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MONICA ARTI MAKHIJA, MD CHRISTIAN GREEN, MD

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Dr. Monica Arti Makhija is a neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Born of a humble background in Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Christian Green is a first-generation high
Medical School. After graduating from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine school, college, and medical school graduate. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and
(AUC), she completed her residency training at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, chemistry from the University of Mississippi- Ole Miss.
Massachusetts, where she served as chief resident.
Having been raised in a medically underserved part of the United States, Dr. Green has always made
Dr. Makhija completed a sleep fellowship at the Department of Neurology at St. Vincent Hospital it his mission to advocate for his community, colleagues, and patients. While at AUC, Dr. Green
in Worcester, Massachusetts, with pediatric sleep training at Boston Children's Hospital. She then has demonstrated boundless devotion through his extensive service in the Student Government
completed a second fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology with an Epilepsy focus at Beth Israel Association (SGA) in multiple positions spanning all four years of medical school. He served as
Deaconess Medical Center, where she stayed on and joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Executive Student Government Association co-president during his third year of medical school,
She carries board certifications in both Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine, and her clinical and research encompassing students across the Sint Maarten campus, UK track, and Clinical Sciences. He also
interests are in the intersection of these two fields. She runs a specialty clinic for epilepsy patients served as the co-founder and vice president of the Pathology Interest Group, a member of the
with undiagnosed sleep disorders. Student Judiciary Executive Board, and an orientation advisor.

An active researcher, Dr. Makhija was honored with a NeuroNext research fellowship to develop Dr. Green has served in many roles across volunteer projects in Sint Maarten, the United States,
her clinical trials acumen. She is in the midst of initiating drug trials in sleep medicine, primarily Europe, and Africa. He served as a breast abnormalities volunteer and SXM AIDS Foundation
focusing on neurology-based sleep disorders. She has two internal grants to help support her screening coordinator, for which he helped raise funds to continue to provide free HIV screening
research into the effect of sleep deprivation on epilepsy patients. and prevention workshops throughout the Caribbean. He was a volunteer for the Adtalem Global
Education Foundation’s African Access Initiative, assisting in the coordination of training pathologists
In addition to research and clinical care, Dr. Makhija devotes substantial time to teaching. Her in Rwanda and Kenya to provide accurate and early diagnoses for breast and cervical cancer. He is a
main focus for teaching includes continuity clinics for the neurology residents at the Combined recipient of the Dean’s Academic Scholarship, SGA Service Award, and has had numerous research
Harvard residency teaching program and clinics focusing on both sleep and epilepsy for both articles published.
the neurophysiology fellows and sleep medicine fellows. She teaches clerkship students core
sleep neurophysiology lectures at the medical school level. Outside of work, she enjoys running, Dr. Green is passionate about advocacy, leadership, and mentorship. He spends his free time with
including after her three young children. his adopted island dog Buddy (AUC’s Cutest Pet 2021!), traveling, and teaching English to Ukrainian
citizens to increase their job prospects. Dr. Green will begin his anatomical and clinical pathology
residency training at MedStar/Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.