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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Dental
Daniel Abramov
Chief Resident
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Canada
Yousef Behbehani
Talia Berg
Private Practice
New York/New Jersey
Ali Dabirrian
Private Practice
California
Vrutti Dave
Private Practice
New York
Rosa Estrada
Private Practice
California
Jeffrey Friedman
Private Practice
New York
Erin Gearity
Private Practice
New York
Phan Huynh
Private Practice
Texas
Boris Israilov
Private Practice
Queens, NY
Alina Karpova
Private Practice
Toronto, Canada
Israel Korobkin
Private Practice
Los Angeles, CA
Reshma Kumar
Private Practice
New York
Nimish Maniar
Associate Attending
Washington, DC
Matthew Meister
Private Practice
New York
Gabriella Nocerino
Private Practice
New York
Aleem Noormohamed
Private Practice
Canada
Atish Patel
Private Practice
New York
Dennis Ragoza
Private Practice
Connecticut
Gregory Rosenberg
Private Practice
New York
Shawheen Saffari
Chief Resident
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Purvy Shah
Private Practice
Pennsylvania
Alexander Shau
Private Practice
Texas
Deepak Singh
Private Practice
Virgina
Priyanka Srivastava
Private Practice
Pennsylvania
Alex Weidenfeld
Endodontic Fellow
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Elad Yossefi
Private Practice
New York
Emergency Medicine
Joel Abraham, DO
Attending Physician
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
Matthew Abad, DO
Attending Physician
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Rachel Augustine, DO
Attending Physician
St. David’s HealthCare
Round Rock, TX
Jakub Bartnik, DO
Attending Physician
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY
Marcin Byra, DO
Attending Physician
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph Ewy, DO
Attending Physician
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream
Valley Stream, NY
Brian Fiore, DO
Attending Physician
University of Miami Hospital
Miami, FL
Lindsey Gaddis, DO
Attending Physician
CoxHealth
Springfield, MO
Gayana Grigoryan, DO
Attending Physician
Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
Nicolay Hernandez, DO
Attending Physician
Westside Regional Medical Center
Plantation, FL
Natalie Hubbard, DO
Attending Physician
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center
Hartford, CT
Sean Krapf, DO
Attending Physician
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Oceanside, NY
Nancy Lievano, DO
Attending Physician
The Hospitals of Providence Sierra
El Paso, TX
Essa Ahmed Mehkkri, DO
Attending Physician
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Queens, NY
Ann Price, DO
Attending Physician
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD
Lauren Pueschel, DO
Attending Physician
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Kristen Rada, DO
Attending Physician
Florida Hospital DeLand
DeLand, FL
Jimmy Truong, DO
Attending Physician
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Family Medicine
Chad Lue
Primary Care Physician
Urban Health Plan
Bronx, NY
Kathryn Mazza
Internal Medicine
Abdur Rahman Fuzail Ahmad, MD
Cardiology Fellow
Aurora Health Care
Milwaukee, WI
Nora Ajdir, MD
Anas Al Hallak, MD
Hospitalist
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, TX
Mehak Ali, MD
Hospitalist
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Ragia M. Aly, MD
Hospitalist
Springfield Regional Medical Center
Springfield, OH
Ana Maria Bechara, MD
Hospitalist
St John’s Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Shravana Bheemanathi, MD
Outpatient Physician
Jamaica Hospital
Queens, NY
Frank Bonpietro, MD
Hospitalist
Regional West Medical Center
Scottsbluff, NE
Lyna Campo, MD
Hepatology Fellowship
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
Oscar Carazas, MD
Hospitalist
St John’s Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Dhaval Desai, MD
Telemetry Hospitalist
SBH Health System
Bronx, NY
Sarwat Fatima, MD
Hospitalist
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System
Texarkana, TX
Bessy Flores, MD
Hospitalist
SBH Health System
Bronx, NY
Alfiya Gabidullina, MD
Bhavita Gaglani, MD
Hospitalist
University of Alabama
Montgomery, AL
Kumait Jaroje, MD
Hospitalist and Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Nadyn M. Giralt, MD
Hospitalist
East Texas Medical Center
Jacksonville, TX
Sorab Gupta, MD
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Muralidhar Idamakanti, MD
Hospitalist
SBH Health System
Bronx, NY
Congratulations to all SBH Graduates
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Nishitha Rao Kotla, MD
Attending Physician
Sutter Health
Sacramento, CA
Gabriel Lopez Vega, MD
Geriatric Fellow
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Cristian Madrid, MD
Hospitalist
Mayo Clinic Health System
Eau Claire, WI
Raul Madrid, MD
Associate Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Priyanka Makkar, MD
Pulmonary Medicine Fellow
Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Alvaro Martin, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Fellow
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Nandini Menon, MD
Attending Physician
Bristol Hospital Multi-Specialty Group
Bristol, CT
Rishabh Mishra, MD
Chief Resident
SBH Health System
Bronx, NY
Rebecca Neril, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Fellow
NYU Winthrop Hospital
Mineola, NY
Swetha Parvataneni, MD
Hospitalist
Geisinger Health System
Danville, PA
Meenakshi Punj, MD
Geriatric Fellow
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Maria Gabriela Quinteros, MD
Palliative Care Fellow
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Garden City, NY
Jaime Verano, MD
Hospitalist
Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center
Detroit Lakes, MN
Francis Wadskier, MD
Infectious Disease Fellow
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
OMM
Ruba Katrajian, DO
Private Practice
West Virginia
Jeremy Shugar, DO
Faculty
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
New York, NY
Bethany Prater, DO
Faculty
NYITCOM
Private Practice
New York, NY
Anna Lobzova, DO
Private Practice
Oregon
Pediatrics
Mishuka Adhikary, MD
Hospitalist
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Zobida Aligour, MD
Primary Care Physician
New Jersey
Sandra Flaishmakher, MD
NICU Fellow
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Ana Gutierrez, MD
Pediatric Endoscopy Fellow
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
Analydia Gutierrez, MD
Primary Care Physician
Dallas, TX
Ana Landaverde, MD
Pediatric Chief Resident
SBH Health System
Bronx, NY
Surgery
Albert Pavalonis, DO
Vascular Fellow
NYU Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Michael Smith, DO
Critical Care Fellow
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
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Doctors Day Celebration
Dr. Judith Berger
, director of SBH’s Division of Infectious
Diseases, arrived at St. Barnabas Hospital in November
1986 during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, caring
for young people who were dying from what was then an
incurable disease. Years later, she would be at the forefront
in helping the hospital prepare for another killer – the Ebola virus.
Recognized for her role as an extraordinary teacher and mentor,
compassionate and meticulous clinician, puzzle solver, and person of
honor and integrity, Dr. Berger was recognized by her colleagues during
the hospital’s Doctor’s Day Service and Recognition Awards with its
highest honor, the
Ronald L. Ciubotaru Physician to Physician Award
.
The award was established in 2014 in the memory of the beloved SBH
physician who embodied the highest values and standards. The award
acknowledges the recipient as “an exceptional clinician, dedicated mentor
and valued colleague, characterized by integrity and humility and deeply
committed to teaching and the delivery of compassionate care.”
“I thought I’d stay a year or two and I have been here now for 30-plus
years,” said Dr. Berger in accepting the award. “It’s the camaraderie that
kept me here. It’s a place I keep close to my heart.” She was introduced
by
Dr. Brian Delaney
, who called her “my teacher and mentor,” and
who added the comments of many of her long-time colleagues, who
described her as “a person of honor and integrity…a mensch” (
Dr.
Malcolm Phillips
), “a true scholar of medicine” (
Dr. Rubin Silverman
),
“someone who will always do the right thing” (
Dr. James Croll
), and “an
extraordinary teacher and role model” (
Dr. Victoria Bengualid
).
Dr. Ernest Patti
, a senior emergency medicine physician,
received the
Medical Staff Achievement Award
. Dr. Patti,
who did his residency training at St. Barnabas Hospital in
the early 1990s – first stepping foot at the hospital in 1987
when he was a medical student in the Caribbean – has
long been “the face” of SBH, appearing frequently on local and national
television to speak about health and medical issues. “When I was
working on a skyscraper in Manhattan [with his father’s construction
company], I never in a million years thought I’d be in this position,” he
said in accepting the award.
Dr. Ilmana Fulger
, division director of Hematology/
Oncology, received the
Medical Staff Service Award
.
In acknowledging her love for what she does in her
acceptance speech, Dr. Fulger said she reminds her
students to “love it with every fiber of your body.”
Pediatrician
Dr. Kathleen Asa
s received the
Emerging
Leader Award
. She was described by her presenter and
colleague
Dr. Paulo Pina
as “someone you can always
count on.” In accepting her award, Dr. Asas quoted Mother
Teresa: “None of us, including me, ever do great things.
But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can
do something wonderful. Leadership,” she added, “cannot be impactful
without teamwork.”
Service awards were presented as well. This included recognition
of 35 years at SBH for
Drs. Phillips and Joel Sender
, 30 years
Dr. Abdurhman Ahmed
, and 25 years for
Dr. Nelson Eng
.
