Graduation 2023

Graduate Medical Education
Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Awards
June 7, 2023

PROGRAM

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4 p.m.
Welcome
Antoinette Spevetz, MD
Designated Institutional Official, GME

Congratulations

Kevin M. O’Dowd, JD 
Co-President/CEO
Cooper University Health Care

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

Residents' Remarks

Joshua Weinstock, MD
Cardiovascular Diseases

Christopher Mahrous, MD
Anesthesia 

Michael W. Foster, MD
Internal Medicine

Awards Presentation

Diane Barton Award for Compassionate Care

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 Remarks

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES

Future Employment/Training

*Chief Resident/Fellow

Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Ryan Schmidt, MD, Program Director

• Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD - Cooper Univ. Health Care- Emergency/Addiction Medicine Faculty, Camden, NJ
• Brittany Cesar, MD - Christiana Care Hospital, Emergency Medicine Faculty, DE
• Lara Kobrin, MD - Cooper Univ. Health Care- Family/Addiction Medicine, Faculty, Camden, NJ
• Jessica C. Moore, MD - Temple Univ. Hospital, Emergency/Addiction Medicine Faculty, Phila., PA

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Kinjal Patel, MD, Program Director

• Miriam Mokhtar, MD - Private Practice, Integrated Anesthesia Assoc., Hartford, CT

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

• *Faraz Badar, MD - New York University, Pain Fellowship, New York, NY
• *Srishti Singh Visen, MD - University of New Mexico Hospital, Hospitalist, New Mexico

Anesthesiology
Irwin Gratz, DO, Program Director

• Anthony Hikes, MD - Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship-Thomas Jefferson Univ., Phila., PA
• Christopher Mahrous, MD - Dual CC& Adult Cardio Anesthesiology Fellowship, Washing Univ. SOM- St. Louis, MO
• Hugh McGovern, MD - Department of Anesthesiology, Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, MD
• Aakash Patel, DO - Department of Anesthesiology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
• Abhishek Patel, MD - Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship-Thomas Jefferson Univ., Phila., PA
• Dave Shah, DO - Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship, Loyola Univ. MC, Maywood, IL

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

• *Noelle Elzas, MD - Bristol Hospital, Breast Surgeon, Bristol, CT

Child Abuse - Pediatrics
Rachel Silliman Cohen, MD, Program Director

• *Stephen Melnick, DO - TBD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 
Andrea Russo, MD, Program Director

• *Sarah Kleinle, DO - UPMC Pinnacle, Electrophysiologist, Harrisburg, PA
• *Fatima Shaik, MD - Advanced Medical Group, Electrophysiologist, Jersey City NJ

CNS Endovascular Surgery 
Hamza A. Shaikh, MD, Program Director

• Jane Khalife, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Neuro-interventionalist, Camden, NJ

Critical Care Medicine 
Jason Bartock, MD, Program Director

• Jane Khalife, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Neuro-interventionalist, Camden, NJ

Cardiovascular Disease
Joanne Mazzarelli, MD, Program Director

• *Timothy Colangelo, MD - Virtua Cardiology, Non-Invasive Cardiologist, Voorhees, NJ
• *Gregory Miller, DO -Cooper University Health Care, Cardiology Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• *Alfred Samura, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Cardiology Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• *Vikas Sunder, MD - Cleveland Clinic, Associate Staff, Cleveland, OH
• *Michael Tzeng, MD-Cooper University Health Care, Cardiologist, Camden, NJ
• *Joshua Weinstock, MD - Penn Cardiology, Cardiologist/Clinical Assistant Professor, Phila, PA

Critical Care Medicine
Jason Bartock, MD, Program Director

• *Caitlin Marie Baldwin, DO - Cooper University Healthcare, Critical Care Medicine, Asst. Prof., Camden, NJ
• *Gregory Felock, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Trauma Intensivist, Asst. Med. Dir-Cooper Air Services, Camden, NJ
• *Vishal Pranav Jani, DO - Hackensack University, Intensivist, Hackensack, NJ
• *Gregory L. McDonough, MD - Raritan Bay Medical Center, Staff Intensivist, Perth Amboy, NJ
• *Sondra Ann Mendelsohn, MD - Hackensack University Hospital, Staff Intensivist, Hackensack, NJ

Dermatology
Lacy Sommer, MD, Program Director

• Robert Duffy, MD - TBD
• Tara Jennings, MD - Cooper Univ. Health Care, MOHS Micrographic Surgery Fellowship, Camden, NJ

Diagnostic Radiology
Sabina Amin, MD, Program Director

• Titilope Aluko, MD - Thomas Jefferson Univ, Interventional Radiology Fellowship, Phila. PA
• Vishaal Gudla, MD - Beth Israel Deaconess, Abdominal Imaging & Intervention
• Justin Junus, DO - University of California, Musculoskeletal Fellowship, San Francisco, CA
• Matthew Knouse, MD - Private Practice, Austin. TX
• Ankit Mohla, DO - Univ of Pennsylvania, Interventional Radiology Fellowship, Phila. PA

Emergency Medical Services
Gerard Carroll, MD, Program Director

• *Daniel DuPont, MD - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, EM/EMS Physician, Phila., PA
• *Eric Quinn, MD - Maimonides Medical Center, EM/EMS Physician, Brooklyn, NY

Emergency Medicine
Tara Cassidy-Smith, MD, Program Director

• Patrice Baptista, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Camden, NJ
• Katherine Billings, MD - Cooper Univ, Health Care, Dept of EM, Ultrasound Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Christine Collins, MD - St. Joseph’s Univ. Hospital, Dept. of EM, Pain Fellowship, Patterson, NJ
• Paul Comber, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Dept. of EM, EMS Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Laura Di Taranti, MD - MedStar Georgetown Univ. Hosp., Critical Care Fellowship, Wash., DC
• Rebecca Fieles, MD - Eugene Emergency Physicians, Attending, Eugene, OR
• Danielle Kovalsky, MD - Pottstown Hospital, Tower Health, Attending, Dept. of EM, Pottstown, PA
• Jacob Martin, MD - Atlantic Emergency Associates (Atlanticare), Atlantic City, NJ
• Julia Moon, MD - Penn Medicine @ Princeton Medical Center, Emergency Med. Princeton, NJ
• Kathryn Nowlan, MD - WellSpan Medical Group, Dept. of EM., Ephrata, PA 
• Amish Patel, DO - Capital Health Medical Center, Dept. of EM, Pennington, NJ
• Abagayle Renko, MD - Thomas Jefferson Univ., Dept. of EM, Phila., PA
• Roger Rothenberg, MD - NYU Langone Health, Medical Toxicology Fellowship, NY, NY
• Matthew Sikina, MD - Stanford Healthcare/O’Connor Hosp., Sports Medicine Fellowship, San Jose, CA

Emergency Ultrasound
Joshua Rempell, MD, Program Director

• *Alyse Marie Volino, MD - Cooper University Health Care, EM Attending Physician, Camden, NJ

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

• *Krystal Balagot Rivera, DO - Cooper University Health Care, Endocrinologist, Camden, NJ
• *Aditi Shah, DO - Hunterdon Healthcare, Endocrinologist, Bridgewater, NJ

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

• *Jasjit Kaur Beausang, MD - Temple University Hospital, Div. Of Urogynecology, Assistant Professor
• *Devon Carey Smith, DO - Lehigh Valley Health Network, Urogynecology Attending

Gastroenterology
Christopher Deitch, MD, Program Director

• *Katherine Mary Gheysens, MD - Virtua Health, Gastroenterologist, Cherry Hill, NJ
• *Nicolas Patel, MD - Private Practice
• *Rachel Lynn Redfield, MD - Jefferson University Hosp. Transplant/Hepatology Fellowship, Phila., PA
• *Sujani Yadlapati, MD - Indiana Univ Hospital, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN

Gynecologic Oncology
Lauren Krill, MD, Program Director

• *Diego Aviles, MD - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX

Hematology Oncology
Danielle Behrens, DO, Program Director

• *Michael Brister, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Hem/Onc attending, Camden NJ
• *Randi Carhart, MD - Dana Farber/Brigham & Women’s Center General Hematologist, Boston, MA
• *Alison Greidinger, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Cancer Institute, Breast Oncologist, Camden, NJ

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Samuel Hardy, MD, Program Director

• *Archana Balakrishnan, MD - Temple University Hospital, Hospitalist, Phila., PA

Infectious Diseases
Rosalie Pepe, MD, Program Director

• *Gabriela Alvarez, MD - TBD 
• *Preeti Bansal, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Attending (per diem), Camden, NJ

Internal Medicine
Rachel Nash, MD, Program Director

• Syeda Anum Ahmed-Zaidi, MD - Penn Medicine, Primary Care Physician, Cherry Hill, NJ
• Andrew Alabd, MD - Cooper Univ. Health Care, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Camden, NJ
• Myriam Cruz, MD, MBA - Cooper University Health Care, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• Sahaj Desai, MD - Rutgers/RW Johnson, Hem/Onc Fellowship, New Brunswick, NJ
• Michael W. Foster, MD - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Cardiology Fellowship, Phila., PA
• Sabrina Gordon, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• Justin Hahn, DO - Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Primary Care Physician, Baltimore, MD
• Sona Hurtz, MD -  UCLA, Primary Care Physician, CA
• Angelica Italiano. DO - Cleveland Clinic, Primary Care Physician, Stuart, FL
• Izaz Kazmi, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• Sydnee S. Shyuan Lim, MD, MBA - Icahn SOM at the Mount Sinai Hosp. Critical Care Fellowship, NYC, NY
• Naveen Menon, MD - Zucker SOM-Northwell Lennox-Hill Hem/Onc Fellowship
• Srividya Murthy, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Primary Care Physician, Camden, NJ
• Stephanie Ndifor, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• Huy David Nguyen, DO - Cooper University Health Care, Primary Care Physician, Voorhees, NJ
• Conor O’Donnell, DO - Allegheny Health Network, Rheumatology Fellowship, Pittsburgh, PA
• Prarthi Patel, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Hospitalist, Camden, NJ
• Stephanie M. Rivera Morales, MD - Lankenau Medical Center, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Wynnewood, PA
• Eitan Scheinthal, DO - Aurora Health Care, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
• Pooja Selvan, MD -  Cooper University Health Care, Primary Care Physician, Camden, NJ
• Zachary Walder, DO - El Dorado Comm. Health Center, Primary Care Physician, Pacerville, CA
• Daniel Weinblatt, DO - Tower Health, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Reading, PA
• Sean M. Welch, MD - Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital, Rheumatology Fellowship, Phila., PA
• Helen Y. Xia, MD - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PM&R Resident, Phila., PA

Interventional Cardiology
Elias Iliadis, MD, Program Director

• *Harsh Patel, DO - Heart and Vascular Care, Interventional Cardiologist, Cummings, GA
• *Rashesh Shah, MD - Robert Wood Johnson, Interventional Cardiologist, New Brunswick, NJ

Interventional Pulmonology
Ziad Boujaoude, MD, Program Director

• *Moataz Gaddor, MD - TBD

Medical Education Fellowship
Alexander Zachary Bredikins, MS, Program Director

• *Rachel Jennings, MD - Cooper University Health Care EM Attending Physician, Camden, NJ

Medical Physics
Michael Walsh, MMP, Program Director

• Kelsey Elizabeth Hall, MS - Cooper University Health Care, Cancer Center, Camden, NJ

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

• *Yesul Kim, MD - Fairfield Dermatology, MOHS Surgeon, Fairfield, CT

Neurosurgery
Steven Yocom, DO, Program Director

• Alejandro Lopez, DO - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Spine Fellowship, Phila., PA
• Craig Schreiber, DO - Cornell University, Cerebrovascular Fellowship, Ithaca, NY

Neurology
Joseph Campellone, MD, Program Director

• Christopher Edwards, DO - University of Rochester, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, Rochester, NY
• Kyle Marden, MD - University of Florida, Sports Neurotrauma Fellowship, Gainesville, FL
• Alexandre Mason Sharma, MD - Medstar-Georgetown Univ. Hosp, Movement Disorders Fellowship, Wash., DC
• Ajay Rajshekar, DO - Columbia University-Irving Med. Ctr, Epilepsy Fellowship, New York, NY

Neuromodulation Integrative Psychiatry
Basant Pradhan, MD, Program Director

• *Ukpere Nimtor, MD - rexel University/Tower Health, Dept. of Psychiatry, Asst. Program Dir.

Obstetrics/Gynecology
Yon Sook Kim, MD, Program Director

• Sabrina Cynthia Brunozzi, MD - Southern Permanente Medical Grp, Kaiser Permanente Downey Med Ctr, Associate OB/GYN, Downey, CA
• Marie Cosette Gabriel, DO - Contemporary Women’s Care, Physician, Orlando, FL
• Stephanie L. Kass, MD - Northwell Hlth, Min. Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Staten Island, NY
• Chelsea Starr Katz, MD -Cooper Univ. Health Care, Gyn/Oncology Fellowship, Camden, NJ

Orthopaedic Surgery
Tae Won Kim, MD, Program Director

• Julio Antonio Rodriguez, Jr., MD - JW Ruby Memorial Hosp. @ WVa Univ., Fellowship, Morgantown, WVA
• Alisina Shahi, MD - Univ. of Texas Health Science Center @ Houston, Fellow, Houston, TX

Orthopaedic Trauma
Rakesh Mashru, MD, Program Director

• *Karnesha Goins, MD - Starting future Fellowship in January 2024

Pain Medicine
Kingsuk Ganguly, MD, Program Director

• *Rachel Koehler, MD - Atlanticare, Anesthesia Attending, NJ

Pediatrics
William Graessle, MD, Program Director

• Marie Clare Abram, DO - Univ. of NC @ Chapel Hill, Pediatric Endo Fellowship, Chapel Hill, NC
• *Dylan Brech, DO - Optum Pediatrics, General Pediatrician, Howell, NJ
• Kylee Keenan Brech, DO - CHOP @ Virtua Health Voorhees, Pediatric Hospitalist, Voorhees, NJ
• Alyssa J. D’Astoli, DO - Advocare Gloucester County Peds, General Pediatrician, Deptford, NJ
• Lorena S. Lampros, MD - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PICU Hospitalist, Phila., PA
• Ifeoma Chinelo Odukwe, MD - Providence Comm. Health Centers, General Pediatrician, Providence, RI
• Yaritza Santana-Orozco, MD - CAMcare Corp., Attending Pediatrician, Camden, NJ
• Robert Sciulla, MD - JM. Sanzari Children’s Hosp.@ Hackensack Univ. Med. Neonatal-
  Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Hackensack, NJ
• Laura Ellen Smith, DO - Children’s Hospital of Phila. Primary Care, Paoli, PA
• Ashly Thomas, MD - Texas Children’s Urgent Care, Pediatrician, Houston, TX

Plastic Surgery Integrated
Nicole Jarrett, MD, Program Director

• *Steven D. Kozusko, MD, MEd - University of Virginia SOM, Hand & Upper Extremity Fellowship, VA

Podiatric Medicine
David Millili, MD, Program Director

• *Daryl Jacob Silva, DPM - TBD
• *Yaakov Tropper, DPM- TBD

Psychiatry
Gretchen Magnani, MD, Program Director

• *Nicholas Matthew Adamo, MD - TBD
• *Syed Ammar, MD - TBD
• *Melanie Taylor Beck, DO - AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Staff Psychiatrist, Pomona, NJ
• Gaurav Jain, DO - TBD
• Gerardo Lopez, MD - Univ. of Texas, Fellowship, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Galveston, TX
• Janeni Kasthuri Nayagan, MD - Children’s National Hospital, Fellowship Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 
  Washington, DC

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

• *Mira Mandal, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Attending, Dept. of Pulmonary, Camden, NJ
• *Robert Wilcott, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship, Camden, NJ

Rheumatology
Hala Eid, MD, Program Director

• *Arsany Sami Anis, MD - Carepoint Health Medical Group, Rheumatology Attending, NJ

Surgery
Michael Kwiatt, MD, Program Director

• *Jeremy Mark Badach, MD, ME - University of Louisville SOM, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, KY
• *Nicholas DeLeo, MD - Cleveland Clinic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, FL
• *Andrew Chia Hsueh Lin, MD - St. Luke’s Hosp. Min. Invasive Surgery/Bariatric Surgery, Allentown, PA
• *Henry Paul Miller, MD - Harvard Medical School, Plastic Surgery Fellowship, MA
• *John Michael Williamson, MD - U.S. Navy, General Surgery position

Surgery Critical Care
Salina Wydo, MD, Program Director

• *Joshua A. Cole, MD - TBD
• *Adam Conley Mina, DO, MS - Acute Care Surgical Specialists, Phoenix, AZ
• *Jennifer Renee Schweinsburg, MD - TBD

Urology (Surgery)
Allen Seftel, MD, Program Director

• *Marc Zeffren, MD - Cooper University Health Care, Department of Urology, Camden, NJ

Vascular Surgery - Integrated
Joseph Lombardi, MD, Program Director

• *Daniel Lee, MD - Vascular Surgical Specialists (Univ. of Penn) Chester County, PA

Women’s Imaging
Robin Roth, MD, Program Director

• Julia Kahn, DO - Private Practice, NJ