Our Residents

Graduates of our Internal Medicine Residency program have a pass rate of over 90% for the internal medicine boards. Upon graduation, they have their choice of fellowship, primary care, and hospitalist positions. Many remain dedicated to serving the East Harlem community by continuing their careers in academic medicine as faculty of the program.

Approximately two-thirds of the graduates embark in primary care careers after training to include hospitalist practice and primary care practice. The remaining one-third go for further sub-specialty fellowship training.

Current Residents 

Chief Residents 

Rasha Alaameri, MD
Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Iraq

Julio Valencia Manrique, MD
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco Facultad de Medicina Humana, Peru

Camila Alejandra Villavicencio, MD
Universidad Internacional del Ecuador Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud, Ecuador

PGY-3 Class 2022-2023

Sajan Acharya, MD
Patan Academy of Health Sciences School of Medicine, Nepal

Ban Al-Sunboli, MD
University of Baghdad, Iraq

Ahmed Al-Tabaqchali, MD
University of Anbar College of Medicine, Iraq

Dania Isabel Antunez, MD
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Guantanamo, Cuba

Victor Rafael Delagado-Lazo, MD
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Peru

Dino Lorenzo Dy, MD
University of Santo Tomas - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Philippines

Mona Ghavami, MD
Azad University Tehran School of Medical Sciences, Iran

Roberto Rafael Gonzalez-Alvarez, MD
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Villa Clara, Cuba

Niyati Mahesh Gupta, MD
Grant Medical College, India

Zaid Haddad, MD
University of Baghdad, Iraq

Haider Haider, MD
University of Baghdad, Iraq

Mojgan Jalalzadeh, MD
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Prava Karki, MD
Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal

Ambika Pandita, MD
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India

Zurisaday Santana Celorio, MD
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de la Habana, Cuba

Zarnad Zaigham Sheikh, MD
Dow Medical College, Pakistan

Jay Malvin Reyes Tia, MD
University of Santo Tomas - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Philippines

Marwan Yusuf, MD
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Md Ziauddin, MD
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India

PGY-2 Class 2022-2023

Wael Abdelmottaleb, MD
Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt

Farhan Ahmed, MD
Deccan College of Medical Sciences, India

Mirza Ahmed, MD
Lahore Medical and Dental College, Pakistan

Yamama Al-Khazraji, MD
University of Baghdad College of Medicine, Iraq

Farhana Alladin, MD
Shadan Inst. of Medical Science Teaching Hospital & Research Center, India

Anil Baral, MD
Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, India

Gemechis Direba, MD
Addis Ababa Univ., College of Health Sciences School of Medicine, Ethiopia

Sakae Hokama, MD
Univ Catolica Boliviana San Pablo Faculty of Medicine, Bolivia

Hari Lamichane, MD
Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal

Kulsum Madani, MD
Deccan College of Medical Sciences, India

Cesar Munguia Galaz, MD
Universidad del Valle De Mexico Campus Hermosillo, Mexico

Oladimeji Oluaderounmu, MD
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac, North Haven CT, USA

Mustafa Ozbay, MD
Istanbul University, Istanbul Tip Fakultesi, Turkey

Brian Quintanilla, MD
Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Fac de Ciencias Medicas, Honduras

Racine Reinoso, MD
University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, Philippines

Tiago Reyes Castro, MD
Universidad de Guayaquil, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Ecuador

James Salmon, MD
University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, Philippines

Kimbo Sanda, MD
Medical University of Lubin, Poland

Deepak Sherpally, MD
Osmania Medical College, India

Robin Singh, MD
Punjab Institute of Medical Science, India

PGY-1 Class 2022-2023

Categorical Interns

Mustafa Alshaikhli, MD
Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Iraq

Abeselom Assefa Ashenafi, MD
Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Ethiopia

Alejandro Garcia Villanueva, MD
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Medicina, Mexico

Frances Gerard Genil, MD
University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine, Philippines

Phool Iqbal, MD
Punjab Medical College, Pakistan

Pushkar Kumar, MD
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India

Tamaniat Manzoor, MD
Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women, Pakistan

Oyantay Merida Alvarez, MD
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de la Habana, Cuba

Maricarmen Mieles Salgado, MD
Universidad Particular de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (UEES) Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Ecuador

Noor Rafid Najim, MD
University of Baghdad College of Medicine, Iraq

Bede Nnaemeka Nriagu, MD
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences, Nigeria

Maria Karina Palad, MD
University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine, Philippines

Poojitha Pathakamudi, MD
MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Gur Kiratt Kaur Rai, MD
University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine, Philippines

Hernan Daniel Sacoto, MD
Universidad del Azuay Facultad de Medicina, Ecuador

Sreerashmi Sasikumar, MD
Karuna Medical College, India

Dhruv Mrugesh Shah, MD
K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, India

Bhavreet Singh, MD
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Ayomide Olusiji Soremi, MD
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine

Preliminary Interns

Yanal Al Omari, MD
University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, Jordan

Alexandra Dolgetta, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, College Park MD, USA

Michelle Ann Bueno Eala, MD
University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine, Philippines

Michael Seleski, MD
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

Natasha Niteen Sukerkar, MD
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

Rubaya Yeahia, MD
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

2021-2022 Fellowship Match

Cardiology - Tulane University, NO
Endocrinology - University of Buffalo, NY
Endocrinology - SUNY Downstate, NY
Endocrinology - Case Western Reserve, OH
Endocrinology - Baylor School of Medicine Houston, TX
Endocrinology - University of Arizona, AZ
Gastroenterology - Creighton University, AZ
Gastroenterology - Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY
Gastroenterology - Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Infectious Diseases - UC San Diego, CA
Infectious Diseases - Westchester Medical Center, NY
Nephrology - University of Chicago, IL
Nephrology - NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY