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ALUMNI
VOLUNTEER
DIRECTORY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ALUMNI VOLUNTEER DIRECTORY
Alumni Admission
Mentor Program (AAMP) . . . . . . . . . 2
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Bahamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Syrian Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
St. Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
St. Vincent and the Grenadines . . . 238
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . . . 241
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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ALUMNI ADMISSION
MENTOR PROGRAM (AAMP)
The graduates listed in this book have all volunteered to speak with students who are
thinking about attending St. George’s University School of Medicine. All were once
in the position of attempting to judge the quality of medical education outside of the
United States in the face of a dearth of information on non-US medical schools.
These physicians attended St. George’s University, graduated, or transferred to a US
medical school, and are now practicing physicians. They know the uncertainties you
are facing now, and can speak with you about the St. George’s University educational
experience, including the clinical programs in the United States and United Kingdom,
the faculty, life in Grenada, examinations, and the process of becoming licensed in a
given state or country.
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Also visit sgu.edu/residencies for a listing of the postgraduate residency positions
obtained by our graduates. SGU is the #1 international provider of physicians
practicing in the United States—more than any other non-US medical school in the
world.* Our graduates have practiced in all 50 states and in 50 countries worldwide.
Prospective students may also direct inquiries to:
St. George’s University School of Medicine
University Centre, Grenada, West Indies
c/o University Support Services, LLC
The North American Correspondent
3500 Sunrise Highway, Building 300
Great River, NY 11739 USA
US/Canada Toll-Free: 1 (800) 899-6337
UK Free Phone: 0800 1699061
Worldwide: +1 (631) 665-8500
Fax: +1 (631) 665-2796
Email: sguenrolment@sgu.edu
Website: sgu.edu
*According to an article in the Journal of Medical Regulation, A Census of Actively Licensed Physicians in the
United States, 2014, Vol 101, No 2, p13.
SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE
ALABAMA
ANNISTON
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Glenn Archibald ’84
Dr. Archibald is a psychiatrist in private
practice, an attending psychiatrist at
Mountain View Hospital in Gadsden,
AL and at their outpatient clinic
in Anniston, AL and has admitting
privileges at Brookwood Medical Center
in Birmingham. He also contracts with
two nonprofit organizations involved
in HIV/AIDS patient care: AIDS
Action Coalition, a community-based
organization and health clinic that
provides medical and mental health care
and support for HIV/AIDS patients in
the Huntsville, Florence, and Decatur
areas; and AIDS Alabama, where
he serves as Medical Director and is
involved with caring for HIV-positive,
mentally ill patients or those with
substance abuse disorders who are
undomiciled. Dr. Archibald is Medical
Director and co-owner of both Shelby
County Treatment Center and Chilton
County Treatment Center, where he
specializes in treating substance use
disorders, especially of opioids. He
completed a psychiatry residency at
the Metropolitan Hospital Center,
part of the NYC Health and Hospital
Corporation in New York, NY, where
he served as Chief Resident.
management in the Department of
Nutrition Sciences at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham. His
research interests focus on weight
maintenance, technology innovation to
promote weight loss, and obesity in the
developing world. Dr. Daniel is a Fellow
of The Obesity Society and is involved
in educating medical students, medical
residents, and dietetic interns about
nutrition and obesity.
Richard Stockton College of NJ, BS ’98
Joshua Haupt ’12
Dr. Haupt is a pediatric emergency
medicine Fellow at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham. He
completed a pediatrics residency at
Mercer University, Memorial University
Medical Center in Savannah, GA.
University of Central Florida, BS ’07
BIRMINGHAM
Marc Kundler ’95
Dr. Kundler is an attending psychiatrist
at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Alabama
Psychiatric Services. He is also the
unit director of detoxification service
at Woodhull Hospital. Board certified
in adult psychiatry, Dr. Kundler
completed a psychiatry residency
and chief residency at New York
University Medical Center. He lives in
Birmingham, AL, with his wife and
four children.
University of Louisville, BA ’89
Sunil Daniel ’07
Dr. Daniel is an obesity medicine
physician and an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Nutrition Sciences
and Medicine at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham, where he
also practices patient-tailored obesity
management at UAB Weight Loss
Medicine. Board certified in internal
medicine and obesity medicine, Dr.
Daniel completed his internal medicine
residency at Seton Hall University, St.
Michael’s Medical Center in Newark,
NJ. He then completed a fellowship
in clinical nutrition and obesity
Taraneh Soleymani ’07
Dr. Soleymani is an Assistant Professor
in the Departments of Nutrition
Sciences and Medicine at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham. She is
the Medical Director of EatRight by
UAB Weight Management Services
and Co-Director of UAB Weight Loss
Medicine. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Soleymani completed
her internal medicine residency at
Seton Hall University, St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ and her
fellowship in clinical nutrition at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Soleymani joined UAB as a faculty
member in July 2011 where she also
serves as the Medical Director of the
Clinical Nutrition fellowship. Her
clinical expertise includes patienttailored comprehensive medical
management of obesity and inpatient
nutrition management in the critically
ill. She is the Course Director for the
medical school elective titled “Obesity,
Clinical Nutrition, and Food Policy,”
offered to third- and fourth-year
medical students. She is a Fellow of The
Obesity Society.
Richard Stockton College of NJ, BS ’01
Joseph Sullivan ’98
Dr. Sullivan is a practicing
neuroradiologist and an Associate
Professor at the University of Alabama
at Birmingham. On faculty since 2007,
he is the Director of the Neuroradiology
Fellowship Program and serves on the
Dean’s Council of Graduate Medical
Education, as well as several local and
national committees associated with
the Association of Program Directors in
Radiology, the Association of University
Radiologists, and The American Society
of Spine Radiology. Dr. Sullivan
completed a surgery internship at Wake
Forest University in Winston-Salem,
NC in 1999, followed by a diagnostic
radiology residency at the University
of South Alabama. He then completed
a neuroradiology fellowship at the
Medical College of Georgia.
University of Alabama, BS ’91
Chauncey Thuss ’84
Dr. Thuss is the Medical Director
of OHC1, the oldest and busiest
operating occupational medicine
clinic in Birmingham, AL, which is
operated by St. Vincent’s Medical
Center. He also runs Thuss Medical
Group in Birmingham, AL, which
consists of two occupational medicine
clinics, and Absolute Drug Detection
Services, an international drug testing
(substance abuse) company. A third-
generation occupational medicine
physician, Dr. Thuss has been listed
as one of Birmingham’s Top 40
Under 40, was one of the nation’s first
Certified Medical Review Officers
and recently became one of the first
Certified Medical Examiners under
the Department of Transportation.
He codesigned the online training
program for Medical Examiners
for the Substance Abuse Program
Administrators Association (SAPAA)
and has given talks and taught courses
for SAPAA nationally and for the
Alabama Self-Insured Association
concerning Worker’s Compensation
injury treatment. Dr. Thuss completed
an internal medicine residency at St.
Luke’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, OH.
GUNTERSVILLE
David Sleeth ’99
Dr. Sleeth, a former resident of Texas, is
an emergency room attending physician
at a northeast Alabama hospital with
a yearly volume approaching 45,000.
In 2003, he completed a residency
in combined internal medicine and
pediatrics at Scott and White Memorial
Hospital in Temple, TX. Dr. Sleeth is
also an attorney.
Southern Methodist University, BS ’79
Saint Mary’s University, JD ’84
HOOVER
Jason Todd ’03
Dr. Todd works full time with Hoover
Urgent Care in Hoover, AL. Board
certified in family medicine, he
completed his family practice residency
at the University of Alabama Medical
Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. He then
went on to practice primary care
family medicinef or four years at
Baptist Health Centers. A member
of the American Academy of Family
Physicians, Dr. Todd is also a
volunteer faculty member for UAB
at Birmingham, in the department of
family medicine. Dr. Todd and his
wife, Lindsey, a nurse practitioner at
Capstone Rural Health Center, live in
Alabama with their daughter Raleigh.
Auburn University, BS ’96
MOBILE
TUSCALOOSA
Jessica Kirk ’05
Dr. Kirk is a board-certified
pediatrician in private practice at USA
Midtown Pediatrics, is Medical Director
of Mobile’s Child Advocacy Center and
is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
at the University of South Alabama.
She completed a pediatrics residency as
the Chief Resident at the University of
South Alabama Medical Center. While
in residency, Dr. Kirk represented
District X at the American Academy
of Pediatrics, serving on the resident
executive committee and acting as one
of Alabama’s catch-grant facilitators. In
2007, she received a grant from the APA
to initiate a formal advocacy curriculum
at her residency program.
University of Miami, BS ’01
Faye Knowles ’12
Dr. Knowles recently began a general
pediatrics position in Tuscaloosa, AL.
She completed her pediatrics residency
at the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey,
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in
Newark, NJ.
MONTGOMERY
Harry (Heriant) Lee (Sjahli) ’82
Dr. Lee has a private practice in allergy
and immunology and is on staff at
Baptist Medical Center and Jackson
Hospital, in Montgomery, AL. He is
also a Clinical Associate Professor of
Medicine at the University of Alabama
School of Medicine in Montgomery.
Board certified in pediatrics, as well
as allergy and immunology, Dr. Lee
completed a pediatrics residency
at Marshall University School of
Medicine in Huntington, WV. He then
completed an allergy and immunology
fellowship at the University of South
Florida, All Children’s Hospital, in St.
Petersburg. Dr. Lee was on active duty
with the United States Air Force from
1986–93, and practiced pediatrics, as
well as allergy and immunology. He
served as a flight surgeon while in
the US Air Force Reserve and was
honorably discharged at the rank of
major.
Fairmont State College, BS ’77
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SHEFFIELD
Samanger Purcell ’03
Dr. Purcell is a pediatrician at
Lakeshore Pediatrics in Sheffield, AL,
also visiting with patients at nearby
Helen Keller Hospital. She completed
her pediatrics residency at Cooper
University Hospital in New Jersey.
Midwestern State University, BS ’98
Alabama
ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
JUNEAU
Bernard Farzin ’96
Dr. Farzin is a family medicine
physician at Providence Senior Care
Center in Anchorage, AK. Board
completed a family medicine residency
at Prince George’s Hospital Center in
Cheverly, MD.
University of Maryland at College Park,
BS ’89
Paul Topol ’99
Dr. Topol is a psychiatrist at Southeast
Psychiatry in Juneau, AK and is
affiliated with Bartlett Regional
Hospital. He completed his psychiatry
residency at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey.
College of Santa Fe, BS ’94
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Shannon Smiley ’97
Dr. Smiley is a partner at Katmai
Oncology Group in Anchorage, AK
and is affiliated with Alaska Regional
Hospital, Providence Alaska Medical
Center, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
She completed an internal medicine
residency at the State University of
New York at Buffalo as Chief Resident.
She then completed a hematology and
oncology fellowship at Roswell Park
Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Dr.
Smiley is board certified in internal
medicine, hematology, and oncology.
Pacific Lutheran University, BS ’92
DANVILLE
Philip Brian Tippin ’88
Dr. Tippin has a solo private practice
specializing in obstetrics and family
medicine in Danville, AK. He
at the University of Oklahoma College
of Medicine-Tulsa in 1992. Before
attending St. George’s University, Dr.
Tippin was an emergency medical
technician. He is proud to say, “The
most beneficial thing I have ever done
was attend St. George’s University.”
Arkansas Tech University, BS ’80
KODIAK
Kevin Nolan ’99
Dr. Nolan practices aviation and family
medicine with the US Coast Guard
in Kodiak, AK. After completing a
family medicine residency at Phoenix
Baptist Hospital and Medical Center
in Arizona, he practiced full-spectrum
family medicine in rural northern New
Mexico. He later joined the US Public
Health Service before transferring to
the Coast Guard. Dr. Nolan is board
certified in family medicine.
Rutgers University at Newark, BA ’94
KOTZEBUE
Ella Derbyshire ’02
Dr. Derbyshire is a staff physician with
the Maniilaq Association in Kotzebue,
AK. Board certified in family medicine,
she completed her family practice
residency and chief residency at Synergy
Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw,
MI, and earned the Louis E. Zeile
Scholarship. Since leaving Michigan,
Dr. Derbyshire has worked at remote
sites in Alaska and Antarctica. She is
very happy to be practicing full-scope
family medicine at an IHS-affiliated
hospital in bush Alaska or practicing
extreme remote medicine in Antarctica.
Dr. Derbyshire is a member of the
Michigan State Medical Society, the
Saginaw County Medical Society, the
Saginaw Academy of Family Physicians,
the House Officers Committee, the
American Medical Association, and
the American Academy of Family
Physicians. She is very interested in
astronomy and photography and has
a published a collection of panorama
photographs, including two for
National Geographic’s Great Migrations.
Russell Sage College, BA ’97
MAGNOLIA
Chester Wynn ’90
Dr. Wynn is in a private internal
medicine practice in Magnolia, AK.
Southern Arkansas University, BS ’86
TALKEETNA
Joan Friderici ’08
Dr. Friderici is practicing primary
care at the Sunshine Community
Health Center in Talkeetna, AK. She
recently completed her family medicine
residency at the University of Wyoming
at Casper.
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, BA ’04
ARIZONA
Chandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cornville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flagstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glendale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHANDLER
Andrew Carroll ’96
In 2003, Dr. Carroll started a family
practice with his PA partner, and it
now has two offices, four providers,
and sees roughly 12,000 to 14,000
patient visits a year. He is also a Clinical
Assistant Professor for the University
of Arizona College of Medicine and
a tactical physician for the Phoenix
Police Department SWAT team. He
at Mid-Hudson Family Practice
Residency and became board certified
in family medicine. Dr. Carroll then
served as the Medical Director at
Glendale Family Health Center for
Maricopa Integrated Health Services
before moving to an office closer to
home, which he transformed into one
of the only two profitable county clinics
out of 12 clinics. He is an alternate
delegate for the Arizona Academy of
Family Physicians to the AAFP. Dr.
Carroll is married with two children
and lives in Chandler, AZ.
University of California at San Diego,
BS ’91
Craig Robinson ’03
Dr. Robinson is a partner at Premier
Emergency Medical Specialists, working
clinically as an emergency medicine
physician at Chandler Regional Medical
Center in Chandler, AZ and Mercy
Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert.
He was the Emergency Department
Medical Director at Chandler Regional
Medical Center and also works parttime at Community Hospital of Long
Beach in Long Beach, CA. Board
Goodyear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kingman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mesa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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certified in emergency medicine, Dr.
Robinson completed an emergency
medicine residency at Detroit Receiving
Hospital, Wayne State University, in
Detroit, MI. Before attending St.
George’s University, Dr. Robinson
earned a Master of Science in Health
and Exercise Science at Wake Forest
University, in Winston-Salem, NC.
Pepperdine University, BS ’94
Wake Forest University, MS ’97
FLAGSTAFF
Mastian Chand ’06
Dr. Chand is practicing pulmonary
and critical care medicine at Northern
Arizona Pulmonary Associates in
Flagstaff, AZ. Board certified in internal
medicine and pulmonary critical care
medicine, Dr. Chand completed an
internal medicine residency followed by
a fellowship in pulmonary and critical
care medicine at New York Hospital in
Flushing, NY.
City University of New York at Hunter
College, BA ’95
St. George’s University School of Medicine,
MPH ’01
Nicholas Franceschini ’01
Dr. Franceschini is a board-certified
anesthesiologist in private practice
at Forest Country Anesthesia, PC
in Flagstaff, AZ. After two years
in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr.
Franceschini went on to complete
an anesthesiology residency as Chief
Resident at St. Joseph’s Regional
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ.
University of California at Davis, BS ’96
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Scottsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tucson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Matthew Gembala ’03
Dr. Gembala is a nephrologist in private
practice with Northern Arizona Kidney
Care and Hypertension Center in
Flagstaff, AZ. Board certified in internal
medicine and nephrology, he completed
an internal medicine residency at the
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.
He then worked at Tucson Medical
Center as a hospitalist and at the
Southern Arizona VA Health Center in
the emergency room before completing
a nephrology fellowship at the
University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma
City, OK, in 2011. Dr. Gembala also
earned a Master of Public Health from
St. George’s University in 2000.
Bob Jones University, BS ’96
MPH ’00
GILBERT
Alvin Wayne Nuttall ’87
Dr. Nuttall is in private practice in
internal medicine in Gilbert, AZ.
He completed an internal medicine
residency at Maricopa Medical Center
in Phoenix, AZ.
GLENDALE
Charles Dolce ’02
Dr. Dolce is in private general surgery
practice with Dignity Health and is
affiliated with St. Joseph’s Westgate
Medical Center in Glendale, AZ.
Board certified in general surgery, he
completed his general surgery residency
at Albany Medical Center in Albany,
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NY. Dr. Dolce then went on to
complete a minimally invasive surgery
fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center
in Charlotte, NC.
University of Rochester, BA ’95
State University of New York at Buffalo,
MS ’97
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Mandip Singh Kang ’88
Dr. Kang is in private practice in
Glendale, AZ, and is a Clinical
Assistant Professor at Midwestern
University. Board certified in internal
medicine and nephrology, Dr. Kang
completed an internal medicine
residency at North Shore University
Hospital in NY, followed by a
nephrology fellowship at Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, in
Winston-Salem, NC. He was then
an Assistant Professor of Medicine in
the Department of Nephrology at the
University of Utah School of Medicine,
and served as the Medical Director of
Provo Dialysis Center.
University of Victoria, BSc ’82
GOODYEAR
Suemoy Wallace ’04
Dr. Wallace is board-certified general
surgeon with subspecialty certification
in surgical critical care, trauma, and
acute care surgery in private practice
with West Valley Trauma, Abrazo
Trauma Center in Goodyear, AZ. She
completed a general surgery residency
at St. John’s Hospital and Medical
Center in Detroit, MI, a surgical critical
care fellowship at Hartford Hospital,
and an acute care surgery fellowship
at Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center in Winston-Salem,
NC. After completion of her fellowship
training, Dr. Wallace joined the staff
at the University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics as a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Surgery.
KINGMAN
Robert Matheny ’98
Board certified in internal medicine,
pulmonary disease and critical care
medicine, and sleep medicine, Dr.
Matheny is an attending physician with
Kingman Pulmonary Associates and a
director for the hospitalist program at
Kingman Regional Medical Center in
Kingman, AZ. He is also the director
of a sleep laboratory and active in
teaching medical students and residents.
Arizona
Dr. Matheny completed a residency
in internal medicine, followed by a
fellowship in pulmonary disease and
critical care, at St. Michael’s Medical
Center in Elizabeth, NJ.
Arizona State University at Tempe, BS ’82
MESA
Eric Hastriter ’02
Dr. Hastriter is a pediatric neurologist
specializing in headache medicine
with Banner Health in Mesa, AZ.
Board certified in pediatrics, he
completed a pediatric residency at
Pitt County Memorial Hospital, East
Carolina University, in Greenville,
NC. Dr. Hastriter then practiced as a
pediatrician for a year while awaiting
his child neurology fellowship, which
he completed in June 2010 at Barrow
Neurological Institute in Phoenix,
AZ. He later completed a fellowship
in headache medicine at the Mayo
Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. He has
written multiple publications, received
several national meeting awards, and
went from having one to having five
children in five months. Certified by
the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology with special qualifications
in child neurology and recognized by
the United Council for Neurological
Subspecialties in Headache Medicine,
Dr. Hastriter has spoken, presented,
and researched extensively on epilepsy,
reversible cerebral vasoconstriction, and
migraine headaches. He is a member of
the Child Neurology Society, Southern
Pediatric Neurology Society, American
Academy of Neurology and American
Headache Society.
Brigham Young University, BS ’95
Seyed Javadpoor ’91
Dr. Javadpoor is a pulmonologist in
practice at East Valley Center for
Pulmonary and Sleep Disorders in Mesa,
AZ and has hospital privileges at Banner
Baywood Medical Center, Banner Heart
Hospital, Banner Desert Medical Center,
Banner Gateway Medical Center, Banner
Goldfield Medical Center, Banner
Ironwood Medical Center, Mercy
Gilbert Medical Center, and Chandler
Regional Hospital. He is board certified
in pulmonary disease and critical care
medicine. Dr. Javadpoor completed
an internal medicine residency and
a pulmonary disease fellowship at St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ.
University of Salford, BSc ’86
Romen Jha ’90
Dr. Jha is an internist in private practice
in Mesa, AZ. Board certified in internal
medicine, he completed an internal
medicine residency at the Hospital of
St. Raphael.
Julene Clare Mueller ’88
In 1999, Dr. Mueller switched from
a solo practice with her husband to
a private practice with St. Joseph’s
Medical Associates. Her practice at a
local hospital involves both internal
medicine and pediatrics.
Vanguard University of Southern
California, BA ’76
Pace University, MS ’81
Nicolas Peters ’07
Dr. Peters is a pediatric hematologistoncologist at Cardon Children’s
Medical Center in Mesa, AZ and is the
director of their Integrative Cancer Care
program. He completed a pediatrics
residency at Children’s Medical Center,
Wright State University, in Dayton,
OH. He then went on to complete a
fellowship in pediatric hematology
and oncology at Rainbow Babies and
Children’s Hospital, in Cleveland, OH.
Board certified in general pediatrics and
board eligible in pediatric hematologyoncology, Dr. Peters is a member of
the American Association for Cancer
Research, the American Society of
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology,
the American Society of Hematology,
the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and the Child Life Council.
Purdue University, BS ’02
PAYSON
Sheila Bloomquist ’98
Dr. Bloomquist is a family medicine
physician at STAT Clinix Urgent
Care Clinic in Payson, AZ. After she
completed medical school in 1998,
Dr. Bloomquist returned to Spain to
work, prepare for licensing exams, and
act as the advisor for the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical
Graduates at the Madrid Kaplan
Center. She went to Chicago, IL in
2001 to complete a family practice
residency at McGaw Medical Center
at Northwestern University Medical
School. Dr. Bloomquist participated
in a medical education cooperation
program in Cuba, practicing family
medicine there before entering into a
fellowship in maternal child health and
high-risk obstetrics and gynecology at
West Suburban Hospital Medical Center
in Chicago. She worked from 2006 to
2008 as a medical staff officer for Indian
Health Services on the Hopi reservation
in Polacca, AZ. In October 2008, Dr.
Bloomquist traveled to Beijing, China,
to participate in the Family Practice
Conference and to be an instructor for
the ALSO certification course organized
by Evelyn Fang, MD, fellow St. George’s
University graduate and former
housemate. She is an active member in
the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
(ALSO) International Latin American
section, helping start the ALSO program
in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in 2009
and 2010. Dr. Bloomquist is also on the
mentor list for the University of Latin
America Medical School in Havana,
Cuba, via the MEDICC program. She
is board certified in family medicine
and family medicine obstetrics. In the
future, she will obtain her acupuncture
certification and complete a PhD in
Spanish language studies, focusing on
border studies in combination with
documentary film work as part of her
future thesis. she plans to return to
Spain for part of the year to work on
PhD projects and do family medicine
locums in Madrid and Barcelona.
Marquette University, BA ’87
New York University, MA ’89
PHOENIX
Sundeep Adusumalli ’09
Dr. Adusumalli is a fellow in
interventional cardiology at Banner
Health, Banner Good Samaritan
Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Board
certified by the American Board of
Internal Medicine, Dr. Adusumalli
residency followed by a fellowship in
cardiovascular diseases at East Carolina
University in Greenville, NC.
Emory University, BS ’05
the American College of Cardiology
Cardiosource Atrial Fibrillation
Community since 2011. Before moving
to Arizona, Dr. Beshai was an Assistant
Professor of Medicine and Director of
Pacemaker and Defibrillator Services
at the University of Chicago Hospital.
He is board certified in clinical cardiac
electrophysiology, cardiovascular disease,
and internal medicine, and is an expert
in cardiac electrophysiology, an area of
medicine focused on the treatment of
heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias).
A respected scientist, Dr. Beshai was
the A respected scientist, Dr. Beshai
was the national principal investigator
of a multicenter clinical trial looking
at cardiac resynchronization therapy in
patients with congestive heart failure.
Dr. Beshai completed an internal
medicine internship and residency at
Presbyterian Medical Center, University
of Pennsylvania. He then completed
fellowships in cardiovascular medicine
at New England Medical Center,
Tufts University School of Medicine
and clinical cardiac electrophysiology
at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania.
University of British Columbia, BSc ’83
Anastasija Kaluzhny Eswar ’10
Dr. Eswar is a neuromuscular medicine
Fellow at Barrow Neurological Institute
in Phoenix, AZ. She completed a
neurology residency at North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at
LIJ Medical Center in Great Neck, NY.
Occidental College, BA ’03
Scott Havens ’01
Dr. Havens is practicing emergency
medicine in Phoenix, AZ. He completed
a family medicine residency at Scottsdale
Healthcare-Osborn in 2004.
Grand Canyon University, BS ’95
Ankur Bant ’04
Dr. Bant is working as a hospitalist in
Phoenix, AZ. He completed a combined
internal medicine and pediatric
in Phoenix, AZ.
Loma Linda University, BS ’99
Sue Ikai ’86
Dr. Ikai is working in international
medicine for Mayo HMO in Phoenix,
AZ. Board certified in international
medicine, she completed an internal
medicine residency and a rheumatology
residency at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, MI.
Washington University in Saint Louis,
AB ’79
John Beshai ’96
Dr. Beshai is a board-certified cardiologist
at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ. He
is a member of the Electrophysiology
Council of the American College of
Cardiology and has been Co-Editor for
Sadra Jazayeri ’99
Dr. Jazayeri is a dermatologist in private
practice at Alliance Dermatology in
Phoenix, AZ. He completed a family
medicine residency at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-
St. Mary Hospital in Hoboken, NJ,
followed by a fellowship in dermatology
and cutaneous surgery at the Advanced
Dermatology and Laser Center in San
Diego, CA. Dr. Jazayeri has maintained
a very active professional life, dividing
his time between private practice,
conducting research studies, volunteer
work, attending specialty meetings, and
teaching. Dr. Jazayeri is the former
Clinical Director at the Physicians Skin
Institute in Scottsdale, AZ. He is also the
former Clinical Instructor and Lecturer
at the National Laser Institute, where he
has taught cosmetic procedures and skin
conditions to doctors and nurses.
BS ’93
Andreas Kyprianou ’98
Dr. Kyprianou is the Director of
Critical Care Medicine at Phoenix
Baptist Hospital and is an associate
with Pulmonary Associates in Phoenix,
AZ. He is also the director of three
sleep labs for Sleep Med Arizona and
has a very busy outpatient pulmonary
and sleep clinic. Dr. Kyprianou is a
lecturer for the University of Arizona
Medical School, a clinical preceptor
for critical care medicine for A.T. Still
Osteopathic School, and an instructor
for the pulmonary fellowship at Banner
Good Samaritan Medical Center/VA
program. He completed an internal
medicine residency at New York Hospital
Medical Center, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University. He then went on
to complete a pulmonary critical care and
sleep medicine fellowship at North Shore
University Hospital, New York University
School of Medicine in Manhasset, NY,
where he was chief Pulmonary and
Critical Care Fellow from June 2003
to July 2004. Dr. Kyprianou is board
certified in internal medicine, sleep
medicine, critical care medicine, and
pulmonary disease and is a diplomate of
the American Board of Internal Medicine
as well as the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine. He is also a speaker
for Actelion Pharmaceuticals for their
pulmonary arterial hypertension products,
Tracleer and Ventavis. In 2010 he was
recognized by (Phoenix magazine as one
of the best doctors in Phoenix, AZ. Dr.
Kyprianou is married with two daughters,
Nichole and Christina.
State University of New York at Stony
Brook, BS ’92
Nimisha Shah ’02
Board certified in family medicine, Dr.
Shah is in private family practice. She
Arizona
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at Banner Good Samaritan Regional
Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ, in 2005.
University of Arizona, BA ’96
Donald White ’09
Dr. White is a primary care provider
at Desert Grove Family Medical,
serving the eastern part of Phoenix,
AZ. He is also an outpatient internal
medicine residency clinic perceptor at a
continuity clinic in Phoenix, sponsored
by Midwestern University. Dr. White
completed his internal medicine
internship and residency at Carilion
Clinic Roanoke Memorial Hospital,
part of the Virginia Tech Carilion
School of Medicine, in Roanoke, VA.
University of New Hampshire, BS ’95
University of New Hampshire, MS ’00
PRESCOTT
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Kurt Krupnick ’95
Dr. Krupnick is working as a full-time
hospitalist with Northern Arizona
Hospital Group. After completing
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
in Phoenix, AZ, Dr. Krupnick and
his wife, Debbie, a nurse practictioner,
started a general internal medicine
practice in Vermont. They closed
the practice in 2009 and moved to
Prescott, AZ, with their two children,
Haley and Slater.
University of Maryland at University
College, BS ’89
Kathy O’Connor ’95
Dr. O’Connor is Medical Director of
Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
of Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs
Health Administration. She completed
an internal medicine internship and
residency at Tucson Medical Center
in Tucson, AZ. Dr. O’Connor has
consulted in various capacities in internal
medicine and volunteered in Haiti after
the 2010 earthquake, and later in the
Tibetan Refugee camps in India.
University of New Mexico, BS ’78
SCOTTSDALE
Laura Ferry ’01
Dr. Ferry is board certified in internal
medicine with a focus practice in
hospital medicine certification. She
is a Senior Associate Consultant at
the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ,
practicing in both a clinical and
Arizona
educational setting as she teaches
internal medicine residents and interns
rotating through the hospital. Dr.
Ferry completed her internal medicine
in Phoenix, AZ, where she was named
an Outstanding Senior Resident by her
peers and attending physicians.
BS ’91
Donn Hogan ’01
Board certified in internal medicine
and nephrology, Dr. Hogan is in
private practice in Scottsdale, AZ.
residency and a nephrology fellowship
at Northwestern University, Feinberg
School of Medicine, in Chicago, IL.
Constantine Moschonas, ’87
Dr. Moschonas, a board-certified
neurologist, is a senior partner
and current director of Four Peaks
Neurology in Scottsdale, AZ. He is
also a Clinical Professor of Neurology
for Midwestern University and
the former Chief of Neurology the
Scottsdale Healthcare System. Since
1993, Dr. Moschonas has been in
private practice and truly enjoys both
the medicine and the business aspects
of his practice. Upon arriving in
Arizona, he established the Scottsdale
Neurovascular Lab at Scottsdale
Heathcare Osborn. Dr. Moschonas
residency at Muhlenberg Regional
Medical Center, in Plainfield, NJ,
followed by a neurology fellowship
with a subspecialty in neurovascular
diseases at the University of Arizona.
Krystyna Wolski ’05
A dentist before entering medical school,
Dr. Wolski practices holistic dentistry,
focusing on integrative dental medicine
and alternative medicine. She also works
part-time as a hospitalist at South Nassau
Communities Hospital and has a special
interest in stem cell research. Dr. Wolski
completed a residency in family medicine
at South Nassau Communities Hospital
in Oceanside, NY.
Boston University, DMD ’85
TUCSON
Victor Beer ’83
Dr. Beer is in private practice
specializing in HIV. He completed
University of California at Davis.
California State University at Northridge,
BA ’79
Leo Hsiao ’02
Dr. Hsiao is a hospitalist at Northwest
Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. He
completed an internal medicine residency
at New York Hospital Center of Queens/
Cornell University Medical Center, in
Flushing, NY.
University of California at Riverside,
BS ’95
Loma Linda University, MPH ’97
Shahla Ighani ’01
Dr. Ighani is a board-certified physician
in private practice at Ironwood OB/
GYN in Tucson, AZ. She completed
an obstetrics and gynecology residency
at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
University of California at Berkeley,
BA ’91
San Francisco State University, MA ’96
Ryan Nahapetian ’10
Dr. Nahapetian is a pulmonary and
critical care Fellow at the University of
Arizona in Tucson, AZ. After graduating
from St. George’s University in 2010,
he completed an internal medicine
internship at New York Methodist
Hospital, in Brooklyn, NY, followed
by an internal medicine residency at
the University of Arizona. He then
completed a fellowship in sleep medicine
at the same institution in 2014. Prior
to earning his Doctor of Medicine, Dr.
Nahapetian earned a Master of Public
Health from St. George’s University.
University of California at Santa Barbara,
BA ’01
MPH ’06
Priti Rawani-Patel ’14
Dr. Rawani-Patel is a resident in the
combined emergency medicine and
pediatrics residency program at the
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. At
the conclusion of this five-year program,
She will be board certified in both
emergency medicine and pediatrics.
Brook, BS ’08
Boston University, MA ’10
Namit Rohant ’13
Dr. Rohant is an internal medicine
resident at the University of Arizona in
Tucson, AZ.
University of Southern California, BS ’09
ARKANSAS
BENTON
Rex Luttrell, ’83
Dr. Luttrell is a general surgeon
specializing in bariatric surgery, weight
loss and anti-aging medicine at Luttrell
Surgical and Healthy Aging. He
completed a residency in both internal
medicine and general surgery at the
Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson
City, TN. Dr. Luttrell is board certified
by the American Board of Surgery
and the American Academy of AntiAging and Regenerative Medicine. He
is a Fellow of the American College
of Surgeons and is a member of the
American Society for Bariatric and
Metabolic Surgery, the Arkansas
Medical Society, and the Pulaski County
Medical Society. He has won the
Internal Medicine Award of Excellence,
membership in Alpha Omega Alpha
Honorary Society, as well as a Dean’s
Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Centers (AHEC) Northeast Program
in Jonesboro, AR, in 2003. He and his
wife, Victoria, reside in Jonesboro.
University of Arkansas, BS ’71
FAYETTEVILLE
Matthew Coleman ’14
Dr. Coleman is an anesthesiology
resident at the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville.
Towson University, BS ’07
FORT SMITH
Christopher Fortson, ’12
Dr. Fortson is a family medicine
physician at the University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences Family Medicine
Center in Fort Smith, AR. He
at the same institution.
Hendrix College, BA ’01
BENTONVILLE
Paul Daidone, ’96
Dr. Daidone is in private internal
medicine practice in Bentonville, AR.
Prior to entering medical school, Dr.
Daidone worked as a biologist. After
graduation from St. George’s University,
and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital in
New Brunswick, NJ.
Rutgers University, BA ’91
CORNING
George Patton, ’00
Dr. Patton has been working for the
Family Medical Center in Corning,
AR, since completing his family
medicine residency at the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
(UAMS) Area Health Education
LITTLE ROCK
Patricia Raines-Kelly, ’92
Dr. Raines-Kelly works as a hospitalist
near Little Rock, AR. She has don locum
tenens work as well as private practice.
While in private practice, she practiced
obstetrics, including surgical obstetrics.
Raines-Kelly completed a family practice
residency at the University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Area
Health Education Centers (AHEC). She
worked as a medical director in a rural
health clinic and as an emergency room
physician in a small community hospital.
She has also worked as a medical director
in the state prison system.
Southern Arkansas University, BS ’86
Lauren Sarno, ’12
Dr. Sarno is a pediatrician in private
practice in Little Rock, AR. She
completed her pediatrics residency at
the University of Arkansas Medical
Sciences Center (UAMS).
Bowdoin College, BA ’04
William Walters, ’03
Dr. Walters has been working in
pediatric neurology at Arkansas
Children’s Hospital in Little Rock,
AR, since 2008. Board certified in
neurology, he completed an internship
and a residency in pediatric neurology
at the University of Arkansas College
of Medicine.
University of Texas at Austin, BA ’92
Emory University, MPH ’98
Priyantha Wijewardane, ’92
Dr. Wijewardane is a hospitalist at
Baptist Medical Center in Little
Rock, AR. He previously worked
as an internist in private practice
in Little Rock for 14 years. Board
certified in internal medicine, Dr.
Wijewardane completed an internal
of Connecticut in Farmington, where
he was the Chief Resident in his
fourth year. He is a member of the
American College of Physicians and
Pulaski County Medical Society. Dr.
Wijewardane is married to Arosh
Wijesinghe (SGU ’94) and they are the
proud parents of twins.
MAGNOLIA
Frank Edwards, ’97
Dr. Edwards is the emergency room
director at Magnolia Regional Medical
Center. Board certified in family
medicine, he completed a family
Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Southwest Program in Texarkana, AR.
East Texas Baptist University, BS ’90
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Big Bear Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Carlsbad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Corona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Fontana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fountain Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Olivia Butt ’05
Dr. Butt is in private practice as an
obstetrics and gynecology physician
in the San Francisco Bay Area in
California. She completed her obstetrics
and gynecology residency at the State
University of New York Health Science
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Center in Brooklyn, NY.
University of California at Berkeley, BA ’95
ALHAMBRA
Myung Kim ’00
Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor of
Clinical Medicine at the University of
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Santa Clarita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Santa Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Santa Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Southern California Keck School of
Medicine. He completed his residency
in internal medicine at the Los Angeles
County-University of Southern
California Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA.
University of California at Riverside, BS ’92
ALISO VIEJO
Matthew Coulson ’03
Dr. Coulson is a board-certified
pediatrician and Associate Medical
Director of Information Systems with
Memorial Care Medical Group in
Aliso Viejo, CA. Still involved with
St. George’s University, Dr. Coulson
serves as the West Coast Coordinator
and Associate Advisor for the Office
of Career Guidance, assisting students
and those applying for pediatrics
or California-based residencies. Dr.
Coulson completed his pediatric
residency at the Children’s Hospital
of Orange County, where he spent
an additional year as Chief Resident,
followed by one year as a Hospitalist
and Clinic Attending Physician.
University of California at Los Angeles,
BS ’97
ANAHEIM
Michael Cushing ’81
Dr. Cushing has been practicing in
the Los Angeles and Orange County
areas since leaving the Navy in 1991.
He completed a one-year internship
in internal medicine at St. Barnabas
Medical Center in New Jersey before he
was commissioned as a lieutenant in the
US Navy in July 1982, where he worked
as a flight surgeon until June 1986.
After completing a family medicine
residency in 1989, he transferred to
Long Beach Naval Hospital.
Loyola Marymount University, BS ’75
ARCADIA
Carson Ling ’00
Dr. Ling is a practicing pain
management physician in Arcadia,
CA. He completed an anesthesiology
residency and a pain management
fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine in New York.
BA ’94
ARCATA
John Anderson ’81
Dr. Anderson retired to California in
2010 after practicing emergency room
medicine for more than 20 years in
Tennessee. Board certified in emergency
medicine, Dr. Anderson completed
an internal medicine residency at East
Tennessee State University, College of
Medicine, in 1985.
San Francisco State University, BA ’77
ATASCADERO
Patricia Snyder ’86
For the past 10 years Dr. Snyder has
practiced emergency medicine. She is
also interested in integrative medicine.
Dr. Snyder enjoys multiple hobbies,
including competitive ballroom dancing,
windsurfing, and snowboarding.
Butler University, BA ’72
BAKERSFIELD
Tanya Anand ’12
Dr. Anand is a general surgery resident at
Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, CA.
Loma Linda University, BS ’03
University of Southern California,
MPH ’07
Thomas Beaver ’86
Dr. Beaver is a forensic pathologist
in the Legal and Medical Services
division of the Kern County Sheriff’s
Office in Bakersfield, CA, where
he examines bodies to determine
the cause and manner of death. He
began his practice in Modesto, CA,
in 1992 as an associate with Yosemite
Pathology Medical Group, where he
was responsible for the coroner’s work
for six counties. Dr. Beaver completed
a five-year residency training program
in anatomic and clinical pathology
at the University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center, followed by a
fellowship in forensic pathology. He
is board certified in anatomic, clinical,
and forensic pathology.
BA ’80
Stanley Teeten ’02
Dr. Teeten began working at Kaiser
Permanente in Bakersfield, CA, as
a full-time internist in 2005 after
completing an internal medicine
residency though the UCLA Geffen
School of Medicine at Kern Medical
Center, in Bakersfield. Dr. Teeten has
a Master of Public Health from Loma
Linda University.
University of California at Irvine, BS ’93
Jonathan Weeks ’03
Dr. Weeks is a board-certified
anesthesiologist working in private
practice in Bakersfield, CA. After
completing an internship in internal
medicine at the University of Nevada
in Reno, NV, Dr. Weeks completed an
anesthesiology residency followed by a
pain management fellowship at Strong
Memorial Hospital of the University of
Rochester, in NY.
California State University at Bakersfield,
BS ’93
BALDWIN PARK
Brian Shen ’00
Dr. Shen is a partner physician with
Southern California Permanente
Medical Group in Baldwin Park, CA.
He completed his residency in pediatrics
at the University of California (Irvine)
College of Medicine.
BS ’96
13
BANNING
The-Huy Tran ’97
Dr. Tran, a board-certified internal
medicine physician, has been with
Beaver Medical Group since 2004 and
works as a hospitalist at San Gorgonio
Memorial Hospital in Banning, CA.
residency at Mountainside Hospital
in Montclair, NJ and a geriatrics
fellowship at Martin Luther King Jr./
Drew Medical Center, in Los Angeles.
BS ’91
BELL GARDENS
Arash Lalezary ’03
Dr. Lalezary is in private practice in
Bell Gardens, CA. He completed his
residency in family medicine at the
Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
BS ’98
BERKELEY
Velummylum Prabaharan ’01
Dr. Prabaharan is a hospitalist at
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterAshby Campus in Berkeley, CA. He
previously worked as a hospitalist at
the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in
New Orleans, LA. Dr. Prabaharan
California
residency at the Long Island College
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, in 2003.
Kathryn Raphael ’85
Dr. Raphael is an internal medicine
physician in private practice and works
with QME Internal Medicine in
Berkeley, CA. She previously worked
for Kaiser Permanente in Martinez,
CA, where she helped develop the
occupational health clinic. Board
Raphael completed her residency in
internal medicine at Kaiser Foundation
Hospital in Oakland, CA.
University of California at Santa Cruz,
BA ’77
BEVERLY HILLS
14
Eva Cwynar ’85
Dr. Cwynar is on staff at CedarsSinai Medical Center and practices
endocrinology in Beverly Hills, CA. She
is an Assistant Professor of Medicine
at the University of California at Los
Angeles. Dr. Cwynar completed an
internal medicine residency at Lutheran
Medical Center before going on to
complete an endocrinology fellowship
at New York University Medical Center.
She is the author of the international
best-selling book The Fatigue Solution.
Lehigh University, BA ’81
Ravinder Singh ’89
Dr. Singh, a board-certified neurologist,
is co-founder and president of both
Singh Neurology Medical Group and
the Sanare Sanctuary, an integrative
medical clinic utilizing both Western
and Eastern medicine in Beverly Hills,
CA. He is also a Clinical Instructor of
Neurology at the University of California
at Los Angeles and a certified stress and
wellness consultant. Dr. Singh is a past
president of the Los Angeles Chapter
of the American Heart Association and
past head of the Stroke Center at Martin
Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center
in Los Angeles. Dr. Singh completed a
neurology residency and chief residency
at West Los Angeles VA Medical Center/
UCLA and was the recipient of a VA
fellowship grant in neuroscience and
traumatic brain injuries.
Christopher Zahiri ’95
Dr. Zahiri is in private practice in
Beverly Hills, CA. After completing
a fellowship in joint reconstruction
at the UCLA Medical Center in
Torrance, CA, Dr. Zahiri went on to
California
complete a fellowship in hand and
upper extremity surgery at the Loma
Linda University Medical Center in
California. Dr. Zahiri completed his
residency in orthopaedic surgery at the
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical
Center in Los Angeles, CA.
BS ’90
BIG BEAR LAKE
Jeffrey Orr ’12
Dr. Orr recently opened a family
medicine practice at Bear Valley
Community Healthcare District in
Big Bear Lake, CA. Board certified in
family medicine, Dr. Orr completed
a family medicine residency at the
University of Nevada in Reno, NV.
Covenant College, BA ’03
BURBANK
Babak Goldman ’08
Dr. Goldman is Medical Director of
Palliative Medicine at Providence St.
Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA.
residency at Coney Island Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY and a pain and palliative
medicine fellowship at the University of
Texas at San Antonio.
City University of New York at Brooklyn
College, BA ’03
Michael Marsh ’81
Dr. Marsh is a board-certified internist
in private practice at Premiere Medical
Center in Burbank, CA and is affiliated
with Providence St. Joseph Medical
Plaza. He completed an internship
at New York University Downtown
Hospital in New York, NY, followed
by an internal medicine residency at
Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. Dr.
Marsh is a Diplomatee of the American
Board of Internal Medicine and has
been practicing in Burbank for more
than 25 years.
BURLINGAME
Andra Batlin ’01
Dr. Batlin is a board-certified internist
in private practice with her husband
Alexander Lakowsky, MD SGU ’01,
in Burlingame, CA. She completed
an internal medicine internship
and residency at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School, in
Worcester, MA. Dr. Batlin and her
husband have two daughters.
New York University, BA ’95
Alexander Lakowsky ’01
Dr. Lakowsky is in private internal
medicine practice with his wife, Andra
Batlin (SGU ’01). He obtained a Master
of Business Administration from the
University of Massachusetts while he
was in his internal medicine residency at
the same institution.
State University of New York at
Binghamton, BS ’97
CAMARILLO
Avan Patel ’00
Dr. Patel works at Alamar Healthcare
in Camarillo, CA, as in internist. She
completed her internal medicine
residency at Seton Hall University
School of Health and Medical Sciences
and became certified in wound care.
CARLSBAD
Charmaine Semeniuk ’84
Dr. Semeniuk has been working as a
research psychiatrist for more than 20
years and is licensed in five states: Illinois,
Hawaii, New York, Louisiana, and
California. She completed a psychiatry
residency, followed by a two-year child
psychiatry fellowship, at Mount Sinai
Hospital in New York, NY. Dual board
certified in adult and child psychiatry,
Dr. Semeniuk worked in private practice
in Illinois before taking a position as a
professor and medical director of the
child unit at Louisiana State University.
She practices in California.
CARMICHAEL
Lawrence Bistrong ’01
Dr. Bistrong is a board-certified
internal medicine, pulmonary disease
and critical care medicine physician
in private practice at Pulmonary
Medical Associates in Carmichael, CA.
residency in 2004 at Drexel University
College of Medicine in Philadelphia,
PA before completing a pulmonary
medicine and critical care fellowship
at the Los Angeles County-HarborUCLA Medical Center in Torrance. Dr.
Bistrong is a member of the American
College of Chest Physicians, American
Medical Association, California
Thoracic Society and Sierra Sacramento
Valley Medical Society.
BA ’96
Matthew Cohan ’83
Dr. Cohan is a pediatrician in private
practice in Carmichael, CA and is
affiliated with Sutter Roseville Medical
Center. Board certified in pediatrics,
he completed his pediatrics residency
as Chief Resident at the University of
California (Davis) Medical Center.
Jonathan Hemphill ’82
Board certified in cardiology, Dr.
Hemphill is an interventional
cardiologist in private practice in
Carmichael, CA. He completed an
internal medicine residency at Mount
Sinai Hospital in Connecticut before
going on to complete a cardiovascular
disease fellowship at the University of
New Mexico.
University of Maryland University College,
BS ’78
CHULA VISTA
Timothy Holden ’99
Dr. Holden is an internal medicine
physician in private practice with
Sharp-Rees Stealy Medical Group
in Chula Vista, CA and is on staff at
Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
residency at the University of Tennessee
University of Arizona, BS ’94
CONCORD
Natalia Zielkiewicz ’04
Dr. Zielkiewicz is working as a
hospitalist in the John Muir Health
Care system. Board certified in internal
medicine residency at San Joaquin
General Hospital in Stockton, CA.
BS ’99
CORONA
involves both direct patient care and
preceptoring residents and students. She
is also a part-time attending physician
in the Department of Family Medicine
at Riverside County Regional Medical
Center. Dr. Azad is one of the medical
contributors to a monthly magazine
addressing different health and medical
issues. She completed her family
medicine residency at Riverside County
Medical Center as Chief Resident. Dr.
Azad has a Master of Public Health
from Loma Linda University.
BS ’98
Christos Bovetas ’99
Dr. Bovetas is the medical director of a
28,000-patient practice in Corona, CA.
He completed his internal medicine
residency at Seton Hall University in
South Orange, NJ, in 2001.
Michelle Fajardo ’07
Dr. Fajardo is a family medicine
physician at Kaiser Permanente in
Corona, CA. She completed a family
medicine residency at Arrowhead
Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA.
Anoop Maheshwari ’87
Dr. Maheshwari has a solo private
practice and serves as Chief of
Medicine at Corona Regional Medical
Center. He completed two years of
an internal medicine residency at
Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
He completed his third year at the
University of Southern California,
where he also did a fellowship in
pulmonary and critical care medicine.
BS ’82
Shahed Rahman ’01
Dr. Rahman is practicing as a general
anesthesiologist in various locations in
Southern California with Anesthesia
Medical Group of Riverside. He
completed an anesthesiology residency
at New York Medical College in
Valhalla, NY, St. Vincent’s Hospital and
Medical Center of New York.
University of Illinois at Urbana–
Champaign, BS ’96
COSTA MESA
Swati Gandhi ’97
Dr. Gandhi is a pediatrician in private
practice at Total Pediatrics of Orange
County in Costa Mesa, CA. Board
certified in pediatrics, she completed
a pediatrics residency at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, St. Joseph’s
Hospital, in Paterson, NJ. She then
worked in a large group practice
in Clifton, NJ, until she moved to
Newport Beach, CA in 2009. Dr.
Gandhi is married with three daughters.
Sonny Rubin ’99
Dr. Rubin is the Medical Director
and founder of Orange County Pain
Specialist in Costa Mesa, CA. A
Diplomate of the American Board of
Anesthesiology and American Board of
Pain Medine, Dr. Rubin completed his
anesthesiology and pain management
training at the University of Southern
California Medical Center and the
University of California at Los Angeles
Medical Center. He is a member of
several professional organizations,
including the American Pain
Society, American Academy of Pain
Medicine, and the International Spine
Intervention Society.
University of Florida, BS ’94
DANVILLE
Susan Ivey ’81
Dr. Ivey is an Adjunct Associate
Professor at the University of California
at Berkeley, School of Public Health
and Director of Research at Health
Research for Action (a UCB-affiliated
research center). She is also a Master
Faculty and State Director with the
American Medical Women’s Association.
After becoming board certified in
both emergency medicine and family
medicine, Dr. Ivey completed her
University of Connecticut. At the
University of California, she worked
on a research fellowship until 1997,
working on her postdoctorate in health
services and policy analysis. Dr. Ivey
also received a Master’s in Health
Services Management and Policy from
George Washington University.
University of California at Irvine, BA ’77
Armaghan Azad ’04
Dr. Azad’s position as a part-time
emergency room attending physician
California
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16
DAVIS
FOLSOM
Jack Downhill ’86
Since completing fellowship
training, Dr. Downhill has combined
schizophrenia research with a consulting
liaison clinical psychiatry practice,
working extensively with critically ill
patients and patients on ventilators. He
completed a psychiatry residency at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey in New Brunswick,
NJ, before going on to complete a
fellowship in neuropsychiatry research
at the University of Iowa and a second
fellowship in schizophrenia research at
Mount Sinai Hospital.
Douglas Pleatman ’81
Board certified in emergency medicine,
Dr. Pleatman is the Medical Director of
a California hospital, practices full-time
emergency medicine, and operates an
urgent care practice in Folsom, CA. He
at the University of California at Irvine
in 1984 and then engaged in group
and solo family practice in El Dorado
County. Dr. Pleatman is a pilot and
skydiver with three national titles on a
professional demonstration team.
Nabil Shafi ’07
Dr. Shafi is an interventional cardiology
Fellow at the University of California
at Davis. Board certified in internal
of Connecticut Health Center, John
Dempsey Hospital in Farmington,
CT. She then went on to complete
fellowships in cardiac MRI and
coronary CTA imaging and research
fellowship at St. Francis Hospital—The
Heart Center in Roslyn, NY, and
in advanced echocardiography at
VA Boston Healthcare System-West
Roxbury Campus in West Roxbury,
MA. Most recently, Dr. Shafi completed
a cardiovascular diseases fellowship
at the University of California at San
Francisco, School of Medicine-Fresno
Campus. Dr. Shafi’s interests are in
clinical cardiology, cardiac imaging,
and prevention and medical education.
In 2009, Dr. Shafi was awarded the
highest scoring abstract at the Heart
Rhythm Society’s 30th Annual
Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA.
Mount Saint Mary’s University, BS ’01
FONTANA
Minakshi Chaudhari ’98
Dr. Chaudhari, a board-certified
pediatric rheumatologist, joined the
Southern California Permanente Group
in 2009 and is working at Fontana
Medical Center in Fontana, CA. She
previously worked at the Children’s
Hospital of Orange County for five
years. After completing a residency
in pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center in Newark, NJ. Dr.
Chaudhari went on to a fellowship
in pediatric rheumatology at the
University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine, Children’s Hospital Medical
Center, in 2004.
Devin Shahverdian ’07
Dr. Shahverdian is a Partner Physician
at Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers
in Fontana, CA and Ontario, CA.
residency and served as Chief Resident
at Maricopa Medical Center in
Phoenix, AZ.
University of Colorado at Denver, BS ’02
ESCONDIDO
FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Seamae Erfani ’00
Dr. Erfani is working in the
Department of Pediatrics with Kaiser
Permanente in Escondido, CA. He
completed his residency in pediatrics
at the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB) Children’s Hospital,
in Galveston, TX. He was previously an
Assistant Professor at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, Texas Children’s
Hospital. Dr. Erfani is a Diplomatee of
the American Board of Pediatrics.
Harvard University, AB ’96
Reginald Abraham ’90
Dr. Abraham is a thoracic and
cardiothoracic surgeon in private
practice in minimally invasive heart
and lung surgery and is Director of
Cardiovascular Surgery at Fountain
Valley Regional Hospital in Fountain
Valley, CA. He is affiliated with
Memorial Care Health System and is
on staff at Orange Coast Memorial
Hospital. Dr. Abraham completed a
general surgery residency at Yale-New
Haven Hospital and New York Medical
California
College, in CT and NY, respectively.
He then completed a postdoctoral
fellowship in the departments of surgery
and physiology at Yale University, in
New Haven, CT. Dr. Abraham also
trained in cardiac surgery at the State
University of New York at Buffalo,
under Dr. Thomas Salerno. Dr.
Abraham has been practicing cardiac
and thoracic surgery for more than 12
years and his special interests include
beating heart CABG/off-pump bypass
surgery, less invasive heart and lung
surgery, video-assisted, robotic thoracic
procedures, transmyocardial laser
revascularization (TMR), surgery for
atrial fibrillation, and neuroprotection
during heart surgery. Dr. Abraham is
also dedicated to teaching and sharing
experiences; he proctors fellow surgeons
on a variety of procedures including his
main focus, beating heart “off”-pump
surgery, pain management after heart
and lung surgery, and TMR. He is well
published, having contributed to several
periodicals and book chapters. Dr.
Abraham is certified by the American
Board of Thoracic Surgery and General
Surgery and is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, American College
of Cardiology and American College of
Chest Physicians.
Quy Le ’05
Dr. Le is a colorectal surgeon at
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
& Medical Center and Orange Coast
Memorial Medical Center, both of
which are in Fountain Valley, CA. He
at San Joaquin General Hospital in
Stockton, CA, followed by a colon and
rectal surgery fellowship at CedarsSinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA. He
currently resides in Fountain Valley
with his spouse, two kids, and a dog.
Austin Lin ’00
Dr. Lin is in private practice at
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital.
Prior to entering medical school, he was
a research assistant at the University
of California at San Francisco for
three years. Dr. Lin completed his
anesthesiology residency as Chief
Resident at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the
Bronx, NY.
Brandeis University, BA ’93
FREMONT
FRENCH CAMP
Phuong Ho ’03
Dr. Ho is an emergency medicine
physician with Kaiser Permanente,
working in both the Fremont and
Hayward, CA emergency departments.
She is affiliated with Fremont Medical
Center, HAY, Roseville Medical
Center, Sacramento Medical Center,
and San Leandro Medical Center. Dr.
Ho completed an emergency medicine
residency at Sinai-Grace Hospital
and Detroit Medical Center, both in
Detroit, MI.
Louis Lim ’02
Dr. Lim is an obstetrician and
gynecologist on staff at San Joaquin
General Hospital in French Camp,
CA. He completed an obstetrics and
gynecology residency at Lutheran
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr.
Lim is board certified in obstetrics and
gynecology.
Amee Mapara-Shah ’03
Dr. Mapara-Shah is a gastroenterologist
in practice with Kaiser Permanente at
Fremont Medical Center in Fremont,
CA and is affiliated with San Leandro
Medical Center. She completed an
internal medicine residency, followed
by a gastroenterology and hepatology
fellowship, at Albany Medical Center
in Albany, NY. Dr. Mapara-Shah is
board certified in internal medicine
and gastroenterology and has practiced
gastroenterology in New York and
California. She is married to Saurin
Shah (SGU ’03).
Khai Tran ’01
Dr. Tran is in private practice with the
Kaiser Permanente Group in Fremont,
CA. He completed his residency in
family medicine as Chief Resident at
University of Southern California.
University of California at Davis, BAS ’96
Kenneth Yeung ’02
Dr. Yeung is a family medicine
physician in private practice with Sutter
Health Medical Group at Fremont
Center in Fremont, CA and is affiliated
with Palo Alto Foundation Medical
Group. He previously practiced family
medicine at South Cove Community
Hospital, an affiliate of the Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard
Medical School teaching facility, in
Boston, MA and was a faculty member
of the primary care clerkship at Harvard
Medical School. Board certified in
family medicine, Dr. Yeung completed
a family practice residency at Brooklyn
Hospital Center, Weill Medical College,
where he served as Chief Resident, in
2005. He later obtained a diploma in
acupuncture at Harvard Medical School
in 2006.
Concordia University, BA ’95
Spencer Wong ’14
Dr. Wong is a family medicine resident
French Camp, CA.
San Jose State University, BS ’07
FRESNO
Pamela Emeney ’99
Dr. Emeney is the Program Director
and an Assistant Professor in the
department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the University of
California at San Francisco, Fresno
campus. Board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology, she completed her
obstetrics and gynecology residency
at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in
Brooklyn, NY in 2003.
Loma Linda University, BSN ’89
H. Kiran Reddy ’13
Dr. Reddy is an interal medicine
resident at the University of California
at San Francisco, Fresno Campus in
Fresno, CA.
BS ’07
Terrence Reding ’85
Dr. Reding is an Associate Clinical
at San Francisco School of Medicine
and has received the University
of California at San Francisco
Outstanding Teacher Award. He is also
the team physician for Fresno State
University athletics. Board certified in
family practice and sports medicine,
Dr. Reding completed a family practice
and Dentistry of New Jersey, St. Mary’s
Hospital in Hoboken, NJ. He and
his wife have two children; their son,
Ryan, attended St. George’s University
School of Medicine and their daughter,
Morgan, is a registered nurse.
Gonzaga University, BS ’79
Navjit Singh ’12
Dr. Singh is an internal medicine
physician practicing in Fresno, CA.
residency at the University of Nevada,
School of Medicine in Las Vegas, NV.
BS ’07
FULLERTON
Mark Davenport ’82
Dr. Davenport practices family
medicine and obstetrics in a group
practice at St. Jude Heritage Medical
Group in Fullerton, CA. He is a
board member of St. Joseph Heritage
Medical Group and Chief of Staff at
the Valencia-Mesa site. Dr. Davenport
is board certified and a Fellow of
Physicians. He completed a family
medicine residency at Western Medical
Center in Santa Ana, CA.
Mohammed Qazi ’12
Dr. Qazi is an internist in practice
at St. Jude Heritage Medical Group
in Fullerton, CA. He completed an
internal medicine residency in the
primary care track at Alameda County
Medical Center in Oakland, CA.
BS ’06
GLENDALE
Alen Mirzaian ’02
Dr. Mirzaian started his own
private practice in Glendale, CA in
2010. Before entering St. George’s
University, he worked as a researcher
in a plant genetics lab in Los Angeles,
CA. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Mirzaian completed an
internal medicine residency at Kaiser
Permanente at Santa Clara in Northern
California and was given the Resident
of the Year Award by the program
director. After his residency, he moved
to Los Angeles and worked as a primary
care provider for a multispecialty group
for one year before moving to another
multispecialty medical group and
practicing as a hospitalist for three years.
BS ’97
California
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GRASS VALLEY
Joel Richnak ’99
Dr. Richnak is in private physical
medicine and rehabilitation practice
with Mountain View Rehabilitation in
Grass Valley, CA. Before coming to St.
George’s University, he was a mountain
guide, ski instructor, and race coach.
Dr. Richnak is board certified in
physical medicine and rehabilitation
and sports medicine.
BA ’89
HUNTINGTON
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Timothy Rand ’82
Dr. Rand is in private practice and
is an Assistant Clinical Professor at
the University of California at Irvine.
He completed his obstetrics and
gynecology residency at the University
of California at Los Angeles Harbor
Medical Center.
BA ’78
IRVINE
Paul Mansonhing ’89
Dr. Mansonhing has been in private
practice in Irvine, CA since 1992.
Since completion of his residency
training, he has worked with medical
students from the University of
California, Irvine and is an Assistant
Clinical Professor in the Department
of Family Medicine. Board certified
in family medicine, Dr. Mansonhing
completed a family medicine
internship at Seton Hall University in
South Orange, NJ and residency at
the University of California, Irvine.
He was actively involved in the Flying
Samaritans (Orange County chapter)
from 1992-98, delivering care to
patients in Jesús María, Mexico. He
has been a volunteer physician at the
Lestonnac Free Clinic in Orange, CA
since 1992, a member of its board of
directors since 2004, and the Medical
Director there since 2010. He also
served as the Vice Chair of the Family
Practice Department at St. Joseph
Hospital in Orange, CA from 2008-09
and served as Chair from 2009-11.
Siamak Nabili ’01
Dr. Nabili practices internal medicine
in Southern California and is an
active attending physician at multiple
California
hospitals in Orange County, including
Mission Regional Hospital, Saddleback
Memorial Hospital, and South Coast
Medical Center. He also serves as the
Vice Chairman of the Department
of Internal Medicine at South Coast
Medical Center in Laguna Beach, CA.
Dr. Nabili completed his internal
medicine internship and residency at
the University of California at San
Francisco, Highland Hospital, in
Oakland, CA. He is a member of the
the American Academy of Hospice and
Palliative Medicine. Dr. Nabili has been
a medical author for WebMD since
2008 and has published articles in the
online textbook eMedicine.
BA ’92
MPH ’95
Shalini Shah ’07
Dr. Shah is an Assistant Professor
and Director of Pediatric Pain at the
University of California, Irvine Medical
Center in Irvine, CA. She is also CoDirector of Pain Management at the
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
in Orange, CA. In 2014, Dr. Shah was
named to the “40 Under 40 List 2014”
in OC Metro magazine. Board certified
in anesthesiology and pain medicine,
Dr. Shah completed an anesthesiology
residency at Weill-Cornell Medical
Center in New York, NY. She then
went on to complete a fellowship in
adult and pediatric pain, a Combined
Harvard Hospitals Fellowship program
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
and Children’s Hospital of Boston, all
in Boston, MA.
Georgetown University, BS ’02
Ramnik Singh ’02
Dr. Singh, a physicial medicine and
rehabilitation physician and pain
medicine specialist, is Medical Director
of Irvine Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation in Irvine, CA and is on
staff at Hoag Hospital Irvine and Hoag
Orthopedic Institute, also in Irvine.
Dr. Singh completed his residency in
physical medicine and rehabilitation as
Chief Resident at Columbia/Cornell
Medical Center in New York. He then
underwent fellowship training in pain
management at the Institute for Spinal
Disorders at Cedar Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Singh
is a Diplomatee of the American Board
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
and the American Board of Pain
Medicine and is subspecialty-certified in
sports medicine.
Michael Waldman ’85
Dr. Waldman is working in private
practice in internal medicine in
Irvine, CA. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Waldman completed
University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
Indiana State University, BA ’80
JACKSON
Shane Patterson ’04
Dr. Patterson practices family medicine
in a rural area. He is also an attending
physician in general practice at a
Jackson, CA hospital. Dr. Patterson
is married to Heather Patterson, a
St. George’s University School of
Veterinary Medicine graduate.
KING CITY
James McGhee ’01
Dr. McGhee, a board-certified
pediatrician, recently joined a hospitalbased practice in the rural community
of King City on the central coast of
California, allowing him to work in
an underserved area and improve his
Spanish. He previously worked as a
pediatrician at a private multispecialty
practice in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. McGhee
the University of Nevada School of
Medicine, where he was Residency
President and Co-Chief Resident. He
also obtained his Master of Public
Health in Epidemiology from San
Diego State Graduate School of Public
Health in San Diego, CA.
San Diego State University, MPH ’97
LA MESA
Ali Banaie ’98
Dr. Banaie is a gastroenterologist
practicing in the San Diego area and
has been serving as Chief of Internal
Medicine at Sharp Grossmont Hospital
since January 2011. He completed
Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ,
followed by a gastroenterology fellowship
at Tulane University School of Medicine.
He enjoys golf, skiing, and traveling.
BA ’91
Yale University, MPH ’94
LAGUNA BEACH
Amy Cullen ’00
Dr. Cullen is a family medicine
physician based in Laguna Beach, CA.
She had been doing utilization review
since stepping down from her post
as the Associate Medical Director of
Newport Urgent Care in 2005. She
worked as an independent contractor
who performs physician peer reviews,
primarily in occupational medicine, as
well as assisted in training physicians
in peer review. In 2003, Dr. Cullen
completed her residency in family
medicine at Arrowhead Regional
Medical Center in Colton, CA. She is
board certified in family medicine and
has active medical licenses in California,
Texas, Nevada, and Mississippi. She has
special interest in the areas of hospice,
palliative medicine, and dermatology
and is a member of the American
Society for Cosmetic Dermatology and
Aesthetic Surgery and the American
Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.
LAKEWOOD
James Kim ’07
Dr. Kim is an anesthesiologist and
interventional pain medicine specialist
in private practice with Advanced Pain
Specialists in Lakewood, CA. Board
certified in anesthesiology and pain
management, Dr. Kim completed an
internal medicine internship at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark,
NJ, followed by an anesthesiology
residency at the University of
Connecticut Health Center, John
Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, CT
and an interventional pain medicine
fellowship at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School in
Boston, MA.
Constantine Svimonoff Jr. ’82
Dr. Svimonoff is an employee for
EM care in emergency medicine at
Lakewood Regional Medical Center.
BA ’76
LANCASTER
Corina Chin ’02
Dr. Chin is a staff physician
and surgeon with the California
Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, at California State
Prison in Lancaster, CA. She completed
a family practice residency at Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital
Somerset (formally Somerset Medical
Center in New Jersey). She served as
the Chief of Staff at Ballinger Memorial
Hospital for two years before moving to
the Facey Medical Group for another
two years.
California State University at San
Bernardino, BS ’96
LOMA LINDA
Bronwyn Carlson ’07
Dr. Carlson is a board-certified
pediatrician at Loma Linda University
Children’s Hospital in Loma Linda, CA.
She previously worked as a pediatric
hospitalist at St. Christopher’s Hospital
for Children and was an Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel
University College of Medicine in
Philadelphia, PA. She completed her
pediatric residency at St. Christopher’s
Hospital for Children in 2010 and was
asked to stay on as Chief Resident for
another year. She lives in Philadelphia
with her husband, who is an orthopaedic
physician, and their daughter.
Suchaya Jinamornphongs ’99
Dr. Jinamornphongs is a physician
practicing in an outpatient internal
medicine practice at Loma Linda
University Medical Center in Loma
Linda, CA, where she has been an
Assistant Professor of Medicine since
2005 and a Clinical Skills Instructor
since 2010. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Jinamornphongs
residency at Hahnemann University
Hospital, Drexel University School of
Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.
University of Chicago, BA ’95
Charala (Harry) Opsimos ’99
Dr. Opsimos is an attending physician
in pediatric pulmonology and an
Assistant Professor at Loma Linda
University, Children’s Hospital, in
Loma Linda, CA. After he completed
an internship in pediatrics at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center in New York,
NY, Dr. Opsimos then completed a
pediatrics residency as Chief Resident
and a pediatric pulmonology fellowship
at Winthrop-University Hospital in
Mineola, NY.
Johns Hopkins University, BA ’91
Johns Hopkins University, MS ’94
LONG BEACH
Stephanie Green ’97
Dr. Green is a family medicine
physician in private practice in Long
Beach, CA and is part of ProHealth
Partners Medical Group. She is
affiliated with St. Mary Medical
Center, Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, and Miller Children’s &
Women’s Hospital Long Beach. After
completing a family medicine residency
at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA,
Dr. Green went on to a fellowship in
maternal and children’s health care at
California Hospital Medical Center at
the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles, CA. She practiced
obstetrics and gynecology for five years
before switching to family practice. Dr.
Green is married and has four sons.
BA ’93
Khaliq Siddiq ’00
Dr. Siddiq is working as a hospitalist
in Long Beach, CA. He completed his
residency in internal medicine at Los
Angeles County-University of Southern
California Medical Center.
BS ’92
MPH ’94
Ben Zandpour ’98
Dr. Zandpour is a hospitalist at Long
Beach Memorial Medical Center in
Long Beach, CA.
BS ’94
LOS ANGELES
Ronda Adham ’03
Dr. Adham is the Director of Neonatal
Outpatient Services at Olive-View
Medical Center. She has also served
California
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as a general pediatrics attending at
Mattel Children’s Hospital at the
and Salimpour Outpatient Pediatric
Clinic. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Adham completed her pediatric
internship at the University of Nevada
School of Medicine in Reno, NV and
her pediatric residency at the Loma
Linda University School of Medicine in
Loma Linda, CA.
BA ’97
Vahe Akopian ’12
Dr. Akopian is a neurology resident at
the University of Southern California,
Los Angeles Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA. He completed his
preliminary year in internal medicine
at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health
Center in the Bronx, NY.
BS ’04
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Maher Musharbash Basch ’94
Dr. Basch is the Medical Director and
a hospitalist at the Permanente Medical
Group and the Medical Director at
Country Villa Skilled Nursing Facility
in California. He was previously the
Chief of Staff and Chair of Medicine
at Universal Health Care, Southwest
Healthcare System.
California State University, Long Beach,
BSc ’87
Nitin Bhasin ’07
Dr. Bhasin is currently working in
private practice in the Los Angeles, CA
area. He completed both his internal
medicine internship and residency
at St. Mary Medical Center in Long
Beach, CA, where he served as Chief
Resident for the 2010-11 academic year.
Dr. Bhasin then worked for a year as
an academic staff physician at St. Mary
Medical Center before going on to
complete a fellowship in nephrology at
Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center in
Los Angeles, LA. Dr. Bhasin is boardcertified in internal medicine.
Bryan Chan ’93
Dr. Chan is an attending physician
at Good Samaritan Hospital in
Los Angeles, CA and is currently
working with Orthopaedic Computer
Surgical Institute, specializing in joint
replacement surgeries. He also provides
anesthesia services at Marina Del Rey
Hospital for bariatric weight loss and
spine surgeries. Dr. Chan completed his
California
anesthesiology residency at HarborUCLA Medical Center, where he served
as Chief Resident and subspecialized in
cardiothoracic anesthesia.
Kourosh Daneshgar ’95
Dr. Daneshgar is a board-certified
obstetrician and gynecologist in
private practice at Century Women
Medical Group in Los Angeles, CA.
He completed his residency training
in obstetrics and gynecology from the
Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn,
NY, in June 2000.
BS ’91
Joseph DeFoto ’89
Dr. DeFoto is a family medicine
physician in private group practice at
Anthony Mills, MD, Inc. in Los Angeles,
CA. After moving to Los Angeles in
1998, Dr. DeFoto worked for the Gay
and Lesbian Center’s Primary Care and
HIV practice for five years and then
worked with Tower Infectious Disease
until 2008. He was also an assistant
professor of family medicine at the
University of Southern California from
1998 to 2002. Dr. DeFoto completed his
family medicine residency in 1992 at the
South Nassau Communities Hospital in
Oceanside, NY.
University of Scranton, BS ’85
Kristopher Kersch ’07
Dr. Kersch is an Associate Staff
Pathologist at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Los Angeles, CA and is a member of
Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group.
He completed an anatomic and clinical
pathology residency at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. He
then completed fellowships in surgical
pathology and cytopathology at the
University of Southern California
Medical Center.
David Khatibi ’07
Dr. Khatibi is an Assistant Professor
of Clinical Anesthesiology at the
University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, CA. He completed an internal
medicine internship at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles, CA,
before completing an anesthesiology
residency at Boston University
Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr.
Khatibi then completed a pediatric
anesthesiology fellowship at Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles in 2012.
Mai Lai ’02
Dr. Lai is an attending physician at
several emergency departments in the
Los Angeles, CA area. She completed
her emergency medicine residency at
Michigan State University in 2005.
BS ’95
Alexandra McCollum ’05
Dr. McCollum-Sherman is practicing
general pediatrics and pediatric
dermatology in both private and
hospital-affiliated offices in Los
Angeles, CA. She completed a
general pediatrics residency at Cohen
Children’s Medical Center in New
Hyde Park, NY. Dr. McCollumSherman then completed a oneyear clinical research fellowship in
pediatric and adolescent dermatology
at the University of California at
San Diego in San Diego, CA, during
which she had the opportunity to
research and publish, as well as learn
valuable clinical skills in pediatric
dermatology. Before moving to Los
Angeles, Dr. McCollum-Sherman
practiced general pediatrics and
pediatric dermatology in offices in
Brooklyn and Long Island, NY.
BS ’99
Donna Molaie ’14
Dr. Molaie is a neurology resident
at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in
Los Angeles, CA. She completed her
preliminary year in internal medicine at
the University of Nevada at Reno.
BS ’09
Mark Ovsiowitz ’00
Dr. Ovsiowitz is an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Medicine in the Division
of Digestive Diseases at University of
California at Los Angeles and admits
patients at UCLA Medical Center.
and gastroenterology, he completed his
internal medicine residency as Chief
Resident, and his gastroenterology
fellowship at Drexel University College
of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.
BS ’95
Woo Paek ’03
Dr. Paek is a general pediatrician in
solo private practice in Los Angeles,
CA. He completed a pediatric
residency at the Miami Children’s
Hospital and a pediatric critical care
fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of
Los Angeles. Dr. Paek is board certified
in pediatrics.
BA ’94
Robert Pandya ’96
Dr. Pandya is Chief of Service for
the Department of Occupational
Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los
Angeles Medical Center. He is also
a Clinical Assistant Professor with
UCLA and an academic preceptor
for occupational medicine residents
and nursing students. Dr. Pandya has
written several research publications,
review articles, and book chapters
and was invited to become a VIP
member of Cambridge’s Who’s Who
for Professionals and Executives. He is
a Diplomatee of the American Board
of Internal Medicine, American Board
of Preventive Medicine (specialty of
Occupational and Environmental
Medicine), and American Board of
Independent Medical Examiners
(Certified Independent Medical
Examiner [CIME]) and is certified
in medical acupuncture related to
pain treatment. He is a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians and the
American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine and has been
appointed as an expert reviewer with
the Medical Board of California. Dr.
Pandya has been a Qualified Medical
Examiner for the State of California,
Department of Industrial Relations,
Division of Worker’s Compensation.
He currently lives with his family in
Los Angeles, CA and during his free
time is an active runner, likes to travel,
and also volunteers for humanitarian
and spiritual organizations locally and
internationally.
BS ’91
Patrick Pompl ’07
Dr. Pompl is a psychiatrist in private
practice in Los Angeles, CA and
is on faculty at the University of
California Keck School of Medicine.
He has a strong foundation in
psychopharmacology but also
incorporates extensive psychotherapy
and many complementary alternative
approaches, including mindfulness,
meditation, and yoga. Before entering
St. George’s University, Dr. Pompl
worked as a neuroscience researcher at
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and the University of South Florida.
He completed his psychiatry residency
at the University of Southern
California in 2011. His past and
present professional memberships
include the Society for Neuroscience,
the American Psychiatric Association,
the California Medical Association,
and the National Alliance on Mental
Illness. Dr. Pompl has published
11 peer-reviewed articles, two book
chapters, and eight poster presentations
and has participated in numerous
grants from the NIH, the Charles
Dana Foundation, and the Institute
for the Study of Aging. He is coinvestigator on “An American Study of
Candidate Genes and Environmental
Variables Linked to Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder in a Level I Trauma
Center” at the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles County
Medical Center. Dr. Pompl was a
recipient of a New York State Regents
Scholarship, the Jeffrey Bourne
Scholarship, and the University of
Southern California Professionalism
Award.
University of South Florida, BS ’96
University of South Florida, MS ’98
Steven Rosenblatt ’93
Dr. Rosenblatt is Medical Director at
All Back and Joint Care Medical Group
and is founder and Vice President of
DoctorR Brand products, a leader
in the development, manufacture,
and marketing of quality vitamins
and nutritional supplements. He is
also in private practice in West Los
Angeles and is on staff at Saint John’s
Health Center in Santa Monica.
Dr. Rosenblatt has served on the
Advisory Committee of the American
Nutraceutical Association. He also
served as the Program Coordinator of
the Complementary Medicine Program
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
was formerly the commissioner of the
National Accreditation Commission of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Rosenblatt graduated from the
and the Hong Kong Acupuncture
College. He was the first Westerner to
practice acupuncture in the United
States. Dr. Rosenblatt was the founder
and past president of the California
Acupuncture College and was the CoFounder and Clinical Director of the
Acupuncture Clinic. Dr. Rosenblatt
served as the Program Coordinator of
the Complementary Medicine Program
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA. Board certified in family
medicine, he is the author of several
published articles and a book, The
Starch Blocker Diet.
BA ’68
PhD ’79
Melineh Shajanian ’05
Dr. Shajanian is working in the
Department of Family Medicine at
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical
Center. Board certified in family
medicine, she completed her family
medicine residency at Glendale Adventist
Medical Center in Glendale, CA.
Amanda Wilkinson ’08
Dr. Wilkinson is pulmonologist and
intensivist at Kaiser Permanente in
Los Angeles, CA. She completed an
internal medicine residency at the
University of Kansas Medical Center
in Kansas City, KS, followed by a
fellowship in pulmonary and critical
care medicine at the University of
Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore,
MD. Dr. Wilkinson recently returned
to her hometown of Los Angeles with
her husband, Arkady Korotinsky (SGU
SOM ’08), a psychiatrist and sleep
medicine specialist with the Veteran
Affairs Health Care System.
Amherst College, BA ’01
Julie Zuchowski ’08
Dr. Zuchowski is a pediatrician in
Los Angeles, CA. She completed two
years of her pediatric residency at
Maimonides Infants and Children’s
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY before
transferring to Harbor University of
California at Los Angeles Medical
Center in Los Angeles for her last
year. Dr. Zuchowski then completed
an adolescent medicine fellowship at
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
MPH ’04
MADERA
Tricia Birdwell ’01
Dr. Birdwell is a board-certified family
medicine physician in solo private
practice in Madera, CA and is affiliated
with Community Regional Medical
Center in Fresno, CA. She completed
her residency as Chief Resident in
family medicine at Community
Medical Centers at Fresno and was
California
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voted resident of the year.
Phillip Kim ’06
Dr. Kim is serving as a Nation Health
Services Corps Scholar at a rural
community health clinic in Madera,
CA. His day-to-day operation consists
of anything from treating the common
cold to complex comorbid medical
conditions. Dr. Kim completed
his family medicine residency at
Francisco Community Medical Centers
in Fresno, CA. His advice to all in
training is “Always read what you see!”
BS ’03
MPH ’01
MARIN COUNTY
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Adam Baumgarten ’03
Dr. Baumgarten has been a partner at
a private cardiology practice in Marin
County, just north of San Francisco,
CA, since January 2014 and is affiliated
with the hospital where he was born. He
practices invasive cardiology, including
performing cardiac catheterizations
and pacemaker implantation. Dr.
Baumgarten is co-director of the
noninvasive laboratory. He completed
an internal medicine residency, followed
by a cardiology research fellowship
at California Pacific Medical Center
(CPMC) in San Francisco. He then
spent a year as a subspecialty hospitalist
at CPMC, in the Department of Liver
Transplantation and Complex GI
Disorders. In June 2011, Dr. Baumgarten
completed a cardiovascular disease
fellowship at the University of Arizona,
Sarver Heart Center in Tucson. He is
board certified in internal medicine,
cardiovascular disease, nuclear
cardiology, and echocardiography.
MERCED
Davin Soehnen ’03
Dr. Soehnen is practicing anesthesiology
and pain medicine in Merced, CA. He
and a pain medicine fellowship and is
board certified in both specialties. Dr.
Soehnen and his wife, Dr. Kristina
Sogocio, MD SGU ’03, live in Merced,
CA with their two children.
BA ’98
Kristina Sogocio ’03
Dr. Sogocio is working in solo private
practice at Merced OB/GYN Care, Inc.
in Merced, CA. She completed her
at St. Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston, NJ. Dr. Sogocio is married
to Dr. Davin Soehnen, MD SGU ’03,
and they have two children.
BA ’92
George Washington University, MPH ’96
MISSION VIEJO
Joseph Behymer ’87
Dr. Behymer has been with Saddleback
Family and Urgent Care in Mission
Viejo, CA since 1996 and became
Medical Director of the practice
in 2004. He recently accepted a
position as Physician Supervisor for
Diego Student Health Services. Board
certified in family medicine, Dr.
Behymer completed his family practice
residency at John F. Kennedy Medical
Center in Edison, NJ. He is a member
of the American Academy of Family
Physicians, the California Academy of
Family Physicians, and the American
Medical Association.
California Polytech State University, BS ’82
MODESTO
MATHER
Meng Khauv ’93
Dr. Khauv is an internal medicine
physician working at VA Northern
California Health Care System in
Mather, CA. Board certified in internal
medicine, he completed his internal
medicine residency at Hackensack
University Medical Center in
Hackensack, NJ.
California
Wais Arsala ’08
Dr. Arsala is a sports medicine
physician in practice with Kaiser
Permanente in Modesto, CA. He is
also a team physician for University of
the Pacific. Board certified in family
medicine and sports medicine, Dr.
Arsala completed a family medicine
residency and a sports medicine
fellowship at Kaiser Permanente
Fontana. During his residency, Dr.
Arsala was awarded the Family
Medicine Academic Faculty Resident
of the Year Award in 2009.
BS ’04
Edward Auen ’87
Dr. Auen is an adjunct professor at both
Stanford University and the University
of California at Davis. He is also on the
board of directors of the Community
Hospice, serves as the Medical Director
of both the Community Hospice and
the Golden State Therapy Center, and
is in private group practice with Sutter
Health Central Valley Medical Group.
He is affiliated with Memorial Medical
Center in Modesto, CA. Board certified
in internal medicine and pain medicine,
Dr. Auen completed his internal
medicine residency at Albany Medical
College in 1991.
University of Wisconsin at Madison, BS ’70
University of Wisconsin at Madison,
PhD ’76
Christina Chan ’98
Dr. Chan is a board-certified family
practitioner with Orangeburg Medical
Group in Modesto, CA. She completed
a family medicine residency in the
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals program
with Michigan State University.
William Eidenmuller ’04
Dr. Eidenmuller is a board-certified
emergency medicine attending physician
in the emergency department at
Memorial Medical Center in Modesto,
CA. He completed an emergency
medicine residency at Martin Luther
King Jr./Drew Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA.
BS ’94
Allegheny College, MS ’00
Jorge Garcia-Young III ’00
Dr. Garcia-Young is a radiation
oncologist in private practice in Modesto,
CA. He is the Director of Clinical
Research and the Eastern Cooperative
Oncology Group (ECOG) affiliate
principal investigator at Memorial
Medical Center in Modesto, CA, and
a consultant in medical information
technology and physician liaison at
Sutter Health Systems in Sacramento,
CA. He is also a staff physician at
Memorial Medical Center and Doctors
Medical Center in Modesto. Dr. GarciaYoung completed a preliminary year in
internal medicine at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
Mountainside Hospital, in Montclair,
NJ, in 2001. He then completed a
residency in radiation oncology at
Drexel University College of Medicine,
Hahnemann University Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, serving as Chief
Resident his last year. Dr. Garcia-Young
is board certified in radiation oncology.
He lives in Modesto, CA, with his wife
and their five children.
University of Utah, BA ’95
MONTEREY
Michael Hendrick ’98
Dr. Hendrick opened a solo practice in
Monterey, CA, in 2003. He completed
a family medicine residency at Hamot
Medical Center in Erie, PA, in 2001,
after which he joined a solo practice, got
married, and became a father.
BA ’93
Susan Kubica ’88
Dr. Kubica helped found one of
California’s first hospitalist practices
with On Call-Physicians Medical
Group in Oakland, CA. She is now
in a successful solo retainer internal
medicine practice in Monterey, CA. Dr.
Kubica completed an internal medicine
residency at Hartford Hospital,
University of Connecticut School of
Medicine.
Mikko Helenius ’02
Dr. Helenius is a hospitalist at the
Community Hospital of the Monterey
Peninsula in Monterey, CA. He was
previously in academic practice as an
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
at the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles, CA, where he completed
his internal medicine residency in 2005.
BS ’97
MORENO VALLEY
Shunling Tsang ’08
Dr. Tsang is an attending physician
and faculty member at Riverside
County Regional Medical Center,
Moreno Valley, CA. She completed her
family medicine residency at the same
institution, where she served as Chief
Resident and received the Intern of the
Year Award. Dr. Tsang has a Master of
Public Health from Boston University.
Boston University, MPH ’03
MURIETTA
Elaine Dresbach ’01
Dr. Dresbach works in her own private
practice as an outpatient psychiatrist.
She is bilingual and provides valuable
service to the Spanish-speaking
community. Board certified in
psychiatry, Dr. Dresbach completed her
psychiatry residency at West Virginia
University Hospital.
Delmer Henninger ’82
Dr. Henninger is a pulmonologist in
private practice in Murietta, CA. He
completed his internship and residency
in internal medicine at Coney Island
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and his
care medicine at the University of
Missouri Health Science Center. He has
served as the Chief of the Department
of Medicine and as the Medical
Director of the Intensive Care Unit
and the Cardiopulmonary Department
at both Valley Medical Center and
Rancho Springs Medical Center. Dr.
Henninger is board certified in internal
medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical
care medicine, sleep disorders, and sleep
medicine.
BA ’78
Yoshinobu Mifune ’98
Dr. Mifune, aka “Dr. Yoshi,” is the
Senior Medical Director at Wound
Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center at
Loma Linda University Medical Center
in Murrieta, CA. He is also a President
and Owner of Advanced Wound Care
& Hyperbaric Specialists, PC. Dr.
Yoshi completed his family medicine
residency at Sacred Heart Hospital,
Temple University in Allentown, PA,
where he served as Chief Resident. He is
preventive medicine in the subspecialty
area of undersea and hyperbaric
medicine. He is also a certified
wound specialist, certified hyperbaric
technologist and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Family Medicine,
as well as a Fellow in the American
College of Clinical Wound Specialists.
Prior to joining the medical staff at
LLUMC-Murrieta in 2012, Dr. Yoshi
served as Medical Director at the Center
for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric
Medicine at Trinitas Regional Medical
Center in Elizabeth, NJ, as well as
the Regional Medical Director for
Diversified Clinical Services (currently
Healogics), a national wound care
management company since 2010. From
2007-10, he served as the first Medical
Director at Reading Hospital’s Wound
Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine Center
in Wyomissing, PA. Previously, from
2003-07, he was the Associate Medical
Director at the Comprehensive Wound
Healing Center at Sacred Heart Hospital
in Allentown, PA. Since starting work as
a wound care and hyperbaric medicine
specialist in 2003, Dr. Yoshi has received
numerous Center for Excellence Awards,
and his exceptional outcomes and patient
satisfaction have been ranked among the
top in the nation.
BA ’94
NAPA
Beth Hartung ’97
Dr. Hartung is a hospitalist in the Napa
Valley at Queen of the Valley Medical
Center, and she works with Inpatient
Consultants, IPC. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Highland
Hospital in Oakland, CA, and worked
as a hospitalist in the Northern
California Bay Area for more than
a decade. Dr. Hartung has survived
chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery
to claim 12 years of cancer survivorship.
She has two children with her husband,
fellow St. George’s University alum
Andrew Nothmann.
Georgetown University, BA ’90
NEWHALL
Seira Kurian ’98
Dr. Kurian is working as a physician
specialist for the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health and is
involved exclusively in patient care
activities. After she completed a residency
in pediatrics at the Albany Medical
Center, Dr. Kurian then completed a
residency in preventive medicine at the
State University of New York at Albany,
New York State Department of Health.
Board certified in both preventive
medicine and public health, she also has
a Master of Science in physiology and
biophysics from Georgetown University
and a Master of Public Health from the
State University of New York at Albany.
Dr. Kurian is a member of the American
College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM).
BS ’93
Georgetown University, MS ’94
California
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NEWPORT BEACH
Lorna Carlin ’87
Dr. Carlin is a board-certified
psychiatrist with an added qualification
in geriatric psychiatry, and is working
in forensic psychiatry in Newport
Beach, CA. She completed a psychiatry
residency at the State University of New
York Downstate University Hospital
Health Sciences Center in Brooklyn,
NY.
BA ’67
MA ’81
NORTHRIDGE
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Michael Shabtai ’00
Dr. Shabtai is a physiatrist and pain
management specialist in private
practice in Northridge, CA and is
affiliated with Providence Holy Cross
Medical Center. Board certified in
physical medicine and rehabilitation,
he completed a physical medicine and
rehabilitation residency at Kingsbrook
Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Brook, BS ’94
OAKLAND
Faizan Ahmad ’12
Dr. Ahmad is an internal medicine
resident at Alameda County Medical
Center in Oakland, CA.
Michael Ajuria ’14
Dr. Ajuria is an internal medicine
resident at Highland Hospital-Alameda
County Medical Center in Oakland, CA.
BS ’07
Oliver Khashaya Khakmahd ’89
Dr. Khakmahd is a nephrologist
in private group practice at East
Bay Nephrology Medical Group in
Berkeley, CA and is Medical Director
and President of the Board of Dialysis
Access Center in Oakland, CA. He
is affiliated with Alta Bates Summit
Medical Center. Dr. Khakmahd is
proud to teach St. George’s University
students rotating at Highland Hospital
during their renal rotations. In 1991,
residency at Alameda County Medical
Center before going on to complete
California
a fellowship in nephrology at the
University of California San Francisco
(UCSF) in 1995. He is board certified
in both internal medicine and
nephrology.
University of California at Irvine, MS ’82
Shilpa Patil ’00
Dr. Patil is an attending neonatologist
at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
in Oakland, CA. She is board certified
in both pediatrics and neonatal and
perinatal medicine and is an Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck
School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Patil
completed her residency in pediatrics
at White Memorial Medical Center in
Los Angeles, CA, as Chief Resident.
She then worked briefly as a hospitalist
in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
before moving on to complete a
fellowship in neonatal and perinatal
medicine at LAC+USC Medical Center
and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,
both in Los Angeles, CA.
ONTARIO
Vahid Berdjis ’03
Dr. Berdjis is a board-certified internal
medicine physician with Southern
California Kaiser Permanente Medical
Group, working as a hospitalist out of
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Vineyard
Medical Offices in Ontario, CA. He
residency with Kern Medical Center at
Bakersfield, a UCLA-affiliated academic
center and joined Kaiser Permanente
in 2007.
Tej Naik ’02
Dr. Naik joined the Permanente
Medical Group in 2009 and currently
works for Fontana Medical Center
and Ontario Medical Center in
southern California. Before completing
a fellowship in pulmonary and
critical care medicine at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,
CA, Dr. Naik completed an internal
medicine residency as Chief Resident
at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA. Dr. Naik is board certified
in internal medicine, pulmonary disease,
and critical care medicine.
BS ’97
OXNARD
Arkady Korotinsky ’08
Dr. Korotinsky is a psychiatrist in
private practice in Oxnard, CA. He
as Chief Resident at Georgetown
University Hospital in Washington, DC,
Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
PALO ALTO
Kyle Hinman ’00
Dr. Hinman is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at Stanford Children’s
Health in Palo Alto, CA. He completed
his psychiatry residency at Maricopa
Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ and
his child and adolescent psychiatry
fellowship as Chief Fellow in
Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Hinman is
board certified in both adult psychiatry
and child and adolescent psychiatry.
University of Washington, BS ’95
Lisa Hladik ’09
Dr. Hladik is a primary care physician
at Palo Alto Medical Foundation MillsPeninsula Division in Palo Alto, CA.
residency at California Pacific Medical
Center in San Francisco, where she
received the Primary Care Resident of
the Year Award during her third year.
Stanford University, BA ’01
Vijan Joshi ’12
Dr. Joshi is an internist in private
practice at One Medical Group in Palo
Alto, CA. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Beth Israel
Medical Center in New York, NY.
BA ’07
Loyola University Chicago, MA ’08
PASADENA
John De Beixedon ’88
Dr. De Beixedon has owned and
operated his own non-HMO solo private
medical practice in Pasadena, CA for 15
years. He also serves as Medical Director
of Eaton Canyon Treatment Center,
Medical Director of Balanced Living
Home Health, and as Manager of the
Pasadena Center for Medical Weight
Loss. In addition, Dr. De Beixedon has
a hybrid concierge medical practice.
residency at the University of Virginia
School of Medicine in Charlottesville,
VA. After completing residency, Dr. De
Beixedon spent several years working in
a staff model HMO called FHP until
the mental stagnation pushed him to
join a group practice in his hometown
of Pasadena. In his spare time, Dr. De
Beixedon practices magic regularly at
The Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA
and other venues, serves as a medical
expert for ABC News, and has published
three novels. He is president of The
Pygmy Fund, which is dedicated to
preventing the extinction of the Efe
Pygmies of the Ituri. Dr. De Beixedon
and his wife have two sons.
Duke University, BS ’84
Steven Kushel ’86
Dr. Kushel is working as an emergency
room physician in a fee-for-service
group in California. He completed a
residency in internal medicine.
Columbia University in the City of New
York, AB ’80
Artin Nazarian ’03
Dr. Nazarian is a hospitalist and is
on the clinical faculty at Huntington
Hospital in Pasadena, CA. He
residency at Kaiser Permanente Santa
Clara Medical Center and Medical
Offices in Santa Clara, CA.
Medical Offices in Pleasanton, CA.
residency at Brooklyn Hospital Center
in Brooklyn, NY.
Kakatiya University, BSc ’80
Osmania University, PhD ’88
POMONA
Lisa Nandi-Raptis ’05
Dr. Nandi-Raptis is an emergency
medicine attending physician
specializing in palliative care, practicing
in Southern California. She completed
her emergency medicine residency at
Drexel University College of Medicine
in Philadelphia, PA.
BS ’00
PORTERVILLE
Jaisimaran Sidhu ’05
Dr. Sidhu is practicing family medicine
and aesthetic medicine in Porterville,
CA. She completed a family practice
School of Medicine Central Health in
Lynchburg, VA.
BS ’00
RANCHO CORDOVA
PITTSBURG
Pragnesh Patel ’99
Dr. Patel is an endocrinologist in
private practice with Springhill Medical
Group in Pittsburg, CA and is affiliated
with Sutter Delta Medical Center in
Antioch, CA. He was previoulsy on
staff at Kaiser Permanente Riverside
Medical Center in Riverside, CA. Board
certified in internal medicine and
endocrinology, Dr. Patel completed an
internal medicine residency at MCP
Hahnemann University School of
Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, followed
by an endocrinology fellowship at
Charles Drew University in Los Angeles.
PLEASANTON
Mark Gullapalli ’03
Dr. Gullapalli is a senior physician
with Kaiser Permanente Pleasanton
Rick Phan ’05
Dr. Phan is a primary care physician
at Kaiser Permanente Rancho Cordova
Medical Offices in Rancho Cordova,
CA. He completed a residency in
internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente
Santa Clara Medical Center and
Medical Offices in Santa Clara, CA.
RANCHO
CUCAMONGA
Mandeep Dhaliwal ’08
Dr. Dhaliwal is an emergency medicine
physician in southern California. She
completed an emergency medicine
New York Upstate Medical University
in Syracuse, NY. After residency, she
continued to work in Syracuse for a
few years before moving back to her
hometown on the West Coast.
Derrick Raptis ’05
Dr. Raptis is a pulmonary and
critical care attending physician
practicing in Southern California.
pulmonary medicine, and critical care,
residency at Drexel University College
of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, as
well as a pulmonary and critical
care fellowship at NYU College of
Medicine in New York, NY.
RANCHO MIRAGE
Mark Minot ’13
Dr. Minot is a family medicine resident
at Eisenhower Medical Center in
Rancho Mirage, CA. Before beginning
his medical studies at St. George’s
University, Dr. Minot earned a PhD
from the University of California
at Irvine in 1991 and an MBA from
Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA
in 1996.
BS ’81
University of California at Irvine, PhD ‘91
Pepperdine University, MBA ’96
REDDING
Herbert Monie ’82
Dr. Monie is a semi-retired physician
working two to three days a week on a
mobile clinic, providing medical care
to the homeless. He retired from the
VA Northern California Health Care
System, Redding Outpatient Clinic
in Redding, CA, in 2007. Dr. Monie
completed a family practice residency
at the University of California, Davis
and then worked at a community
clinic. His son, Paul, was born in
Grenada and returned to St. George’s
University to obtain a Master of Public
Health and a Doctor of Medicine. He
is now a family physician boarded in
family practice and sports medicine in
Richland, WA.
Saint Edward’s University, BS ’64
Washington State University, PhD ’72
REDLANDS
Gregory Jones ’85
Dr. Jones is working as a family
practitioner at Beaver Medical Clinic
in Redlands, CA. Board certified in
family medicine, he completed a family
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medicine residency at East Tennessee
State University. Dr. Jones is married to
Dr. Silvia Jones (SGU ’85).
fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases
at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Oakland, in Oakland, CA.
REDONDO BEACH
REDWOOD VALLEY
Eric Arosemena ’82
Dr. Arosemena is a board member and
family practitioner in a large specialty
group focusing on managed care
services in Redondo Beach, CA and
is affiliated with Torrance Memorial
Medical Center, in Torrance, CA.
He completed his residency at the
University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT
and the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
in Los Angeles.
California State University at San Marcos,
BS ’77
David Liu ’02
Dr. Liu is Medical Director and a staff
physician at Consolidated Tribal Health
Project in Redwood Valley, CA. He
is also a Clinical Associate Professor
of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of
Public Health at the and has adjunct
appointments in pediatrics at the
University of California at Davis and in
nursing at Sonoma State University, in
Rehnert Park, CA. Dr. Liu completed
a combined internal medicine and
pediatrics residency at the University
of Hawaii John A. Burns School of
Medicine. He has held positions in the
American Public Health Association and
is a member of the American Academy
of Physicians and the Association of
American Indian Physicians, as well
as a Fellow of the American Academy
of Pediatrics. His research interests
are in social justice, indigenous health,
epigenetics, asthma, cardiovascular
health, and obesity. Before entering St.
George’s University, Dr. Liu earned a
Master of Arts in Political Science from
Columbia University in NYC, a PhD in
Political Science from the University of
Hawaii at Manoa and a JD from William
S. Richardson School of Law, University
of Hawaii at Manoa.
University of California at Davis, BA ’86
University of Hawaii at Manoa, JD ’94
REDWOOD CITY
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Grant Lipman ’01
Dr. Lipman is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Surgery in the Department
of Emergency Medicine, the Associate
Director of the Wilderness Medicine
Fellowship, and an Assistant Research
Director at Stanford University
School of Medicine. Board certified
in emergency medicine, Dr. Lipman
residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center in New York, NY.
Connecticut College, BA ’96
Neel Patel ’00
Dr. Patel is the Medical Director at Fair
Oaks Children’s Clinic, an outpatient
pediatric clinic of San Mateo Medical
Center that serves patients from birth
to 18 years of age. Dr. Patel also
serves as the Chairman for Quality
Assurance for the Ambulatory Clinics
at San Mateo Medical Center where
he leads the quality program for the
ambulatory clinics, and is Vice-Chair of
the Department of Primary Care and
advocates for the providers who deliver
primary care in the SMMC system of
health care. Additionally, Dr. Patel is a
clinical instructor at Stanford University
School of Medicine in the Department
of Neonatology at Lucille Packard
Children’s Hospital where he attends
high risk deliveries. Dr. Patel also attends
in the neonatal intensive care unit at
the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Special Care Nursery at Sequoia Hospital
in Redwood City, CA. He completed
a residency in pediatrics and a clinical
California
RIVERSIDE
Reba Bindra ’02
Dr. Bindra is a board-certified
psychiatrist practicing in Riverside,
CA. She was previously the Director of
Inpatient Psychiatry at Saint Joseph’s
Medical Center in Yonkers, NY and
an Assistant Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at
New York Medical College in Valhalla,
NY. Board certified in psychiatry,
Dr. Bindra completed her psychiatry
residency at Westchester Medical Center
in Valhalla, NY. Dr. Bindra is intensely
and passionately dedicated to mental
health issues, especially those affecting
people with schizophrenia.
Pitzer College, BA ’95
MS ’98
Coretta Gittens ’02
Dr. Gittens is board certified in
internal medicine and pediatrics and
is an attending physician at Fairchild
Medical Hospital in Riverside, CA.
She completed a combined internal
medicine and pediatrics residency
at Staten Island University Hospital,
serving as Chief Resident her final two
years. Dr. Gittens is a resident Fellow of
the American Academy of Pediatricians,
an associate of the American College of
Physicians, and an associate member of
the American Medical Association.
Silvia Jones ’85
Dr. Jones is a board-certified family
medicine physician working at the
University of California at Riverside
in Riverside, CA. She completed her
family medicine residency at East
Tennessee State University in Johnson
City, TN. Dr. Jones is married to Dr.
Gregory Jones (SGU ’85).
Ronald Lo ’01
Dr. Lo is an internist and cardiologist
practicing in California. He completed
a cardiovascular disease fellowship
at Winthrop University Hospital
in Mineola, NY before going on to
a clinical cardiac electrophysiology
fellowship at Stanford University
Medical Center in Stanford, CA. Dr. Lo
is board certified in internal medicine
and cardiovascular disease.
Champaign, BS ’96
Karl Tanara ’99
Dr. Tanara is practicing urgent care
medicine and is a partner at Riverside
Medical Clinic in Riverside, CA.
residency at San Joaquin General
Hospital in French Camp, CA. Dr.
Tanara previously worked for Sunrise
Healthcare Center in Orange County
and Kaiser Permanente, practicing
primary care medicine.
BS ’92
Hayssam Hajar ’97
Dr. Hajar is a hospitalist with the Kaiser
Permanente Roseville Medical Center in
Roseville, CA. He completed his internal
medicine residency at San Joaquin
General Hospital in Stockton, CA.
SACRAMENTO
Glenn Daubert ’01
Dr. Daubert is an emergency medicine
physician and toxicologist with Kaiser
Permanente in Northern California.
He completed his residency in
emergency medicine as Chief Resident
at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Wayne
State University Health Center. Dr.
Daubert then completed a fellowship
in toxicology at the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan in Detroit, MI. Before
entering St. George’s University, Dr.
Daubert served as a captain in the
US Army. He is the past Director
of Clinical and Medical Toxicology
Education at the University of
California, Davis Medical Center
and past Program Director for the
fellowship in medical toxicology. He
was previously an Associate Medical
Director, Sacramento Division, of the
California Poison Control System.
University of Iowa, BSE ’93
Janeline Daubert ’02
Dr. Daubert is an attending
nephrologist at Kaiser Permanente
Sacramento Medical Center and
Medical Offices in Sacramento, CA.
A registered nurse before attending
St. George’s University, Dr. Daubert
residency at the Detroit Medical Center
as Chief Resident, and went on to
complete a nephrology fellowship at the
University of California at Davis.
St. Mary’s College of California, BS ’96
Vicki Duong ’04
Dr. Duong is a pediatrician in private
practice in Sacramento, CA and is
affiliated with Sutter Medical Center.
She completed a pediatrics residency
at the University of Nevada School of
Medicine in Las Vegas, NV.
Douglas Gibson ’02
Dr. Gibson is Assistant Chief of the
Department of Emergency Medicine
at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento
Medical Center and Medical Offices
in Sacramento and Kaiser Permanente
Roseville Medical Center in Roseville,
CA. He is also an assistant clinical
professor, volunteer clinical faculty at
the School of Medicine at the University
of California at Davis. Dr. Gibson
completed his emergency medicine
residency as Chief Resident at Detroit
Receiving Hospital at Wayne State
University in Detroit, MI in July 2005
and relocated to Sacramento, CA.
Jason Gritti ’11
Dr. Gritti is an attending physician
at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento
Medical Center and Medical Offices
in Sacramento, CA. He completed an
internal medicine residency at Long
Island College Hospital in Brooklyn,
NY. Dr. Gritti has a master’s degree in
management from the College of Saint
Scholastica in Duluth, MN and a an
MBA with a Healthcare Management
specialization from American
InterContinental University.
Minnesota State University at Moorhead,
BA ’00
American InterContinental University,
MBA ’06
Teimour Nasirov ’00
Dr. Nasirov is the Medical Director
of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento,
CA, and a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford
University Medical Center, Lucile
Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
He completed a surgery internship at St.
Vincent’s Medical Center in New York,
NY, and a general surgery residency at
the University of North Dakota. Dr.
Nasirov then completed a cardiothoracic
surgery fellowship at Loma Linda
University Medical Center in Loma
Linda, CA, followed by a pediatric
cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at
Stanford University Medical Center in
Stanford, CA. Board certified in surgery
and thoracic surgery, Dr. Nasirov is
a member of the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons and the International Society
for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
North Carolina State University, BS ’94
Azerbaijan Medical University, MD ’94
Golaun Odabaei ’08
Dr. Odabaei is a nephrologist in
Sacramento, CA and is affiliated with
the University of California, Davis
Medical Center. After completing an
internal medicine residency at Alameda
County Medical Center in Oakland,
CA in 2008, Dr. Odabaei completed
University of California, Davis Medical
Center in 2013.
BS ’99
MS ’02
Laura Robinson ’02
Dr. Robinson is an emergency medicine
physician in Sacramento, CA and
is on staff at Methodist Hospital
of Sacramento. She completed her
residency in emergency medicine
at Maimonides Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
St. George’s University School of Graduate
Studies, MSc ’00
Jashan Singh ’03
Dr. Singh is in a group practice and
resides in Sacramento, CA. Board
certified in anesthesiology, he
internship at Long Island College
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, an
anesthesiology residency at Maimonides
Medical Center in Brooklyn and a
cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship
at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, MA.
Shaji Skaria ’07
Dr. Skaria is a pulmonologist in private
practice in Sacramento, CA with Mercy
Medical Group and is affiliated with
Mercy Hospital in Folsom, Mercy San
Juan Medical Center in Carmichael,
as well as Mercy General Hospital
and Methodist Hospital, both in
Sacramento, CA. Board certified in
internal medicine and pulmonary
medicine residency, an extra Chief
Residency year and a pulmonary
and critical care fellowship at State
University of New York at Stony Brook
Hospital in Stony Brook, NY.
Saint John’s University, BS ’03
Jeanne Yu ’00
Dr. Yu is a colorectal surgeon in private
practice with Sutter Health Medical
Group in Sacramento, CA. She
Livingston, NJ and a colon and rectal
surgery fellowship at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
BS ’95
MS ’96
SAN DIEGO
Joseph Allen ’99
Dr. Allen is in private practice at Point
Loma Family Practice and Sports
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Medicine, affiliated with Sharp Medical
Group, in San Diego, CA. He completed
his family medicine internship, residency,
and chief residency at St. Joseph’s
Regional Medical Center-Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, in Paterson, NJ
before going on to a primary care sports
medicine fellowship at University of
California, San Diego. Dr. Allen is a
Fellow of the American Academy of
Family Physicians, and a Lieutenant
Commander in the US Navy Medical
Reserve attached to Navy Medical
Center-San Diego. Dr. Allen is board
certified in both family medicine and
sports medicine. He is a Senior FAA
Aviation Medical Examiner, and is
approved by Virgin Galactic, LLC
to perform spaceflight participant
screening exams. He serves as Team
Physician for Point Loma High School
Football, OMBAC Rugby, and Team
USA Rugby Sevens, and has been the
Consulting Physician to Point Loma
Nazarene University since 2003. Dr.
Allen volunteers as House Physician
for the San Diego Symphony, and
as Clinic Coordinator for the Flying
Samaritans, SoCal Chapter. Dr. Allen is
also a working artist, and his collected
works are on display in the United
States, Mexico, England, France, Poland,
Australia, Chile, Brazil, and Grenada.
San Diego State University, BS ’91
San Diego State University, MS ’95
Lisa Arian ’82
Dr. Arian has been in private practice
in internal medicine and endocrinology
in San Diego, CA since 1989. She is
affiliated with Sharp Memorial Hospital
and Sharp Mary Birch Hosptial for
Women and Newborns. Dr. Arian
completed her internship at Coney
Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and
her internal medicine residency and
endocrinology fellowship at the State
University of New York at Buffalo.
Thuy Lien Dang ’99
Dr. Dang is in a private allergy and
immunology practice with Southern
California Kaiser Permanente Medical
Group in San Diego, CA. Board
certified in pediatrics and allergy and
immunology, Dr. Dang completed a
of California, San Diego followed by
an allergy and immunology fellowship
at Creighton University School of
Medicine in Omaha, NE.
BS ’93
California
Viet Dao ’03
Dr. Dao is a family medicine physician
in private practice with Sutter Health
Medical Group in San Diego, CA. He
at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
in Colton, CA.
University of Redlands, BS ’98
Christopher DuCoin ’09
Dr. DuCoin is a fellow of minimally
invasive and hepatobiliary surgery at
the University of California, San Diego.
He completed his general surgery
residency as Chief Resident at Orlando
Regional Medical Center in Orlando,
FL. Dr. DuCoin is past president of
the Florida Chapter Resident Executive
Council of the American College of
Surgeons, was previously Vice Chair
of the national organization, Resident
and Associate Society of the American
College of Surgeons, and past resident
liaison of the Association of Program
Directors in Surgery. He has multiple
publications and presentations
regarding minimally invasive and
hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. DuCoin was
the recipient of the Resident of the Year
Award in 2012, the Academic Research
Award, also in 2012, and the Surgical
Resident of the Year Award in 2011. In
2005, Dr. DuCoin earned a Master of
Public Health in Epidemiology from
Tulane School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, LA.
Tulane University, BS ’03
Tulane University, MPH ’05
Billie Green ’83
Dr. Green is an internist in private
practice in San Diego, CA and is on
staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Green completed an
internal medicine residency at the State
University of New York at Brooklyn
Health Science Center.
Temple University, AB ’76
Thomas Kelly ’99
Dr. Kelly is a pediatric endocrinologist
at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
and an Assistant Clinical Professor of
Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of
Medicine. He completed a pediatrics
residency at the New York Medical
College at Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY, followed by a
fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at
Yale University in New Haven, CT.
University of California at Riverside, BA ’91
Gargi Kubal ’99
Dr. Kubal is a board-certified physician
in a private pediatrics practice affiliated
with Sharp Health Care in San Diego,
CA. She completed her pediatrics
residency at the New York Medical
College at Westchester Medical Center
in Valhalla, NY.
Occidental College, BA ’94
Tung Lai ’98
Dr. Lai is in a private internal
medicine practice in San Diego, CA.
York Health Science Center in Brooklyn,
NY.
Robert Lew ’12
Dr. Lew is an internist in private
practice in San Diego, CA. He
Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington, CT.
BS ’05
George Mueller ’82
Dr. Mueller is a general surgeon with
subspecialization in bariatric surgery
in practice with Sharp Community
Medical Group and serves as the medical
Director of Bariatric Surgery at Sharp
Memorial Hospital in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Mueller completed his general
surgery residency at Millard Fillmore
Hospital in Buffalo, NY, where he was
also Chief Resident. He is board certified
in general surgery and is a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons.
Larry Pollack ’82
Dr. Pollack is Chairman of the
Department of Surgery, as well as
Chief of Plastic Surgery at Sharp
Memorial Hospital in San Diego, CA.
Board certified in plastic surgery, Dr.
Pollack completed a general surgery
residency at Millard Fillmore Hospital
in Buffalo, NY, and a two-year plastic
surgery residency at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque. He is a
member of the American College of
Surgeons and the California Society of
Plastic Surgeons.
Robert Semo ’82
Dr. Semo is an Associate Clinical
Professor at the University of
California at San Diego and holds a
position at the University of California
at San Diego Veterans Affairs
Healthcare System, where he created
the Woman’s Gynecology Program.
He is also an Associate Professor at St.
George’s University. Board certified
Semo completed his obstetrics and
gynecology residency at the State
University of New York at Syracuse. He
is a member of the American Medical
Association and a member and Fellow
of the American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecology.
Rutgers University at Rutgers College,
BS ’77
Bradley Spitz ’85
Dr. Spitz is a physician in private
practice in San Diego, CA and is the
Chief of Medicine at Scripps-Mercy
Hospital. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Franklin Square
Hospital in Baltimore, MD, followed by
a pulmonary and critical care fellowship
at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix,
AZ. Dr. Spitz previously served as the
Pulmonary Section Chief at Mercy
Hospital and the Chief of Staff at
VenCor Hospital.
Dan Tong ’03
Dr. Tong is an internal medicine
physician specializing in hospitalist
medicine with Southern California
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
at San Diego Medical Center and
Palomar Medical Center. He also
serves as the Chair of the Pharmacy
and Therapeutics Committee in San
Diego and is on the faculty for the
Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine
Residency Program. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Tong completed
an internal medicine internship at the
University of Maryland Medical School
and a residency at the University of
California at San Diego.
BS ’97
Dhwanishiva Vasani ’12
Dr. Vasani is an internal medicine
physician in private practice in San Diego
with Sharp Community Medical Group
and is affiliated with Sharp Memorial
medicine residency at Washington
Hospital Center, Georgetown University
in Washington, DC.
BS ’06
SAN FRANCISCO
Amy Leung ’08
Dr. Leung is a psychiatrist in private
practice with Psychiatric Alternatives
and Wellness Center in San Francisco,
CA. She completed a psychiatry
residency at Duke University Medical
Center in Durham, NC.
BA ’03
Douglas Marania ’10
Dr. Marania is a sports medicine
physician at San Francisco State
University. He completed a family
medicine residency at Kaiser
Permanente Woodland Hills Medical
Center. Dr. Marania then completed a
sports medicine fellowship and served
as Chief Fellow at John Peter Smith
Hospital in Fort Worth, TX.
Michael McCarthy ’02
Dr. McCarthy has worked as a
hospitalist in northern California
since 2006. A Fellow of the American
College of Physicians, he completed
the University of Virginia School of
Medicine, in Charlottesville. Since
2005, Dr. McCarthy has worked at
large university centers as well as at
tiny hospitals in rural areas, which has
helped him understand the medical
challenges inherent for such hospitals
and their communities. Dr. McCarthy
also holds a PhD in Bioengineering.
San Jose State University, BS ’80
PhD ’95
Sam Pejham ’97
Dr. Pejham is an Assistant Clinical
at San Francisco School of Medicine
and the Director of Tri-Valley Pediatrics,
a group practice in Pleasanton, CA.
He also serves as Vice Chief of the
Department of Pediatrics and Chief
of Information Technology at Valley
Care Medical Center. Board certified
in pediatrics, Dr. Pejham completed
his pediatrics residency at New York
Medical College, where he also
published his first paper in Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal. With a special
interest in asthma and allergy, he has
been interviewed extensively in the
media and has given numerous lectures
to doctors and the general public on
this topic. In January 2010, Dr. Pejham
released his first iPhone and iPod
touch application, AsthmaMD, which
he co-created as a free app to help
asthma sufferers track their asthma and
share their data with their physicians
easily, while providing invaluable
crowdsourcing data for asthma research.
He is conducting a research project with
Presidio Health at California Pacific
Medical Center’s emergency room
in San Francisco, CA, to study the
reduction rate of asthma readmissions to
the hospital ERs when patients are using
AsthmaMD at the time of discharge.
He also received a grant from UCSF to
expand the availability of AsthmaMD
on multiple mobile platforms.
BA ’93
Jennifer Reno ’01
Dr. Reno is an integrative medicine
physician at the Institute for Health and
Healing in San Francisco. She completed
an integrative medicine fellowship at
the University of Arizona and treated
acute and chronic disease at TIAACREF for three years. Board certified in
family medicine, she completed a family
practice residency at Glendale Adventist
Medical Center in Glendale, CA.
California State University at Sacramento,
BA ’95
SAN GABRIEL
Seint Yee ’04
Dr. Yee is an attending physician at
the University of Southern California’s
Emergency Medicine Department,
Urgent Care. She completed an
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
program at Kaiser Foundation Hospital
in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Yee is board
certified in internal medicine.
SAN JOSE
Alexander Doan ’95
Dr. Doan is practicing as a nephrologist
in San Jose, CA, and at Stanford
University, where he plans to teach
and to continue clinical research. After
completing his three-year residency
Francisco Alameda County Medical
Center, Dr. Doan began a fellowship
in nephrology at Stanford University
Medical Center.
California
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Amina Kim ’94
A hospitalist since 1998, Dr. Kim is
the Medical Director of an inpatient
physician group in San Jose, CA. She
residency at the John H. Stroger Jr.
Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, IL.
Boston University, BA ’87
Marco Randazzo ’97
Dr. Randazzo works at O’Connor
Hospital in San Jose, CA, where he is
involved in training family practice
residents who rotate through the
department. He completed a one-year
internal medicine program, followed
by an emergency medicine residency
at Alameda County Medical Center,
Highland General Hospital in Oakland,
CA. After completing residency, Dr.
Randazzo worked briefly as a part-time
teaching attending at Highland General
Hospital, while working for Kaiser
Permanente San Jose.
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Harsha Vittal ’99
Dr. Vittal is in private practice at South
Bay Gastroenterology in San Jose,
CA. He completed a gastroenterology
fellowship at the University of Texas
Medical Branch in Galveston, TX, and
a therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at
the Maine Medical Center in Portland,
ME. Before entering these fellowships,
Dr. Vittal was an Assistant Professor of
Medicine at the University of Nevada in
Reno, NV, where he also completed his
internal medicine residency.
SAN LEANDRO
Jennifer Teng ’04
Dr. Teng is an attending emergency
medicine physician at Kaiser
Permanente San Leandro Medical
Center in San Leandro, CA. She
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
BA ’96
SAN LUIS OBISPO
Frank Mazzone ’84
Dr. Mazzone is the owner of a family
practice facility, Family & Industrial
Medical Center, in San Luis Obispo,
CA. He completed his family practice
California
residency at the Polyclinic Medical
Center in Harrisburg, PA. Before
attending St. George’s University
School of Medicine, Dr. Mazzone was a
physician assistant.
BA ’77
Ardeshir Talieh ’88
Dr. Talieh is an internal medcine
Coastal Communities Physician
Network in San Luis Obispa, CA and
is the Chief Medical Officer and Head
of Internal Medicine at eCureMe.com.
He is involved in the development
of telemedicine, telesurgery, and
telehealthcare.
BS ’82
Michael Viggianelli ’82
Dr. Viggianelli a family medicine
physician in San Luis Obispo, CA
and is affiliated with the VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Board certified in family medicine,
he completed a family medicine
residency at Albany Medical Center
in Albany, NY. Dr. Viggianelli’s career
has involved work in private practice
and correctional medicine and he has
been elected Chief of Staff and been an
administrator running a 52-bed hospital
and a large medical staff.
SAN PABLO
Kimberly Ceci ’08
Dr. Ceci is a family medicine physician
at a federally qualified health center,
LifeLong Medical Care, Brookside
San Pablo location, which is in an
urban-underserved setting in the San
Francisco Bay Area of California. She
practices outpatient full-scope family
medicine and, in 2013, was appointed
Associate Medical Director of LifeLong
Medical Care. Dr. Ceci is also an
adjunct professor for Touro University
School of Osteopathy, in San Francisco,
CA. Board certified in family medicine,
Dr. Ceci completed her family and
community medicine residency at
the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. Before beginning at St.
George’s University, Dr. Ceci earned a
Master of Public Health in Maternal
Child/International Health from
Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
Davidson College, BS ’00
SAN PEDRO
Midhat Qidwai ’00
Dr. Qidwai is a board-certified
anesthesiologist and serves on the
medical staffs of multiple private
hospitals in the South Bay area of
California. His interests are in cardiac,
obstetric, and regional anesthesia. Dr.
Qidwai completed his residency in
anesthesiology at the Harbor–UCLA
Medical Center. He held the position of
Chief Resident and spearheaded multiple
committees to improve the residency
experience. Dr. Qidwai’s research
projects were presented at the Western
Anesthesia Regional Conference.
BS ’95
SAN RAMON
Yusaf Mardanzai ’00
Dr. Mardanzai is the Medical Director
of Inpatient Medicine and an attending
physician at Prestige Med, Inc. in
San Ramon, CA. He also serves as an
Associate Professor of Medicine in the
physician assistant program at Samuel
Merritt College in Oakland, CA. Dr.
Mardanzai completed his residency in
California, San Francisco, Alameda
County Medical Center.
California State University at East Bay,
BS ’94
SANTA ANA
Teneese Nguyen ’94
Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified
internal medicine and geriatrics
physician in private practice. After
she completed her internal medicine
residency at Drew Medical Center in
Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Nguyen went
on to a fellowship in geriatrics at the
University of California, Irvine.
SANTA BARBARA
Richard Lehman ’02
Dr. Lehman is a staff physician in
pediatric critical care at Santa Barbara
Children’s Hospital in Santa Barbara,
CA and a Clinical Assistant Professor at
Keck School of Medicine of USC Los
Angeles. He is also an Adjunct Professor
at the University of California, Santa
Barbara. Dr. Lehman has worked as
a staff physician at Sunrise Children’s
Hospital in Las Vegas, NV and at St.
Luke’s Presbyterian in Denver, CO
since 2010. He completed his pediatric
residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Dr.
Lehman then completed a fellowship in
pediatric critical care at the University
of Virginia in Richmond. While at St.
George’s University, Dr. Lehman also
earned a Master of Science.
Clarkson University, BS ’92
Studies, MSc ’00
SANTA ROSA
Victor Sanders ’11
Dr. Sanders has recently begun work
as a hospitalist with Annadel Medical
Group, practicing at Santa Rosa
Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa,
CA. In 2014, Dr. Sanders completed
the south campus internal medicine
residency program at the University of
Arizona Medical Center in Tucson.
University of San Diego, BA ’04
SELMA
SANTA CLARITA
Chuck Huang ’00
Dr. Huang is practicing endocrinology in
Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Lancaster, and
Burbank, CA. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Brown University
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island,
followed by an endocrinology fellowship
at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
Thomas Kurian ’09
Dr. Kurian is a physician working in
private practice in Santa Clarita, CA.
He completed a pediatric residency
at Winthrop University Hospital in
Mineola, NY before completing a
fellowship in child neurology at Georgia
Regents University in Augusta, GA.
Illinois Institute of Technology, BS ’05
SANTA MONICA
William Huang ’01
Dr. Huang is a board-certified general
and addiction psychiatrist in private
practice in Santa Monica, CA and is
Chief Psychiatrist with the California
Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation at Pleasant Valley State
Prison. He is also a staff addiction
psychiatrist at Promises Treatment
Centers in Malibu, CA and is Chief
Executive Officer of Premium Registry
Network, Inc., a nursing registry
company providing nursing staff for
local hospitals in Southern California.
Dr. Huang completed his general
psychiatry residency and served as
Chief Resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles, CA. He stayed
on to finish his addiction psychiatry
fellowship and continues to work with
underserved communities in California.
BS ’95
Thomas Lauck ’96
Dr. Lauck is a family medicine
physician in Selma, CA and is
affiliated with Community Regional
Medical Center in Fresno, CA and
Selma Community Hospital. After
he completed his residency in family
medicine at St. Clare’s Hospital in
Schenectady, NY, Dr. Lauck went on
to a fellowship in faculty development
Francisco. He enjoys skiing, camping,
woodworking, flying, and canoeing.
McMaster University, BA ’87
SIMI VALLEY
Mohan Lakhani ’02
Dr. Lakhani is a cardiologist in private
practice at Lakhani Cardiology in Simi
Valley, CA. Dr. Lakhani completed
an internal medicine residency at New
York University Downtown Hospital, a
heart failure/transplant fellowship at
the University of Utah, and a general
cardiology fellowship at Albany Medical
College. He was then appointed to the
academic faculty at Albany Medical
College while he completed his
fellowship training in interventional
cardiology, focusing on structural heart
disease interventions and peripheral
ventricular assist devices. His primary
responsibility at Albany Medical
College was managing end-stage heart
failure, transplant, and ventricular
assist device patients. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Lakhani is
a member of the American Medical
Association, the American College of
Cardiology, and the American College
of Physicians.
University of Miami, BA ’96
John Nolan ’97
Dr. Nolan has worked at Kaiser
Permanente Simi Valley Medical Offices
in Simi Valley, CA, since 2005 and has
been a partner there since 2008. Board
certified in family medicine, Dr. Nolan
at the University of Southern California,
where he also served as Chief Resident.
After his residency, he remained as an
Assistant Professor at the University of
Southern California until 2005.
BA ’93
SOLANA BEACH
Philip Sanderson ’82
Dr. Sanderson is a family medicine
physician at Scripps Coastal Medical
Center in Solana Beach, CA. He has
also been a clinical instructor at the
University of California at San Diego
School of Medicine since 1988. He
at St. Frances Hospital and Medical
Center.
BA ’72
SOUTH GATE
Michael Salama ’11
Dr. Salama is a family medicine
physician at San Miguel Medical Clinic
in South Gate, CA. He completed a
family medicine residency at The Ohio
State University in Columbus, OH,
where he was the recipient of the Intern
of the Year Award and the Educational
Excellence Award and was also named
Resident of the Month. During
residency, Dr. Salama earned his MBA
from Fisher College of Business in
Columbus, OH. He also obtained
a Master of Public Health from St.
George’s University.
MPH ’07
STANFORD
Gracia Mui ’10
Dr. Mui is a Neurocritical Care Fellow
at Stanford University in Stanford,
CA. After completing a preliminary
medicine year at Long Island College
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Mui
completed a neurology residency,
serving as Chief Resident in her final
year, at the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine in Farmington.
During her residency, Dr. Mui received
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the Clinical Excellence in the Treatment
of Ischemic Stroke Award three years in
a row and in 2014, received the Arnold
P. Gold Award for Humanism and
Excellence in Teaching.
BS ’04
MPH ’06
STOCKTON
Jessica Willett ’13
Dr. Willett is a family medicine resident
Stockton, CA. Her interests include
minor surgical procedures and
pediatric/adolescent health care. Upon
completion of her residency, Dr. Willett
plans on providing care to an athleteoriented patient population, while also
working in urgent care centers.
Ithaca College, BS ’06
TEMECULA
Gregory Veazey ’10
Dr. Veazey is an attending physician at
Temecula Valley Hospital in Temecula,
CA. He completed a general surgery
internship at Saint Joseph Hospital in
Denver, CO, followed by an emergency
medicine residency at Kern Medical
Center in Bakersfield, CA. Dr. Veazey
earned a Master of Science in Biology at
California State University at San Marcos.
Point Loma Nazarene University, BA ’99
California State University at San Marcos,
MS ’04
THOUSAND OAKS
Bahman Falakassa ’81
Dr. Falakassa is in a group practice,
specializing in internal medicine and
gastroenterology in Sun Valley, CA
and is affiliated with Pacific Alliance
Medical Center. He completed a
residency and a two-year fellowship
in gastroenterology at Martin Luther
King, Jr. Community Hospital in Los
Angeles, CA.
Samuel Slomowitz ’08
Dr. Slomowitz is working in private
practice in Thousand Oaks, CA
and serves as one of the Medical
Directors of the Nancy Reagan Breast
Cancer Center in Simi Valley, CA.
residency at the University of Utah,
followed by a hematology/oncology
residency at the Huntsman Cancer
Institute, University of Utah, in Salt
Lake City, where he served as Chief
Resident. Dr. Slomowitz’s research
specialization is in thoracic oncology.
He is married to St. George’s University
School of Veterinary Medicine graduate,
Megan Fitzgibbon, class of 2009.
BS ’03
TARZANA
TORRANCE
Kathleen Bradley ’88
Dr. Bradley is working in a high-risk
obstetrics practice in San Fernando
Valley, CA. Board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology and in
maternal-fetal medicine (perinatology),
she completed an obstetrics and
gynecology residency as Chief Resident
at Brooklyn Hospital. Dr. Bradley
then went on to complete a neonatalperinatal medicine fellowship at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA. She was an Assistant
Clinical Professor at the University of
California at Los Angeles, School of
Medicine, from 1994 to 2001.
Occidental College, AB ’81
Tracy Bercu ’05
Dr. Bercu is working as a hospitalist
at Torrance Memorial Medical Center
in Torrance, CA. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Bercu
residency at the University of Virginia.
She then went on to complete an
infectious disease fellowship at the
Medical Center.
Michigan State University, BS ’85
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SUN VALLEY
California
Danny Dan ’05
Dr. Dan is an obstetrics and gynecology
hospitalist at Magella Medical Group
in Torrance, CA. Board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology, he completed
at Staten Island University Hospital
in Staten Island, NY. After residency,
Dr. Dan was an attending physician at
Axminster Medical Group in Torrance,
CA from 2009-12.
University of Southern California, BA ’99
William Kim ’82
Dr. Kim is an internal medicine physician
who recently opened a personalized
medical practice in Torrance, CA. He
was previously a partner at the South
Bay Family Medical Group in Redondo
Beach, CA and was Director of the
Whitlow Emergency Medical Group
and the Chairman of the Department
of Emergency Medicine at South Bay
Hospital. Dr. Kim completed his internal
medicine residency at Trenton Affiliated
Hospital and is board certified.
Chaminade University of Honolulu, BA ’76
TRUCKEE
Jeanne Murphy-Plumb ’01
Dr. Plumb practices general family
medicine, sports medicine, and
urgent care medicine at Truckee
Tahoe Medical Group in Tahoe City
and Squaw Valley, CA. She is on the
Voluntary Clinical Faculty at the
University of California, Davis School
of Medicine and she also teaches
sports medicine fellows from various
programs at the Squaw Valley Ski
Resort clinic. Dr. Plumb is on active
staff and currently serves as Vice Chief
of Medicine at Tahoe Forest Hospital
in Truckee, CA. Dr. Plumb completed
her residency in family medicine at the
University of Nevada, Reno program,
serving as Chief Resident from 200304. She is board certified in family
medicine and lives in Tahoe City, CA,
with her husband and two children.
Christopher Skaff ’99
Dr. Skaff has been an attending
emergency room physician at Tahoe
Forest Hospital District since 2007.
He currently serves as Vice Chairman
of the Department of Emergency
Medicine at Tahoe Forest Hospital
District Volunteer Clinical Faculty at
the University of California, Davis,
as well as the University of Nevada,
Reno. Dr. Skaff completed his family
medicine residency at Arrowhead
Regional Medical Center and then went
on to a sports medicine fellowship at the
University of California, San Diego.
BA ’94
Studies, MSc ’97
Oleg Vayner ’01
Dr. Vayner is a pediatrician serving
the Truckee, CA area at the Tahoe
Forest MultiSpecialty Clinics Pediatric
Office. He was previously an attending
physician at Columbia Presbyterian
Children’s Hospital of New York from
2004-12. He completed a pediatric
residency at Maimonides Medical
Center in Brooklyn, NY, before
earning his Master of Public Health at
Columbia University in 2010.
UNION CITY
Thao Phan ’01
Dr. Phan has been working at Kaiser
Permanente Union City Medical Offices
in Union City, CA, in the Department
of Medicine since 2005. He is the lead
physician for the young adult service
at his facility and also volunteers as the
Director of Medicine for the Ashland
Free Medical Clinic in San Lorenzo,
CA. Board certified in family medicine,
Dr. Phan completed his family
of Texas, Medical Branch Hospitals, in
Galveston, TX, in 2004.
VAN NUYS
Anhtuan Tran ’02
Dr. Tran is in private practice at St.
Paul Medical Clinic in Van Nuys, CA.
in Phoenix, AZ.
BS ’96
VENTURA
Robert Frey ’01
Dr. Frey is Chief Executive Officer of
Pacific Pain Management Inc., serving
Ventura County, CA in the practice
of pain management. He assists SGU
SOM as an admissions interviewer. Dr.
Frey has published outcomes research
using spinal cord stimulation, and uses
his St. George’s University education to
train surgeons during live fluoroscopic
cadaver lectures. An international
educator in spinal cord stimulation,
Dr. Frey teaches pain physicians and
neurosurgeons around the world as a
Key Opinion Leader and consultant for
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation. Dr.
Frey completed an internal medicine
internship at Maricopa Medical Center
in Phoenix, AZ and an anesthesiology
residency at the University of Arizona
as Chief Resident. He then served as
Chief Fellow of Pain Management at
the University of California at Irvine.
Double board certified in anesthesiology
and pain management, Dr. Frey also
holds a Key Executive MBA from
Pepperdine University, in Malibu, CA.
When not practicing, he serves the
state of California as a member of the
Mountain Rescue Association. Dr. Frey
is a volunteer for the Sheriff’s Office as a
member of Ventura County Search and
Rescue air unit operations, advanced
wilderness life support, night tracking,
and high alpine rope rescue.
BS ’91
Kourosh Parsapour ’98
Dr. Parsapour is an attending physician
in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
at Ventura County Medical Center in
Ventura, CA. For nearly a decade, Dr.
Parsapour has worked with clinicians,
administrators, and health policy makers
to support the use and advancement of
telemedicine. He is co-founder of the
American Telemedicine Association’s
Pediatric Telehealth Discussion Group
and the Pediatric Telehealth Colloquium
with experience in both academics and
startups. Dr. Parsapour is board certified
in pediatrics and pediatric critical care
and has held faculty positions at the
University of California, at both the
Davis and Irvine campuses. He was the
first Director of the Pediatric Transport
Team at Miller Children’s Hospital,
California’s largest freestanding
tertiary center for kids. He obtained
his Healthcare Executive MBA after
the successful exit of his first startup,
Telepeds. Specialists on Call, the leading
provider of telestroke services, acquired
Telepeds within one year of its inception.
Dr. Parsapour remains passionate about
the current state of health care and
its need for innovative technologies.
Currently, he is the founder and CEO
of personalRN (pRN), which provides
disease-specific mobile health (mHealth)
education which is personalized to needs
of the patient and their caregivers. After
completing both a pediatrics residency
and a pediatric emergency medicine
fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit, MI, Dr. Parsapour went on to a
fellowship in pediatric critical care at the
Children’s Hospital of San Diego.
WALNUT CREEK
Arian Nachat ’01
Dr. Nachat is the Director of Integrative
Medicine and an emergency medicine
attending with Kaiser Permanente
Walnut Creek Medical Center in
Walnut Creek, CA and serves as a
medical advisor for Healthiest, Inc.
Board certified in emergency medicine
and hospice and palliative care and
trained in traditional Chinese medicine,
Dr. Nachat continues to be involved
in clinical research and teaching. Dr.
Nachat completed an emergency
medicine residency at Beth Israel
Medical Center in New York, NY and
an undersea and hyperbaric medicine
fellowship at Long Beach Memorial
Medical Center in Long Beach, CA.
Sarah Lawrence College, BA ’94
Valerie Schneider ’91
Dr. Schneider is in private practice in
a subspecialty group in Walnut Creek,
CA. She is the Medical Director of the
respiratory care, pulmonary function
lab, and pulmonary rehabilitation
programs at a private hospital. Dr.
Schneider completed her residency in
internal medicine at Highland General
Hospital in Oakland, CA and her
fellowship at California Pacific Medical
Center in San Francisco, CA.
Saurin Shah ’03
Dr. Shah is a cardiothoracic surgeon
in private practice with Sutter Health
with offices in Walnut Creek and
Castro Valley, CA and is affiliated
with Alta Bates Summit Medical
Center, Sutter Delta Medical Center
and Eden Medical Center. Dr. Shah
completed a general surgery residency,
followed by a cardiothoracic surgery
fellowship, at Albany Medical Center
in Albany, NY. He then went on to
complete an advanced minimally
invasive thoracic surgery fellowship at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles, CA. Dr. Shah is board certified
in general surgery and board eligible in
cardiothoracic surgery. He and his wife,
Amee Mapara Shah (SGU ’03) live in
the Bay Area in Northern California.
McMaster University, BSc ’99
Zahid Shaikh ’08
Dr. Shaikh is a hospitalist at John Muir
Medical Center in Walnut Creek, CA
and is affiliated with Sutter East Bay
Physicians Medical Group and Alta
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Bates Medical Group. He previously
worked as a hospitalist with Kaiser
Permanente in California. Board
Shaikh completed an internal medicine
residency at New York Hospital Medical
Center of Queens, NY. He is fluent in
English, Hindi, Sindhi, and Urdu and
can speak some Spanish.
BS ’03
WEST HILLS
Paul Diehl ’85
Dr. Diehl is in private practice in
internal medicine in West Hills, CA
and is affiliated with West Hills
Hospital and Medical Center. He
residency at The Brooklyn Hospital
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, BS ’81
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WOODLAND HILLS
Emil Banayan ’07
Dr. Banayan is a board-certified
internist with Southern California
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills
Medical Center in Woodland Hills, CA.
residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital and
Jitesh Patel ’00
Dr. Patel is a board-certified
gastroenterologist and hepatologist with
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills
Medical Center in Woodland Hills, CA,
as well as a clinical gastroenterology
instructor at the University of Southern
California. He completed an internal
medicine residency as Chief Resident,
followed by a gastroenterology and
liver fellowship at Los Angeles CountyUniversity of Southern California
Medical Center.
Azusa Pacific University, BS ’92
WESTMINSTER
Gary Jacobs ’82
Dr. Jacobs is practicing internal
medicine and addiction medicine
in Westminster, CA. He completed
a residency in internal medicine at
St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx,
NY. He is board certified in addiction
medicine by the American Society of
Addiction Medicine.
BS ’71
MA ’75
WINDSOR
Lawrence Williamson ’97
Dr. Williamson has a solo practice
in Windsor, CA. He also works as an
emergency department physician in
Northern California. Prior to studying
medicine, Dr. Williamson was an
emergency department registered nurse
in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Williamson
completed his family medicine residency
in Racine, WI.
BA ’92
California
YUBA CITY
Peter Bravos ’96
Dr. Bravos is the Chief of Anesthesiology
and Pain Management and the Medical
Director and Chief of Staff at Sutter
North Medical, Ambulatory Surgery
and Endoscopy Centers. He completed
his anesthesiology residency as Chief
Resident at Los Angeles County
University of Southern California
Medical Center. Dr. Bravos is a
Diplomatee of the American Board of
Anesthesiologists and the American
Board of Medical Specialists.
COLORADO
ASPEN
John Glismann ’81
Dr. Glismann is the Physician
Director and Department Chair of the
Emergency Department at Aspen Valley
Hospital. He is also the owner and
operator of the Snowmass Urgent Care
Clinic. Dr. Glismann is board certified
in emergency medicine and completed
his residency at George Washington
University Hospital in Washington, DC.
Southern Utah University, BS ’76
AURORA
Immanuel Amissah ’06
Dr. Amissah is Medical Director
of Hope Family Practice in Aurora,
CO and is a hospitalist with Sound
Physicians. He completed his residency
in family medicine at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.
University of Ghana, BSc ’98
Darlene Tad-y ’05
Dr. Tad-y is an Assistant Professor
in the Division of General Internal
Medicine at the University of Colorado
School of Medicine. Board certified in
internal medicine, she completed an
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Truman State University, BA ’00
COLORADO SPRINGS
Joseph Maslak ’95
Dr. Maslak recently accepted a position
with the University of Colorado as
a hospitalist and Co-Director of the
Hospitalist program at the Memorial
Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO. He
is a Fellow of the American College of
Physicians and a member of the American
Medical Society, as well as the El Paso
Medical Society and the Colorado State
Medical Society. Dr. Maslak completed
an internship and residency in internal
medicine at Albany Medical Center in
Albany, NY. He then practiced traditional
internal medicine from 1999–2013,
serving as Chief of the Internal Medicine
Department and as an active member
of the Medical Executive Committee at
both Galesburg Hospital and St. Mary’s
Medical Center. Dr. Maslak held the title
of President for the Knox Medical Society
for several terms and was also a member
of the Illinois State Medical Society.
Le Moyne College, BS ’91
Jeanette Valentin ’96
Dr. Valentin began working as a
hospitalist with the University of
Colorado at the Memorial Hospital
Campus in Colorado Springs, CO in
2013, before which she practiced internal
medicine primary care, traditional care
medicine in Galesburg, IL from 1999–
2013. Board certified and recertified
in internal medicine, Dr. Valentin
at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY.
She and her husband, Joseph Maslak,
MD (SGU ’95), are both Fellows of the
have had the privilege to return to St.
George’s University School of Medicine
as visiting professors. She has served on
the Medical Executive Committee and
other committees at Galesburg Hospital
and St. Mary’s Hospital and she is a
member of the El Paso Medical Society
and Colorado State Medical Society.
Dr. Valentin is a consultant for Pfizer
Inc. and has been a member of the Knox
County Medical Society, the Illinois
State Medical Society, the American
Medical Society, the American Physician
Executive Society, as well as the Woman’s
Medical Society.
Seton Hall University, BS ’91
DENVER
R. Kevin Flynn ’06
Dr. Flynn is living and working in
Denver, CO for Ergentus, a Colorado-
based emergency service physician
group, at Lutheran Medical Center
and Good Samaritan Medical Center.
Dr. Flynn completed an emergency
medicine residency at St. John Hospital
and Medical Center in Detroit, MI. He
then worked as an emergency medicine
attending physician at Henry Ford
Wyandotte Hospital in Detroit, before
relocating to Denver.
University of Western Ontario, BSc ’00
University of Western Ontario, MSc ’02
Gareth Shemesh ’85
Dr. Shemesh is in private practice
with Western Orthopaedics in Denver,
CO, and is an Assistant Clinical
Professor in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at the University
of Colorado. He is affiliated with
Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center.
After completing an internal medicine
residency at Muhlenburg Regional
Medical Center in Plainfield, NJ,
Dr. Shemesh went on to complete a
residency at the Jewish Hospital of
St. Louis. He is board certified in
both internal medicine and physical
medicine and rehabilitation.
St. John’s University, BA ’79
Loyola University Chicago, MS ’81
ESTES PARK
Mark MacElwee ’95
Dr. MacElwee is a board-certified
internist and pediatrician in private
practice at Estes Park Medical Center
in Estes Park, CO. He previously
worked at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in
Phoenix, AZ. Dr. MacElwee completed a
combined residency in internal medicine
and pediatrics as Chief Resident at
Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix.
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GREELY
Brent Grauerholz ’96
Dr. Grauerholz has been part of the
same multispecialty group in Greeley,
CO since 1999. He worked for 18
months in family medicine before
switching exclusively to urgent care
medicine, and is the Senior Physician
at Greeley Medical Clinic Urgent Care.
Dr. Grauerholz completed his family
practice residency as the Chief Resident
at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA.
He is married with two children.
Pacific Lutheran University, BA ’90
LAKEWOOD
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Lawrence Frerker ’85
Dr. Frerker is in solo private practice,
Lawrence Frerker, MD, PC in
Lakewood, CO. He is also an Assistant
Clinical Professor in the Department
of Family Medicine at the University
of Colorado School of Medicine.
Frerker completed his residency at the
University of Michigan Health System
in Ann Arbor, MI. His hobbies include
running, hiking, climbing, rafting, and
camping.
Saint Louis University, BA ’78
VAIL
Marc Roger Peck ’88
Dr. Peck is a family medicine physician
in private practice with Colorado
Mountain Medical in Vail, CO and
is an Associate Clinical Professor in
the Department of Family Practice
at the University of Colorado. He has
lectured twice at St. George’s University
and would go back any time. Dr. Peck
is board certified by the American
Board of Family Medicine and is a
member of the Colorado Medical
Society, American Academy of Family
Physicians, International Academy of
Medical Acupuncture and the American
Academy of Pain Management. He
at the University of Florida. Dr. Peck
is an Acupuncture Fellow with special
medical interests in sports medicine,
manual medicine, holistic medicine,
and aesthetic medicine. He is fluent in
Spanish and French. He and his wife,
Judy, have seven children.
University of Colorado at Boulder, BA ’78
Colorado
CONNECTICUT
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Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Johnny Wu ’98
Dr. Wu is the Director of Medical
Services for the UConn Health’s
Correctional Managed Health Care
(CMHC) Division, which provides
global health services to both
sentenced and unsentenced inmates
of the Connecticut Department of
Corrections. Dr. Wu also holds a
faculty appointment at the University
of Connecticut School of Medicine
as Assistant Clinical Professor in the
Department of Medicine and serves as
the Fellowship Program Director for the
AOA Correctional Medicine Fellowship
training program. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Wu completed
his internal medicine residency at
Seton Hall University based at Trinitas
Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth,
NJ. Previously, he served as Clinical
Assistant Professor of Medicine at
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
as well as Regional Medical Director
for the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey University
Correctional Health Care, overseeing
the medical care for the inmates in the
New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Dr. Wu is a Fellow in the American
College of Physicians, a member of
the Society of Correctional Physicians,
and is a certified correctional health
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Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meriden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Middleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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professional with the Academy of
Correctional Health Professionals.
BLOOMFIELD
Ronald Bloom ’82
Dr. Bloom entered private practice
in 1987, founding Cottage Grove
Cardiology, which is now one of the
largest private cardiology practices in
Bloomfield, CT. After completing his
residency in internal medicine at Mount
Sinai Medical Center as Chief Resident,
Dr. Bloom went on to a cardiology
fellowship at Downstate Medical Center
in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Bloom is a Fellow
of the American College of Cardiology.
BRANFORD
Sherlet Kurian ’99
Dr. Kurian is in a private practice
affiliated with Yale-New Haven
Hospital and the Hospital of St.
Raphael. After completing her
pediatrics residency at New York
Medical College in Valhalla, NY,
Dr. Kurian worked in a pediatric
private practice in Haverstraw, NY,
until she and her husband relocated
to Connecticut. Dr. Kurian would
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Southington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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be happy to discuss pediatrics at St.
George’s University or in any part of the
country in which she has worked.
Barnard College at Columbia University,
BA ’93
John O’Brien ’81
Dr. O’Brien is in private physical
medicine and rehabilitation practice
with a multispecialty group in
Connecticut. Board certified in
physical medicine and rehabilitation, he
completed his physical medicine and
rehabilitation residency at New York
University Medical Center. Dr. O’Brien
received the St. George’s University
School of Medicine Distinguished
Alumni Award in June 2005 and the
Hero Award from the American Red
Cross. In June 2011, he embarked on
his third medical mission to Grenada to
provide artificial limbs to amputees.
Fairfield University, BS ’76
BRIDGEPORT
Sarah Leite ’02
Dr. Leite is an obstetrician and
gynecologist in private practice
at Women’s Health ConnecticutObstetrics and Gynecology in
Bridgeport, CT and is affiliated with
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, the
Surgery Center of Fairfield County, and
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Milford Hospital. She completed her
residency in obstetrics and gynecology
at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut.
Dr. Leite is board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology and lives in Fairfield,
CT, with her husband and two children,
Alexandra Elizabeth and Zack Ryan.
BRISTOL
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Jeffrey LaFrance ’84
Dr. LaFrance is Director and Founder of
LaFrance Medical Aesthetics, practice
specializing in noninvasive treatments
for men and women in Bristol, CT. He
is also an Associate Clinical Professor
in the Department of Pediatrics at the
Medicine. Dr. LaFrance completed his
residency and fellowship training at
Albert Einsten College of Medicine and
New York Medical College. In 2008,
he left the partnership in Connecticut
Emergency Medicine Specialists at
Bristol Hospital to pursue a longstanding
desire to combine medical knowledge
and procedural skill with his creative and
artistic talents. He opened his current
practice in August 2010. Dr. LaFrance
is board certified in emergency medicine
and is a Fellow of the American College
of Emergency Medicine and a member of
The American Society of Laser Medicine
and Surgery.
Kansas State University, BA ’78
BROOKFIELD
Claire Free ’92
Dr. Free is in private solo practice in
Brookfield, CT, and is affiliated with
Danbury Hospital. She completed a
pediatrics residency at Yale University,
Bridgeport Hospital.
BURLINGTON
William Seese ’88
Dr. Seese is retired and living in
England. He finished a distinguished
career in the state of Connecticut by
receiving the Knox Award for Lifetime
Contribution to Emergency Medicine
in Connecticut and the Quigley Award,
bestowed upon the emergency room
physician, excluding the hospital
providers, who best meets their needs
and the needs of the patients.
Touro College, BS ’76
Connecticut
COLORADO SPRINGS
Ken Curry ’85
Dr. Curry is an attending cardiologist
and the Director of Electrophysiology
at Memorial Hospital Central in
Colorado Springs, CO. He specializes
in radio frequency catheter ablations,
implantable defibrillators, permanent
pacemaker implantations, and
arrhythmia evaluation and treatment.
Dr. Curry is board certified in
internal medicine, cardiology, and
electrophysiology. He completed
and residency at Franklin Square
Hospital Center in Baltimore, MD
before completing cardiology and
electrophysiology fellowship training at
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville,
PA. Dr. Curry is a fellow of the
American College of Cardiology, the
American College of Physicians, and a
member of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Colorado State University at Pueblo, BS ’76
DANBURY
Patrick Giles ’00
Dr. Giles is an attending physician
in emergency medicine at Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, CT. He
completed his residency at Hartford
Hospital through the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine.
Vanderbilt University, BS ’94
Robert Samuelson ’85
Dr. Samuelson is Vice Chairman of the
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Biology, Director
of Minimally Invasive Surgery and
Residency Program Director at
Danbury Hospital in Danbury, CT.
Board certified in obstetrics and
gynecology, Dr. Samuelson completed
at Hartford Hospital in Hartford,
CT. He was the 2009 recipient of the
APGO Teaching Award from Danbury
Hospital and he authored a chapter
on acute abdominal pain in women in
the book Decision Making in Internal
Medicine. Dr. Samuelson is a Fellow of
the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists, an associate
member of the Society of Gynecologic
Oncologists, and a member of the
Association of Professors of Gynecology
and Obstetrics and the Council on
Resident Education in Obstetrics and
Gynecology.
Ziad Taweh ’96
Dr. Taweh is an internist and family
practitioner in private practice at
Advanced Internal Medicine, PC
in Danbury, CT. Board certified
in internal medicine, he completed
Maimonides Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
Central Connecticut State University,
BA ’92
Lorraine Toner ’12
Dr. Toner is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, CT.
State University of New York at Orange
County Community College, BS ’99
New York University, MS ’05
DARIEN
John Dubaz ’85
Dr. Dubaz is in private pediatric
practice at Darien Pediatric Associates
in Darien, CT, is on the medical staff at
Stamford Hospital, and holds a teaching
appointment as Clinical Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at New York
Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He
is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Pediatrics and is board certified in
pediatrics. Previously, he was a Clinical
Assistant Professor of pediatrics at New
York Medical College. Board certified
in pediatrics, Dr. Dubaz completed
his pediatrics residency through Yale
University at Bridgeport Hospital,
serving as Chief Resident his final year.
FARMINGTON
Stephanie Alessi ’14
Dr. Alessi is a neurology resident
at the University of Connecticut in
Farmington, CT. In addition to her
residency training, Dr. Alessi continues
to make annual medical trips to the St.
Luke Foundation for Haiti in Port-auPrince, Haiti. She also recently obtained
a weekly segment on a talk radio station
(94.9 News Now) where she and her
sister, Dr. Catherine Alessi (SGU ’13),
briefly discuss medical topics of interest
for the general public.
Sacred Heart University, BS ’08
David Thomas ’12
Dr. Thomas is a Fellow in Infectious
Diseases at the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine in Farmington, CT.
residency at New York Medical College,
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ. His long-term goals
after completing this fellowship include
pursuing advanced clinical training
in hematology and oncology, and a
primarily academic career. His particular
interests include primary and metastatic
brain cancers and the hematologic
malignancies, particularly Hodgkin’s
lymphoma. Dr. Thomas enjoys teaching
and mentoring both medical students and
his junior resident colleagues. In addition
to his Doctor of Medicine, Dr. Thomas
earned a Master of Public Health with a
concentration in biomedical public health.
Dr. Thomas has been active in research
since his pre-medical years at Tennessee
Technological University, presenting at
a national conference of the American
Chemical Society in Atlanta, GA in 2006,
and throughout his medical school and
residency training. He graduated from St.
George’s University with Distinction in
Research.
Tennessee Tech University, BS ’06
MPH ’07
Antonio Thomas ’12
Dr. Thomas is an anesthesiology
resident at the University of
Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington, CT.
University of Connecticut, BS ’01
Yale University, MPH ’08
Cliff Wagner ’87
Dr. Wagner is board certified in both
internal medicine and emergency
medicine, and is a senior partner with
Connecticut Emergency Medicine
Specialists. He completed his residency
in internal medicine at Mount Sinai
Hospital in Hartford, CT, in 1990. From
1992 to 2000, Dr. Wagner served on the
faculty of the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine as a clinical
instructor of emergency medicine.
Pacific Lutheran University, BS ’76
GLASTONBURY
Paul Vella ’88
Dr. Vella is a primary care physician in
private group practice with ProHealth
Physicians in Glastonbury, CT. Board
certified in internal medicine, he
residency at Hartford Hospital in
Hartford, CT.
GUILFORD
James Joseph Petrelli ’89
Dr. Petrelli is an internist in private
practice in Guilford, CT. He completed
his internal medicine residency at the
University of Connecticut.
HAMDEN
Dharini Canaganayagam-Sun ’97
Dr. Canaganayagam-Sun is an internist
in private practice in Hamden, CT.
She is also an attending physician at
the Hospital of St. Raphael as well as
at several skilled nursing facilities in
the area. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Canaganayagam-Sun
residency at St. Vincent’s Medical
Center in Bridgeport, CT.
Elms College, BA ’93
HARTFORD
Perry Dansky ’88
Dr. Dansky is an attending physician
in emergency medicine at St. Francis
Hospital and Medical Center in
Hartford, CT. He is also the Mount
Sinai Hospital Site Coordinator for
St. Francis Emergency Medicine
and a Clinical Instructor of Internal
Medicine at the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr.
Dansky completed an emergency
of Connecticut School of Medicine,
where he served as Chief Resident.
Elisa Gil ’97
Dr. Gil is the Chief of Geriatrics and
Palliative Care at St. Francis Hospital
and Medical Center in Connecticut.
She is also the Medical Director at St.
Mary’s Home in West Hartford, CT,
and an Assistant Professor of Medicine
at the University of Connecticut School
of Medicine. Board certified in internal
medicine and geriatric medicine, Dr. Gil
as Chief Resident at the University of
Maryland Medical Systems in Baltimore,
MD. She then completed a two-year
geriatrics fellowship at the University of
Connecticut in Farmington, CT. After
fellowship, Dr. Gil worked in private
practice for four years before working
in geriatrics at Hebrew Healthcare in
West Hartford, CT. She is a member of
the American College of Physicians, the
American Geriatrics Society, and the
American Medical Directors Association.
Dr. Gil and her husband, Rui, have two
children, Kyan and Sydney.
Tracey Krasnow ’03
Dr. Krasnow runs a 16-bed child and
adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit at St.
Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Board
certified in general psychiatry and child
and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Krasnow
completed a residency in pediatrics,
psychiatry, and child and adolescent
psychiatry at the Clarian Riley Hospital
for Children in Indianapolis, IN. He and
his wife of more than 15 years, Kathy,
live in West Simsbury, CT, with their
son, Luke Richard.
Saint Michael’s College, BS ’95
Barry University, MS ’97
Kevin O’Toole ’04
Dr. O’Toole is an attending physician
and an Assistant Professor of Emergency
Medicine, Medical Toxicology, and
Critical Care at the University of
Connecticut Hartford Hospital. Board
certified in emergency medicine, he
residency and a medical toxicology
fellowship at the University of
Connecticut Hartford Hospital.
Boston College, BS ’95
MPH ’01
Jeffrey Robbins ’83
Dr. Robbins is Associate Director of the
Department of Medicine and Director
of Skilled Nursing Facility Services
and Relations at Hartford Hospital
in Hartford, CT. Board certified in
internal medicine, he completed an
Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT. Prior to
joining Hartford Hospital, Dr. Robbins
worked in private internal medicine
practice from 1987–98 and then as an
Assistant Professor in the Department
of Medicine at the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine from
1998–2009.
Joshua Schilling ’12
Dr. Schilling is a Cardiovascular Disease
Fellow at Baystate Medical Center in
Hartford, CT. He completed an internal
Connecticut in Farmington, CT.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
BS ’06
Connecticut
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Jose Soriano ’08
Dr. Soriano is an internal medicine
physician practicing hospitalist medicine
with St. Francis Medical Group at St.
Francis Hospital Medical Center in
Hartford, CT. He is also an Assistant
Professor of Internal Medicine at the
Medicine in Farmington, CT. He
at the University of Connecticut. Dr.
Soriano is the winner of Capital Area
Health Consortium and received the
Community Service Physician Award
in June 2010. He is married to Antonia
Pescatello and they have two children,
Joseph Angelo and Cecelia Elena.
Saint John’s University, BA ’01
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Fred Tilden ’84
Dr. Tilden has practiced as an
emergency physician in and around
Hartford, CT since 1993. He completed
Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT
and an emergency medicine residency
at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New
York, NY as Chief Resident. Dr. Tilden
worked at Hartford Hospital, a regional
tertiary center, for five years before
trying his hand at several community
emergency departments. He then spent
a decade as the Director at MidState
Medical Center, a busy community
emergency department, in Meriden,
CT. In 2011, Dr. Tilden returned
to Hartford Hospital as Director of
Operations, where he practices medicine
and enjoys the balance of his clinical
and administrative work. He has had
the fortune of working with several
fellow SGU graduates, many through
the residency programs, and they are
invariably outstanding. Dr. Tilden and
his wife, Lisa, a psychiatrist, have three
daughters.
Sarah Lawrence College, BA ’76
Alicia Wang ’01
Dr. Wang is a pediatric cardiologist at
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
in Hartford, CT and an Assistant
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the
Medicine. Board certified in pediatrics,
she completed a pediatric residency
at the University of Maryland in
Baltimore, MD. She then completed
a pediatric cardiology fellowship at
Emory University School of Medicine,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in
Atlanta, GA.
Tufts University, BS ’93
Connecticut
LISBON
Mark De Ponte ’99
Dr. De Ponte is in a private family
medicine practice in Lisbon, CT and
is affiliated with Backus Hospital.
Board certified in family medicine, he
at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in
Utica, NY.
Southern Connecticut State University,
BS ’94
MERIDEN
Nicholas Verdura ’05
Dr. Verdura is an attending surgeon
practicing general surgery, minimally
invasive/advanced laparoscopy, bariatric,
and robotic surgery at MidState
Medical Center in Meriden, CT. He
has also served as a professor in the
Department of Surgery at the Frank
H. Netter School of Medicine at
Quinnipiac University and as Site
Director at MidState Medical Center
for Waterbury Hospital General
Surgery Residency program since 2012.
Certified by the American Board of
Surgery, Dr. Verdura completed his
surgical residency training at Waterbury
Hospital in Waterbury, CT, serving as
Chief Resident from 2009–10. He then
completed a fellowship in minimally
invasive surgery at Carolinas Medical
Center in Charlotte, NC.
MIDDLETON
Vincent McClain ’81
Dr. McClain is a board-certified
addiction medicine specialist serving
as Associate Medical Director for
Residential Addiction Services and
Assistant Program Director for the
Addiction Medicine Fellowship at
Rushford, a leading addiction and
mental health treatment provider based
in Middleton, CT. He completed an
addiction medicine fellowship at the
same institution. Dr. McClain is also
Medical Review Officer and Associate
Program Director for HAVEN, a
confidential assistance and monitoring
program for Connecticut’s health care
professionals facing the challenges of
chemical dependency, mental illness,
physical illness, or emotional issues. In
addition to addiction medicine, Dr.
McClain is board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology and completed an
obstetrics and gynecology residency at
Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT.
Manhattan College, BS ’77
Joseph Coatti ’82
Dr. Coatti, a board-certified general
and cardiovascular surgeon, joined
Shoreline Surgical Associates, which
provides general, vascular, and thoracic
surgery at Middlesex Hospital in
Middletown, CT, in 1988. He is now
the senior and managing partner of
the group and serves as Director of the
Angio Center for the minimally invasive
treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
Dr. Coatti has served as a Medical Staff
Officer at Middlesex Hospital for 12
years and was President of the Medical
Staff from 2007–11. He completed a
general surgery residency at St. Raphael
Hospital in New Haven, CT, followed
by a cardiovascular surgery fellowship
at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston,
TX. Dr. Coatti is a member of multiple
professional societies including the
Society of Vascular Surgery and The
New England Society of Vascular
Surgery.
State University of New York College at
Fredonia, BA ’77
Ryan O’Connor ’07
Dr. O’Connor is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Middlesex
Gastroenterology Associates in
MIddletown, CT. He completed
chief residency at Norwalk Hospital
in Norwalk, CT followed by a
gastroenterology fellowship at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.Dr.
O’Connor is a member of the American
Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,
American College of Gastroenterology,
and the American Gastroenterological
Asssociation. He is board certified in
Gastroenterology.
Paul Schaefer ’02
Since 2009, Dr. Schaefer has served
as Medical Director of the Middlesex
Center for Advanced Orthopedic Surgery
in Middletown, CT, a new specialty
devoted to outpatient orthopaedics and
sports medicine, pain management, and
spine surgery. After graduating from
St. George’s University in 2002, Dr.
Schaefer completed a one-year internship
in internal medicine at Nassau University
Medical Center in East Meadow, NY,
where he was awarded the Chairman’s
Award and the Intern of the Year Award
for outstanding performance and
dedication to patient care. He then
went on to complete a residency in
anesthesiology at Yale University School
of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital
in New Haven, CT. After completing
his residency, Dr. Schaefer joined the
Anesthesiologists of Middletown, a
private group serving Middlesex Hospital
and its outlying locations. Dr. Schaefer is
proud to say that he practices alongside
many accomplished, successful St.
George’s University graduates.
New York Chiropractic College, DC ’93
NAUGATUCK
Frank Longo ’82
Dr. Longo is in private practice with
Franklin Medical Group at Naugatuck
Internal Medicine in Naugatuck, CT.
residency at St. Mary’s Hospital in
Waterbury, CT.
University of Connecticut, BA ’71
MS ’76
NEW BRITAIN
Dennis Dolce ’87
Board certified in internal medicine and
emergency medicine, Dr. Dolce serves
as an emergency physician at New
Britain General Hospital.
Rutgers University, BS ’79
Paul Russo ’00
Dr. Russo is an attending emergency
medicine physician and the Director of
Medical Education at the Hospital of
Central Connecticut in New Britain,
CT. He completed an emergency
medicine residency at Beth Israel
Medical Center.
Saint Anselm College, BA ’96
NEW HAVEN
Anthony Coppola ’81
A member of the St. George’s University
charter class, Dr. Coppola has been
practicing emergency medicine since
1984. He is a Clinical Instructor at
Yale University School of Medicine
and an emergency room attending
physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
From 1996–2002, Dr. Coppola was
Associate Chairman of the Department
of Medicine at the Hospital of St.
Raphael, and from 2002 to 2007, he
was Chairman of the Department of
Emergency Medicine at Laurence and
Memorial Hospital. Dr. Coppola has
five children, including one St. George’s
University student.
Ohio State University, BS ’73
Earl Lars Helgeson ’88
Dr. Helgeson joined the faculty at
Yale University in 1999. He is very
active with the residency program
and is a mentor for both residents and
medical students. He is a generalist
in anesthesiology, but has a particular
interest in obstetrical and bariatric
(obesity) anesthesia. After graduating
from St. George’s University School of
Medicine, Dr. Helgeson completed his
anesthesiology residency at New York
Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He
moved to Norway and worked there
for one year before relocating to New
Mexico for several years. He is married
with three sons.
BA ’81
Kristy Labib ’06
Dr. Labib is an Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology at Yale School
of Medicine and an attending
anesthesiologist at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in New Haven, CT. Board
certified in anesthesiology, she
at Brookdale University Hospital and
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY,
followed by a regional anesthesia and
acute pain fellowship at the Hospital for
Special Surgery in New York, NY.
Terri Parker ’05
Dr. Parker is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine in Hematology at Yale
University School of Medicine in
New Haven, CT. She completed an
by a fellowship in hospice and
palliative medicine at the University
of Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington, CT. She then went on to
complete a fellowship in hematology
and medical oncology at Yale University.
Dr. Parker is board certified in internal
medicine, hospice and palliative
medicine, hematology, and medical
oncology.
University of Pittsburgh, BS ’01
Martin Stransky ’83
Dr. Stransky is an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Neurology at Yale
University School of Medicine in New
Haven, CT and is the Director of
Alumni Development at St. George’s
University. He also directs the
Yale University-Charles University
Neuroscience Exchange Program, as
well as the SGU School of Medicine
Prague Selective, a summer study
program for medical students from
medical colleges throughout the world,
which is the largest program of its kind.
Dr. Stransky spends considerable time
in Europe as a physician and healthcare
advisor to the Czech government and
local and international officials and as
a panel physician to the Embassies of
the United States and Great Britain
in Prague. Board certified in internal
medicine and neurology, Dr. Stransky
residency at Coney Island Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY, followed by a neurology
residency at Albany Medical Center in
Albany, NY.
York, BS ’78
Seth Woolf, ’12
Dr. Woolf is a Pediatric Emergency
Medicine Fellow at Yale-New Haven
Medical Center in New Haven, CT.
He completed a pediatrics residency at
New York Medical College, Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, NY.
Brandeis University, BS ’04
NEWINGTON
Tatong Hemmaplardh ’81
Dr. Hemmaplardh is in private practice
in internal medicine in Newington, CT.
He is board certified and completed his
Sinai Hospital.
Saint Olaf College, BA ’69
NORWALK
Mandy Greenberg ’03
Dr. Greenberg is in private practice in
Norwalk, CT, working exclusively in
breast surgery and is on staff at Norwalk
Hospital. She completed a residency in
general surgery at Stamford Hospital
in Stamford, CT, before beginning an
SSO-accredited fellowship in breast
oncology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and
Beth Israel Medical Center in New York,
NY. Dr. Greenberg is board certified in
general surgery and has been involved
in clinical research since her residency.
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She has presented at the Connecticut
Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons, the American Society of
Breast Disease National Meeting, and
the American Society of Clinical
Oncology National Breast Meeting.
University of California at Berkeley, BS ’98
Cynthia Vanson ’00
Dr. Vanson is a family practitioner
in Ridgefield, CT. She completed her
residency in family medicine at Somerset
Medical Center in Somerville, NJ.
College of William & Mary, BS ’94
OXFORD
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Kevin Lenhart ’83
Dr. Lenhart is a board-certified
cardiologist in private group practice
at the Connecticut Heart and Vascular
Center in Oxford, CT. He is also
an Assistant Clinical Professor at the
University of Connecticut Health Center
and Co-Director of The Congestive
Heart Failure Clinic at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. Dr.
Lenhart completed an internal medicine
residency at Mountainside Hospital
in Montclair, NJ. He then went on to
a cardiology fellowship at Brookdale
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and
an invasive cardiology fellowship at St.
Vincent’s Medical Center.
RIDGEFIELD
Craig Conoscenti ’81
Dr. Conoscenti is Director of Clinical
Development and Medical Affairs
and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Area Leader for Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals in Ridgefield, CT. He
is also an Assistant Clinical Professor
of Medicine at St. George’s University.
Dr. Conoscenti completed the first
year of his internal medicine residency
at New York Methodist Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY before transferring to
Hackensack University Medical Center
in NJ to complete his second and
third year, as well as a Chief Resident
year. He then completed a pulmonary
and critical care medicine fellowship
at Norwalk Hospital, Yale University
School of Medicine, in Norwalk, CT.
From 1987–2002, Dr. Conoscenti
worked as a senior attending physician
in pulmonary and critical care
medicine, while serving as the Chief
of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
at Norwalk Hospital. He is a Fellow
Connecticut
in the American College of Chest
Physicians and was the 1987 Brady
International Fellow at Brompton
Chest Hospital in London, England.
He has authored numerous papers in
the field of pulmonary medicine and
has served in multiple leadership roles
in the American College of Chest
Physicians, American Thoracic Society,
and European Respiratory Society.
Fordham University, BS ’77
Lynne Burtan ’87
Dr. Savino is a physician at Family
Medical Associates in Ridgefield, CT.
Her work takes her to a nursing home,
where she cares for the very elderly, and
to a typical office practice, where she
can interact with younger individuals
who live in the area. She also spends
time as a volunteer physician at
AmeriCares Free Clinic in Danbury,
CT, a place where the uninsured
working poor can find free medical
care. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Savino completed a
residency and a Chief Residency in
internal medicine at the Methodist
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
Cornell University, AB ’83
RIVERSIDE
Neil Boside ’92
Dr. Boside is an internist in private
practice at Riverside Primary Care,
an affiliate of Stamford Health, in
Riverside, CT. He is also the Director
of Physical Diagnosis and an attending
in the Department of Emergency
Medicine at Stamford Hospital,
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons in Stamford,
CT. He is a member of the American
College of Physicians, the American
Medical Association, and the New
York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Boside
residency at Stamford Hospital in
Stamford, CT.
University of Toronto, BSc ’76
SHELTON
Nicholas Mongillo ’87
Dr. Mongillo is a board-certified
pediatrician in private practice at PediCare in Shelton, CT and is affiliated
with Bridgeport, Yale-New Haven, and
Stamford Hospitals. He coordinates a
pediatric HIV clinic, where he instructs
resident doctors and lectures community
members. Dr. Mongillo completed
his pediatrics residency through Yale
University at Bridgeport Hospital.
SOUTHINGTON
Christopher Manning ’83
Dr. Manning is in solo practice and is a
staff member at five local hospitals. He
and rheumatology.
Fairleigh Dickinson University at
Metropolitan Campus, BS ’79
STAMFORD
Nail Cemalovic ’12
Dr. Cemalovic is a general surgery
resident at Stamford Hospital, Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons in Stamford, CT.
Fordham University, BSc ’07
John Ciannella ’05
Dr. Ciannella is a board-certified
neonatologist at Stamford Hospital
in Stamford, CT. He completed a
pediatrics residency and a neonatalperinatal fellowship at Steven and
Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical
Center of New York, part of North
Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
System, in New Hyde Park, NY.
College, BA ’01
Jenifer Drummond ’07
Dr. Drummond works as a hospitalist
at Stamford Hospital in Stamford,
CT. She completed her internal
medicine residency and chief residency
at Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Stamford
Hospital.
Washington College, BS ’03
Alan Falkoff ’85
Dr. Falkoff, a board-certified family
medicine physician in private practice
since 1988, is the Founder and
Senior Partner at High Ridge Family
Practice, LLC in Stamford, CT. He
is affiliated with Stamford Hospital
where he previously served as Associate
Chief, and later as Chairman of the
Department of Family Medicine. Dr.
Falkoff completed a family medicine
residency at St. Joseph’s Medical
Center, where he served as Chief
Resident. He is a Diplomatee of the
American Board of Family Medicine
and a Fellow with the American
Academy of Family Physicians.
Skidmore College, BS ’81
Joshua Herbert ’96
Dr. Herbert recently joined Fairfield
County Personal Medicine in Stamford,
CT. Board certified in family medicine,
Dr. Herbert completed a family
medicine residency at North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System in
Manhasset, NY. He was previously a
senior partner at High Ridge Family
Practice, a five-physician group. He
is also an attending physician at
Stamford Hospital and a member
of the clinical faculty for Columbia
Surgeons, New York Medical College,
and Stamford Hospital’s Department
of Family Medicine. He was listed as
one of America’s Top Family Doctors
by Connecticut Magazine in 2003
and 2006. Dr. Herbert and his wife,
Elizabeth, have two children, Joshua
and Josephine.
Elaine Morganelli ’02
Dr. Morganelli is in private practice
in Connecticut. She completed her
at Columbia University, College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Stamford
Hospital, in 2006.
Trinity College, BS ’97
Betty-Ann Robustelli ’99
Dr. Robustelli is in a private
anesthesiology practice in Stamford, CT
and is affiliated with Stamford Hospital.
She completed her residency in
anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Medical
Center in New York, NY. Before
entering medical school, Dr. Robustelli
was a foreign securities analyst for
Goldman Sachs.
Manhattanville College, BA ’87
TORRINGTON
John Anthony Magaldi ’88
Dr. Magaldi is working with Arthritis
& Allergy Associates, a group practice
with several offices throughout
Connecticut. He is also an Assistant
Clinical Professor of Medicine at
Yale University. Board certified in
internal medicine and rheumatology,
Dr. Magaldi completed his residency
in internal medicine in 1991, served
a fourth year as Chief Resident, and
then completed a rheumatology
fellowship, all at Yale University School
of Medicine.
TRUMBULL
Edward Salerno ’00
Dr. Salerno is an attending physician
in pulmonary medicine, critical
care, and sleep medicine with the
Connecticut Multispecialty Group in
Trumbull. He completed his residency
in internal medicine at the University
of Connecticut School of Medicine as
Chief Resident. He then went on to a
pulmonary medicine and critical care
fellowship at the same institution.
College, BA ’94
WATERBURY
Deborah Casey ’99
Dr. Casey is a hospitalist at
Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury,
CT. She completed her residency in
internal medicine at the University
of Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington, CT.
Central Connecticut State University,
BA ’95
Gabriel Hakim ’81
Dr. Hakim is an obstetrician and
gynecologist in private practice with
special interests in high-risk obstetrics
and urinary stress incontinence.
gynecology, Dr. Hakim completed
his obstetrics and gynecology
residency at Lutheran Medical Center
in Brooklyn, NY, where he served
as Chief Resident his final year.
During residency, Dr. Hakim was
the recipient of the Obstetrics and
Gynecology Resident Award for Best
Paper Presentation in Brooklyn, NY
in 1987. He was appointed Chairman
of the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at Waterbury Hospital
in Waterbury, CT from January 2008
to December 2009. A member of the
Waterbury Medical Association, the
Connecticut Medical Society, and the
American Medical Association, Dr.
Hakim has won the American Medical
Association Recognition Award three
times and has been chosen Top Doc by
Connecticut magazine for 2013
and 2014.
Robert Leventhal ’84
Dr. Leventhal is a private practice
physician and managing partner at
Naugatuck Valley Gastroenterology
Consultants and Naugatuck Valley
Endoscopy Center, LLC and serves as
Medical Director of a group practice in
Waterbury, CT. He also has a medical
appointment at St. Mary’s Hospital,
Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, CT.
Dr. Leventhal completed an internal
medicine residency at Coney Island
Hospital, in Brooklyn, NY, where
he also served as Chief Resident.
He then completed a fellowship in
gastroenterology and hepatology at the
University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh,
PA. Dr. Leventhal is a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians and the
American Gastroenterology Association
and serves as President and Chair of the
Connecticut division of the American
Liver Foundation.
Albright College, BS ’78
Long Island University at CW Post
Campus, MS ’80
Bhupinder Lyall ’88
Dr. Lyall is in private practice in
gastroenterology and internal medicine.
Board certified in both specialties, Dr.
Lyall completed an internal medicine
residency at the Hospital of St. Raphael
in New Haven, CT, followed by a
gastroenterology residency at the
University of Delhi, BS ’76
University of Delhi, MS ’78
WEST HARTFORD
Deanna Cherrone (Appleton) ’88
Dr. Cherrone is the owner and founder
of Natural Health and Healing in West
Hartford, CT, where she has been
practicing functional medicine for
several years. Functional medicine is a
science-based approach to medicine that
is patient-centered, not disease-oriented.
Symptoms are viewed as a sign of
dysfunction in the body, and functional
medicine testing is done to get to the
root cause of symptoms. It is a holistic
approach based on the premise that our
body is a web of interconnected systems
that function best when all of the
systems are in balance. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Cherrone
residency at John Dempsey Hospital in
Farmington, CT, as Chief Resident. She
and her husband, Peter Appleton, have
two boys, Jacob and William, and they
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are all avid tennis players.
Hamilton College, BA ’83
Matthew Warren ’00
Dr. Warren relocated to West
Hartford, CT, in 2009 and now
owns Warren Pediatrics, a private
office-based pediatrics practice that
he created after taking over a retiring
physician’s practice. He is also on staff
at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical
Center. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Warren completed a pediatrics
residency at Yale University, Bridgeport
Hospital, before becoming an instructor
in clinical pediatrics at Columbia
University, Children’s Hospital of
New York. After several years as a
hospitalist in the neonatal intensive
care unit, Dr. Warren joined a private
outpatient pediatric practice in southern
Connecticut until 2009.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
BS ’93
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WEST HAVEN
Anuruddha Walaliyadda ’94
Dr. Walaliyadda is in private internal
medicine practice, serving as managing
partner of MD Physical Therapy
Associates, part of West Haven Medical
Group, LLC in West Haven, CT. He
completed his residency at the Hospital
of St. Raphael in New Haven, CT.
WETHERSFIELD
Todd Alekshun ’00
Dr. Alekshun is a board-certified
medical oncologist in practice with
Connecticut Multispecialty Group
in Wethersfield, CT and is affiliated
with Hartford Hospital. He completed
an internal medicine residency
at the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine in Farmington,
CT, followed by a hematology and
oncology fellowship at University of
South Florida College of Medicine at
the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in
Tampa, FL. In 2014, Dr. Alekshun
was appointed to the Connecticut
Leadership Board of The American
Lung Association of the Northeast.
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NEWARK
Vinay Hosmane ’02
Dr. Hosmane opened his own
cardiology practice, Hosmane
Cardiology, in Newark, DE in the fall
of 2012. He is a third- and fourth-year
medical student and internal medicine
resident preceptor for the cardiology
elective and the fellowship outpatient
preceptor at Jefferson Medical
College, Christiana Care Health
System in Newark, DE. Dr. Hosmane
residency followed by fellowships in
both cardiovascular medicine and
echocardiography at Jefferson Medical
College, Christiana Health System
in Newark, DE. He is board certified
in internal medicine, cardiovascular
disease, and echocardiography and
he has a Master of Public Health in
Health Promotion Disease Prevention
from The George Washington
University School of Public Health in
Washington, DC. Dr. Hosmane has
published several papers and abstracts
on the topic, “survival and neurologic
recovery in patients with ST-elevations
myocardial infarction resuscitated
from cardiac arrest,” which have been
widely cited. He has a special interest
in malignant cardiovascular disease
among the South Asian population and
is currently coordinating local efforts in
primary prevention in this population.
Dr. Hosmane recently co-authored
an editorial titled, “Atherosclerosis
in the Indian Population” published
in Fall 2013 in LipidSpin, an official
publication of the National Lipid
Association. Dr. Hosmane served as
Assistant Team Leader for a rotary clubsponsored medical/surgical mission to
southern India in February 2014.
University of Delaware, BA ’95
Walter Kobasa ’84
Dr. Kobasa is currently in private
obstetrics and gyncology practice
in Wilmington, DE and practices at
Christiana Care Medical Center in
Newark, DE. He completed an obstetrics
and gynecology residency at Geisinger
Medical Center in Danville, PA.
Amber Ruest ’12
Dr. Ruest is an emergency medicine
physician in practice with Christiana
Care Health System in Newark, DE.
She completed an emergency medicine
Villanova University, BS ’07
Sameer Sandhu ’14
Dr. Sandhu is a diagnostic radiology
resident at Christiana Care Health
System in Newark, DE.
University of Virginia, BA ’09
WILMINGTON
Kamar Adeleke ’86
Dr. Adeleke, a board-certified
cardiologist, is President of the Tri-State
Cardiovascular Institute and First
State Diagnostic Center and Director
of the Cardiac Catheterization and
Interventional Laboratory at St. Francis
Hospital in Wilmington, DE. He is
also Chief of the Division of Cardiology,
Director of Cardiac Catheterization
and the Interventional Laboratory,
and President of Peninsula Medical
Associates. After his residency training
in internal medicine and pediatrics at
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Dr.
Adeleke underwent a cardiovascular
fellowship and interventional cardiology
training at the same institution. Dr.
Adeleke is a member in good standing
of the American Medical Association,
the Association of Black Cardiologists,
and the American College of Physicians,
and a Fellow of the American College of
Cardiology.
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WASHINGTON
Wael Al-Yaman ’12
Dr. Al-Yaman is practicing internal
medicine in Washington, DC. He
completed his residency at Georgetown
University Hospital, MedStar
Washington Hospital Center.
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Cherinne Arundel ’04
Dr. Arundel is a hospitalist and Medical
Director of the Patient Flow Center
at the Washington DC VA Medical
Center. She also holds academic
appointments as an Assistant Professor
of Medicine at George Washington
University, Georgetown University, and
Uniformed Services University. Dr.
Arundel completed her internal medicine
residency at Georgetown University
Medical Center as Chief Resident.
Daniel Boxer ’05
Dr. Boxer is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine and a member of the
Division of General Internal Medicine
at Georgetown University Hospital.
Board certified in internal medicine, Dr.
Boxer completed an internal medicine
residency at Georgetown University
Medical Center.
Ordessia Charran ’14
Dr. Charran is an internal medicine
resident at MedStar Washington
Hospital Center in Washington, DC.
Cornell University, BS ’10
Sushila Chelliah ’05
Dr. Chelliah is an attending psychiatrist
at Mid-Atlantic Kaiser Permanente
Medical Group in Washington, DC.
She was formerly on staff at the
Psychiatric Institute of Washington
in Washington, DC and had a clinical
faculty appointment at George
Washington University, School of
Medicine. Board certified in psychiatry
and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Chelliah
completed residency at University of
Maryland, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
Hospital in Baltimore, MD, serving
as Chief Resident during her final
year. She then went on to complete
a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at
Georgetown University Hospital. Dr.
Chelliah also has a Master of Public
Health from George Washington
University School of Public Health and
Health Services.
George Washington University, BA ’99
Erin Downs ’12
Dr. Downs is an internal medicine
resident at Georgetown University in
Washington, DC.
BS ’06
Shruti Gandhi ’09
Dr. Gandhi recently accepted a position
at the Washington DC VA Medical
Center as a full-time endocrinologist
and an Associate Professor. She
residency at Stamford Hospital in
Stamford, CT before going on to
complete a fellowship in endocrinology
at George Washington University in
Washington, DC.
Danielle Krol ’12
Dr. Krol is a Hematology and
Oncology Fellow at George Washington
University in Washington, DC. She
residency at Drexel University Hospital
Temple University, BS ’06
David Marcozzi ’98
Dr. Marcozzi is the Director of the
National Healthcare Preparedness
Program (NHPP), within the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness
and Response at the US Department
of Health and Human Services. He
is also an attending emergency
medicine physician at Washington
Hospital Center and an instructor at
the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences. Previously, Dr.
Marcozzi served as Director of the
Emergency Care Coordination Center
within ASPR and, more recently, he
served in a detail to the Executive
Office of the President as the Director
of Public Health Policy for the White
House Homeland Security Council.
Dr. Marcozzi completed an emergency
medicine residency at Brown University
in Providence, RI. Prior to moving
to Washington, Dr. Marcozzi held
the position of Assistant Professor of
Emergency Medicine and Director
of Disaster Preparedness at Duke
University Hospital in Durham, NC.
Matthew Memoli ’02
Dr. Memoli is pursuing an academic
career, which includes a combination
of research and patient care. His main
areas of interest include HIV and other
viruses, as well as fungal disease and
molecular biology. After completing
a residency at the Georgetown
University Internal Medicine Program
at the Washington Hospital Center
in Washington, DC, Dr. Memoli
started a fellowship in infectious
diseases at the National Institutes of
Health in the National Institute of
Allergy Immunology and Infectious
Diseases. Dr. Memoli is an avid scuba
diver, harmonica player, 3-D computer
graphic artist, and baseball fan.
Thomas Jefferson University, MS ’98
Stephen Neabore ’12
Dr. Neabore is employed by Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine
in Washington, DC. He completed an
internal medicine residency at New York
Shashi Ranganath ’05
Dr. Ranganath is the Sub Chief of
Pediatric Radiology at the Mid-Atlantic
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
in the Washington, DC area. Board
certified in diagnostic and pediatric
radiology, Dr. Ranganath was named
as a Super Doctor Rising Star in 2013,
in The Washington Post magazine. She
completed her residency in diagnostic
radiology at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School
in Boston, MA. Dr. Ranganath then
completed a fellowship in pediatric
radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, where she
served as Chief Fellow of the program.
Dr. Ranganath lives in Northern
Virginia with her husband, charming
daughter, and adorable son.
Yale University, BA ’99
Guada Respicio ’04
Dr. Respicio Duque is a practicing
rheumatologist with Arthritis and
Rheumatism Associates in the
Washington, DC area. Board certified
in internal medicine and rheumatology,
Dr. Respicio Duque completed her
Medicine in Farmington. She then
rheumatology at the University of
California, San Francisco.
University of Virginia, BS ’96
University of Virginia, MS ’00
Domiciano Santos ’01
Dr. Santos is an Assistant Professor at
Children’s National Medical Center
and George Washington School of
Medicine in Washington, DC. Board
certified in anesthesiology, Dr. Santos
completed his anesthesiology residency
as Chief Resident at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook Hospital in
Stony Brook, NY. He then completed a
fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at
Children’s National Medical Center in
Washington, DC.
Margaret Timmons ’96
Dr. Timmons works in Washington,
DC, specializing in stroke management.
residency in Pittsburgh, PA, and a
neurology residency at Georgetown
University in Washington, DC. Dr.
Timmons then went on to complete a
neurogenetics fellowship at the National
Institute of Health.
Purchase, BS ’91
Parag Dalsania ’97
Dr. Dalsania is the Director of the
Geriatric Ambulatory and Memory
Disorder Clinic at the Washington
DC VA, Veterans Affairs Medical
Center and an Assistant Professor
of Medicine at George Washington
University School of Medicine. He is
also on assignment from the Secretary
of the Department of Veteran Affairs
to be senior staff at the White
House Conference on Aging. After
he completed his internal medicine
residency at University of Maryland
Health Systems, Dr. Dalsania
completed a fellowship in geriatric
medicine at George Washington
University. He holds local and national
appointments for the American
Geriatrics Society and was elected
to the Council of State Affiliate
Representatives as the delegate for the
Washington, DC Metropolitan Region
Chapter. His interests are education,
health care policy, information
technology, and health care outcomes
research.
University of Maryland at Baltimore,
BS ’93
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Eric Scholten ’12
Dr. Scholten is completing his residency
in physical medicine & rehabilitation
at the Georgetown University Hospital/
MedStar National Rehabilitation
Hospital program in Washington, DC.
He completed a preliminary year in
internal medicine at MedStar Franklin
Square Medical Center in Baltimore,
MD.
University of Notre Dame, BS ’05
District of Columbia
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Bradenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cape Coral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clearwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coral Gables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coral Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deerfield Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ATLANTIS
Sandra Lyden ’02
Dr. Lyden is a practicing surgical
pathologist in an affluent Palm Beach
County hospital. She completed a
pathology residency at the University
of Hawaii in Honolulu, HI. Then,
after six months in a forensic
pathology fellowship program at the
Harris County Medical Examiner
Department in Dallas, TX, Dr. Lyden
switched to complete a year-long
surgical pathology fellowship at the
University of Arizona.
University of Texas at Arlington, BS ’96
AVENTURA
Sufian Sorathia ’14
Dr. Sorathia is an internal medicine
resident at Aventura Hospital Medical
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Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lauderdale Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maitland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Melbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Merritt Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mount Dora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BOCA RATON
Nada Boskovic ’03
Dr. Boskovic is an internal medicine
specialist in private practice in Boca
Raton, FL and is affiliated with North
Boward Medical Center, Coral Springs
Medical Center, and Broward Health
North. She is also a visiting professor
in the Department of Immunology at
the University of Northumbria and
a visiting lecturer in the Department
of Bioethics at St. George’s University
internal medicine, she completed her
internal medicine residency at New
York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn,
NY. Dr. Boskovic has been on television
programs, conducted numerous
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community lectures, and conducts
reviews for the board of internal
medicine. She is also the alumni
president for the School of Medicine at
St. George’s University.
Queen’s University, BSc ’96
Anthony Campo ’84
Dr. Campo is Medical Director at
Caron Renaissance, Ocean Drive in
Boca Raton, FL. Board certified by
Neurology, Dr. Campo completed his
psychiatry residency at Maimonides
Eric Cohen ’00
Dr. Cohen is a psychiatrist in southern
Florida.
Susan Rodell ’95
Board certified in both internal
medicine and geriatrics, Dr. Rodell is
in private practice, specializing in both
fields. After completing a residency in
internal medicine at Overlook Hospital
in Summit, NJ, Dr. Rodell pursued a
fellowship in geriatric medicine at the
University of Miami, Jackson Memorial
Hospital/VA Hospital.
Mary Baldwin College, AB ’76
BOYNTON BEACH
Prasanthi Meagher ’03
Dr. Meagher is a rheumatologist in
private practice in Boynton Beach, FL.
York Health Science Center at Syracuse.
BRADENTON
Asdollah Livani ’93
Dr. Livani is in a private practice with
two other family practice physicians
in Bradenton, FL, and specializes in
dermal-injection Botox cosmetics. He
in 1997 at Southside Hospital in Bay
Shore, NY.
Ramapo College of New Jersey, BS ’88
Joseph Vilasi ’89
Dr. Vilasi is a board-certified
anesthesiologist, working as a partner in
private practice at Manatee Memorial
Hospital in Florida.
Vassar College, AB ’84
BRANDON
Edward Scanlan ’84
Dr. Scanlan is a board-certified internal
medicine physician and co-founder of
Brandon Primary Care in Brandon,
FL. Dr. Scanlan has been a resident
of Brandon his entire life and career
and has been in private practice
specializing in sports and preventative
health medicine. He currently sits
on the board of the Brandon Sports
and Aquatic Center and is the team
doctor for Robinson High School. Dr.
Scanlan completed an internal medicine
residency at Charleston Area Medical
Center in Charleston, WV.
CAPE CORAL
Joseph Dallessio ’88
Dr. Dallessio is the medical director
of Pediatric Critical Care in southwest
Florida. He lives with his wife and two
children in Cape Coral, FL.
CLEARWATER
Mohit Bansal ’04
Dr. Bansal is an orthopaedic surgeon
practicing in Clearwater, FL. He
completed an orthopaedic surgery
Manhattan Program in New York,
NY in 2010. He then completed an
orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship
at New Mexico Orthopaedics in
Albuquerque, NM in 2011. Dr. Bansal
is a Diplomatee of the American Board
of Orthopaedic Surgeons and is one
of the team physicians for Largo High
School. He often volunteers his time
to help train orthopaedic residents in
Largo, FL.
Boston University, BS ’00
Hannah Batihk ’88
Dr. Batihk is practicing emergency
medicine in Clearwater, FL. She
residency at the University of Miami
Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Batihk
is married and has two children.
Shea Eckardt ’04
Dr. Eckardt has been a physician in
private practice since 2010 at Bay Area
Chest Physicians in Clearwater, FL.
She is also an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Family Medicine at
the University of Southern Florida. Dr.
Eckardt graduated from St. George’s
University in 2004 as the valedictorian
and then headed to the State University
of New York Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse, NY to complete
a residency in internal medicine,
pulmonary, and critical care medicine.
University of Maryland at East Shore,
BGS ’95
University of Maryland Eastern Shore,
MPT ’97
Erin Katz ’98
Dr. Katz is in a multispecialty private
practice group in Clearwater, FL and was
named one of America’s top urologists.
She completed two years of general
surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
MN, and transferred to the University of
Chicago for a urology residency, which
she completed as Chief Resident. She
then completed a fellowship in female
reconstructive surgery at the Cleveland
Clinic in Weston, FL. Dr. Katz is a
national trainer for cadaver labs, teaching
other surgeons complex pelvic surgery.
She also proctors physicians around the
country in the operating room to help
teach certain pelvic surgeries.
Sweet Briar College, BS ’91
CORAL GABLES
Merja Clegg ’08
Dr. Clegg is a family physician working
at a private group practice in Coral
Gables, FL, where she sees a wide
variety of patients from teenagers to
seniors. She completed her family
medicine residency at Jackson Memorial
Hospital in Miami, FL, where she
received the Resident Teacher Award.
After completing her residency, Dr.
Clegg took a position at an urgent care
center for eight months.
University of Oslo, MS ’91
CORAL SPRINGS
Rajdeep Gadh ’98
Dr. Gadh is a partner and practicing
nephrologist with South Florida
Nephrology Group in Coral Springs,
FL. Board certified in nephrology
and internal medicine, Dr. Gadh is
affiliated with multiple hospitals in the
area including Broward Health Coral
Springs and Broward Health Imperial
Point. He completed an internal
medicine residency and a nephrology
fellowship at Long Island College
DEERFIELD BEACH
Alexandra Williams ’98
Williams is part of a three-physician
private practice in Deerfield Beach, FL.
She completed her residency in internal
medicine at the University of Louisville
School of Medicine. She and her
husband John have one daughter, Eve.
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DELAND
Thomas Corbyons ’81
Dr. Corbyons has had a successful
general surgery practice in Florida since
his board certification in 1988. He is
the president of the Volusia County
Medical Society and an Assistant
Professor of Surgery at Florida State
University. Dr. Corbyons completed
his general surgery residency and Chief
Residency at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.
He is the past Chief of Staff at Florida
Hospital Fish Memorial and the past
Chief of Surgery at Florida Hospital
DeLand. Dr. Corbyons and his wife
have been married for more than 35
years and have three daughters. He and
his family have gone on several medical
missions to the Dominican Republic
and Honduras.
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Caroline Srihari ’12
Dr. Srihari (nee Corbyons) is an
emergency medicine physician and
Assistant Professor in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at the University
of Florida. She completed her residency
at North Shore-Long Island Jewish,
North Shore University Hospital in
Manhasset, NY.
Elon University, BS ’07
DELRAY BEACH
Richard Cappiello ’82
Dr. Cappiello is a board-certified
rheumatologist who has been in private
practice in southern Florida since 1988.
He currently practices at the Boynton
Beach Arthritis Center in Delray
Beach, FL. Dr. Cappiello completed
Jersey Shore Medical Center followed
by a rheumatology fellowship at the
University of South Florida. He has
been awarded the South Florida Super
Doctor top physician designation
multiple times and is previous chairman
of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics
committee at Bethesda Memorial
Hospital.
Steven Cohen ’86
Dr. Cohen completed an internal
medicine residency at St. Joseph
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, where
he served as Chief Resident. Following
his residency, he went on to a fellowship
in cardiology at the University of
Florida
Pittsburgh, in PA. He has received
numerous academic and research
awards, and is board certified in both
internal medicine and cardiology.
Binghamton, BA ’81
Jay Rosenberg ’01
Dr. Rosenberg is a private practice
radiologist with Imaging Consultants
of South Florida in Delray Beach, FL.
Board certified in nuclear medicine
and diagnostic radiology, he completed
a residency in nuclear medicine and
a radiology fellowship at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center in New
York, NY.
Ashok Sharma ’98
Dr. Sharma is a psychiatrist in Delray
Beach, FL and is affiliated with Delray
Medical Center. He completed a
psychiatry residency at Jackson Health
System, Jackson Memorial Hospital in
Miami, FL. Dr. Sharma then completed
a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
in Brooklyn, NY.
EDGEWATER
Lee Metchick ’99
Board certified in endocrinology,
diabetes, and metabolism, Dr. Metchick
is in private practice in Edgewater,
FL. He completed an internal
of Connecticut School of Medicine in
Farmington, CT, and a fellowship in
endocrinology at the Baystate Medical
Center in Springfield, MA.
Union College, BS ’92
University of Connecticut, MS ’94
FORT LAUDERDALE
Drew Bowyer ’97
Dr. Bowyer is working for an
international corporation providing
care and transportation for patients
between countries around the world.
He is board certified as a disability
analyst. After graduating from SGU
SOM, Dr. Bowyer obtained a PhD
in both psychology and biomedical
engineering and he continues to use
his psychology degree outside of the
United States. He worked for a year in
surgery at a training hospital, and then
spent another year in bariatric research.
Dr. Bowyer was an active participant
in a training year at the University of
Miami where he taught clinical skills to
fifth-year medical students from SGU.
He has spoken on bariatric surgery at a
global conference in the Czech Republic
and continues to help improve access to
care for the economically disadvantaged
through volunteering, referring patients
to specialists, and assisting in any way
he can. Dr. Bowyer was a member of
the American Medical Association and
mentored students for more than 10
years.
Marko Bukur ’03
Dr. Bukur is a trauma and critical
care surgeon in practice with Broward
Health and is affiliated with Broward
Health Medical Center in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. He was previously
a trauma and critical care attending
physician and an Assistant Professor of
Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles, CA. He completed
a general surgery residency at Saint
Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston,
NJ, followed by a trauma and critical
care fellowship at the University of
Southern California, Los Angeles
County Medical Center, where he
remained for one year as a trauma and
critical care attending physician.
Texas A&M University, BS ’99
Lucy Cohen-Stern ’81
Dr. Cohen is Medical Director of the
Children’s Rehabilitation Program at
HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation
Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She
completed a residency in physical
medicine and rehabilitation at Mount
Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY.
Dr. Cohen was the Chief Resident at
Beth Israel Medical Center and Bronx
VA Medical Center in New York, NY.
She completed a fellowship in pediatric
at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
and has numerous publications and
presentations to her credit. Before
attending St. George’s University, Dr.
Cohen was a bacteriologist. She and
her husband, Mitchell Stern (SGU ’81),
have two children.
University of Pennsylvania, BA ’75
Campus, MS ’77
John DeLuca ’05
Dr. DeLuca is practicing integrative
and functional medicine at Palm
Beach Integrative Medicine, with
an emphasis on anti-aging protocols,
weight management, detoxification, and
chelation therapies in Fort Lauderdale
and Delray Beach, FL. He is considered
an expert in complementary and
alternative medicine and has presented
multiple lectures as a visiting professor
at St. George’s University School of
Medicine. Prior to attending medical
school, Dr. DeLuca was a practicing
chiropractic physician, certified in the
areas of pain management, chiropractic
sports care, and clinical nutrition.
and anti-aging medicine, Dr. DeLuca
residency at Monmouth Medical Center
in Long Branch, NJ, in 2008. He has
obtained certifications in hyperbaric
medicine, pain management, nutrition,
strength and conditioning, and
manipulation under anesthesia. He is
a member of the American Academy
of Anti-Aging Medicine, the Institute
of Functional Medicine, the American
Headache Society, the American
College for the Advancement of
Medicine, the American College of
Physicians, and the American College
of Sports Medicine. In addition to
internal and hyperbaric medicine,
Dr. DeLuca’s interests include
maximizing neurological functioning,
anti-aging and regenerative medicine,
detoxification and chelation therapy,
sports medicine and rehabilitation,
weight loss, headache and pain
management, and promoting wellness
and a healthy lifestyle.
Penn State University, BS ’83
University of Bridgeport, MS ’98
Hima Ghanta ’02
Dr. Ghanta is a board-certified
general and colorectal surgeon in
private practice with Broward Surgical
Associates in Fort Lauderdale, FL and is
affiliated with Broward Health Medical
Center, Broward Health North, and
Broward Health Imperial Point. Dr.
Ghanta completed a general surgery
residency at St. Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston, NJ, and a
colorectal surgery fellowship at Jackson
Memorial Hospital.
Fernando Manalac ’05
Dr. Manalac is a sports medicine
physician in private practice at Holy
Cross Orthopedic Institute in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. Board certified in
internal medicine and sports medicine,
Dr. Manalac completed an internal
medicine internship and residency
followed by a primary care sports
medicine fellowship at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.
During his fellowship, Dr. Manalac was
on medical staff with the Pittsburgh
Pirates and was the team physician for
several high schools and colleges in the
Pittsburgh area. He has also served as an
assistant team physician for the AFL’s
Chicago Rush and the LFL’s Chicago
Bliss. Dr. Manalac has a special interest
in providing diagnosis and treatment
of various musculoskeletal conditions.
He is also interested in the business of
medicine and, in March 2011, completed
a Master of Medical Management degree
from Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh. Dr. Manalac
was the recipient of the Patients’ Choice
Award and recieved Compassionate
Doctor Recognition from Vitals in 2012,
2013, and 2014.
Robert Morris University, BS ’97
Stephen Renae ’87
Dr. Renae, an infectious disease
specialist, is the founder of Infectious
Diseases. Established in January 1993,
this private multiphysician (or multiphysician) practice offers in-office IV
antibiotic infusion therapy in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. He is also on staff
at three hospitals and is a member of
numerous medical associations.
Hope College, AB ’83
Scott Snyder ’84
Dr. Snyder is in private practice in Fort
Lauderdale and is the senior member
of a large five-hospital anesthesia group.
After completing his residency in
anesthesiology in 1989 in Hackensack,
NJ, Dr. Snyder moved to South Florida.
FORT MYERS
David Baldinger ’85
Dr. Baldinger is a board-certified
internist and rheumatologist in practice
with Internal Medicine Associates
of Fort Myers, FL. He completed an
internal medicine residency at East
Tennessee State University, Quillen
Dishner College of Medicine in
Johnson City, TN, followed by a
rheumatology fellowship at George
Washington University Medical Center
in Washington, DC. Dr. Baldinger is
a Fellow of the American College of
Rheumatology.
Patrick Bowman ’85
Dr. Bowman is an internal medicine
physician in private practice with Lee
Physician Group in Fort Myers, FL.
internship at East Tennessee State
University James H. Quillen College
of Medicine and internal medicine
residency at the University of MiamiJackson Memorial Medical Center. Dr.
Bowman loves south Florida and says,
“Life is good.”
University of Kansas, BA ’79
Shailaja Hegde ’98
Dr. Hegde is practicing outpatient
medicine with the Lee Physician Group
in Fort Myers, FL. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Hegde completed
an internal medicine residency at New
NY. She is married with two children.
Roxann Sangiacomo ’82
Dr. Sangiacomo is in a private
psychiatry practice that specializes in
women’s issues. She is board certified by
Neurology.
Notre Dame De Namur University, BA ’77
Robert Strathman ’87
Dr. Strathman is Chief of Staff at
Lehigh Regional Medical Center. He
is a member of the board of trustees
of Lehigh Regional Medical Center
and is board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology. After completing a
at Brooklyn Hospital, he entered into
private practice. Dr. Strathman is
married with three children.
Brook, BS ’81
FORT PIERCE
Wendell Koblegard ’04
Dr. Koblegard is a pediatric physician
in private practice. She completed her
of Florida, Health Science Center, in
Jacksonville, FL.
Brian McKnight ’88
Dr. McKnight has a private solo
practice in rheumatology in Fort
Pierce, FL.
Creighton University, BS ’83
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Karen Vassell ’07
Dr. Vassell is an internal medicine
hospitalist at Lawnwood Regional
Medical Center in Ft. Pierce, FL. Board
certified in internal medicine, she
completed her residency at Staten Island
University Hospital in Staten Island,
NY, in 2010.
Barry University, BS ’99
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Alan Goldblatt ’81
and hospice and palliative care, Dr.
Goldblatt is Medical Director of Senior
Healthcare Centers, part of North
Florida Regional Healthcare, serving
Gainesville and the surrounding areas.
Dr. Goldblatt completed his internal
medicine residency at Allegheny General
Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He resides in
Gainesville, FL, with his family.
Melinda Hansen ’12
Dr. Hansen is a PGY-4 psychiatry
resident at the University of Florida
in Gainesville, FL and is participating
in additonal training in child and
adolescent psychiatry at the University
of Florida Health Center for Psychiatry
and Addiction in Vero Beach, FL.
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities,
BS ’05
Martin Holzman ’82
Dr. Holzman is a radiation oncologist
in private practice at the Community
Cancer Center of North Florida located
in Gainesville and Lake City, FL. Before
moving to Florida, Dr. Holzman served
as Medical Director of South County
Radiation Therapy in Wakefield, RI.
and radiation oncology, Dr. Holzman
completed a three-year internal medicine
residency at Memorial Hospital of Rhode
Island. He then spent three years as an
emergency room physician at Miriam
Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in
Rhode Island before completing another
residency in radiation oncology at St.
Barnabas Medical Center in 1993. Dr.
Holzman was previously the Associate
Director of Radiation Oncology at Cape
Cod Hospital in Hyannis, MA. He is
a board member for both the Alachua
County and Lake City American Cancer
Society and he has four children.
Wagner College, MS ’78
Florida
Vikas Khullar ’12
Dr. Khullar is a Gastroenterology
Fellow at the University of Florida
in Gainesville, FL. He completed an
internal medicine residency at the same
insitution.
University of Western Ontario, BS ’08
Ayesha Lall ’99
Dr. Lall is a Clinical Assistant
Professor at the University of Florida in
Gainesville, FL, and was a Diplomatee
to the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology in 2005. After
completing a residency in psychiatry
at the Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals in Richmond, VA, Dr.
Lall went on to a fellowship in child
psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, MD.
Brandon Seay ’12
Dr. Seay is completing his pediatrics
residency at Morehouse School of
Medicine in Atlanta, GA. In July 2015,
he began a fellowship in pediatric
pulmonology at the University of
Florida, Gainesville.
Berry College, BA ’05
Brian Wells ’12
Dr. Wells recently began a second
residency in diagnostic radiology at the
University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.
York at Stony Brook Hospital in Stony
Brook, NY.
University of Florida, MS ’05
Kathryn Wheeler ’04
Dr. Wheeler is a pediatrician with
the University of Florida Health in
Gainesville, FL. Board certified in
pediatrics, she completed a pediatrics
residency and Chief Residency at
Shand’s Hospital at the University
of Florida and one year of pediatric
hematology oncology fellowship
training at Duke University in Durham,
NC. Dr. Wheeler practiced as a general
pediatrician for several years in North
Carolina and Nashville, TN and also
spent two years as a hospitalist in
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at
Vanderbilt University.
Florida State University, BS ’94
HOLLYWOOD
Dmitry Byk ’02
Dr. Byk is an adult, geriatric, and
forensic psychiatrist in private practice
in Hollywood, FL. He completed a
general psychiatry residency at East
Carolina University, Brody School of
Medicine in Greenville, NC, and a
forensic psychiatry fellowship at the
University of Cincinnati. Dr. Byk has
worked as an attending psychiatrist
on the behavioral unit of Summit
Behavioral Healthcare, an assistant
professor at the University of Cincinnati,
a consultant psychiatrist for nursing
homes, and a general psychiatrist at
Martin County Correctional Institute
in Florida.
University of Hartford, BS ’98
Mark Jaffe ’87
Dr. Jaffe is in solo rheumatology
practice in West Broward County. He
is also a Clinical Instructor in the
Department of Rheumatology at the
University of Miami School of Medicine
and a medical lecturer at the University
of Miami School of Rehabilitative
Medicine. Dr. Jaffe completed
Metropolitan Hospital Center and a
rheumatology residency at New York
Medical College, Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY.
JACKSONVILLE
Chatchawin Assanasen ’96
Dr. Assanasen is a physician specializing
in pediatric hematology and oncology
at Nemours Children’s Clinic, where
he was Physician of the Year in
2005. He is a local center director of
the Florida Association of Pediatric
Tumor Programs, as well as a board
member of Gulf Coast Wings of Hope,
a nonprofit organization providing
support and education to families
inflicted with blood and cancer diseases.
Dr. Assanasen was the recipient of the
Golden Apple Teaching Award in 1999
and 2005 from Florida State University
College of Medicine, where he is a
clinical assistant professor.
Todd Boring ’04
Dr. Boring is an emergency medicine
physician with Emergency Medical
Specialists, part of St. Vincent’s
Healthcare, in Jacksonville, FL.
He was previously an emergency
medicine clinical physician at New
Hanover Regional Medical Center in
Wilmington, NC. Board certified in
emergency medicine, he completed
an emergency medicine residency at
Pennsylvania State University College of
Medicine. Dr. Boring also has a master’s
degree in physiology from Georgetown
University.
Criag Brockunier ’84
Dr. Brockunier is a board-certified
psychiatrist in private practice in
Jacksonville, FL and is affiliated
with several hospitals in the area
including Veteran’s Affairs Medical
Center-Lake City in Lake City, FL and
Malcolm Randall Veteran’s Affairs
Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. Dr.
Brockunier completed his residency at
Beth Israel Medical Center in New York,
NY and was a clinical instructor at New
York University Medical School.
Jeffrey Caudill ’99
Dr. Caudill is the founder and Medical
Director of the North Florida Pain
Center in Jacksonville, FL. Board
certified in anesthesiology and pain
management, he has attending privileges
at several hositals and surgical centers
in the area. Dr. Caudill completed a
residency in anesthesiology followed by
a fellowship in pain management at the
University of South Florida College of
Medicine in Tampa, FL.
Jacksonville University, BS ’93
Rachna Krish ’07
Dr. Krish is a pediatrician in private
practice at Angel Kids Pediatrics in
Jacksonville, FL. She completed a
of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey in Newark, NJ. Dr. Krish lives
in Jacksonville, FL with her husband, a
nephrologist in private group practice,
and their two daughters.
Aalok Kuthiala ’00
Dr. Kuthiala has been in private
practice in Jacksonville, FL, since 2006.
and nephrology, he completed an
internal medicine residency and a
nephrology fellowship at the Medical
College of Georgia.
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, BA ’94
Sejal Kuthiala ’99
Dr. Kuthiala is in private hematology
and oncology practice in Jacksonville,
FL. She completed both an internal
medicine residency and a hematology
and oncology fellowship at the Medical
College of Georgia.
Hill, BS ’95
Christopher Lipari ’00
Dr. Lipari is in private practice as the
owner and partner of Jacksonville
Center for Reproductive Medicine.
He is also an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the University of Florida
Health Science Center in Jacksonville,
FL. Dr. Lipari completed an obstetrics
and gynecology residency and a
Chief Residency at State University
of New York Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse, NY, where
he was the recipient of the Nesbitt
Most Outstanding Resident Award
and the Laparoscopic Achievement
Award. He then went on to complete
a reproductive endocrinology and
infertility fellowship at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD. Dr. Lipari is board
certified in obstetrics and gynecology
and in reproductive endocrinology and
infertility.
Adelphi University, BS ’96
Diana Maccario ’06
Dr. Maccario currently works in
private practice specializing in sports
medicine in Jacksonville, FL and
holds positions as Team Physician for
the semi-professional football team,
the Dixie Blues. She completed her
internship and residency at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center in Jacksonville. Dr.
Maccario has worked with the Dew
Tour (formerly known as AST Dew
Tour) and is a member of the Action
Sports Medicine Foundation. She
frequently works with the local running
community.
Kabir Mody ’04
Dr. Mody is a GI medical oncologist
and Senior Associate Consultant at
the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.
Hospital in New York, NY, and a Chief
Residency at Caritas Carney Hospital
in Boston, MA. Dr. Mody then worked
as a hospitalist at Norwalk Hospital
in Norwalk, CT for three years before
completing a hematology and oncology
fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
York, MS ’00
Thomas Murray ’85
Dr. Murray is the Director of Pediatric
and Adult Trauma and Head Injury
at Genesis Rehabilitation Hospital
in Jacksonville, FL. He completed an
internal medicine internship at Greater
Baltimore Medical Center in Maryland
and continued on to a residency in
at Jewish Hospital at Washington
University in St. Louis, MO.
York, AB ’82
Kasra Nabizadeh ’84
Dr. Nabizadeh is practicing pulmonary
critical care and internal medicine
at Memorial Hospital and St. Luke’s
Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. He
residency at Trenton Affiliated
Hospitals, followed by a critical care
fellowship in the Jacksonville Health
Education Program at Memorial
Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. He then
pulmonary medicine in the pulmonary
critical care program at the University
of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
Rita Nathawad ’04
Dr. Nathawad is an Assistant Professor
in the Depatment of Pediatrics,
Division of Community and Societal
Pediatrics at the University of Florida
College of Medicine-Jacksonville. She
completed a pediatrics residency and a
pediatric infectious diseases fellowship
at the Children’s Hospital at the State
University of New York Downstate
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. She
later completed a pediatrics fellowship
at the University of Florida College
of Medicine-Jacksonville. Board
certified in pediatrics, Dr. Nathawad
of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Infectious
Disease Society, the International
AIDS Society-USA, and the Society for
Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Kevin Peterson ’98
Dr. Peterson is a board-certified family
physician at University of Florida Health
Florida
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Dunn Avenue Family Practice Center
and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at
the University of Florida in Jacksonville,
FL. He completed his family medicine
residency at the University of Florida
Western Kentucky University, AB ’78
Shariq Refai ’08
Dr. Refai is an attending psychiatrist at
Baptist Health in Jacksonville, FL. She
began her general psychiatry residency
at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu,
and completed her final two years of
residency at JPS Health Network in
Fort Worth, TX.
University of North Florida, BS ’02
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Jeremy Wood ’03
Dr. Wood is an emergency medicine
physician for Baptist Medical Centers
in Jacksonville, FL and the surrounding
area. He completed his residency at the
Grand Rapids Medical Education and
Research Center in Grand Rapids, MI.
New Mexico State University, BS ’96
Alexander Yeats ’06
Dr. Yeats is an emergency physician
in Jacksonville, FL. He completed an
emergency medicine residency at Eastern
Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA
in 2009.
James Madison University, BS ’00
JUPITER
Philip Colaizzo ’85
Dr. Colaizzo is Medical Director of
the Child Protection Team in Palm
Beach County, and is in private
practice in Jupiter, and Pahokee, FL.
As a consultant to Children’s Medical
Services, Dr. Colaizzo is the Medical
Director of the Cleft Lip and Palate
Clinic. He completed his residency at
Long Island College Hospital, Beth
Israel Medical Center, and Miami
Children’s Hospital. From 1988–93,
he worked with the Public Health
Department in pediatric specialties in
AIDS, tuberculosis, and child abuse.
Rutgers University at Cook College, BS ’80
Irvine Mason ’84
In private practice since 1988, Dr.
Mason is board certified in both
neurology and pain management,
which are his main fields of interest. Dr.
Mason has had articles published in the
Green Journal of Neurology and the New
England Journal of Medicine.
Florida
KEY LARGO
LAKELAND
Nelson Terzian ’82
Dr. Terzian is in solo practice in
the Florida Keys. He completed his
residency in urology at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
in Newark, NJ.
Temple University, AB ’73
Morris Kutner ’85
Dr. Kutner is President of the Florida
Medical Directors Association and is
active in the long-term care arena in
Florida. He was instrumental in setting
policy for long-term care physicians
in the Florida legislature. Dr. Kutner
would be happy to help any student or
graduate who is interested in geriatrics
or long-term care.
York College, BS ’75
Campus, MS ’79
KISSIMMEE
Dennis Dunsmore ’99
Dr. Dunsmore is working in urgent
care at Centra State Florida Hospital
in Kissimmee, FL. Board certified in
family medicine, he completed his
family medicine residency at Deaconess
Hospital in Evansville, IN.
LADY LAKE
Garth George ’86
Dr. George specializes in internal
medicine, hepatology, and
gastroenterology and is currently in
private practice in Florida. He completed
an internal medicine residency, followed
by a gastroenterology residency, at
the University of Miami-Jacksonville
Memorial Medical Center in Florida.
Dr. George is board certified in internal
medicine and gastroenterology and is
Gastroenterology.
University of Manchester, BSc ’81
LAKE CITY
Tariq Gulzar ’12
Dr. Gulzar is a pediatrician in private
practice at North Florida Pediatrics
in Lake City, FL. He completed a
of Florida College of Medicine in
Jacksonville, FL.
University of Ottawa, BSc ’07
LAKE MARY
Dharshini Yogendra ’09
Dr. Yogendra is a pediatrician at Central
Florida Family Health Center in Lake
Mary, FL. She completed her pediatrics
residency at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, NY.
Stetson University, BS ’04
Mark Preziosi ’87
Dr. Preziosi is working as a
neonatologist in Lakeland, FL. Board
certified in pediatrics and neonatology,
he completed a pediatric residency
Baltimore, MD, and a neonatology
fellowship at the University of Florida
in Gainesville, FL.
Tulane University, BSE ’82
LAUDERDALE LAKES
Richard Polakoff ’82
Dr. Polakoff is board certified in
cardiology and internal medicine. He
has been in private practice since 1987
and focuses specifically on preventive
medicine.
Northwestern University, BA ’77
LEESBURG
Benjamin Burnsed ’02
Dr. Burnsed is an anesthesiologist
working for Lake County Anesthesia
Associates in Leesburg, FL. After
graduating from St. George’s
University, Dr. Burnsed trained
for two years in general surgery at
Orlando Regional Medical Center and
Washington Hospital Center before
switching specialties to anesthesiology.
He completed his anesthesiology
in 2007, after which he practiced in
Melbourne, FL for a year and a half.
Dr. Burnsed is board certified by the
American Board of Anesthesiology.
MAITLAND
Christine Ferandos ’02
Dr. Ferandos is a staff cardiologist
with PMG Cardiology in Maitland,
FL. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Ferandos completed a pediatric
residency at State University of
New York, Health Science Center,
in Brooklyn, NY and a pediatric
cardiology fellowship at the University
of California at San Diego Rady
Children’s Hospital.
MELBOURNE
Cory Lawler ’81
Dr. Lawler owns and operates the
Lawler Centre for Cosmetic Surgery
in Melbourne, FL. Board certified by
the American Board of Plastic Surgery,
Dr. Lawler completed a general surgery
residency at MedStar Union Memorial
Hospital in Baltimore, MD, serving
as Chief Resident his final year. Dr.
Lawler then completed a plastic surgery
fellowship at St. Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston, NJ. In 2012, Dr.
Lawler was named Patients’ Choice
Most Compassionate Doctor.
Western Illinois University, BS ’76
James Ronaldson ’82
Dr. Ronaldson is a physician executive
with extensive knowledge, expertise, and
proven ability to work with physicians
to facilitate change, achieve health care
outcomes and quality, develop disease
management programs, and provide
strong general management oversight
to organization. From November 2012
to June 2014, Dr. Ronaldson served
as Medical Group President of Health
First Hospital Systems, a $1.3 billion
health care system which includes four
hospitals, as well as Health First Health
Plans, Health First Medical Group, and
an Outpatient Wellness Division. He
was previously Chief Executive Officer of
MIMA, a 120-physician multispecialty
group practice representing 26 specialties
in 12 locations throughout the greater
Melbourne, FL area, which he joined in
1996 as a cardiologist. He served as CEO
of MIMA for two years after working
as the Chief Financial Officer from
1999-2011. Dr. Ronaldson completed
an internship in internal medicine and
pediatrics at Staten Island Hospital,
followed by a residency in internal
medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center,
also in Staten Island, NY. He then
completed a fellowship in cardiology
at the University of South Florida, Bay
Pines VA Medical Center in Tampa,
FL. Dr. Ronaldson is board certified in
internal medicine and cardiovascular
diseases, with a certification in nuclear
cardiology, and he has affiliations with
Holmes Regional Medical Center and
Palm Bay Hospital. Dr. Ronaldson
earned an MBA from Florida Institute of
Technology in 1998.
Brook, BA ’78
MERRITT ISLAND
Robert Barbati ’81
Dr. Barbati is a physician and
surgeon with Digestive Disease and
Endoscopy in Merritt Island, FL. He
previously practiced gastroenterology
at Wuesthoff Medical Center in
Rockledge, FL, and served as the
Director and Medical Advisor of the
Nutrition Department at Martin
Memorial Medical Center. He
completed his residency in internal
medicine at Nassau County Medical
Center in East Meadow, NY and
his fellowship in gastroenterology
at Jersey City Medical Center. Dr.
Barbati was instrumental in initiating
a voluntary medical clinic for needy
patients in Martin County through
the Martin County Medical Society
and Martin Memorial Medical Center
in Stuart, FL. He is board certified in
gastroenterology.
Dowling College, BA ’74
MIAMI
Alicia Chilito ’94
Dr. Chilito has been in private practice
in family medicine in Miami, FL.
She also serves as a reservist in the
US Air Force as a lieutenant colonel/
flight surgeon and has served in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Dr. Chilito is the
Medical Manager of Urban Search
and Rescue, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
Department, who served in New York
through September 11 and are now
part of a nationwide task force under
the Department of Homeland Security.
They are called in case of state,
national, or international emergencies.
Dr. Chilito completed her family
practice residency at Altoona Hospital
in Altoona, PA. She is very active in
volunteer medical missions and has
been working with World Medical
Missions, an organization that’s part of
Samaritan’s Purse.
University of Texas at Dallas, BS ’87
Jackson Cohen ’10
Dr. Cohen is an Interventional Pain
Medicine Fellow at the University of
Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
in Miami, FL. He completed his
residency as Chief Resident at the same
institution. He completed an internal
medicine internship at Maimonides
Cohen is a member of the American
Medical Association, the American
Academy of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, American Academy
of Pain Medicine, American Pain
Society, and the American Society of
Interventional Pain Physicians.
University of Texas at Austin, BS ’05
Ivette Cubas ’00
Dr. Cubas is practicing general
pediatrics in Miami, FL. After she
completed her residency training in
pediatrics at Women’s and Children’s
Hospital of Buffalo, NY, Dr. Cubas
entered a one-year fellowship in
pediatric nephrology at the University
of Miami.
Jacqueline Larson ’12
Dr. Larson is a Pediatric
Gastroenterology Fellow at Jackson
Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL. She
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, St.
Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ.
Regis University, BA ’06
Alan Lefkin ’83
Dr. Lefkin is in private practice in
Miami, FL. He also performs medical
evaluations for legal cases, acts as
an expert witness, and plans to be
a preceptor for third-year medical
students. Dr. Lefkin completed
Brooklyn, NY.
Syracuse University, BS ’79
Nicole Mavrides ’05
Dr. Mavrides is working in the
Child Psychiatry Department at the
University of Miami as well as setting
up its pediatric psycho-oncology
program. She completed a residency
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at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
in its triple board program, where she
received training and board eligibility
in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and
child psychiatry. She then completed a
fellowship in psychosomatic medicine,
specifically in psycho-oncology. She
worked with both adults and children
for a year at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York, NY.
Dr. Mavrides is board certified in
pediatrics and adult psychiatry.
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Stacey Murray ’90
Dr. Murray owns and operates a private
internal medicine practice in Miami,
FL, and is involved in research studies.
She completed her internal medicine
residency at St. Michael’s Medical Center
in Newark, NJ. After joining a busy
group practice in Miami and becoming
board certified, Dr. Murray copiloted
her fiancé’s private aircraft to Costa
Rica, where she documented her month
in a medical program, an account later
published in Diversion magazine.
Anjali Ramkissoon ’12
Dr. Ramkissoon is a neurology resident
at the University of Miami, Jackson
Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL.
Eileen Ramsaran ’91
Dr. Ramsaran is the Medical Director of
North Miami Beach Memorial Center
and an instructor in the Department
of Medicine at Nova Southeastern
University. In 2007, she received the
Physician of the Year Award from the
Miami-Dade County Department of
Health and an Achievement Award from
the Jackson Health System.
Nischal Reddy ’99
Dr. Reddy is working as both a
hospitalist and an emergency medicine
attending in Miami, FL. After
residency at Maryland General Hospital
in Baltimore, MD, Dr. Reddy worked
in an urgent, primary, and occupational
health care practice for one year, and
then as an emergency medicine attending
at Maryland General Hospital in
Baltimore, MD.
AB ’94
Anup Sabharwal ’00
Dr. Sabharwal is an Assistant Professor
in the Division of Endocrinology,
Florida
Diabetes, and Metabolism,
Department of Medicine at the
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
at Florida International University in
Miami, FL. He completed his internal
medicine residency at St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital in Howell, MI before going
on to complete an endocrinology,
diabetes, and metabolism fellowship at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
in Nashville, TN. Dr. Sabharwal
also completed a lipid preceptorship
at Duke University in Durham, NC.
Prior to joining Florida International
University, Dr. Sabharwal served as
Director of Endocrinology Clinics
at Jackson Memorial Hospital, as
Associate Director of the J. Maxwell
Mackenzie Endocrinology Fellowship
Program and Associate Course
Coordinator in the Physiology
Curriculum at the University of Miami.
Dr. Sabharwal has an interest in
diabetes, and endocrine areas dealing
with pituitary, adrenal, gonadal, and
thyroid disorders, with a specific focus
in diabetes and lipid disorders. He
also has an interest in health outcomes
and completed an MBA in Healthcare
Administration at the Chapman
College of Business at FIU. He was
on the faculty at both the University
of Miami and Vanderbilt University.
He has a strong interest in graduate
medical education and clinical
research. In addition, he publishes
annually and lectures both nationally
and internationally.
Youngstown State University, BS ’95
Greg Tiesi ’07
Dr. Tiesi is a Surgical Oncology Fellow
at the University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine-Jackson Memorial
Hospital in Miami, FL. He completed
a general surgery residency at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry in
Newark, NJ.
BA ’02
Laura Umbrello ’05
Dr. Umbrello is a pediatric emergency
medicine physician at with Miami
Children’s Health System at Nicklaus
Children’s Hospital in Miami, FL.
Board certified in pediatrics, she
St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx,
NY followed by a pediatric emergency
medicine fellowship at Miami
Children’s Hospital.
Timur Urakov ’12
Dr. Urakov is a neurological surgery
resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital
in Miami, FL.
Shane Zamani ’02
Dr. Zamani is a board-certified
anesthesiologist in private practice with
Sheridan Healthcorp in Sunrise, FL
and is affiliated with several hospitals
in the Miami, FL area, including
Mercy Hospital and Kendall Regional
Medical Center. He was previously
the Vice Chief of the Department
of Anesthesiology and the Director
of Regional Anesthesia at Aventura
Medical Center in Miami, FL. Dr.
Zamani completed an anesthesiology
George Washington University in
Washington, DC before joining the
faculty as an Associate Professor of
anesthesiology, where he worked until
2008.
George Washington University, BS ’96
MILTON
John Lee ’85
Dr. Lee has practiced obstetrics and
gynecology and primary care medicine
in private practice in Milton, FL,
for more than 25 years. He is board
certified in obstetrics and gynecology,
and completed his residency at St.
Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD, in
1989, serving as Chief Resident in his
last year. He and his wife, Laura, live
on a cattle ranch in Florida and have
two children. Dr. Lee is a very proud
graduate of St. George’s University and
offers sage advice: “Wisdom too often
never comes, so one ought not to reject
it merely because it comes late.”
University of West Florida, MBA ’81
MOUNT DORA
Jack Cassell ’82
Dr. Cassell is in private urology practice
in Mount Dora, FL. He completed his
urology residency at the University of
in Newark, NJ, and a urologic oncology
fellowship at the University of Florida.
BA ’76
NAPLES
Reisha Brown ’98
Dr. Brown is a board-certified
pediatrician in private practice with
NCH Healthcare Group in Naples,
FL. She is also a Clinical Instructor
in Pediatrics at Florida Gulf Coast
University and a member of the Collier
County Medical Society. Dr. Brown
completed her pediatric residency at
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in
Paterson, NJ.
Bryn Mawr College, BA ’93
Stefanie Colavito ’00
Dr. Colavito is a hospitalist working
primarily at Premier Hospitalists
of Southwest Florida in Naples, FL.
Dr. Colavito completed her internal
medicine residency at Jersey Shore
University Medical Center in 2002.
Mount Holyoke College, BA ’88
Paul Hobaica ’96
Dr. Hobaica is the Medical Director of
the Anthrex Medical Center, an on-site
corporate occupational and wellness
clinic for the employees of Anthrex
and their families. Anthrex is a global
leader in manufacturing orthopaedic
instruments and implants for sports
medicine as well as general orthopaedics.
Dr. Hobaica was also appointed as
the fire district physician for Collier
County, FL. In 2008, he founded the
FirstHealth Program, an occupationspecific health care program designed
to provide first-class health care for
the first responders of Collier County
and Naples. This includes the sheriff’s
office, EMS, and the fire districts of
Collier County. Dr. Hobaica recently
completed a pilot project with FDNY
to develop a site to monitor retired
FDNY firefighters living in Florida for
medical issues related to exposure at the
9/11 sites. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Hobaica completed
Massachusetts. He has lived in Naples,
FL, since 1999 with his wife, Mai Lea
Hobaica, and their two children, PJ and
Abby Rose.
Bridgewater State College, BS ’88
Richard Juda ’96
Dr. Juda is President of Innovative
Healthcare Group, LLC, Vice President
and Director of Critical Care Services at
Bethesda Healthcare in Boynton Beach,
FL, and Site Director for the internal
medicine residency and critical care
program at FAU Charles E. Schmidt
School of Medicine, where he is also an
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery.
Dr. Juda also serves as Medical Director
for Tactical Training at the On-Site
Tactical Training Institute in Estero, FL,
Medical Director of Florida Operations
for Eagle Med Aeromedical Transport,
and Associate Medical Director of
Special Operations for North Naples
Fire Department in Naples, FL. He
has been a member of the Board of
Directors of the Florida Stroke Network
since 2011. Dr. Juda was previously on
the clinical faculty at Tufts University
School of Medicine in Medford, MA
and practiced anesthesia and critical
care at Baystate Medical Center in
Springfield, MA. He is the recipient
of many awards and honors and is a
member of several national and regional
medical societies. Dr. Juda is credited
with numerous published research
articles and performs ongoing clinical
research with resident physicians. Upon
graduation from St. George’s University
School of Medicine, Dr. Juda spent
three years in a surgical residency,
then switched to and completed
an anesthesiology residency at the
University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
He then completed a clinical fellowship
in critical care at Yale University in New
Haven, CT.
University of Hartford, BS ’89
NASSAU
Sheena Antonio-Collie ’94
As the infection control physician at
Doctors Hospital in Nassau, FL, Dr.
Antonio-Collie has used universal
surveillance in an effort to control
MRSA, a bacterium often responsible
for difficult-to-treat skin infections. Her
results have been successful enough
to warrant presentation at both the
Caribbean Association of Clinical
Microbiologists and the Medical
Association of the Bahamas Scientific
Sessions. Dr. Antonio-Collie is also
an associate health physician and the
Clinical Director of the Medical And
Surgery Unit at Doctors Hospital,
where she was named Physician of the
Year in 2003 and 2004. She completed
her residency at Franklin Square
Hospital Center in Baltimore, MD.
Taylor University, BA ’88
NEW PORT RICHEY
Carey Rowan ’97
Dr. Rowan is an ophthalmologist
in solo private practice at Rowan
Eye Center in New Port Richey,
FL. He completed his residency in
ophthalmology at Greater Baltimore
OCALA
Robert Swietarski ’88
Dr. Swietarski is the Medical Director
for a 4,500-member HMO. Board
certified in internal medicine, he
residency at the New York Methodist
BS ’83
Christina Thompson ’01
Dr. Thompson has been a staff physician
at Ocala Veterans Affairs in Ocala,
FL since 2005. She also volunteers as
Medical Director of Villages Honor
Flight. Dr. Thompson completed
a family medicine internship at
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
in Spartanburg, SC before going on to
complete her family medicine residency
at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Dr.
Thompson is board certified in family
medicine.
OCOEE
Thomas Cooper ’99
Dr. Cooper is a partner with Orlando
Anesthesiology Consultants in Ocoee,
FL, practicing anesthesiology and
pain management. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Cooper completed
his anesthesiology residency at
the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, in 2002.
Rollins College, BA ’82
ORANGE PARK
Allison Dasta-Butler ’04
Dr. Butler is a family medicine
physician at Family First Primary
Care, P.A. in Orange Park, FL. Her
goal is to provide excellent primary
care to children, adults, and geriatric
patients in the outpatient setting. Board
certified in family practice, Dr. Butler
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at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in
Jacksonville, FL.
Michael Gilligan ’81
Dr. Gilligan has been a private practice
general surgeon since 1988 and recently
has been working as a trauma and acute
care surgeon. A graduate of the charter
class at St. George’s University, he
completed his internship and residency
in general surgery at the Yale University
New Haven Medical Center program
at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport,
CT. Dr. Gilligan is a laparoscopic
and wound care specialist, a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons
and a member of the Florida Medical
Association.
Oneonta, BA ’76
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Anjan Parghi ’95
Dr. Parghi is a family medicine physician
in private practice and is affiliated with
Orange Park Medical Center in Orange
Park, FL and St. Vincent’s Medical
Center in Jacksonville, FL. He completed
a three-year family medicine residency
at Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, WV,
before moving back to practice in his
hometown.
University of North Florida, BS ’90
ORLANDO
Malisa Agard ’12
Dr. Agard is Chief Resident of the
internal medicine residency program at
Orlando Health in Orlando, FL.
Neha Bhanusali ’04
Dr. Bhanusali is a rheumatologist in
private practice with the University of
Central Florida Health in Orlando, FL
and is affiliated with Florida Hospital.
Hospital in New York, NY, Dr.
Bhanusali completed a rheumatology
fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian
Hospital. She was previously an
Assistant Professor of Immunology,
Allergy and Rheumatology at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
Dr. Bhanusali is board certified in
internal medicine and rheumatology.
Hadi Chohan ’08
Dr. Chohan is working as a physician
at Central Florida Pulmonary Group,
Florida
PA in Orlando, FL. Board certified
in internal medicine and pulmonary
medicine, Dr. Chohan completed an
internal medicine residency at East
Carolina University Brody School of
Medicine in Greenville, NC. He then
pulmonary diseases and critical care
medicine at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA, serving as
Chief Fellow during his final year.
Charles Chung ’04
Dr. Chung is an attending physician
at Florida Hospital Orlando with the
group Florida Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Chung completed an emergency
medicine residency at Wayne State
University, Detroit Receiving Hospital
in Detroit, MI.
BS ’98
Suzanne Elizabeth Davis ’07
Dr. Davis is a faculty physician at
Orlando Health Orthopedics and
Sports Medicine in Orlando, FL, with
clinical interests in concussions in
young athletes and nutrition and bone
health for adolescent athletes. She is also
involved in pediatric resident and sports
medicine fellow education. Dr. Davis
completed her pediatric residency and
pediatric sports medicine fellowship
at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for
Children, affiliated with Orlando
Health. She is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and is a member
of the American Medical Society for
Sports Medicine and the American
College of Sports Medicine. She is also
active in the local chapter of the Central
Florida Pediatric Society.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, BS ’01
Aaron Godshall ’00
Dr. Godshall is a pediatric intensivist
staff physician for Florida Pediatric
Associates with staff positions at
Florida Children’s Hospital in Orlando,
FL, and All Children’s Hospital in
St. Petersburg, FL. He is the Medical
Director of the Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit, the Pediatric Sedation
Service, and Pediatric Respiratory
Care at Florida Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Godshall completed a pediatrics
residency at Kaiser Permanente Los
Angeles Medical Center, followed by
a pediatric critical care fellowship at
the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles,
CA. Board certified in pediatrics and
pediatric critical care, Dr. Godshall is
a Fellow of the American Academy of
Pediatrics and the American College of
Chest Physicians. He is also a member
of the Society of Critical Care Medicine
and the American Thoracic Society.
California State University at Chico, BA ’95
Rajan Kalia ’01
Board certified in anesthesiology and
pain medicine, Dr. Kalia is in private
practice in the Orlando, FL area. He
at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital in New
Brunswick, NJ.
BS ’95
Linda Lukman ’90
Dr. Lukman is in group practice at
Cancer Institute of Florida and serves
as the Medical Director of Hospice of
the Comforter in Altamonte Springs,
FL. She completed an internal medicine
residency and hematology and oncology
fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in
New York, NY.
Pacific Union College, BS ’73
Harrinarine Madhosingh ’02
Dr. Madhosingh is an infectious
disease specialist in private practice
with Orlando Health at Central Florida
Infectious Disease Specialists, LLC
in Longwood, FL. He is an Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the University
of Central Florida College of Medicine
and teaches residents in the internal
medicine residency program at Florida
Hospital Orlando. Board certified
in internal medicine and infectious
disease, Dr. Madhosingh completed
the State University of New York
Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn,
NY, followed by an infectious disease
fellowship at the University of Florida
in Gainesville. He remained on the
faculty at the University of Florida as
an Assistant Professor of Medicine and
the Associate Program Director for the
Infectious Disease Training Program. He
also served as the assistant Director of
the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
at Shands Hospital. Dr. Madhosingh has
written several publications, including
a chapter on infectious diseases in the
latest edition of Medical Secrets and a
chapter in Civetta, Taylor, and Kirby’s
Critical Care. He was the recipient of the
Excellence in Teaching Award and the
Attending Physician of the Month Award
from the Department of Medicine at the
University of Florida. Dr. Madhosingh
has also completed training in hyperbaric
medicine and wound care.
Paul Mancuso ’98
Dr. Mancuso is a colorectal surgeon
at the Center for Colon and Rectal
Surgery in Orlando, FL. He was
previously a colorectal surgeon and the
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
and Chair of the Robotics Steering
Committee at Dr. Phillips Hospital
in Orlando. He completed his surgery
New York at Stony Brook, University
Hospital, and a fellowship in colon
and rectal surgery at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
Brook, BS ’90
Studies, MSc ’97
Andrew Smith ’12
Dr. Smith is a family medicine resident
at Florida Hospital Medical Center
in Orlando, FL. He completed his
preliminary year in general surgery at St.
Louis University School of Medicine in
St. Louis, MO.
McGill University, BSc ’07
Joshua Stephany ’00
Dr. Stephany is an Associate Medical
Examiner at the District Nine Medical
Examiner’s Office in Orlando, FL.
University of New Hampshire, BS ’96
Joseph Sujka ’14
Dr. Sujka is a general surgery resident
at Orlando Regional Medical Center
in Orlando, FL. Both of Dr. Sujka’s
parents, Drs. Stan and Shari Sujka, are
alumni of St. George’s University.
University of North Florida, BAS ’09
Stan Sujka ’82
Dr. Sujka is a urologist in private
practice and partner with Orlando
Urology Associates and is on staff
at Orlando Regional Health System,
Dr. Phillips Hospital, Winnie Palmer
Hospital for Women, and is on courtesy
staff at Florida Hospital in Orlando,
Florida. Dr. Sujka has numerous
publications to his credit that have
appeared in Journal of Trauma; Journal
Urology, European Journal of Surgical
Oncology; and Journal of Urology. Dr.
Sujka’s nonacademic writings have
also appeared in the Florida Physician,
Orlando Sentinel, Hospital Drive, an
online magazine, and books such as
Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul
and Wisdom of the Ages. On multiple
occasions, he has been named “Top
Doctors” in Urology by Orlando
magazine. Dr. Sujka has been married
to Dr. Shari Yudenfruend-Sujka (SGU
’83) for over 30 years, and they have four
children.
Youngstown State University, BS ’78
Sam Venus ’05
Dr. Venus is a faculty physician in
Orlando Health’s Department of
Critical Care. He also has faculty
appointments with the University
of Florida, the University of Central
Florida, and Florida State University.
and critical care medicine, Dr. Venus
residency at Case University in
Cleveland, OH, and a critical care
fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN. In 2010, Dr. Venus
attended the International Critical Care
Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam, as a
lecturer and visiting professor.
Mark Vollenweider ’02
Dr. Vollenweider is an intensivist trained
in interventional pulmonology practicing
at Orlando Health Pulmonary and
Sleep Medicine Specialists in Orlando,
FL. He is also an Assistant Professor at
the University of Florida, Florida State
University, and the University of Central
Florida. Dr. Vollenweider completed
University of Louisville, School of
Medicine, where he was chosen as Chief
Resident and also received the Arnold
P. Gold Foundation Humanism and
Excellence in Teaching Award. He then
completed a pulmonary medicine and
critical care fellowship at the University
of Florida, where he was chosen as one of
the Interventional Pulmonology Fellows
with advanced training in diagnostic
and therapeutic procedures. In 2011, Dr.
Vollenweider received the Exemplary
Physician Colleague Award from
Orlando Health, along with only 25
other physicians out of more than 1,800
active medical staff. He is board certified
disease. Dr. Vollenweirder also earned a
Master of Public Health in epidemiology
from Loma Linda University.
Azusa Pacific University, BA ’94
PALM BEACH
Rupesh Dharia ’95
Dr. Dharia manages two hospitalist
programs and opened his own office
in Palm Beach, FL, in 2004. After
he completed his residency in New
York, NY, in 1998, Dr. Dharia spent
three years in a group practice in New
Haven, CT. He then moved to Miami
and became the Medical Director for
EMCare, a hospitalist company, and for
Sterling Healthcare. He is married with
two sons.
PALM BEACH
GARDENS
Vanessa Greene ’05
Dr. Greene is an emergency medicine
physician at a community hospital that
specializes in cardiac and stroke care
in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Board
certified in emergency medicine, Dr.
Greene completed her clinical rotations
Brooklyn, NY, before completing
Duke University School of Medicine in
Durham, NC.
Carroll College, BA ’99
Philip Kilmer ’85
Dr. Kilmer is a semi-retired physician
practicing emergency medicine as
a Locum Tenens in Florida, Iowa,
South Dakota, and New Hampshire.
He completed his family medicine
residency at Oakwood Hospital in
Dearborn, MI where he served as Chief
Resident during his third year. After
residency, he was recruited into the
emergency room group at Oakwood
Hospital. Dr. Kilmer later moved to
south Florida where he continued to
practice emergency medicine.
Indiana State University, AB ’77
Elizabeth Louie ’90
Dr. Louie is practicing in an employee
health center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
and continues to have a small internal
medicine house call practice. She is
also a member of the Miami Medical
Team, a disaster relief organization that
responds worldwide. In the last 10 years,
Dr. Louie has responded to disasters
both in and out of the United States.
at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in
Darby, PA. Dr. Louie has been voted
one of “South Florida’s Top Doctors” by
Florida
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Miami Metro magazine.
Creighton University, MS ’84
Jaime Snarski ’04
Dr. Snarski is an emergency medicine
physician at Palm Beach Gardens
Medical Center and serves as Director
of Medical Affairs and Research at
ThinWorks Weight Loss Centers in
Florida. She completed an emergency
medicine residency, serving as Chief
Resident her final year at Duke
University Medical Center in Durham,
NC. Dr. Snarski has previously worked
with the St. George’s University Virtual
Hospital Program teaching emergency
doctors at Grenada General Hospital.
Dr. Snarski is board certified in
emergency medicine and is a member
of the American Society of Bariatric
Physicians.
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PALM COAST
Andrea Chiumento Sharp ’05
Dr. Sharp is an emergency medicine
physician at Paradise Emergency
Physicians in Palm Coast, FL. Board
certified in emergency medicine, she
residency at Duke University in
Durham, NC. She then completed a
fellowship in palliative medicine at the
University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.
University of Florida, MS ’98
PANAMA CITY
Stephen Armistead ’00
Dr. Armistead is board certified in
family medicine and is in a solo practice
in Panama City, FL. He completed
his residency in family medicine at
the University of Tennessee Graduate
School of Medicine in Knoxville, TN.
Georgia State University, BBA ’90
Timothy Moriarty ’87
Dr. Moriarty has worked in private
practice in Panama City, FL since
1998. He is an admitting physician at
Bay Medical Cente and Gulf Coast
Hospital and is the Medical Director of
Health South Hospital Sleep Laboratory.
He is also on staff at Emerald Coast
Research Associates. Board certified
in internal, pulmonary, and sleep
medicine, Dr. Moriarty completed an
internal medicine residency at Seton
Florida
Hall University, St. Michael’s Medical
Center in South Orange, NJ. He then
completed a pulmonary and sleep
fellowship at Tulane University Hospital
in New Orleans, LA. Since 1991, Dr.
Moriarty has participated in over 70
clinical studies with 21 major sponsors.
He has also served as conference
lecturer for Pfizer, Boehringer
Ingelheim, Abbott, Glaxo Wellcome,
AstraZeneca, Forest and the Bay
County Medical Society in the areas
of Community Acquired Pneumonia,
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, and
Asthma. In 2010, Dr. Moriarty was
certified as the Principal Investigator
for the Association of Clinical Research
Professionals.
Valparaiso University, BS ’75
Northeastern Illinois University, MS ’78
PANAMA CITY BEACH
Scott Whittier ’86
Dr. Whittier practices internal and
emergency medicine in Panama City
Beach, FL. Dr. Whittier completed
Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn,
NY and is board certified in internal
medicine.
Michigan Tech University, BS ’79
PENSACOLA
Michael Tavernaris ’08
Dr. Tavernaris is working with West
Florida Medical Group in Pensacola,
FL. After completing a family medicine
residency at the University of South
Alabama, Dr. Tavernaris completed a
fellowship in sports medicine with the
USA Jaguars Division I football team.
He and his wife recently welcomed their
first son into their family.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, BA ’01
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey, MS ’04
PLANT CITY
Thomas DiGeronimo ’85
Dr. DiGeronimo has had his neurology
practice in Plant City, FL, since 1993.
He completed a neurology residency
at the University of South Florida.
Dr. DiGeronimo is married with four
children.
POMPANO BEACH
Stephen Kadet ’96
Dr. Kadet is in private anesthesiology
practice in Pompano Beach, FL. After
an internship in internal medicine
at Allegheny General Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Kadet went on
to a residency in anesthesiology at the
University of Miami, Jackson Memorial
Medical Center.
Oneonta, BA ’89
PORT CHARLOTTE
Paul Graniero ’87
Dr. Graniero is Chief of Medicine
at Fawcett Memorial Hospital and
Medical Director of Mariner Nursing
Home, Arbors Rehabilitation Center.
Graniero is also on the board of trustees
at Fawcett Memorial Hospital. He
at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ.
Utica College of Syracuse University, BA ’76
Brockport, MA ’81
PORT ST. LUCIE
Richard Alan James ’89
Dr. James is in a group practice at
Gateway Medical Group. He is the
co-founder and partner of Okeechobee
Surgical Center. Dr. James is a
diplomate of the American Board of
Surgery and a Fellow in the American
College of Surgeons.
BA ’80
RIVERVIEW
Jeffrey Wartman ’83
Dr. Wartman is in an internal medicine
physician in a small private group
practice in Riverview, FL. He completed
University of Connecticut, Mount Sinai
Hospital in Hartford, CT. Between 1988
and 1991 he was Medical Director of
the Emergency Department at Riverside
Hospital in New Port Richey, FL. Dr.
Wartman was Chair of the Internal
Medicine Department at Brandon
Regional Hospital from 2002 until
2003, and was Chairman of the Board of
Trustees in 2007.
Florida International University, BS ’78
ROCKLEDGE
SEBASTIAN
Jasen Kobobel ’99
Dr. Kobobel is a family medicine
physician in his own private practice,
Brevard Family Walk-In Clinic, with
offices in Rockledge and Merritt Island,
FL. Board certified in family medicine,
he completed his residency at the
University of Texas Medical Branch
Hospital in Galveston, TX.
Houston Baptist University, BS ’93
Harold Cordner ’87
Dr. Cordner has been practicing pain
management in Sebastian, FL and Vero
Beach, FL for the past 17 years. He is
the past President of the Florida Society
of Interventional Pain Physicians and
continues to serve on the board of
directors. Dr. Cordner is an Assistant
Clinical Professor at Florida State
University School of Medicine. He has
published articles and book chapters
on pain management and serves on the
editorial board of Pain Physician. He
has lectured and taught extensively on
pain management procedures, new
techniques available for chronic pain,
and the use of pharmaceuticals in the
treatment of chronic pain. Dr. Cordner
completed a general surgery internship
and an anesthesiology residency at
Monmouth Medical Center in Long
Branch, NJ. He is board certified
in both anesthesiology and pain
management.
Boston College, BA ’80
SARASOTA
David Harris ’85
Dr. Harris is a board-certified
pulmonologist in private practice with
MAXHealth in Sarasota, FL and is on
staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
and Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.
residency at Episcopal Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, and a pulmonary
diseases fellowship at Presbyterian
University of Pennsylvania Medical
Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Lafayette College, AB ’80
Mark Laflamme ’99
Dr. Laflamme is an internist serving
as Vice President and Medical Director
for Platinum HealthCare Physical
Medicine in Sarasota, FL. He is also
the Supervising Physician for Tatt-Away
Laser Tattoo removal in Tampa, FL, the
Clinical Director for Newborn Blood
Banking, Inc., in Land O’ Lakes, FL, and
the Supervising Physician for Advanced
Laser and Skin Care Center in New Port
Richey, FL. Dr. Laflamme completed
Brook Hospital in Stony Brook, NY. He
then completed a fellowship in medical
informatics while earning a Master of
Science in Clinical Research at Indiana
University-Purdue University School
of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Laflamme is
board eligible in clinical informatics, is
certified in aesthetic medicine, and is
licensed to practice medicine in three
states. He is a published researcher and
has presented at a number of nationwide
medical conferences, including
the American Medical Informatics
Association and the American Academy
on Physician and Patient. Dr. Laflamme
has earned his Level One certificate in
aesthetic medicine through the American
Academy of Aesthetic Medicine.
College of the Holy Cross, AB ’92
Taryn Gallo ’06
Dr. Gallo is in private practice as a
gynecologist in Sebastian, FL. She
completed an obstetrics and gynecology
residency at Bridgeport Hospital/Yale
New Haven Health in Connecticut. Dr.
Gallo then completed a one-year AAGL
minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
fellowship through Yale University in
laparoscopic and robotic surgery before
moving back to Florida to be near her
family.
Shahbaaz Shaikh ’00
Dr. Shaikh is a cardiologist in private
practice with Coastal Cardiovascular
Associates, P.A. in Sebastian, FL and
is affiliated with Sebastian River
Medical Center. He completed an
internal medicine residency, serving as
Chief Resident in 2004, followed by
a cardiovascular diseases fellowship at
Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY.
SEBRING
John Altieri ’82
Dr. Altieri is a clinical noninvasive
cardiologist in Sebring, FL and is
affiliated with Florida Hospital. He has
a special interest in nuclear cardiology,
echocardiology, and CT scanning and
and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Altieri
residency followed by fellowships in
thoracic and cardiac surgery and in
critical care medicine at St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ.
Hamilton College, BS ’78
Adeel Husain ’10
Dr. Husain is an internal medicine
physician working as a hospitalist at
Florida Hospital in Sebring, FL. He
at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, St.
Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, in
Paterson, NJ. As a Canadian citizen,
Dr. Husain knows a lot about both the
Canadian and American medical systems
and licensing in both countries and
would be happy to answer any questions.
University of Calgary, BSc ’05
SPRING HILL
John Batista ’87
Dr. Batista, the former Chief of
Medicine at Spring Hill Regional
Hospital, is in private practice in
Spring Hill, FL. He is board certified
in internal medicine and completed
his residency at the University of
Connecticut, John Dempsey Hospital,
in Farmington, CT.
Shilen Patel ’04
Dr. Patel is a board-certified
hematologist and oncologist in private
practice in Spring Hill, FL with Florida
Cancer Specialists. Additionally
New York at Stony Brook Medical
Center in Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Patel
then completed a hematology-oncology
fellowship at Case Comprehensive
Cancer Center in Cleveland, OH.
Following his fellowship, Dr. Patel
served as an assistant clinical attending
physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York, NY,
where he was also active in teaching
hematology/oncology fellows in an
outpatient clinical setting. Dr. Patel
is active in clinical research and has
given numerous presentations in a
variety of settings; his work can be
seen in such distinguished publications
as Journal of Neuroscience and Cell
Death & Differentiation. Dr. Patel has
been a supporter of several nonprofit
organizations, including Habitat for
Florida
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Humanity and the American Cancer
Society.
BA ’99
Isaac is a consultant physician with the
General Medical Council in the United
Kingdom and a voluntary assistant
professor at the University of South
Florida in Tampa, FL.
ST. AUGUSTINE
Nancy Landfish ’88
Dr. Landfish is the Director of
Neonatology and the Moderator of the
Board of Trustees at Brandon Regional
Hospital. She is also a consultant to the
Agency of Health Care Administration
of Florida and the Physician Advisory
Board for Perinatal Safety for the
HCA. After she finished her pediatrics
residency at the University of South
Florida at Tampa, Dr. Landfish
completed a fellowship in neonatology
at the University of Rochester in
Rochester, NY. She is board certified in
pediatrics and maternal fetal medicine.
Skidmore College, BA ’83
George Sadowski ’83
Dr. Sadowski is in private practice in
general, colon, and rectal surgery in
St. Augustine, FL and is affiliated with
Flagler Hospital. He completed his
residency in general surgery as Chief
Resident at Wyckoff Heights Hospital
in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Sadowski then
went on to a colon and rectal surgery
fellowship at the Greater Baltimore
Medical Center in Towson, MD.
ST. PETERSBURG
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David Baras ’81
A member of St. George’s charter class,
Dr. Baras has been in private practice
since 1984 and was board certified in
1985. He has served as an Outpatient
Medical Director at Health South
Rehabilitation Hospital in Largo, FL.
Dr. Baras teaches physical diagnosis
to first- and second-year medical
students as a clinical preceptor through
the Department of Family Practice
at University of Southern Florida in
Tampa, FL. He is an active member of
the Gulf Coast Arthritis Foundation
and Chairman of the Arthritis
Foundation’s St. Petersburg Walks.
Dr. Baras completed his residency in
Angeles/VA Wadsworth Medical Center
in 1984. He is married with three
children, enjoys traveling, and has
completed several marathons.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS ’76
Jeffrey Levenson ’84
Dr. Levenson is an internist and
infectious disease specialist in private
practice at Advanced Bay Area Medical
Associates in St. Petersburg, FL and is
on staff at Largo Medical Center. He
at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
in Detroit, MI, and an infectious disease
fellowship at the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta, GA.
Vanderbilt University, BA ’76
Michigan State University, MS ’79
Amish Patel ’00
Dr. Patel is practicing anesthesiology at
All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg,
FL. After completing an internal
medicine internship at Drexel University
College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA,
Dr. Patel completed an anesthesiology
residency followed by a pediatric
anesthesiology fellowship at Penn State
Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA.
Stetson University, BS ’96
Howard Diamond ’88
Dr. Diamond is in a solo family
practice and is a faculty member of St.
Petersburg General and Metro General.
He completed his residency in family
medicine at Lutheran Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
Ball State University, MA ’75
Robert Paul ’04
Dr. Paul is an attending physician at St.
Anthony’s Hospital in Saint Petersburg,
FL. He completed his emergency
medicine residency at Sparrow
Hospital/Michigan State University in
Lansing, MI.
Shaun Isaac ’97
Dr. Isaac is the Medical Director of his
practice in St. Petersburg, FL. He is
the Vice Chair of Medicine at Bayfront
Medical Center and a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians. Dr.
Joseph Perno ’96
Dr. Perno is a pediatric emergency
medicine physician, Assistant Director
of the Emergency Department, and
Medical Director of Care Coordination
Florida
at All Children’s Hospital in St.
Petersburg, FL. Dr. Perno completed
a pediatric residency at University of
in New Brunswick, and a pediatric
emergency medicine fellowship at
Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt
Lake City, UT. He is board certified
in pediatrics and pediatric emergency
medicine. In 2013, Dr. Perno completed
his MBA at St. George’s University.
Lafayette College, BS ’92
Ernest Rehnke ’81
Dr. Rehnke is a general and vascular
surgeon specializing in weight loss
surgery with the Bariatric Care Center
at Palms of Pasadena Hospital in Saint
Petersburg, FL. Dr. Rehnke established
his practice in 1987 and began
actively performing gastric bypass and
laparoscopic banding procedures for
weight reduction in 1998. He has been
on active staff at Palms of Pasadena
Hospital since 1988. After he completed
his general surgery residency at New
NY, Dr. Rehnke completed a one-year
fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at
the Texas Heart Institute in Houston,
TX. Board certified by the American
Board of Surgery, Dr. Rehke is a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons,
a member of the American Bariatric
Society, and a member of the American
Society for Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery (ASMBS) who has recognized
him and Palms of Pasadena Hospital
as a Center of Excellence for Bariatric
Care. He has participated in more than
20 medical missions to countries such
as Kenya, Haiti, Honduras, Zambia,
Ecuador, and Guatemala.
Emory University, BA ’75
SUNRISE
Kailash Amruthur ’05
Dr. Amruthur is a diagnostic radiologist
at Westside Regional Medical Center in
Sunrise, FL. He completed a diagnostic
radiology residency at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY before going on
to complete a neuroradiology fellowship
at the University of Maryland
Medical Center in Baltimore, in 2011.
Dr. Amruthur is board certified in
diagnostic radiology.
Virginia Commonwealth University, BS ’99
Mitchell Stern ’81
Dr. Stern is a pediatrician and
neonatologist in private practice with
Memorial Healthcare System in Sunrise,
FL and is on staff at Joe DiMaggio
Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hospital
Miramar, and Memorial Hospital West.
After completing a pediatrics residency
at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center,
where he served as Chief Resident
in 1984-85, Dr. Stern completed a
neonatal and perinatal fellowship at
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
in New York, NY. He is board certified
in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal
medicine. Dr. Stern’s wife, Lucy
Cohen, MD (SGU ’81), is a pediatric
physiatrist. They have two children:
Stephanie, a Florida schoolteacher; and
Scott, an analyst for a consulting firm in
Washington, DC.
TALLAHASSEE
Adam Joo ’04
Dr. Joo has been working as a full-time
hospitalist in Tallahassee, FL, for eight
years. He completed a family practice
residency at Tallahassee Memorial
Healthcare and is board certified in
family medicine.
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology,
BS ’97
TAMARAC
Scott Willis ’99
Dr. Willis is a board-certified
emergency medicine physician at
University Hospital and Medical Center
in Tamarac, FL.
Ursinus College, BA ’86
TAMPA
Eric Castellucci ’84
Dr. Castellucci has been at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, a Level II trauma center, in
Tampa, FL, for 16 years. He actively
continues to teach ACLS and ATLS
and is a full partner with Emergency
Medicine Associates of Tampa Bay.
Dr. Castellucci completed an emergency
medicine residency at Maricopa
Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. He is
a member of the American College of
Emergency Physicians and the Florida
Medical Association. Dr. Castellucci
lives in Tampa, FL, with his wife and
three children.
BS ’81
Deborah Cohen ’00
Dr. Cohen is an obstetrician and
gynecologist in private group practice
at The Woman’s Group South Tampa
Clinic in Tampa, FL. She completed her
at the State University of New York
at Buffalo, where she was recognized
for Overall Academic and Clinical
Excellence due to her outstanding
patient care and compassion, and as the
Best Teaching Resident.
Jennifer Cox ’99
Dr. Cox is an Assistant Professor of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
and Clerkship Director for the fourthyear medical student Critical Care
Selective, Morsani College of Medicine,
University of South Florida, in Tampa,
FL. Dr. Cox completed an internal
medicine residency and Chief Residency,
followed by a hospitalist year at the
University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston, TX. She then completed a
pulmonary and critical care fellowship
at the University of South Florida in
2007. Dr. Cox is board certified in
internal medicine, pulmonary disease
and critical care medicine and is a
Fellow of the American College of
Chest Physicians.
Charles Cox ’85
Dr. Cox is Regional Vice President and
Market Medical Officer of Humana,
Inc., a leading health care company
that offers a wide range of insurance
products and health and wellness
services that incorporate an integrated
approach to lifelong well-being. He is
responsible for leading the company’s
clinical initiatives, including wellness,
all care management, clinical program
strategic initiatives, medical utilization
trend management, and benefit
coverage issues in Arizona, Colorado,
Nevada and Utah. Dr. Cox previously
served at CarePlus Health Plan, Inc. in
Miami, FL as Vice President and Chief
Medical Officer-Senior Products.
University of Arizona, BS ’80
Alexandre Furman ’06
Dr. Furman is a physician working at
Pulmonary & Sleep of Tampa Bay in
Tampa, FL. He is also a critical care
ultrasound and echo instructor, as well
as an Assistant Professor of Clinical
Pulmonology and Critical Care at Lake
Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine,
in Erie, PA. Dr. Furman completed an
internal medicine residency at Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital in Park
Ridge, IL, followed by a fellowship in
pulmonary and critical care medicine
at Wayne State University in Detroit,
MI. He is board certified in internal
medicine, pulmonary disease, and
critical care medicine, and is eligible
for the Board of Physician Nutrition
Specialists. Dr. Furman is a Fellow
of the American College of Chest
Physicians, a member of the Society of
Critical Care Medicine, and the National
Committee of FCCS Education. His
current activities include interventional
pulmonology with superDimension
navigation, endobronchial ultrasound,
endobronchial procedures and minimal
surgery, critical care advancement and
education, telemedicine and applications
development acute care medicine clinical
research.
University of Illinois, BA ’01
Michael Jaglal ’05
Dr. Jaglal is a medical oncologist at the
Moffitt Cancer Center satellite clinic at
Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL
and is on the clinical faculty in blood
and marrow transplant, hematology,
and oncology. Board certified in
University of Louisville in Kentucky
followed by a hematology and oncology
fellowship at the University of South
Florida at Moffitt Cancer Center in
Tampa, FL. Dr. Jaglal is a member of
the American Society of Hematology
and the American Society of Clinical
Oncology.
Sarah Jennings ’00
Dr. Jennings is an anesthesiologist in
private practice in Tampa, FL. She
at the University of Miami in 2005.
Florida State University, BA ’95
Francis Kaszuba ’95
Dr. Kaszuba is a pulmonologist in
Tampa, FL and is affiliated with
multiple hospitals in the area, including
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
and Moffitt Cancer Center. He is
pulmonary disease, and critical care
medicine.
Florida Atlantic University, BA ’87
Hemant Murthy ’08
Dr. Murthy is a Blood and Marrow
Transplant Fellow at Moffitt Cancer
Florida
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Center in Tampa, FL. He completed an
Murthy then went on to complete
a hospice and palliative medicine
fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA, followed
by a hematology and oncology
fellowship at East Carolina University,
Brody School of Medicine in Greenville,
NC. Dr. Murthy is board certified
in internal medicine and hospice and
palliative medicine.
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Bradley Peckler ’96
Dr. Peckler is an Associate Professor
and Director 0f Simulation in the
Department of Emergency Medicine at
the University of South Florida College
of Medicine. After he completed his
emergency medicine residency and chief
residency at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center,
he became a core faculty member of the
Cornell University emergency medicine
residency at Lincoln Hospital in the
South Bronx, NY. In 2002, he moved
to a rural regional trauma center in
Florence, SC, before moving to Florida
in 2004. Board certified in emergency
medicine, Dr. Peckler is the author of
over 30 scientific publications and book
chapters. His research interests relate to
simulation and simulation applications,
medical education, and international
emergency medicine. He is also a site
reviewer for the Society for Simulation
in Healthcare accreditation program. At
the University of South Florida, he has
continued his interest in international
emergency medicine and has traveled
the globe presenting and giving courses
in trauma, simulation, and ultrasound.
Michael Perry ’85
Dr. Perry is the Co-Founder and
Medical Director of Laser Spine
Institute in Tampa, FL, which performs
outpatient arthroscopic laser-assisted
spinal surgery. Only a handful of
surgeons are performing this minimally
invasive spinal procedure. Board
certified in internal medicine, Dr. Perry
completed both his internal medicine
internship and residency at Mount Sinai
Hospital in Hartford, CT in 1989. He
served as the Medical Director of Gulf
Coast Orthopedic Center in Hudson,
FL from 1989-2004. Dr. Perry has been
nominated for Modern Healthcare
Florida
Entrepreneur of the Year. Over the past
few years, the Laser Spine Institute has
grown tremendously and, since 2006,
has opened several Ambulatory Surgical
Centers around the country. Dr. Perry
has overseen the expansion of the Laser
Spine Institute into the largest health
care company in the world performing
minimally invasive spine surgery, and
the institute has been named “Top
Work Place in Tampa Bay” by the
Tampa Bay Times for four consecutive
years. The Laser Spine Institute was also
voted one of the “Best Places to Work”
by the Tampa Bay Business Journal
in 2011 and 2012 and has received
recognition in Becker’s Hospital Review/
Becker’s ASC Review as one of the “Top
100 Best Places to Work in Health Care.”
University of South Florida, BA ’81
Joseph Puccio ’98
Dr. Puccio is a physician practicing
adolescent medicine at the University of
South Florida Student Health Services
Center in Tampa, FL. After completing
his pediatric residency at Maimonides
Dr. Puccio went on to complete an
adolescent medicine fellowship at
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Michelle Rook ’04
Dr. Rook is a board-certified pediatric
gastroenterologist at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Tampa, FL and is also on
staff at All Children’s Hospital in St.
Petersburg. FL. She was previously an
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
in the Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition at the
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
focusing on hepatology and transplant
medicine. Dr. Rook completed a
pediatric residency at Maimonides
and a pediatric gastroenterology,
hepatology, and nutrition fellowship
Francisco.
Sasha Sutherland ’05
Dr. Sutherland is an internal medicine
physician in private practice with Bay
Care Medical Group at Premier North
in Tampa, FL. Board certified in internal
medicine, she completed her internal
medicine residency at Woodhull Medical
and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn,
NY. Dr. Sutherland’s clinical interests
include diabetes mellitus, hypertension,
and women’s health issues. She is a
member of the American College of
Physicians and the Central Florida
Physicians Alliance.
St. George’s University, BSc ’02
Rodrigo Torres ’11
Dr. Torres is working for IPC
Hospitalists near Tampa, FL. He
as Chief Resident at Lutheran Medical
Center in Park Ridge, IL.
St. George’s University, MPH ’07
Christopher Wilke ’02
Dr. Wilke is a civilian pediatrician at
MacDrill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL,
where he cares for children of those
serving in the military. After graduating
from St. George’s University, he
completed his residency in pediatrics
at the University of Florida Health
Sciences Center in Jacksonville, FL.
Dr. Wilke began his pediatric career
by joining a small private pediatric
practice outside Savannah, GA, before
moving to a large pediatric group in St.
Petersburg, FL. He is board certified
in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics. He
married in Jacksonville, FL, in 2004
and had a daughter in 2007. Dr. Wilke
greatly appreciates the opportunities
St. George’s University has offered him,
especially the experience of completing
a large number of clinical rotations in
London, England.
BS ’97
TAMPA BAY
Chris Nussbaum ’84
Dr. Nussbaum is founder and lead
physician at Concierge Care in Tampa
Bay, FL. He completed his internal
medicine residency as Chief Resident at
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington,
DC before relocating to Florida and
working in traditional private practice
until 1998. He then founded Synergy
Medical Group, the first private practice
hospitalist group in Tampa Bay, FL,
which became the dominant force in
eastern Hillsborough County, growing
to more than 22 providers serving seven
hospitals and many other facilities. He
published numerous articles on hospital
medicine and related topics, and in the
inaugural class he was selected as one
of 500 physicians given the Fellow of
Hospital Medicine designation. After
12 successful years, Dr. Nussbaum
completed a lucrative sale of the group
and then formed Velocity Medical
Consultants, providing clinical and
administrative support to a variety of
medical practices and organizations.
He completed the University of South
Florida’s certifying program for health
care mediation.
Carlos Smith ’02
Dr. Smith is a partner of the Emergency
Medical Associates of Florida, staffing
two very busy emergency departments
in the greater Tampa, FL area. He also
serves as the Medical Director of Jet ICU
Air Ambulance Service and of Mission
Travel Association. Board certified
in emergency medicine, Dr. Smith
residency at Sinai-Grace Hospital,
Wayne State University, in Detroit, MI.
He is the primary investigator in research
studying the long-term neurophysiologic
effects of hypothermia in those patients
who received intravenous tPA for
ischemic strokes. Dr. Smith lives in
Tampa, FL, with his wife, Jennifer, and
their three kids, Alex, Nicolas, and Kara.
He welcomes any questions, comments,
or concerns, and would like to mention
that he is extremely proud of his alma
mater and only wishes he could have
spent more time on the islands.
TAVARES
Kenneth Stark ’82
Dr. Stark is a board-certified
rheumatologist working in private
practice in Tavares, FL. He is an
Assistant Clinical Professor at the
University of Central Florida School
of Medicine and he teaches students
from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine who rotate through his
practice. Dr. Stark completed an
internal medicine residency followed
by a fellowship in rheumatology at
NY. He is past president of his county
medical and state specialty societies
and remains a member of the Regional
Medicare Contractor’s Specialty
Advisory Board.
Brook, BS ’77
TITUSVILLE
Patricia Alexander ’00
Dr. Alexander has been a primary care
physician at Titusville Family Practice
in Titusville, FL since completing
her internal medicine residency at the
New Jersey in Newark, NJ. She is also
Medical Director for a local hospital
home health agency, Parrish Home
Health, and for a local skilled and
long-term care nursing facility, Royal
Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in
Titusville, FL. Dr. Alexander has a
special interest in long-term care, is
and became a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians in 2013.
State University of New York Health
Science Center at Brooklyn, BS ’89
VENICE
Edward Killeen ’85
Dr. Killeen is practicing outpatient
psychiatry at Comprehensive MedPsych
Systems in Venice, FL. He completed
his residency training in 1990 and
served as a geriatric psychiatrist in
private practice until 1993.
BS ’78
Richard Samale ’83
Dr. Samale is in a private family
medicine practice in Venice, FL.
After completing his residency at the
Northeastern Hospital of Philadelphia
as Chief Resident, Dr. Samale became
board certified in family medicine.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences, BS ’79
of Pediatrics, and member of the
North American Society for Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Nutrition.
Jessica Morlok-Prince ’04
Dr. Morlok-Prince is the Director of the
Pediatric Emergency Department at St.
Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm
Beach, FL. She completed her pediatric
residency as Chief Resident at Orlando
Regional Healthcare System.
Laura White-Kolshak ’01
Dr. White-Kolshak is an orthopaedic
surgeon with specialization in hand and
upper extremity conditions at Hand and
Wrist Specialists of the Palm Beaches,
serving Palm Beach County, FL. She
is also a board-certified Independent
Medical Examiner. Dr. White-Kolshak
completed an orthopaedic surgery
New York at Buffalo Graduate Medical/
Dental Consortium of Buffalo, and a
hand and upper extremity fellowship
at the University of Pittsburgh. She
currently serves on the Health Care
Committee at the Palm Beach Chamber
of Commerce, and is active at the
Florida Women’s Business Center.
MS ’96
WESTON
Shane Bobart ’14
Dr. Bobart is an internal medicine
resident at Cleveland Clinic Florida in
Weston, FL.
WEST PALM BEACH
Lawrence Adams ’81
Dr. Adams is a board-certified pediatric
gastroenterologist at Palm Beach
Pediatric Gastroenterology, a private
practice he opened over 20 years ago
with offices in West Palm Beach and
Boca Raton, FL. He has repeatedly
been listed in numerous publications
of the best physicians. Such listings
include South Florida magazine’s “South
Florida’s Top Doctors,” Miami Metro’s
“Top Docs, The Best Physicians in South
Florida,” the Consumers’ Research
Council of America “Guide to America’s
Top Physicians,” Best Doctors, “The
Best Doctors in America.” Dr. Adams
WELLINGTON
Ishan Gunawardene ’91
Dr. Gunawardene is the Chief of
the Department of Medicine and an
instructor for the internal medicine
residency program at Wellington
Regional Medical Center in Wellington,
FL. He also owns a hospitalist group
and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Internal Medicine at Lake Erie
College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board
Gunawardene completed an internal
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WILDWOOD
Gary Venuto ’83
Dr. Venuto an internal medicine
physician in private practice in
Wildwood, FL. Before relocating to
Florida, Dr. Venturo was in private
practice at Holy Redeemer Medical
Center and Jeanes Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA. He also did clinical
research as the director of Clinical
Pharmacology for Wyeth, Ayerst
Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Venuto completed
an internal medicine residency at Mercy
Catholic Medical Center in Darby, PA.
Saint Joseph’s College, BS ’74
WINTER PARK
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Alexander Jungreis ’85
Dr. Jungreis directs the National
Pain Institute in Florida. An
interventional neurologist specializing
in pain management, Dr. Jungreis
spends most of his practicing hours
evaluating, diagnosing, and treating
acute, subacute, and chronic pain. He
at the University of Central Florida in
the Department of Neurology. After
completing a residency in neurology
at Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Dr. Jungreis did post-graduate studies
in interventional pain management at
Stanford University.
Oneonta, BS ’81
Shari Yudenfreund-Suika ’82
When Dr. Yudenfreund-Suika was
hired by the Orlando Veterans
Affairs Outpatient Clinic, there were
no departments of Anesthesiology,
Ambulatory Surgery, or Pain
Management. Dr. YudenfreundSuika created these departments and
wrote all department policies. When
she retired from medicine as the
Chief of Anesthesiology, Chief of
Ambulatory Surgery, and Chief of the
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic, the
Ambulatory Surgery department was
the busiest VA Ambulatory Surgery
department in the United States.
Dr. Yudenfreund-Suika is board
certified in anesthesiology and has
published multiple letters and articles
in various journals. She completed an
anesthesiology residency at Millard
Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, NY, and
a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at
the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Dr.
Yudenfreund-Suika’s son also graduated
Florida
from SGUSOM and has started a
surgical residency program in Orlando,
FL. Since retiring, she volunteers at
Shepherd’s Hope, a free health clinic
with several locations in Florida.
Fredonia, BS ’78
GEORGIA
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Alpharetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ACWORTH
ALMA
Jeffrey Stone ’82
Dr. Stone moved from the Latham,
NY area to Acworth, GA in 2009 and
is a full-time family physician with
WellStar Health Systems. He is also the
Chairman of the Business Solutions
Committee of the Georgia Academy
of Family Physicians, a member of the
board of trustees of the Cobb County
Medical Society, the Chairman of
the Steering Committee for PatientCentered Medical Homes (PCMH)
at WellStar, and the community
preceptor for Mercer Medical School.
Dr. Stone is a community activist on
the medical side, having helped pass
state legislation through his efforts
as a delegate to the Georgia Academy
of Family Physicians and his work on
the legislative committee and in the
community toward drug registries and
health information systems to improve
the quality of health care in Georgia.
His next big project is integrating the
current system into an ACO as WellStar
moves to consolidate into a truly worldclass health system. Board certified in
family medicine, Dr. Stone completed
a family medicine residency at Albany
Medical Center in Albany, NY. In his
spare time, Dr. Stone likes to play with
his grandchildren and hike in the north
Georgia mountains.
Bucknell University, BA ’78
Phillip Grooms ’82
Dr. Grooms is a hospital
anesthesiologist in Alma, GA. He
began a family medicine residency at
McLeod Regional Medical Center in
Florence, SC, and then completed an
anesthesiology residency at the Medical
College of Georgia in Augusta, GA.
ALPHARETTA
Jacob Varghese ’00
Dr. Varghese is a family practitioner
in private practice at North Fulton
Primary Care in Alpharetta, GA and is
affiliated with several hospitals in the
Atlanta, GA area. He is also an Assistant
Clinical Professor at the Georgia
Campus of the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Varghese
at Grant Medical Center in Columbus,
OH, in 2005.
ATHENS
Tara Merritt ’02
Dr. Merritt is the owner and sole
physician at Performance Pediatrics
and Sports Medicine in Athens, GA.
Triple board certified in sports medicine,
pediatrics, and internal medicine, Dr.
Meritt completed a combined internal
medicine and pediatrics residency at
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St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tifton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vidalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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the University of Kentucky Hospital
in Lexington, KY, after which she
practiced primary care in Athens for
three years. A lifelong athlete, Dr.
Merritt then pursued her passion
for sports medicine and completed a
primary care sports medicine fellowship
in 2010 at Steadman Hawkins Clinic of
the Carolinas in Greenville, SC. Prior to
opening her own practice, Dr. Merritt
worked with an orthopaedic surgeon
in a neighboring community. In
addition to primary care, Dr. Merritt’s
focus is on adolescent and young adult
nonoperative sports medicine and
concussion management.
ATLANTA
Stacy Dougherty ’06
Dr. Dougherty is an Assistant Professor
of Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at
Emory University School of Medicine
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta,
GA. Dr. Doughery completed a general
surgery residency at Our Lady of Mercy
Medical Center in the Bronx, NY
followed by a fellowship in surgical
critical care and a surgery residency
at Wake Forest University Baprtist
Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC.
Payal Fadia ’98
Dr. Fadia is Medical Director of
Post-Acute Brain Injury Services for
Shepherd Center in Atlanta, GA. After
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completing a residency in physical
medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, TX,
Dr. Fadia completed a fellowship in
traumatic brain injury at the University
of Texas-Houston in Houston, TX.
Patrick Meloy ’10
Dr. Meloy is an instructor of emergency
medicine with Emory University
in Atlanta, GA. He completed an
emergency medicine residency at SinaiGrace Hospital, Wayne State University
in Detroit, MI.
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Federico Milla ’00
Dr. Milla is Medical Director of
the Marcus Heart Valve Center
at Piedmont Health Institute in
Atlanta, GA. After graduating from
St. George’s University in 2000, he
at the State University of New York at
Buffalo. He then went on to complete
his general surgery residency at the
University of Massachusetts Medical
Center from 2001–07. During his
residency, Dr. Milla also completed a
two-year fellowship in elective research
in cardiac surgery at Weill Cornell
Following general surgery training,
he began a three-year cardiothoracic
residency at the Mount Sinai Medical
Center, which he finished in July 2010.
Dr. Milla is board certified in general
surgery and thoracic surgery.
BS ’94
Taaha Shakir ’06
Dr. Shakir is an Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics at Emory University School
of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Prior
posts include a pediatric hospitalist
with Henry Ford Health System in
Detroit, MI and Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Shakir began
his residency in pediatrics at the State
before transferring to Albert Einstein
Medical Center. Before attending SGU,
he obtained his Bachelor of Science
in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, MD.
AUGUSTA
Monisha Garg ’03
Dr. Garg is a nephrologist in private
Georgia
practice with Northwest Georgia
Diagnostic Clinics as well as Athens
Regional Health System and is affiliated
with Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
and nephrology, she completed an
internal medicine residency followed by
a nephrology fellowship at the Medical
College of Georgia.
Mercer University, BA ’98
Richard Gordon ’08
Dr. Gordon holds a faculty position
at the Medical College of Georgia in
Augusta, where he serves as Director
of Emergency Ultrasound and as
Assistant Residency Director for the
Department of Emergency Medicine.
He was also named the Midlevel
Residency Director for Emergency
Medicine. Dr. Gordon was awarded the
Outstanding Faculty Educator Award
in 2013 and 2014, as well as the MCG
Exemplary Teaching Award in 2014.
Dr. Gordon completed an emergency
medicine residency at Wayne State
University, Detroit Receiving Hospital
in Detroit, MI, where he served as
Chief Resident during his final year.
The following year, he completed an
emergency ultrasound fellowship at
the same institution. Actively involved
with ultrasound education on a national
and international level, Dr. Gordon
currently has multiple publications
on emergency ultrasound and was
awarded one grant on ultrasound in
medical education in 2013. Dr. Gordon
Emergency Physicians.
University of Georgia, BS ’04
Aaron Hurd ’05
Dr. Hurd is a vascular and
endovascular surgeon at Augusta
Vascular Center and is affiliated with
the Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta, GA.
Board certified in general surgery, he
and Chief Residency at the University
of Tennessee Medical Center in
Knoxville, TN. Dr. Hurd then went
on to complete a vascular surgery
fellowship at Carolinas Medical
Center in Charlotte, NC. He is a
member of the Society for Vascular
Surgery, an associate of the American
College of Surgeons and a member
of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery
Society, as well as a recipient of the
Hiram Crutchfield and Golden Apple
Teaching Awards. Dr. Hurd is actively
involved in aortic disease research and
has presented at many recent national
vascular meetings.
University of Texas at San Antonio, BS ’96
University of Texas at San Antonio, MS ’00
Andrew Kastello ’05
Dr. Kastello is a board-certified general
surgeon in private practice at Acute
Surgical Care in Augusta, GA and is
affiliated with The Doctor’s Hospital of
Augusta. As a private practice surgeon,
he is able to perform a full range of
procedures, including endoscopy,
laparoscopic surgery, and endocrine,
GI, and skin surgery. Dr. Kastello
at St. Joseph Mercy-Oakland in Pontiac,
MI, in 2010.
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, BA ’91
James Murphy ’12
Dr. Murphy is a psychiatry resident at
Georgia Health Sciences University in
Augusta, GA.
Shaun Shaker ’12
Dr. Shaker is a neurology resident at
Georgia Health Sciences University in
Augusta, GA.
Denison University, BS ’06
Cleveland State University, MS ’09
Malinda West ’12
Dr. West is an internist in private
practice with Georgia Regents Health in
Augusta, FL. She completed an internal
medicine residency at Georgia Health
Sciences University in Augusta, GA.
Illinois Wesleyan University, BA ’02
AUSTELL
Michael Grupka ’02
Dr. Grupka is a gastroenterologist
in private practice with WellStar at
Gastrointestinal Specialists of Georgia
in Austell, GA and is on staff at all
WellStar facilities. He completed
a gastroenterology and hepatology
Connecticut. Dr. Grupka is board
gastroenterology.
Sujatha Hariharan ’00
Dr. Hariharan is in private practice
with Northwest Georgia Cancer
Centers, PC at Austell Cancer Center,
in Austell, GA. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Temple
University Hospital in Philadelphia,
PA. Dr. Hariharan then completed a
fellowship in hematology and oncology
at the University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center in Aurora, CO.
Baylor University, BS ’95
Gynecologists (AAPLOG). In 2013, she
married her sweetheart, Keith A. Hale.
MPH ’02
CARROLLTON
CANTON
Richard Dukes ’98
Dr. Dukes is the Chairman of the
at Northside Hospital-Cherokee in
Canton, GA. He is also a clinical faculty
member in the Department of Family
medicine at Emory University School of
Medicine. Board certified in emergency
medicine, Dr. Dukes completed his
emergency medicine residency and chief
residency at Wayne State University/
Detroit Medical Center. After his
residency, he remained at Wayne State
University as part of the teaching staff.
Georgia State University, BS ’93
Steven Lobel ’00
Dr. Lobel is Medical Director of The
Spine Center at Medical Associates of
North Georgia in Canton, GA, where
he is an accomplished interventionalist
and implanter. He completed a physical
medicine and rehabilitation residency
at Eastern Virginia Medical School
in Norfolk, VA as Chief Resident and
was Chairman of the Resident Fellow
Section of the Medical Society of
Virginia. He then completed a pain
management fellowship at Emory
University in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Lobel
served as the Assistant Program
Director of Emory University’s final
and pain medicine fellowship class.
Lycoming College, BA ’94
Kathryn Providence ’05
Dr. Hale is working at Cherokee
Women’s Health Specialists in
north Georgia. She completed an
internship and residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center in
Memphis. She also did an elective
rotation in the division of urogynecology
and pelvic reconstructive surgery at the
Women and Infant’s Hospital, Center
for Women’s Pelvic Medicine and
Reconstructive Surgery, in Providence,
RI. Dr. Hale is a Fellow of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
and a member of the American
Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and
Richard Mikilitus ’90
Dr. Mikilitus owns and operates West
Georgia Sleep Disorders Center and
Neurology Associates, opened in 1995,
with offices in Carrollton, Douglasville,
and Peachtree City, GA. In addition,
he is affiliated with WellStar Douglas
Hospital in Douglasville, GA. Dr.
Mikilitus completed an internal
medicine internship at St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ before
completing a neurology residency at the
of New Jersey. He is a member of the
American Academy of Neurology,
Medical Association of Georgia, the
National Headache Foundation, and
the American Academy of Sleep
Medicine. Dr. Mikilitus is married and
has four children.
GREENSBORO
Wesley Ensley ’95
Dr. Ensley is a family medicine physician
in private practice at Greensboro Family
Practice in Greensboro, GA, and has
been an active member of the American
Medical Association since 1996. He
served two terms as the Chief of Staff of
Boswell Hospital, where he received the
Physician Recognition Award four times.
Dr. Ensley is married with twins.
JONESBORO
Salman Thobhani ’10
Dr. Thobhani is an anesthesiologist in
private practice at Riverdale Anesthesia
Associates in Jonesboro, GA. He
at Westchester Medical Center, New
York Medical College in Valhalla, NY,
followed by a fellowship at the Ochsner
Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, LA.
Georgia State University, BS ’03
MACON
CUMMING
Panyavee Vongkasemsiri ’98
Dr. Vongkasemsiri is in private
pediatrics practice in Cumming, GA
and is affiliated with several hospitals in
the area including Northside Forsyth
Hospital. She finished her residency
in pediatrics at Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY.
GAINESVILLE
Birju Patel ’99
Dr. Patel is a physician in private practice
at Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic
and is affiliated with Northeast Georgia
internal medicine and geriatrics, Dr.
Patel completed an internal medicine
residency at St. Barnabas Hospital in
Livingston, NJ and a geriatric medicine
fellowship at Emory University. He is
Physicians and a Fellow of the American
Geriatric Society.
Bilal Farooqi ’13
Dr. Farooqi is an internal medicine
resident at Mercer University in Macon,
GA.
Paul Persad ’02
Dr. Persad is an Assistant Professor
of Internal Medicine with Mercer
University Health Systems. After
completing his internal medicine
residency at the Medical Center of
Central Georgia in Macon, GA, in
2004, Dr. Persad worked as a hospitalist
until 2007.
John Washington ’81
Dr. Washington is practicing emergency
medicine full time. He completed a
residency in internal medicine at George
W. Hubbard Hospital of Meharry
Medical College in Nashville, TN.
Alma College, BS ’73
MARIETTA
Alyssa Bowers-Zamani ’07
Dr. Bowers-Zamani is a board-certified
obstetrician and gynecologist in private
practice with WellStar Medical Group
at Kennestone OB/GYN in Marietta,
Georgia
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Woodstock, and Acworth, GA and is
affiliated with WellStar Kennestone
Hospital. She completed a residency
in obstetrics and gynecology at the
Medical Center of Central Georgia in
Macon, GA. Dr. Bowers-Zamani is a
member of both the American Medical
Association and the American College
of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Alexander Pollack ’81
Dr. Pollack is retired and living in
Georgia. He practiced as a general
surgeon in a rural area of Georgia for
many years and also served as a medical
director for the state of Georgia. Dr.
Pollack completed a general surgery
and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he
was also Chief Resident.
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Svathi Reddy ’97
Dr. Reddy is a psychiatrist in private
practice at Compass Psychiatry, LLC
in Marietta, GA. She has taught as an
assistant professor at several academic
institutions including Albert Einstein
Medical College in New York and
Emory University School of Medicine
in Atlanta. Board certified in psychiatry,
Dr. Reddy completed a psychiatry
residency at Beth Israel Medical Center,
where she served as Chief Resident. She
lives in Atlanta with her husband, Rohit
Khanna, and their two children.
Washington University in St. Louis,
BS ’92
Hanson Sachs ’86
Dr. Sachs is a part-time physician
practicing on various cruise ships
around the world. He completed a
University of Tennessee in Memphis.
In 1993, he began a solo practice in
Marietta, GA, where he worked until
he retired in 2005. Dr. Sachs was an
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Medicine
at Emory University and an Assistant
Clinical Professor at Kennesaw State
University, in GA.
Emory University, BMS ’75
RICHMOND
William Webb ’03
Dr. Webb has been a pediatrician
with South Coast Medical Group in
Richmond Hill, GA, since graduating
from St. George’s University. He is also
Georgia
on the faculty at Mercer University
Medical School and is affiliated with
Memorial Health University Medical
Center and St. Joseph’s/Candler
Hospital in Savannah, GA. Board
certified in pediatrics, Dr. Webb
completed his pediatrics residency as
Chief Resident at Memorial University
Hospital, Mercer University School of
Medicine, in Savannah. In 2005, he was
voted Outstanding Pediatric Resident
by Mercer University medical students.
Dr. Webb also participates in the annual
one-week diabetic camp, Camp Kodiak,
hosted in Savannah, GA, where he gets
the pleasure of spending at least one
night with great kids who are dealing
with diabetes. He and his wife, Danielle,
a pediatric dietitian at Memorial
Hospital, live in Savannah, GA, with
their three children.
Georgia Institute of Technology, BS ’92
ROME
John Abdou ’00
Dr. Abdou is a board-certified radiation
oncologist in private practice at Harbin
Clinic, Radiation Oncology Rome in
Rome, GA. He completed his radiation
oncology residency at Ohio State
University Arthur G. James Cancer
Hospital in Columbus, OH in 2005.
Millsaps College, BS ’93
Shannon Vaughn ’95
Dr. Vaughn is a family physician in
private practice at Floyd Primary Care in
Rome, GA. He completed his residency
in family medicine at Phoebe Putney
Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA.
SAVANNAH
Ryan Holste ’12
Dr. Holste is a diagnostic radiology
resident at Memorial University Medical
Center in Savannah, GA. He completed
his preliminary medicine year at the
same institution.
Old Dominion University, BS ’07
Kennedy Okere ’98
Dr. Okere is the Assistant Director
of the Family Medicine Residency
Program and an Assistant Professor
of Clinical Medicine with Mercer
Savannah, GA. He is Founder and
President of the nonprofit organization
Horizon International Medical
Missions. Due to his numerous rural
health developments in Nigeria, he was
honored by the Kings as Traditional
Chief, which puts him next to the Kings
in Owerri West Local Government
in Nigeria. Dr. Okere completed
his residency at Memorial HealthUniversity Medical Center in 2001.
Andy Pandya ’99
Dr. Pandya is a board-certified
anesthesiologist trained in
interventional pain management in
private practice with Optim Healthcare
serving clinics throughout the Savannah,
GA region. Dr. Pandya is also a guest
faculty member of South University
in the physician assistant training
program and is a speaker for various
pharmaceutical companies, including
Pfizer. He is a three-time recipient of
the nationally ranked Patient’s Choice
Award for 2008, 2009, and 2010. Dr.
Pandya completed an internal medicine
internship at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston, NJ, followed
by an anesthesiology residency and
interventional pain management
fellowship at the State University of
in Syracuse, NY.
Hemal Patel ’04
Dr. Patel is working in the anesthesia
department at Memorial Health
University. He is also a clinical associate
at the South University anesthesia
assistant program and a guest speaker
for Northwest Anesthesia Seminars.
Board certified in anesthesia, Dr. Patel
completed a medical and surgical
internship and an anesthesia residency
at the University of Florida.
University of South Carolina Aiken, BS ’00
Ami Tailor ’12
Dr. Tailor is on the pedatric faculty at
Memorial Health Medical Center in
Savannah, GA and is specializing in
ambulatory pediatrics. She completed a
pediatrics residency at Memorial Health
Medical Center of Mercer University
School of Medicine in Savannah, GA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County, BS ’08
Jordan Watson ’14
Dr. Watson is a pediatrics resident at
Memorial University Medical Center in
Savannah, GA.
ST. MARY’S
Amir Wind ’94
Dr. Wind is Chief of Emergency
Medicine of Southeast Georgia Health
Systems-Camden Campus in St. Mary’s,
GA. He completed his family medicine
Health Science Center in Jacksonville,
FL. Dr. Wind is a founding member
of the Department of Homeland
Security and formerly a Senior Medical
Officer with DMAT FL-4. He is also
an Auxiliary Florida State Trooper
and the Medical Officer for the north
Florida region’s tactical response team.
His main professional interests are in
disaster medicine and tactical medicine.
Tulane University, BA ’87
North Wilkesboro, NC to work as an
anesthesiologist at Wilkes Regional
Medical Center. Prior to starting at
St. George’s University, Dr. Almeroth
worked as a registered nurse for 10
years, an experience he feels has had a
tremendous influence on his practice of
medicine.
TIFTON
Jonathan Tronolone ’99
Dr. Tronolone is an interventional
cardiologist working in private practice
in Tifton, GA. He completed an
by a cardiovascular disease fellowship at
the Medical College of Georgia. After
that, he completed an interventional
cardiology fellowship at the University
of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Dr.
Tronolone is board certified in internal
medicine, cardiovascular disease, and
interventional cardiology.
Canisius College, BA ’95
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VIDALIA
John Bleichner ’81
Dr. Bleichner is a hospital-based
pathologist. He is board certified and
completed his pathology residency at
Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, DC.
WINDER
Richard Almeroth ’81
Dr. Almeroth has been working as a
locum tenens anesthesiologist since
1997 and entered semi-retirement
in 2012. He completed his medical
internship and anesthesiology residency
at the University of Miami, Jackson
Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL.
From 1984-92, Dr. Almeroth served
as Director of the Department of
Anesthesia at Barrow Medical Center
in Winder, GA. He then moved to
Georgia
HAWAII
HONOLULU
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Jonathan Duca ’04
Dr. Duca is in private practice in
Honolulu, HI, and is a Clinical
Professor at the University of Hawaii
John A. Burns School of Medicine.
After a transitional residency at
Saint Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston, NJ, Dr. Duca completed
an anesthesiology residency at St.
Paterson, NJ.
BA ’96
Nannette Duca-Cruz ’04
Dr. Duca-Cruz is an anesthesiologist at
the Athena Clinic in Honolulu, HI and
is affiliated with Hawaii Pacific Health.
After an internship in internal medicine
at Long Island College Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Duca-Cruz began
a residency in anesthesiology at St.
Paterson, NJ. Dr. Duca-Cruz is married
to John Duca, a fellow St. George’s
University graduate.
University of Florida, BSN ’99
David Tamura ’01
Dr. Tamura is an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Clinical Sciences and is
actively involved in research at the
University of Hawaii Cancer Center
in Honolulu, HI, where he serves as
principal investigator or the subinvestigator in various clinical trials
and ensures that they are properly
managed. Dr. Tamura is also an
Assistant Clinical Professor at John A.
Burns School of Medicine, University
of Hawaii at Manoa. He completed
Roger Williams Medical Center in
Providence, RI. Dr. Tamura then
went on to complete an internal
medicine fellowship at Tufts University,
New England Medical Center in
Boston, MA, followed by a hematology
and oncology fellowship at Montefiore
Medical Center in the Bronx, NY.
California State University at Fullerton,
MS ’97
Anthony Turner ’88
Dr. Turner is a hospitalist at Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center in Honolulu,
HI. He interned at New Britain General
Hospital in Connecticut and completed
University of Hawaii.
University of California at Berkeley, AB ’72
KAILUA
Joann Sarubbi ’92
Dr. Sarubbi is an emergency medicine
physician with Hawaii Emergency
Physicians Associated, the oldest and
largest physician owned ED group
in Hawaii. She is on staff at North
Hawaii Community Hospital in
Kamuela, HI and Hilo Medical Center
in Hilo, HI. She and her husband
Derek have one son.
Adelphi University, BSN ’80
LIHUE
Caitlin Stiglmeier ’12
Dr. Stiglmeier is a pediatrician licensed
to practice in Hawaii. She completed
a pediatrics residency at the State
University of New York Upstate
Medical University in Syracuse, NY.
Linfield College, BS ’05
WAIPAHU
Marco Floridia ’05
Dr. Floridia is a vascular and
interventional radiologist at Advanced
Medical Imaging in Waipahu, HI.
He completed a diagnostic radiology
residency at Nassau University Medical
Center in East Meadow, NY and a
vascular and interventional radiology
fellowship at the Keck School of
Medicine of the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles, CA.
IDAHO
BOISE
Clinton Mallari ’83
Dr. Mallari is a physiatrist in his own
private practice, The Center for Pain
Care, in Boise, ID. With subspecialty
training in interventional pain
management, Dr. Mallari performs
cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
injections, spinal cord stimulator
placements, and radio-frequency
ablation. He also offers medical
acupuncture and low-intensity laser
therapy. Board certified in physical
medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Mallari
rehabilitation residency at the University
of Louisville Amelia Brown Frazier
Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Mallari is
a member of the American Society of
Interventional Pain Physicians.
Texas A&M University, MS ’77
Mark Rasmus ’99
Dr. Rasmus is the Medical Director of
Idaho Sleep Health in Boise, ID and is
board certified in pulmonary medicine,
critical care, and sleep medicine.
He completed a combined internal
Dr. Rasmus then completed a fellowship
in pulmonary and critical care medicine
at the University of Utah followed by
a fellowship in sleep medicine at LDS
Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. He is
actively skiing, mountain biking, and
kayaking as much as possible.
Dartmouth College, BA ’94
Ryan Williams ’06
Dr. Williams is a full-time hospitalist at
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
in Boise, ID and serves as Medical
Director at a skilled nursing facility in
Nampa, ID. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Williams completed
University of Louisville in Louisville,
KY. He then served for three and a half
years as Chief of Internal Medicine
at Mountain Home Air Force Base in
Mountain Home, ID. Dr. Williams
separated from the US Air Force with
the rank of major.
BS ’02
SANDPOINT
Zachary Halversen ’12
Dr. Halversen is a board-certified family
medicine physician at Pine Grove
Medical Center in Sandpoint, ID. He
completed a family medicine residency at
Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID.
IDAHO FALLS
Aaron Gardner ’07
Dr. Gardner is a pediatric intensivist at
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
in Idaho Falls, ID. His professional
and research activities involve pediatric
disaster medicine and hospital
preparedness. Dr. Gardner completed
his pediatric internship and residency at
the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
in Little Rock, before completing a
fellowship in pediatric critical care
medicine at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati,
OH. Dr. Gardner also has a Master
of Science in Disaster Medicine
from Universityersità del Piemonte
Orientale and Vrije Universityersiteit
Brussel. He is Regional Deputy Chief
Medical Officer with the Department of
Health and Human Services’ National
Disaster Medical System, and has been
deployed to domestic and international
disasters. Dr. Gardner is a member
of The Roundtable on Critical Care
Policy’s National Preparedness and
Infrastructure group and the Society of
Critical Care Medicine’s Fundamental
Disaster Management Subcommittee.
He has worked as a critical care
transport physician on a mountain
search and rescue team, and as an
American Sign Language interpreter. Dr.
Gardner enjoys traveling with his family,
backpacking, and running.
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ILLINOIS
CENTREVILLE
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Jay Magner ’94
Dr. Magner is Chairman of the
Medicine Department and the
secretary and treasurer of the medical
staff at Touchette Regional Hospital
in Centreville, IL. Dr. Magner is
employed by the Southern Illinois
Healthcare Foundation, a not-for-profit
organization serving the underinsured
and medically underserved. He
at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville,
IL. Dr. Magner is a diplomate to the
and a Fellow of the American Academy
of Family Physicians.
Columbia College, BA ’76
CHAMPAIGN
Karleen McNeal ’98
Dr. McNeal is working in geriatrics
for Christie Clinic in Champaign, IL.
She is medical director at multiple
nursing homes in the area, and her
practice is exclusively nursing home
(both skilled and long-term care)
and assisted living patients. She also
works as a hospice medical director.
geriatrics, and hospice and palliative
medicine, Dr. McNeal completed her
internal medicine residency at Michael
Reese Hospital and Medical Center
in Chicago, IL, serving as Associate
Chief Resident her last year. She then
completed a geriatrics fellowship at
Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical
Center, also in Chicago.
Saint Mary of the Woods College, BS ’92
Eastern Illinois University, MS ’93
William Scott ’85
Dr. Scott is Department Head for
Occupational & Environmental
Medicine and Medical Director
of Employee Health at the Carle
Foundation Hospital in Champaign
Urbana, IL. He serves as Clinical
Assistant Professor at the University
of Illinois College of Medicine at the
Urbana campus where he provides
lectures in environmental pathology to
medical students. Dr. Scott completed
a family medicine residency at Temple
University in Philadelphia, PA, before
beginning the Preventive Medicine
Residency program at the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in
Oklahoma City, OK. Board certified
in preventive medicine, Dr. Scott
is past president of Central States
Occupational Medicine Association and
a Fellow of both the American College
of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, and the American College of
Preventive Medicine. He is certified as
a physician executive by the American
College of Physician Executives. Dr.
Scott is always interested in working
with students and residents from St.
George’s University School of Medicine.
CHICAGO
Amir Badar ’13
Dr. Badar is a psychiatry resident
at Rosalind Franklin University in
Chicago, IL.
Prashant Joshi ’95
Dr. Joshi is in private hematology and
oncology practice with Illinois Cancer
Specialists, Chicago Resurrection
in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
After he completed his internal
medicine residency at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY, Dr. Joshi
went on to complete a fellowship
in hematology, and oncology at the
University of Illinois College of
Medicine at Chicago. Board certified
in internal medicine, hematology and
medical oncology, Dr. Joshi is a member
American Society of Hematology,
American Society of Clinical Oncology,
and the Illinois State Oncology/
Hematology Association.
Charles Morrow ’00
Dr. Morrow is a pediatric hospitalist
at Children’s Memorial Hospital in
Chicago, IL, as well as a faculty member
at the Northwestern Feinberg School of
Medicine. He completed his residency
at the University Medical Center in Las
Vegas, NV. Dr. Morrow is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Pediatrics,
a member of the Joint Council on
International Children’s Services, and a
board member of the James Jordan Boys
and Girls Club.
Kumar Nathan ’00
Dr. Nathan joined Centegra Health
System, located in the suburbs of
Chicago, IL, in 2008 as the Program
Director of the Hospitalist program he
began, which grew to more than 20
hospitalists at two hospitals. After four
years of growing a very successful and
outcome-oriented program, he took
the role of Vice President of Clinical
Effectiveness in 2012 at the same
institution. Centegra Health System is a
two-hospital health system and is in the
process of building a third brand new
hospital. Dr. Nathan is responsible for
organizational outcomes and utilization
for the entire health system and leads
the clinical integration initiative. Dr.
Nathan completed an internal medicine
residency at the University of Chicago,
Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL.
He then worked for four and a half
years at Swedish American Hospital in
Rockford, IL.
Champaign, AB ’95
Joseph Rabi ’12
Dr. Rabi is a physical medicine and
rehabilitation resident at Schwab
Rehabilitation Hospital, University of
Chicago in Chicago, IL. He completed
his preliminary year in internal
medicine at the University of Illinois at
Chicago in Oak Lawn, IL.
DePaul University, BS ’07
Gail Reid ’02
Dr. Reid is Co-Medical Director of
Antibiotic Restriction and an Assistant
Professor of Medicine in the Divisions
of Infectious Diseases and Public
Health Sciences at Loyola University in
Chicago, IL. She completed an internal
in Farmington, CT in 2005 and an
infectious disease fellowship at the
University of Illinois at Chicago in 2007.
Mount Holyoke College, AB ’92
James Ronayne ’12
Dr. Ronayne is a pediatrician practicing
at the University of Illinois in Chicago,
IL. He completed a pediatrics residency
at Tulane University School of Medicine
in New Orleans, LA.
University of New Mexico, BA ’07
Nirav Shah ’13
Dr. Shah is an anesthesiology resident
at Rush University Medical Center
in Chicago, IL. He completed his
preliminary internal medicine
internship at Norwalk Hospital, Yale
University in Norwalk, CT.
Christopher Thorp ’98
Dr. Thorp is an internal medicine and
pediatric hospitalist working for a large
private practice group in Chicago, IL.
He completed his pediatrics residency
at Cooper Hospital-University Medical
Center in Camden, NJ. He is married
and enjoys spicy ethnic foods.
Kenyon College, BA ’89
Temple University, MA ’93
Theodore Toerne ’91
Dr. Toerne is a clinical faculty member
Medicine at the University of Illinois
at Chicago School of Medicine. He
completed a four-year emergency
medicine residency at the Brooklyn
Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY,
where he served as Academic Chief
Resident during his final year and as
a faculty member after its completion.
He also completed a medical
toxicology fellowship with the Toxikon
Consortium in Chicago.
Murali Vinta ’02
Dr. Vinta is an OB/GYN in Chicago,
IL and is an Assistant Professor of
Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush
University Medical Center. He is
area including Rush Oak Park Hospital
and Rush University Medical Center.
Dr. Vinta completed his obstetrics and
of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas
City, KS. His interests include public
health policy, international health, and
laparoscopic surgery.
BA ’96
Boston University, MS ’98
Stephen Whitmore ’89
Dr. Whitmore is in private practice in
southern Chicago. He practiced internal
medicine at the Community Health
Center in Chicago from 1992–98.
Florham, MBA ’77
ELMHURST
Kenneth Bennet ’03
Dr. Bennet is an attending physician in
nuclear medicine at Elmhurst Memorial
Hospital and an Assistant Professor of
Nuclear Medicine and Radiology at the
University of Illinois, Chicago Medical
Center. Board certified in nuclear
medicine internship at the Washington
Hospital Center in Washington, DC,
and a nuclear medicine residency at
Loyola University Medical Center in
Maywood, IL.
Colgate University, AB ’94
EVANSTON
Rossini Escobar ’07
Dr. Escobar is an anesthesiologist
working at St. Francis Hospital
and Holy Family Medical Center
in Evanston, IL. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Escobar completed
an anesthesiology residency at
the University of Connecticut in
Farmington, CT. In 1991, she earned
her RN from St. Francis Medical Center
College of Nursing in Peoria, IL. Dr.
Escobar is currently pursuing a Master
of Business Administration.
National Louis University, BS ’98
JOLIET
Archana Ramanath Narayan ’00
Dr. Narayan is an allergist and
immunologist in private practice at the
Allergy and Asthma Clinic in Joliet,
IL. She completed a general pediatrics
Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, NY,
and an allergy and immunology
fellowship at Nassau University
Medical Center in East Meadow,
NY. Dr. Narayan is a recipient of the
2005 American College of Asthma,
Allergy, and Immunology Second Place
Clemens von Pirquet Award for best
research in allergy and immunology
by a Fellow-in-training, and has
received multiple travel grants to
present her research at national allergy
and immunology conferences. She is
a Fellow of the American Academy
of Pediatrics and a member of the
American College of Allergy, Asthma,
and Immunology, the American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and
Immunology, the American Medical
Association, the Illinois Medical
Society, and the Illinois Society of
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Dr. Narayan has been featured on
WJOL-AM radio as an expert on
allergic diseases and has been quoted in
the local newspaper, The Daily Herald,
regarding diagnosis and management
of asthma and allergies. She is double
board certified in allergy, asthma,
immunology, and pediatrics.
LAKE BLUFF
Anat Aszodi Lansky ’00
Dr. Lansky is an internist specializing
in women’s health with North Shore
Medical Group in Lake Bluff, IL.
residency at Illinois Masonic Medical
Center in Chicago, IL.
Indiana University at Bloomington, BA ’94
MAYWOOD
Courtney Regan ’08
Dr. Regan is on faculty at Loyola
University Medical Center and Loyola
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, both in
suburbs of Chicago, IL. She completed
her residency in internal medicine and
at Loyola University Medical Center.
Illinois
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Dr. Regan’s research interest is in
immunotherapy, especially T-cell therapy.
Marquette University, BA ’03
NAPERVILLE
Jonathan Pinsky ’96
Dr. Pinsky joined the staff at Edward
Hospital in Naperville, IL in 2001,
where he currently serves as Medical
Director for Infection Control. He
spends the majority of his time in
infectious disease consultations for
hospitalized patients. Dr. Pinsky
completed a residency in internal
medicine followed by a fellowship in
infectious diseases at Loyola University
Medical Center in Maywood, IL.
PEORIA
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Muhammad Javed ’01
Dr. Javed is an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Pediatrics, an Associate
Program Director of the Pediatric
Pediatric Residency Program and
Co-Director of the Medical FollowUp Clinic at the University of Illinois
College of Medicine at Peoria, IL. He
is also an attending neonatologist at
OSF St. Francis Medical Center and
the Children’s Hospital of Illinois,
and is on staff at UnityPoint HealthMethodist Medical Center, also in
Peoria. He completed an internship,
residency, and Chief Residency in
pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital
of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical
Center,. He then completed a neonatalperinatal medicine fellowship at Indiana
University School of Medicine. Dr.
Javed is board certified in pediatrics
and neonatal-perinatal medicine by
the American Board of Pediatrics and
of Pediatrics and the Association of
Pediatric Program Directors.
Wabash College, BA ’96
Linda Wilson ’12
Dr. Wilson is a combined internal
medicine and pediatrics resident at
the University of Illinois College of
Medicine at Peoria in Peoria, IL.
Northern Illinois University, BS ’93
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
School of Public Health, MPH ’00
ROBINSON
Illinois
John Sharma ’05
Dr. Sharma is Chief of Family Medicine
and Pediatric Services at Crawford
Memorial Hospital in Robinson, IL.
He is also an Associate Professor
in the Department of Family and
Community Medicine at Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine,
where he precepts third- and fourthyear medical students interested in
community medicine. Dr. Sharma has
been instrumental in building a brand
new, state-of-the-art medical facility in
rural Illinois, and providing primary
care and specialist services to residents
from multiple counties. He completed
a family medicine residency at William
Beaumont Hospital in Troy, MI. He
also earned a Master of Science in
Epidemiology from the University of
Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
in 1999.
University of Alberta, BSc ’97
University of Alberta, MSc ’99
SPRING VALLEY
Eric Santos ’02
Dr. Santos works with his father
as a staff general pathologist at St.
Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley,
IL. He has published multiple articles
and presented an abstract at the
International Association of Pathologists
in Singapore. Dr. Santos completed his
residency in pathology at Creighton
Omaha, NE, in 2007.
SPRINGFIELD
Sherry Simmons ’99
Dr. Simmons is the Owner of Body
Perfect Medical Spa in Springfield, IL
which was named Best Medical Spa of
the Year 2008 by Skin Inc. magazine
and awarded the Best Non-Surgical
Facial Rejuvenation Enhancement 2010
by THE Aesthetic Show™. Dr. Simmons
completed her family medicine
residency at Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine in Springfield, IL,
in 2002.
Covenant College, MA ’94
INDIANA
BEDFORD
INDIANAPOLIS
Tassawar Hussain ’08
Dr. Hussain is an attending physician
at Bedford Medical Center, Indiana
University Health in Bedford, IN. He
is also a member of the pharmacy
advisory committee and is serving as
Chief Resident of Internal Medicine
at the same institution. Dr. Hussain
residency at St. Joseph’s Regional
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Mir Ali-Ishti ’99
Dr. Ali-Ishti is an interventional
cardiologist practicing at Community
Heart and Vascular Hospital in
Indianapolis, IN. After completing
the Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, Dr.
Ali-Ishti completed a fellowship in
cardiovascular disease at the University
of Nebraska in Omaha, NE, followed
by a fellowship in interventional
cardiology at the University of Arizona/
Phoenix Heart Center in Tucson and
Phoenix, AZ.
Ball State University, BS ’90
BLOOMINGTON
Omar Nehme ’96
Dr. Nehme is in private
gastroenterology practice in northwest
Indiana, as well as a volunteer faculty
member at Indiana University.
American University of Beirut, BS ’90
FORT WAYNE
Brian Adams ’04
Dr. Adams is practicing family
medicine with Lutheran Medical Group
in Fort Wayne, IN. Board certified
in family medicine, he completed his
family medicine residency at the Fort
Wayne Medical Education Program.
Anderson University, BA ’99
HAMILTON
Teresa Smith ’00
Dr. Smith owns and is the only doctor
at Hamilton Family Medical Center in
Hamilton, IN. She is board certified
in family medicine and completed her
residency at St. Francis Hospital and
Medical Center in Hartford, CT.
Stephens College, BS ’91
James Faulkner IV ’12
Dr. Faulkner is an internal medicine
resident at St. Vincent’s Indianapolis
Hospital in Indianapolis, IN.
College of Wooster, BA ’05
Semyon Faynboym ’12
Dr. Faynboym is a psychiatry resident at
Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN.
Jugnoo Husain ’88
Dr. Husain is an anatomical and
clinical staff pathologist in Indianapolis,
IN and serves as the medical director
of two hospital laboratories. After
graduating from St. George’s University,
Dr. Husain finished a five-year
pathology residency at Ball Memorial
Hospital in Muncie, IN, and served as
Chief Resident during her last year. Dr.
Husain also writes a medical column
for a local newspaper and has published
three children’s stories.
University of Cincinnati, BS ’81
Kirsten Kloepfer ’06
Dr. Kloepfer is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Pediatrics,
section of pulmonary, allergy, and
sleep medicine at Indiana University
in Indianapolis, IN. Board certified
in pediatrics, as well as in allergy and
immunology, Dr. Kloepfer completed
her pediatric internship and residency at
the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences in Little Rock, AR. She then
completed a fellowship in allergy and
clinical immunology at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. During
her intern year, Dr. Kloepfer won
the Young Investigator of the Year
Award at the Southern Society for
Pediatric Research Annual Meeting,
and during residency, she was elected
by her peers into the Chairman’s
Scholar Club. In March 2011, she won
the American Academy of Allergy,
Asthma, and Immunology Fellowin-Training Interest Section Award
for Environmental and Occupational
Respiratory Diseases. Dr. Kloepfer has
published five peer-reviewed articles
and, in May 2012, earned a Master of
Science in Clinical Investigation from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
William Mulvoy ’12
Dr. Mulvoy is an anesthesiology
resident at Indiana University School
of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN. He
completed his preliminary medicine
year at Case Western, MetroHealth
Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
St. Mary’s College of California, BS ’02
Kristin Richter ’12
Dr. Richter completed a family
medicine residency at Indiana
Indianapolis, IN and is board certified
in family medicine.
Jackson Schneider ’12
Dr. Schneider is completing a combined
internal medicine and pediatrics
residency at Indiana University in
Indianapolis, IN.
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Jennifer Tinder ’11
Dr. Tinder is a physician in private
practice with Obstetrics & Gynecology
of Indiana, seeing patients in their
North and Brownsburg locations. She
completed her obstetrics and gynecology
residency as Chief Resident at St.
Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, IN.
Indiana University at Bloomington, BA ’04
LA PORTE
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Jeff Kuo ’02
Dr. Kuo is an attending physician in
general pediatrics as well as a consultant
in forensic pediatrics. He is also a
member of a committee on child abuse
in La Porte County, IN. Dr. Kuo
completed his pediatrics residency at
Newark, NJ and went on to complete a
pediatric forensic medicine fellowship at
Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA.
MARION
Rathipriya Mahendran ’95
hematology, and oncology, Dr.
Mahendran is Medical Director
of the Hematology and Oncology
Program at Marion General Hospital.
residency at Coney Island Hospital
in Brooklyn, NY and a hematology
and oncology fellowship at the State
MICHIGAN CITY
Siraj Ahmed ’87
Dr. Ahmed has worked in private
practice for more than 20 years, has
served as Chairman of the Pulmonary
Department at Franciscan St. Anthony
Memorial Hospital since 1994, and
currently serves as President and CEO
of Chest Clinic, PC and Medical
Health Services, Inc. and Medical
Director of The Sleep Center, LLC, Fox
Valley Sleep Center, LLC, and Meadows
Sleep Center, LLC in Michigan City,
IN. He is also a Clinical Assistant
Professor at Indiana University School
of Medicine. Dr. Ahmed completed
Seton Hall University in East Orange,
NJ. He then went on to complete a
Indiana
fellowship in pulmonary, critical care,
and sleep medicine at Tulane University
in New Orleans, LA, followed by a
fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at
Louisiana State University. Dr. Ahmed
is board certified in internal medicine,
pulmonary medicine, critical care
medicine, and sleep medicine.
Wright State University, BS ’83
SALEM
Charles Buhse ’88
Dr. Buhse is a staff physician at a small
community hospital covering two
counties in southern Indiana. Dr. Buhse
began his obstetrics and gynecology
residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
in Pontiac, MI and completed it at
Hutzel Hospital Wayne State University
School of Medicine in Detroit. MI.
After residency, he went to St. John
Detroit Riverview Hospital Corporation
where, among other positions, he was
on the residency review committee in
conjunction with Kirksville College of
Osteopathy. Dr. Buhse’s wife, Dr. Janet
Buhse (SGU ’88) is a family medicine
physician in private practice in the same
county.
Wayne State University, BS ’80
SCOTTSBURG
Janet Marie Buhse ’88
Dr. Buhse is a physician in private
practice in Scottsburg, IN. She
residency at Sparrow Hospital in
Lansing, MI, after which she moved
to Wayne State University School of
Medicine in Detroit, MI as a full-time
faculty member in the Department of
Family Medicine. Dr. Buhse is married
to Dr. Charles Buhse (SGU ’88), an
obstetrician and gynecologist in a small
community hospital.
Eastern Michigan University, BS ’74
TELL CITY
William Marcrum ’86
Dr. Marcrum has been in private
family practice at Marcrum Family
Healthcare in Tell City, IN since 1990.
He is currently serving as Chief of Staff
at Perry County Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Marcrum completed his residency
in family medicine in the Fort Wayne
Medical Education program, where he
served as Chief Resident. He is board
Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Family Physicians.
Centre College, BS ’82
TERRE HAUTE
W. Patrick O’Neill ’87
Dr. O’Neill is a pathologist practicing
at Terre Haute Regional Hospital in
Terre Haute, IN. Board certified in
anatomic pathology and cytopathology,
he completed an anatomic pathology
residency at Baptist Medical Center
of Birmingham, AL. Dr. O’Neill then
trained as a cytopathology Fellow
and served as Chief Resident at the
University of Florida Medical Center in
Jacksonville, FL. He has been married
to a former St. Vincent Peace Corps
volunteer, Anna Forest O’Neill, for
more than 25 years, and they have three
grown children.
IOWA
DES MOINES
Stephen Gutu ’00
Dr. Gutu is an attending pediatric
neurologist/epileptologist at Blank
Children’s Hospital in Des Moines,
IA. His career interests include general
neurology, epilepsy, and epilepsy drug
research and development. Dr. Gutu
was certified in general pediatrics
from Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx,
NY. This was followed by a pediatric
neurology residency at the University
of New Mexico School of Medicine in
Albuquerque, NM, then a fellowship in
clinical neurophysiology at the Epilepsy
Comprehensive Center at the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dr.
Gutu’s goal is to be quad board certified
in general pediatrics, neurology, with
special qualification in child neurology
and clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy.
In 2011, Dr. Gutu was awarded the
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Award
for Professionalism and Excellence in
Medicine, and was inducted to the Gold
Honor and Humanism Society, New
Mexico Chapter. He was also the 2011
recipient of the coveted University of
New Mexico Health Science Center
Best Scientific Research presentation in
neurology. As a born-again Christian,
Dr. Gutu aspires to be of service to the
world at large via missionary work. Dr.
Gutu is married to Kay Julien, a native
of Grenada and former journalist with
interests in International and Public
Relations. They have a son, David “MJ,”
who was born in 2009.
Jeffrey Malik ’05
Dr. Malik is a surgical pathologist and
hematopathologist at Iowa Pathology
Associates, P.C. in Des Moines, IA. He
is also on staff at several hospitals in
the Des Moines area and is an Adjunct
Professor of Pathology at Des Moines
University College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Malik completed a
residency in anatomical and clinical
pathology as Chief Resident before
going on to complete a fellowship in
hematopathology at the University
of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
in Madison, WI. A Diplomatee of
the American Board of Pathology,
Dr. Malik is board certified in
hematopathology and anatomical and
clinical pathology.
IOWA CITY
Jack Kademian ’98
Dr. Kademian is a Cinical Assistant
Professor of Radiology in the Division
of Neuroradiology at the University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa
City, IA. Board certified in diagnostic
radiology, he completed a diagnostic
radiology residency at St. Joseph MercyOakland Hospital in Pontiac, MI,
followed by a neuroradiology fellowship
at the University of Iowa. Dr. Kademian
obtained a Doctor of Dental Surgery
from Marquette University Medical
School.
Marquette University, DDS ’83
Alexis Wickersham ’12
Dr. Wickersham is working as a
hospitalist at the University of Iowa
Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, IA.
residency at the same institution and
served as Chief Resident of Internal
Medicine in 2014.
Xavier University, BS ’08
SIOUX CITY
Gary Hattan ’94
Dr. Hattan has been practicing at
Siouxland Community Health Center
in Sioux City, IA, for more than
15 years. Board certified in family
medicine, he completed a family
of Iowa.
California State University at San
Bernardino, BS ’89
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KANSAS
KANSAS CITY
Kenneth Boc ’07
Dr. Boc is a hospitalist at the University
of Kansas Medical Center. He
medicine at the University of Kansas
School of Medicine in Kansas City, KS.
University of Missouri at Columbia, BS ’01
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Ryan Ferrell ’00
Dr. Ferrell is a staff cardiologist at
Mid-America Cardiology at the
University of Kansas Hospital and
Medical Center. He is also an Assistant
Professor in the Department of
Medicine and the Medical Director
of The Cardiac Intensive Care
Unit. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Ferrell completed an
cardiovascular disease fellowship at the
University of Kansas Medical Center.
Jonathan Philippe ’12
Dr. Philippe is a family medicine
resident at the University of Kansas
Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. In
September 2014, his poster was accepted
for presentation at the AAFP Global
Health & Innovation Conference held
in San Diego, CA.
Theodore Trigylidas ’12
Dr. Trigylidas is a Pediatric Emergency
Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas
City, KS. He completed a pediatrics
residency at the University of Maryland
in Baltimore, MD.
University of Ottawa, BS ’07
MISSION
Thomas Snodell ’90
Dr. Snodell is an internal medicine
Sunflower Medical Group in Mission,
KS and is on active staff at Shawnee
Mission Medical Center. He completed
his residency in internal medicine at the
University of Oklahoma in Norman,
OK. Dr. Snodell is board certified and
a member of the American College of
Physicians.
KENTUCKY
ASHLAND
EDGEWOOD
HOPKINSVILLE
Michelle Friday ’88
Dr. Friday is an interventional
cardiologist at Bellefonte Heart Care,
part of Bon Secours Kentucky Health
System in Ashland, KY. Board certified
by the American Board of Internal
Medicine with subspecialty certification
in Interventional Cardiology, Dr.
Friday completed an internal medicine
residency at St. Michael’s Medical
Center, Seton Hall University in
Newark, NJ. She then completed
fellowships at Beth Israel Medical
Center in New York, NY and St.
Michael’s Medical Center.
John Eldridge ’82
Board certified in general surgery, Dr.
Eldridge specializes in vascular and
thoracic surgery as a staff surgeon at
several area hospitals. He completed
his residency in general surgery at
the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati.
Before Dr. Eldridge came to St.
George’s University, he was a criminal
investigator for the Saratoga County
District Attorney in Saratoga, NY, as
well as a registered pharmacist.
Albany College of Pharmacy, BS ’77
Lisa Radix ’94
Dr. Radix is the Director of Nephrology
at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in
Hopkinsville, KY, and is the President
and Founder of the Nephrology Group
of Hopkinsville. She is also the medical
director of several dialysis units in
Hopkinsville and an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt
Radix completed an internal medicine
residency in 1997 at St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ, and
a nephrology fellowship in 1999 at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
in Nashville, TN. Board certified in
internal medicine and nephrology,
she is the recipient of the Dr. PEPper
Outstanding Physician Citizen Award.
FORT CAMPBELL
DANVILLE
Anjum Bux ’98
Dr. Bux is in private practice in
anesthesiology and pain management at
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical
Center in Danville, KY. He is in a
group of 10 people practicing anesthesia
and chronic pain management and
serves as the chief of anesthesia at
Ephraim McDowell and as the medical
director of the affiliated surgery center.
Board certified in anesthesiology, Dr.
Bux completed an anesthesiology
residency at the University of Kentucky
in 2002, serving as Chief Resident his
final year. He served as the president
of the Boyle County Medical Society
from 2005–06 and the president of
the Kentucky Society of Anesthesia
from 2008–10. Dr. Bux is the alternate
director of the Kentucky Society of
Anesthesia, the president of the Political
Action Committee of Kentucky Society
of Anesthesia, and a member of the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the American Society of Anesthesia.
Centre College, BS ’93
Kumarsooriyar Kumaravelu ’93
Dr. Kumaravelu is a pediatric hospitalist
at Blanchfield Army Community
Hospital in Fort Campbell, KY. After
Dr. Kumaravelu stayed to complete
a fellowship in clinical research and
teaching. He then went on to complete
a pediatric residency at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in
Newark, NJ. Dr. Kumaravelu has been
involved with several research projects.
HARTFORD
Eric Weisman ’85
Dr. Weisman is the Founder
and Clinical Director of the
Neurobehavioral Institute in Hartford,
KY, and is a Clinical Professor
of Neurology at the University
of Pikeville Kentucky College of
Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville,
KY. Board certified in neurology
and neuropsychiatry, Dr. Weisman
completed a neurology residency at the
University of South Alabama, followed
by a behavioral neurology fellowship at
Boston University. He also completed
graduate studies in neuroscience at
Harvard University in 1980.
LEXINGTON
David Keedy ’85
Dr. Keedy is board certified in both
internal medicine and cardiology, and is
in private practice with KentuckyOne
Health Cardiology Associates. He
residency at Mount Carmel Mercy
Hospital in Detroit, MI, followed by
an interventional cardiology fellowship
at the University of Louisville in
Kentucky. Dr. Keedy has three outreach
clinics in and around Lexington,
KY, and performs a high volume of
interventional cardiology including
pacemakers, transesophageal echo,
and nuclear cardiology. He has been
published numerous times and lectures
for several pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Keedy considers his greatest
accomplishments to be his two children.
Megan Kimball ’12
Dr. Kimball is a family medicine
physician in private practice in
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Lexington, KY. She completed a family
Kentucky in Lexington, KY.
Francis Ouyang ’01
Dr. Ouyang is a board-certified internal
medicine physician at the Lexington
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Lexington, KY. He completed an
internal medicine residency at San
Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton,
CA, and served his final year as Chief
Resident. Dr. Ouyang obtained a
Master of Public Health from San
Diego State University. He and his wife,
Dr. Betty Ouyang (SGU ’05), live in
Louisville, KY, with their children.
San Diego State University, MPH ’96
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Arash Seratnahaei ’08
Dr. Seratnahaei is an Advanced Cardiac
Imaging Fellow at the University
of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. He
residency and a Cardiovasular
fellowship at the same institution.
Mercer University, MBA ’04
LOUISVILLE
Brenton Bohlig ’14
Dr. Bohlig is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation resident at the
KY. He completed his internal medicine
internship at the same institution.
Yash Kothari ’14
Dr. Kothari is an internal medicine
resident at the University of Louisville
in Louisville, KY.
MADISONVILLE
Diana Nims ’07
Dr. Nims is Associate Director of the
Family Medicine program at Baptist
Health Madisonville in Madisonville,
KY and holds a faculty appointment
to the University of Louisville School
of Medicine. She completed her family
medicine residency at Baptist Health
Madisonville.
Marshall University, BS ’98
Marshall University, MA ’01
Kansas
PADUCAH
Niranjan Siva ’99
Dr. Siva is a neurologist in private
practice at the Neurology Group
of Paducah in Paducah, KY. After
New York at Stony Brook, University
Hospital, Dr. Siva completed another
residency in neurology and a fellowship
in clinical neurophysiology at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
Dr. Siva is board certified in internal
medicine, neurology, and clinical
neurophysiology.
PAINTSVILLE
Purnal Patel ’07
Dr. Patel is an anesthesiologist
on staff at Paul B. Hall Regional
Medical Center in Paintsville, KY. He
at Providence Hospital followed by an
anesthesiology residency at Brookdale
Hospital. Dr. Patel takes yearly
volunteer trips to Neiva, Columbia, for
a cleft lip and palate project.
BS ’02
MPH ’04
PIKEVILLE
Alex Funicello ’97
Dr. Funicello is a General and Critical
Care Surgeon at Pikeville Medical
Center in Pikeville, KY. Board certified
by the American Board of Surgery, he
at Seton Hall University School of
Graduate Medical Education. Dr.
Funicello then went on to complete a
surgical critical care fellowship at New
York Medical College at Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. He
would like to express his extreme
gratitude to St. George’s University
for making his dream of becoming a
practicing surgeon come true.
RUSSELLVILLE
Natalie Hutton ’04
Dr. Hutton is a board-certified
pediatrician in private practice in
Russellville, KY. She completed a
residency in pediatrics at the Orlando
Regional Medical Center/Arnold Palmer
Hospital for Women and Children in
Orlando, FL.
TAYLOR MILL
Simon Lovasco ’11
Dr. Lovasco is an attending physician
at St. Elizabeth Physicians, Taylor Mill
Primary Care, an outpatient private
family medicine practice, in Taylor Mill,
KY. Board certified in family medicine,
Dr. Lovasco completed a family
medicine residency at St. Elizabeth
Medical Center in Edgewood, KY.
University of Montreal, BSc ’06
VERSAILLES
Vincent Leigh Sorrell ’89
Dr. Sorrell is an internationally
renowned noninvasive cardiologist
practicing advanced cardiac imaging.
He is the inaugural Anthony N.
DeMaria Professor of Medicine and
the Cardiovascular Imaging Chair at
the University of Kentucky’s Gill Heart
Institute. Dr. Sorrell completed his
residency at the University of Texas
Medical Branch and his fellowships at
the University of Texas Medical Branch
in Galveston, and Temple University
Hospital, in Philadelphia, PA. Before
joining the University of Kentucky, Dr.
Sorrell had been an Associate Professor
of Medicine, the Adult Cardiovascular
Fellowship Program Director, and the
Chief of the Division of Cardiology at
The Brody School of Medicine at East
Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
He was then recruited to The University
of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, where
he served as a Professor of Medicine, the
Associate Fellowship Program Director,
and Associate Section Chief, as well as
the first Director of Clinical Research.
He also held the first endowed chair of
advanced cardiovascular imaging. Dr.
Sorrell also completed a sabbatical in
cardiovascular MRI at Royal Brompton
Hospital in London. He has published
multiple peer-reviewed papers and book
chapters and he wrote the first atlas on
3-D echocardiography. Dr. Sorrell has
lectured throughout the world and was
named the 10th recipient of the Richard
Popp Teaching Award in 2010 by the
American Society of Echocardiography.
LOUISIANA
ALEXANDRIA
Michael Menache ’84
Dr. Menache is in private practice
in Alexandria, LA. He is the medical
director of both a skilled nursing care
facility in Louisiana, as well as a local
home health agency. He completed
his residency in internal medicine at
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC) in McKeesport, PA. Dr.
Menache is board certified in internal
medicine.
Lawrence Menache ’84
For more than 20 years, Dr. Menache
has been practicing in Alexandria,
LA, where he developed the cancer
program at Christus St. Francis Cabrini
Hospital, now a state-of-the-art fullservice center. He completed a family
practice residency at the University
of Connecticut in 1987, followed by
a radiation oncology residency at the
Galveston in 1990. Dr. Menache’s
interests include travel, reading,
collecting fine antiques, and running
a small antique and interior design
business. He rwas the recipient of the
Sonata Design Award from Louisiana
Homes and Gardens magazine, for
interior design. Dr. Menache and his
wife of 21 years, Susan, have a daughter
who recently began a degree at New
York University.
BATON ROUGE
Phillip Ehlers ’06
Dr. Ehlers is a family medicine
physician with Baton Rouge Primary
Care Plus in Baton Rouge, LA. He has
been in practice in the Baton Rouge
region since 2009; first with the North
Oaks Health System, where he was
a four-time recipient of the North
Oaks Champion Award and most
recently with the Our Lady of the Lake
Physician Group. Dr. Ehlers is also on
the board of directors of the Louisiana
Academy of Family Physicians, where
he serves on the legislative and
membership affairs committee. Dr.
Ehlers completed his family medicine
residency at Louisiana State University
in Lake Charles, LA. He has served as
a panelist at the Louisiana Department
of Health and Hospitals Bureau of
Primary Care and Rural Health’s
fourth annual meeting on the topic of
Louisiana’s advancing systems of care.
Dr. Ehlers and his wife, Sujad, have two
children, Ryker and Arden.
Louisiana State University at A&M
College, BS ’00
Kelly McCune ’14
Dr. McCune is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center in
Baton Rouge, LA.
Charles Sehon ’82
Dr. Sehon is in a full-time
anesthesiology practice. He completed
his anesthesiology residency at Tulane
University Hospital in New Orleans,
LA, where he was Chief Resident. Dr.
Sehon is married with three daughters.
BREAUX BRIDGE
Eric Elias ’06
After completing a residency
in obstetrics and gynecology at
St. Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston, NJ, Dr. Elias moved back
home to his native Louisiana, where
he opened up Contemporary Women’s
Care of Breaux Bridgein Breaux
Bridge, LA. Dr. Elias is affiliated with
Lafayette General Medical Center,
St. Martin Hospital, and Women’s &
Children’s Hospital in Lafayette. He is
a Clinical Professor for Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center for
the obstetrics and gynecology residents
and enjoys teaching the residents
and medical students. He is also a
site instructor for the University of
Louisiana Lafayette’s nurse practitioner
program. In his free time, Dr. Elias
enjoys spending time with his wife and
daughter, as well as big game hunting
and fishing.
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KENNER
Kiran Chava ’99
Dr. Chava, a board-certified internal
medicine physician, joined Ochsner
Health System in 2014, moving his
private practice clinic to Ochsner
Health Center – Driftwood in Kenner,
LA. Dr. Chava completed his internal
medicine residency in 2001 at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center in New
Jersey. He is the president of the River
Parish Medical Society.
University of Alabama at Birmingham,
BS ’93
MINDEN
Michael Ulich ’03
Dr. Ulich is a pediatrician in his own
private practice, Minden Pediatrics in
Minden, LA. He completed a residency
in pediatrics at New York Medical
College in Valhalla, NY.
University of Vermont, BS ’96
MONROE
Ellenmarie Zwank ’08
Dr. Zwank is working at Glenwood
Hospital in Monroe, LA. She
residency at Louisiana State University
in Shreveport, LA. Before beginning
medical school, Dr. Zwank worked on
health care issues in Washington, DC,
with Senator Pete Domenici.
New Mexico State University, BS ’01
NEW ORLEANS
Arash Afshinnik ’05
Dr. Afshinnik is a board-certified
neurologist working for Ochsner
Health System in New Orleans, LA. He
completed an adult neurology residency
at the University of Chicago in
Chicago, IL, followed by a fellowship in
neurocritical care at Emory University
in Atlanta, GA.
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Nisha Aravindakshan ’10
Dr. Aravindakshan is an Infectious
Diseases Fellow at Louisiana State
University in New Orleans, LA. She
completed a combined internal
medicine and pediatrics residency at the
Brook Hospital. Her interests include
disease prevention and her goal is to
work in infectious disease surveillance
and prevention internationally. Dr.
Aravindakshan earned a Master of
Public Health in Global Health from
George Washington University School
of Public Health in 2005.
and a pediatric rheumatologist at the
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans.
She completed a pediatric residency
at Louisiana State University Health
Science Center in New Orleans, LA.
Dr. Brown then went on to complete a
pediatric rheumatology fellowship at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, in
Pittsburgh, PA.
College, BS ’95
Giuseppe Ciccotto ’10
Dr. Ciccotto recently began a fellowship
in neurocritical care and an assistant
faculty position at Ochsner Health
System in New Orleans, LA. He
completed a neurology residency as
Chief Resident at Tulane University
in New Orleans. Dr. Ciccotto has
published work on Stiff Person
Syndrome and on Spinal Cord
Diseases in the February 2013 edition
of Neurologic Clinics, Clinic Review
Articles.
Hofstra University, BA ’01
MPH ’06
Elizabeth Bellino ’05
Dr. Bellino is a pediatrician in New
Orleans, LA, working in both clinical
and emergency room settings. She
New York Methodist Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY and at Tulane University
School of Medicine, in New Orleans.
After her residency, Dr. Bellino was
granted the Piper International Medical
Health Fellowship, which allowed
her to work in Kisoro, Uganda and
set up HIV/TB/malaria programs for
pediatric populations in the area. In
January 2010, Dr. Bellino worked as
one of the first doctors in Haiti at the
United Nations field hospital tent at
the Port-au-Prince airport. In addition,
Dr. Bellino co-wrote a chapter in
the Pediatric Textbook of Infectious
Diseases.
Patrick Greiffenstein ’03
Dr. Greiffenstein is an Assistant
Clinical Professor of Surgery and
the Surgery Clerkship Co-Director
at Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA.
Greiffenstein completed his general
surgery residency at Louisiana State
University in 2010, serving as Chief
Resident in his last year, after which
he remained to complete a trauma
and surgical care fellowship. In 2008
and 2010, he received the Aesculapian
Society Excellence in Teaching Award.
Dr. Greiffenstein is an advanced
trauma life support (ATLS) instructor
for the state faculty for Louisiana.
He continues to be active in clinical
and educational research with the
Anatomy Department at Louisiana State
University Medical School, volunteering
with local organizations and projects
such as ARC of Greater New Orleans.
Dr. Greiffenstein enjoys going on
medical mission trips, several times to
Central America and most recently to
Haiti with Project Medishare.
Amanda Brown ’05
Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor of
Clinical Pediatrics at Louisiana State
University Health Science Center
Donald Higgins ’14
Dr. Higgins is a family medicine resident
at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital,
Lousiana State University Health
Louisiana
Louisiana State University at Baton
Rouge, BS ’08
Kristopher Kaliebe ’99
Dr. Kaliebe is an Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry at Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center
in New Orleans, where he instructs
medical students, psychiatry residents,
and child and adolescent psychiatry
fellows. Dr. Kaliebe has taught the
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
basic science component for secondyear medical students since 2004
and, with his advanced training in
cognitive behavioral therapy, has
taught the LSU residents’ core course
in cognitive behavioral therapy since
2008. He is a core faculty in the child
and adolescent psychiatry fellowship
program and, from 2010–12, he served
as the child and adolescent psychiatry
fellowship Training Director. He has
been a member of the Louisiana State
University Academy for Academic
Scholarship since 2008. Board certified
in psychiatry, child and adolescent
psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry,
Dr. Kaliebe completed his residency
in psychiatry at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey-University Hospital in Newark,
NJ. He then completed fellowships
in child and adolescent psychiatry, as
well as forensic psychiatry at Louisiana
State University Medical Center
in New Orleans. In the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, Dr Kaliebe is co-chair of
the Media Committee and liaison to
the Complementary and Integrative
Medicine Committee. He currently
serves as President of the Louisiana
Council for Child Psychiatry. Dr.
Kaliebe has been named one of
Louisiana’s Top Doctors for Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry annually
since 2007.
Michelle Loch ’05
Dr. Loch is an Assistant Professor of
Hematology and Oncology at Louisiana
State University Health Science Center
in New Orleans, LA. Board certified
in internal medicine, she completed
University of Virginia in Charlottesville,
VA, followed by a hematology and
oncology fellowship at Boston
University.
Medical College at Virginia
Commonwealth University, BS ’96
Pete Towns ’05
Dr. Towns is an anesthesiologist in New
Orleans, LA, serving as the Louisiana
Director of Acute Pain Services at
West Jefferson Medical Center. Board
certified in anesthesiology, Dr. Towns
completed an anesthesiology and critical
care residency at St. Louis University
School of Medicine in Missouri. He is
married to Elizabeth Bellino (SGU ’05),
a pediatric infectious disease specialist.
College, BS ’99
Amy Wilcox Voigt ’04
Dr. Voigt is on the faculty at Chabert
Medical Center in Houma, LA,
through Louisiana State University. She
completed a residency in neurology
at Tulane University and a fellowship
in headache management at Jefferson
Headache Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Voigt is a member of the American
Academy of Neurology and the
American Headache Society.
SHREVEPORT
Ryan Campbell ’13
Dr. Campbell is a resident in emergency
medicine and family medicine at
Louisiana State University at Shreveport
in Shreveport, LA.
New Mexico State University, BA ’04
Cody Tingle ’12
Dr. Tingle is an internal medicine
senior resident at Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center in
Shreveport, LA.
Louisiana State University at Shreveport,
BS ’07
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Sophia Zaretsky ’12
Dr. Zaretsky is a psychiatry resident
at Louisiana State University, Ochsner
Medical Foundation in New Orleans,
LA. She completed her preliminary
year in general surgery at the same
institution.
New College of the University of Florida,
BA ’98
University of Chicago, MA ’06
OAK GROVE
Saidi Sowma-Fakhre ’92
Dr. Sowma-Fakhre has been working
as a pediatrician in a rural area since
graduation. She completed her residency
at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ.
RUSTON
Landon Smith ’01
Dr. Smith is a board-certified
obstetrician and gynecologist working
in a solo private practice in Ruston,
LA. He completed his obstetrics and
gynecology residency at Rochester
General Hospital in Rochester, NY.
After completing his residency, Dr.
Smith practiced in West Monroe, LA
for three years.
Mansfield University, BA ’95
Louisiana
MAINE
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Carolyn Criss ’95
Dr. Criss is a staff psychiatrist at
Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta,
ME. She completed her psychiatry
residency at the University of Miami,
Jackson Memorial Medical Center.
(MaineHealth) in Biddeford, ME.
residency at Creighton University
School of Medicine as Chief Resident
in 2006 and a pulmonary and critical
care fellowship at Maine Medical
Center in Portland, ME. Dr. Bandara is
board certified in internal medicine and
pulmonary disease.
BANGOR
CALAIS
Kristin Coppola ’12
Dr. Newton is a family medicine
resident at Eastern Maine Medical
Center in Bangor, ME, where she
enjoys providing full spectrum family
medicine care to her patients of all
ages and stages. She has especially
enjoyed being involved in game
coverage for the University of Maine,
and is currently working on research
into ACL injury prevention in young
athletes. Eventually, Dr. Newton
hopes to have a full spectrum practice
with focus on adolescent and sports
medicine. In her free time, Dr. Newton
enjoys playing on the residents’ softball
team—the Myoclonic Jerks, as well as
snowboarding, surfing, and hiking the
beautiful Maine landscape with her
husband, James. After residency, they
are looking forward to settling down in
Connecticut, their home state.
Susan Cardona ’01
Dr. Cardona is dividing her time
between Maine and New York,
spending half her time in Maine at
Calais Regional Hospital working in
both inpatient nursery and outpatient.
She completed a residency and chief
residency in pediatrics at the University
Jersey in Newark, NJ. Board certified
in pediatrics and licensed in New York,
Connecticut, and Maine, Dr. Cardona
traveled to Haiti after the January
2010 earthquake to do relief work. She
is on the board of the Haitian People
Support Project, an organization based
in Woodstock, NY. Dr. Cardona is also
a serious photographer and had her first
photography exhibit in July 2011 at a
gallery in Eastport, ME.
College, BS ’90
Andrew Ehrhard ’05
Dr. Ehrhard is an attending emergency
medicine physician at Eastern Maine
Medical Center in Bangor, ME. He
Albany, NY.
LEWISTON
BIDDEFORD
Mahesh Bandara ’01
Dr. Bandara is a pulmonologist
with Southern Maine Health Care
David Burke ’88
Dr. Burke is an attending neurologist
at St. Mary’s Neurology Associates, St.
Mary’s Regional Medical Center in
Lewiston, ME. He previously served
as a Clinical Assistant Neurologist and
Epileptologist at New York Medical
College and as director of the EEG
Laboratory at Metropolitan and Lincoln
Hospital. Dr. Burke was Chief Resident
during his residency training in
neurology and epileptology at Columbia
University in New York, NY.
Grinnell College, AB ’80
Mark Lanzieri ’85
Dr. Lanzieri is in a cardiology group
practice with a specific interest in
pacemakers. He completed his internal
medicine residency and cardiology
fellowship at St. Mary’s Hospital and
the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New
Haven, CT. He then completed an
interventional cardiology fellowship at
Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA.
PRESQUE ISLE
Kina Hill-Francis ’05
Dr. Hill-Francis is an internal medicine
physician and Chair of the Medical
Department at the Aroostook Medical
Center in Presque Isle, ME. In our
current dynamic state of health care,
Dr. Hill-Francis is excited to be in a
position to rally and guide positive
change and looks forward to continued
involvement in leadership roles. She
residency at Pennsylvania State
University, Lehigh Valley Hospital in
Allentown, PA. Dr. Hill-Francis remains
active in educational efforts including
ACLS instruction, nursing, and student
education. She is also a member of
various medical staff committees
including medical records, credentialing,
performance improvement, as well as
being the medical staff executive.
Oakwood College, BS ’00
MARYLAND
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Peter Craig ’00
Dr. Craig is an attending
anesthesiologist and has his own private
practice in his hometown of Annapolis,
MD. He completed his anesthesiology
Pennsylvania.
BS ’91
Thomas Hattar ’90
Dr. Hattar runs a medical practice in
Annapolis, MD, and is on the active
medical staff at Anne Arundel Medical
Center. He is married with two children,
a boy and a girl. Dr. Hattar ran a
2:56:55 marathon and is ranked among
the top 100 marathon runners in the
United States and in the top 1,000 in
the world.
BALTIMORE
Theodora Balis ’90
A member of the psychiatry faculty at
the University of Maryland Medical
System, Dr. Balis has focused her
career on treating people who are
underserved and on understanding
the cultural diversity and individual
needs of the people she treats. Dr. Balis
is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
and a primary teacher for psychiatry
residents and students including PGY-1
coordinator, director of education for
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a primary outpatient clinic, director
of the resident psychotherapy clinic,
psychotherapy supervisor, electives
didactics coordinator, and coordinator
for courses in diagnostic interviewing
and professionalism. She is also
the director of cultural psychiatry
education and faculty advisor for the
area’s well-known Cultural Diversity
Day. Since joining the faculty, she
has also been the recipient of the
American Psychiatric Association
Nancy Roeske Award for Excellence
in Medical Student Education and the
Virginia Huffer Award for Excellence in
Residency Education. Dr. Balis’ primary
clinical site is at the PACT team, a
specialized mobile treatment clinic for
people with severe and chronic mental
illness. She completed a residency and
chief residency in psychiatry and a
fellowship in administration education
at the University of Maryland Medical
System. As a resident, she received
the Brody Award for Excellence in
Therapy and Treatment of Patients
with Severe Mental Illness. Cultural
psychiatry has been a focus of Dr.
Balis’ clinical work, educational efforts,
administrative efforts, and research,
and she is the recipient of the Rose
Award for Commitment and Excellence
in Cultural Psychiatry. She is the
director and creator of the Intercultural
Psychiatry Group, a multidisciplinary
group of 20 faculty and staff involved
in clinical consultations, education, and
research issues in cultural psychiatry.
Dr. Balis lives in Baltimore, MD, and is
the lucky mom of two daughters.
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Hela Barhoush ’12
Dr. Barhoush is completing the third
year of her pediatrics residency at Sinai
Hospital of Baltimore in Baltimore,
MD. She will be starting a fellowship in
pediatric hematology and oncology at
the Children’s National Medical Center
in Washington, DC.
Wellesley College, BA ’07
Randy Becker ’00
Dr. Becker is a board-certified
neuroradiologist in private practice in
the Baltimore, MD area. He completed
a diagnostic radiology residency at
George Washington University in
Washington, DC, and a neuroradiology
Maryland Medical System in Baltimore,
serving as Chief Resident and Chief
Fellow, respectively. Since graduating
from St. George’s University, Dr. Becker
has remained active with the University
as a visiting professor, guest speaker at
Open Houses, interviewer, volunteer
in the Radiology Virtual Hospital
Program, and emcee at the White Coat
Ceremony. He lives in Woodstock, MD
with his wife, two daughters, and a son.
Tania Caballero ’10
Dr. Caballero is a General Academic
Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore, MD, where she precepts
residents at a bilingual pediatric clinic
and conducts research on health
disparities and mental health needs of
urban Latino youths. Dr. Caballero
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completed a pediatrics residency at the
University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.
Bianca Conti ’03
Dr. Conti is an Attending Trauma
Anesthesiologist, Assistant Professor,
and Education and Fellowship Director
of Trauma Anesthesiology at the R.
Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
in Baltimore, MD. Board certified
in anesthesiology, cardiothoracic
anesthesiology, and perioperative
transesophageal echocardiography, she
and a cardiothoracic anesthesiology
Maryland Medical System in Baltimore.
Dr. Conti also participated in the
trauma center’s earthquake relief
program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Johns Hopkins University, BS ’98
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Vineet Dua ’96
Dr. Dua is a cardiologist at Maryland
Cardiovascular Specialists in Baltimore,
MD. He completed his medical
Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY,
followed by his cardiology fellowship
at the University of Rochester. Dr. Dua
was the Director of Cardiology at F.F.
Thompson Hospital in Canadaigua, NY
for three years.
Susan Dulkerian ’87
Dr. Dulkerian is an Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics in the Division
of Neonatology at University of
Maryland School of Medicine, and is
Interim Chair of the Department of
Pediatrics as well as Medical Director
of Newborn Services in the Family
Childbirth and Children’s Center at
Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore,
MD. She is also the Co-Director of
the Maryland Regional Neonatal
Transport Program at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine,
a joint team with Johns Hopkins
Medical Center that transports
sick newborns from throughout the
region to receive critical care services.
After Dr. Dulkerian completed a
pediatrics residency at St. Joseph’s
Regional Medical Center in Paterson,
NJ as Chief Resident, she pursued a
fellowship in neonatal and perinatal
medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia.
BS ’82
Maine
Surendranath Ekanayake ’94
Dr. Ekanayake is in practice at Sinai
Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He
completed his residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at St. Michael’s Medical
Center in Newark, NJ.
Camellus Ezeugwu ’89
Dr. Ezeugwu is an interventional
cardiologist, an Assistant Professor of
Medicine at Johns Hopkins University,
and the Director of Just Heart
Cardiovascular Group Inc. in Baltimore,
MD. He completed an internal medicine
residency at St. Joseph’s Regional
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. Dr.
Ezeugwu is board certified in cardiology,
critical care, internal medicine, and
forensic medicine.
Niagara University, BS ’85
Ali Farzad ’10
Dr. Farzad is a Cardiovascular
Emergencies Fellow at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine in
Baltimore, MD. He completed an
emergency medicine residency at the
University of Maryland Medical Center
in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Farzad is a
Clinical Instructor in the Department
of Emergency Medicine at the
University of Maryland School of
Medicine and an attending emergency
medicine physician at Prince George’s
Hospital Center in Cheverly, MD.
Jerold Fleishman ’82
Dr. Fleishman has been on staff at
MedStar Franklin Square Medical
Center for 25 years and was recently
appointed Chief of Medicine in
addition to his roles as Chief of
Neurology, Director of the Primary
Stroke Center, and Director of the
Department of Neurophysiology. He
is also a Clinical Instructor in the
Department of Neurology at Johns
Hopkins University. A board-certified
neurologist, Dr. Fleishman completed
a neurology residency at the University
Jersey. Dr. Fleishman is also a licensed
acupuncturist and incorporates
both Western allopathic and Eastern
medicine in his practice.
Regina Gan-Carden ’00
Dr. Gan-Carden is Deputy Director
of Care For Your Health, Inc.
(care4yourhealth.org), a nonprofit
medical practice based on an ideal
medical practice model of primary
care, in Baltimore, MD. A PRN/
Float Physician for Baltimore Medical
Systems, Inc., the largest federally
qualified health center in Baltimore,
MD, she also works with HMS
Permedion, and is an independent
medical reviewer for the Maryland
Board of Physicians. Dr. Gan-Carden
internship and residency at Franklin
Square Hospital Center in Baltimore
before going on to complete a geriatric
fellowship at George Washington
University in Washington, DC. After
her fellowship, Dr. Gan-Carden was
on faculty in internal medicine and
geriatrics at Franklin Square Hospital
Center from 2004-07, worked as a
hospitalist and geriatrician at the
Greater Baltimore Medical Center,
GBMC Greater Geriatrics in Baltimore,
MD from 2007-10, and then worked
as a hospitalist at the University of
Maryland St. Joseph’s Medical Center
from 2010-12.
Goucher College, AB ’91
Jonathan Gitter ’87
Dr. Gitter is a board-certified internal
medicine physician in private group
practice and has been an Assistant
Clinical Professor at the University of
Maryland since 1995. After completing
in Paterson, NJ, he worked for one year
at New York University and Bellevue
Hospital emergency rooms. Dr. Gitter is
married with two children.
Hania Habeeb ’10
Dr. Habeeb is an emergency medicine
physician practicing in Baltimore, MD.
After graduating from St. George’s
University in 2010, she completed
Newark, NJ.
Loyola University in Maryland, BS ’96
University of Maryland Baltimore, MS ’99
Howard Hauptman ’82
Dr. Hauptman is in private practice at
Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore
and is Head of the Rheumatology
Division at both the Greater Baltimore
Medical Center and Franklin Square
Hospital. He has also been an instructor
at Johns Hopkins University in the
Department of Medicine for more
than 15 years. After completing a
residency in internal medicine at the
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Dr.
Hauptman went on to a fellowship in
rheumatology at the Medical College of
Virginia in Richmond, VA.
Stacie Kahan ’09
Dr. Kahan is completing a fellowship
in endocrine surgery at Johns Hopkins
University Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
She completed her general surgery
internship and residency at Stamford
Hospital in Stamford, CT as Chief
Resident.
Kavita Kalra ’99
Dr. Kalra is practicing hematology
and oncology in Baltimore, MD. She
Medical System, where she served as
Chief Resident. She then completed
her fellowship at the University of
Maryland Hospital. Dr. Kalra has had
publications in the Journal of Clinical
Oncology and was invited to speak at the
American Society of Hematology’s 2005
annual meeting.
BS ’94
John LeDonne ’81
A member of the charter class of St.
George’s University, Dr. LeDonne
has been working in the Department
of Surgery at the Greater Baltimore
Medical Center in Baltimore, MD
since 1991 and was appointed Director
of Vascular Access in 2010. His charge
is to instruct the physicians and allied
health professionals in modern vascular
access. Dr. LeDonne completed his
surgical residency at the Wyckoff
Heights Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, and
fellowships at the R. Adams Cowley
Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore,
MD, and Harvard Medical School
in Cambridge, MA. He has four
publications, including two videos, to
his credit and is the President-Elect of
the Association for Vascular Access
and a Fellow of the American College
of Surgeons. Vascular access is his
clinical and research interest, and he
has had the privilege of speaking on
this topic nationally and internationally
in Canada, Rome, London, and
Amsterdam. Dr. LeDonne is board
certified in general surgery.
Hans Lee ’02
Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine and the Director of
Pleural Disease Services at the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine in
Baltimore, MD. He is also a specialist
in interventional pulmonology in the
Division of Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine and a pulmonologist
in the Lung Cancer Program at the
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer
Center. Dr. Lee previously served as the
interventional pulmonary fellowship
director and an Assistant Professor of
Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth
University. Board certified in internal
medicine residency at New York
Hospital Queens in Flushing, NY.
Dr. Lee then went on to complete a
fellowship at North Shore University
Hospital/New York University School
of Medicine before going to the
University of Pennsylvania to complete
an interventional pulmonary fellowship.
His current research interests include
advanced bronchoscopy, lung cancer,
pleural diseases, airway diseases, and
endoscopic treatment for emphysema.
BS ’97
Meera Mathew ’87
Dr. Mathew is a family medicine
physician in the Baltimore, MD area.
She completed her family medicine
Hospital and is board certified in family
medicine. She was a clinical preceptor
for the University of Maryland Medical
School and then for Dartmouth College,
Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover,
NH, and was a visiting professor of
clinical skills and communication at
St. George’s University in April 2008.
She received the Top Ten Teacher
Award in 2007 from the Department of
Medicine at Union Memorial Hospital
in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Mathew has held
medical director positions for various
medical groups, including Helix Care
Medical Group in Baltimore, MD
and Colby Sawyer College in New
London, NH. Dr. Mathew has engaged
in medical missions to Guatemala and
various regions of India and has a special
interest in international medicine and
women’s health.
Oregon State University, BS ’81
Mark Romig ’04
Dr. Romig is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine at Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
in Baltimore, MD. He is also a faculty
member of the Armstrong Institute
for Patient Safety and Quality, where
he is a physician leader in an effort
to re-engineer health care for high
reliability using a systems engineering
approach called Project Emerge. Board
Romig completed his internal medicine
internship and residency at Maryland
General Hospital in Baltimore, where
he was Chief Resident and twice
named Physician of the Year. He then
completed a critical care fellowship at
Johns Hopkins Hospital .
Rochester Institute of Technology, BS ’97
Todd Schlachter ’06
Dr. Schlachter is currently working
in vascular and interventional
radiology and radiological sciences
at Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, in Baltimore, MD. He
completed a surgical internship at
the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania before completing his
radiology residency at the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr.
Schlachter then completed a fellowship
in vascular and interventional
radiology at Johns Hopkins.
Nirav Shah ’02
Dr. Shah is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Medicine, Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
at the University of Maryland School
of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Dr.
Shah completed an internal medicine
internship and residency at Georgetown
University Hospital at Washington
Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He
then completed fellowships in critical
care medicine at the National Institute
of Health in Bethesda, MD and in
pulmonary diseases at the University of
Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore,
MD. Dr. Shah is board certified in
internal medicine, pulmonary diseases
and critical care medicine.
Hill, BS ’98
Nara Kyungsun Um ’02
Dr. Um is a primary care physician with
Kaiser Permanente in Baltimore, MD.
residency at Temple University Hospital
in Philadelphia, PA, in 2005.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, BS ’90
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at
Yeshiva University, MS ’93
Maine
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Richard Walsh ’85
Dr. Walsh is Medical Director of
MedStar Medical Group at Wilkens
Medical Center in Baltimore, MD
and is a physician advisor for MedStar
Family Choice. Board certified in
internal medicine, he completed
BS ’76
Edward Zimmerman ’82
Dr. Zimmerman is a gastroenterologist
practicing in an 11-physician
single-specialty gastroenterology
practice in Baltimore, MD and the
surrounding suburbs. He completed
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, followed
by a gastroenterology fellowship
at the University of Maryland. Dr.
Zimmerman likes to brag to all who
will listen that he is yet “one more SGU
success story.”
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BEL AIR
Chanan Levy ’98
Dr. Levy is in private obstetrics and
gynecology practice in Bel Air, MD
and is affiliated with Upper Chesapeake
Medical Center. He completed his
at the Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
BS ’93
Karl Spector ’96
Dr. Spector is in private internal
medicine practice in Bel Air, MD. He
completed his residency at Franklin
Square Hospital Center in Baltimore,
MD, as Chief Resident.
Susquehanna University, BA ’89
BERLIN
Munna Garg ’01
Dr. Garg is on active staff with Atlantic
General Hospital and Health System in
Berlin, MD. Board certified in internal
West Virginia University Hospitals as
Chief Resident. Dr. Garg is a member
of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the American College of Physicians, the
American Medical Association, and the
Maryland State Medical Association.
Maine
BETHESDA
CROFTON
Leo Rotello ’84
Dr. Rotello is an internal and critical
care medicine physician in private
practice at Suburban Hospital in
Bethesda, MD and is the Director of the
Intensivist Programs for Johns Hopkins
Community Physicians (JHCP). He
specializes in all aspects of adult critical
care including medical, surgical, trauma,
and cardiovascular surgical patients.
in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Rotello entered
a critical care fellowship at the State
University of New York Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse, NY. He was the
Chairman of the Department of Critical
Care Medicine and the Critical Care
Fellowship Director at SUNY Upstate
Medical University until he relocated
to Bethesda, MD, in 1997. In addition
to doing clinical work, Dr. Rotello
also consults on ICU clinical and
quality development processes. He is a
recognized expert in this field and speaks
locally and nationally on this topic. Dr.
Rotello is board certified in both internal
medicine and critical care medicine.
Subashri Sundararajan ’99
Dr. Sundararajan is in private practice
at a multispecialty group in Crofton,
MD and is affiliated with Anne
Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis.
residency at MetroHealth Medical
Center in Cleveland, OH.
BS ’95
CAMBRIDGE
Michael Joyce ’82
Dr. Joyce is the Director of Emergency
Medicine at Dorchester General
Hospital in Cambridge, MD, as well
as the Medical Director of Maryland
Express Care, a critical care transport
service based in Easton, MD. He is
an Assistant Professor of Emergency
Medicine at the University of Maryland
and a Jurisdictional Medical Director
of the Dorchester County Emergency
Medical Service. Dr. Joyce is a member
of the board of directors of Shore
Health System, and has served as
both the Chief of Staff and the Chief
of Medicine at Dorchester General
Hospital.
COLUMBIA
Parul Shah ’02
Dr. Shah is a pediatrician in private
practice in Columbia, MD. She
completed her residency in pediatrics at
the University of Maryland.
EASTON
Peyman Otmishi ’02
Dr. Otmishi is a board-certified
intensivist practicing pulmonary,
critical care, and sleep medicine with
the University of Maryland Health
System Shore Pulmonary Care and
directs the intensive care units for
the university’s medical centers at
Chesterton, Dorchester, and Easton.
pulmonary medicine, and critical care
medicine and board eligible in sleep
medicine, Dr. Otmishi completed a
family medicine internship at John F.
Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, NJ,
before completing an internal medicine
residency and a pulmonary, critical care,
and sleep medicine fellowship at the
KY. In 2014, Dr. Otmishi was the
recipient of the University of Maryland
Shore Regional Health’s Arthur B. Cecil
Jr., MD Award for Excellence in Health
Care Improvement.
Indiana University at Bloomington, BS ’96
FREDERICK
Mark Goldstein ’02
Dr. Goldstein is an attending physician
in a private practice with Oncology
Care Consultants in Frederick, MD and
is affiliated with Frederick Memorial
and oncology fellowship at the University
Farmington, CT. During his fellowship,
he also received additional training in
bone marrow transplantation at Yale
University in New Haven, CT. Dr.
Goldstein is a registered investigator with
the National Cancer Institute. He is
board certified by the American Board of
Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine,
Hematology, and Medical Oncology. Dr.
Goldstein is a member of the European
Society of Medical Oncology, the
American Society of Clinical Oncology,
the American Society of Hematology,
the American College of Physicians,
and the Maryland/DC Society of
Clinical Oncology. He has received
commendations for excellent patient care
from the University of Connecticut.
Atif Malik ’98
Dr. Malik is an interventional pain
management specialist and co-founder
of American Spine, a multispecialty
physician group with nine clinics
throughout Maryland. He completed
a physical medicine and rehabilitation
residency at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, TX, where he was chosen
to remain as Chief Resident, followed
by a pain management fellowship at
Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center in Boston,
MA. Dr. Malik further trained in
percutaneous and endoscopic spine
surgery under world-renowned spine
surgeon, Dr. Thomas Hoogland of the
Alpha Klinic in Munich, Germany
and fellowship trained in advanced
spinal surgical technique developed
by Wooridul Hospital in Soul, Korea.
Dr. Malik is one of the first physicians
to educate and train endoscopic spine
surgeons in the United States in a
bloodless and minimally invasive
technique to preserve normal disc
tissue. He is board certified in pain
management and is active with the
International Society of Minimally
Invasive Spinal Surgery, American
Society of Interventional Pain
Physicians, American Pain Society, and
North American Spine Society.
Jamie Zakkak ’12
Dr. Zakkak is a pediatric hospitalist
working at Frederick Memorial
Hospital in Frederick, MD. She
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in
Falls Church, VA.
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine, MPH ’07
GAITHERSBURG
Mohsin Sheikh ’02
Dr. Sheikh is Founder and Medical
Director at Pain, Spine and Rehab
Associates, LLC in Gaithersburg, MD.
Prior to opening his practice in July
2013, Dr. Sheikh was an attending
pain medicine physician at RA Pain
Services PA in Burlington, NJ. He
rehabilitation residency and Chief
Residency at Georgetown University’s
National Rehabilitation Hospital in
Washington, DC, where he was voted
Resident of the Year. He then completed
an interventional pain management
fellowship in the Department of
Anesthesiology at the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC.
Board certified in pain medicine and
physical medicine and rehabilitation,
Dr. Sheikh specializes mainly in
interventional treatments for acute
and chronic pain. He is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation and a
member of the International Spine
Intervention Society and the North
American Spine Society. The American
Academy of Pain Medicine has also
acknowledged his research on novel
treatments for plantar fasciitis using
botulinum toxin.
BA ’96
GLEN BURNIE
Jude Muneses ’95
Dr. Muneses is an internal medicine
physician in private practice in Glen
Burnie, MD and is the medical director
for two nursing homes. Dr. Munese
residency at Franklin Square Hospital
in Baltimore, MD and is still a member
of their teaching faculty. Dr. Muneses
specializes in internal medicine and
hospice and palliative medicine.
Salisbury University, BS ’88
Steven Jon Schwartz ’89
Dr. Schwartz is the Chairman of
Critical Care Medicine at the University
of Maryland Baltimore Washington
Medical Center in Glen Burnie, MD and
is on staff at the University of Maryland
Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD. He is also an Associate
Professor of Surgery at the University
of Maryland and a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care,
and Burn Surgery at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Schwartz serves as Medical Director
of the Towson University College of
Health Professions, Physician Assistant
Division. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Schwartz completed an
internal medicine residency and one year
of obstetrics and gynecology training at
Maryland General Hospital, University
of Maryland School of Medicine. He
then completed a fellowship in surgical
critical care at the R. Adams Cowley
Shock Trauma Center at the University
of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr.
Schwartz is the current President-Elect
of the Society of Critical Care Medicine
in Maryland, is a recognized expert
in medical ethics, and has published
numerous books, papers, and peerreviewed articles. Dr. Schwartz is the
father of three sons.
Towson University, BS ’86
LANHAM
Michael Buns ’06
Dr. Buns is an emergency medicine
attending physician at Doctor’s
Community Hospital in Lanham, MD.
He completed a residency in emergency
medicine at George Washington
University Hospital in Washington, DC.
James Madison University, BA ’00
PASADENA
Smriti Kashyap ’00
Dr. Kashyap is a pediatrician in private
practice with Mid-Atlantic Permanente
Medical Group in Pasadena, MD. She
holds active privileges at Anne Arundel
Medical Center in Annapolis, MD and
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
in Glen Burnie, MD. Dr. Kashyap
finished her residency in pediatrics
Upstate Medical University in Syracuse,
NY in 2003. She continued to live in
Syracuse for four more years, working
as a pediatrician in a private practice
operated by St. Joseph’s Hospital Health
Center.
RIVERDALE
Asad Bandealy ’10
Dr. Bandealy is a pediatrician in
private practice in Riverdale, MD. He
Children’s Hospital at the University of
Illinois in Chicago, IL. He is an active
member of the American Academy
of Pediatrics and was a scholarship
attendee of its legislative conference in
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2011. While at St. George’s University,
Dr. Bandealy earned a Master of Public
Health with an emphasis on community
health assessment and promotion and
was very active in campus activities.
He served on the student government,
did peer counseling, and was president
of the St. George’s University chapter
of the American Medical Student
Association. During his clinical years
he served as AMSA’s international
programming coordinator and then as
its international trustee.
University of Florida, BA ’06
St. George’s University, MPH ’06
ROSEDALE
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Howard Goldman ’87
Dr. Goldman is working in private
practice, is active in a teaching program
at MedStar Franklin Square Medical
Center in Baltimore, MD, and serves
as an Assistant Clinical Professor of
Medicine at the University of Maryland,
in internal medicine, he completed an
Resident at MedStar Franklin Square
Medical Center. Dr. Goldman is married
to Dr. Donna Howard, a Professor
of Public Health at the University of
Maryland, and they have two children.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, MPH ’80
SILVER SPRING
Eran Kessous ’99
In December 2009, Dr. Kessous opened
his main practicing site, Montgomery
Sports Medicine Center, in Silver
Spring, MD. He also practices at The
Orthopaedic Center in Rockville, MD.
In addition to his clinical practice,
Dr. Kessous is an Appointed Clinical
Assistant Professor at Georgetown
University Medical School and a team
physician for DC United, the area’s
professional men’s soccer team. Board
certified in both family and sports
medicine, he completed a surgical
internship at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine in New York, NY, a general
and orthopaedic surgery residency at Tel
Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel
Aviv, Israel, a family medicine residency
at Boston University Medical Center,
and a sports medicine fellowship at
Harvard Medical School’s Children’s
Hospital in Boston, MA. During
his sports medicine fellowship, Dr.
Kessous was responsible for preventing,
Maine
diagnosing, and treating injuries for
Boston Ballet dancers and Northeastern
University athletic teams. In addition,
Dr. Kessous has worked with various
sporting events, including the Boston
Marathon and the AT&T USA Indoor
Track and Field Championships.
City University of New York at Queens
College, BA ’95
TOWSON
Daniel Herr ’81
Dr. Herr is the Director of the Cardiac
Surgery unit at the University of
Maryland, where he is responsible
for the oversight of the clinical ICU
care of cardiac surgery patients, heart
and lung transplant, ventricular assist
devices, and extracorporeal lung
support. He also serves as an Associate
Professor of Medicine. Board certified
in internal medicine, critical care, and
neurocritical care, Dr. Herr completed
York Hospital in York, PA. He then
completed post-graduate training in
critical care (medical, surgical, and
trauma,) at the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services, University
of Maryland Hospital, in Baltimore, MD,
and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York, NY and Cornell
University in Ithaca, NY. Dr. Herr’s
research interests are in avoidance and
treatment of acute confusional states in
the ICU and the use of hypothermia for
resuscitation, and his research findings
have been published in prominent
medical journals such as JAMA, Journal
of Neurosurgery, and Critical Care
Medicine. He has also authored two
book chapters on nutrition in critical
care and endocrine management of the
cardiac surgical patient. Dr. Herr is an
experienced principal investigator and,
as a recognized expert in critical care, he
is frequently invited to speak at medical
conferences on topics concerning novel
and new treatments and therapies for
crucially ill patients. Throughout his
career, Dr. Herr has been an active
member of several medical organizations
and is the Section Chair, Internal
Medicine for the Society of Critical Care
Medicine and a fellow of the American
College of Critical Care Medicine.
He has served on several data safety
monitoring boards and often provides
consultive services to pharmaceutical
companies.
Wittenberg University, BA ’70
Mohammed Mehboob ’99
Dr. Mehboob is a board-certified
internal medicine physician in Towson,
MD and has been in practice with the
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical
Group since 2007. He is also affiliated
with Greater Baltimore Medical
Center. Dr. Mehboob completed his
University Health Center of Pittsburgh
in Pittsburgh, PA.
University of Maryland at University
College, BS ’95
Robert Yin ’81
Dr. Yin is a gastroenterologist in
private practice in Towson, MD and
is affiliated with multiple hospitals in
the area, including Greater Baltimore
Medical Center and Sinai Hospital
of Baltimore. He is board certified in
gastroenterology, internal medicine,
and geriatric medicine. Dr. Yin is a
member of the guest faculty at the
University of Maryland for sophomore
medical students in an occupational and
environmental medicine course.
WESTMINSTER
Michael Beardsley ’96
Dr. Beardsley is a pediatrician in private
practice at Westminster Pediatrics in
Westminster, MD and is affiliated with
Carroll Hospital Center. Board certified
in pediatrics, he completed his pediatric
residency at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical
Center in Paterson, NJ.
Salisbury University, BS ’91
Vajira Gunawardane ’90
Dr. Gunawardane is Director of the
Maryland Pain and Spine Center with
offices in Fulton and Westminster, MD.
He began this practice in 2004 as the
Advanced Pain Management Center at
Carroll Hospital in Westminster, MD.
pain management, Dr. Gunawardane
at Maimonides Medical Center
in Brooklyn, NY followed by an
interventional pain management
fellowship at the University of Maryland
Medical Center. After his fellowship, Dr.
Gunawardane remained on faculty at the
University of Maryland Medical Center
as a teacher, clinician and researcher
and was an Assistant Professor at the
University of Maryland until 2004.
Kiran Kuna ’02
Dr. Kuna is an attending
anesthesiologist at Carroll Hospital
Center in Westminster, MD. He
at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ.
MPH ’97
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Cape Cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Milford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center in Boston, MA and is on
staff at Beth Israel Deaconess (BID)
Hospital-Plymouth. Board certified in
pediatrics, she completed her pediatrics
residency at Atlantic Health System in
Morristown, NJ, in 2011. While there,
Dr. Arzuaga completed two research
publications; one was accepted to
Pediatric Cardiology and the other was
published in Pediatrics in the December
2011 issue. She then completed a
fellowship in neonatal-perinatal
medicine at the University of Chicago
Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She is
married to Natanial Vasquez (SGU ’08),
an emergency medicine physician.
Boston, MA.
Wake Forest University, BS ’02
Boston University School of Medicine,
MA ’05
BOSTON
Sabeena Chacko ’00
Dr. Chacko is a full-time faculty
member at Harvard Medical School,
Children’s Hospital, in Boston, MA.
She did a preliminary year in surgery
Livingston, NJ, before completing
an anesthesiology residency at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Montefiore Medical Center in New
York, NY. Dr. Chacko then completed
a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at
Boston Children’s Hospital.
BA ’96
Bonnie Arzuaga ’08
Dr. Arzuaga is a pediatrician and
neonatal-perinatal specialist with
Chey Collura ’14
Dr. Collura is a general surgery resident
Aimee Knorr ’01
Dr. Knorr is a board-certified
pediatrician and neonatal medicine
specialist in practice at the Children’s
Hospital in Boston, MA, where she
serves as Associate Director of the
Infant Follow-Up Program. She is also
an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard
Medical School. Dr. Knorr completed
her pediatrics residency at the State
University of New York at Buffalo
Graduate Medical/Dental Education
Consortium of Buffalo. She then
went on to complete a neonatology
fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital
in Connecticut.
Ann Rickert ’99
Dr. Rickert is an internal medicine
physician in private practice at
Bellingham Medical Associates, part
of Tri County Medical Associates, in
Bellingham, MA. She completed her
University of Massachusetts Memorial
Health Care in Worcester, MA. Dr.
Rickert is married with two children.
University of Texas at Arlington, MS ’93
BEVERLY
Justin Fox ’03
Dr. Fox is in private anesthesiology
practice in Beverly, MA. He completed
his residency in anesthesiology at
Downstate Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY in 2007. Dr. Fox is
married to Afsaneh Mozafari (SGU
’04), a pediatrician, and they have two
children.
Merrimack College, BA ’91
University of Massachusetts at Lowell,
MS ’97
Christopher Cruz ’09
Dr. Cruz is a Clinical Fellow in
Pediatric Emergency Medicine at
Boston Children’s Hospital of Harvard
Medical School in Boston, MA. He
completed his general pediatrics
internship and residency in 2012
and served as Chief Resident for the
2012-13 academic year at Maria Fareri
Children’s Hospital at Westchester
Medical Center of New York Medical
College in Valhalla, NY.
Austin Lin ’12
Dr. Lin is a psychiatry resident at
Harvard South Shore in Brockton,
MA, one of four psychiatry residency
programs offered by Harvard University.
Dr. Lin has presented a poster at the
American Psychiatric Association, has
a pending publication, and recently
presented his research project at the
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
in Florida in November 2014. He has
been a part of his residency program’s
Residency and Selection Committee
as well as its Program Evaluation
Committee, and has been Team
Captain for NAMI Walks, which helps
raise awareness in the community
about mental health. Dr. Lin is also an
Assistant Editor of the Harvard Review
of Psychiatry.
BA ’06
Svjetlana Lozo ’08
Dr. Lozo is a Global Health Leadership
Fellow at Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston, MA. She is also
an attending physician for the family
practice residency program at St. Peters
Hospital in Olympia, WA. Dr. Lozo
completed her residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at Maimonides
where she was the recipient of the
Steven Farber Award for Clinical
Excellence in 2012 and 2013. During
her residency, Dr. Lozo traveled to
Eritrea, Tanzania, Nicaragua, Mexico,
Jamaica, and Haiti to learn more about
discrepancies in women’s health care
around the world. She also held the
position of New York City Regional
Vice President for the Committee of
Interns and Residents.
Drexel University, BS ’04
Paul Mathew ’05
Dr. Mathew is a member of the
academic faculty at Harvard Medical
School in Boston, MA and holds
a joint clinical position, serving as
Director of Continuing Medical
Education at the Brigham and
Women’s Faulkner Hospital, John R.
Graham Headache Center, in Boston,
MA, and as Director of Headache
Medicine at the Cambridge Health
Alliance in Cambridge, MA. Board
certified in neurology and headache
medicine, Dr. Mathew completed
his neurology residency at Temple
PA and then went on to complete a
fellowship in headache medicine at
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
In addition to conventional headache
treatments, Dr. Mathew performs Botox
injections, trigger point injections, and
nerve blocks. He has written multiple
publications, and has presented at both
national and international conferences.
Dr. Mathew serves as a peer reviewer
for a number of journals, and is on the
editorial board of the journal Practical
Neurology. He is also a member of
several medical societies including
the American Academy of Neurology,
the American Headache Society, the
International Headache Society, and
the American Association of Physicians
of Indian Origin (AAPI). He is also an
executive board member of the Indian
Medical Association of New England.
Girish Menon ’12
Dr. Menon is an anesthesiology resident
at Boston Medical Center in Boston,
MA. He completed his preliminary
year in general surgery at St. Barnabas
Medical Center in Livingston, NJ.
Priya Sinha Garg ’04
Dr. Sinha Garg is a pediatric hospitalist
and the director of the pediatric
residency program at the Floating
Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical
Center in Boston, MA. She is also an
Associate Professor at Tufts University
pediatrics, Dr. Sinha Garg completed a
pediatric residency and chief residency
Baltimore, MD.
Tufts University, BA ’98
BURLINGTON
Gregory Smaroff ’98
Dr. Smaroff is a staff cardiothoracic
surgeon and Director of Vascular
Surgery at Forum Health. He is also
an Assistant Professor of Surgery at
Northeast Ohio Medical University
in Rootstown, OH, and a member of
the American College of Surgeons, the
American College of Chest Physicians,
and the Society of Thoracic Surgery.
After his surgery residency at Northside
Medical Center in Youngstown, OH,
Dr. Smaroff went on to a thoracic
surgery fellowship at Allegheny General
Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.
Washington & Jefferson College, BA ’94
CAMBRIDGE
Katherine Hanaway ’02
Dr. Hanaway is a female pelvic
medicine and reconstructive surgery
specialist with Boston Urogynecology
Associates in Cambridge, MA and is
affiliated with Mount Auburn Hospital
in Cambridge, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in Boston, and
Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton,
MA. Board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology with subspecialty
certification in female pelvic and
reconstructive medicine, she completed
at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical
Center. Dr. Hanaway then went on to
complete a fellowship in female pelvic
medicine and reconstructive surgery at
Mount Auburn Hospital.
American University, BA ’94
Sameer Kapasi ’06
Dr. Kapasi is an interventional
physiatrist in private practice with New
England Physiatry in Cambridge, MA
and is affiliated with Mount Auburn
Hospital and Tufts University Medical
Center. He is also an Assistant Professor
at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Board certified in physical medicine and
rehabilitation, Dr. Kapasi completed
a physical medicine and rehabilitation
residency at Tufts-New England
Medical Center in Boston, MA followed
by a spine and rehabilitation fellowship
at New England Baptist Hospital. He
then worked at the Boston Spine Group
for four years before moving his practice
to New England Physiatry. Dr. Kapasi
is a faculty member for the North
American Spine Society advanced spinal
injection workshops and is actively
involved in training spine rehabilitation
fellows. He is a Fellow of the American
Board of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation and a member of
Medicine and Rehabilitation, the
International Spine Intervention Society,
and the North American Spine Society.
Dr. Kapasi received the Compassionate
Doctor recognition from 2011-13, the
vitals.com Patients’ Choice Award
for years 2011-14, was recognized as
a Vitals Top 10™ Doctor in 2014 for
the state of Massachusetts and Greater
Boston area, and received the Vitals OnTime Doctor Award in 2014.
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CAPE COD
Gaurav Dang ’08
Dr. Dang is a family medicine
physician who recently began working
with a private physician group in Cape
Cod, MA. He completed a family
medicine residency at Barberton
Citizens Hospital in Barberton, OH,
after which he practiced in Lewistown,
PA for three years.
BS ’04
DANVERS
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Nancy Otovic ’95
Dr. Otovic joined Care Dimensions as a
hospice and palliative care physician in
2010 after 15 years of clinical experience
in family medicine. She completed a
family medicine residency at Beverly
Hospital in Beverly, MA, followed by a
hospice and palliative care fellowship at
Hospice of the North Shore in Danvers,
MA. She served as Medical Director of
Lahey Clinic in Essex, MA, for one year
and is an instructor for the Harvard
Palliative Care Medicine Fellowship
Program. Dr. Otovic is board certified
in family practice and board eligible in
hospice and palliative care. She has a
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
at Tufts University and is currently
working toward a master’s degree in
medical education.
Merrimack College, BA ’85
Tufts University, MS ’86
DARTMOUTH
Chad Beattie ’08
Dr. Beattie is working as a primary
care sports medicine physician in the
Department of Orthopedics in a large
multispecialty practice in Dartmouth,
MA. He is the Head Team Physician for
Bridgewater State University, Fairhaven
High School, and the New Bedford Bay
Sox. He is also a Clinical Instructor
in the Department of Orthopedics at
the University of Massachusetts, in
Worcester, MA. Dr. Beattie completed
a family medicine residency followed
by a fellowship in primary care
sports medicine at the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Dr.
Beattie was recently published in the
American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Dalhousie University, BSc ’02
Massachusetts
John McGuire ’84
Dr. McGuire is in a private practice
dealing with pediatric and adult allergy
and asthma. The group also has a large
clinical research facility investigating
new medications, medical devices, and
therapies.
FORESTDALE
Marie Kayton ’05
Dr. Kayton is working as a pediatrician
at Cape Cod Pediatrics in Forestdale,
MA. She completed her pediatrics
New York at Stony Brook, where she
received the Hauptmann Award for
Humanism and Medical Excellence in
the field of pediatrics.
LAWRENCE
Afsaneh Mozafari ’04
Dr. Mozafari is an attending physician
in pediatrics at the Greater Lawrence
Family Health Center in Lawrence,
MA. Board certified in pediatrics, she
Long Island College Hospital, Beth
Israel Medical Center, in Brooklyn, NY.
LYNN
Walter Nalesnik ’82
Dr. Nalesnik is a primary care physician
in Lynn, MA and is admits patients to
North Shore Medical Center in Salem,
MA.
Bates College, BS ’77
METHUEN
Catherine Iasiello ’04
Dr. Iasiello is a hematologist and
oncologist in private practice at DanaFarber Community Cancer Care in
Methuen, MA. Board certified in
internal medicine and medical oncology,
Dr. Iasiello completed an internal
medicine residency followed by a
hematology and oncology fellowship at
the University of Missouri at Columbia,
where she served as Chief Fellow in
2010. She also completed a postdoctoral
fellowship in bone marrow transplant
service with the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute/National Institutes
of Health in 2009.
Pace University, BS ’99
MILFORD
Celeste Gagnier ’11
Dr. Gagnier is a pediatric hospitalist
with Boston Children’s Hospital,
working at one of their community sites,
Milford Regional Medical Center in
Milford, MA. She recently completed
her pediatrics residency at the
MILTON
John Looney ’87
Dr. Looney is primary care physician in
private group practice in Milton, MA
and is on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess
Hospital-Milton (Milton Hospital)
in Milton and Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in Needham. He is also
a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School. Dr. Looney
Physicians, a member of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and a
member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society. He is also a board member of
Milton Hospital, is associated with the
American Medical Association, and is a
delegate of the Massachusetts Medical
Society. After completing an internal
St. Mary’s Hospital, Yale Primary Care,
in Connecticut, Dr. Looney went on to
complete a two-year general medicine
fellowship at Boston University School
of Medicine, Carney Hospital. Dr.
Looney also holds a master’s degree in
public health from Boston University
School of Medicine and has been
published in the New England Journal
of Medicine.
Suffolk University, BA ’80
NEW BEDFORD
Joseph Spirito ’97
Dr. Spirito was named Director of
the Inpatient Palliative Medicine
program at St. Luke’s Hospital in
New Bedford, MA, after serving
as the site Medical Director of the
Hospitalist program for six years.
He is responsible for expanding the
Inpatient Palliative Medicine program
across three Southcoast Health System
hospitals. Board certified in internal
medicine and hospice and palliative
medicine, Dr. Spirito completed his
internal medicine residency at Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, CT. Previously,
Dr. Spirito was the Director of the
Hospitalist Program for the Southcoast
Hospitals Group in Massachusetts. The
start-up program became the largest
nonteaching hospitalist program in the
state. Dr. Spirito and his wife, Jill, have
three children.
Saint Louis University, BA ’88
Saint Louis University, MS ’92
NORTHAMPTON
Bernard Shea ’98
Dr. Shea is a hospitalist at Cooley
Dickinson Hospital in Northampton,
MA.
School, BS ’94
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
PhD ’94
Robert Stanley ’03
Dr. Stanley is a hospitalist and physician
informatics liaison at Cooley Dickinson
Hospital in Northampton, MA. He
medicine at Albany Medical Center in
Albany, NY.
BA ’93
New York Medical College, MPH ’99
PEABODY
Susan Elias ’90
Dr. Elias is an internal medicine
physician in Peabody, MA and is
affiliated with multiple hospitals in
the area, including Lahey Hospital
and Medical Center and North Shore
Medical Center. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, CT, followed by a
year of anesthesia training at Hartford
Hospital in Hartford, CT.
BA ’83
REVERE
Jacinta Grant ’02 Dr. Grant is a primary care physician
working at Broadway Primary
Care-Revere, part of Massachusetts
General Hospital, in Revere, MA.
Dr. Grant completed her internal
Farmington, CT, where she was awarded
the Howard Levine Science Award. She
is a member of the Connecticut Medical
Society and has given a presentation to
the American College of Physicians, of
which she is a member.
Gannon University, BS ’97
SALEM
Kellie Rohrer-Hemme ’00
Dr. Rohrer-Hemme is a radiologist
in private practice at Commonwealth
Radiology Associates, associated with
North Shore Medical Center, in Salem,
MA. After finishing a residency in
radiology, Dr. Rohrer-Hemme went on
to complete a fellowship in pediatric
radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital
in Boston, MA.
Middlebury College, BA ’94
SPRINGFIELD
Donielle Sliwa ’12
Dr. Sliwa is a Hematology and
Oncology Fellow at Baystate Medical
Center, Tufts University School of
Medicine in Springfield, MA. She
residency at the same institution.
Smith College, BA ’04
MPH ’08
Linda Willard ’84
Dr. Willard is an emergency medicine
attending physician at Baystate Medical
Center in Springfield, MA, and an
Assistant Professor of Emergency
Medicine at Tufts University. She
was appointed Chief Resident during
Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford,
CT. Following her residency, she
became a full-time attending physician
at the same institution. She was also
an Assistant Clinical Professor at the
Medicine.
SWANSEA
Gina Costello ’98
Dr. Costello is a pediatrician in private
practice at Swansea Pediatrics, LLC
in Swansea, MA and is affiliated with
Care New England—Women & Infants
Hospital of Rhode Island in Providence,
RI. Board certified in pediatrics, she
completed her pediatric residency at St.
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ.
UXBRIDGE
Joseph Pugleasa ’89
Dr. Pugleasa is in private practice
with a multispecialty group and is an
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
at the University of Massachusetts
Medical School, working in the
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Clinic, Arthritis and Joint Center,
and Trauma and Fracture Clinic.
He completed internal medicine
residencies at the University of
Connecticut, Mount Sinai Hospital
in Hartford, and at Brown University
in Providence, RI, where he won
the ACP Presenter’s Award. After
nearly 15 years of practicing primary
care, Dr. Pugleasa completed a oneyear primary care sports medicine
fellowship at Geisinger Health System
in Wilkes Barre, PA. The Department
of Orthopedics at the University of
Massachusetts, they created a position
that included sports medicine and
nonsurgical orthopaedics. Since
2004, Dr. Pugleasa has been the team
physician for the US Alpine Ski Team,
traveling with the men’s and women’s
teams in the United States and Europe.
He is also the head team physician for
Dean College in Franklin, MA. Along
with his wife, Barbara, and their two
boys, Dr. Pugleasa runs their family
farm in Uxbridge, MA.
University of Massachusetts at Boston,
BA ’85
WALPOLE
Cristina Cataldo ’05
Dr. Cataldo is a staff physician in family
medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
where she supervises medical students
from Tufts University School of
Medicine and Brown University School
of Medicine. She is also a clinical
faculty member in the family medicine
department at Tufts University School
of Medicine and the Medical Director
for Pro Ambitions Hockey Camp.
Cataldo completed her residency in
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family medicine at Tufts University,
serving as Chief Resident her last year.
Tufts University, MS ’98
WEST NEWTON
Jamshid Jahanmir ’99
Dr. Jahanmir is an Assistant Professor at
the University of Massachusetts and an
Associate Division Chief at the UMass
Memorial Medical Group in Worcester,
MA. After an internship in internal
medicine at the State University of New
York Upstate Medical University in
Syracuse, NY, Dr. Jahanmir completed
his nephrology residency at the Boston
University Medical Center in 2005.
University of Washington, BA ’78
Cornell University, PhD ’88
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Mario Addabbo ’98
Dr. Addabbo is working in an
anesthesiology practice covering
two hospitals north of Boston.
He completed his residency in
anesthesiology at New England Medical
Center Hospital in Boston, MA.
University of Connecticut, BA ’71
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MS ’76
WINCHESTER
Chitra King ’88
Dr. King is in solo private practice in
hematology and oncology and is the
Chief of the Medical Oncology and
Hematology Program at Winchester
Hospital in Winchester, MA. Winchester
Hospital has won numerous awards
and its oncology program is accredited
by the American College of Surgeons
Commission on Cancer. Its Breast Care
Center is also recognized by the National
Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
Dr. King has been with Winchester
Hospital for more than 13 years and has
found her time very rewarding. Board
certified in internal medicine, oncology,
and hematology, Dr. King completed the
first two years of her internal medicine
internship and residency at Mount Sinai
Hospital in Hartford, CT. She then
went to the University of Connecticut
Health Center to complete her residency,
followed by a fellowship in hematology
and oncology.
Swarthmore College, BA ’68
Massachusetts
WORCESTER
Konstantin Abramov ’02
Dr. Abramov is an Assistant Professor
and a practicing nephrologist at the
University of Massachusetts. He
residency as Chief Resident, followed
by a nephrology fellowship at the
School in Worcester, MA.
University of Massachusetts at Boston,
BS ’96
Jordan Barnhart ’12
Dr. Barnhart is Chief Resident of
of Massachusetts Medical School in
Worcester, MA.
Calvin College, BS ’06
Shawn Berkowitz ’02
Dr. Berkowitz is working with Fallon
Health Summit ElderCare PACE
(Program for All Inclusive Care of
the Elderly) in Worcester, MA, an
interdisciplinary team-based health
program to assist elders who are eligible
for nursing homes to remain in their
own homes in the community. Dr.
Berkowitz completed a family medicine
residency at Wilson Memorial Regional
Medical Center in Johnson City, NY
before completing a fellowship in
geriatrics.
Cornell University, BA ’96
Bradley Switzer ’05
Dr. Switzer is a board-certified
medical oncologist at the University
of Massachusetts Medical Center in
Worcester, MA and is an Assistant
Professor at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School. He is
affiliated with Health Alliance Hospital.
Dr. Switzer completed an internal
medicine residency and Chief Residency
Massachusetts.
Vanguard University of Southern
California, BS ’99
Rokshana Thanadar ’08
Dr. Thanadar is a Fellow in
endocrinology, diabetes, and
metabolism at the University of
Massachusetts in Worcester, MA.
residency at the Medical College of
Georgia, Georgia Regents University.
She then worked as a hospitalist at
Carillion New River Valley Medical
Center in Christiansburg, VA and
Temple University Hospitals in
Philadelphia, PA.
Meredith College, BS ’90
Eastern Virginia Medical School, MS ’02
Surenthar Tharmalingam ’12
Dr. Tharmalingam is a Geriatric
Medicine Fellow at the University
of Massachusetts Medical Center in
Worcester, MA. He completed an
institution.
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Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Crystal Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dearborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Farmington Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Gobles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Grand Blanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grosse Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lansing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Southfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANN ARBOR
Sheeja Francis ’01
Dr. Francis is a faculty member in
the division of rheumatology at the
University of Michigan. She is board
certified in internal medicine, geriatric
medicine, and rheumatology. She
completed her internship at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook and moved to Ann Arbor, MI,
to complete an internal medicine
residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
Following her residency, Dr. Francis
finished a geriatric medicine fellowship
and a rheumatology fellowship at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Brook, BS ’97
BAY CITY
Mark Komorowski ’85
Dr. Komorowski is a board-certified
plastic surgeon and has been in solo
private practice in Bay City, MI since
1993. He completed a residency in
general surgery at Providence Hospital
and Medical Center, followed by a
second residency in plastic surgery at
the University of Oklahoma Health
Science Center. Dr. Komorowski also
completed a fellowship in trauma
surgery. He has served as President of
Bay County Medical Society, Chairman
of the Legislative and Regulations
Commission of the Michigan State
Medical Society, Chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Midland
Hospital, and Chairman of Bay Health
Network.
at West Virginia University. Before
entering medical school, Dr. Dalton
worked as a flight paramedic.
Queen’s University at Kingston, BA ’90
DEARBORN
CANTON
Sana Syed ’11
Dr. Syed is working as an outpatient
pediatrician at a hospital-affiliated clinic
based in Detroit, located in Canton, MI.
He completed his pediatrics residency
at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook
County in Chicago, IL, where he was
the recipient of the Award for Best
Teaching Intern as honored by medical
students from different medical schools
in Chicago.
BS ’07
CRYSTAL FALLS
Ronald Dalton ’94
Dr. Dalton is a pediatric and internal
medicine physician at Crystal Falls
Family Health Center in Crystal
Falls, MI and is on staff at Dickinson
County Healthcare System, Grand
View Hospital, Marquette General
Hospital, and Northstar Health System.
Khalil Mehdi ’13
Dr. Mehdi is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Oakwood
Hospital in Dearborn, MI. After
graduating from St. George’s University
in 2013, Dr. Mehdi went on to work
in clinical research in gynecologic
oncology at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit, MI and established a tutoring
business for the USMLE exam.
McGill University, BS ’09
DETROIT
Jenny Gay Atas ’88
Dr. Atas is an Associate Medical Director
of Detroit EMS. Board certified in
both internal medicine and emergency
medicine, she completed her residency
at Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit Medical Center.
University of Kentucky, MS ’83
Katrina Godderz ’12
Dr. Godderz is an emergency medicine
physician at Detroit Medical Center,
Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI.
She completed her emergency medicine
Brian Kern ’08
Dr. Kern is on the faculty in emergency
medicine at Wayne State University.
He completed an emergency medicine
residency at Wayne State University
Detroit Receiving Hospital.
Mokerrum Malik ’12
Dr. Malik is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Wayne State
University, Detroit Medical Center in
Detroit, MI.
Janice Niver ’12
Dr. Niver is a psychiatry resident at
Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State
University in Detroit, MI.
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Karan Patel ’11
Dr. Patel is an interventional radiology
resident at Wayne State University in
Detroit, MI.
Boston College, BSc ’05
MPH ’07
Eugene Rozen ’12
Dr. Rozen is an emergency medicine
physician in practice at Detroit
Medical Center in Detroit, MI. He
residency at Wayne State University
Medical Center, Detroit Receiving
Hospital in Detroit, MI.
Adam Sirek ’13
Dr. Sirek is a family medicine resident
at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
in Detroit, MI.
University of Toronto, MSc ’09
Larisa Traill ’05
Dr. Traill is an Executive Board
Member of Sinai-Grace Hospital
in Detroit, MI. A Diplomatee of
the American Board of Emergency
Medicine, she completed an emergency
medicine residency at Detroit Medical
Center, Wayne State University in
Detroit, MI. Dr. Traill is a Fellow of
the American College of Emergency
Physicians, a member of the Michigan
College of Emergency Physicians, and
a council member of the Michigan
Chapter of the American College of
Michigan
Jeffrey Paul Yanez ’88
Dr. Yanez is a board-certified
pediatrician and internal medicine
physician on staff at Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit, MI. He completed
pediatrics residency at St. Joseph MercyOakland Hospital in Pontiac, MI. Dr.
Yanez is married with one daughter.
Oakland University, BS ’84
FARMINGTON HILLS
Sam Gabbara ’00
Dr. Gabbara is an attending pediatric
physician affiliated with Botsford
Hospital in Farmington Hills, MI and
is involved in teaching medical students
from Michigan State University and
residents at Botsford Hospital in
Michigan. He completed his residency
in pediatrics at Henry Ford Hospital
and Children’s Hospital of Michigan in
Detroit.
University of Michigan at Dearborn, BS ’88
Wayne State University, PhD ’93
FLINT
Vincent Persaud ’12
Dr. Persaud is a diagnostic radiology
resident at Michigan State University in
Flint, MI. He completed his transitional
year at Hurley Medical Center in Flint.
FRANKFORT
Douglas Coles ’82
Dr. Coles is in private practice in
Michigan. He completed a family
medicine residency in 1985 and has
since been in either individual or group
practice. Dr. Coles ran an emergency
room at a small local hospital in
northern Michigan for approximately
eight years.
Michigan State University, BA ’71
GOBLES
Susan Strockbine Mathews ’86
Dr. Mathews retired from family practice
medicine in 2013. She completed her
family practice residency at Albany
Medical College in Albany, NY. Dr.
Mathews has worked in 11 states in the
United States as well as in Honduras,
Guatemala, and Kenya. She strongly
encourages international experience
to be more aware of other countries as
well as their approaches to medicine. Dr.
Mathews’ nephew, Bentley Strockbine,
graduated from St. George’s University
School of Medicine in 2011 and was in
the charter class of the Keith B. Taylor
Global Scholars Program.
GRAND BLANC
Benjamin Schoener ’12
Dr. Schoener is an emergency medicine
resident at Genesys Regional Medical
Center in Grand Blanc, MI.
GRAND RAPIDS
Daniel Shumaker ’83
Dr. Shumaker is a board-certified
radiologist in private practice at
Advanced Radiology Services, PC in
Grand Rapids, MI. Before joining
Advanced Radiology Services, Dr.
Shumaker was awarded Faculty Teacher
of the Year twice for his work in the
Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Education Program at Oakwood
Hospital and Medical Center. In
addition to serving as the Director of
Body CT/MRI, he was the Subspecialty
Teaching Team Director for Body
CT/MRI at Oakwood Hospital and
Medical Center, and a Radiology
Clinical Instructor for the University
of Michigan Medical School. Dr.
Shumaker completed a general surgery
residency at Providence Hospital and a
diagnostic radiology residency at Henry
Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. He was
Chief Resident at both hospitals.
Albion College, BA ’77
GROSSE POINT
Michael Naber ’81
Dr. Naber is Past Chief of Medicine
at Cottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe,
MI and is Medical Director for the
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Psychiatric/Medical Unit in Detroit,
MI. Board certified in internal medicine,
Dr. Naber completed an internal
and Medical Center.
KALAMAZOO
Bryon Boley ’03
Dr. Boley is a partner in a large family
medicine group practice, Westside
Family Medical Center P.C. in
Kalamazoo, MI. In addition to his
regular practice, he participates in
clinical research and urgent care.
Dr. Boley is also a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Family Medicine at
Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine.
Brandon Tominna ’03
Dr. Tominna is a diagnostic and
interventional radiologist specializing
in interventional oncology at Premier
Radiology in Kalamazoo, MI. Board
certified in diagnostic radiology, he
completed a surgical internship at St.
Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center,
followed by a diagnostic radiology
residency at the Detroit Medical Center,
Wayne State University. Following
residency, Dr. Tominna completed a
vascular and interventional radiology
Michigan.
Wayne State University, MS ’99
LANSING
Pamela Coffey ’99
Dr. Coffey is an emergency medicine
physician at Sparrow Hospital in
Lansing, MI. Board certified in
emergency medicine and specialty
certified in pediatric emergency
medicine, Dr. Coffey completed an
emergency medicine residency at
Sparrow Hospital, Michigan State
University, where she served as
Chief Resident. She then completed
a pediatric emergency medicine
fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan in Detroit, MI.
University of Akron, MS ’95
Nila Figurado ’12
Dr. Figurado is a board-certified family
medicine physician in Michigan. She
at Sparrow Hospital, Michigan State
University in Lansing, MI.
Kyle Ungvarsky ’14
Dr. Ungvarsky is a family medicine
resident at Sparrow Hospital, Michigan
State University in Lansing, MI.
Wilkes University, BS ’09
John Velasquez ’12
Dr. Velasquez is an emergency medicine
resident at Michigan State University,
Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, MI.
New Jersey City University, BS ’04
MARQUETTE
Chelsea Ray ’12
Dr. Ray recently completed a family
medicine residency at Marquette General
Health System in Marquette, MI and is
BS ’06
MARSHALL
Daniel Paling ’10
Dr. Paling is an emergency medicine
physician at Oaklawn Hospital in
Marshall, MI. He completed his
emergency medicine residency at Wayne
State University in Detroit.
University of Michigan at Flint, BS ’02
MPH ’06
MOUNT PLEASANT
Jeffrey Khabir ’83
Dr. Khabir is on staff at Central
Michigan Community Hospital in
Mount Pleasant, MI, as the Director of
Emergency Medicine. He completed his
internal medicine residency at Wayne
State University in Michigan and
Providence Hospital in Washington,
DC. He was a Clinical Instructor in the
Department of Surgery at the University
of Maryland.
Central Michigan University, BS ’79
PETOSKY
Bhavesh Shah ’00
Dr. Shah is a locums interventional
and therapeutic gastroenterologist
with Hayes Locums in practice at
McLaren Northern Michigan in
Petosky, MI. Prior to relocating to
Michigan in June 2015, Dr. Shah
worked as an interventional and
therapeutic endoscopist with Albany
Gastroenterology Consultants in
Albany, NY from October 2013 to
April 2015. He was previously the
Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound
Services and a therapeutic endoscopist
at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of
Tufts University School of Medicine
in Boston, MA from July 2010 to
July 2013. After finishing his internal
medicine residency at MetroHealth
Medical Center, Case Western Reserve
University, in Cleveland, OH, Dr. Shah
completed a hepatology fellowship
Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ.
He was recruited as an outside Chief
Resident at Albany Medical College and
went on to complete a one-year clinical
research fellowship in the division of
clinical decision making, informatics,
and telemedicine at Tufts-New England
Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr.
Shah then went on to complete a
gastroenterology fellowship at Allegheny
General Hospital of Drexel University
College of Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA,
followed by an advanced therapeutic
endoscopy fellowship at the University
of Massachusetts in Worcester, MA.
PIGEON
Shirley Jakubec ’96
Dr. Jakubec is practicing internal
medicine in Pigeon, MI. She completed
two years of a general surgery residency
at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in New
York, NY, before switching specialties
and completing an internal medicine
University of Waterloo, BSc ’89
PLYMOUTH
Irene Metro ’86
Dr. Metro has been the Medical
Director of Plymouth Integrative
Medicine Center in Plymouth, MI for
more than 15 years. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Metro
residency at the Memorial Hospital of
Rhode Island at Brown University and
a nephrology fellowship at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine. She is also
board certified by the American Board
of Integrative and Holistic Medicine.
Dr. Metro is affiliated with St. Mary’s
Mercy Hospital in Livonia, MI.
New Paltz, BA ’77
Michigan
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ROCHESTER HILLS
Thomas Zguris ’82
Dr. Zguris is President and CEO
of NES Health and is responsible
for overseeing the organization’s
service, quality, people, and financial
performance. He has served in many
roles throughout his career, ranging
from clinical emergency department
doctor, to Site Medical Director, to
Regional Medical Director while at
Emergency Consultants, Inc., then later
as Regional Director and Executive
Vice President with EmCare, Inc. Dr.
Zguris is board certified in emergency
medicine and a Fellow of the American
College of Emergency Physicians.
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Leann Blankenship ’12
Dr. Blankenship is a Hematology
and Oncology Fellow with Beaumont
Health System in Royal Oak, MI.
in Brooklyn, NY, in 2015.
David Cameron ’12
Dr. Cameron is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident with Beaumont
Health System in Royal Oak, MI.
University of Arkansas, BA ’04
University of Arkansas, MA ’06
Devang Doshi ’96
Dr. Doshi is a private practice physician
at the Allergy, Asthma and Pulmonary
Center and is the Director of the
Division of Pediatric Allergy and
Immunology at Royal Oak Beaumont
Hospital, where he also served as
Director of the Division of Pediatric
Pulmonology from 2006-13. Dr. Doshi
maintains an active role on the faculty
and teaching program at Beaumont
Children’s Hospital and is an Assistant
Professor at Oakland University
William Beaumont Hospital. Dr.
Doshi has received numerous awards
since returning home to Michigan,
including the Faculty Teaching Award
from the residents three years in a row.
He remains actively involved in the
residency training program as well as
in numerous community activities. Dr.
Doshi completed a combined internal
St. Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital in
Michigan as Chief Resident. He then
Michigan
completed dual fellowship training
in allergy and immunology (adult
and pediatric) as well as in pediatric
pulmonology at the University of Iowa.
SAGINAW
Fred Dunham ’81
Dr. Dunham has been practicing in the
emergency room at Covenant Hospital
in Saginaw, MI, since 1983. He is
also an Assistant Clinical Professor
at Michigan State University School
of Medicine in the Department of
Emergency Medicine, and is a member
of the Society of Academic Emergency
Medicine.
Andrew Wagner ’95
Dr. Wagner is in private practice at
Women’s OB-GYN in Saginaw, MI,
practicing obstetrics, gynecology, and
robotic surgery. Board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology, he is also
an Assistant Clinical Professor at
Michigan State University. Dr. Wagner
completed a residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at State University of
in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Wagner is a
Fellow of the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists and
has a special interest in minimally
invasive surgery, infertility, and female
incontinence.
Albion College, BA ’85
Wayne State University, MS ’89
SOUTHFIELD
Kathryn Cameron ’12
Dr. Cameron is a general surgery
resident at Providence-Providence Park
Hospital in Southfield, MI.
Michael Jacobs ’96
Dr. Jacobs entered private practice
at Providence Hospital in 2002 and
is a member of the teaching faculty
there. He completed a general surgery
residency as Chief Resident followed
by a surgical oncology fellowship at
Providence-Providence Park Hospital in
Southfield, MI. Dr. Jacobs is married
with two daughters.
Maria Lagopoulos ’13
Dr. Lagopoulos is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Providence-
Providence Park Hospital in
Southfield, MI.
Urva Naik ’12
Dr. Naik is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at ProvidenceProvidence Park Hospital in
Southfield, MI.
TRAVERSE CITY
Michael Boros ’03
Dr. Boros is a vascular and endovascular
surgeon practicing at the Vascular
Center of Northern Michigan in
Traverse City, MI. He completed a
general surgery residency as Chief
Resident at Michigan State University’s
Kalamazoo Center for Medical
Studies, followed by a vascular surgery
fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center
in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Boros is double
board certified in general surgery and
vascular surgery and earned a Master
of Science in Biology from Purdue
University in 1999.
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, MS ’99
Kelly Clark ’07
Dr. Clark is employed at Munson
Medical Center in Traverse City, MI in
full-scope family medicine, including
inpatient, outpatient, prenatal and
obstetrical care, nursing home care, and
international health care. She completed
her family medicine residency at
Munson Medical Center and is
now a faculty member of its family
medicine residency program through
Michigan State University. Dr. Clark
and an alumna of the Michigan
State University faculty development
fellowship.
Ohio State University, BA ’02
Michael Schulte ’87
An invasive cardiologist, Dr. Schulte
is a partner at Grand Traverse Heart
Institute in Traverse City, MI. Board
certified in cardiovascular disease
and nuclear cardiology, Dr. Schulte is
an attending cardiologist at Munson
Medical Center and Mercy Hospital
Greyling. After completing his internal
State University, Dr. Schulte went on to
a cardiology fellowship.
WARREN
Michael Rottman ’81
Dr. Rottman is in private internal
medicine practice and is involved
in investigational drug research. He
residency at St. John Hospital and
Medical Center in Detroit as Chief
Resident.
WEST BLOOMFIELD
Grant Orthmeyer ’04
Dr. Orthmeyer is a staff physician in
the Emergency Medicine Department at
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
in West Bloomfield, MI. He completed
his emergency medicine residency at
Wayne State University, Detroit Medical
Center in Detroit, MI.
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Aaron Johnson ’06
Dr. Johnson practices family medicine
at United Hospital District in the small
town of Blue Earth, MN, where he does
inpatient, outpatient, obstetrics, and
emergency medicine. He also serves
on the Southern Minnesota Regional
Trauma Advisory Committee, a state
initiative to improve trauma delivery
to rural areas. Board certified in family
medicine, Dr. Johnson completed a
family medicine residency at Mayo
Graduate School of Medicine in Des
Moines, IA, serving as Chief Resident
in his third year. He and his wife have
seven children, six of whom were with
them in Grenada and one of whom
was born there. He loves life and has
never regretted choosing St. George’s
University School of Medicine.
Northwest Missouri State University, BS ’97
EDEN PRAIRIE
Ben Eggleston ’02
Dr. Eggleston is a diagnostic
radiologist working for Virtual
Radiologic, provider of nationwide
teleradiology, in Eden Prairie, MN.
He completed a diagnostic radiology
residency at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
Hospital in Pontiac, MI. He then
went on to complete a trauma and
emergency radiology fellowship at
the University of Maryland Shock
Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Eggleston is board certified in
diagnostic radiology.
Brigham Young University, BA ’97
MAPLE GROVE
Matthew Ramsey ’06
Dr. Ramsey practices general
ophthalmology and is a partner at
Northwest Eye in Maple Grove, MN.
He completed his ophthalmology
residency at Drexel University in
Philadelphia, PA.
Saint Olaf College, BA ’96
MINNEAPOLIS
Tonia Mowbray-Donahue ’02
Dr. Mowbray-Donahue is a staff
intensivist at Abbott Northwestern
Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. She
medicine and a fellowship in critical
care medicine at Hennepin County
Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN.
University of Minnesota at Duluth, BA ’93
Bryan Schwieters ’03
Dr. Schwieters has a private psychiatry
practice in Minneapolis, MN. He also
works at Minnesota Mental Health
Clinic one day a week and does weekend
inpatient calls at St. Joseph Hospital
in St. Paul, MN. Board certified in
psychiatry, he completed his psychiatry
residency at Hennepin County Medical
Center in Minneapolis, MN.
Saint John’s University, BA ’95
Ashley Strobel ’10
Dr. Strobel is a pediatric emergency
medicine physician at Hennepin
County Medical Center in Minneapolis,
MN and with the University of
Minnesota. She completed a combined
pediatrics and emergency medicine
in Baltimore, MD.
University of Wisconsin at Madison, BA ’05
Marko Vezmar ’03
Dr. Vezmar is an interventional
pediatric cardiologist at The Children’s
Heart Clinic, Children’s Hospitals and
Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis,
MN. He has been a percutaneous
pulmonary valve (Melody valve)
certified implanter since 2011 and is
one of the 100 certified implanters
in North America. Dr. Vezmar
Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami,
FL before going on to complete a
fellowship in pediatric cardiology at
the University of Toronto, Hospital for
Sick Children in Toronto, ON, serving
as Chief Fellow from 2008-09. He then
completed a subspecialty fellowship
in interventional pediatric cardiac
catheterization at the University of
Alberta, Stollery Children’s Hospital
in Edmonton, AB. Prior to beginning
at St. George’s University, Dr. Vezmar
obtained a Master of Science from
McGill University in 1997.
Luther College, BA ’95
McGill University, MSc ’97
SAINT PAUL
Steven Greer ’02
Dr. Greer is a sports medicine physician
in private practice with HealthPartners
at the Specialty Center for Orthopaedic
and Sports Medicine in Saint Paul, MN
and is affiliated with Regions Hospital.
He previously served as Director of
the Primary Care Sports Medicine
at the Medical College of Georgia
and helped develop their primary
care sports medicine fellowship. Dr.
Greer completed his family medicine
residency at Moses H. Cone Memorial
Hospital in Greensboro, NC, where he
was awarded the Society of Teachers in
Family Medicine Teaching Award and
the Practice’s Nurses’ Award. He then
completed a sports medicine fellowship,
also at Moses H. Cone Memorial
Hospital and was an assistant team
physician for Elon University. Dr. Greer
and sports medicine and has served as
the Medical Director for the Augusta
Ironman 70.3. He is also a certified
CPR instructor. Dr. Greer and his wife,
Sharon, live in Augusta, GA, with their
four children.
Jackson Maddux ’97
Dr. Maddux is a physician at Summit
Orthopedics in Woodbury, MN,
practicing outpatient spine medicine
with the Ortho-Spine team. He
completed his physical medicine
and rehabilitation residency at the
University of Kentucky in Lexington
in 2001. Dr. Maddux is happy to
speak with any prospective and current
students interested in physical medicine
and rehabilitation.
BS ’93
Nandini Kataria ’12
Dr. Kataria is a pediatric hospitalist at
CentraCare Clinic in St. Cloud, MN.
She completed a pediatrics residency at
the University of Minnesota Amplatz
Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, MN.
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities,
BA ’06
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Michael Kempton ’89
Dr. Kempton is working as a locums
hospitalist in west Tennessee and
northwest Mississippi. He is also an
Adjunct Professor of Rural Internal
Medicine at the University of
Mississippi Medical School. Board
Kempton completed his residency in
internal medicine at East Tennessee
State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kempton has been living in
Martin, TN, for over 20 years with
his wife, Beth, and their two children,
Katy and James. Before entering St.
George’s University, Dr. Kempton was a
registered nurse, a firefighter-paramedic,
and a community college professor in
south Florida.
GREENWOOD
Raymond Girnys ’82
Dr. Girnys is in general surgery private
practice in Greenwood, MS. He is
president of the medical staff and is
on the teaching faculty at Lutheran
Medical Center, Maimonides
Training Program, and is affiliated
with Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Dr.
Girnys is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and International
JACKSON
William Jackson ’02
Dr. Jackson is in private practice at
Mississippi Premier Plastic Surgery
in his hometown of Jackson, MS. He
at the University of Mississippi School
of Medicine. He then completed a
head and neck reconstructive surgery
fellowship, followed by a plastic
and reconstructive residency at the
University of Mississippi Medical
Center. Dr. Jackson’s hospital
affiliations include St. Dominic’s
Hospital, River Oaks Hospital,
Women’s Hospital, Mississippi Baptist
Medical Center, and Crossgates River
Oaks Hospital.
Mississippi College, BS ’93
David Marek ’14
Dr. Marek is an emergency medicine
resident at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center in Jackson, MS.
University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, BS ’10
Mohsin Saber ’14
Dr. Saber is an emergency medicine
Medical Center in Jackson, MS.
Brook, BA ’10
Christopher Seward ’12
Dr. Seward is a Neurological Surgery
Fellow at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He
Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.
University of Redlands, BS ’06
David Siegel ’12
Dr. Seigel is an internal medicine
Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He
year at New York Methodist Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’05
MOUND BAYOU
Sallyann Ganpot ’07
Dr. Ganpot is a pediatrician in private
practice in Mound Bayou, MS. She
completed her residency in pediatrics at
Atlantic Health System in Summit, NJ.
Julian Jesubatham ’07
Dr. Jesubatham is working as a
traditional internist at Delta Health
Center in Mound Bayou, MS. He
medicine at St. Michael’s Medical
Tuskegee University, BS ’02
MPH ’04
TUPELO
Richard Seigler ’01
Dr. Seigler is in private internal
medicine practice in Tupelo, Mississippi
and is affiliated with North Mississippi
Medical Center.
MISSOURI
CAPE GIRARDEAU
Greg Cugini ’06
Dr. Cugini is working in a hospitalowned outpatient pediatric clinic and
serves as Chair of the Department
of Pediatrics at Southeast Missouri
Hospital, a member of Southeast
Health, in Cape Girardeau, MO. Dr.
Cugini completed a pediatric residency
at Jersey Shore University Medical
Center in Neptune, NJ. He then
worked for one year as a hospitalist
at Riverview Medical Center in Red
Bank, NJ before relocating to Cape
Girardeau to work as a pediatric
hospitalist at Southeast Missouri
Hospital. Dr. Cugini was appointed
Chair of Pediatrics in 2011.
COLUMBIA
Syeda Alqadri ’12
Dr. Alqadri is a neurologist with
University Physicians Neurology Clinic
in Columbia, MO. She completed a
of Mississippi Medical Center in
Jackson, MS.
New York Institute of Technology, BS ’06
Kevin Ingalls ’08
Dr. Ingalls is an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Radiology at the
University of Missouri in Columbia,
MO. He completed his residency in
diagnostic radiology, followed by a
fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging
at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri at Rolla, BS ’03
Christopher James ’12
Dr. James is an orthopaedic surgery
resident at the University of Missouri at
Columbia.
Purdue University, BA ’03
Thomas Loew ’85
Dr. Loew is the Director of the Division
of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
and a Clinical Professor of Child
Health at the University of Missouri
Children’s Hospital in Columbia, MO.
Board certified in pediatric hematology
and oncology, Dr. Loew completed a
pediatric residency and chief residency
Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood
Johnson Medical Center in Newark,
NJ, and a pediatric hematology and
oncology fellowship at the Columbia
Surgeons in New York, NY. He was an
Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois
University School of Medicine between
1991–97, Director of the Division of
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology,
and Director of the General Pediatric
Residency program from 1994-97. Dr.
Loew was at the University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City
from 1997 to 2009. During his time
there, he achieved the rank of Clinical
Professor of Pediatrics. He was the
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Fellowship Program Director from 1997
to 2009 and Clinical Director of the
Division of Pediatric Hematology and
Oncology from 2006–09. Dr. Loew has
been named a regional “Top Doctor” in
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology for
2012, 2013, and 2014.
A. Rice Petrie ’03
Dr. Petrie is working as a hospitalist at
Boone Hospital Center in Columbia,
MO. He completed a general surgery
internship at the University of Missouri
in Kansas City, MO before switching
his specialty to internal medicine
and completing an internal medicine
internship at the same institution. He
then completed an internal medicine
residency at the University of Nevada in
Reno, NV. Dr. Petrie is board certified
in internal medicine.
University of Missouri at Columbia, AB ’97
JOPLIN
Samer Shuaib ’05
Dr. Shuaib is practicing as a full-time
invasive noninterventional cardiologist
and part-time critical care intensivist
in Missouri. Board certified in internal
medicine and cardiology, Dr. Shuaib
Center in Livingston, NJ and then
served as Chief Resident of Internal
Medicine at Aurora Health Care
in Milwaukee, WI for the 2008-09
term. In 2010, Dr. Shuaib completed
a fellowship in surgical critical care
at Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York, NY before relocating
to Wisconsin for a fellowship in
cardiology at Aurora Health Care,
which he completed in 2013.
KANSAS CITY
Tanner Brownrigg ’07
Dr. Brownrigg is an anesthesiologist
in private practice in Kansas City,
MO. He completed his residency
in anesthesiology at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City, St. Luke’s
Hospital in Kansas City.
University of Kansas, BS ’03
Lee Cummings ’04
Dr. Cummings is an attending
transplant surgeon with St. Luke’s
Health at St. Luke’s Liver Disease
Management and Liver Transplant
Specialists in Kansas City, MO and is
on staff at St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas
City and St. Luke’s South Hospital. He
is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Surgery at the University of MissouriKansas City School of Medicine.
Dr. Cummings completed a general
surgery residency at Maimonides
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and
an abdominal organ transplant and
hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at
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Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, DC. He is certified by
the American Board of Surgery and
the American Society of Transplant
Surgeons. Dr. Cummings and his wife
have been married since August 2011.
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John Davis ’96
Dr. Davis is a cardiovascular and
thoracic surgeon practicing at St. Luke’s
Hospital in Kansas City, MO, and
an Assistant Professor of Surgery at
the University of Missouri at Kansas
City. He is accomplished in adult
cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery,
including minimally invasive cardiac
surgery. Board certified in general
surgery and thoracic surgery, Dr. Davis
completed a general surgery residency at
Mercer University School of Medicine
in Savannah, GA. He then went on to
complete a thoracic surgery fellowship
in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Davis has
been featured on the television shows
Trauma: Life in the ER and Code Blue.
Farshad Farnejad ’07
Dr. Farnejad is an Assistant Professor of
Surgery at the University of Missouri at
Kansas City in Kansas City, MO, where
his role consists of an elective general
surgery practice, critical care and
trauma/acute care surgery. He is also
involved in resident and medical student
education and is the ICU Clerkship
Director for their medical students. Dr.
Farnejad completed a general surgery
residency at the Jewish Hospital in
Cincinnati, OH, before completing a
fellowship in critical care surgery at
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
MD.
Virginia Tech, BS ’99
Virginia Commonwealth University,
MPH ’01
Paul Hura ’96
Dr. Hura is practicing internal
medicine as a hospitalist at St. Joseph
Medical Center in Kansas City, MO,
employed by IPC-The Hospitalist
Company. He completed an internal
medicine internship at St. Joseph’s
Regional Medical Center in Paterson,
NJ, followed by an internal medicine
residency at Lutheran General Hospital
in Park Ridge, IL. Dr. Hura then began
working as a hospitalist at Shawnee
Mission Medical Center in Shawnee
Mission, KS until 2006, when he moved
to internal medicine private practice for
one year. Dr. Hura married his wife, Dr.
Nora Gomez (family medicine) in 1997
Mississippi
Loyola University Chicago, BA ’90
ST. LOUIS
Jennifer Avari ’02
Dr. Silva is a director of pediatric
electrophysiology in St. Louis, MO,
and an Assistant Professor of Pediatric
Cardiology at Washington University.
She completed a residency in pediatrics
at Miami Children’s Hospital,
followed by a fellowship in pediatric
cardiology at Washington University
St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She then
cardiac electrophysiology at Children’s
Hospital in Boston, Harvard Medical
School. Her research interests include
device therapy for pediatric heart failure,
noninvasive electrocardiographic
imaging, and channelopathies.
Union College, BA ’97
Omar Barakat ’08
Dr. Barakat is an interventional
radiologist at Christian Hospital in
St. Louis, MO. After completing his
radiology residency as Chief Resident at
the University of Connecticut Health
Center in Farmington, CT, Dr. Barakat
completed a fellowship in interventional
radiology at Washington University
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
Loyola University Chicago, BS ’02
Mujahida Baram ’08
Dr. Baram is an Associate Professor and
a hospitalist at Washington University
in St. Louis, MO. She completed a
pediatrics residency at Inova Fairfax
Hospital in Falls Church, VA, followed
by a pediatric emergency medicine
fellowship at St. Louis University
School of Medicine.
Saint Xavier University, BS ’03
Mahrukh Khan ’96
Dr. Khan is a family medicine physician
in private practice in St. Louis, MO
and is on the clinical faculty at St.
Louis University School of Medicine
in the Department of Family Medicine.
University of Missouri at St. Louis, BA ’91
Angela Lumba ’06
Dr. Lumba-Brown is an academic
pediatric emergency medicine physician
at Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Her research
focus is on pediatric traumatic brain
injury and randomized controlled trials
and she is currently a member of the
Centers for Disease Control expert
panel on pediatric mild traumatic brain
injury. Dr. Lumba-Brown completed
her pediatric residency at New York
Medical College, in the Maria Fareri
Children’s Hospital at Westchester
Medical Center, in Valhalla, NY. There,
she led community outreach programs,
participated in international medical
volunteerism with the Himalayan
Health Exchange, and was the American
Academy of Pediatrics’ residency
program delegate. Dr. Lumba-Brown
then went on to complete a fellowship
in pediatric emergency medicine at
Diego, Rady’s Children’s Hospital. She
was previously the Associate Program
Director of the Pediatric Emergency
Medicine Fellowship at Washington
University for two years and contributed
to the Next Accreditation System (NAS).
Dr. Lumba-Brown has an active role on
the American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Emergency Medicine
Executive Committee.
Andrea Pitman-Davis ’04
Dr. Pitman-Davis is the Medical
Director for Saint Louis Connect
Care, Urgent Care Center, in Missouri.
she completed her family medicine
Albany, NY.
Randolph College, BS ’97
Arizona State University at Tempe,
MNS ’00
Betty Rachel Ge Varghese ’02
Dr. Varghese is a staff physician in
urgent care at St. Luke’s Hospital and
also works at the Christian Hospital
emergency room. She completed a
family practice residency at Palmetto
Richland Hospital, University of South
Carolina School of Medicine.
Truman State University, BA ’96
ST. PETERS
Pierre Moeser ’83
Dr. Moeser practices rheumatology
in St. Peters, MO and serves on the
Board of Directors of the Arthritis
Foundation as well as several other
nonprofit organizations, where he
has earned numerous honors and
awards. Board certified in internal
medicine and rheumatology, Dr.
Moeser completed an internal
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, followed
by a fellowship in rheumatology at
the State University of New York at
Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. As a Fellow
of both the American College of
Physicians and American College of
Rheumatology, he contributes to the
American Board of Internal Medicine
Subspecialty certifying examination.
Dr. Moeser maintains memberships
in national and regional medical
societies and lectures both locally
and internationally. He instructs
residents and fellows in the field of
rheumatology through Washington
University in St. Louis, MO. In
addition to flying airplanes and
sailing, Dr. Moeser is also a published
author. His writings include medical
articles, short fiction, and nonfiction in
national and regional publications.
BS ’77
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Mississippi
MONTANA
BILLINGS
Travis McDonald ’10
Dr. McDonald is a Sports Medicine
Fellow at RiverStone Health in Billings,
MT. He completed a family medicine
residency at Kaiser Permanente in
Orange County, CA.
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GREAT FALLS
Kevin Kelly ’98
Dr. Kelly is an attending
anesthesiologist in private practice
at Kelly and McLaren MDs in Great
Falls, MT. After completing his
anesthesiology residency at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville,
TN, Dr. Kelly went on to a pain
management fellowship at the Brigham
and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.
KALISPELL
Kevin Scholten ’03
Dr. Scholten is an anesthesiologist in
private practice at Kalispell Regional
Medical Center in Kalispel, MT, an
18-physician anesthesiology group that
includes four St. George’s University
graduates. Dr. Scholten completed an
anesthesiology residency at Stanford
University School of Medicine, in
Stanford, CA.
College of William & Mary, BA ’91
MISSOULA
Richard Goulah ’82
Dr. Goulah is an attending cardiologist
in private practice with Providence
Health at Rocky Mountain Heart and
Lung-South in Missoula, MT and is
on staff at St. Patrick Hospital. He
also holds faculty appointments at
Duke University School of Medicine
and the University of Washington
School of Medicine. Dr. Goulah is very
involved in research and his main areas
of interest include echocardiography,
nuclear medicine, coronary CTA, heart
failure, ischemic heart disease, and
cardiac arrhythmia with pacemaker and
ICD implantation skills. He is a founder
of and principal investigator for Duke
University Cooperative Cardiovascular
Society Research in South Boston,
VA and is a sustaining member of
DUCCS Research at the Duke Clinical
Research Institute of Duke University
Medical Center in Durham, NC.
He is also a principal local research
investigator for the International Heart
Institute Foundation in Missoula, MT.
cardiovascular disease and nuclear
cardiology, Dr. Goulah completed an
by a cardiovascular disease fellowship,
at St. Michael’s Medical Center, Seton
Hall University School of Health and
Medical Sciences in Newark, NJ.
Niagara University, BA ’76
NEBRASKA
BLAIR
Walter Wood ’98
Dr. Wood is a staff physician at the
Memorial Community Hospital in Blair,
NE. He completed his family medicine
residency at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center College of Medicine,
followed by a one-year rural medicine
fellowship.
BS ’92
LINCOLN
Eric Hartman ’98
Dr. Hartman is the Medical Director
of the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit at
Madonna Rehabilitation in Lincoln,
NE. He was previously the Medical
Director of Neurorehabilitation at
Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital
in Denver, CO. After Dr. Hartman
completed his internship in internal
medicine at Medical College of
Wisconsin, he went on to complete
a residency in physical medicine and
rehabilitation, then a fellowship in brain
injury rehabilitation at Baylor College
of Medicine in Houston, TX.
NORFOLK
Daniel Wik ’00
Dr. Wik owns My Pain Doc Pain
Management Clinic in Norfolk,
NE and runs an outpatient pain
management clinic at Columbus
Community Hospital. He completed a
medical internship at St. Mary–Corwin
Regional Medical Center in Pueblo,
CO, and a physical medicine and
rehabiliation residency at the University
of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in
Madison, WI, where he was awarded
the Excellence in Medicine American
Medical Association Foundation
National Leadership Award and the
Wisconsin Medical Society Meritorious
Service Award in 2005. Dr. Wik
specializes in pain management and
Concordia College at Moorhead, BA ’80
Northwestern Health Sciences University,
DC ’85
OMAHA
Michele Aizenberg ’99
Dr. Aizenberg is an Assistant Professor
of Neurosurgery and Oncology and the
Director of the Brain and Spine Center
at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center in Omaha, NE. She completed
a surgical internship at Brown
University in Providence, RI, followed
by a neurological surgery residency
at George Washington University in
Washington, DC. During this time, Dr.
Aizenberg also spent a year and a half at
the Surgical Neurology Branch of the
National Institutes of Health. She then
went on to complete a neurosurgical
oncology fellowship at the University of
Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, TX.
Yon Chong ’11
Dr. Chong is a board-certified
psychiatrist practicing in Omaha,
NE. She completed a psychiatry
residency followed by a fellowship
in child and adolescent psychiatry at
Creighton University Medical Center
in Omaha, NE.
Ohio State University, BA ’02
Christopher Cuevas ’07
Dr. Cuevas is pursuing a pulmonary
critical care fellowship at Creighton
University. He completed a combined
internal medicine and family medicine
residency program at St. Vincent
Indianapolis Hospital in June 2011,
serving as Chief Resident his last
year. Dr. Cuevas was the recipient of
the 2010 Indiana American Family
Physicians Resident of the Year Award,
as well as the 2011 Resident Researcher
of the Year Award. Prior to his time
at St. George’s University, Dr. Cuevas
earned a Doctor of Pharmacy from the
University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr.
Cuevas is board certified in internal
medicine and family medicine.
University of Illinois at Chicago,
PharmD ’99
Joshua Lotfallah ’12
Dr. Lotfallah is a psychiatry resident
at Creighton University, University of
Nebraska in Omaha, NE.
Queen’s University at Kingston, BSc ’08
Stefano Tarantolo ’85
Dr. Tarantolo is a medical oncologist in
private practice with Nebraska Cancer
Specialists in Omaha, NE, working
out of Midwest Cancer Center-Legacy
and Methodist Estabrook Cancer
Center. He is also an Associate Professor
Nebraska Medical Center, oncology and
hematology section, and the Director
of the multiple myeloma programs.
Dr. Tarantolo specializes in myeloma
and is board certified in internal
medicine, hematology, and oncology.
residency at Jersey Shore University
Medical Center in Neptune, NJ,
followed by fellowships in hematology
and oncology at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
in Newark, NJ.
BS ’80
Heather Thomas ’99
Dr. Thomas is a pediatric pulmonologist
and Program Director of the Pediatric
Pulmonology Fellowship at the
University of Nebraska Medical
Center in Omaha, NE. She is also
an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at
the University of Nebraska College
of Medicine and an Assistant Clinical
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Professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine and Pediatrics at Creighton
University Medical School. Dr. Thomas
the University of Nebraska, Creighton
Medical Center, in Omaha, NE in
2002 and her pediatric pulmonology
fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati,
OH in 2005.
Middlebury College, BA ’94
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Montana
NEVADA
CALIENTE
Richard Katschke Jr. ’00
Dr. Katschke is the Chief of Staff
at Grover C. Dils Medical Center
in Calient, NV. He is also an
adjunct clinical faculty member at
Medicine, the University of Washington
MedEx Physician Assistant Program,
and Touro University in Las Vegas, NV.
Katschke completed a family practice
residency at Clarkson Regional Health
Service, Nebraska Health System.
CARSON CITY
Patrick Gunn ’88
Dr. Gunn is a pediatrician in private
pratice with Carson Medical Group in
Carson City, NV and serves as President
of the Carson Douglas County Medical
Society. Board certified in pediatrics, he
completed his pediatrics residency at the
University of Maryland and the Medical
College of Pennsylvania.
BA ’78
LAS VEGAS
Mirit Avram ’00
Dr. Avram is part of a group practice
in Las Vegas, NV. After she completed
an internal medicine residency in 2004
at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
in New Jersey, she went on to complete
a geriatric medicine fellowship at Rush
University Medical Center in Chicago, IL.
Carleton University, BA ’96
Alfred Danielian ’07
Dr. Danielian is a practicing
cardiologist with HealthCare Partners
Medical Group in Las Vegas, NV. A
Diplomatee of the American Board of
Internal Medicine, a Testamur of the
National Board of Echocardiography,
and a Registered Physician in Vascular
Interpretation, he completed his
Medical Resident at the University
of Connecticut Health Center. Dr.
Danielian was the recipient of the
Medical Intern of the Year Award,
Ralph F. Reinfrank, MD Excellence
in Teaching Award, as well as the Gold
Humanism Honor Society Award for
Excellence in Teaching and Humanism
in Medicine from the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine.
He completed his fellowship in
cardiovascular diseases at the University
of Connecticut School of Medicine,
where he was the recipient of the Fellow
of the Year Award in 2014.
BS ’99
Mark Hyndman ’95
Dr. Hyndman is in private internal
medicine practice in Las Vegas, NV
in the area, including Mountain View
Hospital and Spring Valley Hospital
Medical Center. He completed his
internal medicine residency at Blodgett
Memorial Medical Center in Grand
Rapids, MI, before working as an
associate instructor at Michigan State
University from 1995–98. Before
entering medical school, Dr. Hyndman
was a medical technologist.
Samuel Kantor ’98
Dr. Kantor has been a partner and
practitioner at Nevada Kidney Diseases
and Hypertension Centers in Las Vegas
since June 2013. Upon completion
of his internal medicine residency
at MCP Hahnemann University
Hospital in 2001, Dr. Kantor went on
to a nephrology fellowship at Drexel
University College of Medicine, where
he was the Chief Fellow from 2002-03.
Dr. Kantor is board certified in internal
medicine and nephrology.
New York University, BS ’81
Christina Kushnir ’07
Dr. Kushnir is a gynecologic oncologist
in practice with the Women’s Cancer
Center of Nevada in Las Vegas, NV
and is affiliated with Mountain View
Hospital. She completed an obstetrics
and gynecology residency at the
University of Nevada in Las Vegas, NV
and a gynecologic oncology fellowship
at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in
Baltimore, MD. In 2012, she obtained
a Master of Public Health from Johns
Hopkins University, Bloomberg School
of Medicine. Dr. Kushnir has been
involved in several professional and
academic societies throughout her
career and was awarded the GBMC
Residency Teaching Award, 2012-13.
Donald McGrorey ’90
Dr. McGrorey is in private rural practice
in Las Vegas, NV. He completed his
residency at the Niagara Falls Memorial
McMaster University, BS ’85
Ricardo Mogollon ’99
Dr. Mogollon is working as a hospitalist
in Las Vegas, NV. He completed
his internal medicine and pediatrics
residency in 2004 and served as Chief
Resident for one year.
Mark Reed ’83
Dr. Reed is in private practice. He is
board certified as a physical medicine
and rehabilitation physician. He is also
certified by the American Academy of
Disability Evaluating Physicians and
the American Board of Independent
Medical Examiners. Dr. Reed is an
Assistant Clinical Professor at the
University of Nevada and is training
in interventional pain management,
specifically spine and peripheral nerve
injections. Dr. Reed acts as an applicant
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interviewer for St. George’s University
School of Medicine and also volunteers
for open houses and graduate school
events in Nevada.
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, BS ’76
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Yvonne Saunders ’97
Dr. Saunders is the President of Family
Friendly Medical Care in Las Vegas,
NV. She is board certified in family
medicine and is a Diplomatee of the
American Board of Family Medicine.
She is a member of the North Vista
Hospital Ethics Committee, the
American Medical Association, and
Physicians. Dr. Saunders completed her
family medicine residency at Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine
as Chief Resident. She completed a
three-year research project in vaccine
compliance and won an Alpha Omega
Alpha award for the project. While in
residency, Dr. Saunders did additional
training in surgery on the Navajo
Indian reservation.
Dzung Tran ’93
Dr. Tran is working in private practice.
BA ’87
RENO
Movses Kazanchyan ’12
Dr. Kazanchyan is an internist
practicing in Reno, NV and completed
Medicine in Reno, NV.
Richard Rafael ’82
Dr. Rafael has been in private practice
in obstetrics and gynecology since 1986.
He was President of Washoe County
Medical Society in 2001. Dr. Rafael
is board certified in obstetrics and
gynecology.
University of Nevada at Reno, BS ’77
Sunil Skaria ’99
Dr. Skaria is an interventional
nephrologist in private practice at Sierra
Nevada Nephrology in Reno, NV.
residency at New York Hospital and
Medical Center of Queens, where
he also served as Chief Resident. Dr.
Nevada
Skaria then went on to complete a
critical care medicine fellowship at
Montefiore Medical Center, followed
by a nephrology fellowship at New York
Hospital and Medical Center of Queens,
both in NY. He is board certified in
internal medicine and nephrology.
WINNEMUCCA
Mark Andrews ’01
Dr. Andrews is the Medical Director
of Golden Valley Medical Center in
Winnemucca, NV. Board certified in
of North Dakota. Dr. Andrews is a
certified medical review officer and
a volunteer aviator for the Humboldt
County Sheriff’s Office search and
rescue team.
Oregon State University, BA ’87
YERINGTON
Margaret Russell ’05
Dr. Russell is a staff physician at South
Lyon Medical Center in Yerington,
NV. She is one of four family medicine
physicians and one internist who staff
a rural physicians’ clinic, an urgent
care clinic, an emergency room, and
a 14-bed acute care hospital. It is truly
rural medicine, 90 minutes away by
ambulance from any tertiary care center.
For trauma patients and those needing
an ICU or emergency surgery, they
stabilize and transfer via helicopter,
fixed wing, or local ambulance. Dr.
Russell completed a family practice
residency at the University of Nevada
School of Medicine.
Eastern Washington University, BS ’78
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONCORD
William Ennis III ’88
Dr. Ennis is an anesthesiologist at
Anesthesia Associates, PA in Concord,
NH and is on staff at Concord Hospital.
pain medicine, Dr. Ennis completed an
Medical College followed by a pain
medicine fellowship at the Hospital for
Special Surgery in New York, NY, where
he stayed on as an attending physician
for almost two years. He then worked
for 11 years as a full-time attending
anesthesiologist at St. Joseph Hospital
and Trauma Center in Nashua, NH.
LEBANON
Sanjay Anandaram ’12
Dr. Anandaram is a neurology resident
at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center in Lebanon, NH. He completed
his preliminary year in internal
medicine at the State University of
New York Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY.
Mahathi Komaragiri ’12
Dr. Komaragiri is an internist in
practice at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
residency at Cooper University Hospital,
Cooper Medical School at Rowan
University in Camden, NJ.
Jason Malenfant ’14
Dr. Malenfant is an internal medicine
resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Western University, BSC ’09
Hasan Memon ’12
Dr. Memon is a Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry Fellow at Dartmouth
Hitchcock Children’s Hospital at
Dartmouth in Lebanon, NH. He
Eastern Virginia Medical School in
Norfolk, VA.
Monmouth University, BS ’08
a DATA 2000-certified physician
with an interest in treating opioiddependent patients in an office setting.
University of New Hampshire, BA ’75
ROCHESTER
NASHUA
Cheryl Ann Ennis ’88
Dr. Ennis is a board-certified anatomic
and clinical pathologist in Nashua,
NH and is on staff at Lowell General
Hospital in Lowell, MA. She is
affiliated with Southern New Hamphire
Medical Center in Nashua, NH,
Saints Memorial Medical Center in
Lowell, MA, and St. Joseph Hospital in
Lawrence, MA. Dr. Ennis completed a
residency in pathology at St. Barnabas
Medical Center and the University of
College of the Holy Cross, AB ’82
Linda Sheldon ’97
Dr. Sheldon is a staff physician at St.
Joseph Hospital Internal Medicine in
Nashua, NH. She completed a threeyear residency in internal medicine at
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ. In her third year, she
was Associate Chief Resident, a member
of the Residency Advisory Committee,
and a member of the Residency Review
Committee for Medicine.
Boston University, AB ’71
NEWINGTON
Joseph Nossiff ’81
Dr. Nossiff is in private family practice
in Newington, NH at Joseph E.
Nossiff, MD, an affiliate of Salmon
Falls Family Healthcare. He completed
his residency in 1984 at St. Clare’s
Hospital in Schenectady, NY. He
practices family medicine and is
Ghassan Koussa ’06
Dr. Koussa is a pulmonary and critical
care attending physician at Frisbie
Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH.
residency, served for one year as
Chief Resident and then completed a
care at Albany Medical Center in
Albany, NY. Dr. Koussa studied in
the United States and the United
Kingdom during his time at St.
George’s University and he speaks three
languages: Arabic, French, and English.
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Steven Corvari ’03
Dr. Corvari is an attending psychiatrist
at AtlantiCare in Atlantic City, NJ. He
is also on the faculty at the Cooper
University Hospital psychiatry residency
program and is the supervisor of
the resident outpatient clinic of the
Atlantic City, NJ division. Dr. Corvari
completed a preliminary internship in
internal medicine at Norwalk Hospital
in Norwalk, CT. He then completed
a psychiatry residency at North
Shore/Long Island Jewish Hospital in
Manhasset, NY, followed by a forensic
psychiatry fellowship at Albert Einstein
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Hillsborough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Holmdel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Northeastern University, MS ’89
Brian Tran ’13
Dr. Tran is an internal medicine
resident at AtlantiCare Regional
Medical Center in Atlantic City, NJ.
California State University at Sacramento,
BA ’07
BAYONNE
Hammad Choudhry ’00
Dr. Choudhry is an internal medicine
physician specializing in nephrology
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and geriatric medicine in Bayonne, NJ
and is affiliated with Bayonne Medical
Center. Board certified in internal
medicine, geriatrics, and nephrology,
Dr. Choudhry completed an internal
geriatric medicine fellowship at the
of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical
School. He then went on to complete
a nephrology fellowship at the State
Rutgers University at Newark College Arts
& Sciences, BA ’94
BELLEVILLE
Dianne Beresford ’83
Dr. Beresford is in private solo practice in
Belleville, NJ. She completed a residency
in internal medicine at St. Michael’s
BRICK
William Boyan ’83
Dr. Boyan is in private practice in
internal medicine, geriatrics, and
hospice and palliative care in Brick,
NJ, and is affiliated with Ocean
Medical Center. He also serves as the
Medical Director of both the Hospice
of New Jersey and the Burnt Tavern
Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.
Dr. Boyan completed an internal
medicine residency at St. Michaels
Medical Center in Newark, NJ. He is
geriatric medicine, and hospice and
palliative care and has an MBA.
Ian Hughes ’07
Dr. Hughes is practicing emergency
medicine at Ocean Medical Center
in Brick, NJ, Ocean Care Center in
Point Pleasant, NJ, and Monmouth
Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ.
He completed an emergency medicine
residency at York Hospital in York, PA.
Monmouth University, BS ’91
George Washington University, MHS ’95
John Musico ’88
Dr. Musico is Lead Physician for
the Veterans Health Administration
Community-Based Outpatient Clinics,
the largest integrated health care system
in the United States. He has served on an
advisory panel to Washington, DC on
the medical home model of health care.
Musico completed an internal medicine
residency at Jersey Shore Medical Center,
Fitkin Hospital in Neptune, NJ in 1992,
the same year he married his wife, Pam.
Dr. Musico has appeared on television,
and has published various papers on
the subjects of oncology, pharmacology,
infectious diseases, and medical history.
He is an author for radius magazine,
hosts the television series “Your Body Is
Interesting,” and is a writer for the radio
show “100 Word Stories.” Dr. Musico
enjoys movies and trivia, and wishes the
weather in New Jersey was like that in
his birthplace of Beverly Hills, CA, so he
could do more gardening.
Brian Wolfman ’04
Dr. Wolfman is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Coastal
Gastroenterology Associates, PA, part
of Meridian Health, in Brick, NJ and
is affiliated with both Ocean Medical
Center and Southern Ocean Medical
medicine and gastroenterology, Dr.
Wolfman completed an internal
gastroenterology fellowship at Long
Island College in Brooklyn, NY.
Ohio University, BS ’98
CAMDEN
Nadir Ahmad ’00
Dr. Ahmad is Head of the Division of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
at Cooper University Health Care and an
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Cooper
Medical School of Rowan University.
He is also the Director of the Head and
Neck Cancer Program at MD Anderson
at Cooper Cancer Center. Prior to his
tenure at Cooper, Dr. Ahmad spent
four-and-a-half years as an Assistant
Professor and Attending Surgeon in
the Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery at the Virginia
Commonwealth University Medical
College of Virginia Medical Center
in Richmond, VA. He was actively
involved in residency training during
that time. During his time at MCV, he
was also a Clinical Assistant Professor
in the Department of Dermatology. Dr.
Ahmad completed a general surgery
internship at Rhode Island Hospital,
Brown University, in Providence, RI,
followed by an otolaryngology-head
and neck surgery residency at Henry
Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. As Chief
Resident, he was named Resident of the
Year for the entire Henry Ford Health
System. Dr. Ahmad then completed
fellowship training in head and neck
oncological surgery, skull base surgery,
and microvascular reconstructive
surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center in Nashville, TN, in 2008. He
of Surgeons and a Diplomatee of the
American Board of Otolaryngology.
Dr. Ahmad has published several
papers in his field and has presented at
national and international conferences.
He has also participated in a medical
mission to Nigeria and teaches and
trains doctors in Pakistan. U.S. News
& World Report named Dr. Ahmad to
its list of “Top Doctors” in 2011 and
2012, placing him in the top 10 percent
of US otolaryngologists. One of his
main interests is in robotic surgery. He
performs transoral robotic surgery
(TORS), which is an innovative surgical
approach to difficult-to-access tumors
in the throat and larynx region. Dr.
Ahmad is married to Dr. Sophia Khan
and they have two children, Mustafa and
Suleyman. He has traveled extensively
through Europe, South America, Asia,
and Africa.
McGill University, BA ’93
Samuel Jacobs ’81
Dr. Jacobs is an attending physician
and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology and of Reproductive
Endocrinology and Infertility at Cooper
University Health Care in Camden, NJ.
He was previously an Associate Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, and the medical director
of Planned Parenthood of Southern New
Jersey. Board certified in obstetrics and
gynecology as well as in reproductive
endocrinology and infertility, Dr. Jacobs
residency at Tenet-Hahnemann
University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
and a reproductive endocrinology and
infertility fellowship at the University of
Connecticut Health Center.
University of Pennsylvania, BS ’77
University of Pennsylvania, MA ’77
Ramya Lotano ’93
Dr. Lotano is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine and the Director of the
Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship
program at the Cooper Medical School
of Rowan University, in Camden, NJ.
residency and fellowship training in
pulmonary and critical care at the
Medical School, in Camden, NJ.
CLARK
Mohamad Farzin Aliasgharpour ’89
and cardiovascular disease, Dr.
Aliasgharpour is in private practice in
Clark, NJ and is a hospital attending
physician at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School, the
JFK Medical Center, and St. Michael’s
New Jersey
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Medical Center. He completed
St. Michael’s Medical Center in
Newark, NJ, and went on to complete
a cardiovascular disease fellowship
at Seton Hall University School
of Graduate Medical Education in
Newark, NJ.
Eastern Michigan University, BS ’83
CLIFTON
Antoinette Cecere ’86
Dr. Cecere is practicing internal
medicine in Clifton, NJ. She is on
staff at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical
Center in Paterson, NJ. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Cecere
Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians.
Drexel University, MS ’83
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Farhana Khan ’03
Dr. Khan is working in her solo private
practice OB/GYN Women’s Wellness
in Clifton, NJ. She completed her first
year of residency at the University
of West Virginia-Ruby Memorial
Hospital and her second year at the
Hospital. Dr. Khan then completed
her third and fourth years in obstetrics
and gynecology at Long Island College
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, serving as
Chief Resident her last year.
Purchase, BA ’97
COLONIA
Gaurang Patel ’99
Dr. Patel is in private pediatric practice.
He completed his residency in pediatrics
Dentistry of New Jersey, University
Hospital, in Newark, NJ.
COLTS NECK
David Reznik ’02
Since 2007, Dr. Reznik has worked
in various outpatient mental health
clinics, including community mental
health agencies and private clinics in
Pennsylvania and central New Jersey.
New Jersey
NY, in 2007.
Yeshiva University, BA ’96
Anita Sack ’81
Dr. Sack is a psychiatrist in Colts Neck,
NJ and is on staff at Trenton Psychiatric
Hospital in Trenton, NJ. She completed
a psychiatry residency at Bergen
Regional Medical Center and a child
and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in
New York, NY.
York, BS ’75
Saint John’s University, MS ’77
DOVER
Andreas Rotsides ’84
Dr. Rotsides is in private practice in
internal medicine in Dover, NJ. He is
affiliated with St. Clare’s Health System
and Morristown Memorial Hospital. Dr.
Rotsides completed an internal medicine
internship and residency at St. Michael’s
EAST ORANGE
Alexander Juusela ’14
Dr. Juusela is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center in East Orange, NJ.
Stetson University, BA ’06
EDGEWATER
Irfan Admani ’96
Dr. Admani joined the staff at Cross
County Cardiology in Edgewater, NJ as
an interventional cardiologist in 1996.
cardiovascular medicine, interventional
cardiology, and nuclear cardiology, Dr.
Admani is affiliated with Englewood
Hospital Medical Center, Holy Name
Medical Center, Hackensack University
Medical Center, and Palisades Medical
Center, all in New Jersey. He is also
active on the teaching faculty for
St. George’s University students. Dr.
Admani completed an internal medicine
residency followed by fellowships
in cardiovascular disease and
interventional cardiovascular disease
at St. Michael’s Medical Center, Seton
Hall University in Newark, NJ.
Kenneth Weinberg ’80
Dr. Weinberg is a board-certified
emergency medicine physician in
Edgewater, NJ and is affiliated with
Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck and
Palisades Medical Center in North
Bergen, NJ. He worked in mind-body
research after completing a residency in
internal medicine.
University of Wisconsin at Madison, BA ’70
EDISON
Thomas Cassidy ’97
Dr. Cassidy has been in a private
general medicine practice in Edison, NJ,
with privileges at JFK Medical Center,
since he completed an internal medicine
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, in
2000. He and his wife live in New
Jersey with their two children, Matthew
and Thomas.
Harina Chahal ’12
Dr. Chahal is a neurology resident
Health and Medical Sciences in Edison,
NJ. She completed her preliminary
medical year at New York Medical
College, Westchester Medical Center
in Valhalla, NY.
Simon Fraser University, BSc ’07
MPH ’08
Joshua Daniel ’12
Dr. Daniel is a neurology resident
at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ. He
year at St. Michael’s Medical Center
in Newark, NJ. Both programs are
affiliated with Seton Hall University
School of Graduate Medical Education.
Pankaj Gupta ’96
Dr. Gupta is the Regional Medical
Director for UnitedHealthcare. He
medicine at Albany Medical Center
and a fellowship in geriatric medicine
at Beth Israel Deaconess, Harvard
Medical School. He received his Master
in Business Administration from
Cornell University in 2004 and has
since pursued a career in managed care.
Dr. Gupta was the youngest Medical
Director of Horizon Blue Cross Blue
Shield of New Jersey.
Cornell University, MBA ’05
ELIZABETH
Nicola Pemberton ’02
Dr. Pemberton is on staff at
Brooklyn, NY and has published
several articles on robotic surgery. She
and gynecology at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center.
Labib Riachi ’96
Dr. Riachi is Chairman of the
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,
Chief of Robotic Surgery, and Director
of Urogynecology at Trinitas Regional
Medical Center in Elizabeth, NJ and
is also Director of Urogynecology at
Rutgers University Hospital in Newark.
Dr. Riachi is Founder of the Center of
Advanced Pelvic Surgery and a Clinical
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Seton
Hall University and a Clinical Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Rutgers University Hospital in Newark,
NJ. He completed an obstetrics and
gynecology residency at St. Michael
Medical Center in Newark, NJ before
completing a fellowship in female pelvic
reconstructive surgery at Northside
Hospital in Atlanta, GA.
Michael Zaboski ’87
Dr. Zaboski has been in private practice
since 1990 and has two partners
in internal medicine. He is also an
emergency medicine physician and
an attending physician at Trinitas
Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth,
NJ, and Overlook Hospital in Summit,
NJ. In addition, Dr. Zaboski is an
Associate Clinical Professor at Seton
Hall University, where he is involved
with research and active lecturing and
mentoring, and was named Physician
of the Year three times by the residents
at Seton Hall University. He also
continues to work house calls for invalid
patients in his area. Board certified in
Medical Sciences in South Orange, NJ.
ENGLEWOOD
Victor Bucalo ’02
Dr. Bucalo is a physiatrist in private
practice at The Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Center, PA in Englewood,
NJ. He completed a physical medicine
and rehabilitation residency at Nassau
County Medical Center in East
Meadow, NY.
Tulane University, BSE ’93
Tulane University, MSE ’95
David Hansen ’00
Dr. Hansen is an anesthesiologist in
Englewood, NJ and is on staff at Nassau
University Medical Center, Long
Island College Hospital, and Atlantic
Care Regional Medical Center. He
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson,
NJ, as Chief Resident. Since then, he
has worked as a locum tenens provider
in New York, New Jersey, Indiana,
Mississippi, and North Dakota. Dr.
Hansen is also a lieutenant in the US
Navy Reserve.
Stefanie Jacobs-Feldman ’87
Dr. Jacobs is in private practice as
well as a partner with Englewood
Radiologic Group in Englewood, NJ.
She completed a diagnostic radiology
Center in Livingston, NJ, and a nuclear
radiology fellowship at Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center in New
York, NY.
Smith College, AB ’83
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
R. Gil Altman ’97
Dr. Altman is a plastic surgeon in his
own private practice, Altman Aesthetic
Center in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. After
completing his surgery residency at
Morristown Memorial Hospital, Dr.
Altman went on to a fellowship in
plastic surgery at Wayne State University
Medical Hospital in Detroit, MI.
Northeastern University, BS ’91
FAIR LAWN
David Jacoboff ’98
Dr. Jacoboff is in private practice
at Heart and Vascular Associates of
Northern New Jersey PA.in Fair Lawn,
NJ. After completing his internal
medicine residency at Lenox Hill
Hospital in New York, NY, Dr. Jacoboff
went on to complete a cardiology
fellowship at Lenox Hill Heart and
Vascular Institute. He then completed
an interventional cardiology fellowship
at Columbia University, St. Luke’s
Roosevelt Medical Center, also in New
York City. Dr. Jacoboff is board certified
in internal medicine, cardiology,
interventional cardiology, echo
cardiology, and nuclear cardiology.
FAR HILLS
Paul Vallone ’81
After more than 25 years in the practice
of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr.
Vallone has retired from private practice.
Entering a new phase in politics, he
was recently elected the mayor of the
Borough of Far Hills, NJ. Dr. Vallone
completed a surgery residency at
Brooklyn Hospital Center and a plastic
surgery fellowship at St. Barnabas
Medical Center. He has served as the
Chief of Surgery at Newton Memorial
Hospital and the Chief of Plastic
Surgery at St. Clare’s Medical Center
in Denville, NJ. As a proud graduate of
St. George’s University, he encourages
all students to persevere in their studies
and follow their dreams.
FLANDERS
Sofia Fernandez ’99
Dr. Fernandez is practicing both family
medicine and cosmetic procedures in
a private solo practice. She also admits
to two nursing homes in the area and
is on staff at Hackettstown Regional
Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ.
Fluent in Spanish, Dr. Fernandez is able
to conduct office and inpatient visits in
Spanish. After completing her family
medicine residency at JFK Medical
Center in Edison, NJ, as Chief Resident
in 2003, Dr. Fernandez went into
private practice at the Family Medical
Center in Dover, NJ, until 2005. Her
special interests are geriatrics, psychiatry,
and hospice care.
FLEMINGTON
Jamila Hussain ’10
Dr. Hussain is a practicing hospitalist in
Flemington, NJ. She completed a family
medicine residency at Loyola University
Medical Center in Chicago, IL.
College, BA ’04
New Jersey
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Glen Tonnessen ’87
Dr. Tonnessen, an interventional
cardiologist in private practice since
1993, is the Managing Physician of
Hunterdon Cardiovascular Associates
and the Founder and Director of
the Cardiac Catheterization Lab
at Hunterdon Medical Center in
Flemington, NJ. He completed an
internal medicine residency at St.
NJ. Dr. Tonnessen then completed a
fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at
Seton Hall University in South Orange,
NJ, where he was Chief Fellow. He is
and cardiovascular disease, nuclear
cardiology, and vascular medicine.
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Sargis Khoobiar ’01
Dr. Khoobiar is a cardiologist in
private practice at Essex Cardiology
Group in Florham Park, NJ, practicing
clinical cardiology, nuclear cardiology,
echocardiography, invasive cardiology,
and preventive cardiology. He
is also an attending physician at
Morristown Memorial Hospital and
St. Barnabas Medical Center, where
he is currently on the Cardiac Rehab
Advisor Council and was awarded
the 2012 Departmental Award from
Gynecology for loyalty and dedication
to the department. A Diplomate
of the American Board of Internal
Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease,
Dr. Khoobiar completed an internal
medicine residency and Chief Residency
at Morristown Memorial Hospital. He
then completed a cardiovascular disease
fellowship and served as Chief Fellow
his final year, at Newark Beth Israel
FORKED RIVER
Wayne Grosjean ’85
Dr. Grosjean is an attending
anesthesiologist at three hospitals in New
Jersey. He completed a surgical year and
an anesthesiology residency at Monmouth
New Jersey
FORT LEE
Richard Gallo ’86
Dr. Gallo is a practicing internist in
a private internal medicine practice
in Fort Lee, NJ, caring for patients in
hospital, nursing home, and outpatient
settings. He is also an Attending
Physician at Holy Name Medical Center
in Teaneck, NJ. After completing
an internal medical residency at St.
NJ, he worked as an emergency
physician at Mt. Vernon Hospital in
Mount Vernon, NY for two years. Dr.
Gallo enjoys the advances in practicing
medicine in the computer age.
FRANKLIN LAKES
Betty Keller ’86
Dr. Keller is the Director of Optimal
Wellness Center in Franklin Lakes, NJ.
residency as Chief Resident at St.
Michael’s Medical Center, followed by a
rheumatology fellowship, both through
Seton Hall School of Graduate Medical
Education in South Orange, NJ. Dr.
Keller received her certificate in medical
acupuncture from Harvard Medical
School in Cambridge, MA. She is
rheumatology.
BA ’79
FREEHOLD
Bruce Bonanno ’83
Dr. Bonanno is an emergency medicine
attending physician at CentraState
Medical Center in Freehold, NJ. Board
completed two years of a general surgery
and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,
NJ. Dr. Bonanno is President of the
New Jersey Monmouth Ocean County
Medical Society, past President of the
New Jersey chapter of the American
College of Emergency Physicians, Past
Chairman of National ACEP Public
Relations Committee, and past President
of the National Association of Medical
Communicators. Dr. Bonanno has also
participated in media training for health
professionals and is the past Chief Medical
Consultant and host of a 30-minute
television show on News 12 New Jersey.
Vikas Khanna ’01
Dr. Khanna is a full-time emergency
department attending physician at
CentraState Medical Center in Freehold,
NJ. Board certified in emergency
medicine, he completed an emergency
medicine residency at Michigan State
University, Sparrow Hospital, in
Lansing, MI. Dr. Khanna has served
as an attending emergency physician
at JFK Medical Center in Edison and
St. Peter’s University Hospital in New
Brunswick, NJ.
Rutgers University at Cook College, BA ’96
Robert Kruse ’13
Dr. Kruse is a family medicine resident
at Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School at CentraState Medical
Center in Freehold, NJ. He serves as
resident trustee for the New Jersey
Academy of Family Physicians and, in
August 2012, was awarded a patent
for Providing Relative Translation
Without Rotation. Before beginning
work on his Doctor of Medicine,
Dr. Kruse earned a Master of Public
Health from St. George’s University
in 2009.
University of Iowa, BS ’08
HACKENSACK
Chithra Balasingham ’95
Dr. Balasingham is a hospitalist at
Hackensack University Medical Center.
She completed her residency in internal
medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Kanchi Chadha ’08
Dr. Chadha is an obstetriciangynecologist at Hackensack University
Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ. She
residency as Chief Resident at St. Peter’s
University Hospital, Drexel University
College of Medicine in New Brunswick,
NJ.
Joseph Feldman ’89
Dr. Joseph Feldman has been with
Hackensack University Medical Center,
where he is an attending physician
and the chairman of the Emergency
Trauma Department, since 1998. Dr.
Feldman holds academic appointments
as a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Medicine at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry at New Jersey Medical
School and an Associate Professor of
Medicine at St. George’s University
School of Medicine. He also serves
as the director of medical education
for the St. George’s University School
of Medicine/Hackensack University
Medical Center student program. He
is a Fellow in the American College of
Emergency Physicians. Dr. Feldman
has extensive experience in the field of
emergency medicine. A graduate of the
Brook and St. George’s University School
of Medicine, Dr. Feldman completed
his emergency medicine residency at
the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Prior
to joining Hackensack University
Medical Center, he was the Assistant
Director of Adult Emergency Services
at Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center in New York, NY. In addition
to his current role at HUMC, Dr.
Feldman is responsible for emergency
services and the largest pre-hospital care
program in Bergen County, NJ. He
resides with his wife, Julie, in New York,
NY, where he contributes his time to
several foundations that support higher
education.
Brook, BS ’79
Lisa-Mary O’Donnell ’02
Dr. O’Donnell is on staff at Hackensack
Children’s Hospital. She completed her
residency in pediatrics and adolescent
medicine at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, in New Hyde Park, NY.
Providence University, BS ’97
York, MS ’98
Leah Raguindin ’89
Dr. Raguindin is an Assistant Clinical
Professor in the Pediatric Emergency
Department at the University of
Children’s Hospital. She completed
a pediatrics residency and a pediatric
emergency medicine fellowship at the
same institution.
Aileen Tlamsa ’12
Dr. Tlamsa is Chief Medical Resident
at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School,
in Hackensack, NJ.
College, MA ’07
Jennifer Luftig Weiss ’98
Dr. Weiss is an Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,
NJ. She also practices pediatric
rheumatology at Hackensack University
Medical Center. Dr. Weiss completed
a pediatrics residency and pediatric
rheumatology fellowship at Long Island
Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde
Park, NY.
HACKETTSTOWN
Julie Chen ’97
Dr. Chen is pursuing a career in wound
care management, where she cares for
patients with various types of ulcers,
including pressure, diabetic foot, and
arterial. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Chen completed her
internal medicine residency at Jacobi
Medical Center, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine Bronx, NY. She served as
a medical attending physician at North
Central Bronx Hospital Primary Care
Clinic for two years after residency
before joining a private group in
Hackettstown, NJ.
Clay Hinrichs ’98
Dr. Hinrichs is a full partner at
Radiology Associates of Hackettstown
and owns two private imagery centers.
He is board certified, has co-authored
numerous publications, and is an
Assistant Professor of Radiology at New
Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ.
Upon graduating from St. George’s
University, Dr. Hinrichs completed
a radiology residency and an MRI
fellowship at New Jersey Medical
School. He is married to a fellow St.
George’s University graduate, Suma
Ghanta, and they have one daughter.
Champaign, BS ’93
HADDON HEIGHTS
Nirandra Mahamitra ’04
Dr. Mahamitra is a family medicine
attending physician with Cooper
University Hospital in Camden, NJ
and is the Family Medicine Clerkship
Director and an Assistant Professor
of Medicine with Cooper University
Health Care. After finishing a residency
in family medicine at Drexel University,
Dr. Mahamitra completed a faculty
development fellowship with Michigan
State University. He has received the
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Teacher Award, has been published, and
has spoken at national conferences. He
is board certified in family medicine.
Before entering St. George’s University,
Dr. Mahamitra earned a Juris Doctor
from Temple University School of Law
in 1996.
HAMBURG
Dennis Fielding ’84
Dr. Fielding has been in private internal
medicine practice in Hamburg, NJ
since 1988. He is a medical advisor to
the New Jersey Region of the National
Ski Patrol and the Mountain Creek Ski
Patrol in Vernon, NJ and is Medical
Director for the Sussex County Jail in
Newton, NJ. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Fielding completed
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ, as Chief Resident in 1988.
William Paterson University of NJ, BA ’76
HAMILTON
Patrick Aufiero ’84
Dr. Aufiero is an infectious disease
specialist in private practice in
Hamilton, NJ. He completed a
transitional year, an internal medicine
residency, and an infectious disease
fellowship at St. Michael’s Medical
Center in Newark, NJ, affiliate of Seton
Hall University. Dr. Aufiero is on the
medical staff at Robert Wood University
Hospital Hamilton, St. Francis Medical
Center in Trenton, the Capital Health
Regional Medical Center in Trenton,
and Capital Health Mercer Campus in
Hopewell, NJ. He is board certified in
internal medicine and infectious disease.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife,
Diane, and their children, Max and
Tyler. Dr. Aufiero credits George Perez,
MD of St. Michael’s Medical Center, as
his continuous inspiration and thanks
St. George’s University for opening the
doors to everything he has today.
Monmouth College, BS ’80
Apostolos Rossos ’81
Dr. Rossos is an otolaryngologist in
private practice with offices is Hamilton
and Freehold, NJ (www.rossosent.
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com) and is on staff at Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital Hamilton,
CentraState Medical Center, and the
Surgery Center at Capital HealthHamilton. A Diplomatee of the
American Board of Otolaryngology, Dr.
Rossos completed an internal medicine
preliminary year and an otolaryngologyhead and neck surgery residency at the
of New Jersey School of Medicine. He
is a member of the Mercer County
Medical Society, the Medical Society
of New Jersey, American Rhinologic
Society and a Fellow of the American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, as well as a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons.
Clark University, BA ’76
HIGHLANDS
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Jon Salisbury ’84
Dr. Salisbury is the owner and founder
of Visiting Physicians, the largest housecall-only practice in the United States.
The practice, located in seven counties
in New Jersey, makes 1,500 house calls
a month, and 95 percent of its cases
are geriatric, homebound patients. Dr.
Salisbury is a member of the American
Academy of Homecare Physicians and
has won many awards for his work with
the homebound. He completed a family
medicine residency and served as Chief
Resident at John F. Kennedy Medical
Center in Edison, NJ.
HILLSBOROUGH
Jerry Sheen ’01
Dr. Sheen is an infectious disease
specialist in private practice at
Infectious Disease Care of New Jersey.
He is also an attending physician
at University Medical Center of
Princeton at Plainsboro, Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital, and
St. Peter’s University Hospital. Dr.
Sheen completed an internal medicine
residency and an infectious disease
fellowship at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, New
Jersey Medical School, in Newark, NJ.
Rutgers University at Newark, MS ’95
New Jersey
HOLMDEL
Serge Menkin ’00
Dr. Menkin is the Medical Director
of Interventional Pain Solutions,
Interventional Spinal Pain Management,
in Holmdel, NJ. He is also the Director
of the Pain Clinic at Riverview Medical
Center of Meridian Health System in
Red Bank, NJ. Dr. Menkin completed
an internal medicine internship at
New York Methodist Hospital before
completing his residency in physical
medicine and rehabilitation at Temple
PA. He then went on to complete
an interventional spine fellowship at
Penn Spine Center at the University
of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr.
Menkin is board certified in physical
medicine and in rehabilitation and
pain medicine and is a member of
Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as
the American Medical Association.
JACKSON
Marina Zlotina-Krishtul ’01
Dr. Zlotina-Krishtul is working at a
community-based outpatient clinic
of the VA Healthcare System of
New Jersey. Board certified in family
medicine, she began her family practice
residency at Alton Ochsner Medical
Foundation in New Orleans, LA,
and completed it at John F. Kennedy
Medical Center in Edison, NJ.
JERSEY CITY
Dilruba Khanam ’01
Dr. Khanam opened her own practice,
Bayfront Medical Associates, in Jersey
City, NJ, in January 2011. She is also
on staff at Trinitas Regional Medical
Center, Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital Rahway, Jersey
City Medical Center, and Christ
Hospital. Dr. Khanam was awarded
the 2011 Patient’s Choice Award.
Dr. Khanam completed a family
practice residency at Atlantic Health
System/Mountainside Hospital in
Montclair, NJ.
BA ’94
Anroy Ottley ’02
Dr. Ottley is a board-certified general
surgeon at Jersey City Medical Center.
He also manages his own private
practice in Jersey City, NJ. Board
certified in general surgery, Dr. Ottley
Livingston, NJ.
Shimal Sanghvi ’10
Dr. Sanghvi is an emergency medicine
physician in Parsippany, NJ and is
affiliated with Jersey City Medical
Center in Jersey City, NJ. Dr. Sanghvi
residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical
Jeevan Vinod ’06
Dr. Vinod is the Director of
Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Care
Point Health Medical Center in Jersey
City, NJ. Double board certified in
internal medicine and gastroenterology,
Dr. Vinod completed his internal
medicine residency and gastroenterology
fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in
New York, NY.
University of Delaware, BS ’02
LAWRENCEVILLE
Shankar Santhanam ’00
Dr. Santhanam is a physician in a
private family medicine and pediatrics
practice in Lawrenceville, NJ. Dr.
Sanathanam completed a family
medicine residency through the
New Jersey program at Capital Health
Systems in Trenton, NJ, where he was
the recipient of the 2004 Resident
Teaching Award during his third year.
LEONIA
Emanuel Corbo ’85
Dr. Corbo has his own private practice
and is an attending physician at
Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ
and Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, NJ.
Board certified in pediatrics, he is a
Fellow of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, and a member of the New
Jersey Pediatric Society. Dr. Corbo is
also a school physician for the Elizabeth
Board of Education. He completed
his pediatrics residency in 1990 and
subsequently finished a fellowship in
ambulatory pediatrics.
and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr.
DeVito resides in Red Bank, NJ, with
his wife and son.
LINDEN
Richard Bezozo ’83
Dr. Bezozo founded the Care Station
Medical Group, which provides
primary care, urgent care, and
occupational medicine. Care Station
has been in operation for more than
20 years, has five locations in New
Jersey, and employs 16 physicians, 12
physician assistants and 150 additional
support staff. Dr. Bezozo serves as
the President and CEO and as a
healthcare provider. In addition, Dr.
Bezozo is the Managing Partner of
MoleSafe USA. MoleSafe, in use in
New Zealand for more than 10 years, is
the only melanoma early detection and
surveillance program in the world. Dr.
Bezozo is also a Clinical Professor at the
New Jersey. After two years of a general
surgery residency at Methodist Hospital
in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Bezozo completed
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
in Plainview, NJ.
LINWOOD
Mukesh Shanker ’82
Dr. Shanker is the Director of Cardiac
Rehabilitation at Shore Memorial
Hospital and is in a solo private
cardiology practice in Linwood, NJ.
residency at St. John’s Episcopal
Hospital in Far Rockaway, NY and a
New Jersey, Cooper University Medical
Center in Camden, NJ. Dr. Shanker is
cardiology.
College, BA ’78
LITTLE SILVER
Marc DeVito ’03
Dr. DeVito is the owner of an
integrative medicine primary care
center in Little Silver, NJ, specializing
in both internal medicine and
pediatrics. Board certified in both
specialties, he completed a combined
LIVINGSTON
Varun Chakravorty ’12
Dr. Chakravorty is a general surgery
resident at St. Barnabas Medical Center
in Livingston, NJ.
Si Chen ’12
Dr. Chen is a pathology resident in
the integrated pathology program at
St. Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston, NJ.
BS ’05
Sharon Dardik-Spiteri ’00
Dr. Dardik-Spiteri is a pediatrician in
private practice in Livingston, NJ. After
spending the first year of her pediatrics
residency at Albert Einstein Medical
College in Philadelphia, PA, Dr.
Dardik-Spiteri completed her residency
at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical
Center in Paterson, NJ.
BA ’93
York, MPH ’96
Tracey Krzanowski ’00
Dr. Krzanowski is an attending
physician in anesthesiology and
pediatric anesthesiology with New
Jersey Anesthesia Associates at St.
NJ. He completed an anesthesiology
Center, and a pediatric anesthesiology
fellowship at Children’s Hospital of
Los Angeles. Dr. Krzanowski is board
certified in anesthesiology.
Anita Rajkumar ’12
Dr. Rajkumar is in her third year of a
pathology residency at St. Barnabas
Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. She
plans to begin a fellowship in forensic
pathology upon completion of her
residency. Dr. Rajkumar has attended the
College of American Pathologists’ meeting
in San Diego, CA and was the inaugural
winner of the New Jersey pathologist’s
Resident Poster competition. She has been
published in the International Journal of
Clinical and Experimental Pathology and
Anticancer Research.
Fariborz Rezai ’01
Dr. Rezai is an intensivist in private
practice with Barnabas Health and is
the assistant Director of the Medical,
Surgical, and Neurosurgical Intensive
Care Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston, NJ. He is an
Assistant Professor at both St. George’s
University and the University of
in Newark, NJ. He has also served as
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medical
Humanities at Drew University School
of Graduate Studies in Madison, NJ
pulmonary disease, and critical care
medicine, Dr. Rezai completed an
pulmonary and critical care fellowship,
and served as Chief Fellow, at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center. He joined
Saint Barnabas Medical Center in July
2007 to help create a closed-model
intensive care unit and was the recipient
of the 2009 Distinguished Educator
Award from the Department of Medicine
Residents. Dr. Rezai was nominated
as a Schubin-Weil Master Clinician/
Teacher: Excellence in Bedside Teaching
Award, earned Compassionate Doctor
Recognition from Vitals in 2010-12
and was the recipient of Vitals Patients’
Choice Award in 2008-12. He is a
member of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine and a Fellow of the American
College of Chest Physicians.
BA ’96
Guha Venkatraman ’06
Dr. Venkatraman is a board-certified
attending neurologist specializing
in adult neurology and clinical
neurophysiology and a credentialed
ImPACT Consultant at Matthew J.
Morahan III Health Assessment Center
for Athletes, Institute of Neurology
and Neurosurgery at Barnabas Health
in Livingston, NJ. Dr. Venkatraman
completed a medical residency at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst
Hospital Center in Elmhurst, NY
before going on to complete a neurology
residency as Chief Resident at the State
School of Medicine in Stony Brook, NY.
Dr. Venkatraman then completed a
fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at
University of Rochester, BS ’01
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LONG BRANCH
MEDFORD
MOORESTOWN
Patrick McFadden ’14
Dr. McFadden is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Monmouth
Rajiv Vyas ’85
Dr. Vyas is the Regional Director of
Psychiatry at University Correctional
Health Care (UCHC) and a Clinical
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the
New Jersey in Newark, NJ.
Dickinson College, BS ’80
David Gross ’87
Dr. Gross has been in internal medicine
private practice in Moorestown, NJ,
residency at Helene Fuld Medical
Center in Trenton, NJ.
Guilford College, BS ’80
MANALAPAN
Thomas DeBlasio ’85
Dr. DeBlasio has been practicing internal
medicine with several different medical
groups within the Central Jersey Shore
area. His future plans include integrative
or alternative medicine.
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Michael Lepis ’95
After completing his postgraduate
training, Dr. Lepis returned to his
hometown of Wall Township, NJ,
and established Comprehensive Pain
Management and Physical Therapy,
where he has been practicing since.
He specializes in the diagnosis and
treatment of painful conditions using
invasive and noninvasive treatment
options, patient physical rehabilitation,
and preventive medicine, including
osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment
and electrodiagnostic medicine. Dr.
Lepis trained for a year in general
surgery at Monmouth Medical Center
before completing a residency in
at Temple University in Philadelphia,
PA. He then completed a fellowship in
interventional pain management with
Mid Atlantic Spine Spine and Pain
Physicians in Newark, DE. He was also
trained in electrodiagnostic medicine.
Dr. Lepis is board certified in physical
medicine and rehabilitation and pain
medicine and is licensed to practice
in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania. He also serves on
the board of managers and governing
board for multiple surgical centers
in Monmouth and Ocean Counties
in New Jersey. Dr. Lepis lectures for
several pharmaceutical companies,
providing for the continuing education
of New Jersey physicians in the fields
of physical medicine and rehabilitation
and pain medicine.
Saint Vincent College, BS ’91
New Jersey
MIDDLETOWN
Peter McGuire ’99
Dr. McGuire is Medical Director at his
own AASM-accredited sleep disorders
center and is an attending physician
at two local hospitals in Monmouth
County, NJ. He is also Medical
Director for the Sleep Disorders Center
at HackensackUMC Mountainside in
Montclair, NJ. Dr. McGuire completed
an internal medicine residency followed
by fellowships in pulmonary and critical
care medicine and in sleep disorders
medicine at Seton Hall University
School of Graduate Medical Education
in South Orange, NJ. After competing
his fellowship training, Dr. McGuire
started his own solo practice in
Monmouth County, NJ specializing in
pulmonary and critical care medicine,
as well as sleep disorders.
Stevens Institute of Technology, MS ’94
MILLBURN
Richard Freundlich ’82
Dr. Freundlich is a nephrologist in
private practice in Millburn, NJ and is
affiliated with several hospitals in the area,
including East Orange General Hospital
and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Board certified in internal medicine and
nephrology, Dr. Freundlich completed
Elizabeth Hospital and a nephrology
fellowship at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey University
Hospital in Newark, NJ.
Lafayette College, BA ’75
Robert Morgan ’81
Dr. Morgan is the Chairman of the
Department of Pediatrics at Riverview
Medical Center in Red Bank, NJ,
and the Chairman of the Monmouth
County Communicable Disease
Control Board. He is also a partner in a
private pediatric group.
MORRIS PLAINS
Walter Bakun ’83
Dr. Bakun has been a physician at
Greystone State Psychiatric Hospital
in Morris Plains, NJ for the past seven
years. Board certified in emergency
medicine, Dr. Bakun completed
Bergen Pines County Hospital. He
then spent 21 years as an emergency
room physician in northern New
Jersey. Dr. Bakun has performed
adolescent, neonatal, adult, and geriatric
resuscitation. He worked as a consultant
physician to the FBI on a part-time
basis from 2005-06 and directed a
paramedic ground response to trauma
on both the Garden State Parkway and
New Jersey Turnpike.
MOUNTAINSIDE
Mark Pillon ’87
Dr. Pillon is board certified in pain
management and anesthesiology and,
after a term as the Medical Director
of the New Jersey Comprehensive
Pain Service in Edison, NJ, he went
into private anesthesiology practice
in Mountainside, NJ. Dr. Pillon
completed a one-year internship in
internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital
in Bethlehem, PA. He began a residency
in cardiovascular disease at St. Joseph’s
Hospital and Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ, which he completed as
Chief Resident.
NEPTUNE
Matthew Berberich ’00
In practice as an anesthesiologist at
Jersey Shore University Medical Center,
Dr. Berberich completed his residency
at New York Presbyterian Hospital in
New York, NY in 2004.
NEW BRUNSWICK
James McKinney III ’04
Dr. McKinney is an Assistant Professor
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School in
the Department of Neurology. He
is also Medical Director of the
Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital Comprehensive Stroke
Center. Dr. McKinney completed a
neurology residency through Seton
Hall University at the New Jersey
Neuroscience Institute and a vascular
neurology fellowship at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Trinity University, BA ’99
Ruchika Mohla ’12
Dr. Mohla is a Chief Resident in the
Department of Pediatrics at Jersey Shore
University Medical Center in New
Brunswick, NJ.
Pepperdine University, BS ’06
Saum Rahimi ’02
Dr. Rahimi is serving as Interim Chief
of and is an Assistant Professor of
Surgery in the Division of Vascular
Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School. He is affiliated with
Hospital. Dr. Rahimi completed a
general surgery residency and a vascular
surgery fellowship at Albany Medical
Center Hospital in Albany, NY. He is
vascular surgery and is a member of
the American College of Surgeons, the
American Medical Association, the New
Jersey Vascular Society, and the Medical
Society of New Jersey.
Hope College, BS ’97
Anthony Tobia ’96
Dr. Tobia is a Clinical Associate
Professor of Internal Medicine and
an Associate Professor of Psychiatry
at Rutgers University, Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School in
New Brunswick, NJ. He has dual
appointments with the Division of
Internal Medicine and Department of
Psychiatry, where he serves as Director
of Undergraduate Medical Education
and Associate Program Director of
General Psychiatry Residency Training.
psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine,
Dr. Tobia is also Director of the Division
of Psychosomatic Medicine at Robert
New Brunswick, NJ. He completed a
dual residency in internal medicine and
psychiatry at West Virginia University
in Morgantown, WV, where he served as
Chief Resident of Internal Medicine and
Psychiatry from 2000-01. From 2001-07,
Dr. Tobia worked at Rutgers University
Behavioral Health Care’s Mentally Ill/
Chemically Addicted partial hospital
program, sparking a clinical interest in
addiction medicine and electroconvulsive
therapy. His academic interests include
innovative approaches to teaching at
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School;
the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences; the Center of Alcohol Studies;
and the Department of Psychiatry, where
he holds five patents on inventions
pertaining to teaching methodology.
Dr. Tobia earned a Master of Arts in
Counseling and Community Psychiatry
at Norfolk State University in Norfolk,
VA.
Norfolk State University, MA ’91
NEWARK
Donald Beggs ’93
and infectious diseases, Dr. Beggs
is a faculty member at St. Michael’s
also an infectious disease consultant
for the Clara Maass Medical Center
in Belleville, NJ, as well as an advisor
to the Travel Medicine Clinic and
Infection Control Department at Clara
Maass.
Michael Carr ’14
Dr. Carr is an emergency medicine
resident at Newark Beth Israel Medical
Siena College, BS ’08
Sumon Das ’02
Dr. Das is a pediatrician at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark,
NJ. He completed his pediatrics
in Brooklyn, NY and then went on
to complete a fellowship in pediatric
critical care at Children’s Hospital
at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY. In
2008, Dr. Das took his first position at
Cooper Medical Center (now affiliated
with Rowan Medical College), where
he worked with many children who
suffered traumatic injuries. He then
joined the pediatric critical care faculty
at Rutgers University, Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School in New
Brunswick, NJ, where he worked for
three years. Dr. Das is certified by the
American Board of Pediatrics in both
pediatrics and pediatric critical care. He
and his wife, Neesha, live in Hoboken,
NJ with their two school-aged children.
Andre Fedida ’86
Dr. Fedida is a teaching attending
physician for the residency and medical
student teaching programs at St.
NJ. He completed an internal medicine
residency and a gastroenterology
fellowship at Seton Hall University, St.
Michael’s Medical Center, in Newark,
NJ. He is board certified in both
internal medicine and gastroenterology.
Queens College, BA ’76
Anastasia Kunac ’05
Dr. Kunac joined Rutgers New Jersey
Medical School in Newark, NJ in 2012
as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and
Surgical Intensivist in the Department of
Surgery. She is also a trauma attending
physician, Associate Program Director
for the General Surgery Residency
Program, and Co-Director of the
Surgical ICU at University Hospital,
part of Rutgers. Prior to joining Rutgers
New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Kunac
was an Assistant Professor of Surgery
and Faculty Member in the Division of
Surgical Critical Care at the University
of Connecticut, in Mansfield, CT. While
at UConn, she was awarded the Joseph
M. Civetta, MD Award for “Best Faculty
Teacher” 2011-12 by the Integrated
Surgical Residency Program. In addition,
Dr. Kunac served as the Co-Director
of Resident Simulation Education for
the Center of Education, Simulation
and Innovation. She completed her
first three years of her general surgery
residency at The Brooklyn Hospital
Center, and finished her fourth and fifth
years at St. Barnabas Medical Center
in Livingston, NJ. She then completed
a fellowship in trauma and critical
care at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, in Newark, NJ.
Dr. Kunac is board certified in general
surgery, surgical critical care, and hospice
and palliative medicine. She is a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons, a
member of the Society for Critical Care
Medicine, the Surgical Infection Society,
as well as the Eastern Association for the
Surgery of Trauma (EAST). Her research
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interests include ventilator-associated
pneumonia in trauma patients as well as
surgical disease in low-income countries.
Sarah Lee ’14
Dr. Lee is an internal medicine resident
at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
in Newark, NJ.
BA ’05
Alexis Parcells ’11
Dr. Parcells is a Plastic Surgery Fellow
at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
in Newark. He completed a general
surgery residency at Monmouth
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Jamal Saadah ’95
Dr. Saadah is in practice as a boardcertified emergency medicine physician.
He is employed by University Hospital
in Newark, NJ, as an Assistant Professor
in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Saadah is
very pleased with his success and hopes
to have a lasting commitment to his
current position. He completed a fouryear residency at Metropolitan Hospital
in New York, NY.
Rutgers University at Cook College,
BS ’90
Ahmed Seliem ’12
Dr. Seliem is a Cardiology Fellow at
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
in Newark, NJ. He completed an
institution.
John Shin ’97
Dr. Shin is an attending endocrinologist
at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center
and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at
the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. He
at the New York Hospital Medical
Center of Queens and a fellowship in
endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism
NY. Dr. Shin is board certified in
internal medicine and endocrinology.
Sasha Sitahal ’12
Dr. Sitahal is a combined internal
Newark, NJ.
New Jersey
Melissa Wallach ’99
Dr. Wallach is a pediatrician in private
practice in Newark, NJ and has been
on the faculty at Newark Beth Israel
since 2008, where she works in the
outpatient pediatric and internal
medicine clinics, as well as on the
inpatient units in both the departments
of Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Wallach
is the Clerkship Director of the Internal
Medicine Medical Students and assists
the Clerkship Director of the Pediatric
Medical Students. Dr. Wallach is an
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, St.
and New York College of Medicine. She
has an interest in community outreach
programs and preventive medicine. Dr.
Wallach completed a combined internal
Brooklyn, NY.
Alfonso Waller ’06
Dr. Waller is an Assistant Professor of
Medicine and the Director of Advanced
Cardiac Imaging at Rutgers New Jersey
Medical School in Newark, NJ. Dr.
Waller completed his internal medicine
residency and cardiovascular disease
fellowship, and served as Chief Fellow in
cardiovascular disease at the University
Jersey Medical School in Newark. He
then went on to complete a fellowship
in advanced cardiovascular imaging
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA,
where he served as Chief Fellow of the
program. Dr. Waller is board certified
disease, echocardiography, nuclear
cardiology, and cardiovascular computed
tomography. Dr. Waller has extensive
clinical expertise in multimodality
cardiovascular imaging and has
published peer-reviewed manuscripts in
the fields of cardiac MRI, cardiac CT,
nuclear cardiology (SPECT and PET),
and advanced echocardiography. His
clinical and research interests include
optimal selection between imaging
tests and comparative effectiveness of
cardiovascular imaging.
NORFOLK
Marcella Gatti ’87
Dr. Gatti is in a group practice in
Norfolk, NJ. She completed her
anesthesiology residency at Monmouth
Medical Center in Monmouth, NJ.
Delaware Valley College, BS ’81
NORTH PLAINFIELD
Abid Husain ’98
Dr. Husain is a cardiologist in North
Plainfield, NJ and is affiliated with
multiple hospitals in the area, including
JFK Medical Center and Somerset
Medical Center. He completed an internal
medicine residency at the State University
of New York Downstate Medical Center
and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
BA ’94
OAKLAND
Marc Kesselhaut ’86
Dr. Kesselhaut is an internal medicine
Valley Medical Group in Oakland, NJ.
OLD BRIDGE
Ann Marie Grigoletto ’85
Dr. Grigoletto has been a Managing
Partner of Island Heights Pediatrics of
Staten Island, NY and Old Bridge, NJ for
almost 30 years. She is on staff at Staten
Island University Hospital and Richmond
University Medical Center, both in Staten
Island, NY, and she is on the faculty of
Rutgers University School of Health
Related Professions PA program. Board
certified in pediatrics, she completed
a pediatric residency at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center in Staten Island, NY,
where she also served as Chief Resident.
LI University at Brooklyn Campus, BS ’80
ORADELL
Carl Battista ’85
Dr. Battista is in private practice
in pediatrics in Oradell, NJ. Board
certified in pediatrics, he began his
pediatric residency at New York
Methodist in Brooklyn, NY and
completed it at Nassau University
Medical Center.
PARAMUS
PASSAIC
Ismail A. Mohame Ariff ’92
Dr. Ariff is a solo practitioner in
infectious diseases practicing in Bergen
and Essex counties, NJ. Board certified
an internal medicine and infectious
disease residency at St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ. After
graduating, Dr. Ariff joined the
St. George’s University faculty as a
physical diagnosis and microbiology
demonstrator from 1993-94.
Michael Gentile ’85
Dr. Gentile is on staff at St. Mary’s
Hospital in Passaic, NJ, and is the
past President of medical staff at Clara
Maass Hospital in Belleville, NJ. Before
he attended St. George’s University, he
was a respiratory therapist at Belleville
Hospital in New Jersey and the Director
of Respiratory Therapy at Lutheran
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. After
Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dr.
Gentile opened a solo practice in
internal medicine in 1988. He lives in
Franklin Lakes, NJ, with his wife of 28
years, and they have two boys together.
City University of New York at College of
Staten Island, BS ’74
Edward Hall ’81
A member of the charter class of
St. George’s University, Dr. Hall is
Chief Psychiatrist of the Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Division of
Bergen Regional Medical Center
in Paramus, NJ. He is a Clinical
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
at New York Medical College, as
well as an Assistant Professor in
the Department Of Psychiatry at
Medicine.
Adelphi University, BA ’74
Steven Winer ’82
Dr. Winer is an internist in private
practice at Forest Healthcare Associates,
PC, part of Hackensack University
Medical Group, in Paramus, NJ. He
medicine at the Bergen Pines County
Hospital in Paramus, NJ.
St. Lawrence University, BS ’76
PARSIPPANY
Irfan Alladin ’98
Dr. Alladin is in private practice, with
offices in New York and north and
central New Jersey. After he completed
a five-year combined internal medicine
and physical medicine residency at the
of New Jersey in Newark, NJ, he
pain management. A diplomate to the
American Board of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Dr. Alladin is also
a diplomate to the American Board of
Pain Management and the American
Board of Pain Medicine. Dr. Alladin
and his wife, Amber, have five children:
Adnan, Aafia, Eesha, Aiyza, and Ishal.
PATERSON
Fred Berlin ’07
Dr. Berlin is an Assistant Professor
of Clinical Radiology at New York
Medical College in Valhalla, NY and is
an Attending Interventional Radiology
Physician at St. Joseph’s Regional
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ and at
Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge,
NJ. Dr. Berlin has extensive experience
and active interest in minimally
invasive treatments for liver cancer
including Yttrium-90 radioembolization,
chemoembolization, and thermal
ablative therapies. He also has broad
expertise in providing a wide variety
of traditional interventional radiology
procedures, such as image-guided
biopsies, dialysis access, hepatobiliary,
genitourinary, and gastrointestinal
interventions. Dr. Berlin completed his
diagnostic radiology residency followed
by a clinical fellowship in vascular and
interventional radiology at the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine, Mount
Sinai Medical Center in New York,
NY. Dr. Berlin has been involved in
numerous clinical trials, publications,
abstracts, and scientific exhibits and
has been invited to lecture and present
his clinical research in the field of
minimally invasive interventions at
multiple international conferences. He
is board certified by the American
Board of Radiology in Diagnostic
Radiology, is a member of American
College of Radiology and Society of
Interventional Radiology, and has
RPVI (Registered Physician Vascular
Ultrasound Interpretation) certification
John Messina ’86
Dr. Messina is Chief of Pediatric
Cardiology and an attending physician
in pediatric cardiac care at St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ.
He is also an Assistant Professor of
pediatrics at Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Messina completed a Pediatrics
residency at St. Joseph’s Children’s
Hospital as Chief Resident. He then
cardiology at Cornell Medical Center in
New York, NY.
George Pavlou ’86
Dr. Pavlou is a physician in private
practice at St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Paterson, NJ. He was part of the
teaching staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital
from 1991–2004.
Chirag Rana ’14
Dr. Rana is an internal medicine
resident at St. Joseph’s Regional
Rutgers University at Piscataway, BA ’09
Brian Shayota ’14
Dr. Shayota is a pediatrics resident at
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in
Paterson, NJ.
BS ’08
Roberto Solis ’88
Dr. Solis is board certified in internal
medicine, pulmonary medicine, and
critical care. He is in private solo
practice in Paterson, NJ.
PERTH AMBOY
John Rajapakse ’03
Dr. Rajapakse is in private practice in
internal medicine. He spent the first two
years of his internal medicine residency
in Paterson, NJ, and completed his
internal medicine residency at Raritan
Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy,
NJ. Dr. Rajapakse is very interested in
speaking to prospective students of St.
Brook, BS ’95
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POMONA
Timothy Droney ’83
Dr. Droney has been practicing cardiac
anesthesia with AtlantiCare Health
Systems at its Mainland Campus
in Pomona, NJ, since 2003 and is
currently serving as Director of EP
Anesthesia. After completing an internal
medicine internship, anesthesiology
residency, and Chief Residency at St.
in Paterson, NJ, Dr. Droney completed
a cardiac anesthesia fellowship at the
University Hospital, in New Brunswick,
NJ. From 1998–2002, he was the
Director of Vascular Anesthesia at Penn
State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
in Hershey, PA.
RED BANK
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Robert John Gialanella ’93
Dr. Gialanella is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Red Bank
Gastroenterology in Red Bank, NJ.
at Riverview Medical Center. After
Wood Johnson Medical School, Dr.
Gialanella completed a gastroenterology
and hepatology fellowship at the same
institution. Dr. Gialanella is married
with one child.
Paul Ritchie ’98
Dr. Ritchie has been a partner in the
private practice anesthesia group Red
Bank Anesthesia Associates at Riverview
Medical Center in Red Bank, NJ, since
2009. Before that, he was an associate
partner with Hackensack Anesthesia
Associates PA at Hackensack University
Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ.
Board certified in anesthesiology, Dr.
Ritchie completed an anesthesiology
residency at Weill Medical College
of Cornell University and New York
Presbyterian Hospital Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, both in New
York, NY..
RIDGEWOOD
Randy Cohen ’01
Dr. Cohen is a cardiologist specializing
in cardiovascular disease prevention and
New Jersey
nutrition. He completed his internal
medicine residency, chief residency,
and cardiology fellowship training at
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
in New York, NY, where he is now
Associate Director of the Fellowship
Training Program and Medical Director
of the Faculty Practice. Dr. Cohen is
married to Dr. Heather FriedmanCohen (SGU ’02) and they have three
children.
York, MS ’95
Heather Friedman-Cohen ’02
Dr. Friedman-Cohen is an attending
physician in the pediatric emergency
department at Valley Hospital in
Ridgewood, NJ. She completed her
pediatric residency at Long Island
College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Dr.
Friedman-Cohen has been working
in the field of pediatric emergency
medicine for the past decade, having
worked at a variety of hospitals
spanning from Massachusetts to
Maryland. She is settled in suburban
New Jersey, where she lives with her
husband, Randy Cohen (SGU ’01) and
their three children.
BS ’96
Robert Saporito ’87
Dr. Saporito is in private general and
interventional cardiology practice with
Valley Medical Group Garden State
Cardiology and is the Co-Director
of the Valley Hospital Heart and
Vascular Institute in Ridgewood, NJ.
Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital, in
Paterson, NJ, followed by a second
residency in cardiovascular disease
Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. Dr.
Saporito is board certified in internal
medicine, interventional cardiology, and
cardiovascular disease.
Aiman Shilad ’00
Dr. Shilad is working in a solo private
obstetrics and gynecology practice in
Ridgewood, NJ. Board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Shilad
completed his preliminary internal
medicine internship at Danbury
Hospital, Yale University School of
Medicine in Danbury, CT, followed by
his obstetrics and gynecology residency
at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical
Center in Paterson, NJ. During his
residency, Dr. Shilad received several
awards in research, in publications
with colleagues at Cornell University,
in laparoscopy, as well as teaching. He
also became a Clinical Instructor at The
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai (formerly the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine) in New York City. Since
entering private practice in 2005, Dr.
Shilad has been accredited in several
procedures including robotic surgery,
laparoscopic hysterectomy, and several
urogynecologic procedures. He is an
instructor to other physicians interested
in learning different minimally invasive
procedures and he has been selected
as a proctor for various surgical
companies, including DaVinci Robotics
and Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Shilad
has participated in several surgical
missions to the Philippines to help
underprivileged people who have no
medical or surgical care.
Saint Joseph’s University, BS ’94
ROSELLE
Kunjal Patel ’12
Dr. Patel is a family medicine physician
based in Roselle, NJ. He completed
his residency at St. Joseph’s Regional
Medical Center in Somerset.
SALEM
Manish Dadhania ’97
Dr. Dadhania is an attending clinical
cardiologist at Cooper University
Hospital, Cooper Health System in
Salem, NJ and an Assistant Professor
of Medicine at Cooper Medical School
of Rowan University in Camden,
NJ. He also serves as Chief of the
Department of Medicine, a member
of the Board of Trustees, Director
of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
Services, and the Echocardiography
Laboratory, and is an attending
cardiologist at Memorial Hospital
of Salem County. Board certified in
disease, Dr. Dadhania completed a
residency in internal medicine and a
fellowship in cardiovascular disease at
Cooper University Hospital, University
Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School in Newark, NJ. During her final
year of fellowship, Dr. Dadhania served
as Chief Fellow of the Cardiology
Fellowship Program and also as Chief
of Cooper Internal Medicine Fellowship
Programs. Dr. Dadhania is a Fellow of
and a member of the American Society
of Echocardiography.
Case Western Reserve University, BS ’92
SECAUCUS
Michael Kane ’87
Dr. Kane is a double board-certified
OB/GYN and emergency medicine
physician working in various
institutions in New Jersey. He is
Director of Emergency Medicine at
Meadowlands Hospital and Medical
Center in Secaucus, NJ and is an
attending emergency medicine
physician at Hackensack University
Medical Center, where he is a Virtual
Staff Assistant Clinical Professor for
Medicine. He is also a Voluntary Staff
Assistant Clinical Professor for Rutgers
University Medical Center, in Newark,
NJ. Dr. Kane was recently honorably
discharged from the United States Army
Reserve, serving overseas in Kuwait and
Kosovo. He has served civilian medical
missions in China, the Indian Health
Service, and the Special Olympics
National Games, and has lectured
for St. George’s University students at
and in Grenada. Dr. Kane completed
in Paterson, NJ and then, after 13
years in private practice in northern
New Jersey, completed an emergency
medicine residency at Lincoln Medical
and Mental Health Center in the Bronx,
NY. He is married with two children,
one at Rutgers University pursuing
meteorology, the other pursuing a
DMD at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Dentistry, in Philadelphia.
BA ’83
SOMERSET
Chike Aguh ’82
Dr. Aguh is board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology. He is Director of
Gynecology at Somerset Medical Center
in Somerville, NJ, and is also in private
practice.
Arlene Balubayan ’04
Dr. Balubayan is a pediatrician and
neonatologist in private practice with
Somerset Pediatric Group in New Jersey.
the State University of New York at Stony
Brook Medical Center and a neonatology
fellowship at the Floating Hospital for
Children at Tufts Medical Center in
Boston, MA. Dr. Balubayan is a member
of the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the American Medical Association.
She is a recipient of Ikaria’s Advancing
Newborn Medical Grant for Fellows and
is involved in projects in several areas of
newborn research. She and her husband, a
neuroradiologist, live in New Jersey.
College of Mount Saint Vincent, BS ’99
MPH ’02
Sandesh Jain ’00
Dr. Jain has practiced nephrology in
private practice in Somerset, NJ since
2005 and has been named to the
New Jersey Top Docs list. He is also a
Visiting Professor in Renal Pathology
at St. George’s University School
of Medicine. Dr. Jain completed a
residency in internal medicine, followed
by a fellowship in nephrology at Robert
New Brunswick, NJ.
BA ’95
SPRINGFIELD
Glenn Forrester ’01
Dr. Forrester is a physician in private
practice based in Springfield, NJ, where
he focuses on bariatric surgery as well as
advanced laparoscopic general surgical
procedures. Dr. Forrester has privileges
at four hospitals, including Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital-Somerset
in Somerset County, NJ, where he
serves as Director of Bariatric Surgery.
Forrester completed his general surgery
residency at Our Lady of Mercy Lincoln
Medical Center and his bariatric surgery
fellowship at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital in New York, NY.
Brown University, BA ’91
SUCCASUNNA
Mark Rubinetti ’86
Dr. Rubinetti is a board-certified internal
medicine physician in a solo private
practice. He completed an internal
medicine residency at St. Michael’s
SUMMIT
Joanne Erin Davine-Reicher ’12
Dr. Davine-Reicher is a family medicine
physician with Summit Springfield
Family Practice and Pediatrics in
Summit, NJ. She completed her
family medicine residency at Overlook
Hospital Atlantic Health, an affiliate of
Mount Sinai Hospital, in Summit, NJ.
Concordia University, BS ’06
David Groman ’03
Dr. Groman is the Assistant Medical
Director of the Department of
Emergency Medicine and an attending
emergency medicine physician at
Overlook Medical Center in Summit,
NJ. He previously worked in the
emergency department at Maimonides
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Board
residency at Sinai-Grace Hospital in
Detroit, MI. Before moving to Brooklyn
in 2011, he worked at Presbyterian
Hospital in Albuquerque, NM for five
years. Dr. Groman also obtained a
Master of Business Administration from
New York University Leonard N. Stern
School of Business. He and his wife, Dr.
Jody Rogers, have two children.
Amanda Scott ’13
Dr. Scott is an internal medicine
resident at Overlook Hospital in
Summit, NJ.
TEANECK
Joel Adler ’84
Dr. Adler is a Senior Partner with
Aspen Medical Associates in Teaneck,
NJ, and a Clinical Assistant Professor
in Newark, NJ. He is also the Medical
Director of the Plaza Regency skilled
nursing facility in Park Ridge and Life
Source Hospice in Paramus, NJ. Board
geriatric medicine, Dr. Adler completed
his internal medicine internship and
in Brooklyn, NY. He then completed
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a geriatrics fellowship at the State
University of New York at Buffalo–
Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center
in 1989. Dr. Adler served as Director of
Long Care Services at the Batavia VA
Medical Center in Batavia, NY for two
years, and in Buffalo for three years. He
was also a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Medicine at the State University of New
York at Buffalo from 1989-95, as well as
the Director of Geriatric Evaluation and
Management at Bergen Pines Hospital
in Paramus, NJ, from 1994-97. Dr.
Adler began working for the University
Jersey in 1994 as a Clinical Assistant
Professor and as the Co-Director of the
geriatric fellowship program.
City University of New York at City
College, BA ’80
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Vincent Rigoglioso ’85
Dr. Rigoglioso is the Chief of
Gastroenterology at Holy Name
Hospital in Teaneck, NJ. He completed
NJ as Chief Resident, followed by
a gastroenterology fellowship at St.
Michael’s and St. Joseph’s Regional
Springfield College, BS ’79
TENAFLY
Rita Vinod ’98
Dr. Vinod is in a private obstetrics and
gynecology practice in Tenafly, NJ. She
completed her residency in obstetrics and
gynecology at Christiana Care Hospital
in Newark, DE.
Carnegie Mellon University, BS ’93
TOMS RIVER
Rajat Kiran Dhar ’88
Dr. Dhar is a rheumatologist in private
practice in Toms River, NJ. He is also
a Clinical Assistant Professor at Seton
Hall University School of Graduate
Medical Education.
Brook, BS ’83
Christine Gigliuto ’87
Dr. Gigliuto is an internist in private
practice with Coastal Healthcare in
Toms River, NJ and is an attending
physician at Community Medical
Center. Prior to joining Coastal
Healthcare in 2001, Dr. Gigliuto
provided care at Toms River Family
New Jersey
Medical Center, and was an emergency
room physician at Paul Kimball
internal medicine residency at Jersey
City Medical Center in 1990. Dr.
Gigliuto is a Fellow of the Academy
of Medicine and a member of the
American College of Physicians.
Carl Raso ’82
Dr. Raso, in private practice in
Toms River, NJ and an attending
gastroenterologist at Community
Medical Center since 1987, is also
Medical Director of Ocean Endosurgery
Center in Toms River. In addition, he
is a member of the Board of Trustees
for the St. Barnabas Healthcare
Corporation. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Yale Medical
School, Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk,
CT, and a gastroenterology fellowship
at Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Harlem
Hospital, in New York, NY.
BS ’78
Karen Senese ’92
Dr. Senese is in private psychiatry
practice, specializing in child and
adolescent psychiatry. She works with
emotionally disabled children at two
alternative schools in New Jersey and
finds it very rewarding. Dr. Senese
followed by a child and adolescent
psychiatry fellowship at the University
Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical
Center in New Brunswick, NJ, studying
under Dr. Robert Hendren.
Vincent Tomasuolo ’87
Dr. Tomasuolo is a pulmonary critical
care physician in private practice with
offices in Toms River and Lakewood,
NJ. He is affiliated with Community
Medical Center and Monmouth
Medical Center.
Henry Yu ’82
Dr. Yu is in private practice in Toms
River, NJ. He completed an internal
Hospital in Newark, NJ.
TOTOWA
Michael Ardito ’87
Dr. Ardito has been in private practice
in internal medicine since 1990 and
is certified by the American Board
of Internal Medicine. He completed
in Paterson, NJ. Dr. Ardito served in
the US Marine Corps Reserve from
1980–86, and in the US Army Medical
Corps from 1989–96.
Brook, BS ’83
Orazio Giliberti ’82
Dr. Giliberti has been an Associate
Dean of Clinical Studies and Director
of Ophthalmology at St. George’s
University since 1997. He is also a
Clinical Professor in the University’s
Department of Surgery. Through
the Department of Ophthalmology,
Dr. Giliberti has performed dozens
of surgeries at no cost for Grenadian
citizens and, along with his daughter,
Francesca M. Giliberti (SGU ’10),
launched an ophthalmology clinic in
Grenada. In addition to his work with
St. George’s University, Dr. Giliberti
owns and operates Giliberti Eye &
Laser Center in Totowa, NJ, performing
thousands of ophthalmologic surgeries,
including cataract and laser procedures.
He has also been an attending physician
at Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville,
NJ since 1987. In the academic realm,
Dr. Giliberti chairs the Department
of Ophthalmology at Seton Hall
University School of Graduate Medical
Education and serves as an Assistant
Clinical Professor. After graduating
from St. George’s University in 1982, Dr.
Giliberti completed an ophthalmology
and Dentistry of New Jersey, University
Hospital, in Newark, NJ. Dr. Giliberti is
board certified in ophthalmology.
BA ’77
TRENTON
Joshua Ackerman ’10
Dr. Ackerman is a psychiatrist in
private practice with the Capital
Health Psychiatry Department
in Trenton, NJ. He completed a
psychiatry residency at New York
Medical College Metropolitan Hospital
Center in New York, NY. He also
teaches psychopharmacology and
psychopathology in the graduate
program at Monmouth University in
West Long Branch, NJ.
Ithaca College, BA ’96
Monmouth University, MS ’03
UNION
Kunal Grover ’03
Dr. Grover is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Advanced
Gastroenterology Group in Union, NJ.
residency followed by a gastroenterology
and hepatology fellowship at the
of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. Board
gastroenterology, Dr. Grover served
as Chief Resident as well as Chief
Gastroenterology Fellow during his
tenure at UMDNJ. He was also the
recipient of the Golden Apple Award and
was named Best Teaching Resident.
Bucknell University, BA ’98
Patrick Tempera ’86
Dr. Tempera is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Advanced
Gastroenterology Group in Union, NJ
and is affiliated with Overlook Hospital.
He is also an Associate Professor of
Medicine in the Seton Hall University
postgraduate program and at the New
York School of Osteopathic Medicine.
He has served as thePresident of the
New Jersey GI Association and the New
Jersey Endoscopy Society for two years.
Dr. Tempera has received multiple
awards including Attending of the Year
at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
in Elizabeth, NJ and Union Hospital
in Union, NJ and was named as one
of New Jersey’s Top Docs for the years
2004, 2007, 2009, and 2010. Board
certified in both internal medicine
and gastroenterology, Dr. Tempera
residency and gastroenterology
fellowship at Seton Hall University
School of Health and Medical Sciences.
Wagner College, BS ’82
VOORHEES
Huai Phen ’12
Dr. Phen is a board-certified family
medicine physician in practice at Virtua
Express Urgent Care in Voorhees,
NJ. He completed a family medicine
residency at Virtua Hospital in
Voorhees, NJ.
WAYNE
Leonard Joachim ’82
Dr. Joachim is in solo private practice in
internal medicine, pulmonary medicine,
and sleep medicine in Wayne, NJ. He
has admitting privileges at Chilton
Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains,
NJ, and St. Joseph’s Regional Hospital
and Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. Dr.
Joachim performs pulmonary workers’
compensation exams and gives expert
court testimony on behalf of pulmonary
patients in workers’ compensation court
and disability cases.
Thomas Jefferson University, BS ’74
Gina Puglisi ’87
Dr. Puglisi is a Regional Vice President
for Emergency Medical Associates
(EMA), a premier emergency department
contact service in NJ, NY, PA, and
RI. She is charged with integrating
and expanding the EMA’s Hospitalist
division and is presently overseeing
several of its hospitalist programs
in NY, NJ, and RI. Dr. Puglisi also
works clinically in both hospitalist and
emergency medicine. She completed
pediatrics residency at St. Joseph’s
Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ.
Dr. Puglisi served as the second Alumni
President for St. George’s University
School of Medicine for eight years until
1996, when she welcomed her first child.
Dr. Puglisi and her husband, Peter
Quinn, have five children.
University of Vermont, BA ’83
Debra Rosenzweig ’88
Dr. Rosenzweig is in private solo
practice in Wayne, NJ. After
completing a residency in obstetrics and
gynecology at St. Michael’s Medical
Center in Newark, NJ, she entered a
group practice.
AB ’81
WAYSIDE
Nancy Kruvant-Gornish ’87
Dr. Kruvant-Gornish is a faculty
member in infectious diseases at the
Jersey Shore University Medical Center,
where she teaches residents, physician
assistants, and medical students. She
also participates in HIV clinical trials
and is in an infectious disease private
practice. After completing a residency
in internal medicine, Dr. KruvantGornish completed an infectious
disease fellowship at Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital in New
Brunswick, NJ.
WEST ORANGE
Deborah Coy ’88
Dr. Coy is a pediatrician in private
practice in West Orange, NJ. She is
actively involved in the St. George’s
University School of Medicine Alumni
Association and previously served as its
Co-Vice President. She is also involved
in organizing CME conferences. Dr.
Coy completed a pediatrics residency
Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ.
BS ’83
Lisa Hayes ’05
Dr. Hayes is a board-certified physician in
private practice at Associates in Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Infertility at Summit
Medical Group in West Orange, NJ and
is affiliated with St. Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston, NJ. She completed
her obstetrics and gynecology residency
at St. Barnabas Medical Center and is
honored to continue her career there.
Arthur Tutela II ’01
Dr. Tutela is an eye physician and
surgeon in his own private practice,
Tutela Eye Center, in West Orange, NJ.
His special interests include LASIK and
refractive surgery, cataract and advanced
cataract (multifocal, accommodative,
and toric intraocular lenses), glaucoma,
dry eye syndrome and blepharitis,
diabetic eye disease, and eyeglasses
and contact lens prescriptions. He also
serves as Chief Ophthalmologist at St.
Barnabas Medical Center. A boardcertified ophthalmologist, Dr. Tutela
completed his ophthalmology residency
Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,
NJ. He is a member of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology and the
New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology.
Loyola University Chicago, BS ’93
WESTFIELD
Daniel Hermann ’99
Board certified in pediatrics, Dr.
Hermann has been working in private
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practice for more than 10 years. In
2006, he joined the Summit Medical
Group, a large multispecialty group
comprising over 300 physicians,
including 30 pediatricians, based in
Berkeley Heights, NJ. Dr. Hermann has
been working at the Westfield, NJ office
since 2006 and became the Chairman
of Pediatrics in December 2013. He is
also a faculty member of the Atlantic
Health System Overlook Medical
Center Department of Pediatrics. Dr.
Hermann completed his pediatric
residency at Atlantic Health System at
Morristown Memorial Hospital and
Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ,
where he served an additional year as
Chief Resident. After residency, he
entered private practice as a general
pediatrician at Basking Ridge Pediatrics
in Basking Ridge, NJ. Dr. Hermann
of Pediatrics and has been a District
Counselor for the American Academy
of Pediatrics, New Jersey Chapter
Executive Committee, Districts 2 and
3, as well as an at-large counselor. For
the five consecutive years, Dr. Hermann
was awarded the “New Jersey Top Docs”
recognition by New Jersey Parents
magazine. He and his wife, Melissa, a
family physician in solo practice, live
in Hillsborough, NJ with their two
daughters.
University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, MPH ’94
WILLINGBORO Timothy Dunn ’95
Dr. Dunn is practicing general neurology
in private practice as a Partner at LMA
Neurology Specialists of Burlington
County, a small single-specialty practice
in Willingboro, NJ. In this very busy
practice, he sees 100 patients a week,
treating both children and adults. In
2008 and 2009, he received South Jersey
magazine’s recognition for Top Docs
for treating children with neurologic
conditions and was the only neurologist
who was not a pediatric neurologist or
part of a university hospital to receive
that recognition. Board certified in
neurology, Dr. Dunn completed a
Jersey in Newark, NJ, where he received
several teaching awards and a Golden
Apple nomination from the students. He
then began fellowship training at the
National Institutes of Health/National
New Jersey
Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, subspecializing in epilepsy and
sleep disorders. He published abstracts
regarding studies in children with
hypothalamic hamartomas causing
gelastic seizures. In his spare time, Dr.
Dunn enjoys wine collecting, as well as
traveling and spending time with his
siblings and parents.
BA ’88
Richard Schaller Jr. ’04
Dr. Schaller is a colon and rectal
surgeon in private practice with Lourdes
Medical Associates Surgical Specialists
of Burlington County in Willingboro,
NJ. He completed a general surgery
Albany, NY, followed by a colon and
rectal surgery fellowship at Cleveland
Clinic Florida in Weston, FL. Dr.
Schaller is board certified in general
surgery and colorectal surgery.
Florida Atlantic University, BS ’94
NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE
LAS CRUCES
Cameron Burrup ’02
Dr. Burrup is in practice with
Anesthesia Associates of New Mexico
at Presbyterian Hospital. He completed
his residency in anesthesiology at the
University of New Mexico School of
Medicine in Albuquerque, NM.
Brigham Young University, BA ’96
Llewelyn Williams ’93
Dr. Williams is an anesthesiologist
in private practice at Agape Pain
Management and Lifestyle Center
in Las Cruces, NM. He completed
an internal medicine internship and
an anesthesiology residency at MCP
Hahnemann University in Philadelphia,
PA. He then pursued a pain
management fellowship. Dr. Williams
is board certified in both anesthesiology
and pain management.
Loma Linda University, BSc ’85
Elliot Marcus ’81
Dr. Marcus is an anesthesiologist in
private practice at Anesthesia Specialists
of Albuquerque in New Mexico. He is
affiliated with Lovelace Medical Center
and Lovelace Westside Hospital, both
in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Marcus
completed a surgery internship at St.
John’s Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn,
NY, followed by a residency in
anesthesiology at Monmouth Medical
Center in Long Branch, NJ.
BS ’77
Robert Rudawsky ’81
Dr. Rudawsky is the Director of
Emergency Medical Services at Sierra
Vista Hospital and an Assistant
Professor of Family and Community
Medicine at the University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center. He
is board certified in both internal
medicine and anesthesiology.
Northwestern University, BS ’76
Zhi Xu ’05
Dr. Xu is working as clinical
faculty in the nephrology division
at the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Banner Good
Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix,
AZ. Dr. Xu then went on to complete
University of New Mexico.
BS ’99
MONTEZUMA
Karen Baldi ’85
Dr. Baldi is now a retired colonel in
the US Air Force, enjoying life. She has
earned a Master in Public Health, been
team physician for the Maryland Urban
Search and Rescue team, been deployed
to Iraq and Qatar, and is presently the
Fire Chief for a local volunteer fire
department. Board certified in family
medicine, Dr. Baldi continues to work
with and study alternative healing
techniques.
Lycoming College, BA ’76
TRUTH OR
CONSEQUENCES
Lisa Stolarczyk ’05
Dr. Stolarczyk is a family medicine
physician serving as the Medical
Director at Ben Archer Health Center
(rural community medicine) and
AmberCare Hospice for Sierra County.
residency at Memorial Medical Center
in Las Cruces, NM.
University of Utah, BS ’83
University of New Mexico, PhD ’96
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Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burnt Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dennis Basila ’04
Dr. Basila is a pediatric hospitalist at
Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s
Hospital at Albany Medical Center
and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
at Albany Medical College in Albany,
NY. He also serves as Director of the
Pediatrics Residency Program and is a
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Middletown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miller Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mineola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mount Kisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mount Sinai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mount Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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New Hyde Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Newburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Niagara Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
North Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oceanside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ogdensburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ossining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oswego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Patchogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Pediatric Interest Group Lead Academic
Advisor for Albany Medical College.
Board certified in pediatrics, Dr. Basila
completed his pediatrics residency at
University of Notre Dame, BA ’99
Augustin Delago ’87
Dr. Delago is the Director of the
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and
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Smithtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Somers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Staten Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Stony Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Suffern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Syosset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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Valhalla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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Wantagh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
West Islip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
White Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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Interventional Cardiology at Albany
Medical Center Hospital in Albany,
NY. After completing a residency in
internal medicine at Mount Sinai
Hospital, he pursued a fellowship in
general and invasive cardiology at
Albany Medical Center Hospital. Dr.
Delago is board certified in internal
Campus, BA ’80
Thomas Fabian ’96
Dr. Fabian is Chief of the Section of
Thoracic Surgery at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY. He also practices
at Latham Multispecialty Office in
Latham, NY. After completing his
general surgery residency at the Hospital
of St. Raphael in New Haven, CT, Dr.
Fabian went on to complete fellowships
in cardiothoracic surgery at Albany
Medical Center and in minimally
invasive surgery at the University of
Pittsburgh Presbyterian Hospital in
Pittsburgh, PA. He is board certified in
general surgery and thoracic surgery.
Anthony Kelada ’13
Dr. Kelada is a psychiatry resident at
BS ’07
Aakash Modi ’12
Dr. Modi is a Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine Fellow at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY. He completed
an internal medicine residency as Chief
Resident at the same institution.
John Morley ’82
Dr. Morley is an Associate Professor
of Anesthesia, Medicine, and Surgery
at Albany Medical College in Albany,
NY, where he served as Vice President
of Medical Affairs from 2001-05. Dr.
Morley completed an internship in
internal medicine and a residency in
anesthesiology at St. Barnabas Critical
Care at Cooper Hospital before
completing fellowships in pulmonary
and critical care medicine as well as
infectious diseases at Albany Medical
College in Albany, NY. Board certified
in anesthesiology, critical care medicine,
internal medicine, and pulmonary
disease, Dr. Morley served as Medical
Director of the New York State
Department of Health, Office of Health
Systems Management from 2005-11
and as Deputy Chief Medical Officer
of the New York City Health and
Hospitals Corporation from 2011-13.
Iona College, BS ’77
Shreyas Patel ’14
Dr. Patel is an internal medicine resident
BS ’09
James Phillip ’86
Dr. Phillip is an interventional
cardiologist in private practice
with Prime Care Physicians, PLLC
in Albany, NY. Board certified in
cardiology, Dr. Phillip is a Fellow of
and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine
at Albany Medical College. He
completed internal medicine training
at Mount Sinai Hospital and then went
on to a cardiology fellowship at Albany
Medical College.
Saint Michael’s College, AB ’79
AMITYVILLE
James Colasacco ’91
Dr. Colasacco is in private practice
at the Amityville Heart Center in
Amityville, NY. He completed his
internship and residency at the Hospital
of St. Raphael in in New Haven,
CT. He later completed a cardiology
fellowship at North Shore University
Hospital in Manhasset, NY. Dr.
Colasacco and his wife, Colleen, have
three children, Bryan, Abigail, and Zoe.
Fordham University at Fordham College,
BS ’83
AMSTERDAM
Deborah Ann Sculco ’88
Dr. Sculco is a board-certified oncologist
at St. Mary’s Cancer Medicine Center
in Amsterdam, NY. After completing
Medicine, Dr. Sculco went on to a
Geneseo, BS ’80
ASTORIA
Michael Iordanou ’87
Dr. Iordanou has been a pediatrician in
practice at Astoria Pediatric Associates
in Astoria and Bayside, NY since 1991.
He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
in Hempstead, NY and is affiliated
with Forest Hills Hospital, Long Island
Jewish Medical Center, North Shore
University Hospital, and Steven and
Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical
Center of New York. Board certified
in pediatrics, Dr. Iordanou completed
a pediatrics residency at Westchester
County Medical Center in Valhalla,
NY. He and his wife, Theana, have four
children, Jordan, Christian, Angelika,
and Jennia.
Christina Toufexis ’97
Dr. Toufexis is a pediatrician in private
practice in Astoria, NY and has an
appointment at the State University of
in Brooklyn, NY. She was previously
a pediatrician at the US Army Health
Clinic in Germany. She completed her
residency in pediatrics at Brooklyn
Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY.
BALDWINSVILLE
Kaushal Bhalcha Nanavati ’96
Dr. Nanavati is a family physician in
Baldwinsville, NY and a volunteer
faculty member for State University of
in Syracuse, NY, the department of
family medicine. He completed his
family medicine residency at the
State University of New York Upstate
Medical University, Crouse Hospital,
Lafayette Health Center. Dr. Nanavati
and his wife, Divija, have a son, Shivam.
BALLSTON LAKE
Karin Borrelli ’02
Since 2005, Dr. Borrelli has been
a board-certified staff physician at
Scotia-Glenville Family Medicine, a
group founded by Dr. Robert Halbig
(SGU ’83) and now part of Saratoga
Hosptal, in Ballston Lake, NY. She
Upstate Medical University, St. Joseph’s
Hospital Health Center, in Syracuse,
NY, serving as Chief Resident in her
final year. Dr. Borrelli is married to Dr.
Jason Bernad (SGU ’02), an emergency
physician at Saratoga Springs Hospital,
Bates College, BS ’94
BALLSTON SPA
Vincent Meyer ’99
Dr. Meyer is in private family medicine
practice at Meyer and Malin Family
Health and Wellness in Ballston Spa,
NY. He completed his family medicine
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residency at St. Joseph Health Centers
and Hospital in Chicago, IL as the
Chief Resident.
BS ’94
BAY SHORE
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Louis Guida ’84
Dr. Guida began working private
practice in 1990 as the Medical
Director of both the Cystic Fibrosis
and Pulmonary Centers at Good
Samaritan Hospital’s Center for
Pediatric Specialty Care, in Babylon,
NY. Dr. Guida is also in private
practice and is the Medical Director
of the Bay Shore Allergy and Asthma
Specialty Practice. After completing
his residency, Dr. Guida did his
specialty training and fellowships
in pediatric pulmonary diseases at
Philadelphia, PA. He also completed
training in allergy and clinical
immunology at Nassau University
Medical Center in East Meadow, NY.
He is a Fellow of the American College
of Chest Physicians; the American
Immunology; and the American
Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Guida was
named one of New York’s Best Doctors
by New York Magazine in June 2008.
Edward Hallal ’84
Dr. Hallal has a busy internal medicine
private practice on Long Island in Bay
Shore, NY. He has a wife and two
children.
Providence College, BS ’80
Adrian Lombardi ’06
Dr. Lombardi is in private practice in
Bay Shore, NY. He is also an attending
physician at North Shore Long Island
Jewish Health System at Southside
Hospital in Bay Shore. Dr. Lombardi
at Southside Hospital.
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, BS ’01
Christopher Magnifico ’97
Dr. Magnifico practices family
medicine at Brentwood Health Center
in Brentwood, NY and is an Assistant
Professor in the Southside Family
Practice Program in Bay Shore, NY.
Brook, BS ’93
Robert Thomas Plachy ’87
New York
Dr. Plachy is a family medicine
physician in private practice in Bay
Shore, NY and is affiliated with
Southside Hospital.
Michael Torelli ’88
Dr. Torelli is on the faculty of the
Southside Hospital Family Practice
Program and is a Suffolk County
Disaster Medical Response Team
physician. He is also the Medical
Director of the area’s fire EMS services,
and is a former St. George’s University
alumni president. He completed
his residency in family medicine at
Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, NY, as
Chief Resident.
Ira Woletsky ’81
Dr. Woletsky has been in private
practice in pediatrics since 1982 and is
also on staff at two local hospitals. He
completed his pediatrics residency as
Chief Resident at the State University
of New York Downstate Medical
Center, Kings County Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY.
BAYPORT
Philipp James Underwood ’87
Dr. Underwood is an attending physician
and on the faculty of the Department
of Emergency Medicine at North Shore
University Hospital, as well as a Clinical
Instructor at New York University School
of Medicine. He completed residencies
in family medicine and emergency
medicine and is board certified in
emergency medicine, family medicine,
and sports medicine.
BRONX
Mary Apiafi ’12
Dr. Apiafi is a physical medicine and
rehabilitation resident at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in the Bronx,
NY. She completed her preliminary
medicine year at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, Queens Hospital Center in
Jamaica, NY.
Morgan Chen ’12
Dr. Chen is an emergency medicine
resident at Lincoln Medical and Mental
Health Center in the Bronx, NY.
Laurence Dopkin ’98
Dr. Dopkin is Assistant Dean of
Students at St. George’s University and
serves as a School of Medicine Advisor
for the Office of Career Guidance and
Student Development. He is also the
Associate Director of Child and Adult
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at
Morrisania Neighborhood Family Care
Center in the Bronx, NY. Dr. Dopkin
trained in adult psychiatry and child
and adolescent psychiatry at Brown
University in Providence, RI from
1998-03, where he was Chief Resident
in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He
then worked at Mount Sinai Elmhurst
Hospital as an Associate Training
Director in Psychiatry and as the
Director of the Psychiatric Emergency
Room. During this time, Dr. Dopkin
also served as Clerkship Director for St.
and was an Assistant Professor at
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in
NYC. From 2008-11, he worked at
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health
Center and Morrisania Neighborhood
Family Care Center as the Vice Chair
of Psychiatry, Director of Child
Psychiatry, and Director of Outpatient
Psychiatry. He was also an Associate
Director of Medical Education for
Medicine and an Assistant Professor
at Weill-Cornell Medical College, in
NYC. Dr. Dopkin is a Fellow of the
American Psychiatric Association and
the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry.
Jason Greenman ’12
Dr. Greenman is an emergency
medicine resident at Lincoln Medical
Center in the Bronx, NY.
University of Rochester, BS ’08
Andrew Lederman ’12
Dr. Lederman is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation resident at Montefiore
Medical Center, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.
He completed his preliminary intern
year at the same institution. After
completing his residency training, Dr.
Lederman is interested in specializing in
interventional spine and palliative pain
medicine.
Harvard University, BA ’05
Francis Lopez ’02
Dr. Lopez is an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.
He is also an attending physician in the
Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at Jacobi Medical Center,
also in the Bronx. Dr. Lopez completed
an internal medicine internship at Long
NY followed by a physical medicine and
rehabilitation residency at Rusk Institute
of Rehabilitation Medicine, New
York University and a year-long chief
residency at the General Rehabilitation
Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital
in New York, NY. Before relocating to
New York in 2014, Dr. Lopez was an
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an
attending physician at the Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania and the
Veterans Affairs Hospital in Philadelphia,
PA. He also served as Medical Director
of the Pennsylvania Hospital Skilled
Care Unit from 2011-13. Dr. Lopez
earned a Master of Public Health in
California, Los Angeles in 1996.
MPH ’96
hematology-oncology fellowship at the
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in the
Bronx, NY, followed by a pediatric bone
marrow and stem cell transplantation
fellowship at Duke University Medical
Center in Durham, NC. Dr. Mahadeo
also has a Master of Public Health in
in Newark, NJ. He is an inspector for
the Foundation for Accreditation of
Cellular Therapy, is a member of several
medical societies and is involved in many
areas of pediatric research. Dr. Mahadeo
previously served as Director of Quality
Management for the pediatric blood and
marrow transplantation clinical program
and the stem cell processing laboratory at
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Dmitry Lvovsky ’00
Dr. Lvovsky is an attending pulmonary
and critical care physician at Bronx
Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx, NY.
He was previously the Pulmonary
Fellowship Director and the Director
of the Sleep Center at Bridgeport
Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. Dr.
Lvovsky completed an internal
medicine residency at Methodist
Hospital and a pulmonary and critical
care medicine fellowship at Montefiore
Medical Center.
Graciela Soto ’98
Dr. Soto is an attending Assistant
Professor at the Albert Einstein School
of Medicine Critical Care Division
in the Bronx, NY. After graduating
from St. George’s University School
of Medicine, Dr. Soto worked on the
faculty of Touro College, in Bay Shore,
NY as an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Physical Diagnosis.
She went on to complete an internal
University Medical Center and a critical
care medicine fellowship at Mount Sinai
Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr.
Soto then moved to Los Angeles, CA
to work as an Assistant Professor in the
division of pulmonary and critical care
medicine at the University of Southern
California. She has published studies
with the National Institutes of Health.
Kris Mahadeo ’03
Dr. Mahadeo is a board-certified
pediatric hematologist-oncologist in the
Bronx, NY. He is an Assistant Professor
and serves as Director of the Pediatric
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric
Hematology and Oncology in the
Department of Pediatrics at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine. Board
certified in pediatrics and pediatric
hematology-oncology, he completed a
pediatric internship at the Maimonides
Infants & Children’s Hospital and a
pediatric residency at the Children’s
Hospital at St. Peter’s University
Hospital. He then completed a pediatric
Neerav Shah ’12
Dr. Shah is an internal medicine
resident at Lincoln Medical and Mental
Health Center in the Bronx, NY. He
completed his preliminary surgery
year at Maimonides Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
BROOKLYN
Rama Aysola ’12
Dr. Aysola is a transformation analyst
with Brooklyn Urgent Care in
Brooklyn, NY.
Claremont Grad University, MS ’03
Andrew Beyzman ’97
Dr. Beyzman is a board-certified junior
partner of Park Slope Anesthesiology
Associates (affiliated with New York
Methodist Hospital) and a member of
the Resident’s Clinical Competency
Committee. He completed his residency
in internal medicine at New York
Methodist Hospital as Chief Resident.
In 2000, he received recognition as
Best Resident by the Physician Alumni
Association at Methodist Hospital.
Dimitry Bosoy ’05
Dr. Bosoy is an attending physician
at the emergency department of
Maimonides Medical Center. He
residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in
Bethlehem, PA.
Brook, BS ’00
Shintaro Chiba ’12
Dr. Chiba is completing his general
surgery residency at Maimonides
University of Cincinnati, BS ’06
University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine, MS ’07
Joyce Chou ’12
Dr. Chou is an internal medicine
resident at Lutheran Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’05
Wess Cohen ’12
Dr. Cohen is a general surgery resident
Brooklyn, NY.
William DeStefano ’82
Dr. DeStefano is a primary care
internal medicine physician in
Brooklyn, NY. Board certified in
internal medicine residency at New
NY. Dr. DeStefano has a passion for
show business and every year puts on a
musical comedy Christmas show; last
year’s was titled “Caribbean Christmas.”
He is also writing a television sitcom
called “Hit the Highway.”
College, BA ’72
Francis DeVito ’86
Dr. DeVito is a pediatrician in private
practice at DeVito and Alvarado
New York
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Pediatric Associates, PLLC in Brooklyn,
NY and an attending physician at four
different hospitals in the New York City
area. He is also a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics for St. George’s
University School of Medicine. Board
certified in pediatrics, he completed a
pediatrics residency at Sisters of Charity
Healthcare Systems, St. Vincent’s
campus, in Staten Island, NY. He is
married with three children.
Neha Egbert ’12
Dr. Egbert is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Maimonides
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Elie Fteha ’00
Dr. Fteha is an attending physician at
three hospitals and has entered into
private practice in Brooklyn, NY. Board
Fteha completed an internal medicine
residency at New York Methodist
Alber Ftiha ’00
Dr. Ftiha is in a private internal medicine
practice. He completed his residency
in internal medicine at New York
Calogero Gambino ’02
Dr. Gambino is in private practice with
Sclafani-Vitale MD, PC, associated
with Lutheran Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY, and Methodist Hospital.
Board certified in orthopaedic
surgery, Dr. Gambino completed an
orthopaedic surgery residency at the
of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical
School, in 2007. He then completed
an orthopaedic sports medicine
fellowship at Georgetown University,
Nirschl Orthopaedic Center for Sports
Medicine and Joint Reconstruction. Dr.
Gambino and his wife, Elizabeth, have
two sons: CJ and Michael.
Polytech University, BS ’94
Jacob Greenberg ’14
Dr. Greenberg is a pediatrics resident
at Maimonides Infants and Children’s
University of Georgia, AB ’09
Nitin Gupta ’06
Dr. Gupta is a pediatric
gastroenterologist in private practice
in Brooklyn, NY. He completed a
New York
Jersey in Newark, NJ and a pediatric
gastroenterology fellowship at New York
Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical
College.
University of California at Berkeley, BS ’00
Ulrika Holm ’01
Dr. Holm is in private practice in
Brooklyn, NY. She completed her
at Brooklyn Hospital Center. She and
her husband, Ken Chapman (SGU ’01),
have one daughter.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, BA ’96
Yakoub Katri ’03
Dr. Katri is practicing internal medicine
and nephrology in Brooklyn, NY and
is affiliated with several hospitals in
the area, including Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York Methodist Hospital,
and New York Community Hospital.
Board certified in internal medicine, he
and a nephrology fellowship at the State
Medical Center, Long Island College
Michael Lewis ’05
Dr. Lewis is an obstetrician and
gynecologist in private practice at Park
Slope Gynecology in Brooklyn, NY
and serves as the Director of Minimally
Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and
Associate Residency Program Director
at New York Methodist Hospital. He
Hospital and a minimally invasive
gynecologic surgery fellowship at
Stanford University.
Igor Mamkin ’04
Dr. Mamkin completed a fellowship
in cardiovascular disease at New York
Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn,
NY, where he works as a faculty
attending cardiologist and an
Associate Director of the cardiology
fellowship. He completed an internal
in Farmington, CT. He has published
numerous articles, book chapters,
and case reports, and has made
multiple presentations at the major
national meetings. Dr. Mamkin is
cardiology, echocardiography, and
nuclear cardiology.
College, BA ’00
Tania Mangones ’01
Dr. Mangones is an attending
neonatologist at Maimonides Infants
and Children’s Hospital and is also
the Director of the Regional Perinatal
Coordinator. After completing pediatric
residencies at Maimonides Medical
Center in Brooklyn, NY, she went on
to complete a neonatology fellowship at
Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla,
NY. Dr. Mangones is a member of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and
the New York State Medical Society.
She is interested in persistent pulmonary
hypertension of the newborn along with
peripheral blood flow.
Todd Mundy ’00
Dr. Mundy is an attending emergency
medicine physician specializing in
wound care at New York Methodist
Hospital Wound and Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy Center in Brooklyn,
NY. He completed an emergency
Methodist Hospital.
Saint Francis College, BS ’95
Hetu Parekh ’04
Dr. Parekh is a pediatrician with NYU
Lutheran Family Health Centers-Park
Slope in Brooklyn, NY. Board certified
in pediatrics, he completed a pediatric
residency at Long Island College
York, MA ’00
Hassan Patail ’14
Dr. Patail is an internal medicine
resident at the State University of New
York Downstate Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’08
Christopher Pennell ’12
Dr. Pennell is a general surgery resident
Brooklyn, NY.
William Jewell College, BA ’07
Eugene Perlov ’99
Dr. Perlov is the Regional Medical
Director for Visiting Service of New
York Hospice Care in Brooklyn, NY,
delivering home-based care to terminally
ill patients. After he completed his
residency in family medicine at
Mountainside Hospital in Verona, NJ,
as Chief Resident, Dr. Perlov entered a
fellowship for pain and palliative care at
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
in New York, NY.
Lindsay Puckett ’12
Dr. Puckett is a radiation oncology
resident at the State University of
New York Downstate Medical Center,
Long Island College Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY. She completed an
institution.
Winona State University, BS ’05
Brad Rahaman ’08
Dr. Rahaman is an emegency medicine
physician at Maimonides Medical
Center in Brooklyn, NY. He completed
Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.
Susan Ramdhaney ’01
Dr. Ramdhaney is one of the
few practicing female Caribbean
gastroenterology specialists in
Brooklyn, NY. She completed
Maimonides Medical Center and
a fellowship in gastroenterology at
the State University of New York,
Downstate Medical Center.
Marshall Reminick ’82
Dr. Reminick is Chief of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine, as well as
the Program Director of the pulmonary
fellowship, at the Brooklyn Hospital
Center, where he previously served
as the Associate Chief of Pulmonary
Medicine and then as Medical Director
of MICU. Dr. Reminick completed
Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he was
Chief Resident, and did a pulmonary
fellowship at Booth Memorial Hospital.
He worked at Long Island College
Hospital for almost nine years, initially
as Medical Director of Respiratory Care,
and eventually became the Program
Director of the pulmonary training
program. He is board certified in
internal, pulmonary, and critical care
medicine. Dr. Reminick is married with
three children.
Syracuse University, BA ’76
Daniel Ricciardi ’81
Dr. Ricciardi is the Chief of the
Rheumatology Division at Long Island
College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
Brook, BS ’75
Reginald Ruiz ’99
Dr. Ruiz is an attending obstetrics
and gynecology physician in Brooklyn,
NY and is on the faculty of New York
University School of Medicine. He
works out of both Woodhull Medical
Center and Bellevue Hospital. He
and gynecology at the New York
Medical College, St. Vincent’s Hospital,
in 2003 as Chief Resident.
Rutgers University at New Brunswick,
MS ’93
Tarah Scanlon ’14
Dr. Scanlon is a psychiatry resident
at the State University of New
Brooklyn, NY. In the future, Dr.
Scanlon hopes to pursue a fellowship
in forensic psychiatry.
Utica College of Syracuse University, BS ’03
Joseph Schiano di Cola ’85
Dr. Schiano di Cola is the President of
Park Slope Anesthesia Associates and
the Chairman of Anesthesiology at New
NY. Board certified in anesthesiology
and pain management, he completed an
Methodist Hospital and then joined
Park Slope Anesthesia Associates as a
junior attending physician. Dr. Schiano
di Cola is actively involved in several
medical board committees.
LIU Schwartz College of Pharmacy and
Sandra Sicular ’10
Dr. Sicular is an emergency medicine
physician at a Level I trauma center
in Brooklyn, NY. She is a clinical
instructor of emergency medicine and
enjoys the fast-paced environment and
clinical variety the hospital provides.
Dr. Sicular completed an emergency
medicine residency at Rutgers-New
Jersey Medical School in Newark,
NJ, where she saw, on average, three
penetrating traumas a day, in addition
to a myriad of complex medical
problems. Dr. Sicular has helped
mentor many SGU students and aided
in their securing emergency medicine
residencies after graduation. She enjoys
running, yoga, and travel.
Elizabeth Steinberg-Dvor ’12
Dr. Steinberg-Dvor is a pediatrics
Brooklyn, NY.
Temple University, BA ’06
Nicholas Stickel ’12
Dr. Stickel is a Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine Fellow at the State
Medical Center. He completed an
Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Rutgers University at Camden, BA ’08
Eric Tam ’13
Dr. Tam is an internal medicine
resident at Woodhull Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’07
Maryann Tholany ’04
Dr. Tholany has been a pediatrician
with Tribeca Pediatrics since July
2007. Board certified in pediatrics,
she completed a pediatric residency at
the Long Island College Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY.
Joseph Vento ’82
Dr. Vento is Medical Director of
Millennium Medical Service, a primary
care multispecialty office he started in
1987 in Brooklyn, NY. Board certified
in family medicine, he is affiliated
with several hospitals in the area
including Lutheran Medical Center and
Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Vento
at Lutheran Medical Center.
LI University at Brooklyn Campus, BS ’74
Shawn Yunayev ’07
Dr. Yunayev is an obstetrics and
gynecology physician in solo private
practice at BellaDonna Medical PC and
is the Medical Director of Universal
Medical PC, a multispecialty practice
that incorporates primary healthcare,
women’s healthcare, physical therapy,
and rehabilitation, in Brooklyn, NY.
in the department of obstetrics and
gynecology at New York Methodist
Hospital. Dr. Yunayev completed an
at New York Methodist Hospital
New York
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and was the recipient of the Resident
Teaching Award in 2009, the Medical
Student Teaching Award in 2011, and
the Brokenshire-Forsythe Research
Award for Most Original Research in
2011. At New York Methodist Hospital,
he is involved in the education of the
residents and St. George’s University
medical students in clinical, surgical,
and academic settings.
College, BA ’03
BUFFALO
George Albert ’86
Dr. Albert specializes in neonatal and
perinatal medicine. He is board certified
in pediatrics and neonatology.
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Saurabh Chandan ’14
Dr. Chandan is an internal medicine
York at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.
Jonathan Claus ’09
Dr. Claus is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Infectious Diseases at
the University of Buffalo and is an
attending physician providing inpatient
infectious disease consultation services
at both Erie County Medical Center
and Buffalo General Hospital. In
2015, he was the recipient of the Siegel
Award for Excellence in Teaching at
the University of Buffalo. Dr. Claus
residency at Drexel University College
of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA,
followed by an infectious disease
fellowship at Rush University College of
Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Theodore Gerard Costich ’87
Dr. Costich is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the State
He is also affiliated with Millard
Fillmore Suburban Hospital as an
attending physician. Board certified
Costich completed his obstetrics and
gynecology residency at the State
Danielle Hirsch ’10
Dr. Hirsch is a Pediatric Emergency
Medicine Fellow at the State
New York
School of Medicine. She completed
a pediatric residency at Western
Michigan University School of
Medicine, Michigan State University in
Kalamazoo. Dr. Hirsch earned a Master
of Public Health from St. George’s
University in 2006.
Simmons College, BS ’04
MPH ’06
Karishma Kalwani ’12
Dr. Kalwani is Chief Resident in the
pediatrics residency program at the
State University of New York at Buffalo
School of Medicine in Buffalo, NY.
Brian Matier ’06
Dr. Matier is an attending surgeon
specializing in colon and rectal surgery
at Buffalo Medical Group PC in Buffalo,
NY. He is also a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Surgery for the Department
of Colon and Rectal Surgery at State
Board certified in general surgery and
colon and rectal surgery, Dr. Matier
the former Sound Shore Medical Center
in New Rochelle, NY (now called
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital)
before serving his fifth year as Chief
Resident of General Surgery at Danbury
Hospital, University of Vermont College
of Medicine in Danbury, CT. He then
went on to complete a colon and rectal
surgery fellowship at the State University
of New York at Buffalo School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr.
Matier is an Associate Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons as well
as a member of the American Society of
Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Brock University, BSc ’00
William McNamara ’06
Dr. McNamara is a surgeon practicing
in Buffalo, NY. He recently completed
a fellowship in head and neck surgical
oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering
McNamara completed a general surgery
University of Richmond, BS ’01
Edward O’Brien III ’99
Dr. O’Brien is in private internal
medicine practice in Buffalo, NY. He
York at Buffalo, where he was Chief
Resident from 2002–03.
Plattsburgh, BS ’89
MS ’96
Kathleen Park ’04
Dr. Park is an anesthesiologist at
Roswell Park Cancer Institute in
Buffalo, NY. She completed her
anesthesiology residency at St. Vincent’s
Columbia University at Columbia College,
BA ’95
Martha Roden ’12
Dr. Roden is a family medicine
physician in private practice in Buffalo,
NY. Board certified in family medicine,
Dr. Roden completed a family medicine
residency at Drexel University in
Philadelphia, PA.
Rohith Saravanan ’07
Dr. Saravanan is a family physician
in private practice and the Director of
Clinical Integration and Education
at Jericho Road Community Health
Center in Buffalo, NY. After graduating
from St. George’s University in 2007,
he completed a clinical research
fellowship in skull base surgery at St.
Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York,
NY. Dr. Saravanan then completed a
family medicine residency at the State
University of New York at Buffalo,
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in
Buffalo, NY.
Stephanie Sublett ’12
Dr. Sublett is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at the State
School of Medicine in Buffalo, NY.
BURNT HILLS
George Hughes ’88
In 2008, after spending 17 years as
a salaried physician, Dr. Hughes
opened a solo private practice and
found the satisfaction unparalleled.
completed a family medicine internship
and residency at Albany Medical Center
in Albany, NY. He then worked at
Home Town Health, a community
health center in Schenectady, NY, for
four years before joining Ellis Hospital
in 1995, where he continued to practice
a full range of medical services as a
hospital physician. During this time,
he also functioned as a community
preceptor for Albany Medical College,
teaching third-year medical students
and attaining the rank of Clinical
Adjunct Associate Professor of Family
Medicine. Dr. Hughes also developed
an interest in psychiatry that led him
to take a two-year course in character
analysis and to sponsor legislative
efforts by the American Academy of
Family Medicine to actively campaign
for reimbursement from insurances
for family physicians who perform
outpatient psychiatric office counseling
for their patients.
Saint Louis University, AB ’66
University of Connecticut, MA ’70
CALLICOON
Paul Salzberg ’79
Dr. Salzberg has a private family and
geriatric practice in Callicoon, NY.
Brook, BA ’74
COMMACK
David Kreitzman ’98
Dr. Kreitzman is the Director of the
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement
Disorders Center of Long Island in
Commack, NY. He is also in a private
neurology practice. Dr. Kreitzman
residency at MCP Hahnemann
University Hospitals in Philadelphia,
PA. He was the Chief Resident during
his neurology residency at University
of Massachusetts Memorial Health
Care in Worcester, MA. Dr. Kreitzman
completed a movement disorder
fellowship at Boston University Medical
Center and served as an instructor at
Boston University Medical Center and
Stony Brook. Dr. Kreitzman is a member
of the American Academy of Neurology
and the Movement Disorders Society
and has been published several times.
Marisa Siebel ’00
Dr. Siebel is a hematologist and
oncologist in private practice at
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center’s regional care facility in
Commack, NY. She is also an Assistant
Medicine, Division of Hematology
and Oncology, at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook Medical
Center, where she specializes in
gastrointestinal solid tumors. Board
certified in internal medicine, medical
oncology, and hematology, Dr. Siebel
Center in Brooklyn, NY. She then
completed a hematology and oncology
fellowship at Fletcher Allen Health Care
in Burlington, VT, in 2006.
COOPERSTOWN
Lore Garten ’98
Dr. Garten is an attending physician
at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in
Cooperstown, NY. She completed a
residency in neurology at Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon,
NH, and then spent three years in a
private practice in Hudson, NY.
University of Cambridge, PhD ’91
CORTLAND
Yun Namkung ’00
Dr. Namkung is an attending internal
medicine physician in Cortland, NY.
He completed a residency in internal
Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’95
DEER PARK
Lance Lefkowitz ’04
Dr. Lefkowitz is a cardiologist in
private practice at North Shore LIJ
Cardiology at Deer Park in Deer Park
and Babylon, NY. Board certified in
internal medicine, echocardiography,
and nuclear cardiology, Dr. Lefkowitz
internship and residency at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine at Long
Island Jewish Medical Center. He
then spent one year as a Hypertension
and Vascular Diseases Fellow at the
University of Connecticut Medical
Center. Dr. Lefkowitz later went on
to complete a cardiology fellowship
at New York Methodist Hospital,
serving as Chief Fellow in his third
year. Dr. Lefkowitz married his wife,
Dr. Amanda Lefkowitz (SGU ’04), a
pediatrician in Great Neck, NY, in
October 2004. They live in Old
Bethpage, NY, with their son, Jadon
Hunter.
DELMAR
Sheila Gardner ’93
Dr. Gardner is working in private
practice in Delmar, NY. Board certified
in anesthesiology, she completed a
four-year residency in anesthesiology
at Albany Medical Center in Albany,
NY. She spent two years as a specialist
registrar in anesthetics at the University
of Edinburgh in Scotland, then moved
on to complete a faculty fellowship in
obstetric anesthesia at Duke University
Medical Center in Durham, NC.
University of London, BA ’79
University of Glasgow, MA ’77
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DIX HILLS
Nina Simon ’97
Dr. Simon is in private pediatrics
practice on Long Island.
EAST MEADOW
Victor Fred Politi ’90
Dr. Politi is President and Chief
Executive Officer of the NUHealth
System (Nassau Health Care
Corporation), a teaching facility and
public safety net provider which operates
the Nassau University Medical Center,
the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care
Facility, five Long Island federally
qualified family health centers and a
school-based clinic. Dr. Politi completed
an internal medicine residency as well
as an occupational and environmental
medicine fellowship at the University
Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital in Newark, NJ. He is board
certified in internal medicine and board
eligible in addiction medicine by the
American Board of Addiction Medicine.
Dr Politi has served as an emergency
department attending physician,
Director and Chairman, as well as
President of the medical staff at St. Johns
Queens Hospital in Elmhurst, NY and
Chairman of the Divisional Executive
Committee and Central Executive
Board of the Caritas Hospital System.
New York
Afterward, he served as the Executive
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
for Cornerstone Treatment Facilities
Network, a privately owned OASAScertified hospital system, specializing in
addiction medicine. Dr. Politi recently
served as a Police Surgeon for the Nassau
County Police Department. In addition,
Dr. Politi is an active “Class A” interior
firefighter in his local community
volunteer fire department. He serves
as Medical Director for various fire
departments and volunteer ambulance
corps. Prior to becoming President
and CEO of NUHealth, Dr. Politi
was Acting Nassau County Police
Commissioner and Deputy County
Executive of Public Safety.
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Mark Victor Spadaro ’87
Board certified by the American Board
of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Spadaro
is an emergency medicine attending
at Nassau University Medical Center
in East Meadow, NY. He completed
a residency in emergency medicine at
York, NY, in 1992 as a member of the
program’s charter class. Dr. Spadaro
of Emergency Physicians and the
American Association of Emergency
Medicine and a member of the Society
of Academic Emergency Medicine. He
and his wife have four children.
EAST SETAUKET
Jeffrey Vacirca ’98
Dr. Vacirca is an oncologist in private
practice at North Shore Hematology
and Oncology Associates in East
Setauket, NY where he serves as
CEO and Managing Partner. He also
maintains an academic appointment
as an Assistant Professor at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Vacirca completed his internal
medicine residency and fellowship in
hematology and medical oncology at
Stony Brook, University Hospital.
BA ’92
ELMA
Joan Vivona ’82
Dr. Vivona is in solo practice in
pulmonary and critical care medicine.
She completed a residency in internal
New York
medicine with a subspecialty in
pulmonary and critical care. Dr. Vivona
then pursued a fellowship in pulmonary
and critical care.
ELMHURST
Andrew Hromada ’14
Dr. Hromada is an internal medicine
resident at the Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai at Elmhurst
Hospital Center in Elmhurst, NY.
He also has experience in designing
and programming electronic medical
records systems and other medical
information systems.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, BA ’09
Vi Quach ’04
Dr. Quach is a partner and internal
medicine physician at Smart Health
Medical, a primary care office in
Elmhurst, NY. She is affiliated with
York, NY and New York Methodist
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Board
Quach completed an internal medicine
Hospital, serving as Chief Resident
from 2007–08. She then worked at
Maimonides Medical Center as a staff
attending physician for two years.
Shafeen Rahman ’13
Dr. Rahman is an internal medicine
resident at Elmhurst Hospital Center in
Elmhurst, NY.
University of British Columbia, BS ’08
FAYETTEVILLE
Mark McConn ’86
Dr. McConn is the Chief Medical
Officer of St. Joseph’s, PC, North
Medical Family Physicians, in
Fayetteville, NY. He also has a
passion for the anti-aging sciences
and, along with his wife, Dr. Susan
Merola-McConn (SGU ’86), manages
the Living Proof MD, a practice
offering patients a full spectrum of
services designed to prolong youthful
vitality and health, which merged
with North Medical in 2008. Dr.
McConn completed his family practice
New York Upstate Medical University,
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health
Center in Syracuse, NY, before
joining North Medical in 1989.
Certified by the American Board of
Family Medicine, Dr. McConn is a
member of the American Medical
Association, American Academy of
Family Physicians, American Academy
of Otolaryngic Allergy, American
Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery,
New York State Medical Society, and
American Academy of Anti-Aging
Medicine. He has also served as an
associate professor of clinical medicine
Health Science Center at Syracuse.
Susan Merola-McConn ’86
Dr. Merola-McConn is the Executive
Vice President of North Medical,
PC, in New York state. In 1998, she
established the Women’s Place, a
practice devoted to the specific health
concerns of women, and in 2001 she
and her husband, Dr. Mark McConn
(SGU ’86), formed the Living Proof
Longevity Centre, which merged with
North Medical in 2008, and is now
Living Proof MD. Board certified
in family medicine, Dr. MerolaMcConn completed a family practice
at Syracuse, St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Health Center, in Syracuse, NY, before
joining North Medical in 1989. She is
a member of the American Academy of
Family Physicians, American Academy
of Anti-Aging Medicine, American
Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery,
Onondaga County Medical Society
Executive Committee, Metropolitan
Development Association, American
Medical Association, as well as several
other professional organizations.
FLUSHING
Kunal Buch ’12
Dr. Buch is an internal medicine
resident at the NewYork-Presbyterian/
Queens in Flushing NY.
King’s College, BS ’07
Andrew Moonian ’12
Dr. Moonian is an emergency medicine
physician at New York PresbyterianQueens in Flushing, NY. He completed
his residency at Wayne State University,
Sinai Grace Program in Detroit, MI.
University of Toronto, BS ’06
FOREST HILLS
Albert Shalomov ’03
Dr. Shalomov is a board-certified
with Long Island Jewish Forest Hills
in Forest Hills, NY, now a part of
Northwell Health. After a year in surgery
at Monmouth Medical Center, he
and a gastroenterology fellowship at New
York Hospital Medical Center of Queens
(now New York-Presbyterian Queens) in
Flushing, NY.
BS ’98
FORT EDWARD
Michael Fuller ’07
Dr. Fuller is a family medicine physician
in private practice at Kingsbury Health
Center in Fort Edward, NY. He
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY.
FRESH MEADOWS
Jack Pasquale ’81
Dr. Pasquale is a physician in private
practice in Fresh Meadows, NY. He
completed a residency at Millard
Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, NY,
followed by a clinical nutrition
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
City University of New York at Baruch
College, BA ’76
GARDEN CITY
Jeffrey Wayne Lieberman ’88
In February 1994, Dr. Lieberman
joined another physician to open Village
Pediatrics in Garden City, NY, where he
has been working as a senior physician
for more than 20 years. He also serves
as a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics at the State University of
New York at Stony Brook School of
Medicine. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Lieberman completed his pediatric
residency at Winthrop University
Hospital, serving as Chief Resident his
final year. After completing his residency
in 1991, he opened a private practice
in Mineola, NY, for three years, while
working at the Mitchell Field Health
Center caring for children of
the military. He also worked at the
Medical Examiner’s Office at Nassau
County Medical Center in East Meadow,
NY. Dr. Lieberman is an avid golfer and
a hockey and football fan, and enjoys
spending time with his wife and three
sons. He is hoping his youngest son
will follow in his footsteps and pursue
medicine at St. George’s University.
Brook, BS ’77
GARNERVILLE
Rajveer Sachdev ’03
Dr. Sachdev is a primary and
immediate care physician in solo
private practice at PMC Rockland in
Garnerville, NY and is affiliated with
Good Samaritan Regional Medical
Center in Suffern, NY. Board certified
in family medicine, Dr. Sachdev
Baltimore, MD.
GLEN OAKS
Michelle Ferrara ’12
Dr. Ferrara is a psychiatry resident
at Hofstra North Shore-Long Island
Jewish School of Medicine at Zucker
Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, NY.
BA ’07
GLENS FALLS
Scott McMahon ’01
Dr. McMahon is a clinical psychiatrist
in private practice in Glens Falls, NY.
He began a residency in anesthesiology,
but switched to psychiatry and
completed his residency at Strong
Memorial Hospital of the University
of Rochester where he served as Chief
Resident in 2007. Dr. McMahon is
Psychiatry and Neurology and has
trained for many years in pharmacology.
Dr. McMahon is married with two boys.
University of New Hampshire, BA ’94
GREAT NECK
Joshua Frank ’00
Dr. Frank is board certified in pediatrics
and is in private practice in Great
Neck, NY. He completed his residency
in pediatrics at Maimonides Medical
Center in Brooklyn, NY, where he
served an additional year as pediatric
Chief Resident.
Kashyar Khodabakhsh ’03
Dr. Khodabakhsh is a pediatric
neurologist in private practice at Good
Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
and Beth Israel Medical Center. He
completed his pediatric residency at
New York Methodist Hospital.
BS ’98
Lucy Martinek ’12
Dr. Martinek is a general surgery
resident at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ
School of Medicine at Lenox Hill
Hospital in Great Neck, NY. She
completed her preliminary year in
general surgery at Morristown Medical
Center in Morristown, NJ.
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Sepideh Nabatian ’99
Dr. Nabatian is in private practice in
New York. She completed a residency
in internal medicine at the State
Center at Syracuse and a fellowship
in cardiovascular diseases at Lutheran
General Hospital in Illinois. Dr.
Nabatian is board certified in internal
medicine.
College, MA ’95
Sammy Pishanidar ’12
Dr. Pishanidar is a neurology resident
at North Shore Long Island Jewish
Health System on Long Island, NY. He
completed his preliminary medicine year
at Flushing Hospital in Flushing, NY.
Shahram Shamekh ’00
Dr. Shamekh is an internal medicine
physician in private practice with North
Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
System at Advanced Internal Medicine,
PC in Great Neck, NY. He is a Clinical
Assistant Professor at Hofstra North
Shore-Long Island Jewish School of
Medicine and is affiliated with Long
Island Jewish Medical Center and
North Shore University Hospital.
Dr. Shamekh completed an internal
medicine residency at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, Cabrini Medical
Center, in New York, NY. Board
New York
Shamekh is a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians and the American
Society of Internal Medicine. He was
voted among America’s Top Physicians
for New York in 2007, 2009, and 2010.
BS ’95
Amanda Stevenson ’04
Dr. Stevenson has been working as
a general pediatrician in Great Neck,
NY, since 2008. She completed her
pediatrics residency at Cohen’s Children
Medical Center of in New Hyde Park,
NY. in 2007. From 2007–08 she worked
as a general pediatrician in Connecticut
and held a faculty appointment at the
University of Connecticut’s School of
Medicine. She and her husband, Lance
Lefkowitz (SGU ’04), live in Kew
Gardens, NY, with their son, Jadon.
BS ’99
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HICKSVILLE
Davood “David” L. Lotfipanah ’84
Dr. Lotfipanah has been in private
practice in Hicksville, NY, since 1989.
He is a member of the medical staff
board, the critical care committee,
and the emergency room committee
at New Island Hospital in Bethpage,
NY. Dr. Lotfi is also a physician at the
Long Island Hyperbaric and Wound
Care Center at New Island Hospital.
residency at Brooklyn Hospital.
HUNTINGTON
Christopher DiBlasio ’02
Dr. DiBlasio is a board-certified
urologist and urologic surgeon and
was appointed Chief of Urology at
Huntington Hospital in Huntington,
NY in 2012. He specializes in
minimally invasive, laparoscopic and
robotic surgery, prostate laser surgery,
and prostate and kidney cryoablation
and has experience in female prolapse
and incontinence repair, stone surgery,
urologic cancer treatment, cosmetics
and reconstruction, trauma, pediatric
urology, and transplantation. Dr.
DiBlasio completed a general surgery
and trauma internship, in addition to
a urology residency at the University
of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
in Memphis, TN. He then went on
to complete a research fellowship in
urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan
New York
Kettering Cancer Center in New
York, NY. Huntington Hospital serves
as the only center of excellence for
holmium laser-based prostate surgery
in the tri-state area and is designated
as a regional training center for kidney
and prostate cryosurgery. Dr. DiBlasio
is a board member for the COLD
registry, a panel of thought leaders in
the field of cryosurgery and is an active
member of both the medical advisory
board and peer-review committee for
Allied Metropolitan Medical, LLC.
He is a member of the SCIP, cancer,
and robotic surgical committees
at Huntington Hospital and holds
active positions at the Icahn School
of Medicine, University of Tennessee
Health Sciences Center, and Hofstra
North Shore-Long Island Jewish School
of Medicine. To date, he has published
37 peer-reviewed articles, 84 abstracts,
and presented 39 times at national and
sectional meetings of the American
Urological Association, Society of
Urologic Oncology, and the American
Society of Clinical Oncology. He is
currently a co-lead investigator for a
cryosurgery clinical trial and continues
to publish research from his clinical
practice. Dr. DiBlasio is a member of
the national and New York sections of
the American Urological Association,
UROPAC, Endourological Society, New
York State Urological Society, Alpha
Omega Alpha (AOA), and the American
Association of Clinical Urologists.
Paul Moulinie ’82
Dr. Moulinie is in practice in Huntington
and Syosset, NY, and is Chief of
Cardiology at Huntington Hospital
as well as President of the Huntington
Hospital medical staff. After completing
a residency in internal medicine at the
University of Connecticut as Chief
Resident, Dr. Moulinie completed a
fellowship in cardiology at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center of Richmond in Staten
Island, NY.
Duquesne University, BA ’70
Peter Shih ’98
Dr. Shih is a pulmonary and critical
care physician, and serves as a full-time
intensivist at Huntington Hospital.
He is also an Assistant Professor at
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of
Medicine. Dr. Shih completed his
residency in internal medicine at Lenox
Hill Hospital in New York, NY, and a
care medicine at New York University
Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Shih is
a member of the American Thoracic
Society, the American College of
Chest Physicians, and the Society of
Critical Care Medicine. He also serves
on the Hospital Acquired Pneumonia,
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, and
Critical Care Committees.
Oswego, BA ’93
HUNTINGTON
STATION
Rachita Reddy ’07
Dr. Reddy is a nephrologist in private
practice with Huntington Medical
Group, part of North Shore Long Island
Jewish Health System, in Huntington
Station, NY and is affiliated with
Huntington Hospital. Board certified
in internal medicine and nephrology,
she completed an internal medicine
residency and a nephrology fellowship at
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY.
Dr. Reddy received grants to attend and
was selected to present posters for both
the National Kidney Foundation and
the American Society of Nephrology
Annual Conferences. Fluent in English,
Hindi, Punjabi, and Spanish, Dr. Reddy
also obtained a Master of Public Health
from St. George’s University.
MPH ’03
ISLANDIA
Jennifer Reinitz ’98
Dr. Reinitz has been in practice at
Mid-Suffolk Pediatrics in Islandia, NY,
for more than 10 years. She completed
her residency in pediatrics at Schneider
Children’s Hospital. She is married with
two boys and a girl.
Brook, BA ’92
JAMAICA
Tyrone Brown ’93
Dr. Brown is a pediatrician working
in an office-based setting at Jamaica
Hospital. He completed his pediatrics
residency at Brooklyn Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY.
University of South Carolina Upstate,
BS ’88
Anthony Mirandi ’00
Dr. Mirandi specializes in cardiology at
AdvantageCare Physicians in Cambria
Heights and Jamaica Estates, NY.
He previously served as an Assistant
Professor of Medicine in the Division of
Cardiology at Emory University Heart
and Vascular Center. After completing
Resident at the State University of
New York Health Science Center in
Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Mirandi went on to
complete a cardiology fellowship at the
same institution. He is board certified
in cardiology, internal medicine,
echocardiography, and nuclear
cardiology.
Felix Nisimov ’12
Dr. Nisimov is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in Jamaica, NY.
JOHNSON CITY
Joumanah Abuaram ’12
Dr. Abuaram is a physician in a private
family medicine practice in Johnson
City, NY and is affiliated with Wilson
Medical Center. She completed a
family medicine residency at the State
University of New York United Health
Services family medicine program in
Binghamton, NY.
Amrita Chakraborty ’13
Dr. Chakraborty is a family medicine
resident at UHS Wilson Medical Center
in Johnson City, NY.
Sewng Choi ’01
Dr. Choi is a practicing anesthesiology
in Johnson City, NY. He completed
his anesthesiology residency at Strong
Memorial Hospital of the University
of Rochester.
University of Wisconsin at Stevens Pnt,
BS ’95
Aditya Mehta ’13
Dr. Mehta is a family medicine resident
at UHS Wilson Medical Center in
Johnson City, NY.
KATONAH
LATHAM
Brent Wainwright ’00
Dr. Wainwright is a dermatologist
with Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC
in Katonah, NY and is an attending
physician and an Assistant Professor of
Dermatology at New York University
Medical Center in New York, NY,
where he was Teaching Attending
Physician of the Year in 2007 and 2008.
He completed his dermatology residency
in the Bronx, NY as Chief Resident.
Dr. Wainwright has also completed
a fellowship in immunodermatology
at New York University’s Department
of Dermatology and an internship in
internal medicine at Yale University,
School of Medicine, Norwalk Hospital,
in Norwalk, CT.
Manhattan College, MS ’93
Nicholas Montalto ’99
Dr. Montalto is an obstetriciangynecologist in practice with Ellis
Gynecologic Surgery, part of Ellis
Medical Group in Schenectady, NY.
He is the first and only surgeon in
the Capital Region (and one of only a
small group of doctors in the nation)
to perform the robotic-assisted single
incision hysterectomy procedure. Dr.
Montalto completed his residency in
obstetrics and gynecology at the State
Center at Syracuse.
Villanova University, BA ’89
KINGS POINT
David Schifter ’85
Dr. Schifter is in private cardiology
practice in Kings Point, NY. He has
served as the President ofthe Medical
Board at New York Methodist Hospital
and still sits on its medical executive
committee. He is also the preceptor for
St. George’s University students during
their medicine rotation at New York
Methodist Hospital. After completing
NYMH, Dr. Schifter entered into
a cardiology fellowship at the State
Center at Brooklyn. He is board
cardiology.
Brook, BS ’81
LAKE SUCCESS
Edward Rubin ’01
Dr. Rubin is in solo private practice
at Select Pain Consultants in Lake
Success, NY and is affiliated with
Winthrop-University Hospital in
Mineola, NY. He completed his
residency in anesthesiology at New York
Presbyterian Hospital.
BS ’97
LEWISTON
Donna Loghmanee-Feldman ’01
gynecology, Dr. Loghmanee-Feldman
co-owns Women’s Medicine of
Niagara in Lewiston, NY and is Chief
of Robotic Surgery at Niagara Falls
Memorial Medical Center in Niagara
Falls, NY. She completed her obstetrics
and gynecology residency at New York
Oberlin College, BA ’95
MS ’98
LONG BEACH
Patrick McManus ’87
Dr. McManus is in private practice
in obstetrics and gynecology in Long
Beach, NY. He completed his internal
medicine residency at St. Vincent’s
Hospital and Medical Center in New
York, and his obstetrics and gynecology
fellowship at Nassau University Medical
Center in East Meadow, NY.
College, BS ’79
LYNBROOK
Lisa Roth ’89
Dr. Roth is in solo private practice
in allergy and immunology at Roth
Allergy Care in Lynbook, NY. She is
also a Clinical Assistant Professor in
Medicine at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ
School of Medicine. Formerly, Dr. Roth
was the Clinical Advisor and Assistant
Professor in the Science Education
Department at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ
New York
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in allergy, immunology, and internal
medicine residency and an allergy and
immunology fellowship at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center. She also
completed a postdoctorate residency
fellowship and clinical fellowship at
Columbia University.
MANHASSET
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Triantafillos Fillos ’02
Dr. Fillos is in private practice at North
Shore Hematology/Oncology, PLLC,
in Manhasset, NY, where his career is
focused on treating both benign and
malignant hematologic disorders, as
well as general oncology. He holds
attending privileges at North Shore
University Hospital, Long Island Jewish
Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital
in Roslyn, NY, and North Shore-Glen
Cove. Board certified in hematology,
medical oncology, and internal
medicine, Dr. Fillos completed his
Hospital, where he also served as Chief
Resident, in 2005. He then completed a
hematology and oncology fellowship in
2009 at the same institution. Dr. Fillos
lives in Beechhurst, NY, with his wife
and daughter.
Northeastern University, MS ’97
David Kustera ’97
Dr. Kustera is a partner in the largest
anesthesiology group in the United States.
His group provides clinical care and
practice management to the North ShoreLIJ Hospital System, as well as services to
additional hospitals in New York, New
Jersey, and Maryland.
Alexander Lee ’97
Dr. Lee is on staff at North Shore
University Hospital in Manhasset, NY
as an interventional cardiologist and is
an Associate Director of the Coronary
Care Unit and the Interventional
Cardiology Fellowship Program.
He also has a faculty appointment
from New York University School
of Medicine. After he completed his
Hahnemann University Hospital
in Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Lee went
on to complete a fellowship in
cardiovascular disease at Montefiore
Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, and
New York
another fellowship in interventional
cardiology at North Shore University
Hospital.
Maya Lin ’10
Dr. Lin is an emergency medicine
attending physician and an Emergency
Ultrasound Fellow at North Shore
University Hospital in Manhasset, NY.
She completed an emergency medicine
MASSENA
Ismene Maravegias ’95
Dr. Maravegias is working with
TeamHealth East at several hospitals,
including Massena Memorial Hospital
at Massena, NY and Faxton St. Luke’s
Hospital in Utica, NY. She is also
on staff at St. Joseph’s Hospitals in
Syracuse and Elmira, NY. Board
residency at Seton Hall University in
South Orange, NJ.
MEDFORD
Bhargava Pulipati ’05
Dr. Pulipati is an interventional
cardiologist in practice at Brookhaven
Cardiac Center in Medford, NY
and is affiliated with Stony Brook
University Hospital. After graduating
from St. George’s University, Dr.
Pulipati went to Stony Brook
University to complete a residency
in internal medicine, followed by
fellowships in cardiovascular diseases
and interventional cardiology. He is
cardiovascular diseases, interventional
cardiology, and nuclear cardiology.
MERRICK
Michael Richheimer ’85
and allergy and immunology medicine,
Dr. Richheimer is in a private group
practice. He has been named one of the
Best Doctors specializing in allergy and
immunology by New York magazine
every year since 2000. Dr. Richheimer
Stony Brook.
Campus, BS ’79
MIDDLETOWN
Visanee Isaraph Darin ’02
Dr. Darin is in a private practice in
Middletown, NY. She completed an
anesthesiology residency at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva
University in the Bronx, NY.
Pamela Jane Murphy ’88
Dr. Murphy is Director of Emergency
and Urgent Care Services for Crystal
Run Healthcare in Middletown, NY
and Medical Director of Hudson
Valley Regional Emergency Medical
Services. She is also a member of the
regional faculty for the American
Heart Association. After completing
her residency in emergency medicine at
Brooklyn Hospital Center in 1993, Dr.
Murphy went on to be the Director of
the Emergency Department at Orange
Regional Medical Center until 2000.
California State University at Chico, BA ’82
MILLER PLACE
Paul Lograno ’97
Dr. Lograno is practicing in a
14-physician private practice, as well
as heading up a risk management
committee to reduce liability for the
hospital and the practitioners. He
and gynecology at New York
Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY,
as Chief Resident.
Muhlenberg College, BS ’92
MINEOLA
Mohammed Bari ’14
Dr. Bari is an internal medicine resident
Mineola, NY.
Brian Case ’12
Dr. Case is an internal medicine
resident at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, NY, where he
served as Chief Resident for the 2015-16
academic year. In 2014, he received the
American College of Physicians Young
Achievers Award, which honors early
career internists, demonstrates academic
excellence, and represents the best of
what the future of medicine holds.
BS ’07
Joseph Mathew ’04
Dr. Mathew is an attending physician
Mineola, NY and is senior faculty at
Mount Sinai Hospital. He completed
and Chief Residency at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital and a pulmonary
diseases and critical care medicine
fellowship at Beth Israel Medical
Center. Dr. Mathew is board certified
in internal medicine and was the
recipient of the Young Investigator
Award in 2009 from the American
College of Chest Physicians.
Lisa Persaud ’06
Dr. Persaud is working as a hospital
care specialist at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, NY, as well as in
an outpatient multispecialty practice
in Brooklyn, NY. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Winthrop
University Hospital. In the next few
years, Dr. Persaud plans to start her own
multispecialty office and clinic with
some of her favorite colleagues.
City University of New York at City
College, BS ’99
Ceena Philipose ’12
Dr. Philipose is a pediatrics resident
Mineola, NY.
MONROE
Howard Barenfeld ’85
Dr. Barenfeld has been in private
practice as a pediatrician at Pediatric Arts
of Monroe in Monroe, NY since 1985
and joined Ezras Choilim Health Center
in 2009. He has also been an Associate
Professor at New York Medical College
since 2003. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Barenfeld completed his pediatrics
residency and chief residency at New
York Medical College, Westchester
Medical Center University Hospital in
Valhalla, NY in 1989. Dr. Barenfeld has
been married to his wife Estelle since
1985 and they have one son.
Rider University, BA ’80
MOUNT KISCO
Dominic Grecco ’85
Dr. Grecco is Co-Founder, Vice
President, and Partner of the Obstetrics
and Gynecology Division of Westchester
Health Associates in Mount Kisco,
NY. He also practices obstetrics and
gynecology at Northern Westchester
Hospital and has offices in Mount Kisco,
Yorktown Heights, Brewster, Valhalla,
and Tarrytown, all in upstate New
York. Dr. Grecco is a member of several
medical boards and is active in training
nurse practitioners. He completed his
Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Grecco has appeared
on six episodes of TLC’s “A Baby Story”
and has been voted “Best Doctor” by
Castle Connelly Medical Ltd., one of
the “Best Doctors in Westchester” by
Westchester magazine, and “Super Docs”
by the New York Times.
Louis Molinari ’88
Dr. Molinari is in private practice in
Mount Kisco, NY. He completed a
fellowship in pulmonary medicine and
critical care at St. Vincent’s Hospital in
New York, NY. Dr. Molinari is married
with three children.
Robert Prestiano ’88
Dr. Prestiano is a practicing
gastroenterologist and a member of
the Board of Directors at Mount Kisco
Medical Group, a 300-physicianowned group with locations in
throughout northern Westchester. Dr.
Prestiano also serves as Chairman of
the Gastroenterology Department at
Hudson Valley Hospital Center in
Cortlandt Manor, NY.
Nilay Shah ’98
Dr. Shah is the Medical Director for
Integrative Medicine and Nutrition
at a private practice in Mount Kisco,
NY. He is also a staff neurologist at
St. Michael’s Medical Center and
Our Lady of Lourdes Center in New
Jersey. His interests are in epilepsy
and multiple sclerosis. He completed
a neurology residency at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine followed by a
neurophysiology fellowship at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Christos Stavropoulos ’95
Dr. Stavropoulos is Section Chief
of Thoracic Surgery at Northern
Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco,
NY and is Director of the Lung Cancer
Program at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in
the Bronx, NY. He is also a voluntary
physician for the Cancer Center and
Wellness Center, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery at Northern
Westchester Hospital and is an advisory
board member at Lenox Hill Hospital
in New York, NY. Dr. Stavropoulos
at New York Medical College at
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical
Center of New York. He then went on
to complete a fellowship in thoracic
surgery at Allegheny General Hospital,
Western Pennsylvania Hospital in
Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Stavropoulos is
thoracic surgery.
BS ’91
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MOUNT SINAI
Mark Solomon ’88
Dr. Solomon is in a private group
practice in Mount Sinai, NY,
specializing in nephrology. He
and a nephrology fellowship at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook,
Brook, BS ’83
MOUNT VERNON
Gary Ishkanian ’88
Dr. Ishkanian is in solo practice,
specializing in headache research, and
is the Director of Medical Education
for St. George’s University School of
Medicine at Mount Vernon Hospital.
He is board certified in internal
medicine and a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians. Dr. Ishkanian
residency at Mount Vernon Hospital,
where he served as Chief Resident.
Susan Santry ’83
Dr. Santry is an attending physician
at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
in Mount Vernon, NY and Lawrence
Hospital Center in Bronxville, NY.
She also spends her time working with
New York
assisted living programs. Dr. Santry was
the Chief Resident at Mount Vernon
Hospital in Mount Vernon, NY, in
1987. She is married to Dr. Sidney
Kaplan, a thoracic surgeon. She was
honored in 2005 as an Outstanding
Woman Physician at the Mount Vernon
Hospital Spring Gala.
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Glenn Rosett ’81
In addition to being in a private internal
medicine practice, Dr. Rosett is on a
hospital staff specializing in nephrology
in Hauppauge, NY. Since 2000, he has
been an Assistant Clinical Professor
Stony Brook. Dr. Rosett completed an
internal medicine residency at New York
Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY
and a nephrology fellowship at Nassau
University Medical Center.
BS ’77
NEW HYDE PARK
Peter Perdik ’87
Dr. Perdik is a pulmonary and internal
medicine physician with the QueensLong Island Medical Group, and a
member of its board of directors. He
practices primarily out of Advantage
Care Physicians in New Hyde Park,
NY. He is also the President and CEO
of a medical malpractice company
and a staff physician at North Shore
University Hospital in Manhasset, NY
and Long Island Jewish Medical Center
in New Hyde Park. Board certified
disease, Dr. Perdik completed an
internal medicine residency at Forest
Hills Hospital and a pulmonary disease
fellowship at New York Medical College.
medicine. He completed his residency
in pediatrics at Schneider Children’s
Hospital in New Hyde Park, NY.
BS ’91
NEW YORK
Roy Berenholtz ’03
Dr. Berenholtz is an anesthesia
attending physician at Beth Israel
Medical Center and an attending
Assistant Professor at the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Board
certified in anesthesiology, he
in Brooklyn, NY, and a pediatric
anesthesiology fellowship at University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburghin
Pittsburgh, PA.
St. George’s University, BSc ’99
Ari Bernstein ’06
Dr. Bernstein is an internal medicine
physician in private practice in New
York, NY and is affiliated with several
hospitals in the greater New York
City area. He previously worked for
North Shore-Long Island Jewish
Health System at Glen Cove Hospital
in Glen Cove, NY. Board certified
New York Hospital Medical Center,
Cornell University Medical College.
Dr. Bernstein is working toward an
MBA in Health Care Administration at
George Washington University School
of Business in Washington, DC.
Campus, BA ’01
Edon Rabinowitz ’12
Dr. Rabinowitz is a Pediatric
Cardiology Fellow at Hofstra North
Shore-Long Island Jewish School of
Medicine at Cohen Children’s Medical
Center in New Hyde Park, NY. He
same institution.
Binghamton, BA
Giselle Blair ’12
Dr. Blair is Chief Resident in family
medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Hospital in New York, NY. She
completed the first years of her family
medicine residency at the State
Hospital. In addition to earning an MD
from St. George’s University, Dr. Blair
holds a Master of Public Health from
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health in Baltimore, MD.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
School of Public Health, MPH ’08
David Teng ’96
Dr. Teng is a hospital attending
physician in pediatric emergency
Ira Bleiweiss ’84
Dr. Bleiweiss is Chief of Surgical
Pathology and an attending pathologist
New York
at Mount Sinai Hospital. He also
serves as a Professor of Pathology and
Oncological sciences at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, specializing in
breast cancer and breast pathology. In
addition, he directs the division of breast
pathology and is Associate Director Of
Immunopathology. After completing
his residency in pathology at Mount
Sinai Medical Center as Chief Resident,
Dr. Bleiweiss completed a fellowship
in surgical pathology at Mount Sinai
Medical Center and another in anatomic
pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center. He is board certified in
anatomic and clinical pathology, and
has authored numerous publications. Dr.
Bleiweiss has returned to Grenada many
times as a visiting professor in pathology.
Julia Brockway ’12
Dr. Brockway is Chief Resident of the
internal medicine residency program at
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
in New York, NY.
Brown University, BA ’06
Joanne Caring ’86
Dr. Caring is the Unit Chief for the
Community Support Services Program
at Metropolitan Hospital in New York,
NY. She is also an Assistant Professor at
New York Medical College.
Cornell University, BFA ’69
College, MA ’73
Stephen Castro ’12
Dr. Castro is a pathology resident at
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY.
San Francisco State University, BS ’07
Dana Cohen ’95
A board-certified internist, Dr. Cohen
has been practicing complementary and
alternative medicine since completion
of her internal medicine residency at
Albany Medical Center and is currently
in solo private practice in New York,
NY. She specializes in adult onset
diabetes, obesity, and natural women’s
hormone replacement. Dr. Cohen was
Internal Medicine in 1998 and was
recently appointed to the Board of
Directors of the American College for
the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM),
the leading voice of integrative medicine
for more than 1,500 MD, DO, ND and
master-level health care providers, where
she is also Program Director of their
biyearly symposiums.
Stacy De-Lin ’09
Dr. De-Lin is an Associate Director
at Planned Parenthood of New York
City, where she focuses on reproductive
health care. She completed her
residency at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical
Center, Department of Urban Family
Medicine in 2013, with a focus on
family planning and gynecology. Dr.
De-Lin lives in the West Village of New
York City, with her husband and their
rescued pit bull.
Christopher Dennis ’96
Dr. Dennis is an attending psychiatrist in
the Division of Emergency Psychiatry at
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
System and serves as Chief Behavioral
Health Officer of Landmark Health,
LLC. Since 2001, he has served as a
psychiatric consultant for several New
York area nursing facilities. Previously,
Dr. Dennis was Chief Medical Officer
of ValueOptions’ Commercial Division.
He is an Associate Professor at St.
George’s University and maintains an
academic appointment at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine. Board certified in
Psychiatry, Dr. Dennis is a Fellow of the
American Psychiatric Association, and
completed his residency through the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Mary Jo DiMilia ’88
Dr. DiMilia practices internal medicine,
pediatrics, and integrative medicine in
New York, NY. She is on staff at Mount
Sinai Medical Center, is the founder and
former director of the combined internal
medicine and pediatrics residency, and
is an Assistant Professor of Medicine
and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. Her formal pursuit of
integrative medicine has been through
continuing medical education programs
at Columbia and Harvard University.
Dr. DiMilia completed a residency in
the combined internal medicine and
pediatrics program and served as Chief
Resident at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey. Her
activities include writing a book, clinical
research in integrative medicine, and
serving as President for the Alumni
Association of St. George’s University
School of Medicine.
David Feldman ’86
Dr. Feldman is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the New
York University School of Medicine
and a gastroenterologist at New
York University Langone Medical
Center and Beth Israel Medical
Center in New York, NY. Board
certified in both internal medicine
and gastroenterology, Dr. Feldman’s
practice is focused on general
gastroenterology and hepatology (liver
diseases). He is highly experienced
in the diagnosis and treatment of a
wide range of digestive conditions,
including celiac disease, irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD), pancreatitis,
and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Dr. Feldman completed both a
fellowship in gastroenterology and
liver disease at St. Vincent’s Hospital
Medical Center, New York Medical
College in New York, NY. A Fellow
of both the American College of
Physicians and American College
of Gastroenterology, Dr. Feldman
is also a member of the American
Society of Gastroenterology and New
York Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. Dr. Feldman is an
active participant and advocate for
patient education and often provides
lectures on various topics in liver
disease and gastroenterology to the
medical community and patient
support groups. He is the founder of a
hepatitis support group and is actively
involved in teaching medical students,
resident physicians and fellows in
gastroenterology. Dr. Feldman is also a
licensed pilot and a flight surgeon.
Kelly Garrett ’03
Dr. Garrett is an Assistant Professor
of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical
College and an attending surgeon at
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical Center. She is board
certified in general surgery and colon
and rectal surgery and specializes in the
minimally invasive surgical treatment
of colon and rectal cancer, pelvic
floor disorders, and inflammatory
bowel disease. Dr. Garrett completed
a general surgery residency at Albany
Medical Center in 2008, followed by
a colon and rectal surgery fellowship
at the Cleveland Clinic. Following
her fellowship and prior to working at
Cornell, she worked as associate staff
for the Digestive Disease Institute at
the Cleveland Clinic for one year. She is
married to Farzeen Firoozi (SGU ’01).
Drew University, BA ’96
Sunil Gopal ’01
Dr. Gopal is an attending
anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Medical
Center in New York, NY. He completed
his residency in anesthesiology at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva
University.
Brook, BA ’90
New York College of Podiatric Medicine,
DPM ’94
Robert Helman ’97
Dr. Helman is a primary care doctor
and emergency medicine physician
treating patients in the greater New
York City area. He is active in teaching
both nationally and internationally and
returns to St. George’s University yearly
to teach both students and physicians.
Dr. Helman completed his emergency
Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital
Center, in New York, NY.
State University of New York at College
of College of Environmental Science and
Forestry., BS ’92
Christian Hirsch ’91
Dr. Hirsch is with Manhattan
Colorectal Associates, specializing in
colon and rectal surgery, both in private
practice and as an attending surgeon.
He is certified by the American Board
of Surgery and the American Board of
Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dr. Hirsch
served as Chief Resident of general
surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital and
Medical Center, and completed a colon
and rectal surgery fellowship at the
Medical School.
Spencer Holover ’98
Dr. Holover is a board-certified surgeon
specializing in bariatric surgery at New
York Bariatric Group. He is one of the
first and most experienced surgeons
on Long Island to perform SingleIncision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)
and he has performed over 14,000
surgical endoscopies, making him
one of the most experienced surgical
endoscopists and minimally invasive
revision surgeons in the country. Dr.
Holover completed a general surgery
Center in Livingston, NJ. He then
minimally invasive bariatric surgery
with pioneering bariatric surgeon,
New York
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Dr. Phil Schauer, at the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center in
Pittsburgh, PA. During his fellowship
training, Dr. Holover held the academic
appointment of Clinical Professor
of Surgery, performed cutting-edge
research, gave presentations at major
national meetings, and helped train
future and actively practicing surgeons.
From 2003-04, while at the University
of Pittsburgh, he performed the Sleeve
Gastrectomy, making him one of the
first surgeons in the world to do this
operation. Dr. Holover has received
the “Patient Choice Award” as one of
“New York State’s Favorite Physicians”
multiple times, was voted one of the
“Most Compassionate Doctors” in the
country numerous times, and has been
voted one of The Consumer Council
of America’s “Top Surgeons in the
Country.” In addition, Dr. Holover is
a New York State Police Investigators
Association Police Surgeon and has been
featured as an expert guest on CBS
News, KJOY, Telecare and WHPC. He
of Surgeons and a member of the
American Board of Surgery, the New
York Medical Society, the Society of
American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Surgeons, and the American Society of
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons.
Ricardo Issa ’96
Dr. Issa is in a solo private practice on
the Upper East Side of Manhattan and is
affiliated with both Lenox Hill Hospital
and New York Methodist Hospital.
Ashika Jain ’06
Dr. Jain is a physician in the
at Kings County Hospital Center
in Brooklyn, NY. She is also a
Clinical Assistant Professor at SUNY
Downstate Medical Center, also
in Brooklyn. Dr. Jain completed a
fellowship in emergency ultrasound
Booklyn and is about to begin a
fellowship in trauma critical care at
Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore,
MD. She completed a residency
in surgery at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School at
Worcester. Dr. Jain volunteers with
One Brick and frequently travels to
Nepal with Himalayan Health Care
to participate in medical treks into
remote villages.
New York
Poonam Jani ’12
Dr. Jani is a Geriatric Medicine Fellow at
the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai in New York, NY. She completed
Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ.
Linda Kamal ’87
Dr. Kamal has been an attending
physician at St. Clare’s Hospital since
1992 and serves as Chief of Medicine
and Director of Medical Education.
residency at St. Lukes-Roosevelt
Hospital Center, she pursued an
infectious diseases fellowship at Mount
Sinai Hospital. Dr. Kamal has served as
an infectious disease consultant and was
the Medical Director of Mount Sinai
Hospital from 1996–99. She is board
certified in both internal medicine and
infectious diseases.
Boston University, AB ’68
Edmund Kaplan ’88
gynecology, Dr. Kaplan is an attending
physician at Lenox Hill Hospital and
North General Hospital both in New
York, NY.
AB ’84
Richard Carl Lacy ’89
Dr. Lacy is in private practice in
child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry,
psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis
in New York, NY. After completing
a psychiatry residency at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital, Dr. Lacy pursued
a fellowship in child and adolescent
psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital
in New York, NY. Board certified in
child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry,
Dr. Lacy also graduated from the New
York Psychoanalytic Institute, where he
is now a member. Before he attended
St. George’s University, he completed
a PhD in philosophy at the University
of Chicago.
University of Chicago, PhD ’82
Viraj Lakdawala ’07
Dr. Lakdawala is an Assistant Professor
of Emergency Medicine at New York
University in New York, NY. He
residency at Lincoln Medical and
Mental Health Center in the Bronx, NY.
Stephan Lansey ’86
Dr. Lansey is Vice President of Medical
Services at Amsterdam Nursing Home
in New York, NY, and an Assistant
Professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology
at the New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Weill Cornell Medical College. After
his residency in internal medicine
at Muhlenberg Medical Center in
Plainfield, NJ, Dr. Lansey completed
a fellowship in geriatric medicine at
Mount Sinai Medical Center in New
York, NY.
BS ’78
Peter Lee ’98
Dr. Lee is a Pulmonary and Critical
Care Fellow at Beth Israel Medical
Center in New York, NY. He completed
the same institution. His interests
include lung cancer diagnosis and
treatment, bronchoscopy, critical care
ultrasound and house staff training in
rapid response teams and central line
simulations. Dr. Lee has been invited to
teach critical care ultrasound techniques
for various courses across the country,
including at meetings of the American
College of Chest Physicians in Chicago,
IL and San Antonio, TX, the University
Jersey, and the University of Texas
at San Antonio. After his fellowship,
Dr. Lee plans to pursue training in
interventional pulmonology to further
specialize in lung cancer diagnostics
and therapeutics.
Benedictine University, BS ’90
Robert Lee ’04
Dr. Lee is an anesthesiologist and pain
in New York, NY. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Lee completed
and anesthesiology residency at the
School in Amherst. He was Assistant
Professor of Anesthesiology at the
School for five years prior to serving as
Chief Fellow in Pain Medicine at Beth
Israel Medical Center.
Jana Lewis ’09
Dr. Deitch is a Breast Surgery fellow in
the Department of Surgery at St. Luke’s
Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York,
NY. She completed her general surgery
BS ’05
Roshan Mahabir ’06
Dr. Mahabir is a first-year diagnostic
pathology resident with St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center in New York
City. After obtaining his Doctor of
Medicine from SGU, Dr. Mahabir went
on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from
Hokkaido University in Japan, during
which time he published a variety of
brain tumor research.
Ilan Margulis ’12
Dr. Margulis is an anesthesiology
resident at New York Presbyterian
Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical
Center in New York, NY, where he
was named Employee of the Month in
February 2015.
Todd Mastrovitch ’96
Dr. Mastrovitch is practicing pediatric
emergency medicine at Monmouth
Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ
and is an attending physician in
Flushing, NY. After his pediatrics
residency at Monmouth Medical
Center in Long Branch, NJ, Dr.
Mastrovitch went on to a fellowship
in pediatric emergency medicine at St.
Paterson, NJ.
Frances McGill ’81
Dr. McGill is in private practice in
gynecology, though most of her career
has been in academic medicine. She is
now Associate Dean of Students and
Clinical Studies (United States) for St.
George’s University School of Medicine,
and teaches obstetrics and gynecology
in the pathophysiology course. She is an
active SGU alumni member.
College, BS ’71
Daniel McGovern ’12
Dr. McGovern is a psychiatry resident
at Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
York, NY.
John Michalisin ’09
Dr. Michalisin is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Anesthesiology and of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
at the Center for the Study and
Treatment of Pain at New York
University Langone Medical Center
Ambulatory Care Center in New York,
NY. He completed a residency in
physical medicine and rehabilitation at
Hofstra University, North Shore-Long
Island Jewish Health System.
Siena College, BS ’05
Haleh Milani ’91
Dr. Milani is in private practice and
is on the faculty at Columbia New
York-Presbyterian Hospital in New
York, NY. She completed an internal
University Medical Center, followed
by a cardiovascular disease fellowship
at the University Hospital of Brooklyn,
the teaching hospital of SUNY
Downstate Medical Center.
Joseph John Moreira ’88
Dr. Moreira is a neurologist in private
practice specializing in adult neurology
and intraoperative neurophysiology. He
is also the Director of Electromyography
and Intraoperative Neurophysiology
at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in
New York, NY. Dr. Moreira completed
a residency in neurology and a
fellowship in neuromuscular disease,
electromyography, and intraoperative
neurophysiology at New York Hospital,
Cornell Medical Center. He is married
with three children.
Kim Murphy-Villafane ’01
Dr. Murphy-Villafane is a faculty
attending physician in the Department
of Medicine and the Director of the
hospitalist program at St. Vincent’s
Hospital in New York, NY. She is
and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical
Medicine for New York Medical College.
Dr. Murphy-Villafane completed her
residency in internal medicine at St.
Vincent’s Medical Center of Richmond in
Staten Island, NY, as Chief Resident.
Chia-Ling Nhan-Chang ’03
Dr. Nhan-Chang is an Assistant
Clinical Professor of maternal-fetal
medicine at Columbia University
School of Physicians and Surgeons in
New York, NY, and is on the faculty
at New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Columbia campus. She completed a
at Staten Island University Hospital
and a fellowship in maternal fetal
medicine at Wayne State University/
The Perinatology Research Branch
in Detroit, MI. Dr. Nhan-Chang
is frequently invited to present
abstracts and lectures at national and
international forums. Her research is
featured in the more than two dozen
articles she has co-authored in peerreviewed journals.
Loma Linda University, MS ’01
Martin Ortiz ’95
Dr. Ortiz is in a clinic-based practice
with Health and Hospitals Corporation
of New York City, and is also an
attending physician at Harlem Hospital.
He is a member of the medical
command of the New York Army
National Guard, and was awarded a
Medical Combat Badge while serving in
Iraq as battalion surgeon for the 1st of
the 69th infantry. Dr. Ortiz completed
Brooklyn, NY.
BA ’85
Andre Panagos ’99
Dr. Panagos is a Clinical Assistant
Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU
Langone Medical Center in New
York, NY. After graduating from St.
George’s University with both a Doctor
of Medicine and a Master of Science,
Dr. Panagos completed an internship
and residency in physical medicine
and rehabilitation at the University
of Washington in Seattle, followed
by a sports and interventional spine
fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center
in New York CIty. Dr. Panagos also
trained in medical acupuncture at the
Helms Medical Institute, University of
California, Los Angeles. He has been
involved in medical education for many
years, publishing research articles and
textbook chapters and has given several
national and international lectures in
the field of spine and sports medicine.
Recently, Dr. Panagos released a
textbook, “Spine: Rehabilitation
Medicine Quick Reference,” which
broadly covers the complex field of spine
care. Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Panagos
was an assistant attending physiatrist at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital and an
at Weill Cornell Medical College, also
in NYC. Additionally, Dr. Panagos
was the founding co-director of The
Spine Center at New York-Presbyterian
New York
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Hospital, as well as the recipient of the
first Willibald Nagler Clinical Scholar
Award at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Studies, MSc ’97
Rashmee Patil ’12
Dr. Patil is a hospitalist and part-time
Clinical Instructor at Mount Sinai St.
Luke’s and Mount Sinai West Hospitals
in New York, NY. She completed an
Yale University, BA ’07
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Krishna Perumareddi ’98
Dr. Perumareddi has been a physician
with Advantage Care Physicians in
New York, NY since 2002 and currently
serves as Chair of the Department of
Hospital Medicine. She oversees the
hospitalist program for seven hospitals
and is involved with administration and
expansion of their hospitalist programs
in New York City. Dr. Perumareddi
residency at Maimonides Medical Center
in Brooklyn, NY after which she worked
for a private internal medicine practice in
Boca Raton, FL from 2001-02.
Curtis Phillips ’11
Dr. Phillips is an addiction Psychiatry
Fellow at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Medical Center in New York, NY. He
completed a psychiatry residency at the
Medical University in Syracuse, NY in
June 2015.
Soteri Polydorou ’03
Dr. Polydorou is an Assistant Professor
of Medicine and Psychiatry at New York
University School of Medicine in New
York, NY and serves as Medical Director
of the Opioid Addiction Treatment
Program, as well as Medical Director
of Primary Care within the Division of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. He
is also Clinical Director of Bellevue
Hospital’s Overdose Prevention
Program. Dr. Polydorou completed an
internal medicine residency at Lenox
Hill Hospital in New York, NY, and
then went on to a clinical and research
fellowship in the Division of Substance
Abuse of Columbia University and New
York-Presbyterian Hospital, also in New
York City.
BS ’97
New York
Anita Radix ’88
Dr. Radix is an infectious disease
specialist in New York, NY and is
area including Beth Israel Medical
Center and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center. She completed
an infectious diseases fellowship at
the University of Connecticut. She
subsequently earned a Master of Public
Health at the same institution. Dr.
Radix has also received a diploma
in tropical medicine and a master’s
degree in epidemiology in the United
Kingdom. She is licensed to practice
in the Netherlands, Antilles, Grenada,
and Connecticut.
Robert Segal ’96
Dr. Segal is the founder of Manhattan
Cardiology in New York, NY. Prior
to 2010, he was a partner for seven
years at East Side Medical and
Cardiovascular Associates. As one
of the top heart specialists, he was
awarded the Castle Connolly Regional
Top Doctors Award in 2014. Dr.
Segal completed his residency and
chief residency at Long Island Jewish
Medical Center, and his cardiovascular
fellowship at Maimonides Medical
Center in 2000.
Kavin Shah ’05
Dr. Shah is the VP/Group Medical
Director of the new DigitasLBi
marketing and technology agency in
New York, NY. His role encompasses
medical strategy and content
development for clients such as
AstraZeneca, Forest Laboratories, and
Leo Pharma. Dr. Shah utilizes his
background to serve as an important
resource in identifying current and
emerging health care trends, topics,
and areas of concern as they relate
to health care practitioners and
consumers. He is instrumental in
educating internal teams about disease
states, how medications work, and
treatment regimens around client
interests. Dr. Shah is also a procedural
documentation writer and editor for
Pfizer. After completing a general
surgery residency at Hofstra University
North Shore-Long Island Jewish School
of Medicine, he then went on to work as
a surgical research Fellow and scientist
in the Department of Surgery at the
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
in Manhasset, NY. Dr. Shah was
previously Director of Clinical Trials for
the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group
and was instrumental in bringing
in new industry-sponsored trials in
multiple medical specialties.
BS ’00
MPH ’05
Rushi Shah ’14
Dr. Shah is a general surgery resident at
Lincoln Medical Center in New York, NY.
University of California at Davis, BSC ’07
Michele Slone ’00
Dr. Slone is a city medical examiner
in the Office of Chief Medical
Examiner, City of New York. After
completing her pathology residency at
Mount Sinai Medical Center in New
York, NY, Dr. Slone began a forensic
neuropathology and cardiovascular
pathology fellowship at the Office of
Chief Medical Examiner, City of New
York, followed by a forensic pathology
fellowship at the same office.
Emory University, BBA ’91
Mariah Smith ’14
Dr. Smith is a psychiatry resident at
Metropolitan Hospital Center in New
York, NY.
David Soloway ’82
Dr. Soloway is board certified in
anesthesiology and is in private
group practice in New York, NY. He
at New York Medical College and a
fellowship at University of California at
Los Angeles.
Marc Stoller ’82
Dr. Stoller is the Associate Chairman
Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Justin Tretter ’10
Dr. Tretter is a pediatric cardiology
fellow at New York University in
New York, NY. He completed a
of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Dr.
Tretter has had two publications
accepted into medical journals.
Grove City College, BS ’06
Enrique Vargas ’12
Dr. Vargas is a psychiatry resident
at New York Medical College,
Metropolitan Hospital Center in New
York, NY.
University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla,
BS ’06
Kendy Verpile ’01
Dr. Verpile is practicing obstetrics
and gynecology in New York. Board
she completed her obstetrics and
gynecology residency at St. Vincent’s
Catholic Medical Center in New York,
NY. Dr. Verpile is also certified in
cosmetogynecology, which allows her
to not only manage female reproductive
issues, but also help women improve
their appearance, maintain their
youth, and age gracefully. She enjoys
spending time with her family, traveling,
playing guitar and tennis, and doing
humanitarian work.
Jonathan Warman ’95
Dr. Warman is a solo practitioner in
internal medicine and gastroenterology
in New York, NY. He completed
and Chief Residency followed by a
gastroenterology fellowship at Lenox
Hill Hospital. Dr. Warman is board
gastroenterology.
BS ’90
Catherine Weinberg ’04
Dr. Weinberg is a cardiologist in
practice with Concord Medical Group
and NYU Cardiology Associates
in New York, NY and is a Clinical
Instructor in the Department of
Medicine at NYU Langone Medical
Center. She was previously an Assistant
Professor at the University of Medicine
Wood Johnson Medical School. Board
cardiovascular disease, she completed
an internal medicine residency followed
by an adult cardiology fellowship at
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
in New York, NY. Dr. Weinberg then
went on to complete an adult congenital
cardiology fellowship at the Children’s
Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College
of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, WI.
Lawrence University, BA ’96
Michael Zelenetz ’02
Dr. Zelenetz is a gastroenterologist
employed by Manhattan’s Physician
Group, the largest multispecialty
group in New York, NY. He performs
in-office endoscopic procedures,
including colonoscopy and upper
endoscopy for colorectal cancer
screening, and works with patients
on the management of diseases. He is
on staff at Beth Israel Medical Center
and Lenox Hill Hospital in New
York, NY. Dr. Zelenetz is also on the
scientific advisory board for KannaLife
Sciences, a bio-pharmaceutical and
phyto-medical company specializing
in research and development of
pharmacological products derived
from plants. Board certified in internal
medicine and gastroenterology, Dr.
Zelenetz completed an internal
medicine internship and residency and a
gastroenterology fellowship at the State
Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He is
also a member of the American College
of Gastroenterology.
NEWBURGH
Frederick Ayers ’84
Dr. Ayers is a radiologist in private
practice Newburgh, in Rockland
County, NY and has been Director and
a Professor of Ultrasound Education at
Bergen Community College in Paramus,
NJ for 18 years. Board certified in
radiology, Dr. Ayers completed an
internal medicine internship followed by
a diagnostic radiology residency at New
NY, where he was a Clinical Instructor,
Resident of the Year and Chief Resident.
He then completed a fellowship in body
imaging (CAT scan, ultrasound and
MRI) at Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, followed
by an Assistant Professorship at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in the
Bronx, NY for two years.
NIAGARA FALLS
Thomas Artim ’81
Dr. Artim is Medical Director of
Northpointe Council Inc. in Niagara
Falls, NY, a nonprofit agency that
provides addiction treatment, and of
People Inc., a nonprofit agency that
provides services to developmentally
disabled adults. He is also in private
practice in internal medicine.
NORTH HILLS
Steven Rubin ’90
Dr. Rubin is a clinical gastroenterologist
at Long Island Gastroenterology
Group and has hospital privileges
at two hospitals in the area. He
teaches endoscopic techniques to
gastroenterology fellows, is board
gastroenterology, and specializes in
the treatment of inflammatory bowel
disease. Following completion of his
internal medicine residency at Lenox
Hill Hospital in New York, NY, Dr.
Rubin completed a fellowship in
gastroenterology at the same institution.
BA ’85
NORTHPORT
Deborah Galloway ’99
Dr. Galloway is an attending physician
in the neurology department at the
Veterans Affairs hospital in Northport,
NY. Board certified in internal
medicine and neurology, Dr. Galloway
completed a neurology residency and a
neurophysiology fellowship at the State
Hospital. She then worked in private
practice for two years before taking
an academic position at her current
hospital.
Brook, BS ’94
OCEANSIDE
Michael Golia ’99
Dr. Golia is a board certified-diagnostic
radiologist specializing in breast
imaging at Complete Women’s Imaging
PC, with offices in Oceanside, NY,
and Garden City, NY. He completed
a diagnostic radiology residency
at Richmond University Medical
Center in Staten Island, NY. He
then completed a women’s imaging
fellowship at Columbia University New
York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Colgate University, BA ’92
OGDENSBURG
Himani Singh ’05
Dr. Singh is a medical oncologist at
the Richard E. Winter Cancer Center at
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center
in Ogdensburg, NY. She completed
New York
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Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut
and then went on to complete a
hematology and oncology fellowship
at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
in Philadelphia, PA, in June 2011.
ONEIDA
Imtiaz Samad ’91
Dr. Samad is now in private practice
in Oneida, NY and has been published
in the American Review of Respiratory
Disease and Critical Care Illness. He
completed his residency at the
Medicine in Farmington, CT, as Chief
Resident.
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OSSINING
Michael McCormick ’87
Dr. McCormick is affiliated with Phelps
Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy
Hollow, NY, where he is the Director
of the Department of Family Medicine
and the Assistant Director of the Phelps
Hospice Program. His office is located
in Ossining, NY. Board certified in
family medicine, Dr. McCormick
at John F. Kennedy Medical Center
in Edison, NJ, where he also served
as Chief Resident. Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center is in the process of
establishing a family medicine residency
program in conjunction with New
York Medical College and Westchester
Medical Center.
S Connecticut State University, BS ’80
OSWEGO
Joseph Mather ’82
Dr. Mather is in private practice in
Oswego, NY. He completed a residency
in obstetrics and gynecology at the
Science Center at Syracuse, NY. Dr.
Mather is board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology and is a Fellow of the
American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology.
New York
PATCHOGUE
Nirmit Desai ’10
Dr. Desai is working as a hospitalist
in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
in Patchogue, NY. He completed his
Hospital in Stony Brook, NY. Before
Dr. Desai completed his clinical
clerkship at St. Joseph’s Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ as well as St. Michael’s
MPH ’06
Christine Doucet ’96
Dr. Doucet is the owner and founder of
Patchogue Family Medical Care, and is
an attending physician at Brookhaven
Memorial Hospital Medical Center in
Patchogue, NY. She serves as Vice Chair
of the Advocacy Committee of the New
York State Academy of Family Physicians
and is currently on the Suffolk County
Board of Health, is an officer in the
Suffolk County Medical Society, and is
also a delegate to the Medical Society
of New York. Board certified in family
medicine, Dr. Doucet completed a
family medicine residency at Southside
Hospital in Bay Shore, NY, where she
then worked as an attending physician
until 2009. She is blessed to have three
wonderful, active, and smart sons.
John Walsh ’95
Dr. Walsh is Medical Director
for Biogen Idec, the world’s oldest
independent biotechnology company,
where he supports their multiple
sclerosis (MS) program. Through
cutting edge science and medicine,
Biogen Idec discovers, develops,
and delivers to patients worldwide
innovative therapies for the treatment of
neurodegenerative diseases, hemophilia,
and autoimmune disorders. Dr. Walsh
at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore,
NY, finishing as Chief Resident in
1998. After residency, he practiced
family medicine in East Islip, NY for
nearly 10 years before moving to the
pharmaceutical industry full time in
2008. Prior to joining Biogen Idec, Dr.
Walsh was the Medical Director for
Sepracor/Sunovion Pharmaceuticals,
working in allergy, immunology, and
pulmonary disease therapeutics. Dr.
Walsh remains board certified in family
medicine and continues to practice full
time in Patchogue, NY.
PLAINVIEW
Gregory Puglisi ’02
Dr. Puglisi is a pediatric and adult
allergist and immunologist in private
group practice with Mid-Island Allergy
Group, with offices in Plainview and
and Babylon, NY, and has interests
in asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, food
allergy and intolerances, drug and bee
sting allergy, atopic dermatitis, contact
dermatitis, urticaria, and primary
immune deficiency. Board certified
in internal medicine and allergy and
immunology, Dr. Puglisi completed an
internal medicine residency at Norwalk
Hospital in Connecticut, followed by
at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
in New Hyde Park, NY. He names his
three children, Ellie, Sam, and Sabrina,
as his biggest accomplishments by far.
Ravi Shah ’06
Dr. Shah has a private hematology and
oncology practice in Plainview, NY.
residency, Dr. Shah completed a
Stony Brook Hospital in Stony Brook,
NY.
York, BA ’98
PORT JEFFERSON
Sanjay Godhwani ’08
Dr. Godhwani is a rheumatologist in
private practice in Port Jefferson, NY
and is affiliiated with Mather Hospital.
medicine and pediatrics residency as
Chief Resident and a rheumatology
New York at Stony Brook University.
POTSDAM
Charles Wilson ’03
Dr. Wilson is a general surgeon in a
rapidly growing acute care hospital
in Potsdam, NY. He also serves as
Chairman of the Department of
Surgery, tasked with the running of
the department, quality assurance
and liaison between department and
administration and cordial and collegial
working relationships. Dr. Wilson is an
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in
the Physician Assistant Studies program
at a nearby, nationally recognized
university, where he also lectures on
the pathophysiology and treatment of
surgical diseases. Dr. Wilson is fully
licensed in both Vermont and New
York, where he also works as a locum
tenen surgeon for bariatric, trauma, and
other surgical emergencies in several
different medical centers. He completed
his residency in general surgery at
Monmouth Medical Center in Long
Branch, NJ, as Chief Resident.
POUGHKEEPSIE
Salvatore Buffa ’88
Dr. Buffa is a clinical gastroenterologist
and partner at GI Associates, a division
of Premier Medical Group. Board
certified in gastroenterology, he is
also the Chief of the Division of
Gastroenterology at Vasser Brothers
Medical Center. Dr. Buffa completed
his internship and residency training
at Presbyterian Medical Center of
Philadelphia and his fellowship training
at Presbyterian Medical Center and
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
He serves as the treasurer of the MidHudson Gut Club and is married with
three children.
Michael Maresca ’97
Dr. Maresca is in private practice with
Hudson Valley Hematology Oncology
Associates and is affiliated with Vassar
Brothers Medical Center, St. Francis
Hospital, Northern Dutchess Hospital,
and Putnam Hospital Center. Dr.
Maresca serves on the regional Board
of Advisors for the American Cancer
Society. He frequently lectures to
patient support groups such as the
Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer Support
Group and he is the hematology
consultant for the St. Francis Hospital
Blood Conservation and Transfusion
committee and Bloodless Medicine
Program. Dr. Maresca completed an
Brook, University Hospital, followed
by a fellowship in hematology and
oncology at Beth Israel Medical Center
in New York, NY. He is board certified
in internal medicine, hematology, and
medical oncology.
Bard College, BA ’86
in Jamaica, NY. She lives in Long
Island, NY with her husband and three
daughters.
University of Indianapolis, MA ’97
Rajiv Narula ’89
Dr. Narula is in private practice with
offices in Poughkeepsie, NY, and New
York, NY. The New York office deals
exclusively with travel medicine. In
addition, he is an Associate Professor
at New York Medical College in the
Department of Community and
Preventive Medicine. Dr. Narula
completed a residency in family medicine
at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken, NJ.
He is board certified in family medicine
and has certification in travel health.
He previously worked as an attending
physician in the Monmouth Medical
Center Emergency Department.
Binal Maharaja ’12
Dr. Maharaja is a psychiatry resident
at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in
Queens Village, NY.
Thomas Robinson ’81
Dr. Robinson is a self-employed, solo
practitioner of family medicine working
in Poughkeepsie, NY. Board certified in
medicine residency at Hamot Medical
Center in 1985.
Adam Silverman ’03
Dr. Silverman is a board-certified
general and plastic and reconstructive
surgeon working in private practice
in Poughkeepsie, NY. He completed a
general surgery residency at Monmouth
Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ. Dr.
Silverman then went on to complete a
residency in plastic and reconstructive
surgery at the University of Illinois at
Chicago.
BS ’94
New York Medical College, MS ’99
QUEENS VILLAGE
Olga Karantoni ’02
Dr. Karantoni is Medical Director
at Creedmoor Addiction Treatment
Center, a state-operated addiction
treatment center in Queens Village,
NY, part of the New York State Office
of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Services (OASAS). A Diplomatee of the
and the American Board of Addiction
Medicine, Dr. Karantoni completed a
family medicine residency at the New
York Medical College, Jamaica Hospital
QUEENSBURY
Danushan Sooriabalan ’06
Dr. Sooriabalan is an internal medicine
physician in practice with Hudson
Headwaters Health Network at
West Mountain Health Services in
Queensbury, NY and is on staff at Glens
Falls Hospital and Moses Ludington
Hospital. Dr. Sooriabalan completed
Resident at Albany Medical Center in
Albany, NY.
REXFORD
Louis Carmen Ianniello ’89
Dr. Ianniello is a board-certified family
physician. He completed a family
practice residency at St. Clare’s Hospital
in Schenectady, NY.
RIVERHEAD
Judy Ann Emanuele ’88
Dr. Emanuele is a board-certified
surgeon in solo private practice at
East End Plastic Surgery and Laser
Center in Riverhead, NY. She is also
the Director of Plastic Surgery and
an attending staff member at Eastern
Long Island Hospital in Greenport. Dr.
Emanuele completed a five-year general
surgery residency, a two-year plastic
and reconstructive surgery residency,
and a one-year fellowship in hand and
microsurgery.
Susan Emanuele ’87
Dr. Emanuele is in a hematology and
oncology private practice in Riverhead,
NY. Board certified in internal medicine
and medical oncology, Dr. Emanuele
completed a three-year internal medicine
residency and a three-year hematology
and oncology fellowship.
New York
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Daniel Klages ’99
Dr. Klages is an attending psychiatrist
with Family Service League Riverhead
ACT Program at Eastern Long Island
Hospital in Long Island, NY. Board
certified in psychiatry, Dr. Klages
Stony Brook.
New Paltz, BS ’93
ROCHESTER
Uthayavanee Balasubramaniam ’12
Dr. Balasubramaniam is a pediatrician
in private practice in Rochester, NY. She
University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.
156
Jacqueline Christman ’90
Dr. Christman is a physician practicing
preventive medicine as a private
consultant. She previously served as the
State Clinical Medical Director and
Director of the State of Delaware Office
of Women’s Health, and was Secretary
and President of the Delaware Kent
County Medical Society. Dr. Christman
completed residencies in family
medicine, public health, and preventive
New York at Buffalo and became board
certified in family medicine in 1993.
Prior to assuming her position as Chief
of Community Healthcare Access in
Public Health in Delaware in 2000,
she served as the Director and Medical
Director of Student Health for the State
University of New York, College at
Brockport; was the start-up physician
for the new Women’s Primary Health
Care Practice, Artemis Health; and
was a Professor of Community Health
and Preventive Medicine at Mercer
Macon, GA. She is an active member of
the American Medical Association, the
American Academy of Family Practice,
as well as the state association of each.
Rochester Institute of Technology, MBA ’80
Sema Hart ’88
Dr. Hart is a full-time hospitalist in
the newborn nursery and birth center
at Golisano Children’s Hospitalin
Rochester, NY and an Associate
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with
the University of Rochester teaching
first-year residents and medical
students.
Albany College of Pharmacy, BS ’83
New York
Charis Lee ’98
Dr. Lee is the Medical Director of
Easter Seals Diagnostic and Treatment
Center in Rochester, NY, and is also
in private practice. She completed
a primary care internal medicine
residency at the University of Rochester
in 2001, where she was appointed the
chief medical resident.
Mathew Lopez ’13
Dr. Lopez is an anesthesiology resident
at the University of Rochester in
Rochester, NY.
Nimish Mohile ’00
Dr. Mohile is an Assistant Professor
of Neurology and Oncology and the
Division Chief of Neuro-Oncology at the
University of Rochester Medical Center
in Rochester, NY and an attending
physician at the James P. Wilmot Cancer
Center and Strong Memorial Hospital.
His research focus is on clinical trials
for malignant gliomas. Board certified
in neurology, Dr. Mohile completed an
internal medicine internship at YaleNorwalk Medical Center, followed by
a neurology residency at Northwestern
Universityin Evanston, IL. He then
completed a fellowship in neurooncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Brian Pavlovitz ’06
Dr. Pavlovitz has been a staff
pathologist at Rochester General
Hospital in Rochester, NY since
July 2011. He completed a combined
anatomic and clinical pathology
in Syracuse, NY, where he served as
Chief Resident. He then completed
a fellowship in cytopathology at
in Richmond, VA. Dr. Pavlovitz is
board certified in anatomic pathology,
clinical pathology, and cytopathology
and his areas of interest include breast,
gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and
neuropathology.
Science Center at Syracuse, BS ’97
Tracey Quail-Davidoff ’90
Dr. Quail-Davidoff is an attending
physician at Highland Hospital in
Rochester, NY. Board certified in
both internal medicine and emergency
medicine, she completed a residency
in internal medicine at St. Joseph’s
Hospital and Medical Center.
Raymond Stefanich ’82
Dr. Stefanich is in private practice with
Orthopaedic Associates of Rochester.
He completed his orthopaedic surgery
Albany, NY as Chief Resident in 1987.
He then went on to complete a one-year
hand and musculoskeletal microsurgery
New York at Buffalo and became board
certified in orthopaedic surgery in 1991.
Dr. Stefanich spent 10 years as a Clinical
Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery at
the University of Rochester School of
Medicine before entering private practice.
Ohio Wesleyan University, BA ’75
ROSLYN
Neil Bercow ’85
Dr. Bercow is a practicing cardiothoracic
surgeon at St. Francis Hospital in
Roslyn, NY. He specializes in beatingheart surgery as well as minimally
invasive surgery. He is also an editor of
the web-based Heart Center Online.
After completing a general surgery
residency as the Chief Resident at
Brooklyn Hospital Center, Dr. Bercow
pursued a fellowship in cardiothoracic
surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical
Center, in Brooklyn, NY.
Alan Goldman ’90
Dr. Goldman is the Assistant Director
of Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital,
The Heart Center, in Roslyn, NY. After
completing a residency in internal
medicine, Dr. Goldman completed
fellowships in cardiovascular disease
and interventional cardiology at
Brooklyn, NY. He is board certified in
disease, and is a Fellow of the American
College of Cardiology.
Sean Levchuck ’89
Dr. Levchuck is the chairman of
pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology at
St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, NY. He
is also the Director of Interventional
Pediatric Cardiology at both St.
Francis Hospital and St. Catherine of
Siena in Smithtown, NY. He performs
interventional cardiac procedures to
correct congenital heart disease. After
completing a residency in pediatrics
Mineola, NY, Dr. Levchuck pursued
a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
in Philadelphia, PA. Board certified in
pediatrics and pediatric cardiology, he
joined Pediatric Cardiology of Long
Island in 1995. Dr. Levchuck has
received the Gift of Life Angel Award
for his work caring for economically
deprived children, and the Paul
Harris Fellowship Award from Rotary
International. He serves on the board
of directors for Companions in
Courage, a charity founded by NHL
Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine. Dr.
Levchuck lives with his wife and two
sons in Greenlawn, NY.
Brook, BA ’84
ROTTERDAM
Jay Kravitz ’82
Dr. Kravitz is the site Medical Manager
and Director of Clinical Research
at Capital Care Family Practice in
Rotterdam, NY. With a Master of
Public Health from the Medical
College of Wisconsin, he also serves
as Medical Director for the city school
districts of Albany and Schenectady,
NY. Dr. Kravitz is an Associate Clinical
Professor of Family Medicine at Albany
Medical Center and an Adjunct
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
and Pharmacology at the State
University of New York at Schenectady.
Kravitz completed a family practice
residency at St. Clare’s Hospital of
Schenectady, NY.
University of Louisville, BA ’76
RYE
Michael Levine ’99
Dr. Levine is an Associate Medical
Director at Eisai Pharmaceuticals
Inc., a pharmaceutical company in
Woodcliff Lake, NJ, in the Department
of Drug Safety. After he completed
Lenox Hill Hospital and became board
certified, Dr. Levine began a career as
a pharmaceutical physician, testing
product safety.
BS ’92
ST. JAMES
Bruce Thompson ’81
Dr. Thompson is in private practice in
St. James, NY, in internal medicine
and works per diem in emergency
medicine at Southampton Hospital
in Southampton, NY. He completed
his internship in internal medicine at
Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY
and his residency in internal medicine
Hospital, in Newark, NJ.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Jason Bernad ’02
Dr. Bernad is an emergency medicine
physician at Saratoga Hospital in
Saratoga Springs, NY. He completed his
residency in emergency medicine at the
State University of New YorkUpstate
Medical University, NY.
College of the Atlantic, BA ’94
SAUGERTIES
Ernest Enzien ’99
Dr. Enzien is working in a private
family medicine practice. Board
at Kingston Hospital in Kingston, NY
as the Chief Resident. Before entering
medical school, Dr. Enzien was an
advertising executive in New York, NY.
SCARSDALE
Todd Shinnick ’90
Dr. Shinnick is with Frimer,
Meixler, Vizioli, and Goldstein on a
partnership track. He was previously
an attending physician at Montefiore
Medical Group. Dr. Shinnick
completed a medicine residency and
one year of chief residency at St.
Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New
York, NY.
Brook, BS ’85
SCHROON LAKE
Sarah Thompson ’12
Dr. Thompson is a family medicine
physician practicing at Schroon Lake
Health Center in Schroon Lake, NY.
She completed a family medicine
in Brooklyn, NY.
University of Guelph, BSc ’07
SHELTER ISLAND
Christopher Marshall ’99
In addition to having a private
practice on Shelter Island, NY, Dr.
Marshall works in an addiction
medicine inpatient drug and alcohol
detoxification and rehabilitation unit.
Oneonta, BS ’89
Binghamton, MBA ’90
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Paul Terracciano ’86
Dr. Terracciano is a senior attending
anesthesiologist at Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
He also has New York state certification
in acupuncture. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Terracciano
at Beth Israel Medical Center in New
York, NY..
Drake University, BA ’78
SMITHTOWN
Dara Brener ’02
Dr. Brener is a primary care physician
in private practice on Long Island, with
one office in Smithtown and another
in Port Jefferson, NY. She is a boardcertified, happily practicing physician
and a mother of two.
BA ’91
York, MA ’92
Anita Jose ’08
Dr. Jose is an infectious disease
specialist working at Infectious
Disease Medical in Smithtown, NY.
internship and residency at Flushing
Hospital Medical Center in Flushing,
NY. She then completed a fellowship
in infectious disease in Winthrop
University Hospital in Mineola, NY.
New York
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SOMERS
Christopher Nicora ’97
Dr. Nicora practices internal medicine
in Somers, NY.
Seton Hall University, BA ’88
STATEN ISLAND
Moyosore Adeyekun ’12
Dr. Adeyekun is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Staten Island
University Hospital in Staten Island, NY.
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Paul Barbara ’04
Dr. Barbara is an emergency medicine
attending physician at Staten Island
University Hospital. Board certified in
emergency medicine, he completed an
Brooklyn Hospital Center in 2008 and
then went on to an emergency medical
services fellowship with the Fire
Department of the City of New York
(FDNY), which he completed in 2009.
Dr. Barbara maintains involvement
with pre-hospital care both at his
hospital and through the New York,
NY EMS system. He also keeps active
with Staten Island University Hospital’s
emergency medicine residency program.
Dr. Barbara is active within St. George’s
University, as well as being the Assistant
Director of the Office of Career
Guidance and Student Development.
He lives in Garden City, NY, and is
married with two children.
Stephen Borchman ’85
Dr. Borchman is a pediatrician in
private practice in Staten Island, NY
and is affiliated with Staten Island
University Hospital. He completed
a pediatrics residency at Creighton
Omaha, NE.
Kenneth Chapman ’01
Dr. Chapman is the Director of Pain
Medicine at Staten Island University
Hospital. He completed a residency
in anesthesiology as Chief Resident
Center in New York, NY, and a
fellowship in pain management at
the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH.
York, BA ’97
New York
Jack D’Angelo ’85
Dr. D’Angelo is the founding partner
and Medical Director of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation Associates
of Staten Island, as well as Real
Medicine for Real People, a practice
devoted to innovative noninvasive
pain management interventions, in
Staten Island, NY. He completed his
residency in pediatrics at Georgetown
University and in physical medicine at
George Washington University, both in
Washington, DC. He also completed
a fellowship in pediatric physical
medicine at the National Children’s
Medical Center. Dr. D’Angelo is board
certified in pediatrics, a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics, and
a member of the American Academy of
Physical Medicine. He earned an MBA
in Healthcare at George Washington
University and was the 2011 recipient
of the Chamber of Commerce
Louis B. Miller Award for Business.
Dr. D’Angelo has made numerous
professional media appearances, serves
on the medical board of Bella magazine,
and is a former president of the
Richmond County Medical Society.
Lafayette College, BA ’81
Sherin Daniel ’12
Dr. Daniel is a pediatrics resident at
Richmond University Medical Center,
New York Medical College in Staten
Island, NY.
David Geller ’97
Dr. Geller is an attending radiologist
in the vascular and interventional
radiology section of Staten Island
University Hospital. He completed a
diagnostic radiology residency at St.
NJ, and a vascular and interventional
radiology fellowship at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Yvonne Giunta ’02
Dr. Giunta is a pediatric emergency
with North Shore-Long Island Jewish
Medical Group in Staten Island, NY
and is the Director of the Division
of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at
Staten Island University Hospital in
Staten Island, NY. Board certified in
pediatrics, she completed a pediatrics
York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Dr. Giunta then went on to complete
a pediatric emergency medicine
fellowship at North Shore-LIJ Health
System-Schneider Children’s Hospital.
Shwetha Hareesh ’12
Dr. Hareesh is an emergency medicine
physician practicing with North ShoreLong Island Jewish Medical Group in
Staten Island, NY and serves as Chair of
Patient Safety at Metropolitan Hospital
Center in New York, NY. She completed
an emergency medicine residency as
Chief Resident at New York Medical
College, Metropolitan Hospital in New
York, NY.
Michael Lacqua ’88
Dr. Lacqua is board certified in plastic
and reconstructive surgery, and is in
private practice. After completing three
years of a surgery residency at Staten
Island Hospital, Dr. Lacqua went on
to complete a fellowship at Nassau
University Medical Center in East
Meadow, NY.
New College of California, BA ’83
Thomas Vazzana ’85
Dr. Vazzana is a faculty cardiologist at
Staten Island University Hospital in
Staten Island, NY, where he serves as
Associate Director of the Cardiology
Fellowship program. He completed his
internship, residency and chief residency
in internal medicine at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Paterson, NJ and his
fellowship in cardiology at the former St.
Vincent’s Hospital in Staten Island, NY.
Dr. Vazzana has been listed as one of
New York Magazine’s Top Doctors every
year from 2007–10; has been named as
a New York Times Super Doctor; and
has been included on Castle Connolly’s
Top Doctor list. Dr. Vazzana’s wife,
Kathleen is the Administrative Director
at Staten Island University Hospital.
of their four children, their daughter,
Kathleen, is in her final year at New
York Institute of Technology College
of Osteopathic Medicine and daughter,
Virginia, is a second-year student at
SGU SOM.
STONY BROOK
James Bruno ’99
Dr. Bruno is a board-certified
neurologist in private practice in Stony
Brook, NY and is a Clinical Assistant
Professor at the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. After his
residency in neurology at George
Washington University in Washington,
DC, Dr. Bruno went on to a fellowship
in epilepsy and a fellowship in sleep
disorders at the State University of New
York at Stony Brook.
Jennifer Chee ’14
Dr. Chee is an internal medicine
Brook, NY.
Brook, BA ’09
Christine Garcia ’12
Dr. Garcia is Chief Resident of the
internal medicine residency program
and a Lecturer of Clinical Medicine
Stony Brook Hospital in Stony Brook,
NY. She is also a freelance writer at
Medscape.
Champaign, BS ’03
University of Illinois at Chicago, MPH ’05
Shabbir Hossain ’05
Dr. Hossain has been an Assistant
Professor of Clinical Medicine in the
Department of Internal Medicine
at State University of New York at
Stony Brook School of Medicine,
since completing his residency in
2008. In June 2013, Dr. Hossain
was appointed Co-Program Director
of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Combined Residency program. He
has been recognized by the residents
as Outstanding Teaching Attending
of the Year for the last two years.
Dr. Hossain completed his internal
medicine residency at Drexel
University College of Medicine in
Philadelphia, PA.
Samir Kapadia ’09
Dr. Kapadia is a Gastroenterology
Fellow at the State University of New
Brook, NY. After completing an
internal medicine residency at SUNY
Stony Brook, Dr. Kapadia worked
as a nocturnist on a Bone Marrow
Transplant unit at a large tertiary care
center for one year.
Jawad Kassem ’06
Dr. Kassem is a board-certified
physician practicing emergency
New York at Stony Brook University
Hospital in Stony Brook, NY, Peconic
Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, NY,
as well as undersea and hyperbaric
medicine at Phelps Memorial
Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, NY. He
of Emergency and Undersea and
Hyperbaric Medicine (UHM). He
Dentistry of New Jersey and an
Health Science Center at Syracuse. Dr.
Kassem then completed a fellowship
in undersea and hyperbaric medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania. He
received his Master of Public Health
from The University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey.
Mahpara Khaliq ’12
Dr. Khaliq is a combined internal
medicine and pediatrics resident at the
Brook Hospital in Stony Brook, NY.
Anubhav Kumar ’12
Dr. Kumar is Chief Resident of Internal
Medicine at the State University of New
Brook, NY.
Courtney Liebling-Pate ’14
Dr. Liebling-Patel is a psychiatry
Brook, NY.
Smith College, BA ’06
Lindsey Schachter ’14
Dr. Schachter is an internal medicine
Brook, NY.
SUFFERN
Debra Ingerman-Weissman ’01
Dr. Ingerman-Weissman is in private
practice, as well as a pediatrician
attending physician. She completed
her residency as the Chief Resident
of pediatrics at Maimonides Medical
Michael Petrella ’98
Dr. Petrella is a neonatologist in Suffern,
NY and is affiliated with several
hospitals in the area including Good
Samaritan Regional Medical Center in
Suffern, NY and Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY. He completed
his residency in pediatrics at Jersey
Shore University Medical Center in
Neptune, NJ as Chief Resident. He
then worked as a neonatal hospitalist
at Jersey Shore University Medical
Center and St. Peter’s University
Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Dr.
Petrella completed a fellowship in
neonatal and perinatal medicine at the
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital,
Columbia University Medical Center,
in New York, NY, in June 2008. Dr.
Petrella is a member of the American
Medical Association and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.
SYOSSET
Rosetta Grella ’01
Dr. Grella is an emergency medicine
attending physician at North Shore
University Hospital in Syosset, NY. She
Health Science Center at Syracuse.
Campus, BA ’94
SYRACUSE
Manmeet Bedi ’12
Dr. Bedi is an anesthesiology resident
Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse,
NY. He has presented at the American
Society of Anesthesiologists conference
in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Bedi
year in general surgery at the Brooklyn
Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY where
he was the recipient of the the Golden
Pineapple Accountability Award and
was the only surgery resident to ever
receive the distinguished Award of
Hospitality and Compassion.
BA ’05
New York
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Dmitriy Dvoskin ’12
Dr. Dvoskin is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation resident at the
He completed his preliminary year
in internal medicine at the same
institution.
insurance, and has been appointed by
the Chair of the New York State Workers’
Compensation Board as an impartial
specialist and independent medical
examiner. He represents the interests of
more than 20,000 physicians in New
York state in the review and development
of medical treatment guidelines and
other practice parameters.
Michael Galgano ’10
Dr. Galgano is a neurological surgery
York Upstate Medical University in
Syracuse, NY. After completing his
residency in 2017, Dr. Galgano will
begin a fellowship in neurosurgical
spinal oncology and complex
reconstruction at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, MD. His
future plans include pursuing a position
in academic neurosurgery. Dr. Galgano
married his wife during his first year at
St. George’s University and they now
have two beautiful daughters.
Sacred Heart University, BS ’04
Kuldip Kainth ’14
Dr. Kainth is a pediatrics resident at the
Western University, BSC ’09
Vanessa Hoy ’12
Dr. Hoy is an anesthesiology resident
NY. She completed her internal
medicine preliminary year the same
institution.
Jeffrey Kahn ’84
Dr. Kahn has been the Medical Director
of Rehabworx Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation in Syracuse, NY,
since 1998. After graduating from St.
George’s University, he completed one
postgraduate training year in surgery at
Booth Memorial Medical Center, New
York University School of Medicine,
followed by a year in neurosurgery at
Elmhurst City Hospital Center, Mount
Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Kahn
then completed a physical medicine
and rehabilitation residency and Chief
Residency at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine before becoming a founding
member of the department of physical
medicine and rehabilitation at SUNY
Upstate Medical University. In addition
to giving lectures and presentations
at the state and national levels, Dr.
Kahn has authored textbook chapters
on both electrodiagnosis and sports
medicine. Board certified in physical
medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Kahn
is the Chair of the Medical Society of
the State of New York’s committee on
workers’ compensation and no-fault
New York
David Kang ’01
Dr. Kang is an attending psychiatrist
and the Director of Training at
Hutchings Psychiatric Center, as well
as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
at the same institution as Chief
Resident. He then went on to complete
a residency in adult psychiatry and a
fellowship in forensic psychiatry, also
Upstate Medical University.
Renee Melfi ’98
Dr. Melfi is practicing in Syracuse,
NY. After completing her residency in
as Chief Resident at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, TX, Dr. Melfi
then completed a musculoskeletal
medicine and interventional spine
fellowship at Louisiana State University
in New Orleans, LA. She is certified
by the American Board of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation and board
certified in pain medicine.
Mark Saweris ’14
Dr. Saweris is an anesthesiology
resident at the State University of
in Syracuse, NY. He completed an
internship in general surgery at Nassau
University Medical Center in East
Meadow, NY. Dr. Saweris is a Fellow
of the New York Academy of Medicine
and a member of both the American
College of Physicians and the Gold
Humanism Honor Society. His research
project, Complications of Malignant
Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms and
Radiation on Airway Management was
presented at the 67th PostGraduate
Assembly in Anesthesiology, The New
York State Society of Anesthesiologists
in New York, NY.
Brook, BS ’10
Lalainia Secreti ’96
Dr. Secreti is a Clinical Assistant
Professor in Emergency Medicine at the
Medical University in Syracuse, NY,
She completed her emergency medicine
James Steinman ’81
Dr. Steinman is practicing emergency
medicine full-time at St. Joseph’s
Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, NY.
He completed his residency in family
medicine at St. Elizabeth Hospital in
Utica, NY. Since then, he has worked all
over the country in six different states.
He has practiced both family practice
and emergency medicine, in both
private practice and emergency rooms.
He returned to New York state in 2008.
Kate Van Orden ’85
Dr. Van Orden is a full-time attending
psychiatrist at Hutchings Psychiatric
Center in Syracuse, NY. She completed
her training at the State University of
New York Health Science Center.
TROY
Faith Cruz ’05
Dr. Cruz is in private practice in Troy,
NY. Board certified in family medicine,
she completed a family medicine
Albany, NY.
William Kostun ’82
Dr. Kostun is a board-certified
peditrician and has been with Riverview
Pediatrics in Troy, NY since 1985. He
completed his internship and pediatrics
Albany, NY.
Anthony Troitino ’82
In 1985, Dr. Troitino moved to Troy,
NY, to establish a practice that has since
evolved into Upstate Medical Associates
PC, where he is honored to serve as the
president. Board certified in internal
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ. Since 1985, Dr. Troitino
has had several appointments as a
Chairman of Medicine, first at St. Mary’s
Hospital and then at Samaritan Hospital,
both in Troy, NY. He has served in
various capacities in the Rensselaer
County Medical Society and founded the
Young Physicians section of the society
in the early 1990s. Dr. Troitino has been
a delegate to the Medical Society of the
State of New York, serving as Third
District President from 1996–98, and
he has been appointed by the FAA as an
aviation medical examiner. He is also the
City of Troy’s fire and police surgeon. Dr.
Troitino is married with four children,
and his oldest child, Anthony Xavier,
School of Medicine in June 2011. He
owes many thanks to St. George’s
University and would like to say good
luck to all of its graduates and wish them
all a wonderful, happy, and long career!
TULLY
James Edinger ’87
Dr. Edinger is a family medicine
physician in private group practice at
Tully Family Practice, part of Family
Care Medical Group, in Tully, NY.
Health Science Center at Syracuse, St.
Joseph’s Hospital, in 1990.
Janet Johnson ’87
Dr. Johnson is a board-certified family
physician practicing in Tully, NY, with
St. George’s University alumnus, James
Edinger. She also enjoys teaching medical
students at the State University of New
York Upstate Medical University, and is
an artist, a musician, and a farmer as well.
Syracuse University, BFA ’82
UTICA
John McCormack ’02
Dr. McCormack is an attending
physician in the emergency department
at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in
Utica, NY.
Utica College of Syracuse University, BS ’91
Studies, MSc ’99
VALHALLA
Glenn Brady ’98
Dr. Brady is working at New York
Medical College/Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY, where he
is the section head for anesthesia
critical care and a member of the
trauma intensive care and cardiac
surgical teams. Board certified in
anesthesiology and critical care, Dr.
Brady completed an anesthesiology
residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock
Medical Center in Lebanon, NH,
followed by a critical care fellowship at
Stanford University Medical Center in
Stanford, CA. He specializes in cardiac
anesthesia and critical care medicine.
Dr. Brady has been active within St.
George’s University, first serving as
President and Vice President of the
Student Government Association. In
addition, he was a charter member of
EMC, partnered with John Kopycinski
to establish the 777 emergency access
number, and opened the medical clinic
at the former KMC campus in St.
Vincent. He is a visiting professor in the
School of Medicine Selective Programs
and formerly in pharmacology and in
the School of Allied Health. Dr. Brady
has also been a senior counselor at St.
George’s University with the OCG and
student development since 2007.
Saint Michael’s College, BS ’87
Flemming Graae ’83
Dr. Graae is an Associate Professor of
Clinical Psychiatry and Pediatrics at
New York Medical College. He is a Chief
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at
NY. He completed his psychiatry
residency as Chief Resident at the State
Center in Brooklyn, NY, and then
went on to a child psychiatry fellowship
and a National Institute of Mental
Health research fellowship at Columbia
University, New York-Presbyterian
AB ’71
Indiana University at Bloomington,
MA ’74
Darshan Patel ’01
Dr. Patel is the section chief of the
Pediatric Emergency Department and
the Director of Medical Education
at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
at Westchester Medical Center. He is
also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
and Emergency Medicine at New York
Medical College. Board certified in
pediatrics, Dr. Patel completed an
internship and residency in general
pediatrics at Miami Children’s Hospital,
a fellowship in pediatric emergency
medicine at Jacobi Medical Center at
and a mini-ultrasound fellowship at St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York,
NY. He is Chief Fellow of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the 2007
recipient of the Ludwig Seidel Award for
research.
Erwin Rusli ’12
Dr. Rusli is a general surgery resident at
New York Medical College/Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, NY.
Geneseo, BS ’08
Joli Yuknek ’88
Dr. Yuknek is Director of Pediatric
Emergency Medicine at Westchester
Medical Center. She served as Pediatric
Chief Resident at Westchester Medical
Center, and later pursued a fellowship
in pediatric emergency medicine.
Nausheen Zia ’12
Dr. Zia is an anesthesiology resident at
New York Medical College, Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. She
completed her preliminary medicine
year at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical
Center of Chicago in Chicago, IL.
VALLEY COTTAGE
Domenic Monaco ’82
Dr. Monaco is a board-certified family
medicine physician working in private
practice in Valley Cottage, NY. He is
a school physician and team physician
for local high schools, as well as an
Assistant Medical Examiner for the
County of Rockland.
WANTAGH
Jason Flicker ’97
Dr. Flicker has been in ophthalmology
private practice at South Shore Eye
Care in Wantagh, NY, since 2001,
specializing in small incision, sutureless
cataract surgery, and LASIK corrective
eye surgery. He is also an Associate
Clinical Professor in the Department of
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Ophthalmology at North Shore-Long
Island Jewish Health System. Dr. Flicker
completed a pediatric internship at LIJ
Schneider’s Children’s Hospital, a preresident ophthalmology fellowship at
Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and
Queens, and an ophthalmology residency
and chief residency at North Shore-Long
Island Jewish Medical Center.
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Jack Davidoff ’88
Dr. Davidoff is an emergency medicine
physician at Wyoming County
Community Hospital in Warsaw, NY
and is the medical director for several
ground EMS agencies, as well as the
Chief Medical Director for Mercy Flight
Central. He is an emergency physician
and EMS coordinator at Lakeside
Memorial Hospital and the Regional
Medical Director for the Finger Lakes
Regional EMS in New York state. Board
certified in family medicine, emergency
medicine, and disaster medicine, Dr.
Davidoff completed a three-year family
medicine residency at St. Joseph’s
Hospital and has practiced full-time
emergency medicine ever since, serving
as the Associate Chief of Emergency
medicine at Rochester General and
the Chief of Emergency Medicine at
Clifton Springs Hospital. He is on the
board of governors of the American
Academy of Disaster Medicine and
is a past president of the Air Medical
Physician Association. Dr. Davidoff is
also a Clinical Instructor for the RIT
(Physician Assistant) program. He lives
in Pittsford, NY, with his wife and three
children.
Scott Treutlein ’00
Dr. Treutlein is the Chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Wyoming
Ob-Gyn and is a solo practitioner
in obstetrics and gynecology in the
rural community of Warsaw, NY. He
previously served as the Chairman
of the Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department for two years. Board
Dr. Treutlein completed an obstetrics
and gynecology residency the State
Graduate Medical and Dental
Education Consortium. From 2007 to
2011, Dr. Treutlein served two terms as
the mayor of the Village of Warsaw. He
New York
is married with four children.
WATERTOWN
David Reindl ’92
Dr. Reindl is in gastroenterology and
internal medicine private practice at
Beebe Hospital and Medical Center.
residency, followed by a gastroenterology
fellowship at Lankenau Medical Center
in Wynnewood, PA. Dr. Reindl will
gladly discuss Canadian visa issues.
WEST ISLIP
with Westmed Medical Group in
White Plains, NY. He completed
Saint Raphael’s Hospital followed by
a gastroenterology and hepatology
fellowship, where he was ECRPtrained, both through Yale University
School of Medicine in New Haven,
CT. Dr. Hashem then completed
endoscopic ultrasound training at
Geisinger Health Care System with
David Diehl, MD. He was previously
an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor
at Temple University School of
Medicine and a Clinical Associate
in Gastroenterology with Geisinger
Health Care System, where he was the
recipient of the Press Ganey Patient
Satisfaction Award in 2007 and 2008.
Eric Decena ’01
Dr. Decena is an emergency medicine
attending physician at Good Samaritan
Hospital in West Islip, NY. He is a
Clinical Assistant Professor with both the
Brook and the New York College of
Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury,
NY. Dr. Decena completed his residency
in emergency medicine at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook,
University Hospital. He is a Fellow of
the American College of Emergency
Medicine and a diplomate to the
American Board of Emergency Medicine.
BA ’93
Lyle Posecion ’03
Board certified in physical medicine
and rehabilitation, Dr. Posecion is in
group practice at Spine Options in
White Plains, NY. He completed an
internship in internal medicine at Long
NY, a residency in physical medicine
and rehabilitation at Kingsbrook Jewish
a fellowship in interventional spine at
Alabama Orthopedic Spine and Sports
Medicine in Birmingham, AL.
Thomas Hall ’81
Dr. Hall is board certified and
practicing emergency medicine. He
residency at Coney Island Hospital.
Krishna Persaud ’89
Dr. Persaud is working in a private
internal medicine practice and in her
own private allergy practice. She is
also an Associate Clinical Instructor
Rochester. Dr. Persaud completed
in Paterson, NJ. She then pursued a
two-year fellowship in allergy and
immunology at the State University of
New York at Buffalo.
WHITE PLAINS
Gail Delasho ’82
Dr. Delasho has a solo gynecology-only
practice in White Plains, NY, which
allows her to spend more time with
her husband and two boys in their
Ridgefield, CT home. Her areas of
interest are adolescent medicine and
peri- and post-menopausal women’s
health. Dr. Delasho completed an
obstetrics and gynecology residency at
Boston City Hospital and an ultrasound
fellowship at King’s College Hospital in
London, England.
Saint Mary’s College, BS ’77
Hashem Hashem ’99
Dr. Hashem is practicing
gastroenterology/advanced endoscopy
WILLIAMSON
WOODBURY
Denise Santucci ’99
Dr. Santucci is the Medical Director
of several nursing homes, assisted
living facilities, and a health insurance
company in New York, NY. She
medicine and family medicine
residency at Southside Hospital in
Bay Shore, NY. Dr. Santucci also
has an Executive Master of Business
Administration from Hofstra
University.
YONKERS
Marius Ilario ’97
Dr. Ilario is a staff pathologist at St.
John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers,
NY. Board certified in pathology
and cytopathology, he completed
a pathology residency at the State
Dr. Ilario then went on to a surgical
pathology fellowship at New York
University, followed by a cytopathology
Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Saint Thomas Aquinas College, BS ’93
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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS
Leena Thomas ’99
Dr. Philip is in private practice in
internal medicine in Yorktown
Heights, NY. She completed her
residency in internal medicine at
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York,
NY, as Chief Resident.
New York University, BS ’95
New York
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BROWNS SUMMIT
Melissa Taylor ’98
Dr. Taylor is one of three medical
doctors in a hospitalist program in
Browns Summit, NC and practices
palliative medicine when needed with
its local hospice group. In May 2011,
she graduated cum laude from the
Physicians Executive MBA program
at Auburn University in Auburn, AL.
After completing her residency in
internal medicine, Dr. Taylor left a
Master in Business Administration
program at Johns Hopkins University to
accept a position as Assistant Professor
of Medicine and as a hospitalist at
Pennsylvania State University, Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center. She is board
certified in hospice and palliative care.
East Stroudsburg University of PA, BA ’90
East Stroudsburg University of PA, MS ’93
Halifax Health Medical Center. He is
she received the Red Shoe Award for
outstanding accomplishments and
contributions to family-centered care.
CHAPEL HILL
Mark Carroll ’85
Dr. Carroll resides in Charlotte, NC,
and practices emergency medicine
with Carolina Health Specialists. After
completing a two-year combined
residency, Dr. Carroll finished with a
straight track in internal medicine at
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital in
Pontiac, MI. He went on to complete
a second residency in emergency
medicine at the University of Michigan,
St. Joseph Hospital, in Ann Arbor, MI.
Alma College, BS ’73
James Hwang ’02
Dr. Hwang is a burn surgeon on staff
at the University of North Carolina
Hospital at Chapel Hill. He completed
a surgery residency at the State
Graduate Medical and Dental Education
Consortium of Buffalo in 2006. Dr.
Hwang then completed a burn surgery
fellowship in 2009 and a trauma and
critical care fellowship in 2010 at the
University of Florida at Jacksonville.
MS ’98
CARY
CHARLOTTE
Sachin Gupta ’04
Dr. Gupta is the Medical Director
for Rex/UNC Family Practice of
Panther Creek in Cary, NC and is
part-time faculty at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After completing his family medicine
residency at Halifax Health Medical
Center in Daytona Beach, FL, Dr.
Gupta was an attending physician with
Emergency Medicine Professionals, as
well as a part-time attending faculty at
Allyson Boodram ’02
Dr. Boodram is a pediatric hospitalist
with Carolinas HealthCare System
practicing at Carolinas HealthCare
System Union in Monroe, NC and
Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte,
NC. Board certified in pediatrics,
Dr. Boodram completed a pediatrics
residency and a pediatric cardiology
fellowship at Clarian Riley Hospital for
Children in Indianapolis, IN, where
Carolyn Dutton ’01
Dr. Dutton is a practicing emergency
medicine physician and is affiliated with
multiple hospitals in Charlotte, NC and
the surrounding area. Board certified
in internal medicine and emergency
medicine, Dr. Dutton completed
a combined emergency medicine/
Resident at Allegheny General Hospital,
in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Dutton’s
international emergency medicine
experiences have included work in Costa
Rica, Africa, Australia, and the US
Virgin Islands.
James Madison University, BS ’93
Jay Yeomans ’87
Dr. Yeomans is an Adjunct Instructor
at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, has a private psychiatry
practice, and is Medical Director of
Outpatient Services at the Behavior
Health Center at Carolinas Medical
Center. He was Teaching Attending
of the Year at the Behavioral Health
Center and a Distinguished Fellow of
the American Psychiatric Association
in 2007. Dr. Yeomans was a healthcare
instructor before entering medical school.
Marquette University, BS ’74
CLINTON
Subodh Pal ’03
Dr. Pal is the Director of Hospitalist
Medicine at Sampson Regional Medical
Center in Clinton, NC. Board certified
in internal medicine and pediatrics,
he completed a residency in internal
medicine and pediatrics at Ohio State
University, Children’s Hospital, in
Columbus, OH.
University of Illinois at Chicago, BS ’98
CONCORD
Santosh Rao ’04
Dr. Rao is a cardiologist in private
practice at Sanger Heart & Vascular
Institute, part of Carolinas HealthCare
System, in Concord, NC. Board
cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Rao
residency as Chief Resident at the
Medical University in Syracuse, NY,
followed by a postdoctoral research
fellowship at Lerner Research Institute,
Cardiovascular Dynamics Lab at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He then
returned to SUNY Upstate Medical
University to complete a fellowship in
cardiology. Dr. Rao is a member of the
American College of Cardiology and
the American Heart Association.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
BS ’99
DURHAM
Sean Daley ’02
Dr. Daley is an Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology in the division of
cardiothoracic anesthesia at Duke
University Medical Center in Durham,
NC. He is currently involved in
clinical operations in the pre-operative
setting, as well as in resident and
fellow education in cardiothoracic
anesthesia. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Daley completed
an anesthesiology residency at New
York University Medical Center in
New York, NY. He then completed
a fellowship in cardiothoracic
anesthesiology at Duke.
Yale University, BS ’98
Neema Kapadia Sharda ’12
Dr. Kapadia is a geriatric medicine
Fellow at Duke University Hospital
in Durham, NC. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Cone
Health in Greensboro, NC.
Hill, BS ’08
James Partridge ’95
Dr. Partridge is an internal medicine
physician in a private group practice
and is an Assistant Clinical Instructor
at Duke University and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He
completed his combined residency in
internal medicine and pediatrics at
West Virginia University Hospitals in
Morgantown, WV as Chief Resident.
Yuriy Zeylikman ’09
Dr. Zeylikman is a Neurocritical Care
Fellow at Duke University Hospital
in Durham, NC. He completed his
preliminary medicine year at New York
Medical College in New York, NY before
completing a residency in neurology at
the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey, in Newark, NJ.
Brook, BS ’04
GOLDSBORO
Samer Kasbari ’01
Dr. Kasbari is a hematologist and
oncologist in private practice at
Southeastern Medical Oncology Center
in Goldsboro, NC. After completing
Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, CT,
Dr. Kasbari joined the faculty of the
Yale University primary care residency
program. He then completed a
Dartmouth College, Mary Hitchcock
Memorial Hospital, in Lebanon, NH.
Dr. Kasbari also has a Master of Science
in Public Health Preventive Medicine
from Ohio State University School
of Medicine and Public Health in
Columbus, OH.
Wilmington College, BS ’95
Ohio State University, MS ’97
Leon Stockton ’97
Dr. Stockton is a general surgeon in
private practice with Eastern Carolina
Surgical Associates in Goldsboro, NC.
He completed his residency in general
surgery at New York Medical College,
Westchester Medical Center, in Valhalla,
NY. He and his wife, Angela, have a
baby girl, Sarah Elizabeth.
Hill, BA ’80
GREENVILLE
Mark Cervi ’88
Dr. Cervi is practicing at Carolina
Internal Medicine in Greenville, SC.
He is interested in the health care
technology field, and has designed and
developed medical software applications.
Dr. Cervi completed his internal
at East Carolina University, University
Medical Center of Eastern Carolina,
in Greenville, SC, in 1991. He and his
wife, Norine, have two children.
Daniel Cunningham ’12
Dr. Cunningham is a Maternity and
Women’s Health Fellow at the Brody
School of Medicine at East Carolina
University. He completed his family
medicine residency at Somerset Hospital
in Somerville.
University of Illinois at Springfield, BS ’02
University of Illinois at Springfield, MS ’03
Vibhu Dhingra ’12
Dr. Dhingra is a Chief Resident in
the internal medicine program at East
Medicine and Vidant Medical Center in
Greenville, NC.
John Patrick Fogarty ’87
Dr. Fogarty is in private practice at East
Medicine, specializing in pulmonary and
critical care medicine. He completed a
residency in internal medicine at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Long
Island Jewish Medical Center, followed
by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical
care at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry at Rochester in Rochester, NY.
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Irene Pastis ’12
Dr. Pastis is a combined internal
medicine and psychiatry resident at East
Medicine in Greenville, NC.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County, BS ’07
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University of Miami School of Medicine.
Medical College in Valhalla, NY.
JACKSONVILLE
NAGS HEAD
Nagesh Jayaram ’05
Dr. Jayaram joined Southeastern Medical
Oncology Center in Jacksonville, NC, in
August 2011. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Indiana University
School of Medicine in Indianapolis,
IN. He then completed a hematology
and oncology fellowship at the same
institution, serving as Chief Fellow his
last year.
Butler University, BS ’98
Christian Lige ’99
Dr. Lige is in private practice at Surf
Pediatrics in Nags Head, NC. Board
certified in pediatrics, he completed his
residency in pediatrics at Pitt County
Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.
Dr. Lige and his wife live in Kitty
Hawk, NC, and have five children.
University of Delaware, BS ’92
Laura Diefendorf ’08
Dr. Diefendorf a primary care physician
in practice with Dule Medicine at Duke
Primary Care Henderson in Henderson,
NC. Board certified in internal
medicine and pediatrics, Dr. Diefendorf
Medicine. She also completed a global
health and underserved populations
at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville,
NC. Dr. Diefendorf has worked with
the underserved in both Mwandi,
Zambia and Cusco, Peru.
Clarkson University, BS ’03
Clarkson University, MS ’04
Ryan Gilliam ’06
Dr. Gilliam is an attending physician at
Novant Health Mountainview Medical
in King, NC. Board certified in family
medicine, he completed a family practice
residency at Wake Forest School of
Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.
University of North Carolina at Asheville,
BA ’00
HENDERSONVILLE
LOUISBURG
Jamie Anthony ’07
Dr. Anthony is a board-certified internal
with Pardee Internal Medicine Associates
in Hendersonville, NC and is affiliated
with Pardee Hospital. She previously
worked at Premier Internal Medicine,
an outpatient practice in Brighton, MI.
Dr. Anthony completed her internal
medicine residency at Norwalk Hospital
in Norwalk, CT in 2010.
University of Colorado at Boulder, BS ’03
Abid Shah ’95
Dr. Shah is an attending physician
at Franklin Regional Hospital in
Louisburg, NC. He completed his
residency in internal medicine at New
York Hospital Medical Center
of Queens in Flushing, NY.
HUNTERSVILLE
Frederick Cruickshank ’95
Dr. Cruickshank, an infectious disease
and HIV specialist, is the CEO and
sole physician at Rosedale Infectious
Diseases in Huntersville, NC. He is
a member of the Infectious Diseases
Society of America, the International
AIDS Society, and the International
Association of Physicians in AIDS
Care. Dr. Cruickshank completed an
internal medicine residency at Seton Hall
University School of Graduate Medical
Education in South Orange, NJ and
an infectious diseases fellowship at the
North Carolina
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MONROE
Benedict Okwara ’84
Dr. Okwara is the proprietor and
Medical Director of First Care Medical
Clinic in Monroe, NC and Locust, NC.
Board certified in internal medicine, he
finished an internal medicine residency
Brooklyn, NY.
MORGANTON
James Fine ’87
Dr. Fine is practicing at Grace Hospital
in Morganton, NC. Board certified
in anesthesiology, he completed an
Stanley Koontz ’03
Dr. Koontz is the EMS Director
and a staff physician at Emergency
Medicine Physicians CarolinaEast
Medical Center in New Bern, NC
and is Medical Director of Emergency
Medicine Services for three counties
in eastern North Carolina. He is also
involved with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as an urban
search-and-rescue physician. Dr. Koontz
completed his residency in emergency
medicine at Boonshoft School of
Medicine, Wright State University in
Dayton, OH, as the Chief Resident.
Point Park College, BS ’97
RALEIGH
Robert Keenan ’04
Dr. Keenan is a board-certified
rheumatologist with Duke Health,
Duke Rheumatology Clinic at Brier
Creek in Raleigh, NC and is an
Assistant Professor of medicine at
Duke University School of Medicine
in the division of rheumatology
and immunology. He completed
St. Louis University Hospital and a
rheumatology fellowship at New York
University Hospital for Joint Diseases.
and rheumatology, Dr. Keenan
is involved in clinical outcomes
research, specializing in crystal
arthropathies, seronegative arthritis,
and inflammatory eye conditions. He
has a Master of Public Health from the
Hill, has published several peerreviewed articles and book chapters,
and is a major in the US Air Force
Reserve Medical Corps.
Hill, BA ’94
Hill, MPH ’00
Kevin McEnaney ’99
Dr. McEnaney is a pediatrician working
in Raleigh, NC at the Clayton office of
Growing Child Pediatrics as one of their
"FastBraiin" physicians diagnosing and
treating ADD/ADHD and practicing
traditional outpatient medicine. He
is also the FastBraiin Martial Arts
Chief Instructor and Director. Dr.
McEnaney completed a pediatrics
Center in Brooklyn, NY and then
worked as a pediatric ICU Hospitalist
at the Institute for Neurology and
Neurosurgery in New York, NY.
He then moved to North Carolina
to practice outpatient medicine in
Morehead City.
Hofstra University, BS ’94
Asghar Yamadi ’90
Dr. Yamadi is working as a hospitalist
at Duke Raleigh Hospital and is Chair
of the Department of Medicine at Duke
University Health System in Raleigh,
NC. Dr. Yamadi completed a combined
residency at Long Island College
Hospital, State University of New York
NY in 1996 and served as Chief
Resident for the 1995-96 academic year.
ROXBORO
Kenneth Strachan ’08
Dr. Strachan is a board-certified
internist in practice at Person Family
Medical Center in Roxboro, NC.
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY.
Before applying to medical school, Dr.
Strachan worked as a dolphin trainer.
SALISBURY
Vineet Korrapati ’07
Dr. Korrapati is a gastroenterologist at
Rowan Diagnostic Clinic in Salisbury,
NC. He completed an internal medicine
residency followed by a gastroenterology
fellowship at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, NY. Dr. Korrapati
is board certified in internal medicine.
Stephanie Muff ’88
Dr. Muff practiced emergency medicine
at the W.G. Heffner VA Medical Center
in Salisbury, NC for several years and is
the Lead Internist for the Department
of Psychiatry at that facility. She
performs inpatient medical consults
and is involved in the traumatic brain
injury program and several emergency
preparedness teams. After Dr. Muff
finished her internship at Yale-Waterbury
Hospital in Waterbury, CT and her
residency at Abington Memorial
Hospital in Abington, PA, she became
board certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Muff is a member of the American
College of Physicians, the American
Geriatric Society, the Wilderness
Medical Society, and the American
Society of Bariatric Physicians.
College, BA ’81
Brook, MA ’81
TROY
John Woodyear ’85
Dr. Woodyear is in a solo private
practice in Troy, NC. He completed
his family medicine residency at Forbes
Regional Hospital in Monroeville, PA.
WILKESBORO
Michele Polidoro ’88
Dr. Polidoro is in an obstetrics and
gynecology practice in Wilkesboro,
NC. Board certified in obstetrics and
gynecology, she completed a four-year
residency in obstetrics and gynecology at
St. Vincent’s Medical Center in 1992. Dr.
Polidoro is married with three children.
BA ’84
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SANFORD
William Scarpa ’85
Dr. Scarpa is a hospital attending
physician specializing in cardiology.
After completing a residency in
internal medicine and a fellowship
in cardiovascular disease at Lenox
Hill Hospital in New York, NY, Dr.
Scarpa went on to a second fellowship
in nuclear cardiology at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center in New York,
NY. He is married with two children.
Castleton State College, BA ’80
SHILOH
Steve Garman ’92
Dr. Garman sold his established
internal medicine practice to Sentara
Healthcare and is now an owner and
partner in multispecialty medical
complex buildings. Board certified in
internal medicine residency at Penn
State University, Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center in Hershey, PA. Dr.
Garman retired from the US Air Force
in 2010 as a lieutenant colonel with 22
years of military experience. He has
written a book titled Where Was God
During the Holocaust?
University of Nebraska at Omaha, BS ’77
European School of Evangelical Theology,
MA ’86
North Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
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FARGO
GRAND FORKS
Jenifer Jones ’00
Dr. Jones is a pediatrician with Essentia
Health at South University Clinic in
Fargo, ND and is a Clinical Professor at
the University of North Dakota School
of Medicine. She completed a pediatric
residency at the Kalamazoo Center
for Medical Studies, Michigan State
University, and served as Chief Resident
her last year. Dr. Jones is board certified
in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Minnesota State University at Moorhead,
BA ’94
Matthew Viscito ’05
Dr. Viscito is a family physician in his
own private practice, Viscito Family
Medicine, in Grand Forks, ND. Board
Viscito completed his family medicine
residency and chief residency at St.
Paterson, NJ.
Stevens Institute of Technology, BS ’01
GARRISON
Vern Harchenko ’94
Dr. Harchenko is Chief of Staff of
Garrison Memorial Hospital and
Garrison Family Clinic in Garrison,
ND, Turtle Lake Memorial Community
Hospital in Turtle Lake, ND, and
Washburn Family Clinic in Washburn,
ND. He also serves as Medical Director
of two rural ambulance services and
practices in a clinic setting and a Level
IV Trauma Center in Garrison, ND.
After completing a family medicine
residency at the University of North
Dakota, Dr. Harchenko served as a staff
physician in the US Air Force, which
included service in southwestern Asia.
He has also served as Medical Director of
Convenient Care Clinic, Trinity Health
in Minot, ND, and as Chief Medical
Officer of Three Affiliated Tribes in
Fort Berthold, ND. Dr. Harchenko has
been a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Family and Community Medicine at the
University of North Dakota.
Minot State University, BS ’89
OHIO
BARNESVILLE
Russell Lee-wood ’92
Dr. Lee-wood is an attending physician
in family practice in Barnesville, OH,
and an emergency room physician at
Barnesville Hospital. He completed
an internship at Somerset Medical
Center in Somerville, NJ, and a
residency at the Mid-Hudson Rural
Family Practice Program in Kingston,
NY. He is a medical officer for the US
Army Reserve and served in the United
States, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
where he was awarded the Bronze Star
Medal.
Open University, BA ’87
BATAVIA
Casey Ogburn ’06
Dr. Ogburn is a board-certified
obstetrician and gynecologist in private
practice at Batavia Family Practice and
OB/GYN, part of HealthSource of
Ohio, in Batavia, OH. He completed
at TriHealth Good Samaritan
Hospital in Cincinnati, OH, serving
as Administrative Chief Resident
his last year. Dr. Ogburn and his
wife, Stephanie, a former St. George’s
University veterinary student, have two
children.
Carson Newman College, BA ’00
BOWLING GREEN
L. Fleming Fallon ’84
Dr. Fallon is a Professor of Public
Health at Bowling Green State
University in Bowling Green, OH.
In addition to the usual scholarly
publications, Dr. Fallon has written a
syndicated weekly newspaper column
since 1995, as well as textbooks on
management and human resources. He
completed a residency in occupational
and environmental medicine at the
New York City Department of Health
Program, followed by a fellowship in
epidemiology at Columbia University in
New York, NY.
Colby College, AB ’72
CINCINNATI
Ismail Badran ’11
Dr. Badran is a psychiatrist in private
practice in Cincinnati, OH and
is affiliated with Bethesda North
Hospital and Good Samaritan
Hospital. He completed a psychiatry
residency at Wayne State University,
Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, MI.
Dr. Badran is also a member of the
International College of Integrative
Medicine, where he serves on the
advisory board.
BS ’97
Ajeet Dube ’06
Dr. Dube is practicing emergency
medicine in Cincinnati, OH. He
residency at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit, MI.
Marie Raphaell Jean ’09
Dr. Jean is a Clinical Fellow in pediatric
gastroenterology, hepatology, and
nutrition at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. She
completed her pediatrics residency
Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,
NJ, during which she presented at
the World Conference for Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Jean
holds a Master of Public Health from
Albany, School of Public Health with
a concentration in social behavior and
community health. Dr. Jean’s interests
are in pediatric gastroenterology and
providing health care to underserved
populations, including Haiti, where she
frequently goes on medical missions.
BS ’03
Megha Karkera Kanjia ’09
Dr. Kanjia is an advanced Fellow in
quality improvement in pediatric
anesthesia at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. She
at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences before going on to
complete a fellowship in pediatric
anesthesiology at Arkansas Children’s
Hospital in Little Rock, AR.
CLEVELAND
Shalini Boodram ’12
Dr. Boodram is a physical medicine and
rehabilitation resident at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
She completed her transitional year at St.
Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, MI.
Midwestern University College of Health
Sciences, MSc ’07
Rolly Chawla ’06
Dr. Chawla is a pediatric hospitalist for
the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH.
She completed her pediatric residency at
the University of South Florida.
University of Missouri at Columbia, BA ’01
Geraldine Dapul ’10
Dr. Dapul is completing a physical
medicine and rehabilitation fellowship
in multiple sclerosis at the Cleveland
Clinic in Cleveland, OH. She
completed her physical medicine and
rehabilitation residency at Wayne State
University, Oakwood Hospital Systems
in Taylor, MI in 2014.
BA ’02
Teachers College Columbia University,
MA ’04
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Ilia Itin ’99
Board certified in neurology, Dr. Itin
is a staff neurologist at the Center for
Neurological Restoration of Cleveland
Clinic in Cleveland, OH. After
completing a residency in neurology
Hospital in Newark, NJ, as Chief
Resident, Dr. Itin went on to complete
a fellowship in movement disorders
at Rush University Medical Center in
Chicago, IL.
La Salle University, BA ’94
Gina Loshkajian ’12
Dr. Loshkajian is Chief Resident of the
pediatric residency program at Case
Western Reserve University, Rainbow
Babies and Children’s Hospital in
Cleveland, OH.
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Ziad Shaman ’00
Dr. Shaman is a staff pulmonary
medicine, critical care, and sleep
medicine physician at MetroHealth
Medical Center and is an Assistant
Professor at Case Western Reserve
University. He completed a residency in
internal medicine and a fellowship in
pulmonary medicine, critical care, and
sleep medicine at MetroHealth Medical
Center of Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, OH.
COLUMBUS
Justin Asquith ’12
Dr. Asquith is a combined internal
The Ohio State University Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Johonna Gilbreath Asquith ’12
Dr. Asquith is a pathology resident at
Ohio State University in Columbus,
OH.
University of Central Arkansas, BS ’06
Michael Hokenson ’04
Dr. Hokenson is an Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics in the division of
neonatology at Nationwide Children’s
Hospital and the Ohio State University
Medical Center in Columbus, OH.
Hokenson completed a pediatrics
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY in 2007. He
then worked as a neonatal hospitalist
North Dakota
and general pediatrician at New York
Methodist Hospital for one year before
going on to complete a neonatalperinatal medicine fellowship at the
Women and Infants Hospital of Brown
University in Providence, RI.
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater,
BS ’99
Maryam Jahdi ’14
Dr. Jahdi is a psychiatry resident at
Ohio State University Wexler Medical
Center in Columbus, OH.
A.T. Still University Kirksville College of
Medicine, MPH ’09
Debra Nash ’12
Dr. Nash is a family medicine resident
at Mount Carmel Health in Columbus,
OH.
Chandar Ramanathan ’04
Dr. Ramanathan is an attending
pediatric pulmonologist at Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in Columbus,
OH, and holds a position as Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at Ohio State
University College of Medicine. He
NY, and Sinai Children’s Hospital
in Baltimore, MD, followed by a
fellowship in pediatric pulmonology
at the University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Ramanathan is
board certified in pediatrics.
COPLEY
Thomas Mendise ’01
Dr. Mendise is a physician with
Paragon Obstetrics and Gynecology
in northeast Ohio. Dr. Mendise
completed his residency and chief
at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston, NJ. He is board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology.
University of Toledo, BA ’95
University of Toledo, MS ’97
DAYTON
Eric Fine ’12
Dr. Fine is a Fellow in aerospace and
preventive medicine at Boonshoft
School of Medicine, Wright State
University in Dayton, OH. He
at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital,
Geisinger Health System in WilkesBarre, PA.
BGS ’07
Matthew Sebastian ’99
Dr. Sebastian is an interventional
radiologist practicing at Dayton
Interventional Radiology in Dayton,
OH. He completed his radiology
residency at the University of Toledo
Medical Center in Toledo, OH
before completing a fellowship in
interventional radiology at Oregon
Health Science University, Dotter
Institute, in Portland, OR.
Acadia University, BS ’93
Maria-Joycelyn Tecson ’98
Dr. Tecson is an attending physician
in anesthesiology in Dayton, OH. She
completed her anesthesiology residency
Center in New York, NY.
Kenyon College, BA ’92
LORAIN
Arlene Roble ’00
Dr. Roble is part of a four-person
private practice group of pediatricians
with an office at Mercy Medical
Center in Lorain, OH. Board certified
in pediatrics, Dr. Roble completed
her general pediatrics internship and
residency at MetroHealth Medical
Center in Cleveland, OH. She then
worked as a hospitalist and urgent care
pediatrician at St. John Medical Center
in Westlake, OH, Lakewood Hospital
in Lakewood, OH, and Fairview
Hospital in Cleveland, OH.
Mount Union College, BS ’95
MARYSVILLE
Gloria Galloway ’87
Dr. Galloway is a neurologist in private
practice in Marysville, OH and is
affiliated with Memorial Hospital of
Union County, Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center, and Nationwide
Children’s Hopsital. She is also a Professor
of Neurology at Ohio State University,
Children’s Hospital, in Columbus,
OH. Her subspecialty interests include
neuromuscular disease and intraoperative
spinal cord monitoring. Dr. Galloway
internship at Jersey Shore Medical Center
in Neptune City, NJ, followed by a
neurology residency at Hershey Medical
Center in Hershey, PA. She then went
on to complete a fellowship in clinical
neurophysiology at the University of Iowa
Medical Center.
BA ’82
NORTH RIDGEVILLE
Gabriella Palma ’90
Dr. Palma is in family practice at
Westshore Primary Care Associates in
North Ridgeville, OH. Board certified
in family medicine, she completed
her family medicine residency at
the Medical Center of Beaver (now
Heritage Valley) in Beaver, PA. Dr.
Palma then worked in family practice
and urgent care at Everett Clinic and
Butler Medical Associates, where she
also taught medical students, physicians,
and assistants.
BS ’84
PARMA
John Mihalek ’02
Dr. Mihalek has a private adult
psychiatry practice in Parma, OH. He
is board certified in psychiatry and is
a member of the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the
American Board of Medical Specialties.
Dr. Mihalek completed his psychiatry
residency at Case Western Reserve
University, Hospital of Cleveland, in
Cleveland, OH, in 2006.
Case Western Reserve University, BS ’69
SPRINGBORO
Vivekanand Manocha ’01
Dr. Manocha is in private practice
managing nonsurgical spine and
other musculoskeletal pain conditions
at Interventional Spine and Pain
Management Center in Springboro,
OH. After completing a residency in
physical medicine and rehabilitation at
MetroHealth Medical Center of Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
OH, Dr. Manocha went on to complete
a pain fellowship at the University of
Washington in Seattle, WA.
SPRINGFIELD
YOUNGSTOWN
Steven Conkel ’02
Dr. Conkel is in private practice with
Surgical Associates of Springfield and
is the Medical Director of Critical Care
at Springfield Regional Hospital. He
completed a surgery residency at Jewish
Hospital of Cincinnati.
Wright State University, MS ’97
Asif Khan ’97
Dr. Khan is in private practice in
Ohio with three allergy offices. The
office website is www.myallergycenter.
com. He also created a nonprofit
organization called Passion and
Profession, an educational seminar
for students, for which he was
honored by Senator Hillary Clinton
for commitment to leadership and
education in the community. Passion
and Profession will hold seminars for
any and all educational institutions
upon request. After graduating from
Khan completed an internal medicine
internship and residency at MCP
Hahnemann, which is now part of
Drexel University. He then completed
Brooklyn, NY. He worked in New
York, NY, and New Jersey for a few
years before going into private practice
in Ohio. Dr. Khan is also a drummer
in a rock band, Johnny Hi-Fi, and has
been on MTV with two videos.
Miami University, BA ’92
Sanju Varghese ’00
Dr. Varghese is a nephrologist in
private group practice in Springfield,
OH. In 2000, Dr. Varghese began
Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore,
MD, before relocating to Stamford
Hospital, Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons, in Stamford,
CT, when his wife began dental
school. He then went on to complete a
nephrology fellowship at the Medical
University of South Carolina, which
included research in proteomics. His
research led him to many conferences
and publications, and he has had the
chance to mentor students at different
stages of their medical educations. Dr.
Varghese is board certified in internal
medicine and nephrology. He lives in
Ohio with his wife, Linty, and their three
children, Liyah, Lukah, and Larah.
Indiana State University, BS ’95
TOLEDO
Robert Easton III ’14
Dr. Easton is completing his
preliminary internship year in
anesthesiology at the University of
Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, OH.
Ayan Sanyal ’12
Dr. Sanyal is a family medicine
physican in private practice at
Comprehensive Physician Associates,
LLC in Youngstown, OH. He
as Cheif Resident at Northside Medical
Center, Northeast Ohio Medical
University in Youngstown, OH.
University of Houston, BS ’05
MPH ’07
Jennifer Noble ’12
Dr. Noble is a fourth-year pediatrics
resident at the University of Toledo in
Toledo, OH. Since beginning residency,
Dr. Noble has been awarded two grants:
Bridging Medical and Dental Homes
to Promote Pediatric Oral Health in
Toledo, OH in November 2013; and
the American Academy of Mentorship
Initiative in Elk Grove, IL. She is
currently working on an IRB research
project and recently had her first case
report accepted for publication.
BA ’98
Queen’s University of Belfast, MA ’90
North Dakota
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ADA
James Smith ’84
Dr. Smith is in private practice in Ada,
OK. He completed his internship at St.
Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI,
and his residency in anesthesiology at
the University of South Alabama.
LAWTON
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Robert Sweeney ’87
Dr. Sweeney is a cardiologist in private
practice at the Southwest Oklahoma
Heart and Vascular Center in Lawton,
OK and serves as Vice Chairman
of the Performance Improvement
Committee at Comanche County
Memorial Hospital. He completed his
residency in internal medicine at East
Tennessee State University School of
Medicine in Johnson City, TN, where
he was named outstanding resident in
overall performance three. He then
completed a fellowship in cardiovascular
disease at Marshal University School
of Medicine. Dr. Sweeney is a Fellow
of the American College of Physicians
and American College of Cardiology
and is board certified in internal
Springfield College, BS ’79
MUSKOGEE
Diego Humphrey ’84
Dr. Humphrey is an invasive
Tahlequah, OK, and Muskogee, OK.
During his nine-year practice with
CCOM Medical Group, Dr. Humphrey
was involved with the implantation
of pacemakers and defibrillators. He
implanted the first internal cardioverter
defibrillator at Muskogee Regional
Medical Center, where he was president
of the staff for some time. After he
medicine in 1992, Dr. Humphrey
completed a cardiology fellowship at
Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, PA,
as Chief Fellow. He is married and has
three daughters.
OKLAHOMA CITY
Jerry George ’12
Dr. George is a Pediatric Emergency
Oklahoma Health Science Center in
Oklahoma City, OK. He completed
a pediatrics residency at the State
Robert Johnson ’11
Dr. Johnson is a Fellow in Pediatric
of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. He
completed his residency in pediatrics at
Mercer University School of Medicine in
Macon, GA, during which he received
a Strawberry Award for Excellence in
Patient Care. Dr. Johnson presented
research at the 2014 World Congress
on Pediatric Intensive and Critical
Care in Istanbul, Turkey and has
authored two book chapters on public
health-related issues. He is an active
PADI-trained rescue diver working
on advanced certifications and is a
resident member of the American
College of Medical Toxicology. Dr.
Johnson’s current projects include
hospital-based decontamination
procedure implementation for a pediatric
emergency department, and an electronic
application directing a specific pediatric
critical care clinical pathway.
University of Mary Washington, BS ’97
Peter Kazura ’10
Dr. Kazura is a Pediatric Emergency
Oklahoma College of Medicine in
Oklahoma City, OK. He completed a
pediatrics residency at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY.
Oneonta, BS ’03
Robert Williams ’02
Dr. Williams is an Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics and Medical Director of
the Emergency Department in the
Children’s Hospital of the University
of Oklahoma College of Medicine in
Oklahoma City, OK. Board certified
in pediatrics and pediatric emergency
medicine, Dr. Williams completed
a pediatrics residency, followed by a
pediatric emergency fellowship, at
the University of Arkansas College of
Medicine in Little Rock, AR.
BA ’92
TULSA
Michael Charles ’85
Dr. Charles is a staff surgeon in the
division of trauma surgery and surgical
critical care at St. John Hospital in
Tulsa, OK. He completed a general
surgery residency at New York
Methodist Hospital, serving as Chief
Resident his last year. He was then
in private general surgery practice in
Hillsboro, TX, from 1994–2010. In
June 2011, Dr. Charles completed a
surgical critical care and trauma surgery
fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital,
Washington University School of
Medicine, in St. Louis, MO. He is
the past President of the Hill County
Medical Society and the past Chief
of Staff at Hill Regional Hospital. Dr.
Charles is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and a diplomate of
the American Board of Surgery.
Michael Cloud ’14
Dr. Cloud is an internal medicine
resident at the University of Oklahoma
at Tulsa in Tulsa, OK.
University of Central Arkansas, BS ’08
Suraj Suku ’05
Dr. Suku is an ICU hospitalist at St.
John Medical Center in Tulsa, OK and
serves as an attending physician for
medical students and residents from
Oklahoma University and Oklahoma
State University when they rotate
through the ICU. His Neuro ICU is
the only comprehensive stroke center in
eastern Oklahoma. Dr. Suku is also one
of the leaders running their therapeutic
hypothermia protocol, as well as a
designated representative for LifeShare
organ donation at St. John Medical
Center. He completed an internal
Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
VINITA
Mickey Tyrrell ’02
Dr. Tyrrell is in a private family
medicine and obstetrics practice in
Vinita, OK. He completed his family
of Oklahoma College of Medicine in
Oklahoma City, OK.
University of Central Oklahoma, BS ’96
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OREGON
GRANTS PASS
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Daniel Khalil ’08
Dr. Khalil is an attending urologist at
Asante Physician Partners and Asante
Three Rivers Medical Center, both in
Grants Pass, OR. Since joining the
staff, Dr. Khalil has written numerous
newspaper articles about urologic
conditions and treatments and has
participated in radio and television
interviews. He also serves on the
Physician Advisory Committee and other
QI/QA initiatives. Dr. Khalil completed
an internship in general surgery in 2009
followed by a residency in urology in
2013 at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences, in Little Rock.
University of Calgary, BSc ’01
University of Calgary, MBT ’02
MEDFORD
Thomas Detweiler ’82
Dr. Detweiler has been a primary
care physician in solo private practice
since 1985. In July 2014, after nearly
three decades, Dr. Detweiler closed his
practice, Detweiler Family Medicine
in Landsdale, PA and took a position
with Providence Medical Group in
Medford, OR. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Detweiler
has been a physician reviewer with
Quality Insights of PA since 2006.
residency at the Greater Baltimore
Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.
University of Dayton, BA ’77
PORTLAND
Sandy Sequeira ’97
Dr. Sequeira is in private practice
at East Portland Pediatric Clinic.
After an internship and one year of
residency at Virginia Commonwealth
University–Medical College of Virginia
in Richmond, VA, Dr. Sequeira went on
to complete her residency in pediatrics
at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in
Philadelphia, PA.
California State University East Bay,
MS ’91
SALEM
Matthew Boles ’03
Dr. Boles is a full partner with Oregon
Anesthesiology Group Practice at
Salem Hospital in Salem, OR. He is
also the Acting Medical Director for
the Department of Surgical Services
at Salem Hospital. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Boles completed
University of Washington in Seattle,
WA and also earned a Master of Science
from SGU.
Whitworth College, BS ’95
Studies, MSc ’01
PENNSYLVANIA
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ALLENTOWN
Anmol Bhambhwani ’12
Dr. Bhambhwani is practicing obstetrics
and gynecology in Allentown, PA and
Jayme Lieberman ’00
Dr. Lieberman is a board-certified
general and critical care surgeon in
private practice with Lehigh Valley
Physician Group General and Trauma
Surgery in Allentown, PA. He
and critical care training at Lehigh
Valley Hospital in Allentown. In
2011, Dr. Lieberman also completed a
Master of Business Administration in
Multisector Health Management from
Alpesh Patel ’04
Dr. Patel is a cardiologist in practice
with Lehigh Valley Health Network
at the Heart Care Group, PC in
Allentown, PA. Board certified in
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Medical Center, Seton Hall University
School of Health and Medical Sciences.
He then completed a research fellowship
in 3-D echocardiography and cardiac
MRI at St. Francis Hospital and
Stony Brook University followed by a
University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.
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BERWYN
Louis DeStefano ’84
Dr. DeStefano is the lead physician
at Penn Medicine Valley Forge
in Berwyn, PA and has been an
Associate Professor at the University
of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,
PA since 1996. Board certified in family
medicine, Dr. DeStefano completed his
family medicine residency at Delaware
County Memorial Hospital, where
he served as Chief Resident and was
granted the award for Outstanding
Achievement in Family Medicine.
ALTOONA
Mabodawilage Hematillake ’94
Dr. Hematillake is a board-certified
hematologist in Altoona, PA. and
is affiliated with Robert J. Dole VA
Medical Center. He is currently
licensed to practice medicine in
Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Utah. Dr.
Hematillake completed an internal
fellowship at Coney Island Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY.
Idaho State University, MS ’91
BETHLEHEM
How Yee Hon ’12
Dr. Hon is a general surgery resident at
St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, PA.
She completed her preliminary year
in general surgery at the University of
Connecticut in Farmington, CT.
Najma Khanani ’97
Dr. Khanani is a hospital attending
physician in internal medicine and
psychiatry. She completed her combined
psychiatry and internal medicine
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residencies at the State University of
New York Health Science Center in
Brooklyn, NY.
BA ’93
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Huseng Vefali ’10
Dr. Vefali is a Cardiovascular Disease
Fellow at St. Luke’s University Hospital
in Bethlehem, PA. Since beginning
his fellowship, he has made an oral
presentation at the Turkish Cardiology
Society Interventional Conference
in Antalya, Turkey and has had two
abstracts accepted for presentation
at the World Cardiology Congress
in Boston, MA and the American
Heart Association Scientific sessions
in Chicago, IL. Dr. Vefali has three
clinical research projects with specific
interest in STEMI management and
PCI complications that are enrolling
patients. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Seton Hall
University, St. Michael’s Medical Center
in Newark, NJ. After completing his
fellowship training, Dr. Vefali plans on
continuing his cardiology training in
the field of electrophysiology.
George Mason University, BSc ’05
Strayer University, MSc ’06
in Hershey, PA. After completing his
residency, Dr. Frank worked in a public
health service clinic in Barrow, AK.
With a strong interest in complementary
medicine techniques, he has completed
training at Harvard’s Mind Body
Medicine Institute and is licensed in
acupuncture, which he incorporates
into his practice. Dr. Frank is a member
of the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industry Bureau of
Workers’ Compensation Medical Cost
Containment Committee.
BA ’83
CHESTERBROOK
Joseph Torchia ’87
Torchia is Chief Medical Officer at Holy
Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA.
Elizabethtown College, BS ’76
Arthur Fine ’81
Dr. Fine is in private practice at
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA,
where he serves as Chief of Surgery.
As a result of his research efforts
in laparoscopic surgery, Dr. Fine
has published a landmark study of
laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer
in the New England Journal of Medicine
and has developed a totally biologic
hernia repair. He completed a surgery
residency at McKeesport Hospital and
served four years in the US Air Force.
CHADDS FORD
Cecile Pileggi ’87
Dr. Pileggi is in private family practice.
She was a research hematologist before
entering medical school and completed
a family medicine residency at
Northeast Hospital of Philadelphia, PA,
where she was Chief Resident.
Saint Joseph’s University, BS ’79
BRADFORD
William McClain ’95
Dr. McClain works in Bradford,
PA, as a staff anesthesiologist and
pain management specialist. He
has been employed by Anesthetix of
TeamHealth for the past five years.
Dr. McClain completed his residency
in anesthesiology at West Virginia
University Hospitals. He splits his
time between Bradford, PA and Fort
Lauderdale, FL, and is licensed in both
states, although he has never practiced
in Florida.
Widener University, BS ’90
CAMP HILL
David Frank ’87
Dr. Frank is practicing occupational
and sports medicine at the Orthopedic
Institute of Pennsylvania in Camp
Hill, PA. Board certified in family
medicine, Dr. Frank completed a family
South Nassau Communities Hospital
in Oceanside, NY and a primary care
sports medicine fellowship at Penn State
University, Hershey Medical Center
Pennsylvania
CHESTER
Gregory Domer ’94
Dr. Domer is a general and vascular
surgeon in prvate practice in Chester,
PA. He serves as Chief of Vascular
Surgery and as Director of the Vascular
and Endovascular Surgery Fellowship
for Crozer Keystone Health System,
with hospital appointments at Crozer
Chester Medical Center, Delaware
County Memorial Hospital, Springfield
Hospital, and Taylor Hospital. He is
also an Assistant Clinical Professor at
Temple University. Board certified in
general and vascular surgery, Dr. Domer
at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
in New York, NY before completing
a fellowship in vascular surgery at the
Medical School in Newark, NJ.
Doris Lebischak ’84
Dr. Lebischak is in private practice
and consultation. After completing
a psychiatry residency at Ancora
Psychiatric State Hospital in
Hammonton, NJ. Dr. Lebischak went
on to complete a child and adolescent
psychiatry fellowship at Philadelphia
Child Guidance Center. She is board
certified in both psychiatry and child
and adolescent psychiatry.
CLAIRTON
CLARKS GREEN
Stafford Smith ’85
Dr. Smith is the President and
CEO of Scranton Heart Institute,
P.C. in Clarks Green, PA. He is
also a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Medicine at the Commonwealth
Medical College and at Columbia
University College of Physicians
and Surgeons. Board certified in
internal medicine, cardiovascular
disease, and interventional cardiology,
Dr. Smith completed an internal
of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Medical
Center. He then went on to complete
fellowships in invasive interventional
adult cardiology at the Medical College
of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth
University, and cardiovascular disease
at the Philadelphia Heart Institute,
University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith
is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania,
New York, and Florida.
CLARKS SUMMIT
David George Nesbit ’88
Dr. Nesbit is a psychiatrist specializing
in geriatric psychiatry at Clarks
Summit State Hospital in Clarks
Summit, PA. He completed a
psychiatry residency followed by a
fellowship in psychopharmacology
and geropsychiatry at the University
of Kansas in Witchita, KS. Dr. Nesbit
also has a successful career as an
ultramarathoner, with national ranks
at the 50-mile and 100K distances. He
and his wife have a daughter and a son.
disease fellowship, followed by an
interventional cardiology fellowship
Brooklyn, NY. He is board certified
in cardiovascular disease and
York, BS ’93
EASTON
Nils-Tomas McBride ’13
Dr. McBride is a general surgery resident
at Easton Hospital in Easton, PA.
HAVERTOWN
Louis Lipschutz ’82
Dr. Lipschutz is a board-certified
psychiatrist in solo private practice
in Havertown, PA. In addition, he
is Chief of Psychiatry at Delaware
County Memorial Hospital and Mercy
Community Hospital and provides
consultative services for the general
hospital and detox units. Dr. Lipschutz
is also a psychiatric consultant for two
area nursing homes and a substance
abuse halfway house. He completed
a psychiatry residency at Temple
University Hospital, where he was Chief
Resident.
DANVILLE
GREENBURG
Samad Shah ’12
Dr. Shah is a diagnostic radiology
resident at Geisinger Health System
in Danville, PA. He completed his
preliminary year in internal medicine at
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in
Atlantic City, NJ.
Anna Gasparyan ’06
Dr. Gasparyan is an attending
vascular surgeon for Excela Health
in Greensburg, PA. After completing
a general surgery residency as Chief
Resident at Nassau University Medical
Center in East Meadow, NY, Dr.
Gasparyan went on to complete a
vascular surgery fellowship at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center, Saint
Barnabas Medical Center in Newark,
NJ. She was the first-place winner of
the Nassau Surgical Society Clinic
Day Poster Presentation in 2008 and
2010 and the second-place winner of
the 2009 Murry Friedman Resident
Competition. She also served as
Resident Council President from 200809. Dr. Gasparyan is married to Major
Diya Tantawi MD, FACS.
Chase Altom ’12
Dr. Altom is an anesthesiology resident
at Penn State Hershey Medical Center
in Hershey, PA. He completed his
preliminary medicine year at New York
University of Nevada at Reno, BS ’08
HARRISBURG
JENKINTOWN
Meghan Lilly ’12
Dr. Lilly is a general surgery resident
at PinnacleHealth Hospitals in
Harrisburg, PA.
West Virginia University, BA ’07
Steven Leskowitz ’81
Dr. Leskowitz is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Gastrointestinal
Associates, Inc. in Jenkintown, PA.
Center, followed by a gastroenterology
fellowship at University of Pennsylvania,
Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr.
Leskowitz is board certified in both
DUNMORE
John Iannone ’89
Board certified in neuroradiology and
diagnostic radiology, Dr. Iannone is
in private practice with Radiological
Consultants, Inc. and is the Medical
Director of Advanced Imaging
Specialists in Dunmore, PA. He
currently practices at Regional
Hospital of Scranton, Tyler Memorial,
Tunkhannock, Moses Taylor Hospital,
Scranton, Northeastern Pennsylvania
Imaging Center, Scranton and East
Stroudsburg. Dr. Iannono completed
at St. Vincent’s Medical Center of
Richmond in Staten Island, NY and
a neuroradiology fellowship at the
Center.
Gettysburg College, BA ’84
EAST STROUDSBURG
Karthik Sheka ’97
Dr. Sheka is a staff cardiologist at
Pocono Medical Center in East
Stroudsburg, PA, where he serves as
the Medical Director of the cardiac
catheterization and electrophysiology
labs. After completing an internal
medicine residency, Dr. Sheka
completed a cardiovascular
Kenneth May ’82
Dr. May is a cardiologist in group
practice with PinnacleHealth
CardioVascular Institute in Harrisburg,
PA and is a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Medicine at Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center. Board certified in both
internal medicine and interventional
cardiology, Dr. May completed an
cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai
Hospital.
HERMITAGE
Joseph Joseph ’84
Dr. Joseph is a primary care physician
in private practice in Hermitage, PA
and is affiliated with the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center Horizon.
residency at St. Francis Medical Center
in Pittsburgh, PA.
HERSHEY
JOHNSTOWN
Andrea Colton ’12
Dr. Colton is a general surgery
resident at Conemaugh Memorial
Pennsylvania
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Medical Center in Johnstown, PA.
She completed her preliminary year
in general surgery at Albert Einstein
Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA.
University of Kentucky, BS ’06
MPH ’08
Maitri Shah ’12
Dr. Shah is a family medicine resident at
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
in Johnstown, PA. She completed a
preliminary year in obstetrics and
gynecology at St. Joseph’s Regional
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John Riefler ’82
Dr. Riefler has dedicated the majority
of his career to research. He is currently
the Director of Medical Monitoring and
Consulting and Medical Affairs for PSI
CRO AG in King of Prussia, PA. Prior
to this, he worked at ICON Clinical
Research in North Wales, PA for four
years. He did an internship and a year of
residency in internal medicine at New
Britain General Hospital in New Britain,
CT. He then went to Hahnemann
University (now Drexel University
College of Medicine) in Philadelphia,
PA to complete his residency in internal
medicine and fellowship in infectious
diseases. Dr. Riefler is board eligible in
internal medicine and also has a Master
of Science in Microbiology from the
Medical University of South Carolina.
In 1990, Dr. Riefler served as a military
physician in Operation Desert Storm
at the Saudi Arabian National Guard
Hospital. He was rated in the top three
percent of all military physicians and
received a Desert Storm Medal. He was
honorably discharged in 1991. Dr. Riefler
is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease
Society of America and a Fellow of the
American Heart Association. Dr. Riefler
has two children: Elizabeth, who recently
graduated from Bard College, and John,
who just became a trader for JPMorgan
Chase.
Bucknell University, BS ’65
Medical University of South Carolina,
MS ’75
LANCASTER
James Probolus ’02
A hospice physician, Dr. Probolus
joined Hospice of Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
in 2006 and has served as the Program
Director for the Hospice of Lancaster
County and Lancaster General Hospital
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
fellowship program since its inception.
He completed a family medicine
residency at Pitt County Memorial
Hospital in Greenville, NC, and was
the Winifred Mellano Masa Fellow
in palliative medicine at San Diego
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Center
for Palliative Studies. Dr. Probolus is
board certified in family medicine with
a certificate of added qualification in
hospice and palliative medicine and is
Family Practice.
Hill, BA ’96
LANDSDALE
Floyd Herman ’04
Dr. Herman is a plastic and
reconstructive surgeon at the Institute
of Plastic Surgery in Landsdale, PA. He
Graduate Medical Education in Trenton,
NJ followed by a plastic reconstructive
residency at Detroit Medical Center
in Detroit, MI. Dr. Herman also has a
master’s degree from Drexel University
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania,
BS ’94
LEWISTON
Raselette Wilson-Hunt ’07
Dr. Wilson-Hunt is a family medicine
physician in Lewiston, PA. She
through the Geisinger Health System
and completed a mini-fellowship in care
of the underserved at the University of
California at San Diego.
Florida Atlantic University, BS ’01
MCKEESPORT
Rudolph Antoncic ’81
Dr. Antoncic is a primary care physician
in a group internal medicine practice,
HealthFirst Medical Associates, with
three physicians, two physician
assistants, and a staff of 20 providing
services for more than 10,000 patients
in McKeesport, PA. A member of the St.
George’s University Charter Class, Dr.
Antoncic was the first person to receive a
degree at the May 1981 graduation, and
his son, Rudolph Antoncic III, was the
first child of an alumnus to attend and
graduate from SGU. Dr. Antoncic has
attended every CME program offered
at the University and has helped over 20
students attend St. George’s University.
He received the Distinguished Alumni
Service Award in 2002. Board certified
in internal medicine, Dr. Antoncic
at McKeesport Hospital, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he
also served as President of the medical
and dental staff from 2006-08. Dr.
Antoncic anticipates that all three of
his grandchildren, Rudolph IV, Grace,
and Sydney, will attend St. George’s
University in 10 to 15 years. He lives in
Pennsylvania with his wife, Ruth, who
was in charge of the first note-taking
service at St. George’s University in 1977.
Duke University, BHSc ’76
Virginia Tech, MA ’71
Marc Cordero ’02
Dr. Cordero is a Clinical Assistant
Professor of Surgery at the University
Pittsburgh, PA. He practices general
surgery at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center-McKeesport, where
he serves at Co-Director of the Center
for Wound Healing and the Director
of Hyperbarics; and at the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center-East in
Monroeville, PA, where he is Chief
of the Division of General Surgery.
Dr. Cordero is also the Director of
Surgical and Wound Care Services
at the Kane Regional Medical Center
in McKeesport, PA and is the school
district physician for the Belle Vernon
area. Dr. Cordero completed a general
surgery residency at St. Joseph Mercy
Oakland in Pontiac, MI.
Wittenberg University, BA ’95
Allegheny College, MMS ’97
MILFORD
Richard Buckley ’82
Dr. Buckley and his wife, Marian, have
practiced internal medicine at Pocono
Medical Care in Milford, PA, for over
20 years. He completed his internal
medicine training at Mount Sinai
Queens in Astoria, NY. He and his wife
have two daughters.
MONROEVILLE
Shawn Naseem ’98
Dr. Naseem is working at a primary
care practice in Monroeville, PA. After
completing his residency in internal
medicine at Western Pennsylvania
Hospital, Dr. Naseem went into private
practice for a year.
MONTROSE
Edward Walkowski Jr ’82
Dr. Walkowski is a staff radiologist at
Endless Mountains Health Systems in
Montrose, PA and provides services for
Lackawanna Mobile X-Ray in Dunmore,
PA. Board certified in diagnostic
radiology, Dr. Walkowski completed
and served as Chief Resident at the
of New Jersey, New Jersey University
Hospital in Newark.
Moravian College, BS ’77
MOUNT GRETNA
Thomas Foley ’05
Dr. Foley is an attending child and
adolescent psychiatrist at Philhaven
Hospital in Mount Gretna, PA and the
Center for Autism and Developmental
Disabilities. He completed a general
psychiatry residency at Temple
University Hospital and a child and
adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in
Philadelphia, PA.
MOUNTAIN TOP
Adrian Dormans ’83
Dr. Dormans is a full-time emergency
department physician in Mountain
Top, PA and is affiliated with Moses
Tayor Hospital. He completed a family
medicine residency at United Health
and Hospital Services.
University of Scranton, MS ’80
NAZARETH
John Hratko ’83
Dr. Hratko is in private practice and is
the surgical preceptor for the obstetrics
and gynecology residency program as
well as a Clinical Professor at DeSales
University. He completed his obstetrics
and gynecology residency at St. Luke’s
Hospital in Bethlehem, PA.
Ravi Chokshi ’12
Dr. Chokshi is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Drexel University
College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.
PAOLI
Harsh Dangaria ’10
Dr. Dangaria is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation resident at Temple
PA. He completed his PGY-1 in general
surgery at the Brooklyn Hospital Center
in Brooklyn, NY.
University of Wisconsin at Parkside, BS ’06
Pallavi Marathe Rastogi ’01
Dr. Rastogi is in practice as a medical
hematologist and oncologist. She
residency and a hematology and
oncology fellowship at Drexel
University in Philadelphia, PA.
PHILADELPHIA
Rehan Ali ’06
Dr. Ali is a physician practicing
interventional cardiology at Drexel
University, Hahnemann Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA. After completing a
residency in internal medicine, Dr. Ali
completed a fellowship in cardiology
at Louisiana State University in New
Orleans, LA.
Douglas Cerynik ’02
Dr. Cerynik is the CEO of Stabiliz
Orthopaedics, a medical device
company focused on developing and
marketing innovative orthopaedic
medical devices, founded in 2009 in
Exton, PA. Dr. Cerynik previously
served as the President and CEO
of the Philadelphia Foundation for
Orthopaedic Advancement from
2007–14 and as Director of Research for
the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
at Drexel University College of Medicine
from 2005–13. He completed his general
surgery residency at MCP Hahnemann
University in Philadelphia, PA.
Florham, BS ’97
Priyank Chaudhary ’11
Dr. Chaudhary is a rheumatology
Fellow at Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Chaudhary
Medical Center Midtown Campus
(formerly Maryland General Hospital).
BS ’06
Jonathan Dissin ’82
Dr. Dissin is the Director of the Clinical
Stroke Service and Neuroscience Unit
at Albert Einstein Medical Center in
Philadelphia, PA. He also maintains
a teaching appointment at Temple
Dissin completed a neurology residency
at University of Vermont Medical Center
Hospital in 1986, then went on to do
a fellowship at Massachusetts General
Hospital. After the fellowship, Dr. Dissin
returned to University of Vermont as an
Assistant Professor of Neurology.
Monmouth College, BS ’70
Medical College of Georgia, MS ’73
Sowmya Kanikkannan ’03
Dr. Kanikkannan is working as a
hospitalist at Temple University
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. She
in Brooklyn, NY.
University of Toronto, BS ’99
Basil Karayannis ’84
Dr. Karayannis joined the medical staff
at Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
as an attending anesthesiologist in 1992
and was appointed Chairman of the
Department of Anesthesiology in 2013.
He is also Vice Chairman of Operations
for Fox Chase Campus Anesthesia,
covering Fox Chase Cancer Center and
Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Dr.
Karayannis completed his transitional
medicine training at Conemaugh Valley
Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, PA
and his anesthesiology residency and
anesthesiology fellowship in cardiac
anesthesia at St. Joseph’s Hospital
and Medical Center in Paterson, NJ.
He then worked as an attending
anesthesiologist and Clinical Instructor
followed by Assistant Professor at
Medical College of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, PA.
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Christian Katsetos ’83
Dr. Katsetos is a neuropathologist
at St. Christopher’s Hospital for
Children. He serves as a Research
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at
MCP Hahnemann University and also
as a Clinical Professor of Pathology at
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Katsetos is a member
of the Royal College of Pathologists.
He completed his pathology residency
at Shadyside Hospital after which
he pursued two fellowships, one in
neuropathology at Brown University
and the University of Virginia, and the
other in anatomic pathology at Beth
Israel Medical Center.
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Joan Mack ’81
Dr. Mack is the Director of Radiology
at Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia. She
was featured in Strathmore’s Who’s
Who World Edition for 2008. After
completing a radiology residency at
Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY,
Dr. Mack completed a fellowship at
New York University Medical Center in
nuclear medicine and did a second year
of nuclear medicine at the University
of Connecticut Health Center, John
Dempsey Hospital.
Campus, BS ’70
Campus, MS ’75
John Madden ’81
Dr. Madden is a professor at Drexel
University and Arcadia University,
an Assistant Professor of Emergency
medicine at Jefferson Medical College,
and a Professor of Emergency Medicine
at St. George’s University School of
Medicine, where he also serves as an
Associate Dean of Students, as well as
the Director of the Office of Career
Guidance and Student Development. In
1992, he joined the emergency medicine
staff at Christiana Care Health System
in Newark, DE, where he was elected
President of the medical and dental staff
from 2005-07, and the Vice Chair of
the Board of Directors from 2007-09.
Dr. Madden completed his internal
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, and his
emergency medicine residency at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in New
York, NY, and then joined the faculty at
Hahnemann University in Philadelphia,
PA in 1986. He is board certified in
emergency medicine.
Pennsylvania
Christopher Malabanan ’11
Dr. Malabanan is a Pediatric Emergency
Medicine Fellow at St. Christopher’s
Hospital for Children in Philadelphia,
PA. He completed a pediatrics residency
Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse,
NY in June 2014.
BS ’06
Vishal Patel ’03
Dr. Patel is the Associate Medical
Director of liver transplantation at
in Philadelphia, PA. He is also an
Drexel University College of Medicine.
Patel completed an internal medicine
residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital in
Allentown, PA, followed by a hepatology
fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical
Center in Philadelphia. He is also board
certified in obesity medicine, and has
clinical and research interest in obesity
and fatty liver disease. Further interests
include end-stage liver disease, acute
liver failure, complications of portal
hypertension, acute and chronic viral
hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, and
hepatocellular carcinoma.
Jason Sagerman ’83
Dr. Sagerman is in private radiology
practice. He completed an internal
Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, and a
radiology residency at New York
He then went on to a fellowship
in diagnostic radiology at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, where he became an
Assistant Professor of Radiology. Dr.
Sagerman then served as the Director
of GI Imagery at the University of
Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Medical
Center, before joining the staff of Mercy
Catholic Medical Center.
Vipinjeet Sandhu ’08
Dr. Sandhu is the Course Director
and Lead Instructor for Providence
Living’s Caduceus Academy for
medical students in Media, PA. He is
also a professional MCAT tutor and a
contributing writer with Varsity Tutors.
Dr. Sandhu completed a residency in
general surgery at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY and a research
fellowship in pediatric surgery at St.
Christopher’s Hospital for Children,
Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA.
York, BA ’02
Nima Shah ’10
Dr. Shah is a Fellow in female pelvic
in Philadelphia, PA. She completed an
at Cooper University Hospital in
Camden, NJ.
BS ’06
Prashant Shah ’00
Dr. Shah is a thoracic surgeon and an
of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase
Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. He
at Maimonides Medical Center in 2006
and a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship
Health Science Center in 2008, both
in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Shah then
went on to pursue further specialized
training and completed a thoracic
oncology fellowship in 2009, followed
by a fellowship in minimally invasive
thoracic surgery in 2010 at Harvard
University, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, in Boston, MA. During his
training at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Dr. Shah also served as a
Surgical Clinical Instructor for Harvard
Medical School.
Stanford University, AB ’96
Kevin Trieu ’03
Dr. Trieu is working as a hospitalist in
Philadelphia, PA. His schedule is 12hour days for seven days and then off for
seven days, which allows him to balance
work with his personal and family life.
Trieu completed his internal medicine
residency at Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Stamford Hospital, in 2006.
BS ’93
Stephanie Weiss ’99
Dr. Weiss is an attending radiation
oncologist and Associate Professor
of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase
Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. She
was previously an Associate Radiation
Oncologist at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and an Assistant Professor
of Radiation Oncology at Harvard
University Medical School. Board
certified in radiation oncology, Dr.
Weiss completed an internal medicine
internship at the State University of
in Syracuse, NY and a radiation
oncology residency and two-year Chief
Residency at Johns Hopkins Sidney
Kimmel Cancer Center. She has been
published in peer-reviewed journals and
has authored several textbook chapters.
Franklin & Marshall College, BA ’90
Mekela Whyte-Nesfield ’12
Dr. Whyte-Nesfield is a Pediatric
Critical Care Medicine Fellow at the
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New
York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.
PITTSBURGH
Michael Robert Bennett ’81
After 20 years in private pulmonary
and critical care medicine practice
in Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Bennett now
travels the country as a locum tenens
physician, working with CompHealth
CHG Companies. He completed
McKeesport Hospital in Pennsylvania
and a pulmonary diseases fellowship
at Western Pennsylvania Hospital
in Pittsburgh, PA. Board certified in
internal medicine and pulmonary and
critical care medicine, Dr. Bennett has
held academic positions as Assistant
Clinical Professor at Temple University,
University of Pittsburgh, and University
of North Dakota and has been
published on a variety of topics in
pulmonary medicine.
Jacqulin Cunningham ’14
Dr. Cunningham is an anesthesiology
resident at Allegheny General Hospital
in Pittsburgh, PA.
Patricia Passeltiner ’87
Dr. Passeltiner is practicing general
psychiatry in Pittsburgh, PA. She
Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital, in
Elmhurst, NY, followed by a geriatric
medicine fellowship at the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center at
Shadyside. After practicing geriatrics
in a long-term care community, she
changed fields to psychiatry, completing
a psychiatry residency at Drexel
University, Allegheny General Hospital
in Pittsburgh, PA.
Catholic University of America, BA ’63
Sandeep Sharma ’98
Dr. Sharma is practicing interventional
nephrology in his own private practice
in Pittsburgh, PA, serving western
Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and parts
of West Virginia. He has performed
more than 12,000 procedures related
to maintenance of dialysis access. After
graduating from St. George’s University
in 1998, Dr. Sharma began a family
medicine residency in Erie, PA but,
at the start of his third year, realized
he did not wish to pursue a career in
family medicine. In 2001, he began
training at Allegheny General Hospital
in Pittsburgh, PA, first completing
then a fellowship in nephrology. He
then began training in interventional
nephrology with Vascular Access
Centers, which later helped him set up
his current practice.
Jaspaal Singh ’96
Dr. Singh is an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation at the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His
primary clinical focus is on inpatient
general rehabilitation care. Dr. Singh
completed his residency in physical
medicine and rehabilitation at the
University of Pittsburgh in 2000.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania, BS ’87
University of Akron, MBA ’91
READING
Michael Abboud ’05
Dr. Abboud joined St. Joseph Medical
Center in Reading, PA, as a general
surgery physician in July 2012. He
previously worked in private practice in
Voorhees, NJ. Dr. Abboud completed
a general surgery residency at Lehigh
Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. He
continues to practice all aspects of
general surgery including management
of disorders of the breast and advanced
laparoscopy.
SCRANTON
William Dempsey ’81
Dr. Dempsey is Medical Director of
the Marywood University Human
Physiology Lab, as well as a team
physician for the University of Scranton
and Lackawanna College. He also serves
on the emergency department staff at
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
in Scranton, PA. Board certified, Dr.
Dempsey completed a family medicine
residency at Tallahassee Memorial
Medical Center.
Dean Mozeleski ’03
Dr. Mozeleski is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation physician practicing
interventional pain medicine at
Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates
in Scranton, PA. He completed his
preliminary residency year in internal
medicine at Geisinger Medical Center
in Danville, PA. He then completed a
New York Health Science Center at
Syracuse and a pain medicine fellowship
at the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center. Dr. Mozeleski is board certified
in physical medicine and rehabilitation
and pain medicine.
State University of New York at Empire
State College, BS ’98
SENECA
Norman Beals ’84
Dr. Beals is a board-certified physician
practicing family and sports medicine
at Seneca Medical Center of Butler
Health Systems in Seneca, PA. Dr.
Beals is affiliated with the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest
and spends a portion of his time
helping to run a nationwide company
that assists troubled youth. Dr. Beals
attended clinical rotations at Royal
United Hospital in England and then
completed his residency in family
medicine at Franklin Regional Medical
Center in Louisburg, NC, where he was
Chief Resident.
Kent State University, BA ’79
STROUDSBURG
Eric Wilson ’89
Dr. Wilson is a vascular and
endovascular surgeon at Pocono
Medical Center in Stroudsburg, PA,
working to develop advanced vascular
care in an underserved area. He
initially interned in internal medicine
at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
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PA, before switching gears and
completing a general surgery residency
at Hahnemann University Hospital. He
then went on to complete a two-year
vascular surgery fellowship at the
Harbor University of California at Los
Angeles Medical Center. Board certified
in both general surgery and vascular
surgery, Dr. Wilson was most recently
the Chief of the Division of Vascular
and Endovascular Surgery at Lehigh
Valley Health Network in Allentown,
PA. He was also on the faculty at this
major teaching hospital, as well as a
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
at Penn State University. Dr. Wilson has
been the principal or sub-investigator
on numerous clinical trials, starting
as a Fellow and continuing until the
present, with his primary area of interest
in endovascular treatments of aortic
aneurysms using stent grafts. He lives
in Lehigh Valley with his wife and three
children.
Albright College, BS ’84
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WARREN
Jay Endres ’82
Dr. Endres is in private practice with
Warren Medical Group, a hospitalowned practice in Warren, PA. He is
also Medical Director of Rouse Warren
County Nursing Home and President
of Kinzua Medical Network. Board
certified in family medicine, Dr. Endres
completed a family practice residency
at Altoona Hospital in Altoona, PA. He
and his wife, Nancy, have four grown
daughters.
Juniata College, BS ’75
WAVERLY
Kenneth Gentilezza ’84
Dr. Gentilezza is the Managing
Partner of Northeastern Rehabilitation
Associates, PC, the premier physician
group specializing in physical
medicine and rehabilitation in
northeast Pennslyvania. He is also
Medical Director of the Rehabilitation
Department at Moses Taylor Hospital
and is Medical Director of the new
Transitional Rehabilitation Unit
at Allied Services Rehabilitation
Hospital. Dr. Gentilezza is certified
by the American Board of Physical
Medicine, the American Board of Pain
Medicine, and the American Board of
Independent Medical Examiners. He
is a member of the American Back
Pennsylvania
Society, the American Academy of
Pain Management, and the American
Academy of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation. Dr. Gentilezza
completed a two-year internship in
internal medicine at Scranton Temple
Hospital, followed by a three-year
residency in physical medicine and
rehabilitation at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
WEST READING
James Peoples ’07
Dr. Peoples is a practicing
neurointensivist at the Reading Hospital
Health System Department of Trauma
Critical Care, in West Reading, PA.
He completed his neurology residency
at Temple University Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, serving as Chief
Resident of the neurology service in
2012. During his residency, Dr. Peoples
was named Consultant of the Year in
2010 and was the recipient of the 2010
Excellence in Teaching Award from
the Department of Neurology. After
his residency, Dr. Peoples completed
a fellowship in neurocritical care at
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in
Philadelphia.
La Salle University, BA ’96
WYOMISSING
Robert Salvage ’88
Dr. Salvage is a pain management
specialist in private practice with
Clinical Pain Management Associates
in Wyomissing, PA, covering a large
network of surgical centers. He
completed a residency in anesthesiology
at Hahnemann University Hospital in
1993. Dr. Salvage is board certified in
anesthesiology and received subspecialty
certification in pain management in
1998. He and his wife have a son.
YORK
Nancy Chasko ’07
Dr. Chasko is a full-time primary
care internist and clinical educator at
Apple Hill Internal Medicine, affiliated
with York Hospital in York, PA. She
residency at Penn State University,
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
University of Richmond, BA ’02
John Mingle ’01
Dr. Mingle is a neurologist in private
practice with WellSpan Health and
is the Medical Director of WellSpan
Primary Stroke Program in York, PA.
He is also an Associate Professor for
the Penn State University Hershey
Medical School. Dr. Mingle developed
a 14-day follow-up stroke clinic and a
30-day follow-up phone call in regard
to stroke risk factors with the ultimate
goal of reducing hospital readmissions
and recurrent stroke. Board certified in
psychiatry and neurology, Dr. Mingle
completed a neurology residency at
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, where he served as Chief
Resident and received the hospital
system Resident of the Year Award
in 2005. He is a member of the
American Academy of Neurology and
the American Stroke Association. Dr.
Mingle and his wife of more than 20
years, Allison, have two children.
Heather Thieme ’02
Dr. Thieme is a general surgeon and
surgical oncologist in private practice
in York, PA. She completed a general
surgery residency at York Hospital in
2008 and went on to complete a surgical
oncology fellowship at Mercer Medical
Center in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Thieme
is board certified in general surgery. She
and her husband, Glen Eshelman, have
two young sons, Tyler and Nathan.
Ripon College, BA ’91
Indiana State University, MA ’92
RHODE ISLAND
CRANSTON
Robert Bierwirth ’03
Dr. Bierwirth is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Gastrointestinal
Medicine Associates in Cranston, RI and
is affiliated with South County Hospital.
residency and a gastroenterology and
transplant hepatology fellowship at the
of New Jersey Medical School. After
completing his residency, Dr. Birwirth
stayed on to serve as Chief Resident. He
and gastroenterology and has expertise
in endoscopic ultrasound. Dr. Bierwirth
is a member of the American College
of Gastroenterology, the American
Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,
the American Gastroenterological
Association, and the Rhode Island
Medical Society. He and his wife Kristen
have twins, Joe and Kim. In his free time,
Dr. Bierwirth enjoys playing hockey,
skiing, and pursuing his private pilot’s
certificate.
NORTH KINGSTOWN
Susan Taft ’84
Dr. Taft is a family medicine physician
in private practice with WellOne
in North Kingstown, RI and is an
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family
Medicine at the Warren Alpert School
of Medicine at Brown University
and the University of New England
College of Osteopathic Medicine. She
also works at a Federally Qualified
Health Center, where she precepts both
medical students and family practice
residents and cares for patients of all
ages. She completed her residency in
family medicine at Brown University,
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island,
and worked for 15 years at an acute care
facility and clinic. Dr. Taft works at a
neighborhood health center and has a
special interest in Tar Wars, a smoking
prevention program for children. She
serves on the American Academy of
Family Physicians, the Rhode Island
Academy of Physicians, and the Rhode
Island Medical Society. Dr. Taft is
is a Fellow of the American Board of
Family Medicine.
Catholic University of America, MS ’78
PROVIDENCE
Adrienne Bingham ’11
Dr. Bingham is a Neonatology
Fellow at Brown University, Alpert
Medical School in Providence, RI. She
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
System Cohen Children’s Medical
Center in New Hyde Park, NY.
David Bouslough ’01
Dr. Bouslough is the Director of the
Division of international Emergency
Medicine and a Clinical Assistant
Professor at Warren Alpert Medical
School of Brown University. After
completing his emergency medicine
Sparrow/Ingham program of Michigan
State University, Dr. Bouslough pursued
an international emergency medicine
fellowship at Brown University. He then
completed a Master of Public Health
with an emphasis in international
disaster preparedness and response,
and a diploma in tropical medicine
and health from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland. Subsequently, he
took a two-year appointment as the
Chief of Emergency Medicine and
Primary Care at the LBJ Tropical
Medical Center in Pago Pago, American
Samoa, developing educational, clinical,
emergency preparedness, and palliative
care programs.
John Brown University, BS ’94
Loma Linda University, MS ’97
David Edmonson ’99
Dr. Edmonson is a Clinical Assistant
Professor in the Department of Surgery
and Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Brown University’s Warren Alpert
Medical School, in Providence, RI,
and is in an academic practice for
surgical breast oncology. He also serves
as the Director of the Lymphedema
program in women’s oncology and as
the hospital’s physician liaison for the
committee on cancer. Dr. Edmonson
David Kroessler ’82
Dr. Kroessler is Medical Director and
CEO of Angell Street Psychiatry, Ltd.
in Providence, RI and is an Assistant
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at
Brown University. He has served
as Chief of Psychiatry at both Kent
County Hospital and Roger Williams
Medical Center. Dr. Kroessler has been
voted by his peers as one of the “Top
Docs” in the State of Rhode Island
numerous times, as reported in Rhode
Island Monthly magazine.
BS ’76
Gyan Pareek ’98
Dr. Pareek is the Director of Minimally
Invasive Urology at Brown University
Medical School. Board certified in
urology, Dr. Pareek completed his
urology residency at Lenox Hill
Hospital in New York, NY, and
a fellowship at the University of
Wisconsin Medical School. He is a
member of the urology staff at Rhode
Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital,
Providence VA Medical Center, and
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.
MS ’93
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WARWICK
Ralph DiGiacomo ’82
Dr. DiGiacomo has been in solo private
rheumatology practice in Warwick, RI
since 1988. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Brown University,
Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI, and
a fellowship in rheumatology at the
Albany Medical Center.
Thomas Millerick Jr. ’85
Dr. Millerick has been practicing
internal medicine for more than 20
years in private practice, and is on staff
at Kent County Memorial Hospital in
Warwick, RI. He is now with the largest
primary care group in the state.
Providence University, BS ’80
WESTERLY
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Christopher DeSantis ’03
Dr. DeSantis is Department Chief of
Anesthesia Associates of Westerly in
Westerly, RI. Dr. DeSantis completed
his medical internship at St. Barnabas
Medical Center in Livingston, NJ
before going on to a general surgery
residency at Boston University School
of Medicine. He then became board
certified in anesthesiology while
practicing anesthesiology at Westerly
Hospital.
University of Rhode Island, BA ’98
Paul Tafone ’84
After his term as President of the
medical staff at South County Hospital
in Wakefield, RI expired, Dr. Tafone,
an emergency physician, became the
Assistant Director of the Emergency
Department.
US Military Academy West Point, BS ’74
Rhode Island
SOUTH CAROLINA
ANDERSON
Nandakishore Parchuri ’97
Dr. Parchuri is in private hematology
and oncology practice in Anderson, SC.
residency at West Virginia University
Hospitals in Morgantown, WV,
fellowship at Winthrop-University
Hospital in Mineola, NY.
Andhra University, BVSc ’80
University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
PhD ’91
BARNWELL
Bryan Burnett ’96
Dr. Burnett has been with Barnwell
Pediatrics since 1999, where he continues
to practice as a Senior Pediatrician.
He is also Chief of Staff and Chief of
Pediatrics at Southern Palmetto Hospital
in Barnwell, SC, as well as a clinical
preceptor for the nurse practitioner
program and the physician assistant
program at the Medical University
of South Carolina and Georgetown
University. Dr. Burnett is an Adjunct
Professor of Biology at the University
of South Carolina, Salkehatchie
Campus, where he teaches anatomy and
physiology in their nursing program. He
completed his pediatrics residency at East
Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
Erskine College, BS ’90
CHARLESTON
Constance Alexander ’95
Dr. Alexander is working for the South
Carolina Department of Mental Health,
as well as for several of the alcohol and
drug commissions in the state. She
completed a residency in psychiatry
followed by a fellowship in addiction
psychiatry at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
Rambod Charepoo ’05
Dr. Charepoo is a Hand Fellow at
the Medical University of South
Carolina, Medical University Center
in Charleston, SC. He completed three
years of his general surgery residency
at St. Francis Hospital in Trenton,
NJ and then served as Chief Surgical
Resident at Yale University School
of Medicine, Waterbury Hospital
in Waterbury, CT for two years. Dr.
Charepoo then completed a plastic
surgery fellowship at the University of
Texas Health Sciences Center at San
Antonio in San Antonio, TX, followed
by a burn fellowshp at the University
of Tennessee, Regional Medical Center
in Memphis, TN.
Roberta Karnofsky ’88
Dr. Karnofsky is an anesthesiologist
in private practice in Charleston, SC,
and is Medical Director of the Pain
Management Center of Roger Hospital
in Charleston, SC. After an internal
medicine internship at Mount Sinai
Hospital in Farmington, CT, Dr.
Karnofsky began an anesthesiology
Connecticut Health Center/John
Dempsey Hospital.
University of Georgia, BSA ’78
Steve Nathanson ’99
Dr. Nathanson is the Medical Director
of a large-volume emergency medicine
department in Charleston, SC. He
received a Combat Air Medal from the
US Air Force for his service as a flight
surgeon in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Belmont Abbey College, AB ’94
Columbia, SC.
FLORENCE
J. Kevin O’Kelly ’86
Dr. O’Kelly is a urologist in private
practice at Low Country Urology in
Florence, SC and a Clinical Associate
Professor at the Medical University of
South Carolina. He is on the board of
trustees at Francis Marion University
and on the board of visitors at the
University of South Carolina. Dr.
O’Kelly is a past President of the South
Carolina Urological Association and
a past Chief of Staff in the Carolinas
Hospital System. He completed a
urology residency at the University of
South Florida College of Medicine.
University of South Carolina Upstate, BS
’80
FORT MILL
Nirav Patel ’00
Dr. Patel is in private practice in South
Carolina. He completed his internship
and residency in internal medicine
at New Jersey Medical School in
Newark, NJ, where he also served as
Chief Resident. He then completed a
fellowship in gastroenterology at the
same institution. Dr. Patel and his wife,
Ami, a psychiatrist, have two children.
GREENVILLE
COLUMBIA
Ashkan Afshari ’12
Dr. Afshari is a general surgery resident
at Palmetto Health, University of
South Carolina School of Medicine in
Patricia Eichhorn ’06
Dr. Eichhorn is a general and bariatric
surgeon in private practice with
Greenville Health System Bariatric
and Minimal Access Surgery in
Greenville, SC and is affiliated with
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University Medical Group. Board
certified in general surgery, Dr. Eichhorn
completed her preliminary residency
year at Albert Einstein Medical Center
before completing her general surgery
and Dentistry of New Jersey. In her last
year of residency she was the recipient
of the Teaching Excellence Award. Dr.
Eichhorn then completed a minimally
invasive surgery and bariatric fellowship
Rafael Lagleva ’00
Dr. Lagleva is a hospital attending
physician in internal medicine in
Greenville, SC. He completed his
Hall University/St. Michael’s Medical
Center in South Orange, NJ.
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GREER
Nate Normand ’98
Dr. Normand is Medical Director and
Lead Hospitalist at Greer Memorial
Hospital in Greer, SC. He completed an
internal medicine residency at Greenville
Health System University Medical
Center in Greenville, SC, in 2001.
College, BS ’91
HARTSVILLE
Solomon Budhram ’97
Dr. Budhram is a pediatrician at The
Children’s Group PC, a private pediatrics
office that he owns with his wife, in
Hartsville, SC. They see patients six days
a week and provide coverage to their
local hospital. Dr. Budhram completed a
pediatric residency at Flushing Hospital
Medical Center in Flushing, NY, and
immediately started working part-time
in the emergency room there, covering
as a locums for several pediatricians. He
also started a private practice in Rego
Park, NY, before he moved to Virginia,
where he worked in two pediatric
emergency rooms in the Richmond,
VA, area for two years. Dr. Budhram is
board certified in pediatrics. He and his
wife have three children and they enjoy
vacationing in Myrtle Beach.
Oneonta, BS ’92
South Carolina
HILTON HEAD ISLAND
Peter Salerno ’84
Dr. Salerno opened his pediatric private
practice in Hilton Head Island, SC
in 1999, after practicing with a solo
practitioner in Somerset, NY. He
is currently on staff at Hilton Head
Hospital, where he has served as Director
of the Nursery and Director of the
Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Salerno is
also an affiliate member of the pediatric
staff of the Medical University of South
Carolina Hospital and a member of
the pediatric teaching faculty of the
Medical University of South Carolina
Medical School in Charleston. He
completed a medical internship year at St.
NJ, followed by a pediatric residency
at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in
New Brunswick, NJ. Previously, Dr.
Salerno was a medical staff member at
St. Peters Medical Center and Robert
Wood Johnson Medical Center in New
Brunswick, NJ for 13 years and served
on various committees.
Rutgers University College of Pharmacy,
BS ’65
JOHNS ISLAND
Julia Bisschops ’12
Dr. Bisschops is a family medicine
physician in private practice in Johns
Island, SC. She completed a family
medicine residency at Memorial
Hospital in South Bend, IN.
University College Utrecht, BS ’06
Richard Person ’99
Dr. Person practiced radiology in
Jonesboro, AR with a private group
for three years before moving to Johns
Island, SC, where he is involved in
teleradiology. After a preliminary year
of surgery at West Virginia University,
Dr. Person went on to complete a
residency in radiology at the same
institution.
College, BA ’95
MYRTLE BEACH
Michael McCaffrey ’88
Dr. McCaffrey is a neurologist in
private practice at Grand Strand
Spine and Neuro Center in Myrtle
Beach, SC. After he completed his
internal medicine residency at Western
Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. McCaffrey
went on to complete a neurology
and neuromuscular fellowship at
the Medical College of Virginia in
Richmond, VA. He is board certified in
both neurology and neurophysiology.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BS ’83
Victoria Moshoures ’95
Dr. Moshoures is an internal medicine
physician in private practice at Myrtle
Beach Internists in Myrtle Beach, SC.
residency at Brooklyn Hospital Center
in Brooklyn, NY.
BS ’87
Tatiana Leyen Vu-Molaschi ’01
Dr. Vu-Molaschi is in private practice
in obstetrics and gynecology in Myrtle
Beach, SC. She completed her obstetrics
and gynecology residency at Staten
Island University Hospital in Staten
Island, NY.
PAWLEYS ISLAND
Thomas Howard ’96
Dr. Howard is a family medicine
physician with South Strand Internists
& Urgent CareCare, serving as the
managing physician in their Pawleys
Island, SC office.
University of Evansville, BS ’91
ROCK HILL
Harry Hicklin III ’84
Dr. Hicklin is an interventional
cardiologist in solo private practice at
Palmetto Cardiology of York County,
LLC in Rock Hill, SC. He is also on staff
at Piedmont Medical Center, serving
as Medical Director of the Congestive
Heart Failure Program and Director of
the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Department. Board certified in internal
medicine and cardiovascular disease, Dr.
Hicklin completed residencies in internal
medicine and interventional cardiology
at Marshall University School of
Medicine, where he was Chief Resident
in Cardiology. From 1988–91, he served
as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at
Marshall University in Huntington, WV.
SPARTANBURG
Kurtis Melin ’11
Dr. Melin is a family medicine physician
in private practice in Spartanburg, SC
and is affiliated with Spartanburg
Regional Medical Center and
Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative
Care. Dr. Melin completed a family
and Medical Center in Detroit, MI and
a geriatric medicine fellowship at the
University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
Champaign, BS ’03
MPH ’06
SURFSIDE BEACH
Brian Adler ’81
Dr. Adler has been in private practice
in Surfside Beach, SC since 1984.
and addiction medicine, he completed
Greater Baltimore Medical Center in
Baltimore, MD.
John Rathbun ’88
Dr. Rathbun is in private practice,
specializing in endocrinology and
geriatrics. He is the Medical Director
for a local nursing home, as well as
for a home health care company. Dr.
Rathbun also acts as the President of a
multispecialty clinic. He completed his
internal medicine residency at Jersey
City Medical Center in Jersey City, NJ.
of his graduating class. Dr. Williams is
licensed to practice medicine in South
Carolina and Georgia and is an active
member in the American Medical
of Family Physicians. He and his wife,
Susan, have three children, Hannah,
Carter, and Emma.
East Carolina University, BS ’94
YORK
Romin Shah ’04
Dr. Shah has served as Chief Medical
Officer at Providence Care in York, SC,
since 2010. He worked as a hospitalist
at Baptist Easley Eagle Hospitalist
Connections in Easley from 20092014. Board certified in both internal
medicine and geriatric medicine, Dr.
Shah completed an internal medicine
residency at the Jewish Hospital
in Cincinnati, OH, and a geriatric
medicine fellowship at the University of
Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Xavier University, BS ’00
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WALTERBORO
Melanie King ’99
Dr. King is a part-time emergency room
physician and a full-time mother of two.
She and her husband, Richard Person
(SGU ’99) both live in Charleston, SC.
Richmond, The American International
University in London, BA ’90
WILLIAMSTON
James Christian Williams ’07
Dr. Williams is working in an
outpatient clinic in Williamston, SC.
He also trains and supervises family
medicine residents in obstetrics in
a nearby hospital, moonlights at an
emergency room in Georgia, and cares
for inpatients at a 25-bed hospital. He
in the AnMed Health Family Medicine
Program in Anderson, SC, in 2010 and
earned the Program Director Award out
South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
RAPID CITY
Kelly Stacy ’00
Dr. Stacy is an internal medicine
physician in private practice and an
Associate Professor at the University
of South Dakota. She completed her
University of Virginia in Roanoke, VA,
where she served as Chief Resident.
Texas Tech University, BA ’90
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SIOUX FALLS
Magdalene Fiddler ’12
Dr. Fiddler is a hospitalist with Avera
Medical Group in Sioux Falls, SD. She
Downstate Medical Center at Island
College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
University of the West Indies at St.
Augustine, BSc ’07
VERMILLION
Vishesh Kumar ’12
Dr. Kumar is a Cardiovascular
Disease Fellow at the University of
South Dakota in Vermillion, SD.
Albany, NY.
TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA
CLEVELAND
Stephen Barnes ’07
Dr. Barnes is a cardiovascular
anesthesiologist practicing in
Chattanooga, TN. He completed
Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. Dr.
Barnes then completed a cardiovascular
anesthesiology fellowship at Baylor
College of Medicine at the Texas Heart
Institute in Houston, TX.
Wake Forest University, BS ’97
William Hays ’87
Dr. Hays is a family medicine physician
in private practice at the Family
Medicine Center in Cleveland, TN.
He is also the Medical Director of the
Good Samaritan Clinic which provides
free health care for individuals without
insurance or limited resources. Dr. Hays
is board certified in family practice and
also member of the Bradley County
Medical Society, Tennessee Medical
Association, and American Academy of
Family Practice. Dr. Hays completed
his family medicine residency at the
University of Wisconsin (UW Hospital
and Clinics) in Madison, WI.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, BA ’79
Cindy Deutmeyer ’05
Dr. Deutmeyer is a plastic surgeon
in private practice with Associates in
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
in Chattanooga, TN. She previously
practiced at Renew Plastic Surgery in
Gadsden, AL. Board certified in surgery,
Dr. Deutmeyer completed a general
surgery residency at Rhode Island
Hospital-Lifespan in Providence, RI
followed by a plastic and reconstructive
surgery fellowship at the Medical
University of South Carolina. Dr.
Deutmeyer married Jarrod McCord on
April 30, 2011.
Cornell College, BA ’97
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, MS ’01
Richard Rader ’83
Dr. Rader specializes in
neurodevelopmental disabilities and is
the Center at in Chattanooga, TN. He is
the editor-in-chief of Exceptional Parent
magazine, the past President of the
American Academy of Developmental
Medicine and Dentistry, and a Fellow of
the American Association on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities. Dr.
Rader is also a member of the Board of
the American Association on Health and
Disability, an advisor to the National
Organization on Rare Disorders, and a
member of the Surgeon General’s Task
Force on Health Care for People with
Disabilities.
DECHERD
Jennie Williams ’86
Dr. Williams is part of a multispecialty
group of approximately 15 physicians
and serves as Chairman of the group
board. She is a member of a local
hospital board of trustees and an
active member of the medical staff. Dr.
Williams is the President of the Board
of the local chapter of the American
Cancer Society and the Medical
Director of the local ambulance service.
She has served on the Board Of
Directors of the Tennessee Academy of
Family Physicians as the secretary and
treasurer for the last six years.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
BA ’79
DICKSON
Van Mills ’85
Dr. Mills is Chairman of the Obstetrics
Department at Dickson Medical
Associates, a large group practice
specializing in family medicine,
obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery.
He is board certified and an Associate
Professor of Family Medicine at the
University of Tennessee in Memphis,
TN. He is also President of the
Dickson County Medical Society and
Family Practice. Dr. Mills completed
his residency at East Tennessee State
University and was the Chief Resident
in Family Medicine. He then entered
a fellowship in obstetrics at the same
institution.
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DYERSBURG
James Naifeh Jr. ’83
Dr. Naifeh is a board-certified family
in Dyersburg, TN and is affiliated with
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
University of Tennessee at Martin, BS ’78
HARRIMAN
Samuel Harris ’07
Dr. Harris is a board-certified internal
medicine physician and infectious
disease specialist working as a hospitalist
at Roane Medical Center in Harriman,
TN. He completed an internal medicine
internship and residency at Long Island
College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and
an infectious diseases fellowship at
the Louisiana State University Health
Wittenberg University, BS ’03
JACKSON
Michael Dolan ’03
Dr. Dolan is a hand surgeon in private
practice with West Tennessee Bone
and Joint Clinic, PC in Jackson, TN.
He specializes in any problem below
the elbow from newborns to geriatrics,
but his main practice is in traumatic
hand and wrist reconstruction with an
emphasis on microsurgery. Dr. Dolan
at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center in 2008, and a hand
and microsurgery fellowship at the
University of Texas Southwestern in
2009. He is board certified in general
surgery and surgery of the hand by the
American Board of Surgery.
Baylor University, BA ’98
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Ryan Nerland ’05
Dr. Nerland is working as an internal
medicine hospitalist at Jackson
County General Hospital in Jackson,
TN and is employed by the Jackson
Clinic. He completed a residency in
internal medicine and pediatrics at
the University of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson, MS, serving as Chief
Resident in Pediatrics for the 2009-10
academic year. Dr. Nerland then went
on to be an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Pediatrics from 2010-14,
serving as Assistant Program Director
for the pediatric residency program
from 2011-13.
Mississippi State University, BS ’98
JOHNSON CITY
Frederick Clayton ’09
Dr. Clayton is completing his final
year as Chief Fellow of the Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Program at East Tennessee State
University in Johnson City, TN. He
residency at the same institution. Dr.
Clayton also has a Master of Science
in Biomedical Engineering from
Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN.
Vanderbilt University, MS ’02
Lee Colyar ’93
Dr. Colyar has been in private practice
in Johnson City, TN, since completing
his residency in family medicine as Chief
Resident at the James H. Quillen College
of Medicine, where he is an Associate
Professor And A Clinical Instructor.
Middle Tennessee State University, BS ’87
Jeffrey Schoondyke ’99
Dr. Schoondyke is a cardiologist
in private practice with Mountain
States Heart Care at Caring Hearts
Cardiology in Johnson City, TN.
He is also an Assistant Professor of
Cardiology at East Tennessee State
University College of Medicine and is
affiliated with Johnson City Medical
Center, Franklin Woods Community
Tennessee
Hospital, Indian Path Medical Center,
Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Norton
Community Hospital, Dickenson
Community Hospital, and Johnston
Memorial Hospital. Dr. Schoondyke is
a principal investigator for clinical trial
research and a Fellow of the American
College of Cardiology. He completed
an internal medicine residency and a
cardiovascular disease fellowship at East
Tennessee State University College of
Medicine. Dr. Schoondyke has a Master
of Public Health in Biostatistics and
Oklahoma.
N Arizona University, BS ’92
University of Oklahoma, MPH ’95
Marshall Kenneth Stambovsky ’89
Dr. Stambovsky is Regional Medical
Director of the Department of Public
Health in Sullivan County, TN. He
at East Tennessee State University in
Bristol, TN. He then worked in the
emergency department before moving
on to private practice. Dr. Stambovsky
is board certified in family medicine.
He appreciates the education he
received and the teachers of St. George’s
University, School of Medicine.
Baylor College of Med, BS ’82
Keith White ’12
Dr. White is a psychiatry resident at
James H. Quillen College of Medicine,
East Tennessee State University in
Johnson City, TN.
KINGSPORT
Matthew Riggins ’86
Dr. Riggins is board certified in family
medicine and has practiced emergency
medicine in Kingsport, TN, since
1991. He also serves as the systemwide
Medical Director for the MSHA, ACLS,
and PALS programs, and as the Medical
Director for a local college paramedic
program. Dr. Riggins completed a
residency in family medicine at East
Tennessee State University, where he
was Chief Resident his final year. He is
married with one child.
University of Mississippi, BA ’80
KNOXVILLE
Sherryl Croitor ’05
Dr. Croitor is a cardiologist in private
practice at Cardiology Associates of
East Tennessee in Knoxville, TN.
She began an internal medicine
Hospital Center in New York, NY,
and completed it at the University of
Hospital. Dr. Croitor then went on
to complete a cardiovascular disease
Hospital Center. She is board certified
in adult echocardiography, nuclear
cardiology, and internal medicine and
Association, the American Society for
Nuclear Cardiology, and the American
Society of Echocardiography. In
2002, Dr. Croitor received the Golden
Stethoscope Award for Outstanding
Clinical Achievement while in St.
Vincent. Before entering medical school,
she was a nurse practitioner.
Pace University, MS ’77
John Law ’83
Dr. Law is a board-certified family
at Farragut Family Practice, PC in
Knoxville, TN. In 2010, shortly after
the earthquake that devastated Haiti,
Dr. Law helped assemble a team of
doctors to travel to Haiti and provide
aid. He completed his residency and
served as Chief Resident in Family
Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center in McKeesport, PA.
Maryville College, BA ’75
David Newman ’86
Dr. Newman’s practice, Genesis
Analgesia Center, PLLC, is an
interventional non-narcotic pain
treatment center in Knoxville, TN that
he started in August 2013. Prior to that
he was Chief of Staff and Chairman of
the Department of Anesthesia at Martin
General Hospital in Williamston, NC,
where he practiced from 2005. After
completing his anesthesiology residency
Graduate Medical Education, in South
Orange, NJ, in 1990, and achieving
board certification, he practiced in
Maryville, TN for 15 years. He and his
wife, Cindy, recently celebrated their
30th wedding anniversary.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, BA ’82
Madhur Roberts ’10
Dr. Roberts is a Cardiovascular Disease
Fellow at the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville, TN. She completed an
internal medicine residency at Winthrop-
University Hospital in Mineola, NY. Dr.
Roberts received her Doctor of Medicine
at the young age of 23, graduating with
honors from St. George’s University
in 2010. During her time at SGU, she
maintained academic excellence and
engaged in community outreach and
extracurricular activities. As a member
of various academic associations, she has
helped organize health fairs, preventive
medicine groups, and local community
education groups. Dr. Roberts is a St.
alumni officer and is enthusiastic and
determined to help promote the school
and assist its students.
Jeffrey Robinson ’96
Dr. Robinson is a faculty member
with the James H. Quillen College
of Medicine at East Tennessee State
University. He completed an internal
State University in 2000.
Lynlee Wolfe ’05
Dr. Wolfe is a physician at High Risk
Obstetrical Consultants in Knoxville,
TN and has a Clinical Assistant
Professor faculty appointment with the
University of Tennessee at the residency
program in Knoxville, TN. Board
Dr. Wolfe completed an obstetrics and
of Tennessee in Chattanooga, TN,
followed by a maternal fetal medicine
fellowship at the University of San
Diego in San Diego, CA.
East Tennessee State University, BS ’99
MARYVILLE
Elizabeth Lebrun ’85
Dr. Lebrun is in private practice in
Maryville, TN and is a Fellow of the
American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. After she completed an
internal medicine internship at Mount
Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT, Dr.
Lebrun went on to become Chief
Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology
at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in
Virginia.
MEMPHIS
A. Lloyd Finks ’98
Dr. Finks is the Associate Director of
Medical Education and a practicing
hospitalist at Methodist University
Hospital in Memphis, TN. He is
also an Assistant Professor at the
University of Tennessee. He serves on
the P&T committee, and is a part of
the American College of Physicians and
Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Finks
medicine at Methodist Healthcare,
Central Hospital, in Memphis, TN,
where he was recognized for Going the
Extra Mile in terms of patient care.
University of South Alabama, BS ’78
Ravpreet Gill ’04
Dr. Gill is a board-certified
anesthesiologist working at the
Regional Medical Center in Memphis,
TN. He is also an Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology at the University
of Tennessee Health Science Center.
After graduating from St. George’s
University, Dr. Gill did a preliminary
year in internal medicine at Jersey
Medical Center before completing
his anesthesiology residency and
obstetric anesthesiology fellowship
Brooklyn, NY.
Stephen Gipson ’82
Dr. Gipson directs the Spine Specialty
Center in Memphis, TN, treating
disorders of the spine and nervous
system. In practice for more than
30 years, Dr. Gipson continues a
busy work schedule and endured the
trials and tribulations of being in the
Charter Class of SGU. He has many
interests outside of work, which include
running and fitness, biking, scuba
diving, and playing bass, guitar, and
piano. Dr. Gipson is also a published
novelist. In addition, he is a frequent
flyer in his own plane and curates a
World War II museum. He completed
his anesthesiology residency at the
University of Tennesee.
Arkansas State University, BS ’75
Cynthia King ’02
Dr. King is an infectious diseases
physician with Memphis VA Medical
Center in Memphis, TN. Dr. King
completed an internship at the Ochsner
Medical Foundation in New Orleans,
LA, an internal medicine residency at
the University of Tennessee Health
Sciences Center in Memphis, TN, and
a fellowship in infectious diseases at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
She went on to work for the Shelby
County Health Department and was an
Assistant Professor with the University
of Tennessee Health Science Center in
Memphis.
University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
BS ’94
University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
MPH ’97
Wiley Robinson ’84
Dr. Robinson is a board-certified
internal medicine physician in
private practice and is affiliated with
Baptist Memorial Health Care, on
staff at Baptist Memorial Hospitals
in Collierville and Memphis,
Baptist Memorial Restorative Care
Hospital and Baptist RehabilitationGermantown. He is a past President of
the Memphis Medical Society and is on
the board of trustees of the Tennessee
Medical Association. Dr. Robinson
received the Runyon Award for
Teaching Excellence from the University
of Tennessee School of Medicine. After
Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, and
his fellowship in clinical nutrition
at Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine in Nashville, TN, Dr.
Robinson moved to Memphis to begin
his practice. He is happily married with
two teenage sons.
University of Tennessee Health Science
Center, BA ’79
Joel Saltzman ’82
Dr. Saltzman is an attending
anesthesiologist and Medical Director
of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Le
Bonheur’s Children’s Medical Center in
Memphis, TN. He is also an Assistant
Professor at the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center. Previously, Dr.
Saltzman served as Director of Pediatric
Anesthesiology at the University of
California at Los Angeles and Chief
of Adult and Pediatric Anesthesiology
at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, NV.
He is an EMT and an instructor of
advanced cardiac life support, pediatric
advanced cardiac life support, and
weapons of mass destruction medical
preparedness. Board certified in
anesthesiology, Dr. Saltzman completed
a pediatrics residency at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA,
and an anesthesiology residency at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
He is a member of the American Society
of Critical Care Anesthesiologists,
National Eagle Scout Association,
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, American
Heart Association–CPR Committee,
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American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Medical Association, Clark
County Medical Association, American
Society of Anesthesiologists, Society
of Critical Care, Nevada Society of
Anesthesiology, and Society of Pediatric
Anesthesiology. He is the recipient of
the Robert O. Bauer Memorial Award
Angeles, Department of Anesthesiology
Teacher of the Year (1987–88). Dr.
Saltzman was also elected California
House Officer Representative in 1985.
He has lectured and taught in a number
of countries in the Caribbean, South
America, and Asia.
BA ’78
MURFREESBORO
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Aruna Rangaraja Shah ’01
Dr. Shah is working at Middle Tennessee
State University Student Health Services
in Murfreesboro, TN. She completed
a family medicine residency at the
University of Tennessee Health Science
Center in Knoxville, TN.
NASHVILLE
John Milligan ’04
Dr. Milligan is a board-certified general
surgeon working in the Nashville, TN
office of Vein Guys, one of the largest
vein care centers in the United States.
He began specializing in vein disease
and vein disease treatment in 2010. Dr.
Milligan completed a general surgery
University of Tennessee in Knoxville,
TN, where he was the recipient of
several awards, including the Scott
Frame Trauma Scholarship Award
given to the junior surgical resident
who exemplifies the values and work
ethic of the trauma service, as voted
upon by the trauma staff surgeons.
He also received the Laparoscopic
Surgeons Resident Achievement Award,
given to the Chief Resident with the
most advanced laparoscopic skills. Dr.
Milligan is a member of the American
College of Surgeons, Southeastern
Surgical Congress and the Society of
Laparoscopic Surgeons.
Mary Romano ’01
Dr. Romano has been an Assistant
Tennessee
Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent
Health, at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s
Hospital at Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, TN, since July 2007. Board
certified in pediatrics and adolescent
medicine, Dr. Romano completed
a pediatric residency at WinthropUniversity Hospital in Mineola, NY,
where she also served as Chief Resident.
She then completed an adolescent
medicine fellowship at Miami
Children’s Hospital and obtained a
Master of Public Health degree from
Florida International University. Dr.
Romano is a member of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the American
Medical Association. Her clinical areas
of interest are adolescent gynecology
and the treatment of adolescents and
young adults with eating disorders.
Dr. Romano also plays an active role
in community education, having
been asked to speak to both parents
and community providers on topics
pertinent to adolescent health.
Ashish Soni ’99
Dr. Soni is trained in internal medicine,
nephrology, and interventional
nephrology, and is practicing in
Nashville, TN. Board certified in
internal medicine and nephrology,
he completed a residency in internal
medicine at Pitt County Memorial
Hospital in Greenville, NC, where he
received awards in endocrinology. He
also completed fellowships in both
nephrology and hypertension. Dr. Soni
is a member of the American Society of
Nephrology, the American Society of
Hypertension, the American Medical
Association, the American College of
Physicians, and the American Society of
Transplantation.
SMYRNA
Rachel Ricafort ’97
Dr. Ricafort is a board-certified
pediatrician and partner with Pediatric
Partners with offices in Smyrna and
Nashville, TN. Her interests include
general pediatric medicine as well
as acute care medicine, and care of
newborn and premature infants. She
has hospital privileges at Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital, Baptist Hospital,
Centennial Medical Center, and
Stonecrest Hospital. Dr. Ricafort
completed a pediatric residency at the
of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. She
then moved to Alabama briefly to
join a private practice in Decatur, AL,
before relocating to Nashville, TN. Dr.
Ricafort is a member of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the
Tennessee Medical Association.
Vanderbilt University, BSN ’88
TEXAS
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Amarillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ABILENE
Snehal Doshi ’03
Dr. Doshi is working as a neonatologist
in private practice in Abilene, TX.
Board certified in pediatrics, he
completed a pediatric residency,
followed by a neonatology fellowship
at the University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston, TX. Dr. Doshi
serves on the board of directors for the
regional chapter of the March of Dimes
and the regional Child Fatality Review
Committee, and as an advisor for West
Texas Rehabilitation Center.
Baylor University, MS ’98
ALLEN
Irani Gunasekera ’93
Dr. Gunasekera has established a solo
practice as a consultant anesthesiologist
and works in several facilities in the
North Dallas, TX area through her
company, Allen Ambulatory Anesthesia.
She completed an internship in
preliminary medicine at St. Barnabas
Medical Center and an anesthesiology
residency at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine. She continued on to serve
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Katy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
La Marque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
La Porte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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as a consultant anesthesiologist in Sri
Lanka. She returned to the United
States to serve as an anesthesiologist
in New Jersey. In 2004, she moved her
practice preference to the ambulatory
surgical setting and worked with
New Jersey Ambulatory Anesthesia
Consultants in Freehold, NJ, before
moving to Texas.
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Healthcare System at its premier
neighborhood clinic in Arlington, TX.
He was evacuated from Grand Anse
Campus by the US military in October
1983 and returned to Grenada within
months to complete medical school.
Board certified in pediatrics, Dr. Sheng
completed his pediatrics residency at the
New Jerseyin Newark, NJ.
Duke University, BA ’80
AMARILLO
Sammy Cox ’97
Dr. Cox is in private practice with
Amarillo Diagnostic Clinic in Amarillo,
TX. After he completed his residency in
Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa,
he entered a fellowship in cardiology at
Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.
Dr. Cox and his wife, Christine, live in
Amarillo, TX with their daughter.
Texas Tech University, BS ’90
Texas Tech University, MS ’92
ARLINGTON
Samuel Sheng ’87
Dr. Sheng is working as a general
pediatrician for Cook Children’s
AUSTIN
Nima Amjadi ’97
Dr. Amjadi is an interventional
cardiologist in private practice. He
medicine and cardiology in the Kaiser
Permanente Southern California
Program in Los Angeles, CA.
San Francisco State University, BA ’92
Aaron Best ’01
Dr. Best is practicing hospitalist
medicine at Hospital Internists of
Austin, in Austin, TX. He completed
his internal medicine internship
Minnesota in 2004.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, BS ’95
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Jessica Best ’12
Dr. Best is an Assistant Professor and
an International Emergency Medicine
Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine
in Austin, TX. She completed an
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School in Austin, TX.
University of Colorado at Boulder, MS ’07
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Kevin Hoffarth ’00
Dr. Hoffarth, a board-certified family
physician with advanced training in age
management through world-renowned
Cenegenics, plus 3 years additional
training with the Institute of Functional
Medicine and Age Management,
owns and operates Biofit Medicine, a
functional medicine and integrative
medical practice in Austin, TX. Dr.
Hoffarth has been practicing quality of
life/preventive care medicine for more
than 15 years. Prior to relocating to Texas,
Dr. Hoffarth was a family practitioner in
South Lake Tahoe, CA for 10 years. He
completed his family practice residency at
Creighton University Medical Center in
Nebraska, where he was Chief Resident
in 2003 and named Resident Teacher of
the Year. Dr. Hoffarth then went on to
complete a fellowship in colonoscopy and
was an emergency room staff physician
at a Level II trauma center in Iowa. He
of Family Physicians.
Saint Mary’s College, BS ’94
Krishna Rajendra ’04
Dr. Rajendra is a maternal-fetal medicine
specialist practicing with Seton Health’s
University Physicians Group in Austin,
TX. Her research interest focuses on
the genetic basis of complications of
pregnancy, including preeclampsia. She
and gynecology at the University of
Tennessee-Memphis before moving
to Los Angeles, CA, to complete a
fellowship in clinical genetics at the
University of California at Los Angeles’
Intercampus Medical Genetics Program,
where she served as Chief Clinical Fellow
during her final year. Dr. Rajendra then
completed a maternal-fetal medicine
fellowship at the Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles, CA.
University of Oklahoma, BS ’00
Inder Singh ’04
Dr. Singh is a gastroenterologist with
Seton Health’s University of Texas
Texas
Southwestern University Physicians
Group at Austin Gastroenterology, PC
in Round Rock, TX and is affiliated
with Seton Medical Center and
St. David’s Medical Center. Board
gastroenterology, Dr. Singh completed
the University of California at Los
Angeles and served one year as Chief
Resident at the Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles, CA. He then
completed a gastroenterology and
hepatology fellowship at the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
followed by an advanced endoscopy
fellowship at the Harbor-University
of California at Los Angeles Medical
Center, focusing on interventional
endoscopy and pancreato-biliary
diseases. After his fellowship, Dr. Singh
was appointed Assistant Professor of
Medicine at David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Singh has
contributed to numerous publications
and has given multiple presentations
at national and international meetings.
He is a member of the American
College of Gastroenterology, American
Gastroenterological Association,
American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy, and American College of
Physicians.
BRYAN
Edward Schultz ’04
Dr. Schultz is an emergency medicine
physician at St. Joseph’s Regional
Health Care Center in Bryan, TX and
an Associate Professor of Emergency
Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science
Center in College Station, TX. He is
CARROLLTON
Shaheen Kaka Jacob ’08
Dr. Jacob is practicing obstetrics and
gynecology at Baylor Carrollton, Baylor
Health Care System in Carrollton,
TX. She completed her obstetrics and
gynecology residency at Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, CT.
CLEBURNE
David Lunow ’02
Dr. Lunow is an emergency room
physician and serves as the Assistant
Emergency Room Director at Texas
Health Cleburne in Cleburne, TX.
Lunow completed a family practice
residency at John Peter Smith Hospital
in Fort Worth, TX.
Huntington University, BA ’95
COLEMAN
Darron Atwood ’02
Atwood is a family practice physician in
Coleman, TX. He completed his family
medicine residency at the John Peter
Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, TX, as
Chief Resident and house staff president
in 2005.
COLLEGE STATION
Lane Miller ’97
Dr. Miller is in private practice in
College Station, TX. After completing
his residency at the University of Texas
Medical Center in Galveston, TX, as
Chief Resident, Dr. Miller entered into
a fellowship in interventional cardiology
at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston,
TX.
CONROE
Jogesh Harjai ’01
Dr. Harjai is an emergency medicine
physician on staff at Conroe Regional
Medical Center in Conroe, TX and
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
in Houston, TX. He completed his
residency in emergency medicine at
the University of Connecticut School
of Medicine in Farmington, CT, then
stayed on temporarily as clinical faculty
after graduation.
University of Texas at Dallas, BA ’95
DALLAS
Angela Bentle ’98
Dr. Bentle is an internal medicine
physician specializing in geriatric
medicine in private practice at Methodist
Charlton Senior Care, Methodist
Charlton Medical Center in Dallas, NY.
Board certified in internal medicine, she
at St. Paul Medical Center in Dallas,
TX. She has gone on several foreign
mission trips but now plans to stay firmly
in Texas with her daughter. Dr. Bentle
has a special interest in writing and
filmmaking and has performed with her
daughter in community theater. Her
greatest accomplishment has been raising
her daughter without using child care
and attending every major event that has
happened in her daughter’s life.
Eric Cancemi ’93
In 2009, Dr. Cancemi left his hospitalbased practice for a mobile practice,
which provides anesthesia to appropriate
patients in the office environment.
He created and owns his corporation,
Optima Health Resources, which
provides surgical supplies, equipment,
and skilled nursing personnel as well
as anesthesia equipment and supplies
to the offices of physicians who choose
to perform minor surgical procedures
on appropriate candidates in the office
environment. After graduating from
St. George’s University, he completed
his internal medicine internship at
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center,
(formerly Presbyterian Hospital) of
Philadelphia. He then went on to
complete an anesthesiology and pain
management residency at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
Parkland Health and Hospital System,
and a cardiac and transplantation
anesthesiology fellowship at Baylor
University Medical Center in Dallas,
TX. Dr. Cancemi is board certified in
anesthesiology and worked in a hospitalbased solo practice at Baylor University
Medical Center for more than 10 years.
Rodrigo Cayme ’09
Dr. Cayme is a physician practicing
and interventional spine medicine at
the Spine Physicians Institute in Dallas,
TX. Board certified by the American
Board of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, Dr. Cayme completed
an internship in internal medicine at
Carolina University before completing
his physical medicine and rehabilitation
residency at Hofstra North Shore Long
Island Jewish School of Medicine
in Manhasset, NY. Dr. Cayme then
went on to serve as Chief Fellow of the
Spine Medicine Fellowship program
at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in
Cleveland, OH.
Nancy Cox ’87
Dr. Cox is in private practice in
internal medicine, affiliated with Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
and Dentistry of New Jersey, New
Jersey Medical School, in Newark,
NJ. Before coming to St. George’s
University, Dr. Cox earned a PhD in
Chemistry and worked as a chemist.
She is honored to be a graduate of St.
George’s University and says that it has
taught her to truly listen to her patients.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, PhD ’81
John Cush ’81
Dr. Cush is the Director of Clinical
Rheumatology for the Baylor Research
Institute and Professor of Medicine and
Rheumatology at the Baylor University
Medical Center. He is also a Clinical
Professor of Internal Medicine at The
Medical School in Dallas, TX. Dr.
Cush completed an internal medicine
in Brooklyn, NY and a rheumatology
fellowship at Parkland Memorial
Hospital and The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School. Dr.
Cush has authored two textbooks on
rheumatology and rheumatoid arthritis.
He has published more than 110 journal
articles and numerous book chapters
on topics that include rheumatoid
arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, adultonset Still’s disease, biologic therapies,
drug safety, and nutraceuticals. His
clinical and research interests include
medical education, drug safety, and
biologic therapies. Dr. Cush serves as
a volunteer for the American College
of Rheumatology and the Arthritis
Advisory Committee of the US Food
and Drug Administration.
Omar Durani ’12
Dr. Durani is a hospitalist at Pine
Creek Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
He joined PCMC after a four-year
residency in the Department of Family
and Community Medicine at the
University of Texas Southwestern,
Parkland Hospital, where he served as
Chief Resident.
Suraj Jacob ’08
Dr. Jacob is practicing hospitalist
medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital in Dallas. He completed
Stamford Hospital, Columbia College
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York,
NY where he served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Jacob then went on to work as a
hospitalist at Danbury Hospital in
Danbury, CT before he moved back
home to Texas.
Kelly Johnson ’00
Dr. Johnson is in private pediatric
practice. After she completed her
residency in pediatrics at the University
of Texas Medical Branch hospital in
Galveston, TX, she became an Assistant
Professor of Emergency Services at the
University of Texas Medical Branch.
Hendrix College, BA ’91
University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
MS ’95
Zishan Khan ’09
Dr. Khan is an outpatient child and
adolescent psychiatrist at Metrocare
Services in Dallas, TX. He completed his
residency in psychiatry at the University
of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita,
KS. In 2012, he was the recipient of the
inaugural Wichita Student Voice Award
for Outstanding Psychiatry Resident,
which is voted by the medical students
to honor residents and faculty who have
enhanced their learning experience
during their third-year clerkships.
During residency, Dr. Khan served as
the American Psychological Association
Representative for the University of
Kansas, and he was, along with his wife,
heavily involved in the annual AACAP
Conference, serving as monitors and
participating in the poster session. After
completing his residency, Dr. Khan went
on to complete a fellowship in child and
adolescent psychiatry at the University
of South Florida in Tampa, FL, serving
as Chief Fellow during his second year.
Dr. Khan and his wife, Aisha Hines, DO,
have recently settled in Dallas, where
Dr. Hines is working as a telepsychiatrist,
treating those in need in underserved
areas, including Montana, Wyoming,
and Washington.
Kelly Klein ’99
Dr. Klein is an Assistant Professor of
Surgery and Emergency Medicine at
the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas, where she
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also serves as Associate EMS Medical
Director of BioTel EMS system. Dr.
Klein is also an attending emergency
medicine physician and chief trauma
liaison at Parkland Health and
Hospital System in Dallas. Board
certified in emergency medicine, she
residency as Chief Resident followed
by a research fellowship in weapons
of mass destruction, disaster medicine,
and emergency medical services at
Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Dr. Klein is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Emergency Medicine and
serves as Supervisory Medical Officer for
the United States Department of Health
and Human Services Disaster Medical
Assistance Teams. She is an active
senior instructor both nationally and
internationally for the National Disasters
Life Support Foundation and a journal
reviewer for multiple national journals
in the realm of emergency medicine and
disaster medicine and response.
Roger Williams University, BS ’93
Parin Makadia ’07
Dr. Makadia is a board-certified
nephrologist in private practice with
Dallas Renal Group at Richardson
Baylor Family Medical Center, Baylor
Internal Medicine Associates, and other
offices throughout the Dallas area. He is
affiliated with several hospitals including
Methodist Richardson Medical Center,
Baylor Heart and Vascular Center,
Baylor Medical Center, Medical City
of Dallas and Plano Specialty Hospital,
among others. He completed an internal
medicine residency and then served as
Chief Fellow in the nephrology and
hypertension fellowship at the University
Jersey in Newark, NJ. Dr. Makadia is
a Diplomate of the American Board
of Internal Medicine and a member of
the American Society of Nephrology,
Renal Physicians Association, National
Kidney Foundation, American College
of Physicians, and the American Medical
Association.
Seton Hall University, MBA ’02
Christopher Martin ’04
Dr. Martin is the Chief Medical
Officer for Questcare Hospitalists
in Dallas, TX. Questcare has
approximately 100 hospitalist
physicians at nine hospitals in Texas
and Oklahoma. Dr. Martin completed
University of Oklahoma College of
Texas
Medicine in Tulsa, where he was also a
Chief Resident. He continues to work a
full clinical schedule in addition to his
administrative responsibilities.
Abilene Christian University, BS ’97
Abilene Christian University, MS ’99
Kimberly Mulson ’04
Dr. Mulson is a pediatric hospitalist
and an Assistant Professor at the
Children’s Medical Center at Dallas.
She completed her residency in
pediatrics at the University of South
Florida, All Children’s Hospital, in
St. Petersburg, FL. Dr. Mulson is board
certified in pediatrics.
Old Dominion University, BS ’92
University of Houston-Clear Lake, MS ’98
Suja Nair ’97
Dr. Nair is an attending pediatric
pulmonologist with Children’s Health
at Children’s Medical Center Dallas
in Dallas, TX. Board certified in
pediatrics, Dr. Nair completed a
pediatric residency at Orlando Regional
Healthcare System in Florida, followed
by a pulmonary fellowship at the
Kristin Royal ’03
Dr. Royal is a pediatric anesthesiologist
with a specialty in pediatric cardiac
anesthesia at Children’s Medical
Center in Dallas, TX. She is also an
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
and Pain Medicine at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
After a one-year internship in internal
medicine, Dr. Royal began a residency
in anesthesiology at George Washington
Washington, DC. She then entered a
fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at
the Children’s National Medical Center
in Washington, DC.
Auburn University, BS ’95
Vimon Seriburi ’04
Dr. Seriburi is practicing as an
infectious diseases specialist and
wound care specialist in Dallas, TX.
residency at St. Raphael Yale-New
Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT,
followed by an infectious disease
fellowship at New York Medical College
at Westchester Medical Center in
Valhalla, NY.
Lamar University, BS ’95
University of Georgia, MS ’97
Matthew Sokol ’02
Dr. Sokol is one of four partners
practicing at Family Medical Center at
Baylor in downtown Dallas, TX. He
and Chief Residency at Southside
Hospital in Bay Shore, NY. He then
worked for two and half years in private
practice at Patchogue Family Medical
Care in Patchogue, NY, with two
other St. George’s University graduates,
Elaine C. Timm and Christine Doucet.
Justin Whisenant ’06
Dr. Whisenant joined Texas Radiology
Associates in Dallas, TX in 2013. After
Dr. Whisenant completed an internship
in internal medicine at Long Island
College Hospital of the State University
of New York Downstate College of
Medicine in Brooklyn, NY, where he
was named Best Intern of the Year
by both his peers and his supervising
faculty. He then completed a four-year
residency in diagnostic radiology at the
University of Texas Health Sciences
Center in San Antonio, during which
he received the award for achieving
the highest score on the ACR InService exam, competing against all
radiologists at his training level across
the United States. Most recently, Dr.
Whisenant completed fellowships in
diagnostic neuroradiology and then
endovascular surgical radiology at the
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Board
Radiology, Dr. Whisenant is very
focused on patient care and makes time
to explain and teach his patients and
their families about their conditions
and treatment options. While at St.
George’s University, Dr. Whisenant was
awarded the Dr. Morris Alpert Legacy
of Excellence merit-based scholarship,
named to the Chancellor’s list eight
times, and graduated summa cum laude
as valedictorian of the class of 2006.
When not working, Dr. Whisenant
can be found spending time with his
wife and three children, enjoying time
outdoors and on the golf course, and
attending sporting events.
Manosha Wickremasinghe ’98
Dr. Wickremasinghe is the Chief of
the Spinal Cord Injury Center at VA
North Texas Health Care System, as
well as an Assistant Professor of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at the
Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Board
certified in physical medicine and
rehabilitation and subspecialty certified
in spinal cord injury medicine, Dr.
Wickremasinghe completed her physical
at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School. She then completed a
spinal cord injury medicine fellowship
at Baylor College of Medicine/The
Institute for Rehabilitation and
Research (TIRR) in Houston, TX.
Baber Younas ’99
Dr. Younas is an anesthesiologist in
private practice at Integrated Centers of
Pain Management in Dallas, TX. He
at New York University Medical Center
in New York, NY.
DECATUR
Jason Finkelstein ’99
cardiovascular disease, and nuclear
cardiology, Dr. Finkelstein specializes in
preventive cardiology and percutaneous
coronary intervention, and is in private
practice with Advanced Heart Care
in Decatur, TX. He completed an
in Philadelphia, PA, in 2002, and
went on to complete a fellowship
in cardiovascular disease at Tulane
University, Health Sciences Center, in
New Orleans, LA, in 2005. He also
completed an interventional cardiology
fellowship at St. Vincent’s Medical
Center in Indianapolis, IN, and was
recently inducted as a Fellow of the
American College of Cardiology. Dr.
Finkelstein returns to Grenada annually
to assist with the Visiting Cardiology
Program, serving the local citizens with
their cardiac issues.
EL PASO
Anandreet Sekhon ’00
Dr. Sekhon an internal medicine
physician in private practice and
is affiliated with The Hospitals of
Providence in El Paso, TX. Board
residency at the Case Western Reserve
University MetroHealth Program in
Cleveland, OH.
California State Polytech University at
Pomona, BA ’96
FARMINGTON
Patrick Johnson ’83
Dr. Johnson is board certified in
family medicine and practices in a
multispecialty group in Farmington,
TX. He is also the Chief of Staff at
Parkland Health Center. Dr. Johnson
at Montgomery County Medical Center
Hospital in Texas as Chief Resident.
From 2010–12, he was an emergency
medicine consultant and the Director
of EMS Services in the Department
of Emergency Medicine at King Faisal
Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Board certified
in emergency medicine and internal
medicine, Dr. Parker completed an
Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT. He
has served as the Medical Director of
the emergency departments at Navarro
Regional Hospital in Corsicana, TX,
and Woodland Heights Medical Center
in Lufkin, TX. Dr. Parker serves as a
volunteer scouter with the Boy Scouts
of America and lists goat ranching,
honeybees, and canoeing as hobbies.
Texas A&M University at Kingsville, BS
’74
Texas A&M University at Kingsville, MA
’79
FLOWER MOUND
Nazanin Williams ’06
Dr. Williams is practicing emergency
medicine in Flower Mound, TX. After
completing an internship in general
surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New
York, NY, Dr. Williams completed an
emergency medicine residency at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Long
Island Jewish Hospital, in New Hyde
Park, NY.
FORT HOOD
Andrew Bognanno ’08
Dr. Bognanno is a staff obstetrics
and gynecology physician at Carl
R. Darnall Army Medical Center
in Fort Hood, TX. Very involved in
teaching, Dr. Bognanno also serves
as the Assistant Director of the family
practice/obstetrics fellowship program
and as Assistant Site Residency Director
of the Women’s Health Center, Carl
R. Darnall Army Medical Center. He
York at Buffalo.
Fairfield University, BA ’01
FREDERICKSBURG
Owen Parker ’83
Dr. Parker is an emergency medicine
physician in private practice serving
emergency departments in several
hospitals in the Fredericksburg, TX area.
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Neelay Gandhi ’07
Dr. Gandhi is a family medicine
physician at Baylor Family Medicine at
Frisco, in Frisco, TX. After graduating
from St. George’s University, he
completed his residency in family
medicine at Baylor Family Medicine
at Garland and became interested in
medical informatics, getting involved
with Baylor Health Care System’s
strong focus in EHR implementation.
Dr. Gandhi is board certified in
family medicine and is a member of
the American Medical Association,
American Academy of Family
Physicians, Dallas County Medical
Society, Texas Academy of Family
Physicians, and the Texas Medical
Association.
Baylor University, BBA ’02
GATESVILLE
Jeffrey Bates ’97
Dr. Bates has been a leader in rural
medicine and in the last few years has
worked as a hospitalist in a wide variety
of environments. He spent 10 years as a
small-town emergency room doctor and
emergency room director as well as an
emergency room director at a Veterans
Affairs medical center. Dr. Bates has
been very involved in peer review at
more than 50 rural hospitals in Texas
and has reviewed thousands of charts.
He completed a combined residency in
internal medicine and pediatrics and
Texas
served as Chief Resident at Scott &
White Hospital, Texas A&M University
College of Medicine, in Temple, TX.
During his residency he founded the
National Med-Pediatrics Residents’
Association (NMPRA), was a leader in
the Texas Medical Association, and was
the recipient of the American Medical
Association National Outstanding
Resident Award. Before entering St.
George’s University, Dr. Bates was an
EMT, a 911 operator, and a musician in
north Florida.
University of North Florida, BA ’90
University of North Florida, MS ’92
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Brenda Vozza-Zeid ’95
Dr. Vozza-Zeid is an Associate Professor
of Medicine at the University of Texas
at Tyler in Tyler, TX and is core faculty
in Good Shepherd Medical Center’s
Internal Medicine program. She spends
the majority of her time in private
practice, but also serves as Chief of
Staff at Allegiance Specialty Hospital,
Medical Director of Angel Care Hospice,
Autumn Leaves Nursing Facility, and
Kilgore Health and Rehabilitation.
Vozza-Zeid completed her residency in
internal medicine and women’s health at
the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
of Yeshiva University in New York, NY.
BS ’91
HILLSBORO
Mohammad Hashemi ’98
Dr. Hashemi is Chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Hill
Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, TX.
internship and residency at Drexel
University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr.
Hashemi then went on to complete
an orthopaedic surgery internship and
Southwestern Medical School in Dallas,
TX, followed by a total joint replacement
fellowship at Desert Orthopaedic
Center in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Hashemi
is married with a son and a daughter.
His advice to future doctors comes via
Steve Jobs: “Don’t let the noise of others’
opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to
follow your heart and intuition.”
Shiraz University, BS ’89
Texas
HOUSTON
Bindu Jacob Abraham ’08
Dr. Abraham is an attending physician
at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and
is employed by IPC, the Hospitalist
Company, in Houston, TX. She
Health Science Center at Houston.
Rajkumar Alagugurusamy ’02
Dr. Alagugurusamy is an internal
medicine hospitalist and a clinical
instructor at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, TX. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Alagugurusamy
Health Science Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Tulane University, BSM ’95
University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, MPH ’99
Siddharth Aranke ’12
Dr. Aranke is a physical medicine and
rehabilitation resident at the University
of Texas at Houston in Houston, TX.
He completed his preliminary year
in general surgery at Georgia Health
Sciences University in Augusta, GA.
Parikshet Babber ’00
Dr. Babber is an emergency room
physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA
Medical Center in Houston, TX, where
he was nominated for the 2004 Physician
Recognition Award. Board certified in
internal medicine, he completed his
hospital in Galveston, TX.
Center, Kings County Hospital Center,
in Brooklyn, NY, and stayed on for an
additional year as the Chief Resident.
He then completed his gastroenterology,
hepatology, and transplant medicine
fellowship at University of Nebraska
Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Dr.
Galati is board certified in internal
medicine and gastroenterology.
Michael Girgis ’03
Dr. Girgis is a board-certified family
medicine physician in Houston, TX. He
completed his residency at Methodist
Hospitals of Dallas.
Cheryl Gore ’94
Dr. Gore is in a private anesthesiology
practice in Houston, TX and is
affiliated with Texas Children’s
Hospital. She completed a residency
in anesthesiology at the Memorial
Hermann Healthcare System and the
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,
TX.
George Kantis ’01
Dr. Kantis is a noninvasive
the Houston, TX area. He is also
the Chairman of Cardiology and
the Director of Echocardiography
at the Houston Northwest Medical
medicine and cardiovascular disease,
Dr. Kantis completed his residency in
internal medicine and his fellowship
in cardiovascular medicine at the
University of Connecticut Health
Center.
Larry Balle ’14
Dr. Balle is a family medicine resident
in Baylor College of Medicine’s
Community and Family Medicine
program at the Texas Medical Center in
Houston, TX.
MPH ’10
Amit Keswani ’08
Dr. Keswani is a cardiologist practicing
in Houston, TX and is affiliated with
Ochsner Medical Center. He completed
an internal medicine residency at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, TX,
followed by a cardiovascular disease
fellowship at the Ochsner Clinic
Foundation in New Orleans, LA.
Joseph Galati ’87
Dr. Galati is the Medical Director
for the Center for Liver Disease at St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston,
TX. After graduating from St. George’s
University, Dr. Galati completed his
internal medicine training at the State
Mary Kay Koenig ’02
Dr. Koenig is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Pediatrics and serves
as Director of the Neurometabolic
and Mitochondrial Clinic and as
Co-Director of the Tuberous Sclerosis
Center at the University of Texas
Medical School at Houston. Her
main focus of research is in clinical
management of children with
mitochondrial disorders and medical
treatment for patients with tuberous
sclerosis complex. Board certified in
neurology with special qualification
in child neurology, Dr. Koenig
in Galveston, TX. She then completed
a child and adolescent neurology
fellowship at the University of Texas
Medical School at Houston.
Texas State University at San Marcos,
MS ’96
William Lapin ’13
Dr. Lapin is a Pediatric Rheumatology
fellow at Baylor College of Medicine/
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston,
Texas.
The George Washington University, BA ’08
Suzanne Manzi ’05
Dr. Manzi is practicing interventional
pain management (spine care)
and electrodiagnostics at the Pain
Management Center of Houston
in Houston, TX. She previously
worked at Renown Medical GroupPhysiatry in Reno, NV. Double board
certified in physical medicine and
rehabilitation and electrodiagnostic
medicine, Dr. Manzi completed a
residency at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, TX. She then went on to
complete an interventional spine and
electrodiagnostic medicine fellowship
at Michigan State University and
Lansing Orthopaedics in Lansing,
MI. Dr. Manzi is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation and a
member of the American Association of
Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic
Medicine, American Academy of Pain
Medicine, and the International Spine
Intervention Society.
BS ’00
Ishwaria Mohan ’08
Dr. Mohan is a Hematology and
Medical Oncology Fellow at the MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
TX. She completed an internal
medicine internship at Albany Medical
Center in Albany, NY, and residency at
the University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston. She then completed
a one-year fellowship in the division of
investigational cancer therapeutics (a
phase I program) at the MD Anderson
Cancer Center.
2004–08 as the EMS Director and as a
clinical instructor at Tufts University.
California State University at Fresno,
BS ’94
Devang Patel ’02
Dr. Patel is board certified and working
in private practice for Greater Houston
Anesthesiology. After completing
his residency in anesthesiology at
Montefiore Medical Center in the
Bronx, NY, as Chief Resident, Dr. Patel
went on to complete a cardiac anesthesia
fellowship at Harvard University,
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Siddarth Thakur ’12
Dr. Thakur is a physical medicine
and rehabilitation resident at Baylor
College of Medicine, University of
Texas at Houston in Houston, TX.
He completed his transitional year at
Wayne State University, Crittenton
Hospital in Rochester Hills, MI.
Madhavi Patnana ’00
Dr. Patnana is an Assistant Professor
in Diagnostic Radiology at the MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
TX. She completed her diagnostic
radiology residency at Maimonides
her abdominal imaging fellowship in
Houston, TX.
Monica Sanchez-Ross ’04
Dr. Sanchez-Ross is an assistant
professor of cardiology at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, TX
and is an attending cardiologist with
privileges at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
Center and Houston Methodist
Hospital. She completed an internal
medicine internship and residency and
a cardiovascular medicine fellowship
Dentistry of New Jersey. Before moving
to Houston, Dr. Sanchez-Ross was an
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
in the Division of Cardiology and
the Medical Director of community
cardiology programs at the University of
New Jersey Medical School University
Hospital. Board certified in internal
medicine, adult echocardiography,
and adult cardiovascular medicine,
Dr. Sanchez-Ross is a member of the
American College of Cardiology and
the American Heart Association.
Southwestern University, BA ’98
Giancarlo Soli ’01
Dr. Soli is working at Methodist
Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital
in Houston, TX. He completed an
University of Connecticut, where he
served as Chief Resident. Dr. Soli then
worked at Brockton Hospital from
Jennifer Wu ’06
Dr. Wu is an Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology at the University
of Texas Health Science Center in
Houston, TX. She completed an
anesthesiology residency at St. Vincent
Hospital in New York, NY. Dr. Wu has
a Master of Business Administration
from the University of Houston–Clear
Lake
University of Houston-Clear Lake,
MBA ’01
Stanley Wu ’06
Dr. Wu is an Assistant Professor at
Baylor College of Medicine as well as
faculty in the emergency medicine
residency program at Ben Taub
General Hospital Emergency Center. In
addition, he is the Director of ‑atics at
Harris Health System. He completed
an emergency medicine residency
Brooklyn, New York, followed by
an emergency medicine ultrasound
Hospital in New York, New York. He
and his wife, Jennifer, who is also an
SGU graduate, live in Houston. They
welcomed their third child to the world
in May 2014.
University of Texas Medical Branch, BS ’98
University of Houston-Clear Lake,
MBA ’01
HUNTSVILLE
Sujesh Pillai ’06
Dr. Pillai is an internal medicine
physician practicing hospitalist medicine
in Huntsville, TX. He completed an
internal medicine residency at Louisiana
State University Health Sciences Center
in New Orleans, LA.
Lamar University, BS ’01
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LA PORTE
Michael Bell ’04
Dr. Bell is an emergency physician
in the emergency department at
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
in Irving, TX. Board certified in
emergency medicine, he completed an
emergency medicine residency at Henry
Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI.
Austin College, BA ’94
Abdul Raoof Moosa ’88
Dr. Moosa is in a private solo family
medicine practice. He is an Assistant
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at
hospital in Galveston, TX. Since
2001, Dr. Moosa has been holding an
annual medical camp in India. He
also volunteered to assist the Indian
earthquake victims.
Elizabethtown College, BS ’81
Sharon Cebik ’04
Dr. Cebik is an attending internal
at the Medical and Surgical Clinic of
Irving in Irving,TX. Board certified in
internal medicine, she completed her
internal medicine residency at Wayne
State University, Detroit Medical
Center. Dr. Cebik is affiliated with
Baylor Medical Center at Irving.
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KATY
Nikesh Jasani ’03
Dr. Jasani is an Assistant Professor of
General Oncology at MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Katy Regional Care
Center, in Katy, TX. He completed an
internal medicine residency followed
by an oncology fellowship at the
University of Florida at Shands Hospital
in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Jasani is board
medical oncology.
LEAGUE CITY
Bassem Maximos ’03
Dr. Maximos has a private obstetrics
and gynecology practice, Maximos OB/
GYN in League City, TX and serves as
Chair of the Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department at Memorial Hermann
Southeast Hospital in Houston. Board
he completed an obstetrics and
gynecology residency at Louisiana
State University and the University of
Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
in Newark, NJ. Dr. Maximos graduated
from St. George’s University’s combined
Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public
Health program in 2003.
La Sierra University, BA ’98
MPH ’01
LUBBOCK
LA MARQUE
Janis Jean Gulde ’90
Dr. Gulde owns her own hospitalist
practice group and is the Medical
Director of Occupational Medicine
for an HCA hospital, as well as the
Medical Director of the cardiovascular
rehabilitation clinic. She partners with
two physicians in Southwest Wellness
Solutions, a company specializing in
wellness concepts in Houston, TX.
After Dr. Gulde completed an internal
of Texas Medical Branch hospital
in Galveston, TX, she became an
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the
Department of Infectious Diseases.
Texas State University at San Marcos,
BS ’80
Texas
Nandini Nair ’00
Dr. Nair recently joined Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center to
launch and develop advanced heart
failure and mechanical circulatory
support/transplant cardiology services.
She is also an Assistant Professor in
the Division of Cardiology at Texas
Tech University. Before returning to
Texas, Dr. Nair served as Medical
Director of the Advanced Heart
Failure/Mechanical Circulatory
Support and Cardiac Transplantation
at Providence Sacred Heart Medical
Center in Spokane, WA. She completed
a residency in internal medicine
and a fellowship in cardiovascular
diseases at Drexel University College
of Medicine. She then spent a year
as an Advanced Heart Failure and
Cardiac Transplant Senior Fellow
at Stanford University in California.
From 2008–13, Dr. Nair served as
an Assistant/Associate Professor in
the Department of Medicine at Texas
A&M Health Sciences Center College
of Medicine. During that time, she cofounded the Advanced Heart Failure/
Mechanical Circulatory Support and
Cardiac Transplantation section at
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
and Clinics in Temple and acted as its
Medical Director. During her tenure,
the program achieved CMS and Joint
Commission Certifications for the
Ventricular Assist Device and Cardiac
Transplantation Programs. Dr. Nair is
cardiovascular disease and has a PhD
from the Indian Institute of Science.
University of Madras, BSc ’79
Indian Institute of Science, PhD ’87
MONTGOMERY
Nancy Bass ’99
Dr. Bass is a locum tenens physician
in obstetrics and gynecology with
CompHealth Medical Staffing in
Montgomery, TX. She previously
worked at Sadler Clinic, a large
multispecialty group, before opening
her own practice in The Woodlands,
TX, which closed in September 2014.
Dr. Bass has trained in da Vinci robotic
surgery and continues to focus on
advanced laparoscopic techniques
and urogynecologic procedures
while continuing to practice fullspectrum obstetrics and gynecology.
She completed her obstetrics and
gynecology residency at St. Elizabeth
Health Center in Youngstown, OH,
and Summa Akron City Hospital,
and received the Northeastern Ohio
University College of Medicine
Research Award for Excellence in Basic
Science Research and the Organon
Obstetrics/Gynecology Resident
Research Scholarship in 2004. Dr. Bass
attended medical mission trips to the
Dominican Republic in 2008 and 2012,
where she performed major surgeries
and consultations. She is board certified
in obstetrics and gynecology and is
licensed to practice in Texas, Maine,
Ohio, and Virginia.
American International College, BS ’93
Michael Wright ’02
Dr. Wright owns and operates a
pediatric practice, Wright Pediatrics
(wrightpediatrics.com), with his wife,
Dr. Catherine Wright (SGU ’02), in
Montgomery, TX. He completed a
family medicine internship followed
by a residency in pediatrics at the
University of Oklahoma in Tulsa, OK.
Dr. Wright then took a fellowship
position in pediatrics cardiology for
one year before moving on to pediatric
hospital medicine in the state of
Indiana. Dr. Wright is an accomplished
Ironman triathlete and is extremely
proud his awesome family. He looks
forward to being a part of their many
accomplishments.
Kansas State University, BS ’95
Catherine Wright ’02
Dr. Wright has practiced pediatrics in
several states, including Indiana and
Texas, since 2005. She is currently in
private practice with her husband, Dr.
Michael Wright (SGU ’02) at Wright
Pediatrics, which they opened in
Montgomery, TX in September 2013
(wrightpediatrics.com). Dr. Wright
the University of Oklahoma College
of Medicine in Tulsa, OK. When not
at the office, Dr. Wright spends time
training for marathons and sprint
triathlons and is a proud mother of
three very busy children.
NACOGDOCHES
Gerard Ventura ’81
Dr. Ventura is practicing medical
oncology at the Nacogdoches Medical
Center in Nacogdoches, TX. He finished
a residency in internal medicine at St.
Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ,
continuing on to an oncology fellowship
at the University of Texas, MD Anderson
Center, in Houston, TX. Dr. Ventura
is board certified in both oncology and
internal medicine.
NASSAU BAY
Prashanth Sunkureddi ’01
Dr. Sunkureddi is a rheumatologist
in private practice at Clear Lake
Rheumatology in Nassau Bay, TX. He
is also a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Medicine at University of Texas
Medical Branch hospital in Galveston,
TX, where he is actively involved in the
Rheumatology Fellowship program.
Dr. Sunkureddi is also involved with
the Arthritis Foundation and has
participated in public education and
awareness and supported fund-raising
activities of the organization. In addition,
Dr. Sunkureddi also volunteers his time
at St. Vincent’s Clinic in Galveston, a
student-run free clinic. He completed
hospital, followed by a rheumatology
NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS
Elaine Paik ’02
Dr. Paik is a family medicine physician
in private practice in North Richland
Hills, TX and is affiliated with North
Hills Hospital. She specializes in family
medicine, geriatrics, osteoporosis, and
anticoagulation. Dr. Paik completed
a family medicine residency and a
geriatrics fellowship at John Peter Smith
Hospital in Fort Worth, TX.
BA ’96
MA ’98
PASADENA
Jimmy Doan ’99
Dr. Doan is in private practice in internal
medicine and pediatrics in Pasadena,
TX. He completed his residency in
2002 at Maimonides Medical Center in
Brooklyn, NY, as Chief Resident.
PEARLAND
Mathews Ninan ’02
Dr. Ninan is a family medicine
physician practicing at Memorial
Hermann Medical Group in Pearland,
TX. Board certified in family medicine,
he completed a family medicine
Southwestern in Dallas, TX. Before
joining his current practice, Dr. Ninan
served as a staff physician and Medical
Director at Clear Creek Clinic in
League City, TX, and as Chairman of
Family Practice at Clear Lake Regional
Medical Center.
PLANO
Ryan Gianatasio ’07
Dr. Gianatasio is a vascular neurology
specialist at the Texas Stroke Institute in
Plano, TX, which he joined in July 2012
to pursue endovascular interventional
neurology fellowship training. He is
also an attending neurologist affiliated
with Medical City Dallas Hospital in
Dallas, TX. Board certified in vascular
neurology, Dr. Gianatasio completed
a neurology residency followed by a
vascular neurology residency at Albany
Medical Center in Albany, NY.
Stonehill College, BS ’99
Stephen Kim ’03
Dr. Kim is a family medicine physician
in private practice in Plano, TX. He
at the University of Texas, Charlton
Methodist Hospital, in Dallas, TX.
Sanjay Patel ’96
Dr. Patel works in private internal
medicine practice and is an internal
medicine attending physician at a
hospital in Texas. Board certified in
internal medicine, Dr. Patel completed
his internal medicine residency at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine Jacobi
Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. In
2003, he was the Medical Director of
the ICU. He has served on multiple
hospital committees, including ethics,
utilization, peer review, pharmaceutical,
and therapeutic. Dr. Patel was elected
Physicians in 2010 and a Fellow of
Hospital Medicine in 2011. During his
free time, Dr. Patel enjoys participating
as a volunteer physician at an adult
indigent clinic in Plano, TX.
Elaine Timm ’96
Dr. Timm has been working at Village
Health Partners, a private family practice
group of 10 physicians in Plano, TX, since
she moved from New York in 2008. She
encourages visits to villagehealthpartners.
com for an overview of the practice. Board
certified in family medicine, Dr. Timm
completed a family practice residency at
Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, NY. She
and her husband, Dr. Brian Sorin (SGU
’01), live in Texas with their four children.
QUANAH
Trevor Rohm ’05
Dr. Rohm is a family medicine
physician and clinical informatics
specialist in Quanah, TX. Board
Texas
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Rohm completed a residency in
family medicine and a fellowship
in biomedical informatics at the
University of New Mexico. He
completed a certificate in clinical
informatics from Oregon Health
Sciences University and continues to
work in the field of informatics as a
consultant. Dr. Rohm has traveled
to various locations in the United
States, China, and Europe for a variety
of conferences and has lectured and
published in the field of biomedical
informatics. Before entering St.
George’s University, Dr. Rohm earned
a Master of Science in Computer
Science from Brigham Young
University and worked for IBM and a
variety of internet companies.
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Kurt Loring Pflieger ’87
Dr. Pflieger is in a private solo pediatric
and pediatric cardiology practice in
Rockwell, TX. After he completed his
pediatric residency at Eastern Virginia
Medical School in Norfolk, VA, Dr.
Pflieger began a fellowship in pediatric
cardiology at the Medical College
of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics in
Augusta, GA.
SAN ANTONIO
Aftab Haq ’12
Dr. Haq is a diagnostic radiology
resident at the University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio
in San Antonio, TX. He completed his
preliminary internal medicine year at
Sheetal Kanjee ’07
Dr. Kanjee is a full-time primary care
practitioner with Veterans Health
Administration at North Central Federal
Clinic in San Antonio, TX. Board
certified in family medicine and geriatric
medicine, Dr. Kanjee completed a family
at John F. Kennedy Medical Center
in Edison, NJ, during which he was
the recipient of the Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine Resident Teacher
Award of 2010. Dr. Kanjee then went on
to complete a geriatrics fellowship in the
Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and
Texas
Palliative Care at the University of Texas
at San Antonio. He is a member of the
American Academy of Family Physicians
and the Texas Association of Family
Physicians. Dr. Kanjee is currently
working to complete a Master of
Business Administration in Healthcare
Administration at Our Lady of the Lake
University in San Antonio, TX.
Saint Mary’s University, BS ’02
John Knecht ’07
Dr. Knecht is a medical oncologist
practicing at South Texas Oncology
and Hematology in San Antonio, TX.
and medical oncology, he completed
the University of Texas Medical
Branch hospital in Galveston. He
then completed a medical oncology
fellowship and served as Chief Fellow at
Rachel Lovano ’06
Dr. Lovano is working in private
practice at VR Surgical Associates
in San Antonio, TX. She began her
general surgery residency at Seton
Medical Sciences in South Orange, NJ
completed it at St. Elizabeth Health
Center in Youngstown, OH. She then
minimally invasive surgery at the
University of Texas Houston Health
Science Center in Houston, TX.
Raymond Osbourn ’84
Dr. Osbourn is living in San Antonio,
TX, and considers himself semiretired, although he frequently accepts
various locums in primary care. He
is also developing an active interest
in addiction medicine as he sees drug
abuse, particularly prescription abuse,
as our primary public health problem.
Dr. Osbourn served in the US Army
in Vietnam as a medical technologist.
After he was discharged, he moved to
San Antonio, TX, where he worked as
a medical technologist and earned a
Master of Psychology from St. Mary’s
University. He also earned a Master of
Science in Physiology from Georgetown
University. After graduating from
St. George’s University, Dr. Osbourn
completed four years of residency
training: a transitional program, two
years of family practice, and a year of
occupational medicine. Dr. Osbourn
also obtained a Master of Public Health
from George Washington University,
and he is board certified in occupational
medicine and urgent care medicine.
His clinical experience is broadly
based, as he has worked in correctional
facilities, public health facilities, and
occupational medical practices. He
also maintained membership in the
US Army Reserve National Guard and
retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2006.
Paul Pearce ’09
Dr. Pearce is a plastic surgery Fellow
at the University of Texas Health
Science Center of San Antonio, TX. He
at Monmouth Medical Center in Long
Branch, NJ in June 2015.
Amanda Trott-Gregorio ’07
Dr. Trott-Gregorio is an allergist/
immunologist in private practice at
Stone Oak Allergy in San Antonio,
TX. She completed a pediatrics
Medical Branch hospital in Galveston,
TX, where she was the recipient of
the 2010 Resident Research Award.
Dr. Trott-Gregorio then completed
fellowship training in both adult and
pediatric allergy and immunology
Medicine in Saint Louis, MO. She
is a member of several professional
organizations including the American
Immunology and the American
College of Allergy, Asthma, and
Immunology.
SUGAR LAND
Azeema Moosa ’05
Dr. Moosa is an obstetrics and
gynecology physician with the
University of Texas Physicians, part
of UT Health, and practices at the
UT Physicians Women’s Center in
Sugar Land, TX. She completed an
Buffalo, Graduate Medical and Dental
Education Consortium of Buffalo.
MPH ’04
TEMPLE
Sarla Patil ’98
Dr. Patil is a family care physician
in private practice with Little River
Healthcare in Temple, TX. Dr. Patil
Center in Brooklyn, NY, after which
she worked as a hospitalist for two years.
Elizabeth Ulliman ’12
Dr. Ulliman is a Pulmonary Disease
and Critical Care Medicine Fellow
at Texas A&M College of Medicine,
Scott and White Memorial HospitalTemple in Temple, TX. She completed
TEXAS CITY
Joseph Koza ’03
Dr. Koza is a staff physician at Mainland
Medical Center in Texas City, TX.
Dr. Koza completed an emergency
medicine residency at Brooklyn Hospital
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CEDAR CITY
Brian Burrows ’02
In October 2005, Dr. Burrows opened
Color Country Pediatrics in Cedar City,
UT, a solo practice serving the needs of
Cedar City and the surrounding areas.
Dr. Burrows completed his internal
Nevada School of Medicine.
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Brad Swelstad ’02
Dr. Swelstad is a board-certified
infertility specialist practicing at the
Reproductive Care Center, Northern
Utah Fertility Clinic in Clearfield, UT.
Dr. Swelstad specializes in all aspects of
fertility care and has authored several
research articles involving the use of
stem cell therapies for treatment of
infertility. He is an adjunct faculty
member at Johns Hopkins University
and is affiliated with MountainStar
Ogden Regional Medical Center. Dr.
Swelstad completed an obstetrics and
gynecology internship at Louisiana
State University School of Medicine
in New Orleans, LA and residency
at Methodist Hospital in Houston,
TX. He then completed a fellowship
in reproductive endocrinology and
infertility at Johns Hopkins University.
LEHI
Michael Marion ’05
Dr. Marion is a plastic and
reconstructive surgeon in solo private
practice in Lehi, UT and is affiliated
with Timpanogos Regional Hospital.
He completed a surgical internship at
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and a
general surgery residency at Marshfield
Clinic in Marshfield, WI. Dr. Marion
then completed a a plastic surgery
fellowship at Indiana University School
of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN.
ROOSEVELT
Darren Anderson ’04
Dr. Anderson is working as a general
anesthesiologist in private practice with
Interwest Anesthesia Associates in Logan,
UT. Board certified in anesthesiology, Dr.
Anderson completed an anesthesiology
Connecticut, Hartford Hospital.
Utah State University, BA ’99
Peter Tanner ’06
Dr. Tanner is a full-time emergency
medicine physician at Uintah Basin
Medical Center in Roosevelt, UT. He
residency at Michigan State UniversitySparrow Hospital, Ingham Regional
Medical Center, serving as Chief
Resident from 2008-09. Dr. Tanner’s
research won first place at the 2008
Michigan College of Emergency
Physicians Research Forum in East
Lansing, MI.
PROVO
SALT LAKE CITY
Karl Francis ’02
Dr. Francis is a general surgeon in
private practice in Provo, UT. Board
certified in general surgery, he
at Creighton University School of
Medicine in Omaha, NE in 2006,
serving for one year as Chief Resident.
Dr. Francis is a Fellow of the American
University of Utah, BA ’97
Alan Davis ’87
Dr. Davis is a Clinical Associate
Professor of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at the University of Utah
School of Medicine in Salt Lake City,
UT. He completed a physical medicine
and rehabilitation residency, followed by
a fellowship in rehabilitation research
Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey
Medical School in Newark, NJ.
LOGAN
RIVERTON
Monica Wonnacott ’03
Dr. Wonnacott is a pediatrician in private
practice in Riverton, UT, and is the
author and creator of PediatricAnswers.
com. She completed a pediatric residency
at the combined program of Creighton
University, University of Nebraska
Medical Center, and Omaha Children’s
Hospital and was voted Outstanding
Resident by the Creighton University
medical students. She was also awarded
the Deborah Munson Barger Resident
Award. Dr. Wonnacott is board certified
in pediatrics.
Rosane Fernandez ’12
Dr. Fernandez is an internal medicine
resident at the University of Utah in Salt
Lake City, UT.
Sebastian Kreitschitz ’05
Dr. Kreitschitz is an Assistant Clinical
Professor at the University of Utah
and treats patients at the University
Neuropsychiatric Institute in Salt Lake
City, UT. He completed his residency
and co-chief residency in psychiatry
at the University of Utah School of
Medicine. Dr. Kreitschitz is board
certified in psychiatry and a member of
the American Psychiatric Association,
the Utah Psychiatric Association, the
American Medical Association, and the
Neuroscience Education Institute. He is
closely involved with the supervision of
third- and fourth-year residents in both
inpatient and outpatient settings.
BS ’97
Studies, MSc ’06
Renee Rasmus ’99
Dr. Rasmus is an attending physician
at the Primary Children’s Medical
Center in Salt Lake City, UT. She
is also a part-time pediatrician at
Intermountain KidsCare clinics and
Wee Care Pediatrics in Utah. Dr.
Rasmus completed her pediatrics
Albany, New York.
BS ’95
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Michael Codiga ’97
Dr. Codiga is a board certified internist
in private practice in St. George, UT
and is affiliated with Dixie Regional
Medical Center. After completing a
residency in internal medicine, Dr.
Codiga became Chief Resident at San
Joaquin General Hospital in California.
Brigham Young University, MS ’85
Utah
VERMONT
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Michael Abajian ’09
Dr. Abajian is working as a medical
writer and researcher for PKC (ProblemKnowledge Couplers®), a company
based in Burlington, VT, and founded
by internist Dr. Larry Weed, the father
of the electronic medical record (EMR)
and the developer of the SOAP note. Dr.
Abajian also holds an adjunct position
at the University of Vermont College of
Nursing as a lecturer in pathophysiology.
Before entering St. George’s University’s
Medical Doctorate Program, Dr.
Abajian earned a Master of Public
Health with a 4.0 GPA. He lives in
Burlington, VT.
University of Vermont, BA ’98
MPH ’04
Lucy Magcalas ’12
Dr. Magcalas is a radiology resident
at the University of Vermont in
Burlington, VT. After graduating from
Lane began her postgraduate training
in neurology at Albany Medical Center
in Albany, NY. Over the first few years
of residency, however, Dr. Lane found
that she enjoyed radiology more than
neurology, and applied for a change. In
2006, Dr. Lane obtained a Master of
Public Health with a concentration in
Health Law, Bioethics, and Human
Rights from Boston University School
of Public Health in Boston, MA.
Boston University, MPH ’06
Keri Marques ’08
Dr. Marques is a neonatal-perinatal
Fellow and a Clinical Instructor in
the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Vermont in Burlington.
Marques completed a pediatric
residency and a pediatric chief residency
at East Carolina University, Brody
School of Medicine in Greenville, NC.
Dr. Marques is married to Dr. Kevin
Marques (SGU ’08), an obstetrics and
gynecology physician.
Indiana University at Bloomington,
BS ’04
Kevin Marques ’08
Dr. Marques is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
at the University of Vermont in
Burlington. He completed a residency
in obstetrics and gynecology, serving
as Chief Resident his final year at East
Carolina University, Brody School
of Medicine in Greenville, NC. Dr.
Marques is married to Dr. Keri Marques
(SGU ’08), a neonatal-perinatal Fellow.
Trinity College, BS ’03
VIRGINIA
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Annandale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Centreville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charlottesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chesapeake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Falls Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Daryl Peake ’05
Dr. Peake is a staff anesthesiologist at
Virginia Highlands Anesthesia, PC and
provides anesthesia services for Johnston
Memorial Hospital in Abingdon,
VA, Smyth County Community
Hospital in Marion, VA, and Norton
Community Hospital in Norton, VA.
A Diplomatee of the American Board
of Anesthesiology, Dr. Peake is an
Assistant Professor and a clinical faculty
member in the Department of Surgery
at Edward Via College of Osteopathic
Medicine in Blacksburg, VA. He
at the University of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson, MS.
Emory & Henry College, BS ’00
ALEXANDRIA
Anne Dobrzynski ’99
Dr. Dobrzynski is in private practice
in northern Virginia. Board certified
in obstetrics and gynecology, she
completed her obstetrics and
gynecology residency at George
DC. Her husband, Dennis Dobrzynski
(SGU ’99), is in private practice as a
hematologist and oncologist.
Chatham College, BA ’92
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Great Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Harrisonburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lynchburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Martinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
McLean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dennis Dobrzynski ’99
Dr. Dobrzynski joined his father’s
practice, specializing in hematology
and oncology, in Alexandria, VA, after
medicine and fellowship in hematology
and oncology at the Washington
Hospital Center in Washington, DC.
His wife, Anne Dobrzynski (SGU
’99), is also in private practice as an
obstetrician and gynecologist.
Human Medicine in Flint, MI. Prior to
relocating to Virginia, Dr. Vadlamudi
was on faculty at both Michigan
State University and the University
of Michigan. He is a winner of the
2012 American Medical Association
Foundation Leadership Award and
is active in organized medicine and
specialty societies.
College, BS ’01
Shephali Patel Ranpuria ’03
Dr. Ranpuria is a family medicine
physician practicing with a Community
Center in Fairfax County, VA. Board
certified in family medicine, she
completed her family medicine residency
at Stamford Hospital, Columbia
Surgeons in New York, NY.
ANNANDALE
Venu Vadlamudi ’07
Dr. Vadlamudi is a neurointerventional
and vascular interventional radiologist
with the Association of Alexandria
Radiologists, PC in Alexandria, VA.
Board certified in diagnostic radiology,
Dr. Vadlamudi completed his residency
in diagnostic radiology, followed by
fellowships in vascular interventional
radiology and interventional radiology
at the University of Michigan College of
Scott Vejcik ’04
Dr. Vejcik has recently accepted a
position with Inova Health System
in the northern Virginia region to
continue his practice of family medicine
and in support of the local community
where he resides. Board certified in
family medicine, Dr. Vejcik completed
his family medicine residency at the
University of Wyoming College of
Health Sciences in Cheyenne, WY.
American University, BS ’92
American University, PhD ’02
ARLINGTON
Kelly Orzechowski ’07
Dr. Orzechowski is a maternalfetal medicine physician at Virginia
Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. She
Center in Livingston, NJ, serving
as Chief Resident her final year. Dr.
Orzechowski then went on to complete
a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine
at Thomas Jefferson University In
Philadelphia, PA.
BS ’98
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Nisha Patel ’01
Dr. Patel is in private practice. She is
also a volunteer physician lecturer at
Georgetown University in Washington,
DC and has made several international
ophthalmology trips. Dr. Patel
completed an ophthalmology residency
at Buffalo, followed by a fellowship in
cornea and refractive surgery at the New
York Eye and Ear Infirmary in New
York, NY.
MS ’96
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Russell Davenport III ’14
Dr. Davenport is an anesthesiology
resident at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville, VA.
Hill, BS ’06
CHESAPEAKE
Dwight Matthias ’92
Dr. Matthias is in private practice as an
endocrinologist in Chesapeake, VA.
BS ’87
Marc Chester ’03
Dr. Chester is a pediatric
pulmonologist at the Pediatric Lung
Center in Fairfax, VA. He completed
a pediatric residency at the Inova
Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls
Church, VA, followed by a pediatric
pulmonology fellowship at the
University of Colorado at Denver.
MS ’98
Aarti Kapoor ’01
Dr. Kapoor is a pediatrician in Fairfax,
VA, just outside of Washington, DC.
She completed her pediatrics residency
Brooklyn, NY.
George Mason University, BS ’96
Ian Leibowitz ’82
Dr. Leibowitz is a pediatric
with Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
in Fairfax and Leesburg, VA and is the
Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
in Fairfax, VA. He is also an Associate
Clinical Professor at the Medical
College of Virginia, Georgetown
University, and the University of
Virginia and enjoys teaching students
and residents from these programs. Dr.
Leibowitz is on the executive committee
of ImproveCareNow, a national
pediatric IBD network, and is the
Chair of the Practitioner Committee
for NASPGHAN, a national pediatric
gastroenterology organization. After
medical school, Dr. Leibowitz
completed an internal medicine and
pediatrics residency, followed by a
pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at
Georgetown University in Washington,
DC. He is board certified in internal
medicine, pediatrics, and pediatric
gastroenterology. Dr. Leibowitz and
his wife more than 20 ears have three
children.
BA ’78
FAIRFAX
Brian Carroll ’87
Dr. Carroll is on staff at Fairfax Family
Practice, Fair Oaks Hospital, and
Fairfax Hospital. Board certified in
St. Mary’s Hospital.
Virginia
FALLS CHURCH
Minal Patel ’97
Dr. Patel is an attending physician in
adult and pediatric emergency medicine
at Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church,
VA. She is also an Associate Professor
of Emergency Medicine at George
DC and Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA. She
residency and a pediatric emergency
medicine fellowship at Inova Fairfax
Hospital in Falls Church, VA.
George Mason University, BS ’92
Stephanie Stormes ’12
Dr. Stormes is an obstetrics and
gynecology resident at Inova Fairfax
Medical Campus in Falls Church,
VA. She completed a family medicine
Massachusetts in Worcester, MA.
John Tabacco ’10
Dr. Tabacco is practing sports medicine
in northern Virginia and assists as team
physician for Major League Soccer
DC United. Board certified in internal
medicine and sports medicine, Dr.
Tabacco completed an internal medicine
residency at MedStar Union Memorial
Hospital, University of Maryland in
Baltimore, MD followed by a primary
care sports medicine fellowship with Dr.
James Andrews at the Andrews Institute
in Gulf Breeze, FL. Dr. Tabacco also
earned a Master of Public Health from
MPH ’06
Anita Thakkar Shah ’04 Dr. Shah is a
pediatric hospitalist at Inova Fairfax
Hospital in Falls Church, VA. She
the same institution. She is married to
Hiral Shah (SGU ’03).
FISHERSVILLE
Charles Avgeris ’06
Dr. Avgeris is working as a hospitalist at
Augusta Medical Center located in the
Shenandoah Valley in Fishersville, VA.
Augusta Medical Center was rated by
Reuters as one of the top 100 hospitals
in the United States and ranked by
Health Grades in the top five percent
nationally for clinical excellence and
patient safety in 2011. During his time
at St. George’s University, Dr. Avgeris
was an IEA member and the recipient
of the Morris P. Alpert Scholarship.
He also achieved the best scores in his
class for both BSCE I and II and was
given the Future Physician Award for
Best Clinician of the Class of 2006. Dr.
Avgeris completed a family medicine
residency at the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health
in Madison, WI.
University of Wales, BSc ’01
Studies, MSc ’03
FOREST
John Carmack ’87
Dr. Carmack is practicing with Central
Virginia Family Physicians in Forest,
VA and is the president of a group of 35
practitioners. He completed a family
Virginia, Virginia Baptist Hospital, in
Lynchburg, VA.
FORT BELVOIR
Paul Brisson ’82
Dr. Brisson is serving on active duty
with the US Army at Fort Belvoir
Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir,
VA, where he is Director of the Wound
Care Center. Board certified in general
surgery, Dr. Brisson completed a general
surgery residency at Lincoln Medical
and Mental Health Center in the Bronx,
NY. He then completed a fellowship in
pediatric surgery at the Floating Hospital
for Children in Boston, MA in 1999 and
earned a Master of Science from Harvard
University School of Public Health in
2006. He has been deployed twice to
Iraq and once to Afghanistan.
East Tennessee State University, BSEH ’76
FREDERICKSBURG
Sudeep Menachery ’99
Dr. Menachery is in private practice at
Hematology and Oncology Associates
of Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg,
VA. He completed a transitional year
in medicine at Maryland General
Hospital in Baltimore, MD and
completed residency training at MCP
Philadelphia, PA. He continued to a
at Hahnemann. Dr. Menachery
was Intern of the Year in 2000 at
Maryland General Hospital, and won
the 2001 Infectious Disease Award at
Hahnemann University Hospital. He is
married to a pediatrician.
BS ’93
Rajiv Tayal ’06
Dr. Tayal is an attending physician
at Mary Washington Hospital Center
in Fredericksburg, VA. Dr. Tayal
in 2006 with both a Doctor of
Medicine and Master of Public Health.
internship and residency at St. Michael’s
Medical Center in Newark, NJ. Dr.
Tayal then completed fellowships in
advanced heart failure and cardiac
transplantation, interventional
cardiology, and cardiovascular disease at
Newark, NJ. Dr. Tayal is board certified
diseases, nuclear cardiology, and
vascular ultrasound interpretation,
and is board eligible in heart failure
and cardiac transplantation and
Roanoke College, BS ’99
MPH ’05
GAINESVILLE
David Allison ’94
Dr. Allison is a plastic surgeon in
private practice in Gainesville, VA.
After completing a residency in surgery
at New York Medical College at St.
Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
in New York, NY, Dr. Allison went on
to a fellowship in trauma surgery at
Frankford Hospitals in Philadelphia, PA.
He also completed a residency in plastic
surgery at Temple University Hospital
in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Allison has
been the recipient of several awards,
including being named one of Northern
Virginia Magazine’s Top Plastic
Surgeons in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Western Kentucky University, BS ’90
Jin-Hong Park ’97
Dr. Park is an attending physician at
Gastroenterology Associates, PC, in
Gainesville, VA. He completed an
internal medicine internship at the
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hospital and residency at Hahnemann
University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
He then completed a gastroenterology
fellowship at Drexel University College of
Medicine, also in Philadelphia. Dr. Park
was named Top Doctor by Washington
Magazine and Northern Virginia
Magazine and received Compassionate
Doctor recognition from vitals.com.
AB ’91
GRAFTON
Warren Weixler ’84
In 2011, Dr. Weixler closed his private
office and joined Riverside Patriot
Primary Care in Grafton, VA, as a staff
family physician. Following completion
of a three-year family medicine
residency at Riverside Hospital, Dr.
Weixler opened Family Care of Denbigh
in Newport News, VA, a solo urgent
and family care walk-in facility.
GREAT FALLS
Albert Lee ’82
Specializing in internal medicine and
oncology, Dr. Lee is in private practice
in Great Falls, VA. From 2000–03, he
was the Chief of Internal Medicine at
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD,
where he still serves as the Chair of the
Department of Medicine.
George Washington University, MS ’77
HAMPTON
Jonathan Mayer ’01
Dr. Mayer is an attending physician in
the US Air Force. He plans to move into
a career of academic medicine, with a
focus on the clinical training of residents
and medical students. Dr. Mayer trained
for two years in general surgery before
switching to obstetrics and gynecology
at the University of Tennessee Medical
Center in Memphis, TN.
BS ’95
HARRISONBURG
Thomas Bahleda ’02
Dr. Bahleda works as a hospitalist
and serves as the Chairman of the
Department of Medicine at Rockingham
Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA.
Since starting in 2006, he has taken on
several leadership roles in addition to
patient care, including Co-Chair of the
Utilization Management Committee,
member of the MEC, physician advisor
of clinical effectiveness, and several
other committees related to patient care,
quality and billing, and documentation
education. Board certified in internal
medicine, Dr. Bahleda completed
his internal medicine internship and
residency at the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta, GA. He and his
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wife, Melissa, live on a beautiful farm in
the Shenandoah Valley.
Kent State University, BS ’94
Appalachian State University, MS ’98
Ganesh Kini ’02
Dr. Kini serves as the Medical Director,
Hospital Division, RMH Medical Group
at Sentara Rockingham Medical Center
in Harrisonburg, VA. Additionally,
he is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant
Professor at James Madison University
in Harrisonburg, VA. Board certified
in internal medicine and in focused
practice hospital medicine, he completed
University of Virginia, Roanoke-Salem
program. Dr. Kini is a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians in
Hospital Medicine.
University of Bombay, BSc ’75
Utah State University, PhD ’84
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LEESBURG
Max Lins ’00
Dr. Lins is a pediatrician at Loudoun
Pediatric Associates in Leesburg, VA.
He completed his pediatric residency
Brooklyn, NY, where he also served as
Chief Resident. He then practiced at
Del Norte Clinics in Yuba City, CA, for
four years before moving to Virginia.
Dr. Lins is a board-certified pediatrician
and a member of the American
Academy of Pediatrics. He has been
married to Jennifer Lins for more than
10 years and they have two children.
Lander University, BS ’96
LYNCHBURG
Joel Hodges ’04
Dr. Hodges is a hospitalist with
Medical Associates of Central Virginia
in Lynchburg, VA. He completed his
family medicine residency at Centra
Health in Lynchburg, VA.
Liberty University, BS ’98
Sally-Ann McIntosh ’99
Dr. McIntosh is an internist in
Lynchburg, VA and is working as
a senior hospitalist physician at the
Memorial Hospital of Martinsville
and Henry County. Board certified in
internal medicine residency at Long
Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
After her residency, she began work as a
hospitalist physician in the Bakersfield,
Virginia
CA group of hospitals, where she
remained for five years. Dr. McIntosh
also earned a geriatric management
certificate with Kaplan University
one year after her residency. She is
actively involved in a Women of Faith
Group in the community and plans on
undertaking a project to curb the obesity
epidemic in her area. Her daughter is
a student at the community college in
Martinsville, VA.
MARTINSVILLE
William Harris ’88
Dr. Harris is board certified and is in
private practice in a single-specialty
group. He completed an obstetrics and
gynecology residency at St. Vincent’s
Medical Center in New York, NY, as
Chief Resident.
MCLEAN
Monique Rizvi ’96
Dr. Rizvi is in private internal medicine
practice at McLean Immediate Care
in McLean, VA. She completed
Francisco, Alameda County Hospital.
Florida International University, BA ’91
MECHANICSVILLE
Brenda Michelle Armenti-Kapros ’96
Dr. Armenti-Kapros is in a private
practice and serves as the Director
of the Diabetes Treatment Center
at Bon Secours Memorial Regional
Medical Center in Mechanicsville, VA.
Dr. Armenti-Kapros completed her
internal medicine residency at Catholic
Medical Center of in Brooklyn, and
her fellowship in endocrinology,
diabetes, and metabolism at Virginia
Commonwealth University in
Richmond, VA.
College, BA ’89
MIDLOTHIAN
Kathleen Dunn-Marshall ’00
Dr. Marshall is a family medicine
physician in private practice at
Commonwealth Primary CareHuguenot in Midlothian, VA. She
completed her residency in family
MONROEVILLE
Irving Gottfried ’81
Dr. Gottfried is in private practice in
He is the Medical Director of Hospice
of Virginia and the Assistant Clinical
Professor at Blackstone Family Practice
Center in Blackstone, VA. Dr. Gottfried
has multiple titles at Southside
Community Hospital in Farmville,
VA, including that of past Chair of the
Department of Internal Medicine and
past President of medical staff. He is the
father of two children.
Franklin & Marshall College, BA ’75
NORFOLK
Catherine Chen ’12
Dr. Chen is a combined internal
medicine and famly medicine resident
at Eastern Virginia Medical School in
Norfolk, VA.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, BS ’08
Bruce Cohen ’81
Dr. Cohen is the force surgeon for the
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
in Virginia. He completed a two-year
post as Commanding Officer of the Navy
and Marine Corps Public Health Center
in May 2011. Dr. Cohen also serves
as the United States Navy Medicine
representative to NATO. Dr. Cohen is
an Assistant Professor in the Master of
Public Health program at Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, VA and is adjunct
faculty at Gillings School of Global
Public Health and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is
board certified in family medicine, urgent
care medicine, undersea medicine and
clinical hyperbaric medicine, and is
board eligible in occupational medicine.
Dr. Cohen completed a family practice
residency at St. Joseph’s Medical Center
and a preventive medicine fellowship at
Duke University in Durham, NC. He
also holds a Master of Public Health
from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Before entering active-duty
naval service in 1992, Dr. Cohen was
in private practice. He is married to the
former Marjorie Karen Weisberg and has
three children.
Hamilton College, AB ’75
Shelagh Gleeson ’01
Dr. Gleeson has been practicing
pulmonary critical care and sleep
medicine with Sentara Medical Group
in Norfolk, VA, since July 2009. She
residency at Norwalk Hospital in
Norwalk, CT. She then worked for a
year as a hospitalist at Milford Hospital
in Milford, CT, before completing
fellowships in pulmonary diseases
and critical care medicine at Yale
University, Norwalk Hospital and in
sleep medicine at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in New Haven, CT. Dr.
Gleeson is board certified in internal
medicine, pulmonary disease, critical
care medicine, and sleep medicine.
Loyola University in Maryland, BS ’95
Natasha Kapoor-Sriraman ’98
Dr. Kapoor-Sriraman is a general
academic pediatrician and an Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s
Hospital of The King’s Daughters
(CHKD) in Norfolk, VA. Her research
interests include cultural competency,
breastfeeding, infant and toddler
feeding, health policy and healthcare
access, immigrant populations,
postpartum depression, and literacy.
Dr. Kapoor-Sriraman completed a
pediatrics residency at New York
Medical College, Westchester Medical
Center in Valhalla, NY. She is a Fellow
of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
has a Master in Public Health, and is a
board-certified lactation consultant.
University of Pittsburgh, MS ’94
in 1983, just after completing an
internal medicine internship at Mount
Sinai Hospital in Hartford, CT. He
completed an aerospace medicine
residency at the Naval Aerospace
Medical Institute in 1992. Captain
Shiveley has served aboard ships as
a battalion surgeon in the Marines
and as a flight surgeon in the Naval
Air Force. He was the senior advisor
for health services doctrine in the
Navy, Joint and NATO environment,
responsible for all medical plans,
operations, and intelligence for the
Second Fleet and Striking Fleet.
From 2003-05, Captain Shiveley
was officer-in-charge of the Naval
Ambulatory Care Center in New
Orleans, LA, managing three clinics
and serving 30,000 beneficiaries. After
that, he moved to US Transportation
Command in the role of Command
Surgeon, where he was the Department
of Defense Executive Agent for Global
Patient Movement from 2005-07. He is
board certified by the American Board
of Preventive Medicine (Aerospace
Medicine) and by the American
College of Healthcare Executives, and
holds certification as a trained joint
task force surgeon. In 1990, Captain
Shiveley received both a Master of
Public Health and Tropical Medicine
degree from Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine in New Orleans, LA.
Saint Michael’s College, BA ’77
RESTON
Andrew Loiacono ’00
Dr. Loiacono is a diagnostic radiologist
with Hampton Roads Radiology
Associates in Norfolk, VA and serves
as Chairman of Radiology at Bon
Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital.
He completed a radiology residency
at Eastern Virginia Medical School in
Norfolk, followed by an abdominal
imaging and intervention fellowship
Boston, MA. Dr. Loiacono is board
certified in diagnostic radiology.
Colleen Blanchfield ’85
Dr. Blanchfield is in private
practice in Reston, VA. She is board
certified in behavioral neurology
and neuropsychiatry as well as in
pain medicine. Dr. Blanchfield is
licensed to practice acupuncture in
the Commonwealth of Virginia. Her
practice encompasses an East-meetsWest philosophy, and she works with
several other practitioners. She finished
her neurology residency at the State
University of New York Health Sciences
Center at Brooklyn.
QUANTICO
Andrew Keller ’81
Dr. Keller is a member of the Board of
Trustees and Director of Cardiology at
Reston Hospital Center in Reston, VA.
residency at Norwalk Hospital, followed
by a fellowship in cardiovascular disease
David Shiveley ’82
Dr. Shiveley is a captain in the US
Navy and is the Executive Officer for
the Naval Health Clinic in Quantico,
VA. He received his commission
at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington
University in St. Louis, MO.
RICHMOND
Robert Castellucci ’82
Dr. Castellucci is an endocrinologist
in private practice in Richmond, VA
in the area including Bon Secours-St.
Mary’s Hospital and Bon SecoursRichmond Community Hospital.
residency at Lutheran Medical
Center, Dr. Castellucci went on to
complete a fellowship in endocrinology,
diabetes and metabolism at Virginia
Commonwealth University.
College, BA ’74
Michael Fowler ’01
Dr. Fowler is Medical Director of
Anesthesia Transplant and Director
of the Anesthesia Residency program
at the Medical College of Virginia
Commonwealth University in
Richmond, VA. He completed his
anesthesiology residency at the Medical
College of Virginia Commonwealth
University Hospital in 2005 and served
as Chief Resident his final year. Dr.
Fowler is the author of the chapter on
postoperative care in Barash Clinical
Anesthesia, sixth edition and has a
Master of Business Administration from
Mercer University Macon, GA.
Wofford College, BA ’88
Mercer University, MBA ’90
Joseph Iuorno ’00
Dr. Iuorno is the Director of the
Ophthalmology Residency Program
and has a solo private practice in
the west end of Richmond, VA. Dr.
Iuorno completed his transitional-year
internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital
Center in Syracuse, NY and his
ophthalmology residency at the State
Dr. Iuorno them completed a cornea,
anterior segment, and refractive
surgery fellowship at the University of
Minnesota.
Kamran Kabolizadeh ’05
Dr. Kabolizadeh is a boardcertified neurologist and clinical
neurophysiologist in Richmond, VA. He
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completed a neurology residency and a
neurophysiology fellowship at Virginia
Commonwealth University and a sleep
medicine fellowship at JFK Hospital of
Seton Hall University in Edison, NJ.
Mark Kapros ’96
Dr. Kapros is an attending
anesthesiologist at the Medical College
of Virginia Hospitals, part of VCU
Medical Center in Richmond, VA.
Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville, BS ’90
David Lekberg Jr. ’12
Dr. Lekberg is Chief Resident of
the psychiatry residency program at
Medical Center in Richmond, VA.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary at
Boston, BA ’00
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Leonard Levin ’83
Dr. Levin left private practice after 20
years to continue patient care while
employed by the Commonwealth of
Virginia. He works every day with the
extremely ill and their families. Dr.
Levin is actively involved in emergency
preparedness through his work with
the Virginia Medical Reserve Corps
and the The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
He enjoys his change from private
practice, as his new position offers him
opportunities to teach, speak in the
community, work with the Boy Scouts,
and have a significant impact on health
care statewide. Dr. Levin maintains his
Medical Director certification and is
on staff at five different hospitals as a
consultant.
Bonita Makdad ’84
Dr. Makdad is a founding member
of Commonwealth Neonatology
in Richmond, VA and Director of
Neonatology for the Bon Secours
Richmond Health System. She
the University of Maryland Medical
System before going on to a neonatal
and perinatal medicine fellowship at the
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals.
She is board certified in both specialties.
Rohit Manaktala ’14
Dr. Manaktala is an emergency
medicine resident at Virginia
Commonwealth University, Medical
College of Virginia Medical Center in
Richmond, VA.
Virginia
Frances Tennis ’08
Dr. Tennis is a pediatrician working
in private practice in Richmond, VA.
Virginia Commonwealth University in
Richmond, VA, in July 2011.
MPH ’04
ROANOKE
Hirenkumar Patel ’02
Dr. Patel is a neonatologist with
Pediatrix Medical Group at Carilion
Clinic Children’s Hospital in Roanoke,
VA. Board certified in pediatrics, Dr.
Patel completed a pediatric residency
and a neonatal-perinatal fellowship at
Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical
Center, in Winston-Salem, NC.
ROXBORO
Suresh Jayatilaka ’99
Dr. Jayatilaka is a gastroenterologist
in private practice at Southern
Gastroenterology Associates in South
Boston, VA and Roxboro, NC. He is
also the Director of Student Medical
Education and a Clinical Assistant
Professor at the Virginia College
of Osteopathic Medicine and is the
founder and inspiration for the Rohini
Breast Cancer Foundation, which
focuses on screening mammograms for
uninsured and underprivileged women
in Halifax, VA. Born in Sri Lanka, Dr.
Jayatilaka completed a residency and
chief residency in internal medicine
and a fellowship in gastroenterology at
Seton Hall University Saint Michael’s
gastroenterology.
SALEM
Son Nguyen ’05
Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified
internist in private practice with Lewis
Gale Physicians in Salem, VA and is
affiliated with Lewis Gale Medical
Center. He completed an internal
medicine residency at Carilion Roanoke
Memorial Hospital.
BS ’97
VIRGINIA BEACH
Mary Burns ’90
Dr. Burns is on staff at Mid-Atlantic
Women's Care, a large, private specialty
group, specializing in female urinary
incontinence and pelvic floor disorders
in Virginia Beach, VA. She was past
chairperson of a group of over 70
gynecologists and is an Associate
Professor at Eastern Virginia Medical
School. Dr. Burns completed an
at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
in Paterson, NJ before going on to
complete a fellowship in female pelvic
Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Dr. Burns has been married for more
than 22 years to Dr. Matthew Mitsch
and they have two children and two
golden retrievers.
Adelphi University, BA ’82
Colville Gibbs ’90
Dr. Gibbs is practicing internal
medicine in Virginia Beach, VA.
Following his internal medicine
Center in Newark, NJ, Dr. Gibbs went
on to complete a fellowship in critical
care at Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York, NY. He then completed a
fellowship in pulmonary disease at the
State University of New York at Buffalo
Graduate Medical/Dental Education
Consortium of Buffalo.
College, BA ’86
WILLIAMSBURG
Jennifer Wolff ’04
Dr. Wolff practices urgent care
medicine in Williamsburg, VA. She
residency at Mountainside Family
Practice in Verona, NJ.
WASHINGTON
AUBURN
John Conrad ’00
Dr. Conrad established his private
practice, South Sound Surgery and
Pacific Wound Healing Center in
Auburn, WA in 2010, specializing
in providing exceptional care and
affordable minimally invasive general
surgery to South King County. In 2014,
Dr. Conrad decided to expand his
practice to include internal medicine
specialists, a pain management
specialist, as well as start South Sound
Sports and Active Life Medicine.
He completed his internship at the
University of New Mexico before
completing his general surgery
Center in New York, NY. Dr. Conrad
has developed specialties in regional
and cardiothoracic anesthesia and,
in 2007, he opened the outpatient
wound care center at Auburn Regional
Medical Center. Dr. Conrad’s plans
include “watching my three girls grow
up, spending time with my lovely wife,
Laura, and eventually returning to a
university setting to teach.”
University of Minnesota at Duluth, BS ’94
Raymond Myers ’98
Dr. Myers is a pediatrician in private
practice at Mary Bridge Pediatrics,
Multicare Auburn Medical Center in
Auburn, WA. Board certified in general
pediatrics, he completed his pediatrics
Medicine Jersey City Medical Center in
Jersey City, NJ.
Miami University, BA ’80
BELLEVUE
Llewellyn Packia Raj ’98
Dr. Packia Raj is a physiatrist in
private practice at Swedish Spine,
Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine
in Bellevue and Redwood, WA and
admits patients to Swedish Medical
medicine and physical medicine
and rehabilitation, he completed
Sinai Samaritan Medical Center
in Milwaukee, WI and a physical
at the University of Washington
School of Medicine. Dr. Packia Raj
then went on to complete a pain
management fellowship at Virginia
Commonwealth University Health
System in Richmond, VA.
ENUMCLAW
Michael Tepper ’93
Dr. Tepper has a solo medical practice
in Enumclaw, WA. He completed his
internal medicine residency at Western
Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA,
in 1997 and worked for the University
Johnstown, PA until 2004.
GIG HARBOR
Ella Cameron ’07
Dr. Cameron is a board-certified
emergency medicine and pediatric
emergency medicine physician
practicing in the northwest United
States. She completed a residency in
emergency medicine followed by a
fellowship in pediatric emergency
New York Upstate Medical Center
in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Cameron has
lectured nationally and internationally
in the field of emergency medicine and
her academic focuses include adolescent
medicine, international medicine, and
disaster relief. Her clinical experience
includes rural and urban settings
throughout the country. In addition to
her Doctor of Medicine, Dr. Cameron
obtained a Master of Science, as well
as a Master of Public Health from St.
Studies, MSc ’06
OMAK
Kimberley Kleckner ’12
Dr. Kleckner is a board certified family
physician practicing at Omak Clinic
in Omak, WA. She completed an
allopathic family medicine residency at
Florida Hospital, Winter Park Memorial
Hospital in Orlando, FL.
OTHELLO
Monique Small ’04
Dr. Small is in practice at Columbia
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