Current Dermatology Residents

The Department of Dermatology at New York Medical College trains highly competent dermatologists who provide excellent dermatologic care. View the profiles of our current residents below.

Third-Year Residents (Class of 2025)

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Seher Banu Farabi Atak, M.D. (Chief Resident)

Hometown: Tokat, Turkey
Medical School: Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
Fellowship/Clinical Research Fellowship: Research Fellow on Dermatopathology and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy, RWJMS
Internship: Internal Medicine, St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Anjelica Peacock, M.D. (Chief Resident)

Hometown: Rockford, IL
Undergraduate School: Rockford University, Rockford, IL
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Internship: Transitional Year- St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia, MI

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Katherine Erickson, M.D.

Hometown: Oregon City, Oregon
Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Undergraduate Major: Microbiology
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Internship: Internal Medicine, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR

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Alina Zufall, M.D.

Hometown: Reston, VA
Undergraduate School: University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Internship: Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Second-Year Residents (Class of 2026)

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Jia C Gao, M.D.

Hometown: Queens, NY
Undergraduate School: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Undergraduate Major: Human Biology, Health and Society
Medical School: New York Medical College
Internship: Internal Medicine, NYU Langone Hospital- Long Island, NY

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Danielle Peterson, M.D.

Hometown: South Jordan, Utah
Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University, Utah
Undergraduate Major: Theater Arts Studies
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Fellowship/Clinical Research Fellowship: Research -Yale School of Medicine, Dermatology
Internship: General Surgery - Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, PA

First-Year Residents (Class of 2027)

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Yasir AI-Dojaily, M.D.

Hometown: Milton, ON, Canada
Undergraduate School: University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Internship: PGY-1 General Surgery Preliminary Residency - Wake Forest University

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Austin J. Jabbour, M.D.

Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate School: SUNY Geneseo
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Undergraduate Minor: Business Administration
Medical School: University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School
Fellowship/Clinical Research Fellowship: Cutaneous Oncology at University of Washington, Department of Dermatology
Internship: SUNY Upstate Medical University

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June Moon, M.D.

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Medical School: College of Georgia
Fellowship/Clinical Research Fellowship: Clinical Trials Research at UC San Diego
Internship: Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia

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Michael Vittori, M.D., PharmD

Hometown: South Berwick, Maine
Undergraduate School: University of Rhode Island
Undergraduate Major: Pharmacy
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Internship: Brown University Rhode Island Hospital