Hospital Medicine Faculty

Sunil Patel, MD

Division Chief, Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Patel completed his medical degree at the University of the West Indies and his internal medicine residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Additionally, he is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine. He joined the faculty after completing his residency and currently serves as an internist in the Division of General Internal Medicine whose mission is delivering high-quality primary care to the diverse patients of Newark. He educates the third-year residents on consultation skills during the medicine admission and consultation rotation. He serves as an attending on general medicine floors where he models skills necessary to be a successful internist in a busy urban hospital. As an active member of the hospital administration, he serves on several committees focusing on patient care, quality improvement and patient safety. His clinical interest are in general medicine and geriatrics and he is a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Dorothy Castro, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Castro completed her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Spanish Literature at Cornell University. She received an MPH from Boston University School of Public Health. She earned her medical degree from New Jersey Medical School and stayed to complete a Residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Castro works as an academic hospitalist and is part of the teaching faculty for residents in Internal Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine.

 

Brooke Baker, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Baker went to Wesleyan University where she majored in chemistry, went on to earn her masters degree in nutrition at Columbia University then went to Rush University for medical school. She completed her internal medicine residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and served as chief resident at University Hospital.

Sanaa Bdiiwi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Bdiiwi received her medical degree from the University of Tishreen in Syria. She came to the United States and completed her residency at Coney Island Hospital. After working for many years at Coney Island Hospital, Dr. Bdiiwi came to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School to work as an academic hospitalist. In addition to her busy inpatient clinical service, Dr. Bdiiwi works frequently with the residents, helping educate and guide them during their medical consult and admission rotation as third-year residents.

Jacquelyn Bradley, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Bradley attended Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at New York Medical College- Westchester Medical Center. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and a member of the American Osteopathic Medicine and American College of Physicians. Since 2017, Dr. Bradley has been an academic hospitalist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Her primary interest within medicine are providing high- quality evidence- based clinical care and enjoys teaching residents and medical students.

Roma Chawla, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Chawla received her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008 and subsequently completed her internal medicine residency at UMDNJ. She then went on to work as a hospitalist for Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, HI for the next 12 years. Her interests there included quality improvement in hospital-based systems. She has now returned to Rutgers to work as a hospitalist in inpatient medicine.

Eric DeGaetano, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. DeGaetano is a graduate of Rutgers NJMS Internal Medicine residency as well as a former chief resident. He is originally from Staten Island, NY and went to medical school at NYIT College of Osteopathic medicine. His interests include Hospital and critical care medicine as well as resident development, especially on the inpatient side.

Nehal Dhaduk, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Dhaduk received her bachelor's degree in finance at NYU Stern School of Business. She then went on to complete medical school at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School and finished her internal medicine residency training at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. She now works as an academic hospitalist at Rutgers prioritizing both resident teaching and clinical research.

Enoc Fernandez, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Fernandez received his medical degree from Ponce School of Medicine and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Rutgers- NJMS. After graduation, he stayed on to join the faculty as part of the Division of General Internal Medicine where he focuses on delivering high-quality patient-centered care in the inpatient setting. He has continued in his role as clinician-educator and the residents enjoy having him on floors as an attending. Additionally, he serves as a preceptor for medicine consults and admissions when residents rotate with him during their third year.

Maninderpal Kaur, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Kaur is a Clinical Instructor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She received her bachelor's degree in Economics from New York University, and her medical degree from St. George University. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Rogers Williams Medical Center in Rhode Island. Dr. Kaur is currently a hospitalist within the Division of General Internal Medicine.

Megna Khatri, MD

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Khatri received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where she also completed her combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency. She is working as an Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospitalist. She also actively participates in medical student education as a Learning Community Advisor for history and physical diagnosis training, as well as inpatient precepting of students and residents.

Karishma Khetani, MD

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Karishma Khetani received her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Now a faculty member at Rutgers NJMS, she serves as a Med-Peds Hospitalist, dedicated to providing high-quality inpatient care to the diverse community of Newark. In her free time, Dr. Khetani enjoys trying new cuisines, traveling, and practicing yoga

Karina Lochan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Karina Lochan obtained her medical degree in 2016 from St. George’s University, School of Medicine, Grenada. She has trained in the public health systems in the Caribbean and the UK from 2014-2016, and has tutored and lead lecture-based sessions in multiple Basic Science subjects at St George’s University 2017-2019. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in Brooklyn, NY in 2022.

Mary Morgan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Morgan received her medical degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She completed an Internal Medicine residency followed by a Chief residency year at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She is working as a Hospitalist and remains actively involved with the residency program.

Javeria Riaz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Javeria Riaz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine who joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as a Hospitalist. She earned her medical degree from Ziauddin Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan and completed her residency at Morristown Medical Center. She is a member of the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

Nipun Suri, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Suri is an assistant professor of Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, where he currently works as a nocturnist. He received his medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine. He completed his residency training at the University of Southern California. Since 2018, Dr. Suri has been an attending physician at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Aftab Vadsaria, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr Vadsaria is a board-certified Internal medicine physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine who joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as a Hospitalist. He earned his medical degree from SKN Medical College, Pune, India, before completing his residency at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. He is a dedicated member of the American College of Physicians and the American Board of Internal Medicine, committed to providing high-quality care, resident education and advancing the field of Internal Medicine

Erica Colavito, PA

Physician Assitant

 

Neelima Furtado, PA

Physician Assitant

 

Shoshana Sait, PA

Physician Assitant