Graduation 2021

Graduate Medical Education
Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Awards
June 3, 2021

PROGRAM

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4 p.m.
Welcome

Antoinette Spevetz, MD
Designated Institutional Official, GME

Congratulations

Anthony J. Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE
Co-President/CEO
Cooper University Health Care

Annette C. Reboli, MD
Dean
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Residents' Remarks

Kamal Addagatla, MD
Plastic Surgery

Amanda Curry, MD
Emergency Medicine

Sharmila Bisaria, DO
Internal Medicine

Awards Presentation

Dorothy and Sol Sherry Award for Teaching Excellence

W. Eric Scott, MD Award for Excellence in Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine

Recognition of Graduates

Recognition of Program Administrators

Closing

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES
Future Employment/Training

*Chief Resident/Fellow

Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Ryan Schmidt, MD, Program Director

  • Rachel Ehrman-Dupre, MD - to be decided
  • Caroline Rose Kaigh, MD - Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Kinjal Patel, MD, Program Director

  • Levi Mulladzhanov, MD - Albert Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Attending Physician

Anesthesiology
Irwin Gratz, DO, Program Director

  • Christa McCloud, MD - Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Anesthesiology Attending Physician
  • David Youssef, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Pain Medicine Fellowship
  • Felipe Guzman, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Anesthesiology Attending Physician
  • Vincent Lau, DO - Pomona Valley Medical Center, Pomona, CA, Attending Physician
  • Rossemary De La Cruz Villa, MD - UT Southwestern Dallas, TX, Pain Medicine Fellowship

Breast Surgical Oncology
Catherine Loveland-Jones, MD, Program Director

  • Sundus Abbasi, DO - to be decided

Cardiovascular Disease
Joanne Mazzarelli, MD, Program Director

  • Carine Basmadjian, MD* - St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT, Cardiologist
  • Brian Baturin, MD - MedStar Health - Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
  • Evan Caruso, MD - Brown University, Providence, RI, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
  • Justin Michael Lingel, MD - UPMC-Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA, Non-invasive Cardiology
  • Shivam Saxena, MD* - University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
  • Aaron Lee, MD - Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Andrea Russo, MD, Program Director

  • Jonathan Krathen, DO - South Jersey, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Critical Care Medicine
Jason Bartock, MD, Program Director

  • Kimberley Chavez, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
  • Lindsey Glaspey, DO - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
  • Hirsh Sharma, MD - Weatherby Healthcare, Philadelphia, PA, Locum Tenens Physician
  • Yanika Wolfe, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Critical Care Physician
  • Bryan Lee, MD - Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, Intensivist

Dermatology
Lacy Somers, MD, Program Director

  • Michael Renzi, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Mohs Fellowship

Diagnostic Radiology
Sabina Amin, MD, Program Director

  • Irene Vasko, DO*- Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Women’s Imaging Fellowship
  • Jean Sebastien Rowe, MD - Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, Emergency and Trauma Imaging Fellowship
  • Ardalan Tangestanipoor, MD - Massachusetts General Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Fellowship
  • Sameh Neeamaalla, MD - UNC Chapel Hill, Musculoskeletal Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services
Gerard Carroll, MD, Program Director

  • Alexander Kuc, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Attending Physician, Dept. of Emergency Medicine/Division of EMS
  • Zachary Matuzsan, DO - Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, Core Faculty in Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine
Tara Cassidy-Smith, MD, Program Director

  • Lynn Marjorie Manganiello, DO* - Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Attending Physician
  • Amanda Marie Curry, MD* - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Critical Care Fellowship
  • Karen Ramsay O’Brien, DO, MS - Augusta Health, Fishersville, VA, Attending Physician
  • Emily Rae Murphy, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, EMS Fellowship
  • Kristen Adorno, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Ultrasound Fellowship
  • Jayne Lillian Blumenthal, MD - UM Charles Regional Medical Center, La Plata, MD, Attending Physician
  • Kathryn Elizabeth Kaminski, MD - to be decided
  • Aimee Parks, MD - Northwest Permanente, Portland, OR, Attending Physician
  • Angela Ugorets, MD - Reston Hospital Center, Reston, VA, Attending Physician
  • Praveen Sabapathi, MD - University of Maryland, Easton, MD, Attending Physician
  • Sydney Kara Tabaac, MD - Abington Hospital, Abington, PA, Attending Physician
  • Zachary Athing, MD - MedStar Health, Washington, DC, Attending Physician
  • Frederick Jonathan Skilton, MD - Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA, Attending Physician

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Farah Morgan, MD, Program Director

  • Samuel Dengler, MD - Yale New Haven Health at New London, New London, CT
  • Anne Borja, MD - Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Lioudmila Lipetskaia, MD, Program Director

  • Tess Crouss, MD - Axia Urogynecology, King of Prussia, PA

Gastroenterology
Christopher Deitch, MD, Program Director

  • Kunal Dalal, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Physician, Dept. of Gastroenterology
  • Manisha Jakkidi, MD - Private Practice, Atlanta, GA, Physician, Gastroenterology
  • Cynthia Edirisuriya, MD - Private Practice, Trenton, NJ, Physician, Gastroenterology
  • Joseph Mermelstein, MD - White Plains Hospital – Scarsdale Medical Group, White Plains, NY, Attending Gastroenterologist

Gynecologic Oncology
Lauren Krill, MD, Program Director

  • Michelle Bilbao, DO - Virtua Gynecologic Oncology Specialists, Voorhees, NJ

Hematology/Oncology
Danielle Behrens, DO, Program Director

  • Ravi Gupta, MD - to be decided
  • Alexander Deak, MD - Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, Broomall, PA, Attending Physician
  • Srinivas Sunkara, MD - to be decided

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Samuel Hardy, MD, Program Director

  • Anil Reddy, MD - Kettering Hospital, Dayton, OH, Emergency Medicine Attending

Infectious Diseases
Rosalie Pepe, MD, Program Director

  • Cuishan Wu, MD - to be decided
  • Scott Moore, DO - Sparrow Hospital / Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
  • Lauren Lai, DO - to be decided

Internal Medicine
Rachel Nash, MD, Program Director

  • Gregory Hilditch, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Jeyanthan Jayakumaran, MD - Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, Pulmonary/CCM Fellowship
  • Michelle D’Souza, MD - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Gastroenterology Fellowship
  • Jesus Penabad, MD - Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, Pulmonary/CCM Fellowship
  • John Senderak, MD - Geisinger Medical Group, Scranton, PA Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Taylor Wiley-O’Connor, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Pulmonary/CCM Fellowship
  • Savitha Racha, MD - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
  • Priyanka Kamalapathy, MD - Veterans Administration, Ann Arbor, MI, Primary Care Physician
  • Saaniya Ajmeri, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Gloucester & Voorhees, NJ, Primary Care Attending Physician
  • Brad Fedor, MD - Virtua-Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ, Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Gabrielle Hassinger, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Daniel Ricketti, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, 4th Year Chief Resident and Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Robert Wetzel, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Primary Care Attending Physician
  • Christopher Perez, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Nocturnist/Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Nika Filatova, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Sang Hoon Kim, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Hospitalist Attending Physician
  • Miriam Zander, DO* - New York University, New York City, NY, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
  • Jessica Richmond, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Primary Care Attending Physician
  • Sharmila Bisaria, DO* - Cooper University Hospital, Voorhees, NJ, Primary Care Attending Physician
  • David Clemons, MD - Nocturnist Hospitalist in North Jersey
  • Talya Laufer, MD - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Radiation/Oncology Residency
  • Alexandra Vrancik, MD* - University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Interventional Cardiology
Janah Ali, MD, Program Director

  • Jean Gue, MD - Inspira Cardiac Partners, Cardiology Department, Interventional Cardiologist
  • Adekunle Kiladejo, MD - to be decided

Interventional Pulmonology
Ziad Boujaoude, MD, Program Director

  • Osheen Abramian, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Interventional Pulmonary Faculty

Medical Physics
Michael Walsh, MMP, Program Director

  • Panagiota Sea, MMP* - to be decided

Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology
Naomi Lawrence, MD, Program Director

  • Erica Leavitt, MD - Skin & Beauty Center, Northridge, CA

Nephrology
Christopher McFadden, MD, Program Director

  • Ahmed Aburahma, MD - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, Critical Care Fellowship

Neurology
Joseph Campellone, MD, Program Director

  • Sarah R. Wondisford, MD - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Vascular (stroke) Fellowship
  • Aakriti Kothiwal Bertsche, MD - Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
  • Jaffer S. Ahmed, MD*- New York University, New York City, NY, Movement Disorders Fellowship

Obstetrics/Gynecology
Yon Sook Kim, MD, Program Director

  • Neel Subramanian Iyer, DO, MPH* - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship
  • Tieg E. Beazer, DO, MS* - University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship
  • Bianca Elena Hall, DO* - Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Family Planning Fellowship
  • Samantha Christine So, MD* - Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,
    Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Orthopaedic Surgery
David Fuller, MD, Program Director

  • Michael Boniello, MD* - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Andrew Simon, MD* - SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Pain Medicine
Michael Sabia, MD, Program Director

  • Jia Weng, DO - Rancocas Anesthesia, Rancocas, NJ, Anesthesiologist

Pediatrics
William Graessle, MD, Program Director

  • Marisela Vigil, MD - to be decided
  • Natasha Morehouse-Goulet, DO* - to be decided
  • Emily Molina, DO - Einstein Medical Center, Elkins Park, PA, General Pediatrician
  • Scott Torres Dona, MD - Private Practice, Tampa, FL, General Pediatrician
  • Amra Noor Sadiq, MD* - Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, PICU Fellowship
  • Amisha Kirit Desai, DO - Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship
  • Faraz Alam Afridi, MD - UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
  • Zeynep Busra Ozdener, DO - to be decided
  • Sukrita Sheshu Mysore, MD - University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake, Bel Air, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist
  • Gursharon Sanghera, MD - Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL, 4th Year Chief Resident
  • Mary Colleen Gonzales, DO - Christiana, DE, Hospitalist

Plastic Surgery
Nicole Jarrett, MD, Program Director

  • Kamal Addagatla, MD* - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Microsurgery Fellowship

Podiatric Surgery
David Millili, DPM, Program Director

  • Stephen Gorda, DPM* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Attending Physician in Podiatry
  • Alexa Ray Santomero, DPM* - Gordon Podiatry, Glenside, PA, Associate in Podiatric Surgery

Psychiatry
Karim Ghobrial-Sedky, MD, Program Director

  • Deola Saheed, MD* - Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA, Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Kristen Mazoki, DO - Community Psychiatry, Farmington, ME
  • JinGu Lee, DO - General Adult Telepsychiatry, North Brunswick, NJ
  • Garrett Rossi, MD - Atlanticare Behavioral Health, NJ, Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Antonia Phillip, MD* - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, Geriatric Fellowship

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Ramya Lotano, MD, Program Director

  • Paul Kannarkatt, MD - University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship

Rheumatology
Hala Eid, MD, Program Director

  • Huzaif Qaisar, MD - Senior Associate Consultant at Mayo Clinic in Onalaska, WI

Surgery
Michael Kwiatt, MD, Program Director

  • Kimberly Linden, MD* - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest, NC, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery Fellowship
  • Andrew Morgan, MD* - Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
  • Andrew Zheng, MD* - Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, Minimally-invasive Surgery Fellowship
  • Alireza Mofid, MD* - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Surgery Critical Care
Salina Wydo, MD, Program Director

  • Roy Lacey, MD - Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Attending Physician
  • Shachar Shimonovich, MD - Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Attending Physician
  • Natalia Velez-Ramos, MD - to be decided

Vascular Surgery – Integrated
Joseph Lombardi, MD, Program Director

  • Katherine McMackin, MD* - Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, Vascular Surgery Attending Physician

Program Administrators

Stephanie Barrett
Sarah Bingel-Mckillips
Eileen Boardman
Sharon Christopher
Laura Chropka
Mary Cook
Cathi Cooney
Grace Endicott
Brittney Farrell
Lori Hanneman
Ramie Hood
Lauren Jaconetti
Rachel Justice
Sandra Knapp
Jeanne Lanzo
Betsy Lucas
Dawn Maziarz
Susan Mcfadden
Markeya Menefee
Theresa (Terry) Mortka
Michele Nichols
Angela Nieves
Glennys Nunez
Karen Orlando
Jacqueline Price
Susan Randolph
Viktoria Rile
Nicole Sempsey
Ashley Sheeran
Yvonne Soto
Jillian Torres

GME Staff

Danielle Parker-Mangum
Veronica (Roni) Smith
Cynthia McKiney
Charna Aruviereh
Lois Marcolongo

Congratulations and best wishes to all of our Cooper University Health Care Graduates!

Please join us for a reception following the ceremony in the Riverside Room.