended William and Mary for undergrad. She then went on to the University of Virginia for medical school, where she met her husband, Anthony, and is thrilled to spend five more years in Charlottesville completing her Urology residency. In her free time, she loves running, cycling around Charlottesville, and fly fishing and hiking in Shenandoah National Park with her husband.

Bard Kennady, MD

Bard was born and raised in Texas. He went to UT Austin for undergrad and UT Houston for med school. He is excited to be on the east coast training with the best urology team in the world!! Bard very much enjoys watching longhorn sports, hiking, fishing, golf (regular and disc), smoking meats, lifting weights, and spending time with his loved ones.

Hannah LeBlanc, MD

Hannah is a proud Louisiana native, having completed her undergraduate studies at LSU in Chemistry and her medical degree at LSU Health New Orleans. Geaux Tigers! She is thrilled to be training at UVA in the beautiful Appalachian region. Outside of the hospital, Hannah enjoys sewing, crocheting, tackling sudoku puzzles, and cherishing quality time with friends and family.

Jacob Tannenbaum, MD

Born in Santa Clara, CA, I have lived throughout California and Oregon, embracing the diverse landscapes and cultures of the West Coast. I pursued my medical education at Tulane in New Orleans, where I gained invaluable knowledge and experience. In my leisure time, I enjoy hiking, hunting, smoking meat on my Big Green Egg, traveling to new places, and spending quality time with my family.

Davis Temple, MD

Davis grew up in Winston Salem, North Carolina and attended Davidson College for undergrad. After college she spent a year working for a community health nonprofit in rural Alabama before returning to Winston Salem to attend Wake Forest School of Medicine. In her free time, she can be found running around Charlottesville and the O Hill trails or hiking in Shenandoah.

Sachindra Sanam Venkata, MD

Sachin graduated from Meharry Medical College after completing his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University with a BA in Medicine, Health, and Society. He was born in New Zealand, but also grew up in Los Angeles, CA and Houston, TX before arriving in Nashville, TN. He discovered Urology through a mix of personal and clinical experiences that showcased the rewarding longitudinal patient relationships and the breadth of options to help patients. Outside medicine, he enjoys working on cars, snoozing with his cats, and geeking out about aviation. During his sub-internship in the Department of Urology, he enjoyed working with everyone here, and he was stunned by the beauty of the region. As he writes this, he cannot get Carter Mountain apple cider donuts out of his mind.

John “Jack” Savino, MD

Jack is thrilled to be joining the UVA Urology family. He was born just outside of D.C. but grew up in Virginia Beach, where he swam competitively year-round and spent his summers as a beach lifeguard. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology at UVA and stayed in Charlottesville for an additional year, working in a dermatology practice. He then began medical school in Winston-Salem before moving to Charlotte to complete his clinical rotations at Carolinas Medical Center. Outside of medicine, Jack loves exploring new places, taking long walks with his golden doodle, playing disc golf, and checking out Charlotte’s incredible breweries!

Elizabeth “Liz” Nazzal, MD

Liz attended undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before her prior career in healthcare informatics. She studied medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Outside of medical training, Liz enjoys quality time with her husband and son, making breakfast, baking, and hiking.