Dr. James M. Economides, MD, FACS is a Board-certified Plastic Surgeon in the Washington, DC area who specializes in aesthetic surgery of the face, breast, and body.  He has a particular clinical interest in facial rejuvenation and complex revision surgery of the breast. He is consistently recognized as a “Top Doctor” in Washingtonian Magazine, Arlington Magazine, DC Modern Luxury, and Castle Connolly.  

 

A triple Hoya, Dr. Economides attended Georgetown University where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Biology with minors in Spanish Language and Science and Technology in International Affairs.  He went on to complete his Medical Doctorate at Georgetown University School of Medicine and residency training in plastic surgery at Georgetown University Hospital.  

 

Dr. Economides serves on leadership committees for the National Capital Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as The Aesthetic Society.  He has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters and has lectured at national and international conferences.  He mentors medical students and plastic surgery residents from Georgetown University and elsewhere.

 

He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Aesthetic Society, Medical Society of Virginia, Arlington Medical Society, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

 

In his spare time, Dr. Economides loves to spend time with his family, traveling, cooking, and watching Hoya Hoops.

Dr. Joseph P. Letzelter III is a board-certified, fellowship-trained hand and upper extremity surgeon in the Washington, DC area who specializes in surgery of the hand and upper limb in children and adults. He has a particular clinical interest in congenital differences of the hand, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury, and complex pediatric upper extremity trauma and reconstruction. He is consistently recognized as a "Top Doctor" in Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine, and was named a Young Leader by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2022.

A triple Hoya, Dr. Letzelter completed his Bachelor's degree, his Medical Doctorate, and his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Georgetown University. He went on to complete a fellowship in hand surgery at NYU Langone Health, followed by additional fellowship training at the New Zealand Institute of Hand Surgery and a fellowship in pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Northern California.

Dr. Letzelter sees patients in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. He is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he directs the pediatric orthopaedic rotation for orthopaedic residents. He has published peer-reviewed work in pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery, lectures at national meetings.

He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Pediatric Hand Study Group.

 

Originally from Florida, Dr. Letzelter now lives in Washington, DC. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his husband and their children, running, skiing, and traveling.

Megan Hollis, MD, is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and currently serves as Medical Director of MedStar Family Medicine at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. In this role, she provides clinical and operational leadership for a primary care practice serving a diverse international patient population. Her clinical interests include preventive medicine, women’s health, chronic disease management, and the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered primary care.

Dr. Hollis has longstanding ties to Georgetown University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Georgetown University, graduating cum laude, and went on to earn her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, where she graduated cum laude and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her Family Medicine residency training at the Georgetown University/Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, serving as Chief Resident during her final year of training.

Throughout her career, Dr. Hollis has combined clinical practice with physician leadership, medical education, and mentorship. She has taught and mentored medical students and healthcare trainees and has held leadership roles focused on clinical operations, quality improvement, patient experience, and strengthening the delivery of primary care.

A proud Georgetown alumna, Dr. Hollis remains deeply connected to the Georgetown medical community and its tradition of service. She is honored to serve on the Georgetown Clinical Society Board and to support its mission of fostering connections among Georgetown physicians, alumni, and trainees while carrying forward the Jesuit principle of cura personalis—care of the whole person.

Dr. Sonya Chawla is a board-certified internist in Bethesda, Maryland, and the founder of Sonya Chawla MD, LLC, a membership-based primary care practice dedicated to highly personalized, comprehensive care.  She has been consistently recognized as a Washingtonian “Top Doctor” and was featured on the cover of Bethesda Magazine’s Top Doctors issue in 2022.  During her training at Georgetown University, she received both the C. Darcy Blair Award for excellence in the practice of medicine and commitment to the community and the Jerry I. Cherner Award for excellence in clinical research.

Dr. Chawla’s ties to Georgetown span three decades.  She earned her undergraduate degree at Georgetown, double majoring in Government and English, before completing a master’s degree in Journalism at Columbia University and her M.D. at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.  She then returned to Georgetown for residency in Internal Medicine and was subsequently selected to serve as Chief Medical Resident.

In 2012, Dr. Chawla was recruited by MedStar to help establish a flagship Internal Medicine practice at Foxhall Square.  After building a thriving clinical practice there, she founded her independent membership practice in Bethesda, where she combines evidence-based preventive medicine with highly individualized, thoughtful care.

Dr. Chawla lives in Washington with her husband, Dr. Vivek Patil, also a double Hoya, their children, and their beloved poodle.  A member of the Georgetown Clinical Society, she looks forward to strengthening the collegiality, intellectual engagement, and sense of community that connect Georgetown physicians across generations and specialties.