PROGRAM

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

Keynote Address Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP
Dean, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Interim Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Master of CeremonyKristin Wong, MD
Vice Chair, Education

Presentation of Residency Certificates Residency Program Directors

Internal Medicine Daniel Matassa, MD

Medicine-Pediatrics Kristin Wong, MD

Medicine-Preventive Medicine Mirela Feurdean, MD

Presentation of Fellowship Certificates Sub-Specialty Program Directors

Advanced Endoscopy Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH

Allergy and Immunology Alan Wolff, MD

Cardiology Christine M. Gerula, MD

Cardiovascular ImagingAlfonso Waller, MD

Critical Care Medicine Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Endocrinology David Bleich, MD

Geriatrics Eric Tien Yen Chyn, MD

Gastroenterology Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD

Hepatology Paul J. Gaglio, MD

Infectious Diseases Diana Finkel, DO

Nephrology Smita Mahendrakar, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Rheumatology Eugenio Capitle, MD

Presentation of Chief Resident Certificates

East Orange Veterans Affairs Medical Center J. Lee Spitzer MD, PhD - Chief (Acting), 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

INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY

Daniela Yakobashvili Abramove, MD
Ivan Bobkov, MD
Hassaam Choudhry, MD
Nakul Dar, MD
Annette Ya Won Kaminaka, MD
Jennifer Ling, MD
Marinos Pylarinos, MD
Muhammad Ahmad Siddiqui, MD
Hartej Singh, MD
Rita Vought, MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL

Yasmeen Ahmad Abdo, MD
Logine Abouzead, DO
Kathleen Rose Brodowski, MD
Lorenzo Robert Cotugno, MD
Manik Dayal, MD
Mirona Letitia Dobri, MD
Madison Fraser, MD
Aman Garg, MD
Ritik Mahaveer Goyal, MBBS
Mohammad Ahabab Hossain, MD
Benjamin Yung-Thing Hsieh, MD
Po Hsuan Huang, MD
Aysha Yasmeen Hussain, MD
Muhammad Muneeb Hussain, MBBS
Sunnie Lee, DO
Muhammad Hassaan Arif Maan, MBBS
Anthony Maldonado-Duenez, MD
Kranthi Kiran Mandava, MD
Nishi Parikh, MD
Prit Ashishkumar Patel, DO
Shriya Patel, DO
Imran Ahmad Qureshi, MBBS
Navid Radfar, DO
Anand Sandeep Shah, MD, MBBS
Aniqa Salma Shah, MD
Abraham Ovadia Shayo, MD
Reilly Jane Shiarella, MD
Tori Hannah Singer, DO
Abiram Sivanandam, DO
Alexandria Payton Smith, DO
Tyler Devendra Soobryan, MD
Delaney Colette Stuhr, DO
Rafael Eduardo Toro Manotas, MD
Lilian Tran, DO
Dharti Ukani, MD
Divya Viswanathan, MD
Heather Minghui Wang, MD
Alexander James Wortman, MBCH

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

Nishma Jain, MD
Leo Joseph Kuwama, MD
Michelle Kwon, MD
Kristin Rita Riddle, MD

MEDICINE-PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Radhika Malhotra, MD, MPH

MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY

Tausif Syed, MD

ALLERGY / IMMUNOLOGY

Jasmit Walia-Kals, DO

CARDIOLOGY

Eison De Guzman, MD
José Eduardo Fossas-Espinosa, MD
Erick Quintana Aviles, MD
Kajol Shah, MD
Emaad Siddiqui, MD
Kandarp S. Suthar, DO

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Madhia Bashir Ahmad, MD
Sai Doppalapudi, MD
Ahsan Syed, MD

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Shwe Sin Ei, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Raquel Olivo-Salcedo, MD, MPH
Shivani Jayminbhai Patel, MD
Benjamin Ian Richter, MD

HEPATOLOGY

Nicholas Borys Buniak, MD
Hamsika Moparty, MD
Isabelle B. Nguyen, MD
Wei Wang, MD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evelina Khalilova, MD
Francesca Licandro, MD
Abdullah Tahir, MD

NEPHROLOGY

Arwa Abdelkader Hamdi Battah, MD

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Maria Carla Canizares-Otero, MD
Tsz Keung Eng, DO
Kwaku Opare-Sem, MD

RHEUMATOLOGY

Jenna Marie Bellafiore, DO

CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS

Angelika Drozd, MD
Mateo Eduardo Garland Priegnitz, MD
Radhika Malhotra, MD, MPH
Arthi A Palani, MD
Julia Ann Ramadhar, MD
Brian Daniel Smighelschi, DO

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

J. Lee Spitzer, MD, PhD
Chief of Medicine
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange

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

Richard H. Savel, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Medicine
Jersey City Medical Center

Residency Program Directors
Daniel Matassa, MD - Internal Medicine Residency
Mirela Feurdean, MD - Internal Medicine-Preventive Medicine Residency
Kristin Wong, MD - Medicine-Pediatrics Residency
Pauline Thomas, MD - Preventive Medicine Residency

Fellowship Program Directors
Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, MPH - Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Alan Wolff, MD - Allergy / Immunology Fellowship
Christine M. Gerula, MD - Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
Alfonso Waller, MD - Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Ahmed Al-Khazraji, MD - Gastroenterology Fellowship
Eric Tien Yen Chyn, MD - Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
David Bleich, MD - Endocrinology Fellowship
Paul J. Gaglio, MD - Hepatology Fellowship
Diana Finkel, DO - Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Smita Mahendrakar, MD - Nephrology Fellowship
Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Eugenio Capitle, MD - Rheumatology Fellowship

Program Staff
Candy Reyes
Renee Dixon
Paul Fallaha
Alena Ferguson
Jessica Gonzalez Romero
Cherrie Jeffress-Upson
Isaura Otero
Vanessa Poskay
Nirva Vital
Lisa Wade