PROGRAM

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

Keynote Address Amy P. Murtha, MD
Dean, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine
Founding Dean, Future Rutgers School of Medicine

Program IntroductionKristin Wong, MD
Vice Chair, Education

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 Residency Certificates Residency Program Directors

Internal Medicine Daniel Matassa, MD

Medicine-Pediatrics Kristin Wong, MD

Preventive Medicine Pauline Thomas, 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

MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY

Suut Gokturk, MD

ALLERGY / IMMUNOLOGY

Aleena Rehman Mahmood, MD

CARDIOLOGY

Felix Afriyie, MD
Joseph Michael Dzierzawiec, MD
Matthew M. Fanous, MD
Afif SM Hossain, MD
Amanda Jolene Naaraayan, MD
Keneil Shah, MD
Baoqiong Liu, MD

CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Baoqiong Liu, MD

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Ked Fortuzi, MD
Holman Li, DO
Vishesh Anand Persaud, MD

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Esraa Rafat Askar, MBBCH
Sree Sruthi Kowsika, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Amrita Kaur Chawla, MD
Ben Daniel Flikshteyn, MD
Param Patel, MD

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Srikaran Bojja, MD
Abeer Qasim, MD

HEPATOLOGY

Denisse Camille Dayto, MD
Theresa A. Reno, MD, PhD
Ana Lucia Romero Socorro, MD
Connor Wayman, MD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Moayad Awni A. Al Hadidi, MD
Jeremy Samuel Levin, MD
Marc Pickard, MD
Fernando D. Segovia, MD
Manzoor Un Nisa, MBBS

NEPHROLOGY

Madhia Bashir Ahmad, MD
James Allen, MD
Mandeep Kaur, MD

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Abdelrhman M. Abo-Zed, MD
Manuel Alejandro Davila-Molina, MD
Eric Ho Tak Lam, DO

RHEUMATOLOGY

Htay Htay Kyi, MD

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

Kathryn G. Davis, MD
Tzeidel Brown Eichenberg, MD
Nicholas Lepore, MD
Claire Ruane, MD

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Aashka Parikh, MD, MPH

INTERNAL MEDICINE, PRELIMINARY

Lauren Chen Hayashi, MD, MS
Eric James Kuklinski, MD
Yu An Lin, DO
Juhi Mehta, MD
Ethan Jeremy Morrison, MD
Jai Ganesh Shahani, MD
Jacob Veliky, MD
Austin S. Yu, MD
Aretha Yiyu Zhu, MD

INTERNAL MEDICINE, CATEGORICAL

Yazan Abboud, MD
Matthew L. Au, MD
Abeer Bin Awais, MD
Michael David Bebawy, DO
Talha Ahmed Chaudhry, DO
Sophia Aracely Correa Bravo, MD
Angelika Drozd, MD
Omar Mohamed Elkattawy, MD
Anthony Fratella-Calabrese, MD
Mateo Eduardo Garland Priegnitz, MD
Mohamed Ismail, MD, DO
Jahanzeb Javed, MD
Vinesh Reddy Jonnala, MD
Wajiha Khan, MD
David Sooik Kim, MD
Thomas J. Lee, MD
Yong Soo Lee, MD
Radhika Malhotra, MD
John Esli Medina Morales, MD
Jasmine Hoanglan Nguyen, MD
Arthi A. Palani, MD
Sarthak Rakesh Patel, MD
Aaron Geoffrey Plosker, MD
Julia Ann Ramadhar, MD
Manuel A. Ramos Barrios, MD
Hareem Rehman, MD
Sana Saeed, MD
Manali H. Shah, MD
Lawanya Singh, MD
Brian D. Smighelschi, DO
Shirin A. Voss, MD
Boyan Xia, MD
Jessica Yakobashvili, MD
David Z. Yao, MD
Catherine Ming Ye, MD, MBS

CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENTS

Juan Bello Duverge, MD
Helen Hyun Jung, MD, MPH
Alexander Le, MD
Paul Yong Kyu Lee, MD
Zachary L. Pierce, 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
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
Natasha Nicholson-Stokley
Isaura Otero
Vanessa Poskay
Paul Savage
Nirva Vital
Lisa Wade