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NUMC 2012 Graduates

Nassau University Medical Center 2012 Graduates

PLASTIC SURGERY

Glenn Faust, M.D.
Chair, Surgery

Elizabeth Cirincione, M.D.
Program Director, Surgery

Roger Simpson, M.D.
Program Director, Plastic Surgery

Marco Antonio Gonzalez, M.D.
Private Practice
El Paso, Texas

Mark Manuel Melendez, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Microsurgery Fellowship

Aleksandr Shteynberg, M.D.
Private Practice
New York City

Roman Bernstein, M.D.
Fellowship - Burn
Pursuing a research position

SURGERY

Glenn Faust, M.D.
Chair, Surgery

Elizabeth Cirincione, M.D.
Program Director, Surgery

Roger Simpson, M.D.
Program Director, Plastic Surgery

Anubhav Agarwal, M.B., B.S.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency – General Surgery

Jim Belotte, M.D.
To be announced

Cedrina Lucky Calder, M.D.
Howard University
Washington, DC
Residency -General Surgery

Tatianie Alicia Jackson, M.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Residency - Nuclear Medicine

Dusan Martin, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Burn Fellowship

Chirag Patel, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Radiology

Anuradha Natarajan Thenkondar, M.B., B.S.
To be announced

Shawndeep Singh Tung, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency – General Surgery

Hong Yun Ma, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Residency - Nuclear Medicine

Jordan Moseson, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Fellowship – Colon and Rectal

Timur Pogodin, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Fellowship - Burn

Andreh Saralou, M.D.
To be announced

Ryan Sobel, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
John’s Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Fellowship – Head and Neck

David Shokrian, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Fellowship - Burn

RADIOLOGY

Victor Scarmato, M.D.
Chair, radiology

Nalini Kanth, M.D.
Program Director, radiology

Kelly Maria Barna, D.O.
North Shore-LIJ

Salomon Blutreich, M.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Rajesh Singh Dhillon, M.D.
To be announced

Cyrus Michael Golsaz, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

Julia Grossman, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

PSYCHOLOGY

Nyapati Rao, M.D.
Chair and Chief Academic Officer

Jacob Sperber, M.D.
Vice Chairman For Education And Training, Radiology

Damir Huremovich, M.D.
Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine

Meena Ramani, M.D.
Program Director, Child Psychitary

Jason Kornrich, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist

Laura Lamontanaro, Psy.D.
Program director, psychology

Crystall Matthews, MA
Seeking work in an outpatient mental health clinic

Margaret M. Mulligan, RN, PhD
Work in a Hospital Setting

Staci Ortiz, MA
Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellowship working with children and adolescents with significant trauma histories

Oren Joshua Bachar, MS
Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellowship working with children and adolescents

Kathryn E. Lou, MA
Seeking a Postdoctoral fellowship

PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Nyapati Rao, M.D.
Chair and Chief Academic Officer

Jacob Sperber, M.D.
Vice Chairman For Education And Training, Radiology

Damir Huremovich, M.D.
Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine

Meena Ramani, M.D.
Program Director, Child Psychitary

Jason Kornrich, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist

Laura Lamontanaro, Psy.D.
Program Director, Psychology

Luis Emilio Betancourt, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Duke University
Durham, NC
Fellowship - Psychiatry

Carmela Fridman, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
Columbia University
New York, NY
Fellowship – Public Psychiatry

Thaddeus Markham Garland, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Fellowship - Psychiatry

Ji Su Hong, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Fellowship - Psychiatry

Tendai Mary Mawindi, M.B., Ch.B.
Virginia
Attending - Psychiatry

Berjees Mukhtar, M.B., B.S.
Delaware
Attending - Psychiatry

Reena Dilip Trivedi, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Asima Ali Zehgeer, M.B., B.S.
*Chief Resident*
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Fellowship – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Sadaf Ahmed, M.B., B.S.
Psychosomatic Medicine -Fellowship
Wisconsin
To be announced

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Lyn Weiss, M.D.
Chair and Program Director

Jeffrey Perry, D.O.
Program Director, AOA Program

Maryam Rafael Aghalar, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering for Cancer Rehabilitation Fellowship

Rawa Araim, D.O.
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
University of Texas – Traumatic Brain Injury Fellowship

Luke Weston Garcia, D.O.
Florida Spine Institute
Clearwater, FL
Florida Spine Institute (Clearwater, Fl) – Interventional Pain Fellowship

Sasha Marie Ringdahl Iversen, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
Moving to Houston Texas to join a physiatry practice

Farah Nafees Siddiqui, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Upstate New York
Interventional Spine Fellowship (Champlain Spine and Pain Management, Plattsburgh, NY)

PEDIATRICS

David Fagan, M.D.
Chair and Program Director

Mahmuda Musharat Ahmed, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Chief Resident - Pediatrics

Andrea Fabiola Avila, M.D.
Argentina
Residency - Ophthalmology

Liana Barrow, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Private Practice
Trinidad

Brian Kevin Chung, D.O.
Private Practice
Long Island

Nidhiben Doshi, M.B., B.S.
Private Practice
Tennessee

Vanessa Jonelle Hinckson, M.D., MPH
Private Practice
Florida

Prajakta Abhijit Kul Karni, M.B., B.S.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Chief Resident - Pediatrics

Hamood Ur-Rehman Malik, M.D.
To be announced

Salman Rashid, M.B., B.S.
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
Fellowship - Endocrinology

Shilpa Jayaramaswamy Sulochana, M.B., B.S.
Private Practice
Georgia

Neeraja Swaminathan, M.B., B.S.
Private Practice
New York

Mabel Yew, M.D.
Private Practice
California

OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

Martin Diamond, D.O.
Director of Medical Education

Adedeji Richard Adelaja, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Family Medicine

Crystal Behofsits, D.O.
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Residency - Obstetrics & Gynecology

Hamza Bhatti, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Family Medicine

Jerome J. Castellano, D.O.
New York University
New York, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Sunny Kyung Chun, D.O.
Fellowship - Dermatology Research

Joseph David, D.O.
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Lee Kendall Edwards, D.O.
Long Beach Medical Center
Long Beach, NY
Residency - Family Medicine

Burhan Lam Haleem, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Binh Huynh, D.O.
New York Hospital
Queens, NY
Residency - Internal Medicine

Jeremy Samuel Isaacson, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Family Medicine

Kyle Menze, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Ekram Mohsen, D.O.
Larkin Community Hospital
South Miami, FL
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Sergey Moldavskiy, D.O.
Bayside Medical Center
Hawthorne, CA

Brian Patrick Murray, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
Laughlin Air Force Base, TX
Flight Medicine

Ramneek Kaur Nakai, D.O.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, NJ
Residency - Internal Medicine

Jessica Newburger, D.O.
Miami
Fellowship - Research

Arpit A. Patel, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Kristin Lynn Regan, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Family Medicine

Supreeya Swarup, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Residency - Medicine

Kevin Jeffrey Tabije, D.O.
New York University
New York, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Jungsik Yoo, D.O.
St. Francis Medical Center
Trenton, NJ
Residency - Internal Medicine

OSTEOPATHIC – FAMILY PRACTICE MEDICINE

Peter A. Guiney, D.O.
Chairman and Program Director

Ted Achufusi, D.O.
To be announced

Sarah Baker, D.O.
To be announced

Jiani Guo, D.O.
To be announced

Stanislav Kaminyar, D.O.
To be announced

Sharon Krikhely, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
To be announced

Chiang Kung Lin, D.O.
To be announced

Yehuda Nussbaum, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
To be announced

George Vardoulias, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
To be announced

Alexander Volkov, D.O.
To be announced

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Marcelle Morcos, M.D.
Chair and Program Director

Victor P. Giamos, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
The Ophthalmic Center
East Setauket, NY
Attending

Michael Jonathan Margolis, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Fellowship - Research

David Rabady, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Associates in Ophthalmology
Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship - Retina

Samantha Xavier, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Fellowship - Retina

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Chaur-Dong Hsu, M.D.
Chair

Peter Hong, M.D.
Program Director

Inna Cohn, D.O.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Categorical Position

Olga Kim Dobuzinsky, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Private Practice
Newburgh, NY

Hans Jean-Baptiste, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
To be announced

Wilkens Mondesir, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
To be announced

MEDICINE - FELLOWSHIPS

Alan Multz, M.D.
Chair

Paul Mustacchia, M.D.
Associate Chair, Internal Medicine
Program Director, Gastroenterology

Prachi Anand, M.D.
Program Director, Internal Medicine And Rheumatology

Rosalind Watman, D.O.
Program Director, Aoa Internal Medicine

Leah Balsam, M.D.
Program Director, Nephrology

Kenneth H. Hupart, M.D.
Program Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism

MEDICINE – FELLOWSHIPS -ENDOCRINOLOGY

Monika Datt, D.O.
Sound Endocrinology
Stony Brook, NY
Attending - Endocrinology

MEDICINE – FELLOWSHIPS - GASTROENTEROLOGY

Apsara J. Prasad, M.D.
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Salisbury, MD
Attending - Gastroenterology

MEDICINE – FELLOWSHIPS - GASTROENTEROLOGY

Sadat Rashid, M.D.
Marshfield Clinic
Weston, WI
Attending - Gastroenterology

MEDICINE – FELLOWSHIPS - NEPHROLOGY

Sumit Chowdhery, M.D.
Private Practice
New York, NY
Attending - Nephrology

MEDICINE – FELLOWSHIPS - NEPHROLOGY

Jignesh Shah, M.D.
Southern Illinois Medical Services
Carbondale, IL
Attending - Nephrology

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Alan Multz, M.D.
Chair

Paul Mustacchia, M.D.
Associate Chair, Internal Medicine
Program Director, Gastroenterology

Prachi Anand, M.D.
Program Director, Internal Medicine And Rheumatology

Rosalind Watman, D.O.
Program Director, Aoa Internal Medicine

Leah Balsam, M.D.
Program Director, Nephrology

Kenneth H. Hupart, M.D.
Program Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism

Albin Abraham, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Chief Resident - Medicine

Pallavi Kiran Batwar, M.D.
New Orleans
Hospitalist

Ari Joseph Benjamin, M.D.
Empire Gate Medical
Jamaica, NY
Attending

Aieska De Souza, M.D.
Harvard
Boston, MA
Residency - Dermatology

John Duncan, M.D.
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
Residency - Radiology

Roshni Gheewala, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Luca Giliberto, M.D., Ph.D.
North Shore – LIJ
Manhasset, NY
Residency - Neurology

Mahreema Jawairia, M.D.
West Islip, NY
Hospitalist

Devendra KC, M.D.
Parkview Hospital
Pueblo, CO
Hospitalist

Nirmala Kishun, M.D.
Bradenton General Hospital
Bradenton, FL
Hospitalist

Chandana Koduru, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Chief Resident - Medicine

Sumreen Majeed, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Long Island, NY
Private Practice

Manish Mammen, M.D.
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn, NY
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Dita Mayerova, M.D.
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Boston, MA
Residency - Anesthesiology

Rosina Bautista Medel, M.D.
JFK Medical Center
Edison, NJ
Residency - Neurology

Deb Kumar Mojumder, M.D., Ph.D.
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Residency - Neurology

Son Truong Nguyen, M.D.
To be announced

Chinedu Patrick Nweke, M.D.
Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine
Richmond, VA
Fellowship - Nephrology

George Obinero, D.O., M.B., Ch.B.
Fort Defiance Hospital
Fort Defiance, AZ
Hospitalist

Dhyan Perumal Rajan, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Fellowship - Gastroenterology

Behdad Hamidi Ravari, M.D.
University of California
Irvine, CA
Residency - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Daree Elaine Lynette Russell, M.D.
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Fellowship - Geriatric

Tamara Shashiashvili, D.O.
New York
Hospitalist

Sikander Surana, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Fellowship - Nephrology

Christopher Brian D. Tan, M.D.
New York Hospital Medical Center
Queens, NY

Johnson Thomas, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Fellowship - Endocrinology

Harmandeep S. Tiwana, M.D.
Feather River Hospital
Chico, CA
Hospitalist

Harpreet K. Tiwana, M.D.
Feather River Hospital
Chico, CA
Hospitalist

Amita Vasudeva, M.D.
Ruby Memorial Hospital
Morgantown, WV
Fellowship - Nephrology

Vaibhav Verma, M.D.
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship - Hematology/ Oncology

Ravi Paul Singh Virdi, M.D.
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
Chief Resident - Medicine

Chengwei Wang, M.D.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Residency - Neurology

Valeria Zilberman, D.O.
*Chief Resident*
NuHealth
Fellowship - Hematology/ Oncology

DENTRISTRY & ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Rory S. Sadoff, D.D.S.
Chair and Program Director, Oral Surgery

Thomas Jones, D.M.D.
Program Director, General Dentistry

Sherine Nabil Botros, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Charles Julian Isaacs, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Amrita Rohit Patel, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Anita Moursalian Platyan, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Edward Rudolph, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Levon Sukiasian, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Bradley Alan Wurth, D.M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Columbus, MS
Fellowship – Facial Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery

ANESTHESIOLOGY

Raymond Pesso, M.D.
Chair

Kenneth Freese, M.D.
Program Director

Rohan Bannis, M.D.
New York University
New York, NY
Fellowship - Interventional Pain Management

Alexander Carrasquillo, D.O.
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Oceanside, NY
Attending - North American Partners in Anesthesiology

Shahram S. Farahvash, M.D.
*Chief Resident*
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, MI
Fellowship – Pediatric Anesthesiology

Illiana Morgan, M.D.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ
Attending - Anesthesiology

Vahe S. Tateosian, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Fellowship – Pediatric Anesthesiology