Residents

With 20 residents per class, we are a large but tight-knit family. While the majority of us hail from the Northeast, we also attract amazing applicants from other regions of the country, the United Kingdom and Canada, which of course makes us even nicer, eh?

We are an incredibly inclusive group with broad diversity of races, ethnicities and sexual orientations. We not only work well with each other, but we have fun and support one another through the tough times of residency. We work hard, but we also play hard!

Chief Residents

Shanjida Ambia, MD

Undergraduate: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Med School: CUNY School of Medicine

Interests: Traveling, napping, all water-related activities (even though I cant swim), brunch, F1, skincare, K-dramas, Bollywood music, and most importantly my cat

Paul Grosrenaud, MD

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Med School: Keck School of Medicine USC

Interests: Gigantic dogs (mastiffs etc.), cats (allergic), braising, backpacking, scuba, intrigue/scandal, folk guitar, going to MOMA, hot chicken, The Sopranos, Henry Ackerman, NYT crosswords, surfing, skiing

Tara Tardino, MD

Undergraduate: Cornell University

Med School: University of Miami

Interests: running and working out, drawing and painting, seeing broadway shows, learning new languages, hanging with friends

Danny Wu, MD

Undergraduate: NYU

Med School: Stony Brook Univeristy

Interests: bouldering, photography, Henry Ackerman, snowboarding, board game cafes, video games

PGY-3 Residents

Henry Ackerman, MD

Undergraduate: Colby College

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: Skiing, kitesurfing, resting, good movies not bad ones, any food that I dont have to cook

Jeremy Althouse, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College

Graduate School: PhD in Physics, UCLA

Med School: SUNY Downstate

Interests: Music, travel, math, food, literature

Aditya Banerjee, MD

Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Med School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Interests: tennis, golf, playing drums, traveling, trying every pizza place in NYC

Shinhae Kim, MD

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame

Med School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Interests: espresso, soccer, tennis, jazz piano, beer/happy hours, all things nature, working out, chilling with family and friends

Nicholas Kochakian, MD

Undergraduate: Boston College

Med School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Interests: procrastibaking, guitar and singing, rock climbing

Chaz Kuniyoshi, MD

Undergraduate: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Med School: University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Interests: weight lifting, working on cars and DIY home projects, karaoke, cooking and eating

Bryan Musmacker, MD

Undergraduate: Stony Brook University

Med School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Interests: hockey, golf, board games, video games, lazy mornings hanging with my cats and wife, coffee, anime, F1

Rajkumar Pammal, MD

Undergraduate: Harvard University

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: tennis, alto saxophone, live music, sporting events and rooting for my Yankees & Knicks, traveling, carefully curating Spotify playlists, lawn games, health policy

Daniel Shedlovskiy, MD

Undergraduate: Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Interests: all things board sports (snow, surf, skateboarding), guitar, live music, hockey, finding the perfect ramen in NYC

Christine Sheng, MD

Undergraduate: Rutgers University

Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Interests: nerding out on my Nintendo Switch, arts and crafts, drawing/painting, ballet, R&B/lo-fi vibes, anything tea related, anime/manga, K-dramas, laying in bed

Jason Truong , MD

Undergraduate: NYU

Med School: SUNY Downstate

Interests: bourbon and whiskey, playing the keys, Korean BBQ, hot pot, karaoke, cheering for the Yankees, surrendering to my ramen addiction

Ariana Vargas, MD

Undergraduate: UC Berkeley

Med School: Temple University

Interests: backpacking, traveling, painting, my dog Rumi, quality time with friends over food and drinks, going out and about in the city

Barnes Werner, MD

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame

Med School: SUNY Upstate

Interests: tennis, running, cooking, Thai food, reggaeton, LGBTQ health, exploring NYC, spending time with family and friends

Rachel Wong, MD

Undergraduate: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Med School: CUNY School of Medicine

Interests: trying new food/amateur cooking, exploring NYC, skiing, hiking, traveling, binging Netflix, all things dog related

Raymond Zhou, MD

Undergraduate: UCLA

Med School: Vanderbilt University

Interests: soccer, pickleball, biking, breakdance, hip-hop, Kpop

PGY-2 Residents

Samir Ali, MD

Undergraduate: NYU

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: Cooking, enjoying the outdoors, beaches, gaming, technology, doomscrolling on insta, sleeping, 3 am side quests, 2 am halal food, health policy and population health

Sadid Asad, MD

Undergraduate: City College of New York

Med School: SUNY Downstate

Interests: Eating spicy food, finding the best Halal Cart in NYC. Weight lifting and playing basketball. NY Knicks. Military Medicine. Hiking. Learning different genres of dancing. Life goal is to travel to all wonders of the world.

Arvind Balasundaram, MD

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis

Med School: Wayne State University

Interests: Skiing, road trips, backpacking, cars, concerts, sports, exploring

Kimberly Burke, MD

Undergraduate: Northeastern University

Med School: U Mass Chan Medical School

Interests: Broadway shows, live music, always having a lil drinky drink (bobez/coffee/smoothie), eating my way thru NYC, trashy reality tv, traveling, painting, reading, the beach, naps, naps on the beach, social EM/ global EM

Noelle Calvello, MD

Undergraduate: The College of New Jersey

Med School: Hackensack School of Medicine

Interests: Reading, fitness, making Spotify playlists for every mood and occasion, horror movies, pasta, true crime, puzzles, board game nights, pumpkin carving, traveling

Julia Cavati de Abreu, MD

Undergraduate: Florida International University

Med School: University of Miami

Interests: Traveling, museums, soccer, hockey, and occasionally other sports, reading, walking aimlessly for hours, ballet

Woody Chiang, MD

Undergraduate: Stony Brook University

Med School: SUNY Downstate

Interests: Anime, board games, (too much) league of legends, reigning champion in annoying my wife, and on a quest to find the best soup dumplings in NYC

Zaynah Dewan, MD

Undergraduate: Wellesley College

Med School: Brown University

Interests: Snowboarding, hiking, postcard collecting, running in cities and by rivers, playlist making, baking fruit pies, and of course trivia

Isaac Goldenthal, MD, MS

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis

Graduate School: MS in Mechanical Engineering

Med School: Columbia University

Interests: Hiking, snowboarding, guitar, woodworking/lutherie, concerts, hot sauce, powerlifting, hammocks, science fiction, wilderness, ultrasound

Christopher Hoke, MD

Undergraduate: Lehigh University

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: Arsenal and premier league footy, NY Knicks, anime, video games, hanging with the homies, trying new food places

Chetali Jain, MD

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Med School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Interests: Music, reading, writing, solo-travel, spooky season

Dong Lin, MD

Undergraduate: Cornell University

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: Optimized Game Theory, Chess, Poker, Investing, Classical Music, Skiing, Traveling (went to Japan in May 2024, obsessed with their culture)

Nataliya Makhdumi, DO

Undergrad: Fordham University

Med School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Interests: Running (quite slowly), pilates, concerts, naps, time in the sun preferably on a beach or boat, and traveling

Victoria McKee, MD

Undergraduate: University of Central Florida

Med School: University of Miami

Interests: spicy food, cooking, theme parks, concerts, traveling, drawing/painting, electronic music, rock n’ roll

Barbara Meyer, MD

Undergraduate: Siena College

Med School: Albany Medical College

Interests: Traveling, the beach, biking, skiing, reading, scuba diving, food, and hanging with family and friends

Anna Mirianashvili, DO

Undergraduate: CUNY Hunter College

Med School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Interests: on an eternal quest for a rolodex of excellent hole-in-the-wall restaurants, embracing the toxic trait of trying to recreate every meal I've had out, watching anything A24, traveling to new destinations, singing along to songs but with wrong lyrics, concerts, picnics in the park, running begrudgingly, cackling joyfully

Victoria Rizzutto, MD, MPH

Undergraduate: University at Buffalo

Graduate School: Master of Public Health, Stony Brook

Med School: Stony Brook

Interests: plant mama, dog lover without a dog, thriftie, proud backseat driver, ALDI enthusiast, blood type: Aperol Spritz

Matthew Trotta, MD

Undergraduate: Binghamton University

Med School: SUNY Upstate

Interests: dogs (not mine in the pic), Star Wars, Minecraft, NYT games, trivia, s’mores, EMS/disaster medicine

Eli Tukel, MD

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Med School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Interests: Anything outside (running, climbing, frisbee), settling Catan, reading nonfiction, findings new breweries and coffee shops, Michigan football, Trader Joes

Noah Yoskowitz, MD

Undergraduate: Penn State

Med School: Hofstra

Interests: Sailing, climbing, exploring national parks, spontaneous travel, consuming my weight in hot sauce, painting and ceramics, board games, pokemon, finding street art, befriending every stray animal I meet, wondering if I ever had a circadian rhythm, wilderness med and toxicology

PGY-1 Residents

Brian Badloo, MD, MPH

Undergraduate: Stony Brook University

Graduate: NYU School of Global Public Health

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: Biking, DJing and Collecting Vinyl Records, Stocks/Investing, Speed Solving Rubik Cubes, Poker, Video/Board Games, Exploring NYC through Coffee Shops & Restaurants, Chicken over Rice Connoisseur, Car Culture, the Knicks, Global Public Health and Mentorship/Education

Emily Beckett, MD

Undergraduate: Binghamton University

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: trumpet, cooking, skiing, ping pong, Premier League soccer, hiking, craft beer, pub quizzes, video games

Natasha Bitar, MD

Undergraduate: UMass Amherst

Med School: University of Massachusetts

Interests: travel, comedy shows, touching grass, gyming, finding the best goonz (crab rangoons) in NYC

Eddie Briseno, MD

Undergraduate: UCLA

Med School: Keck School of Medicine of USC

Interests: Painting/drawing/crafts, Star Wars, horror movies, non-horror movies, video games, petting your cat or dog, fitness, indomie

Michaela Dickson, MD

Undergraduate: Binghamton University

Med School: New York Medical College

Interests: reading, soup, Maine, Severance and any other dramatic show, pigs, sad boy music, cooking (again soup), making skincare routines for other people

Kisho Fukuoka-Armitage, MD

Undergraduate: University of Washington

Med School: Florida Atlantic University

Interests: soccer, dogs, pet fostering, fantasy football, video games, traveling, trying new cuisines

Greg Garber, MD

Undergraduate: Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Med School: Stony Brook University

Interests: Playing guitar, watching sports (let’s go Yankees, Islanders and Giants), eating my way around NYC, going to concerts, cooking the food of my Italian heritage

Alyssa Ison, MD

Undergraduate: Northeastern University

Med School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Interests: napping, eating (sushi), throwing darts, watching sports, playing fetch with my dog, binging Netflix, car rides, blasting music, working out, spending time with friends and family

Ankitha Kaki, MD

Undergraduate: UC San Diego

Med School: University of Arizona College Of Medicine - Tucson

Interests: Trader Joe’s, curating Spotify playlists, volleyball, snowboarding, Catan, happy hour, art museums, visiting all the national parks!

Rajas Karajgikar, MD

Undergraduate: The College of New Jersey

Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Interests: Administration/ Operations, Rooftops, Beach, Drinks and Dining and Dessert, Shows, Gym, Dance, Volleyball, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Fruity Flavors

Katherine Lister, MD

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Med School: Kings College London

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Aviral Mahajan, MD

Undergraduate: University of Connecticut

Med School: University of Connecticut

Interests: Cooking, my dog Scotch, house music sets in Brooklyn, Arsenal, NYC thai food, New Haven pizza, making textured art, creating cocktail recipes, traveling

Karen Makar, MD

Undergraduate: Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Med School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Interests: trying out diff sushi spots, gymnastics, exploring nyc, my cats, cartwheels, faux calligraphy, the jersey shore (the place, not the show), thrifting, critical care, sports medicine

Tyler Riley, MD

Undergraduate: University of Florida

Med School: University of Central Florida

Interests: Statue of Liberty, lifting, running, trying new restaurants and ranking them on Beli, hanging with my wife and dog, my wife’s hobbies

Kenneth Romero, MD, MS

Undergraduate: Florida State University

Grad School: University of South Florida

Med School: Florida State University

Interests: Gardening, happy hours, Pokemon, Colombian Soccer, FL Panthers, Miami Heat, FSU football, Sunday BBQs, salsa, traveling, and trying new places!

Benjamin Schwartz, MD

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Med School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Mitchell Yelton, MD

Undergraduate: Michigan State University

Med School: Michigan State University

Interests: Traveling, hiking, trying new restaurants, climbing, exploring NYC without a plan, ice cream, playing Overcooked, explaining to people why Detroit style pizza is superior to NY style

Nicole Zhao, MD

Undergraduate: Stony Brook University

Med School: Stony Brook University

Interests: traveling (specifically near bodies of water), snorkeling, cats (allergic), dogs (getting one), trying out new teas and boba, trying out new experiences/restaurants with family and friends, my grandma

Yilun Zhang, MD

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