Graduation 2022

Graduate Medical Education
Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Awards
June 2, 2022

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

Tammarah Sklarz, MD
Internal Medicine

Christian M. Bruni, MD
Pediatrics

Daisy C. Obiora, MD
Urology

Awards Presentation

Diane Barton Award for Compassionate Care [presenter: Dr. Edward Viner]

Dorothy and Sol Sherry Award for Teaching Excellence [presenter: Dr. Drew Nyce]

W. Eric Scott, MD Award for Excellence in Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine [presenter: Dr. John Porter]

Recognition of Graduates

Recognition of Program Administrators

Closing Remarks

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES

Future Employment/Training

*Chief Resident/Fellow

Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Ryan Schmidt, MD, Program Director

• Samantha Chia-Chih Huo, MD - Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
• Larrisha Delores Love Jones, MD - TBD
• Bridget Reilly Durkin, MD - University of Pennsylvania, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• Jennifer Yuko Moyer, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Physician, Division of Addiction Medicine, Camden, NJ

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Kinjal Patel, MD, Program Director

• Peter Hyun-Gene Paik, MD - Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital, Mansfield, OH

Advanced Hospital Medicine
Dorrie-Susan Barrington, MD, Program Director

• Regine Banda Afable, MD - Adventist Health, Hospitalist, Bakersfield, CA

Anesthesiology
Irwin Gratz, DO, Program Director

• *Shaharyar Ahmad, MD - New York University, Pain Fellowship, New York, NY
• *Rachel Dolores Koehler, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Melissa Rochelle Lester, MD - Northwestern University, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Chicago, IL
• George Chase, DO - New York University Langone Health, Attending Physician, New York, NY

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

• Qi Yan Wang, MD - OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL

Cardiovascular Disease
Joanne Mazzarelli, MD, Program Director

• *Sneha Arjun-Agarwalla, MD - Hartford Hospital, General Non-invasive Cardiologist, Hartford, CT
• Pranav Vinod Patel, MD - Inspira Medical Center, Non-invasive Cardiologist, Mullica Hill, NJ
• *Raj P. Patel, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Attending Cardiologist, Camden, NJ
• Rashesh Shah, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Tapati Stalam, MD - Inspira Medical Center, Non-invasive Cardiologist, Mullica Hill, NJ
• Jian Liang Tan, MD - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Electrophysiology, Philadelphia, PA

Critical Care Medicine
Jason Bartock, MD, Program Director

• Brendan Gill, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Intensivist, Camden NJ
• *Daniel Gorman, DO - University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
• *Brynn Elizabeth Weise, MD - Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN, Intensivist
• Brian Chong-Woo Park, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Camden NJ, Assistant Professor in Critical Care Medicine
• Meghan Aileen Gorski, DO - TBD

Dermatology
Lacy Sommer, MD, Program Director

• *Richard Matthew McLarney, MD - Private Practice, Beverly, MA

Diagnostic Radiology
Sabina Amin, MD, Program Director

• Julia Lauren Kahn, DO - Cooper University Hospital, Women’s Imaging Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Woodley Anthony Pean, MD - Mt. Sinai Hospital, Neuroradiology Fellowship, New York, NY
• Marc Julian Branche, MD - New York University, Neuroradiology Fellowship, New York, NY
• Jefferson Felix Benites, MD - Pennsylvania State University, Interventional Radiology
• *Nadezhda Lushina, MD - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Fellowship, Boston, MA

Emergency Medical Services
Gerard Carroll, MD, Program Director

• Emily Rae Murphy, MD - Saint Francis Hospital, EM Physician, Wilmington, DE
• Jonathan Levi Bar, MD - Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Emergency Medicine
Tara Cassidy-Smith, MD, Program Director

• Elizabeth Lyne Murphy, MD - Good Samaritan Hospital, EM Physician, Brockton, MA
• Thomas Patrick Sewatsky, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• *Courtney Marie Martin, DO - Banner Health System, EM Physician, Phoenix, AZ
• *Alyse Marie Volino, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Ultrasound Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Sandhya Ashokkumar, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Valeria Chew, MD - Cape Regional Medical Center, EM Physician, Cape May Court House, NJ
• *Eric Louis Chavis, MD - Huntington Hospital, EM Attending Physician, Huntington, NY
• Charles John Ingram, MD - Yale New Haven Hospital, EMS Fellowship, New Haven, CT
• Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Hayat Khan, MD - Capital Health, Emergency Medicine Physician, Trenton, NJ
• Brittany Marie Cesar, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Eric Samuel Hasbun, MD - TBD

Emergency Ultrasound
Joshua Rempell, MD, Program Director

• Kristen Adorno, MD - Christiana Hospital, EM Physician, Newark, DE

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

• Sharan Dhiren Parikh, DO - Cooper University Hospital, Endocrinology Physician, Camden, NJ
• Theresa Noelle Lanham, DO - Owensboro Health, Owensboro, KY

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

• Sean David Spector, MD - Santa Clara Medical Center, San Jose, CA

Gastroenterology
Christopher Deitch, MD, Program Director

• Nikhita Murty Dharbhamulla, MD - Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr Specialist Association, Bryn Mawr, PA
• *Rachel Schnall Frank, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Gastroenterology Physician, Camden, NJ
• Vikram Rameshchandra Patel, MD - Private Practice, Los Palos Gastroenterology Specialist, Salinas, CA
• Jennifer M. Schwartz, DO - Main Line Health, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
• Meet Parikh, DO - Hackensack Gastroenterology Associates/Hackensack University Medical Center, River Edge, NJ

Gynecologic Oncology
Lauren Krill, MD, Program Director

• Courtney Sarah Griffiths, DO - Cooper University Hospital-MD Anderson at Cooper Cancer Center, Division of Gynecological Oncology, Full-time Faculty, Camden, NJ

Hematology Oncology
Danielle Behrens, DO, Program Director

• *Hillary Alison Glick, MD - Maine Health at Maine Medical Center, Medical Oncologist, Brunswick & Damariscotta, ME
• *Sharif Ibrahim Ahmed, MD - Compass Oncology, Attending Physician, Hematology/Oncology, Portland, OR

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Samuel Hardy, MD, Program Director

• Sofia Beatriz Arango Mendoza, MD - Temple University Hospital, Hospitalist, Philadelphia, PA

Infectious Diseases
Rosalie Pepe, MD, Program Director

• *Ricardo Andres Cedeno-Mendoza, MD - MountainView Hospital & Medical Center/Valley Oaks Medical Group, Infectious Disease Attending Physician, Las Vegas, NV
• *Sunny R. Patel, DO - TBD

Internal Medicine
Rachel Nash, MD, Program Director

• Harry Rockower, MD - Thomas Jefferson University, Infectious Disease Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• Jaaniki Rajesh Dave, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Nocturnist, Camden, NJ
• David Michael Henry, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Primary Care, Sewell, NJ
• Matthew Herbert Nelson, MD - University of Rochester Medical Center, Geriatric Fellowship, Rochester, NY
• Elizabeth Hilma Caskey, DO - Temple University Hospital, Hospitalist, Philadelphia, PA
• Brandyn Robert Chinn, DO - Cooper University Hospital, Primary Care, Camden, NJ
• Peter James Bross, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• *Jordan M. Zaid, MD - Cooper University Hospital, 4th Year Chief Resident, Camden, NJ
• *Victor Pomary, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• *Daniel Olea-Mendoza, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Primary Care, Camden, NJ
• Phillip Linwood Olsen, MD - Albany Medical Center, Cardiology Fellowship, Albany, NY
• Melanie B. Betchen, MD - Montefiore Medical Center, Critical Care Fellowship, Bronx, NY
• Anne Marie Boguslavsky, MD - Lankenau Medical Center, Hospitalist, Wynnewood, PA
• *Thomas Peterson Clyde, MD - Temple University Hospital, Palliative Care Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• Kevin Gahman, MD - Luke Commission Organization, Physician, Eswatini
• *Tammarah Sklarz, MD - Temple University Hospital, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• Jonathan Edelstein, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• *Shikha Talwar, MD - Einstein Medical Center, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Philadelphia PA
• *Vittorio R. Terrigno, MD - New York University, Cardiology Fellowship, Mineola, NY
• Archana Balakrishnan, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Palliative Care Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Daniel Hutchinson, MD - JenCare Senior Medical Center, Primary Care Physician, Richmond, VA
• Frank J. Santisi, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Radiology Fellowship, Camden, NJ

Interventional Cardiology
Janah Ali, MD, Program Director

• Devinder Singh, MD - Shore Heart Group, Interventional Cardiologist, NJ
• Eric Andrew Kupferstein, DO - Advanced Heart and Vascular Institute, Interventional Cardiologist, Boca Raton, FL

Interventional Pulmonology
Ziad Boujaoude, MD, Program Director

• Fatima Wong, DO - Riverside Regional Medical Center, Interventional Pulmonologist / Intensivist, Newport News, VA

Medical Physics
Michael Walsh, MMP, Program Director

• *Alexander Zachary Bredikin, MS - Virtua Health, Medical Physicist, Moorestown, NJ

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

• Michael Albert Renzi, MD - TBD

Neurology
Joseph Campellone, MD, Program Director

• *Stefan A. Gillen, DO - University of Southern California, Epilepsy Fellow, Los Angeles, CA
• Minal Vijay Patel, DO - Medstar Georgetown, Headache Fellow, Washington, DC
• Emma Rose Sanborn, DO - University of Rochester Medical Center, Neurophysiology Fellow, Rochester, NY

Obstetrics/Gynecology
Yon Sook Kim, MD, Program Director

• *Hilary McGrath Hinton, DO - OB/GYN Healthcare Associates at Riddle Hospital, Media, PA
• *Dominque McKeever, MD - Christiana Care, Newark, DE
• *Amanda Kay Malik, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Academic Generalist, Camden, NJ
• *Robin Renee Clark, MD - Advocare Burlington County, Mount Laurel, NJ

Orthopaedic Surgery
Tae Won Kim, MD, Program Director

• *Kudret Iman Usmani, MD - Emory University – Trauma, Atlanta, GA
• *Meghan Lynn Morley, MD - University of Buffalo, Sports Medicine, Buffalo, NY

Orthopaedic Trauma
Rakesh Mashru, MD, Program Director

• Mudassar Ahmed Khan, DO - NWTX Physician Network League City, TX

Pain Medicine
Kingsuk Ganguly, MD, Program Director

• David Sameh Youssef, MD - TBD

Pediatrics
William Graessle, MD, Program Director

• *Christian Michael Bruni, MD - Cooper University Hospital, GP Attending/Chief Resident, Camden, NJ
• Sonjana Khurana, MD - University of Buffalo, GP Attending/Chief Resident, Buffalo, NY
• Lydia Mahrous Tobia, MD - Overlook Medical Center, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Summit, NJ
• Prima Das, MD - Inspira Health, Pediatric Hospitalist, Vineland, NJ
• Danielle Sanders, MD - Christiana Care, Pediatric Associates, GP Attending, Newark, DE
• Sara Yasmine Sadre, MD - St. Louis University Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fellow, St. Louis MO
• *Jennifer Marie Nestor, MD - Nemours Children’s Health, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Wilmington, DE
• Wendy De La Rua, MD - TBD
• Dina F. Khamash, MD - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program, Winston-Salem, NC
• Janine Pais Gomes, DO - Nemours Children’s Health at Inspira Health, GP Attending, Mullica Hill, NJ

Plastic Surgery
Nicole Jarrett, MD, Program Director

• *Casey G. Sheck, DO - American Surgical Arts, Mullica Hill, NJ

Podiatric Surgery
David Millili, MD, Program Director

• *Michael Joseph Blutfield, DPM - TBD
• *Farheen Iqbal, DPM - TBD

Psychiatry
Gretchen Magnani, MD, Program Director

• Justin Thomas Lee, MD - University of Pennsylvania, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• *Roshi Menaka DeSilva, DO - Atlanticare Health System
• Wakilu A. Shittu, MD - Atlanticare Health System and Medical Center, Psychiatric Intervention Program
• *Ukpere Daniel Nimtor, MD - Cooper University Hospital, Neuromodulation & Interventional Psychiatry Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Michelle Christine Crawford, MD - Private Practice
• Ashabari Pellechi, MD - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• José Luis Tiongko, MD - Zucker Hillside Hospital/Northwell Health, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Glen Oaks, NY

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

• Michael Eric Post, DO - Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr Speciailst Association, Attending Pulmonary/Critical Care, Bryn Mawr, PA
• Rachna V. Patel, MD - TBD

Rheumatology
Hala Eid, MD, Program Director

• Gina Marie Ferrero, MD - Oregon Health & Science University, Attending Physician, Portland, OR

Surgery
Michael Kwiatt, MD, Program Director

• *Dana Janine McCloskey, MD - University of Maryland Medical Center, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Baltimore, MD
• *Huan Wang, MD - Westchester Medical Center, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Westchester, NY
• *Jennifer Renee Schweinsburg, MD - CMSRU/Cooper University Hospital, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• *Lynsey M. Daniels, MD - Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Baton Rouge, LA

Surgery Critical Care
Salina Wydo, MD, Program Director

• Christina Marie Colosimo, DO - University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
• Nathaniel Stanley Fung, MD - Riverside University Health System, Riverside, CA
• Danielle Leigh DeFoe, DO - Jamaica Hospital, Trauma Level 1 Center, Queens, NY

Urology (Surgery)
Allen Seftel, MD, Program Director

• Daisy C. Obiora, MD - Urologic Oncology Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Vascular Surgery - Integrated
Joseph Lombardi, MD, Program Director

• *Devon Elizabeth Fromer, MD - Abington Jefferson Hospital, Vascular Surgeon, Abington, PA

Women’s Imaging
Robin Roth, MD, Program Director

• Irene Vasko, DO - TBD