Year 1 Residents
Syed Mujtaba Baqir, MBBS
Education: Aga Khan University Medical College
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Interests: dance (traditional Pakistani/Indian), singing, comic impressions, soccer
Marlon Rivera Boadla, MD
Education: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Hometown: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Interests: basketball, coffee, wildlife and nature, cooking, weightlifting
Dilichukwu Chudy-Onwugaje, MD
Education: Windsor University School of Medicine
Hometown: Umuoji, Nigeria
Interests: soccer, cooking, fitness
Hakob Harutyunyan, MD
Education: Yerevan State Medical University Named for Mkhitar Heratsi
Hometown: Yerevan, Armenia
Interests: Running, soccer, classical music (particularly J.S.Bach), volunteering, mentoring, and coaching
Kundan Jana, MBBS, MBBS
Education: Andhra Medical College
Hometown: Visakhapatnam, India
Interests: Writing essays, chess, carrom, shuttle badminton, cooking and trying new cuisines, Harry Potter, Formula One racing, -omics research
Sajog Kansakar, MBBS
Education: Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Interests: Guitar (David Gilmore, John Mayer), movies (Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve), reading (short stories, poems)
Jasveen Kaur, MBBS
Education: Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research
Hometown: Amritsar, India
Interests: Playing Indian instrumental music, singing, swimming, water sports, snorkeling, river rafting, table tennis, volunteering at medical camps
Syed Matthew Kodilinye, MBBS
Education: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jamaica
Hometown: Barbados
Interests: Gym, fragrances, audiobooks, podcasts, graphic design/art, travel, online chess
Assile Koubeissy, DO, MBS
Education: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Grad: Rutgers School of Graduate Studies
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Interests: Podcasts, nonfiction books, documentaries, baking cakes
Kamlesh Kumar, MBBS, MBBS
Education: Isra University Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences
Hometown: Shahdadpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Interests: cooking, exploring new cuisines, movies, music, travel, running
Meng Hsun Lee, MD
Education: National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine
Hometown: Tainan, Taiwan
Interests: Photography, snorkeling, table tennis, baseball
Zayar Lin, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: soccer (Liverpool FC), bowling, video games (FIFA, Fortnite, Valorant), hiking
Joseph Mehrabi, MD
Education: Sackler School of Medicine – New York State American Branch
Hometown: Warren, Ohio
Interests: hiking, weightlifting, basketball, tennis, electronic music, mystery and fantasy novels (Agatha Christie, Andrzej Sapkowski, George R.R. Martin, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and JRR Tolkien).
Fatemeh Mohammadrezaei, MD
Education: Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) School of Medicine
Hometown: Khoy, Western Azerbaijan, Iran
Interests: Pencil portrait drawing, languages , photography, exercise
Fizza Mohsin, MBBS
Education: King Edward Medical College
Hometown: Milton, Ontario
Interests: Interior design, fiction novels, book club, cycling, baking cupcakes
Ayesha Mubashir, MBBS
Education: Dow Medical College
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Interests: Skincare, cross-stitching silhouettes, dystopian fiction (Handmaid’s tale, Animal Farm, 1984), murder mystery documentaries, TV shows, meditation, healthy cooking/baking
Azka Naeem, MBBS
Education: King Edward Medical College
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: photography, baking, badminton, novels (detective/suspense)
Aung Oo, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: Traveling, running, badminton, movies
Carla Barberan Parraga, MD
Education: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Interests: organic/sustainable cooking, baking banana bread, gardening, travel
Ayshah Qureshi, MBBS
Education: Fatima Jinnah Medical University
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Interests: Gardening, DIY home improvement projects, event planning and decor, fostering kittens, travel
Asbah Rahman, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Interests: Squash, soccer, cycling, travel, rock climbing, chess
Aastha Randhawa, MBBS
Education: Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Hometown: Delhi, India
Hobbies: Track, soccer, fitness, cookin
Fatima Sajid, MBBS
Education: King Edward Medical College
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: Travel, eating out
Prem Shankar, MBBS
Education: Dow Medical College
Hometown: Larkana, Pakistan
Interests: photography, cooking Indian food, learning different languages (especially Spanish), squash/street badminton/street cricket
Harpriya Singh, MBBS
Education: Government Medical College Amritsar
Hometown: San Jose, California
Interests: Books by Indian authors, creating new dishes by fusing Indian flavors with other cuisines, crime shows
Calvin Ta, MD
Education: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Hometown: Macau
Interests: Backpacking, hiking, exploring new places to eat
Jude Tabba, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Canton, Massachusetts
Interests: Running, Drawing, Reading, Gardening, Cooking
Kripa Tiwari, MBBS
Education: Kathmandu Medical College
Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Interests: Hiking, skating, cooking, dancing
Jeffy Varghese, MBBS
Education: Father Muller Medical College at Rajiv Gandhi Univ of Health Sciences
Hometown: Kerala, India
Interests: Making ‘Trash Art’ and handmade gifts, exploring the outdoors, travel, gardening, ballroom dancing, kickboxing, basketball, reading, baking, cooking
Rita Moncayo Wilches, MD
Education: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Interests: Reading (history, literature), hiking
Soe Winn, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: Reading, tech, animal rescue/adoption documentaries
Xiaolong Wu, MD
Education: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Interests: cooking, dance (ballroom, ballet), yoga
Matania Yehounatan, MD
Education: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Hometown: Far Rockaway, New York
Interests: cooking (including sushi, hummus, and matbucha salad), biking, baseball (the New York Mets)
Laraib Zahid, MBBS
Education: Rawalpindi Medical College
Hometown: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Interests: painting and art, creating backdrops/theatrical props/makeup/costumes, fitness and nutrition, healthy cooking, crime documentaries and thrillers
Year 2 Residents
Taif Al-Mansouri, MD
Education: University of Al-Mustansiriyah College of Medicine
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Interests: Jogging, swimming, cooking (Mediterranean, Italian)
Theophany Blanco, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Chicago, IL; Chino Hills, CA
Interests: Podcasts, theater/musicals, music/singing, exploring coffee shops
Pola Boazak, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Markham, Ontario
Interests: Fitness, guitar, football
Sohini Das, MBBS
Education: Christian Medical College, Vellore
Hometown: Jamshedpur, India
Interests: Reading, music, nature, hiking, swimming
Mayukh Dey, MBBS
Education: Nilratan Sircar Medical College
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Interests: Swimming, Bengali classical music, teaching, debate, public speaking, travel
Jane Eapen, MD
Education: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Interests: electric bass, cleaning/organizing
Ereeny Fanous, MBBCh
Education: Fayoum University Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: Parlin, New Jersey
Interests: travel, movies, swimming, tennis.
Sudarshan Gautam, MBBS
Education: Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS)
Hometown: Bhaktapur, Nepal
Interests: trekking (Everest base camp, Annapurna circuit, Langtang, Lomangthang, Mardi Himal), rafting, paragliding, bungee jumping, volunteering
Manroop Gill, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Interests: Boxing, hiking, cooking, yoga
Cece E. Ibeson, MD, MPH
Education: University of Benin School of Medicine
MPH: Emory
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Interests: soccer, basketball, football, tennis, movies, cooking, travel
Omair Khan, MBBS
Education: Foundation University Medical College (FUMC)
Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan
Interests: Archery, fiction novels, football, tennis, travel, hiking, exploring new places
Pyae Hein Kyaw (PK), MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: Ice skating, swimming, sitcoms, games
Nissim Levy, MD
Education: Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Hometown: Far Rockaway. NY
Interests: matkot (Israeli racketball), weight lifting, barbecuing
Sime Maharaj, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Arouca, Trinidad
Interests: environmentalism (beach clean-ups), travel, yoga, baking.
Adedoyin Olawoye, MBBS
Education: University of Ibadan College of Medicine
Hometown: Dallas, Texas; Nigeria
Interests: Travel, classical music, singing, history books, rock climbing
Myoe Oo, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: Yoga, meditation, hiking, cooking, podcasts
Arichanah Pulenthiran, DO
Education: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Virginia Campus
Hometown: Export, PA
Interests: Bharatanatyam: classical Indian dance, planting and gardening, board games, international cooking and cuisine
Armando Seitllari, MD, MS
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Grad: St. John’s University
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Interests: Soccer, tutoring chemistry/biochemistry/physiology/pathophysiology, travel, billiards
Joshua Shapiro, MD
Education: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences .
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Interests: Cooking (barbecuing and making homemade pasta), flag football, hiking, chess, Catan, Risk
Pranay Siriya, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Interests: Basketball, badminton, travel, vegetarian cooking, nutrition, reading, podcasts, movies, philosophy of science
Kimberly Soultan, DO
Education: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Syracuse, New York
Interests: acrylic painting, cooking (especially Filipino and Middle Eastern), travel
Mukhammad Sultanov, MD
Education: Tashkent Medical Academy
Hometown: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Interests: Hiking, board games (Catan, chess), healthcare IT
Aftab Vadsaria, MBBS
Education: Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and Hospital
Hometown: Pune, India
Interests: Soccer, handball, running marathons, table tennis, Isshinryu karate, fiction crime novels and non-fiction books on American politics and medicine (Siddhartha Mukherjee, Atul Gawande)
Veena Vignarajah, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: St. John’s, Antigua
Interests: building model kits, reading, art- drawing/pastels, Broadway Musicals, sci-fi/Fantasy, video Games
Morad Zaaya, MBChB
Education: Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt
Interests: Stock market trading, fishing, swimming, cooking, running, hiking
Thi Ha Zaw, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 2 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: travel, hiking, sightseeing, cooking Burmese traditional cuisine, chess, swimming
Suchi Zinzuwadia, MD
Education: Ross University School of Medicine
Hometown: Brampton, Ontario
Interests: listening to music/going to concerts, resin art, cooking vegetarian/vegan food
Mariya Zyablitskaya, MD
Education: Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University
Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Interests: Tropical plants, skiing, bouldering, art performances
Year 3 Residents
Supraja Achuthanandan, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Chennai, India
Interests: Singing, hiking, dance (salsa)
Uyioghosa Albert Asemota, MD
Education: University of Benin School of Medicine
Hometown: Benin City, Nigeria
Interests: tennis (Roger Federer), choral music, stage plays, history, tourism, travel, nature, wildlife conservation (especially in Africa)
Rabiah Ashraf, MD
Education: Kind Edward Medical University
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: Badminton, cricket, movies, TV shows, social networking, cooking, volunteering
Sadia Aslam, MD
Education: King Edward Medical University
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: cooking; reading (novels, newspapers), TV (cricket, family shows)
Brent Boodhai, MD
Education: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: Chaguanas, Trinidad
Interests: travel, football, cricket, hiking, guitar, singing, exercise
Pin-Jung Chen, MBBS
Education: National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: travel, dance, cooking
Britney Clemen, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Interests: painting, sculpture, glass blowing, theology, cosmetology (licensed), running, travel
Kevin Clements, MBBS
Education: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: East Meadow, NY
Interests: saxophone, running, reading
Amit Dhaliwal, MBBS
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Cawston, British Columbia
Interests: Basketball, mixed martial arts, hiking, skiing, technology
Thai Donenfeld, MBBS
Education: Ross University School of Medicine
Hometown: Mount Kisco, NY
Interests: Piano, reading (fantasy novels, social commentary), drawing/painting, hiking, snowboarding, surfing, rock climbing
Arafat Farooqui, MBBS
Education: King Edward Medical University
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: cooking, music, TV series, travel
Amit Gulati, MBBS
Education: Christian Medical College
Hometown: Delhi, India
Interests: sports (cricket, table tennis, badminton), travel
Eliyakim Hershkop, MD
Education: Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Interests: Music, reading, board sports
Avleen Kaur, MBBS
Education: Government Medical College Chandigarh
Hometown: Amritsar, Chandigarh, India
Interests: dance (bhangra, aerobics), swimming (free style, backstroke), yoga
Maftuna Kayumova, MD
Education: Tashkent Medical Academy
Hometown: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Interests: Reading, travel, painting by numbers, baking, cooking
Jay Keith, MD
Education: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Interests: weightlifting, running, acting, improv, cooking, baking, ultimate frisbee
Htin Kyaw, MBBS
Education: University of Medicine 1 (Myanmar)
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
Interests: soccer, meditation, teaching
Tiffany Lu, DO
Education: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Interests: cooking, travel, Peloton, thrifting, pickleball
Aarti Maharaj, MBBS
Education: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine
Hometown: La Romaine, South Trinidad
Interests: Individual sports (cycling, spin classes), public speaking, travel, mentoring, singing
Sanjay Maheshwari, MBBS
Education: Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences
Hometown: Hyderabad, Pakistan
Interests: Reading, chess, cricket
Tania Miah, MBBS
Education: Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh
Hometown: Queens, New York
Interests: cooking, shopping, make-up, Bollywood dancing
Ifeanyi Nwosu, MBBS
Education: Ebonyi State University College of Health Sciences
Hometown: Abakaliki, Nigeria
Interests: Badminton, football, swimming, fish farming.
Bala Pushparaji, MBBS
Education: Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
Hometown: Pondicherry, India
Interests: TV sitcoms (Friends, Frasier), strategy video games (Age of Empires), guitar, reading (JK Rowling, Sidney Sheldon), weightlifting
Veronica Rozynek, MB
Education: University College Dublin School of Medicine
Hometown: Park Ridge, Illinois
Interests: Surfing, lead and top-rope climbing, windsurfing, hiking, cycling, salsa dancing, basketball, soccer, wild swimming, learning foreign languages, poetry and all that’s creative
Shehanaz Shajahan, MBBS
Education: K.S. Hegde Medical Academy
Hometown: Kerala, India
Interests: Cooking, exercise (HIIT, Bootcamp, Cross-fit), travel, photography
Neha Sharma, MBBS
Education: Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
Hometown: Shimla, India
Interests: dance, painting, photography, travel, TV series
Syed Mohammad Mazhar Uddin, MBBS
Education: Dow Medical College
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Interests: sports (squash, soccer, volleyball), movies , TV shows (Game of Thrones, Narcos, Stranger Things), dogs (German shepherds), travel, nature, gardening
Alana Zanetti-Yabur, MD
Education: Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Medicina Jose Maria Vargas
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Interests: travel, art, cooking, yoga, tennis