PROGRAM

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

Keynote Address Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA
Vice Chancellor for Population Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Deputy Chief Population Health Officer, RWJ Barnabas Health

Program Introduction Kristin Wong, MD
Director, Graduate Medical Education

Presentation of Fellowship Certificates Sub-Specialty Program Directors

Advanced Endoscopy Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH

Allergy and Immunology Alan Wolff, MD

Cardiology Christine Gerula, MD

Critical Care Medicine Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Endocrinology David Bleich, MD

Geriatrics Eric Tien Yen Chyn, MD

Gastroenterology Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Hepatology Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, MBA

Infectious Diseases Diana Finkel, DO

Nephrology Smita Mahendrakar, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Rheumatology Reena Khianey, MD

Presentation of Residency Certificates Residency Program Directors

Medicine-Pediatrics Kristin Wong, MD

Preventive Medicine Pauline Thomas, MD

Internal Medicine Daniel Matassa, MD

Presentation of Chief Resident Certificates

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

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Kristin Fless, MD - Chair, Department of Medicine

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

Presentation of Awards Chief Medical Residents

Closing Remarks Daniel Matassa, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY

Reza Hashemipour, MD

ALLERGY / IMMUNOLOGY

Syed Fahmeed Imam, MBBS

CARDIOLOGY

Pablo Michel Sanchez, MD
Jae Wook Shin, MD
Inderjit Singh, MD
Perry Wengrofsky, MD

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Birmaji Ali, MD
Maarij Baig, DO
Lamiaa Rougui, MD
Sanjay Kumar Yadava, MD

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Sunny Patel, MD

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Feham Tariq, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Kamal Amer, MD
Maggie Cheung, MD
He Qiu, MD

HEPATOLOGY

Jennifer Chiagoziem Asotibe, MD
Yasameen E. Muzahim, MD
Adham Obeidat, MBBS

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Daniel Goldberg, MD
Afshan Iqbal, MBBS
Sahiba Khurana, MD
Nishan George Rajaratnam, MD

NEPHROLOGY

Syed Shayan Ahmed Hasni, MD

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Kun Chen, MD
Carmen Mei, MD
Manuel Jacobo Mendez Santana, MD

RHEUMATOLOGY

Swati Govil, DO

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

Luis Miguel Espinal, MD
Nicole Reynoso-Vasquez, MD
Rachel Umans, MD
Vincent Wong, MD

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Alba Lucia Guevara, MD, MPH
Lorien Patrice Shack, MD, MPH

INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY

David Anthony Christian, MD
Pierce Mills Cooper, MD
Roger Henry, MD
Corey R. Lacher, MD
Marko Oydanich, MD
Pooja Patel, DO
Hoa Minh Pham, MD, PhD
Brian Schott, MD
Omar Singer, MD
Brandon Weller, MD
Yee-Kuen Yam, MD, PhD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL

Mohamad Aghaie Meybodi, MD
Shawn Khaliq Ahmad Chaustre, MD
Mohsin Ali, MD
Brooke Elizabeth Baker, MD
Lawrence Matthew Benedict, MD
Milos Brankovic, MD
Kevin Chen, MD
Ana Teresa Diaz, MD
Majd Hemam, MD
Saahil A. Jumkhawala, MD, MBA
Alexander Kaye, MD
Nathan Andrew Kerr, MD
Phillip Lim, MD
Nikolina Markovic, MD
Melvin Mathew, MD
Anna-Lena Meinhardt, MD
Anmol Mittal, MD, MBA
Omar Mohamed, DO
Jorge William Naranjo, MD
Anik Kumar Nath, MD
Suilon Ng, MD
Shivani Jayminbhai Patel, MD
Eloy Francisco Ruiz Mendoza, MD
Christopher William Sandifer, DO
Tharakeswari Selvakumar, MD, PhD
Kajol Shah, MD
Amjad Mohammad Shaikh, MD
Benjamin Sidney Simmons, MD
Kandarp S. Suthar, DO
Mukund Tiwari, MBBS
Hyo-Bin Um, MD, MPH
Phoenix Yue Xu, MD
Maliha Zainib, MD
Yawen Zhang, DO
Yan Ming Jane Zhou, MD

CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS

Eric Degaetano, DO
Krupa Gandhi, MD
Maryam Kazmi, DO
Mary Elizabeth Morgan, MD
Dharni Jayesh Patel, MD
Meghana Krishnan Subramanian, MD

Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Dennis P. Quinlan, MD
Chief of Medical Service
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange

Kristin Fless, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Kristin Wong MD
Director, Graduate Medical Education
Program Director, Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

Daniel Matassa, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Jared Walsh, MD (UH)
Sunil Sapru, MD (SBMC)
Jennine Michaud, DO (EOVAMC)
Mirela Feurdean, MD (IM/PM Track)
Emily Gordon, MD (Urban Health Track)
Piyumika DeSilva, MD (Ambulatory Care)
Associate Program Directors

Office of Education
Paul Fallaha
Natasha Nicholson
Program Coordinators