Associate Program Directors

Jon Sicat, MD

Dr. Jon Sicat is both an Internist and Pediatrician. He received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a rotating internship and combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He also completed a 1-year faculty development fellowship at Michigan State University. He was Med-Peds Residency Program Director at Newark Beth Israel for over 17 years and is currently the Associate Program Director for Med-Peds at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Program Director for Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital Of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel. He cares for both adult and pediatric patients in his hospital practice and has established the Center of Medicine and Pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center which focuses on children with adult disease and adults with special needs. He oversees the Pediatric Clerkship at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey as well. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine with prior certification by the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics.

David Cennimo, MD

Dr. David Cennimo is a graduate of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and stayed to continue his training in the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program. After residency, he served as medicine chief resident for University Hospital, and then completed fellowships in both adult and pediatric infectious diseases. Currently, Dr. Cennimo is practicing clinical infectious diseases and infection control at our major teaching affiliate the VA New Jersey Health Care System where he is also the Associate Chief of Staff for Education and the Med-Peds residency site director. He continues to pursue his passion for medical education and pediatric infectious diseases as an Assistant Professor at Rutgers NJMS. Dr. Cennimo’s clinical interests include long term HIV care, antibiotic resistance, tuberculosis, and emerging pathogens.

Megna Khatri, MD

Dr. Megna Khatri is a proud New Jersey native who completed her undergraduate studies at New York University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She returned home to attend Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where she also completed her residency training in the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program in 2022.

Deeply committed to serving the Newark community, Dr. Khatri remained at NJMS as a faculty member in the Department of Medicine. She practices as a Medicine and Pediatrics Hospitalist and has been actively involved in medical student education through various preceptorship and clerkship roles.

Her passion for teaching and mentorship led to her appointment as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program in 2024. Her clinical interest is hospital medicine, with a continued focus on advancing education and compassionate, community-centered care.