Class Notes

Erin Egan, AB ’19, earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in May 2024 and started residency training as a family medicine physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Puji Anur, AB ’17, married Bobby Kahlon, AB ’17, on June 1, 2024, in Sonoma, California. Both grew up in the Bay Area and met at WashU as biology majors. Anur works at Maven, a women’s and family health company, and Kahlon is completing a gastroenterology fellowship program at California Pacific Medical Center. The couple resides in San Francisco.

Kahan Chavda, BS ’16, had his INVERSA Ethical Exotics leather materials debut at Paris Fashion Week in September 2024 in designer Gabriella Hearst’s products. INVERSA creates its products from non-native, invasive species that are ruining ecosystems in Florida, the Mississippi River basin and the Caribbean coral reefs. Backed by leading conservation and government organizations, the company works only with suppliers that use ethical and humane supply chain methods.

Christine Cronin, MSW ’15, MPH ’15, penned Nature Is Our Nurture: A Picture Book of Empowering Life Lessons for the Child in All of Us (Archway Publishing, August 2024).The book seeks to spread hope and healing to the world. It encompasses more than 50 empowering life lessons through analogies in nature and integrates beautiful artwork in each lesson.

Sara Potter, PhD ’13, wrote Technified Muses: Reconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde (University of Florida Press, October 2024). The book uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present. She is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Texas in El Paso.

Traci Krasne, AB ’13, has joined Fox Rothschild in New York as an associate in the labor and employment department. She defends clients in employment disputes and provides strategies to mitigate workplace litigation.

Catie Gainor, AB ’12, opened a culinary bookstore, Binding Agents, in Philadelphia’s historic Italian Market. The shop combines her lifelong passion for food with her love of the written word, cultivated in the English department at WashU.

Hwan Yi, MSW ’11, was named executive director of Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, a senior living community located in the metropolitan area surrounding Washington, D.C. He most recently served as the health-care center administrator for The Fairfax at Belvoir Woods, a senior continuing-care retirement community located in Virginia.

Karan Johar, Res/Fel ’11, specializes in pain management and minimally invasive spine care. He draws on experiences from his grandmother’s surgery that shape his patient-centric approach as a physician, on his tenure as assistant professor at NYU Langone, and on his roles across prestigious hospitals and dual board certifications. His pain medicine and surgery practice has earned accolades and trust from diverse and high-profile patients worldwide, and he has received recognitions including Castle Connolly Top Doctor.

Daniel R. Fishman, AB ’11, was named to “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” by The Best Lawyers in America 2025 in the litigation and labor law areas. Fishman is an attorney with Morgan, Brown & Joy.