Puja Samudra, MD
Associate Program Director

Hometown: Singapore
Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University - BS
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

Puja joined the faculty in May 2016 after moving to Indianapolis from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was previously faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program. She completed a Faculty development fellowship there and was very active in high risk OB management. Puja enjoys practicing the full spectrum of family medicine, with a special interest in obstetrics and women's health procedures including OB ultrasound and colposcopy. She has an interest in caring for underserved populations, particularly those who have cultural barriers to care.  In her few spare moments, Puja enjoys reading historical fiction, watching movies and going for walks on the Monon trail with her young daughter and husband.
Betty Johnson, DO

Associate Program Director

Hometown: West Lafayette, IN
Undergraduate: Purdue University
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

​Betty is an Indiana native. She went to Purdue University for her undergraduate degree in Behavioral Neuroscience before attending Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine for her medical training. During medical school, Betty also completed a fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine to better prepare to treat patients in a holistic manner. After med school, she completed her residency at our very own St. Vincent Family Medicine program where she served as Chief resident. She enjoys working with the residents as faculty in the clinic.

In her spare time, Betty enjoys going to different state parks with her husband and young daughter and son as well as playing with their puppy.

Cathy Bryant, MD
Core Faculty​
Hometown: Indianapolis
Undergraduate: DePauw University
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

​Cathy is a native Hoosier, who graduated from DePauw University (1986) and received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine (1990). She trained in family medicine at the former St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center (now Regions) in St. Paul, MN. After practicing for 4 years in community health in South Minneapolis, Cathy returned to Indianapolis in 1998 to practice here with the residency.

Cathy practiced full spectrum Family Medicine, delivering babies and doing inpatient, from residency until 2012, when she stopped  working in L&D.  She stopped hospital medicine in 2021, but continues to staff all patients, including prenatal care, in the FM clinic, and to see her own patients in a nearby private practice.

In her time away from the office she is also a full-time mother of two teenage boys. They keep her busy attending multiple basketball practices and games and other activities. She also leads a middle-school small group in Sunday school on most weeks and is otherwise quite active at her church.  For her own pleasure in her spare time, she finds it hard to choose between multiple activities she enjoys, which include (but are not limited to) walking (while listening to podcasts), biking, sewing, knitting, reading, or just meeting up with good friends for food and conversation. (Cathy loves to talk!)

Heidi L. Harris-Bromund, MD, FAAFP
Clinic Director
Hometown: Springfield, IL
Undergraduate: Butler University
Medical School: Southern Illinois School of Medicine

After completing her residency in Family Medicine at St Vincent, Heidi joined the faculty of the residency program.  Her special areas of interest involve women and children's health.  As a faculty member, she enjoys seeing residents transition from students to colleagues during their training.  Heidi and her husband have two adult children.​
Anne Knox, MD
Geriatrician/Core Faculty
Hometown: Springfield, OH
Undergraduate: Miami University
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Anne is our faculty member associated with St. Vincent the longest.  She was born here at St Vincent in what is now the Internal Medicine department. She came back to St. Vincent for residency and stayed on to do a fellowship in geriatrics before going into private practice nearby. Anne rejoined the St Vincent family in 2012. She has a passion for the geriatric population and for making nursing home day the best day of the month! She and her husband enjoy spending time with their three boys, two dogs and two cats. She likes being outside and has a life-long goal of building her own tree house in the backyard.

Kelsey Shoemaker, DO

Hometown: Crown Point, IN

Kelsey grew up in Crown Point, Indiana and attended undergrad at IU Bloomington. She completed medical school at LECOM in Erie Pennsylvania before coming back to Indiana for residency. After completing her residency as Chief Resident in Family Medicine at St Vincent in 2025 Kelsey joined the faculty of the residency program. She practices full spectrum family medicine with OB. Kelsey is also passionate about inpatient medicine and works as a Faculty Hospitalist for the Family Medicine residency. She enjoys taking care of patients of all ages and has a special interest in taking care of underserved populations, procedures, OMT, and women's health. In her free time she enjoys all things outdoors- hiking, gardening and kayaking. She also enjoys rock climbing and hanging out with her husband and fur babies. She has 3 cats and 2 black lab mixes.

Alan Bercovitz, MD, FAAFP
​Clinical Faculty, Physician Lead Seton Cove
Hometown: Indianapolis
Undergraduate: Indiana University
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
​Alan has been associated with St. Vincent Hospital since his junior year of medical school, and he completed his family medicine residency here in 1990. He began a solo private practice at that time, which he continued for 19 years, while continuing his involvement with the FM residency program as a community faculty preceptor.

In 2009, Alan joined the St. Vincent Medical Group, and in February 2016, he became the FM Residency Clinic Director. He was Medical Director of the Primary Care Center from 2016-2022 and now along with being faculty is Physician Lead at Seton Cove Spirituality Center.

Alan is a past recipient of the Indiana Academy of Family Practice Physician of the Year and a four time recipient of the St. Vincent Residency Program Teacher of the Year. He and his wife have three grown children, 2 sons in law and 2 grandchildren.

Allie Rodgers, Ph.D, HSPP

Hometown: Indianapolis
Undergraduate: Belmont University
Doctoral Program: University of Louisville
Allie earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville, where she focused on mindfulness-based interventions and health psychology. She has specialized training in the treatment of insomnia, chronic pain, tinnitus and a wide range of adult mental health concerns.
She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Indianapolis VA where she remained for the next 5 years of her career. She went on to work in Primary Care Mental Health Integration, obtaining her psychology license in 2020. From 2023-2025, she served as the Psychology Training Director at the Indianapolis VA.
Allie is passionate about teaching and training. She enjoys working on interdisciplinary teams and considers herself a life-long learner. She sees adult therapy patients within the Primary Care Center. Allie brings an evidence-based, goal-focused, and compassionate approach to her work with patients.
Outside of her professional life, Allie and her husband stay busy raising their two young sons. She played soccer in college and still enjoys the challenge of competing in an adult soccer league.

Kameron Baker, PharmD, BCACP

Pharmacist
Hometown: Greenfield, IN
Undergraduate/Pharmacy School: Butler University

Kameron is a native of central Indiana.  He attended pharmacy school at Butler University.  He completed his first year of pharmacy residency at Franciscan Lafayette.  His second year of residency was completed with the Indian Health Service in Whiteriver, Arizona with a specialization in ambulatory care.  He enjoys educating patient and residents about medications and chronic disease management.

Kameron and his wife have two kids, Kaden (3) & Kendall (1).  He enjoys spending time outdoors, playing disc golf, board games, and wrangling the kids.
 
Eric Ramirez
Program Coordinator​
Hometown: Anaheim, CA
Undergraduate: Indiana Wesleyan University
​Eric is originally from El Salvador and moved to the States at the age of nine. He has a bachelor's degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in General Studies with an emphasis in Mathematics. He loves making lists and has a passion for helping others. He loves anything basketball and working out. He also enjoys reading and spending time with his wife and kids. He has as many 4-legged family members as 2-legged, with a Pomeranian named Bruiser, an 85 pound terrier named Margo, an uber-sensitive cat named Charlie and an introverted cat named Gracie.