Current Residents

Our Residency Program Is Comprised of Extremely High Caliber Physicians With Diverse Interests And Backgrounds.

NJMS has a tradition of commitment to diversity and has fostered a spirit of inclusiveness for its highly diverse community, faculty, staff, residents and students. We recognize the impact that diversity has on the educational experience of all students and on the delivery of culturally competent quality healthcare, especially in a community as culturally diverse as Newark is.

Explore some of the activities organized by the NJMS Office of Diversity at:
http://njms.rutgers.edu/education/odace/heritage.cfm
and
http://njms.rutgers.edu/education/odace/lgbt/heritage.cfm

We also invite you to meet some of our current housestaff!

Click here for a list of all 2024-2025 Medicine & Medicine-Pediatrics residents:

Being a Resident at Rutgers NJMS

Radhika Malhotra, MD (PGY-III)

As a student at Rutgers NJMS, I quickly gained appreciation for the diversity in patient population as well as house staff, allowing for a wide range of learning opportunities. However, I quickly also realized that disparities in healthcare and outcomes were extreme in our Newark population due to differences in race and socioeconomic status. The IM/PM program is a great opportunity for exposure to a wide variety of clinical experiences inside and outside of the hospital. The focus in women’s health and connections with the OB/GYN department allow for an increased breadth of primary care and unique experiences for research and advocacy for women. Through education and exposure to the preventive medicine world, we learn how to affect larger-scale change outside of the patient room, hopefully decreasing disparities and improving access to care.

Heather Wang, MD (PGY-II)

Heather is originally from Dayton Ohio and is a current IM PGY-2 at Rutgers NJMS in the HIV Primary Care track. Growing up, she loved going to state and national parks to explore the wildlife and go hiking, during which she developed her love for the environment and animals. Her scientific inclination led her to pursue medicine, where she found excitement and purpose in helping people through their health problems, difficult diagnoses, and medical concerns. She chose NJMS for the supportive and caring dynamic between its co-residents. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking, running, fostering dogs, listening to true crime podcasts, along with finding new places to eat with her co-residents.

Dedication to Ongoing Improvement

At Rutgers NJMS, we have a commitment to ongoing reevaluation of our residents’ needs as learners, clinicians, and individuals beyond the workplace. Some recent examples which illustrate our program’s commitment to such improvement are listed below:

• Frequent resident Town Halls with the program director to update residents on any improvements made to the program and provide a forum for sharing any suggestions for changes


• A program-wide Open-Door Policy by program leadership and chief residents to allow multiple streams of communication to voice any concerns


• A resident ombudsman is appointed each year, providing an alternate avenue for residents to provide constructive feedback to the program