Commencement 2020
PROGRAM
Opening Remarks Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Medicine
Keynote Address Judith M. Persichilli, RN, BSN, MA
New Jersey Commissioner of Health
Remarks from Graduating Fellow Brijesh Patel, MD
Cardiology Chief Fellow
Presentation of Fellowship Certificates Sub-Specialty Program Directors
Allergy and Immunology Alan Wolff, MD
Cardiology Christine Gerula, MD
Cardiology, Interventional Christine Gerula, 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 Reena Khianey, MD
Remarks from Graduating Resident Regine Boutin, 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 Medical Center Dennis Quinlan, MD - Chief of Medical Service
St. Barnabas Medical Center Paul C. Yodice, 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
Sarah M. Abbassi, MD
CARDIOLOGY
Aishwarya Bhardwaj, MD
Vitaly Buza, MD
Anthony Lucev, MD
Brijesh Rajeshkumar Patel, MD
Anoshia Raza, MBBS
CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL
Azizul Rehman, MD
Nene Linda Ugoke, MD, MPH
CRITICAL CARE
Huiwen Chen, MD
Abdulrahman Elabor, MD
Nora Homsi, MD
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Tiffany Ching Yu, Tsang, MD
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Tehilla Apfel, MD
Grace Yang, MD
Qi Yu, MD
HEPATOLOGY
Mujtaba Hammoda Mohamed, MD
Ali Riyadh Kadhim, MD
Gopala Koneru, MD, MBBS
Fayssa Salomon, MD
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Sowminya Arikapudi, MD
Shaza Khalid, MD, MBBS
Carlos Nunez, MD
Hernando Salazar Nossa, MD
NEPHROLOGY
Harshad Chaudhari, MD
Alexander Parpas, MD
PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE
Khaled Abu-Ihweij, MD
Zannat Ekram, MD
Yukiko Oe, MD
Nimrita Sidhu, MD
RHEUMATOLOGY
Javier Antonio Quintero Betancourt, MD
INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY
Alexander Altman, MD
Cindy Carolina Ardila, MD
Albert Raouf Bargoud, MD
Nicholas William Colangelo, MD, PhD
Patrick J. Hughes, MD
Rishi Kabir Kapoor, MD
Katrice Margo Karanfilian, MD
Christopher Jay Hun Kim, MD
Ikenna Obiakwata, MD
Hadeel Sadek, MD
Aditya Uppuluri, MD
INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed, DO
Madia Paulette Ampey, MD
Jorge Aldo Barajas Ochoa, MD
Regine Nathalie Boutin, MD
Dana Sherine Bowen, MD
Catherine Jeongeun Choi, MD
Sung Choi, MD
Paul George Delle Donna, MD
George Daniel DiSesa, MD
Sean Hu, MD
Christopher Led’s Giscard Jerome, MD
Yi Jiang, MD
Victoria Jaroslava Kalawur, MD
Nebojsa Markovic, MD
Umair Mohammad Nasir, DO
Christopher Ryan Oldaker, MD
Dayna Lakshesh Panchal, DO
Reza Pishdad, MD
Abdul Rehman, MBBS
Willy Javier Roque, MD
Maciej Kacper Tysarowski, MD
MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS
Justin Robert Hofmann, MD
Natalie Ann Sous, MD
Toby Dylan Terwilliger, MD
Ravi J. Upadhyay, MD, MBS
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Varsha Shah, MD
CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS
Marshall McKenna, MD
Harsh Mehta, MD
Mary O’Connor, MD
Alex Plamm, DO
Giselle Alexandra Suero Abreu, MD, PhD
Omry Zuckerman, DO
AWARDS
Intern of the Year
Anmol Mittal, MD
Best Teaching Resident
Nebojsa Markovic, MD
Humanism Award
Mansi Patel, MD
Majd Hemam, MD
Most Scholarly Resident
Willy Roque, MD
Professionalism Award
Mark Forsberg, MD
Excellence in Clinical Skills
Abdul Rehman, MBBS
Best Teaching Fellow
Brijesh Patel, MD
Best Teaching Attending
University Hospital
Daniel Matassa, MD
Best Teaching Attending
East Orange Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Slawomir Sender, MD
Best Teaching Attending
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Sunil Sapru, MD
Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Paul Yodice, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Dennis P. Quinlan, MD
Chief of Medical Service
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange
Mirela Feurdean, MD
Program Director, Department of Medicine
Daniel Matassa, MD (UH)
Sunil Sapru, MD (SBMC)
Jennine Michaud, DO (EOVAMC)
Associate Program Directors
Office of Education
Jennifer Anti-Ampratwum
Program Manager
Paul Fallaha
Natasha Nicholson
Program Coordinators