Commencement 2020
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 PĂ©rez, 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