PROGRAM

Opening Remarks Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Medicine

Keynote Address Shereef M. Elnahal, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, University Hospital

Remarks from Graduating Fellow Kate Kaczmarcyk, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellow

Presentation of Fellowship Certificates Sub-Specialty Program Directors

Allergy and Immunology Alan Wolff, MD

Cardiology Christine Gerula, MD

Cardiology, Interventional Pranay Vaidya, MD

Endocrinology David Bleich, MD

Gastroenterology Sushil Ahlawat, MD

Geriatrics Manisha Parulekar, MD

Hepatology Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Infectious Diseases Diana Finkel, DO

Nephrology Alluru Reddi, MD, PhD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Rheumatology Eugenio Capitle, MD

Remarks from Graduating Resident Marshall McKenna, MD
Internal Medicine Resident

Presentation of Residency Certificates Residency Program Directors

Preventive Medicine Pauline Thomas, MD

Medicine-Pediatrics Kristin Wong, MD

Internal Medicine Mirela Feurdean, MD

Presentation of Chief Resident Certificates

East Orange Veterans Affairs Dennis Quinlan, MD - Chief of Medical Service

Hackensack University Medical Center Laurie Jacobs, MD - Chair, Department of Medicine

University Hospital Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA - Chair, Department of Medicine

Presentation of Awards Chief Medical Residents

Closing Remarks Mirela Feurdean, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

The Oath of Hippocrates

Picture Collage with Music

MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

ALLERGY / IMMUNOLOGY

Linh-An Tuong, MD

CARDIOLOGY

Monali Shah, DO
Renjit Thomas, MD

CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL

Emad A. Barsoum, MD
Sankalp Pathak, MD

CRITICAL CARE

Avinash Adiga, MD
Vijay Kodadhala, MD
Gurveen Malhotra, MD

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Tanzila Razzaki, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Shima Ghavimi, MD
Kalpesh G. Patel, MD
Daniel Pievsky, DO

HEPATOLOGY

Yvette Nchung Achuo-Egbe, MD, MPH, MS
Bernard Sean Partiula, DO
Simran Sidhu, MD
Paresh Sojitra, MD

GERIATRICS

Katherine Fung, DO
Avishkar Sabharwal, MBBS, MD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Francisco De Jesus, MD
Nora Dina Homsi, MD
Debbie Rybak, MD

NEPHROLOGY

Adarsh Arya, MD
Odianosen Obadan, MD

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Bisma Alam, MD
Taaran Ballachanda, MD
Scott Ferrara, DO
Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk, MD

RHEUMATOLOGY

Sravani Penumarty, MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY

Raina Jewel Rebecca Bembry, MD
Jeff Yanhan Chiang, MD
Nikhil K. Kaushal, MD
Shreya Patel, MD
Varesh Patel, MD
Carlos Rodriguez Aponte, MD
Manan Shah, MD
Radhika S. Shah, MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL

Hassaan Bin Arshad, MBBS
Hafiza Noor Ul Ain Baloch, MBBS
Sunil Govind Chulani, MD
Barbara Anna Danek-Karatasakis, MD
Owen Deland, MD
Analise Yolanda Douglas, MD
Ranyelenu Efobi, MD
Daria Mihaela Geldman, MD
Ryan Paul Golden, MD
Kelly Michelle Graves, MD
Aris Karatasakis, MD
John Kenneth Park Kuster, MD
Jordan Liang, MD
Marshall McKenna, MD
Yasaman Motlaghzadeh, MD, MPH
Sofiul Noman, DO
Chidimma Susan Oduwegwu, MD
Jonathan David Packer, DO
Byung Joon Park, MD
Arturo Jose Pérez, MD
Benjamin Nicholas Perrella, DO
Alana Bhavani Persaud, MD
Alex Plamm, DO
Zahf Junaid Shaikh, DO
Umar Jamshed Sharif Khawaja, MBBS
Peter Sharoupim, MD
Alejandro Jose Silva, MD
Denise Song, DO
Nityasree Srialluri, MD, MS
Giselle Alexandra Suero Abreu, MD, PhD
Rehan Umar, MD
Jun Chih Wang, MD, MBA
Ronghua Yang, MD, PhD
Omry Zuckerman, DO

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

Daniel Hester, MD
Juan-Pablo Lopez-Zertuche Ortiz, MD
Mary O'Connor, MD
Aaron Scheinman, MD

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Nickolas Theophilos Agathis, MD, MPH
Sofia Abigail Funes, DO, MPH
Karen Li, MD, MPH

CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS

Piyumika Chathri deSilva, MD
Richard Austin Hajjar, MD
Luka Petrovic, MD
Rastko Rakocevic, MD, MSc
Laura Charles Rotundo, MD
Everest Seci, MD
Beth Swift-Taylor, MD

AWARDS

Intern of the Year
Hyein Jeon, MD
Mark Forsberg, MD

Best Teaching Resident
Nebojsa Markovic, MD

Humanism Award
Laura Charles Rotundo, MD

Most Scholarly Resident
Willy Roque, MD

Professionalism Award
Ryan Paul Golden, MD

Professionalism Award
Yasaman Motlaghzadeh, MD, MPH

Excellence in Clinical Skills
Abdul Rehman, MBBS

Best Teaching Fellow
Brijesh Patel, MD

Best Teaching Attending
University Hospital
Yonatan Greenstein, MD

Best Teaching Attending
East Orange Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Slawomir Sender, MD

Best Teaching Attending
University Hospital
Elizabeth Tam, MD