NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 2016 GRADUATES
SURGERY
| Elizabeth Cirincione, M.D. Program Director, Surgery |
Glenn Faust, M.D. Chair, Surgery |
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Findite Alagoa, M.D. To Be Announced |
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Andrew Bennett, M.D. Anesthesia at Maimonides Medical Center |
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David Capaldi, M.D. Stony Brook – Radiology |
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Emily Tze Chong Ho, M.D. Chief Resident Breast Oncology John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica |
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Catsim Fassassi, D.O. Surgery Resident, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston NJ |
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Benjamin Steven Kashan, M.D. To Be Announced |
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Brett Erik Larsen, M.D. Chief Resident Private Practice |
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Kathryn McGhee, M.D. Surgery – Nassau University Medical Center |
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Farhad Mehrkhani, M.D. Radiology at Case Western Reserve University |
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Daniel Novick, M.D. Radiology – Nassau University Medical Center |
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Archana Raman, M.D. Chief Resident Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at the University of Calgary |
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Caleb Tsetse, M.B.Ch.B. Diagnostic Radiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University |
PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
| Roger L. Simpson, M.D. Program Director, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery |
Glenn Faust, M.D. Chair, Surgery |
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Ramsen Azizi, M.D. Chief Resident Private Practice Plastic Surgery Chicago |
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Raffi Barsoumian, M.D. Completing General Surgery Training |
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Jonathan V. Landon, M.D. Chief Resident Private Practice Plastic Surgery Bayshore |
RADIOLOGY
| Nalini Kanth, M.D. Vice Chair, Radiology Program Director, Radiology |
Victor Scarmato, M.D. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Nassau University Medical Center Chair, Radiology |
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Brian S. Goodman, M.D. Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA Vascular & Interventional Radiology Fellowship |
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Jonathan William Holstad, M.D. Chief Resident NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY Neuroradiology Fellowship |
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Chirag Arvind Patel, M.D. NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY Vascular & Interventional Radiology Fellowship |
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Allison Nicole Rubin, M.D. Northwell / North Shore – LIJ HS Manhasset, NY Body Imaging Fellowship |
PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
| Jacob Sperber, M.D. Program Director, Psychiatry |
Nyapati Rao, M.D. Chair |
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Sarah Boaz, M.D. Chief Resident Psychiatrist, River Point Behavioral Health, Jacksonville, FL |
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Vikramjeet Dhillon, MBBS Psychiatrist California Dept. of State Hospitals, Stockton, CA |
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Adam Fogel, D.O. Child & Adolescent Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Rahul Kodali, MBBS Chief Resident Psychosomatic Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Leena Mohan, MBBS Chief Resident Child & Adolescent Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Usman Riaz, MBBS Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY |
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Vishal Sharma, MBBS Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship University of Massachusetts |
PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP
| Sagarika Ray, M.D. Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Nyapati Rao, M.D. Chair |
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Marian Droz, M.D. Chief Fellow Psychiatry Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Ambika Kataria, M.D. To Be Announced |
PSYCHOLOGY
| Laura Lamontanaro, Psy.D Program Director, Psychology |
David Waxman, Ph.D Chief Psychologist |
| Nyapati Rao, M.D. Chair |
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Ryan Fletcher Birch, Psy.D. Psychoanalytic Treatment Scholarship |
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Amanda Gayle Fox, Psy.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Geropsychology at Northwell Health |
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Michael J. Greenberg, Ph.D. Private Practice, Terapp |
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Brittany E. Higgins, Psy.D. Psychologist, King’s County Hospital |
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Rachel Maria Post, Psy.D. Private Practice |
PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
| Lyn Weiss, M.D. Chair and Program Director |
Jeffery Perry, D.O. Program Director – AOA Program |
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Bo Cui, M.D. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Duke University |
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Stella Ferker, M.D. Chief Resident Interventional Spine Fellowship Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates |
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Eric Yikai Yuan, D.O. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pain Medicine Fellowship |
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Ashley Heather Zakhary, M.D. Chief Resident Musculoskeletal fellowship in Sports Spine and Occupational Rehabilitation Rutgers NJMS |
PEDIATRICS
| David Fagan, M.D. Chair and Program Director |
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Malanie Mathur Bhambri, D.O. Chief Resident General Pediatrics |
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Mustafa Salih Caylan, M.D. Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine Fellowship Lincoln Hospital Bronx, NY |
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Kristina Ifeoma Emeghebo, M.D. To Be Announced |
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Sri Nidhi Ganji, M.D. Chief Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Sehera Akbarali Himani, M.D. To Be Announced |
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Shuchi Shailesh Jani, M.D. Pediatric Hospitalist St. Joseph’s Medical Center Townson, Maryland |
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Vineet Lamba, MBBS Neonatal Perinatal Medicine University of South Florida Tampa, FL |
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Nida Muzaffar, M.D. Private Practice, Urgent Care Maryland |
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Tattvamasi Nitin Parikh, M.D. Pediatrician, PM Pediatrics Long Island, NY |
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Shilpi Relan, MBBS Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
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Aniruddh Setya, M.D. Chief Resident General Pediatrics Pediatric GI Fellowship New Delhi, India |
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Jessica Soni, M.D. Private Practice |
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
| Martin Diamond, D.O. Director of Medical Education |
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Lela Adeoshun, D.O. Bayonne Medical Center – IM |
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Imran Ahmed, D.O. Winthrop – Radiology |
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Anthony Jonathan Almeida, D.O. Metropolitan Hospital – EM |
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Casey Chafe, D.O. Research Year |
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Qusai Aamir Dahodwala, D.O. NYU – PM&R |
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Irfan Mohammed Elahi, D.O. Cleveland Clinic – PM&R |
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Rick Figurasin, D.O. Newark Beth Israel – Emergency Medicine Resident |
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Ben Joseph Geishauser, D.O. Hunterdon Medical Center – FM |
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Daniel Gruzman, D.O. Nassau University Medical Center – Emergency Medicine |
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Yamama Hafeez, D.O. Chief Resident Harnett Health System – IM |
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Christopher Joseph Husko, D.O. Chief Resident Detroit Medical Center – Surgery |
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Jonathan Jafari, D.O. Lenox Hill – IM |
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Wyatt Isaac Kupperman, D.O. Schwab Hospital – PM&R |
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Bianca Lee, D.O. Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY Residency – Internal Medicine |
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Janel Lewis, D.O. To Be Announced |
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Peter Malamet, D.O. Newark Beth Israel – Emergency Medicine Resident |
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Kurien Mathews, D.O. Newark Beth Israel – Emergency Medicine Resident |
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Courtney Elan McCall, D.O. Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY Residency – Family Medicine |
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Christopher Mondie, D.O. Newark Beth Israel – Emergency Medicine Resident |
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Nathaniel Sean Montag, D.O. Indiana University Hospital – PM&R |
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Tamara Nicole Richardson, D.O. Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY Residency – Family Medicine |
OPHTHALMOLOGY
| Marcelle Morcos, M.D. Chair and Program Director |
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Donald Bryant Cameron, M.D. Chief Resident Private Practice Hillcrest Hospital / Cleveland Clinic Health System Mayfield Heights, OH |
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Brittany Nicole Cook, M.D. Chief Resident Cornea / Refractive Cataract Fellowship Eye Institute of West Florida Largo, FL |
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Matthew Christopher Leidl, M.D. Chief Resident Glaucoma Fellowship West Virginia University |
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Nicholas Darrow Marchase, M.D. Chief Resident Retinal Fellowship Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Memphis, Tennessee |
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
| Maggie Tetrokalashvili, M.D. Program Director |
John Riggs, M.D. Chair |
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Nekia Barrow, M.D., MPH Chief Resident Attending Crystal Run Healthcare Middletown, NY |
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Rachel Chamberlain, D.O. Categorical OB/GYN Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Inna Cohn, D.O. Attending Crystal Run Healthcare Rockland County, NY |
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Christina Marie Smith – Winfield, M.D. Attending Eagles Landing OB/GYN Stockbridge, GA |
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Hala Fatima Ubaid, D.O. Attending Private Practice Queens, NY |
INTERNAL MEDICINE
| Prachi Anand, M.D. Program Director, Internal Medicine |
Paul Mustacchia, M.D. Chair, Internal Medicine |
| Roman Zeltser, M.D. Program Director, AOA Internal Medicine |
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Ruchi Bhatt, D.O. Hematology / Oncology Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Darya Blednova, M.D. Hospitalist North Shore Manhasset |
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Ruben Lazaro Raya Campos, M.D. Chief Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Michelle Carmazi, D.O. Primary Care – New York |
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Hira Choudhry, MBBS Hospitalist Mathur Hospital Port Jefferson, NY |
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Osmani Deochand, M.D. Radiology Residency Overlook Medical Center |
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Gurbans Deol, M.D. Hospitalist Tristar Summit Medical Center Nashville, TN |
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Tashina Elizabeth Dussie, D.O. Cardiology Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Damian Oliver Fernandez, M.D. Chief Resident Hospitalist California |
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Joe George, M.D. Richmond University Medical Center – Radiology Residency |
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Kaiser Hussain, MBBS Tufts Baystate Medical Center – Radiology Residency |
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Paul Kevin Lam, M.D. Infectious Disease Fellowship Harlem – Columbia University |
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Elyana Matayeva, D.O. Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Viktor Miro, M.D. Hospitalist – Texas County Medical Center, Texas |
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Katherine Leslie Baquerizo Nole, M.D. University of Cincinnati – Dermatology Residency |
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Narmisha Vijay Patel, M.D. Hospitalist Redlands Community Hospital, California |
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Shruti Patel, M.D. Chief Resident Gastroenterology Fellowship Nassau University Medical Center |
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Danielle Alexandra Porbunderwala, D.O. Private Practice Webster Street Internal Medicine Manchester, NH |
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Kevin John Porbunderwala, M.D. Private Practice Hospitalist Catholic Medical Center New Hampshire |
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Justin Raper, M.D. PMR Residency Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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Ryan Reed, M.D. Internal Medicine SUNY Upstate Medical University |
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Vincenzo Romano, D.O. Anesthesiology – Westchester Medical Center |
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Davinder Pal Singh, M.D. Chief Resident Hospitalist St. Francis Hospital Roslyn, NY |
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Arpan Shirish Shah, MBBS Critical Care & Infectious Disease Fellowship Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA |
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Bethel Girma Shiferaw, M.D., MPH Infectious Disease Fellowship Yale University School of Medicine |
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Aaron Smith, M.D. Hospitalist California |
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Carroll Rudolph Smith III, M.D. Hospitalist Roper St. Francis Charleston, SC |
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Boris Srvantstian, M.D. Hospitalist Kaiser Permanente Hospital Woodland Hills, CA |
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Sarah Syed, D.O. Cardiology Fellowship Coney Island Hospital Brooklyn, NY |
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Marcelo Taborga, M.D. Chief Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Sreshta Sri Tirunagari, MBBS Chief Resident Nassau University Medical Center |
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Summer Tuthill, M.D. Hospitalist Florida |
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Shilp Vaghela, M.D. Radiology Cooper University Hospital |
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Rui Zhang, B.M., Ph.D Rheumatology Fellowship Westchester Medical Center |
INTERNAL MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
| Paul Mustacchia, M.D. Chair, Internal Medicine Program Director, Gastroenterology |
Alida Podrumar, DO Program Director, AOA Hematology/Oncology Fellowship |
| Leah Balsam, M.D. Program Director, Nephrology |
Salini Kumar, M.D. Program Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism |
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Faisal Hamid, M.D. Private Practice Nephrology Long Island |
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Shayhira Suazo Herrera, M.D. Endocrinologist, Holyoke Medical Center, Massachusetts |
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Mahreema Jawairia, M.D. Private Practice, NY |
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Carolyn Gerhardt Jenks D.O. Hematologist – Oncologist Private Practice – Texas Oncology Tyler, TX |
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Svetlana Pyatigorskaya, M.D. Private Practice Nephrology |
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Christopher Bryan D. Tan, M.D. Gastroenterologist, State of Washington |
FAMILY MEDICINE
| Peter A. Guiney, DO Chair and Program Director |
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Elizabeth C. Acevedo – Danzi, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Private Practice |
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Tahir M. Anwar, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Outpatient Care Center, NY |
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Richard Ambrose Johnathan Clare, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Outpatient Care Center, NY |
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Elizabeth Edelstein, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Outpatient Care Center, NY |
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Christopher Gonzalez, D.O. Chief Resident Family Medicine, Attending Long Island FQHC / Nassau University Medical Center |
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James Hu, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Long Island FQHC / Nassau University Medical Center |
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Zarna Shah, D.O. Family Medicine, Attending Ambulatory Health Services, Philadelphia, PA |
DENTISTRY GENERAL PRACTICE
| Eileen Chun, DDS Program Director |
Rory S. Sadoff, DDS Chair, Oral Surgery |
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Yael Mor Baruch, D.D.S. Private Practice |
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Grace G. Feng, D.D.S. Private Practice |
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Ronak Makadia, D.D.S. Endodontics Residency at Nova University in Florida |
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Spenser Cole Morgan, D.D.S. Private Practice |
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Farhana Oza – Chughtai, D.D.S. Private Practice |
DENTISTRY & ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
| Rory S. Sadoff, DDS Chair and Program Director, Oral Surgery |
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Matthew B. McShane, D.D.S. Chief Resident Private Practice Washington Regional Medical Center Arkansas |
