An Update on Recent Graduates

Our graduates pursue a variety of paths including fellowships/subspeciality training, academics, hospital medicine, and outpatient medicine.

In the past recent years, we have had graduates match and pursue fellowships in gastroenterology, pulmonary and critical care medicine,, hematology and oncology, nephrology, infectious diseases, geriatrics, endocrinology, and hospice and palliative medicine, at institutions including Georgetown, the Clevland Clinic, MD Anderson, NYU Winthrop, Mt. Sinai, and SUNY-Downstate, Gunderson Health System, and St. Joseph's Hospital, among others.

Our graduates who have pursued the practice of inpatient and outpatient medicine gone on to work at a variety of institutions, including Geisinger Health System, Massachusetts General, Holy Name Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, Kaiser Permanente, Summit Medical Group, and many more.

2026 Class

Lena Alawad – Academic Hospitalist, Prime Health Care, Passaic, NJ

Rafia Ali – Hospitalist, RWJ, Brunswick, NJ

Hashim Butt – POCUS Fellowship, Stony Brook, NY

Sangeetha Chandramohan – Primary Care Medicine, Valley Medical, Paramus, NJ

Chidera Ekpo – Primary Care Medicine, Trinity Health, Connecticut

Mina Elmiry – Nephrology Fellowship, RWJ, Brunswick, NJ

Kiran Hanif – Hospitalist, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Wayne, NJ

Marryam Masood – Endocrinology Fellowship, Rutgers NJMS

Huma Quadir – Hospitalist, Hackensack Meridian Ocean Health

Franz Valmores – Junior Faculty, Wright State University Internal Medicine Residency, Dayton, Ohio

2025 Class

Vanessa Castellanos – Rheumatology Fellowship, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Khush Dadhania - Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX

Edwin Mosquea Gomez – Cardiology Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Ayesha Malik – Private Practice, Montclair NJ

Chika Mbolu – Nephrology Fellowship, Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, NY

Vishal Ramjas – Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, HCA Aventura Hospital, Aventura, FL

Simar Randhawa – Cardiology Fellowship, Westchester Medical Center, Westchester NY

Hiwot Workneh – Endocrinology Fellowship, Lehigh Valley Health Network, PA

2024 Class

Emad Alattasi, MD - Hospitalist Medicine: Summit Health, Montclair NJ

Shady Gad, MD - Hospice and Palliative Fellowship: MD Anderson, Houston TX

Francine Lucero, MD - Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship: University of South Florida, Tampa FL

Huzaifa Salim, MD - Hospitalist Medicine: Brigham and Womans, Boston MA

Saira Sheikh, MD - Locums Tenens: New Jersey

Syed Uzair, MD - Primary Care Medicine, Keiser Permanente, Los Angeles

Tehrim Zahid, MD - Hospitalist Medicine: Envision Health, Montclair NJ

Qamar Zaman, MD - Locums Tenens: New Jersey

2023 Class

Matthew Balatbat, MD - Hospitalist Medicine, Hackensack University Center, Hackensack NJ

Arham Hazari, DO - Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship: St. Josephs, Paterson NJ

Carlos Huauya, MD - Primary Care Medicine: NYC

Mengshen Lin, MD - Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship: St. Lukes, Bethlehem PA

Tochi Mbolu, MD - Hospitalist Medicine, St. Joseph's, Paterson NJ

Dhara Patel, MD - Endocrinology Fellowship, Harlem Hospital, NY

Armida Priftani, MD - Primary Care Medicine: Hackensack, NJ

Soroush Seifirad, MD - Venous Medicine Fellowship: Vein Institute, NJ