CLASS NOTES

Melissa Meade, MD '18 -  joined Journey Psychotherapy Center in the Chattanooga-area.
Eva I. Beaulieu, MD'08, joins as a Hospitalist with Piedmont Healthcare.
Dimitris Platis, MD'07, is a Geriatrician with NewYork-Presbyterian Queens.
Gilbert J. Carrara Jr., MD'88 - joined Boyden as a Managing Partner.

Darren S. Kaufman '86 - joined New York Health’s nephrology team.
Yordanka Reyna, MD '08 - is the medical director of the heart failure program at Broward Health Medical Center in Florida.
Maryann Kelly, MD '17 -  joined Riverside Medical Group of Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee, Illinois.

Rohin Saroya, MD'16 - joins Bayhealth Primary Care, Smyrna, DE.

Max Scholle, MD '11 - joins Delta Hospital West Elk Clinic in Hotchkiss, CO.

Aakanksha Khanna, MD'17 - congratulations to Dr. Khanna who accepted a fellowship position in Rheumatology at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Jorge Aguilar-Zanatta, MD '06 - recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Top Psychiatrist in the field of Psychiatry for his unwavering devotion to providing quality care and sharing his breadth of medical expertise with Danbury Hospital.

Zaynab Rasheed, MD '16 – recently joined Health Partners  as a Family Medicine Physician. Dr. Rasheed completed her family medicine residency at Advent Health LaGrange in Illinois where she served as co- chief resident.

Karan Johar, M.D '07 - recently published a book, Fighting Chronic Pain - Bring LIFE Back to Your YEARS.

Willie Mae Jackson, M.D '08 - has debuted a fictional psychological crime thriller called Make It Right. Release date: 10/31/2020.

Michael Peak, M.D '83 - recently appointed as Chief Medical Officer for Airmid Critical Care, Inc.

Andrew S. Venardi, M.D. '16 - has been named September Resident of the Month at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced Paulette S. Wehner, M.D., vice dean of graduate medical education at the school.

Michelle Issac, M.D.'16 - recently joined Miami Cancer Institute.

Aiga Charles, MD '06 - recently became Medical Chief of Staff for Twin Cities Community Hospital. 

Deepak R. Vatti, M.D '13 - has been named St. Joseph Hospital’s Chief of Emergency Medicine. 

Natasha Patel, MD '12 - joins Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center (CVRMC). Her most recent experience includes high risk obstetrics, Level IV NICU, gynecologic surgery, ambulatory and major procedures, and laparoscopic surgery.

Varun Bhatia M.D '17 - has been named Medical Director at Immediate Care Urgent Cares of NJ. Dr. Bhatia will oversee several locations and supervise APPs in his first job out of residency.

Sheldon Herbert, MD '18, Vadley Faugue, MD '19 and Miriam Onyegbula, MD '19 are part of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency (PFMR) Class of 2023.

The residents will spend the next three years honing their medical skills in southwest Georgia. The hospital system said they will complete various specialty rotations as they train under a dedicated team of the community attending physicians.

Antoine Soueid, MD '14 recently joined Cheshire Medical Center as a cardiologist.

Arpit Patel, MD '16 recently joined Edward Medical Group (EMG) as a family medicine physician.

Cyrus I. Kocherla, MD '11 recently joined McLeod Health as a cardiologist and electrophysiologist.

Raheleh Sarbaziha, MD ' 10 a well-respected and prominent anti-aging expert in Los Angeles, California, has recently joined the prestigious Haute Beauty network.

Nick J. Paslidis, MD '88 - Dr. Paslidis named Chairman of the Board for ABQAURP. He spent several years as CEO and President of the Arkansas Quality Improvement Organization (prior PRO); managing over 800,000 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under CMS and Medicaid contracts statewide and regionally.

Simerpreet Sandhanwalia, MD '11 - Dr. Sandhanwalia amongst colleagues in Ontario launched a new program to help patients connect with loved ones during pandemic!

Ali Chaudhary, MD '11 - Dr. Chaudhary recently launched a telemedicine company, DocReady.com. Their goal is to provide the highest quality care at an affordable price. This is a time of limited access to physicians and we want to make healthcare accessible to all.
Charles Dukes, MD' 03 - Dr. Dukes, is Colonel, US Army Reserve. Army Reserve Aviation Command Surgeon. Psychiatric Consultant US Army Reserve.

Krystal Green, MD '17 - Dr. Green was chosen to be chief resident for 2020-2021. 

Anjelica Hodgson, MD '15 - Dr. Hodgson will be undertaking a fellowship in gynecologic pathology for the 2020-2021 academic year. 

Nicholas Katcher, MD '16 - Dr. Katcher is a Faculty, Associate Professor at the Central Michigan University Family Medicine Residency Program.  
Prakash Nallani, MD '16 - Dr. Nallani will be starting Fellowship in Rheumatology at Detroit Medical Center/Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. 
Soroush Nomigolzar, MD '19 - Dr. Nomigolzar is a Clinical Skills Facilitator at Ross University School of Medicine. 

Maneesha Ahluwalia, MD '02 - Dr. Ahluwalia is a Life Coach!  Life Coaching is her calling. Dr. Ahluwalia is taking new clients now and looks forward to serving you. Check her out here https://LifeCoachingwithManeeshaAhluwaliaMD.as.me/. 

Sanjay Patel, MD '09 - Dr. Patel moved states after a career at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, to take the Associate Program Director role for the Internal Medicine residency program at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, OH. 

Cory Criss, MD '12 - Dr. Criss matched in Pediatric Surgery at University of Michigan.

Jeniel Gerakopoulos, MD '13 -  Made partner!

Erik Poldemann, MD '15 - Dr. Poldemann accepted a fellowship position in Interventional Cardiology at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.

Mandar Jadhav, MD '16 - Dr. Jadhav appointed as one of two Chief Fellows for the upcoming academic year!

Mark Facchin, MD '16 - Dr. Facchin was elected Chief Resident for the Anesthesiology residency program at Boston Medical Center, 2020-2021.

Shannon Dorton, MD '17 - Dr. Dorton was elected as Chief Resident at VCME Family Residency in Modesto, CA for 2020-2021.

Nabeel Saghir, MD '17 - Dr. Saghir elected Chief Resident 2020-2021
 

 Mark Facchin, MD '16 - Dr. Facchin was elected Chief Resident for the Anesthesiology residency program at Boston Medical Center, 2020-2021.

Jeniel Gerakopoulos, MD '13 -  Made partner!

Shannon Dorton, MD '17 - Dr. Dorton was elected as Chief Resident at VCME Family Residency in Modesto, CA for 2020-2021.

Cory Criss, MD '12 - Dr. Criss matched in Pediatric Surgery at University of Michigan.

Nabeel Saghir, MD '17 - Dr. Saghir elected Chief Resident 2020-2021

Erik Poldemann, MD '15 - Dr. Poldemann accepted a fellowship position in Interventional Cardiology at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.

Sanjay Patel, MD '09 - Dr. Patel moved states after a career at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, to take the Associate Program Director role for the Internal Medicine residency program at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, OH. 

Daniel Goldman, MD '15 - Dr. Goldman matched to a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.

France Leandre, MD '17 - Dr. Leandre elected to be the Co-Chief for the UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program for 2020-21.

George Marzloff, MD ’14 – Dr. Mrazloff completed his fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and began work in the SCI rehabilitation unit at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. 

Judith Oriental-Pierre, MD’ 16 - Dr. Oriental- Pierre elected to be the Chief Resident for the University of Connecticut Emergency Medicine program for 2020-21.

Keith Mayo, MD '17 - Dr. Mayo elected to be the Co-Chief Resident for the Northwell Health – Glen Cove Family Medicine Residency Program for 2020-21.

Aakanksha Khanna, MD'17 - Dr. Khanna elected to be the Chief Resident for the University at Buffalo, NY Internal Medicine program for 2020-21.

Hutch Stilgenbauer, MD ‘17 - Dr. Stilgenbauer elected to be the Chief Resident for the University of Texas- Houston Emergency Medicine program 2020-21.

Jessica Ordu, MD '17 - Dr. Ordu elected to be the Chief Resident for the Morehouse Family Medicine Residency Program for 2020-21.

Nicole Quenelle, MD ’13 – Accepted a position with Southern California Kaiser Permanente in Hematology Oncology in July 2019.

Jeffrey  Siegler, MD ’11 – is the Chief Medical Officer/EMS Medical Director at Saint Louis Children's Hospital in Saint Louis, MO.

Royce Joseph, MD '12 - Dr. Royce accepted a position as an Emergency Medicine Attending at Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas, TX.

Lauren Stipp, MD '14 - Dr. Stipp accepted a sub-fellowship for Advanced Cardiac Imaging at the University of Florida.

Anita Krueger, MD '09 – Dr. Kruger has joined the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Baylor Scott & White-All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX.  Dr. Kruger  has also become an assistant professor of surgery at the TCU/UNTHSC School of Medicine and recently accepted a leadership position with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in the Workforce on Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues.  

Aimmee Chin, MD '16 – Dr. Chin published two journals - 1. CHEST Journal Publication 2019. 2. Surgical Obstetrics Fellowship 2020

Patrick Whitney, MD '98 – Dr. Whitney published a chapter in The Textbook of Military Medicine:  Ch 2 - US AIR FORCE OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. Currently serving as Director of Occupational Medicine, Senior Flight Surgeon, Medical Review Officer and Public Health Emergency Officer at Lyster Army Health Clinic at Ft Rucker, AL.

Ahmed Khattab, MD '17 – Recently accepted to a fellowship position in Hematology and Oncology at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh.