Commencement 2022
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