PROGRAM

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

Program Introduction Mirela Feurdean, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

Keynote Address Sherry Huang, MD
Vice-Chancellor for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Rutgers Health

Presentation of Fellowship Certificates Sub-Specialty Program Directors

Allergy and Immunology Alan Wolff, MD

Advanced Endoscopy Sushil Ahlawat, MD

Cardiology Christine Gerula, MD

Cardiology, Interventional Pranaychandra Vaidya, MD

Critical Care Medicine Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Endocrinology David Bleich, MD

Gastroenterology Sushil Ahlawat, MD

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

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

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Kristin Fless, MD - Intwerim 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

MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

ALLERGY / IMMUNOLOGY

Saira Q. Zafar, MD

CARDIOLOGY

Uzair Ashraf, MD
Parul Kakar, MD
Mohamad Soud, MD

CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL

Justin Sangsoo Lee, MD
Anoshia Raza, MD

CRITICAL CARE

Ghulam Aftab, MD
Anirudh Gone, MD
Binav Shrestha, MD

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Rehan Umar, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Faiz Alam Afridi, MD
Krish M. Gandhi, MD
Reza Hashemipour, MD

ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY

Frederick Yick, MD

HEPATOLOGY

Mohammad Abdallah, MBBS
Santosh Rajaram Kale, MBBS
Deena Kapadia, MD
Muhammad Zatmar Khan, MD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Hardeep Singh Grewal, MD
Dariel Jose Irizarry-De Jesús, MD
Abraham Efon Wei, DO

NEPHROLOGY

Akpobo Akporotu, MD
Hendy Bulter Jean, MD

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Jerry Jomi, MD
Avalon Corinne Mertens, DO
Timothy W. Roedder, DO

RHEUMATOLOGY

Paolo Pio Santos Tempongko, MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY

Timothy Jaehyun Choi, MD
Alexander Burkam Crane , MD
Murka Jeancharles , MD
David Arnold Kelly , MD
Kevin Christian Mesina , MD
Neeket R. Patel , MD
Alexa Mae Alicante Sangalang , MD
Steven Richard Skula , MD
Abanoob Fahim Tadrosse , MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL

Mónica Cristina Abreu Díaz, MD
Shawn Adam, MD
Hasan Mustafa Ali, DO
Raluchukwu Colet Attah, MD
Danilo Bacic Lima, MD
Rakhee Jayant Barai, MD
Sarah Bentil-Owusu, MD
Vanessa Christine Louise Browne, MD
Amrita Kaur Chawla, MD
Konstantinos Damiris, DO, MS
Rhia Dasgupta, MD
Eric DeGaetano, DO
Mark Alexander Forsberg, MD
James Charles Gubitosa, DO
Afif S.M. Hossain, MD
Hyein Jeon, MD
Maryam Kazmi, DO
Amanda Jing Lu, MD, PhD
Boniface Badiambile Malangu, MD, MS
Amanda Jolene Meredith, MD
Mary Elizabeth Morgan, MD
Thomas Gee-ming Ng, DO, MS
Rafael Nigri, MD
Mansi J. Patel, MD
Dharni Jayesh Patel, MD
Sana Rashid, DO
Daniel Sungku Rim, MD
Jorge Luis Robledo, MD
Meghana Krishnan Subramanian, MD
Ian Wang Yu, MD

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

Zachariah Edward Hale, MD
Megna Khatri, MD
Yanet Ravelo, MD
Vanessa Soetanto, MD

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Reza Peymani, MD
John Alexander Webb, MD

CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS

Madia Paulette Ampey, MD
Jorge Aldo Barajas Ochoa, MD
Dana Sherine Bowen, MD
George D. DiSesa, MD
Mehak Masood Laharwal, MD

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

Kristin Fless, MD
Intirim Chair, Department of Medicine
Cooperman 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