Internal Medicine Residency at Maimonides Medical Center

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Maimonides Medical Center provides a unique educational experience, combining the outstanding clinical exposure of a major urban hospital with an emphasis on academic medicine. Our location, in the heart of Brooklyn, New York at the intersection of Borough Park and Sunset Park, and our designation as a safety net hospital, draw one of the most diverse patient populations in the US. Through exposure to both inpatient and outpatient medicine on the medical floors, the critical care and coronary care units, and the outpatient clinics, our residents become well-versed in all aspects of internal medicine, fully prepared to enter any practice setting or fellowship upon graduation.

"The strength of Maimonides was and is always the people. We have been lucky to recruit residents that work together like family. Being a busy program in the heart of Brooklyn, there is clinical exposure to a wide spectrum and acuity of disease processes."

"Maimonides is all about its community. I have developed friendships which I know are going to last a lifetime. I am proud to be part of the residency family where we have learnt to grow continuously and collectively."

"Working at MMC both as a former resident and now as a primary care attending (at our brand new faculty practice center) has been an amazing experience. The hospital provides varied clinical environments with exposure to a multicultural patient population. "

"A melting pot of culture, unique pathologies, hip-hop, food-stops and scenery. Maimonides affords me the luxury of learning medicine from a diverse demographic of teachers, colleagues & patients while exploring one of the greatest cities in the world - Brooklyn!"

Maimonides Internal Medicine Residency

The residents of the Maimonides Medical Center Residency Program are what make our program special. Our trainees come from all over the world with varied experience and knowledge that they bring to our program.

Chief Residents

Britney Chukwuka

Hometown: Silverdale, Washington

Medical School: St. George’s University

Interests: Medical Education, Clinical Teaching, Patient Advocacy

Fun Fact: Middle child of seven siblings. Welcomed her first child during chief residency. Studied fine arts in Italy, and is a licensed cosmetologist.

Tejaswi Venigalla

Hometown: Guntur, India

Medical School: Jiamusi Medical College

Interests: Clinical Research, POCUS, Medical Teaching and Hematology & Oncology

Fun Fact: Speaks Hindi, Telugu and Chinese. Loves to travel and making Biryani for family and friends.

Alana Zanetti Yabur

Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela

Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela

Interests: Medical Education, Hospital Operations, Gastroenterology and Advance Endoscopy

Fun Fact: Speaks Spanish and Italian. Has been practicing Yoga for 18 years. Loves hosting dinner for loved ones.

Shehanaz Shajahan

Hometown: Kerala, India

Medical School: K.S. Hedge Medical Academy

Interest: Clinical Teaching, POCUS, Critical Care and Infectious Diseases

Fun Fact: Was raised in Dubai. Loves baking and will hopefully open a pastry shop some day!

Graduates from our residency program go on to fellowships, primary care, and hospitalist positions around the country

• Adedoyin Olawoye, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Armando Seitllari, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Sudarshan Gautam, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Supraja Achuthanandan, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Arjun Basnet, Reading Hospital – Tower Health, Reading, PA
• Amit Gulati, Mt. Sinai Beth Israel, Manhattan, NY
• Cece Ibeson, HonorHealth, Phoenix, AZ
• Ifeanyi Nwosu, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Sehajpreet Singh, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Emanuel Emeasoba, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Bruno De Brito Gomes, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Chad Harris, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
• Sanchit Kundal, Mount Sinai Beth Israel/Morningside, Manhattan, NY
• Alejandro Munoz-Martinez, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Nnamdi Chukwuka, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Tomer Hananya, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Mahsa Pourabdollah Tootkaboni, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Aparna Tiwari, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Ori Waksman, Medstar, Georgetown, DC

• Nana Gegechkori, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Dikshya Sharma, Westchester Medical Center, NY*

• Paurush Ambesh, University of Massachusetts Baystate Medical Center, MA
• Arsalan Hashmi, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Sarah Rosanel, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Nitin Sabharwal, Tulane University, NO
• Vineet Meghrajani, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY
• Cynthia Balasanmugam, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY*
• Isaac Mizrahi, University of Hawaii*

• Chaya Levine, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Isaac Akkad, NYU Winthrop Hospital, NY
• Parul Kakar, Rutgers University, NJ*
• Carlos Henriquez-Felipe, Maimonides Medical Center, NY*
• Kelsey Shanahan-Prendergast, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, TX

• Azizul Rehman, SUNY Downstate, NY
• Avraham Miller, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Shiv Raj, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Sabah Siddiqui, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Manroop Gill, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Suhali Kundu, George Washington University/MedStar Health, DC*

• Kriti Gupta, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Kiran Para, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Sanwal Mehta, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Jevon Samaroo-Campbell, SUNY Downstate, NY* (Infectious Disease/Critical Care)
• Raphael Ezeagu, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Vignesh Ponnusamy, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Olaoluwatomi Lamikanra, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Ereeny Fanous, Jefferson Health – Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
• Jane Eapen, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
• Joshua Shapiro, SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY

• Tiffany Lu, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

• Mo Mai, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

• Suruchi Karnik, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

• Sujata Shrestha, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

• Deepa Vincent, University of Massachusetts, MA*
• Lina Soni, SUNY Downstate, NY

• Neha Sharma, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Avleen Kaur (Hepatology) Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Alana Zanetti Yabur (Hepatology) North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY

• Samantha Erlich, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY*

• Kaveh Zivari, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Steve Obanor, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Fidelis Okoli, NYU Winthrop Medical Center, NY

• Daria Yunina, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Zain Sobani, University of New Mexico, NM
• Alexa Sasson, University of Toronto, Canada

• Richard Fazio, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Bridget Gallagher, SUNY Downstate, NY

• Aviva Tobin-Hess, Long Island, NY
• Vivian Zhu, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Goel Fenech, France

• Avigayil Rapp, Boston, MA

• Jason Jaramillo, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Diana Sholomon, Brooklyn, NY

• Kristal Pouching, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

• Shiran Porat, NYP Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY

• Pratibha Sharma, Oregon Health Sciences University, OR

• Pin-Jung Chen, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

• Brian Wolf, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Kevin Shieh, University of California at Irvine, CA

• Anna Urazov, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Jonathan Weltz, NYU Winthrop University, NY
• Natalie Elkayam, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Rajat Thawani, Oregon Health Sciences University, OR

• Sudhamshi Toom, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• David Chitty, Northwell Health, NY(Translational Research Fellowship)

• Tsering Lama Tamang, University of California at Irvine, CA

• Aftab Vadsaria, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, NJ
• Arichanah Pulenthiran, New York, NY
• Kamlesh Kumar, Hartford hospital, Hartford, CT
• Mukhammad “Bob” Sultanov, Beth Israel Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
• Myoe Oo, UPMC Williamsport, Williamsport, PA
• Thi Ha Zaw, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH

• Rabiah Ashraf, Essentia Health, Fargo, ND
• Sadia Aslam, Avera McKennan Univ Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD
• Jay Keith, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA
• Sanjay Maheshwari, Reading Hospital – Tower Health, Reading, PA
• Tania Miah, Montefiore Medical Center – Weiler Center, Bronx, NY
• Bala Pushparaji, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Syed Mazhar Uddin, Poplar Bluff Regional Med Center, St. Louis, MO
• Aarti Maharaj, University of Florida, Shands Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
• Htin Kyaw, Montefiore Medical Center – Weiler Center, Bronx, NY
• Arafat Farooqui, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
• Uyioghosa Asemota, Paris Regional Medical Center, Paris, TX
• Shehanaz Shajahan, Montefiore Medical Center – Weiler Center, Bronx, NY

• Gurchetan Randhawa, NYU, Manhattan
• Maham Waheed, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Awais Aslam, Essentia Health, ND
• Wei Jun Gu, Long Island Jewish Hospital, NY
• Aalia Mohamed Ghouse, Redington Fairview, ME
• Swetha Musty, Ascension Borgess Hospital, MI
• Ogochukwu Okoli, University of Maryland, MD
• Deborah Osafehinti, Spartanburg Regional M.C., SC
• Mohammad Saad Saeeduddin, Apogee Physicians, PA
• Karen Tuneev, Premier Health, OH
• Moaz Zia, Avera McKennan Hospital, SD

• Behtash Saeidi, University of Toronto, Canada
• Celestine Mkpozi, Essentia Health, ND
• Neehal Wali, HSHS St. John’s Hospital, IL
• Sarwat Nasreen, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Maryam Baqir, Montefiore Wakefield, NY
• Vrunda Kelkar, CHI Franciscan Health System, WA
• Shaurya Sharma, Maimonides Medical Center, NY*
• Susan Lin, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Eliza Sharma, St. Joseph’s Hospital, ME
• Nikhil Cordeiro, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
• Jacqueline Golden, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, MI
• Sruthi Namana, Porter Regional Hospital, IN
• Obinna Ibe, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, CT
• Prameeta Jha, Decatur Memorial Hospital, IL
• Muhammad Sohail Yousuf, HSHS St. John’s Hospital, IL
• Husnain Waseem, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Mariya Astashkevich, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Shanti Patel, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
• Abimbola Iluyomade, TX

• Nijas Nazar, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
• Sabina Ratner, Stonybrook University, NY
• Sharonlin Bhardwaj, NYU Lutheran, NY
• Brian Poon, Good Samaritan Hospital, IL
• Oluwaseun Samuel, Vidant Medical Center, NC

• Craig Feibusch, Summit Medical Group, NJ*
• Samson Alliu, Wright State University, OH** (Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, NY)
• Christos Christolias, NYP Lower Manhattan, NY
• Qing Luo
• Ramon Ortiz Espinal, Florida Flagler Hospital, FL
• Nishanth Pundru, Rhode Island Hospital, RI
• Hitesh Raheja, Cleveland Clinic, OH ** (Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, NY)
• Mark Gobrial, Henry Mayo Hospital, CA
• Neerva Rana, Henry Mayo Hospital, CA
• Radhika Voleti, Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, DE
• Betsy Kuriakose, Havasu Regional Medical Center, AZ
• Tanuj Sood, Washington Hospital Center, DC
• Vivek Kumar, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA
• Remigiusz Soltys, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, NJ

• Amit Dhaliwal, (ID-Crit) NYU Langone Hospital, Long Island, Mineola, NY

• Gurchetan Randhawa, NYU, Brooklyn, NY
• Laura Rivera-Boadla, Mount Sinai West, NY

• Anuoluwapo Shobayo, Brown University, RI

• Maria Jose Suarez Bohorquez, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Chiemeziem Nwanyanwu, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Jonathan Garellek, Northwell Health, NY
• Renata Kuperman, Maimonides Medical Center, NY*

• Mayukh Dey, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, NY
• Sime Maharaj, NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

• Nyein Chann Wai Lynn, Washington University, St. Louis, MI

• Joseph Gotesman, Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, NY

• Sanjana Kapoor, University of Pittsburgh, PA

• Veena Vignarajah, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Queens, NY

• Moshe Miller, University of Alabama, AL
• Orel Shuker, NYP Columbia and Cornell, NY

• Amrita Sabharwal, University of California at Irvine, CA

• Jude Tabba, HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Aventura, FL
• Pola Boazak, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY

• Brent Boodhai, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
• Kevin Clements, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Thai Donenfeld, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Christiana Atuaka, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Claudia De Arujo Duarte, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Varun Tej Gonguntla, Elmhurst, Queens, NY*
• Carly Munro, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

• Angelica Fernandes, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
• Sharad Oli, Wayne State University, MI

• Aryeh Bernstein, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Carolyn Bendor-Grynbaum, University of Miami, FL
• Samuel Francis, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Anna Abbasi, University of Missouri, MI*
• Ravi Karan Patti, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Chetana Pendkar, SUNY Downstate, NY
• Arjun Saradna, University of Buffalo, NY

• Precious Macauley, Westchester Medical Center, NY
• Ankur Sinha, Maimonides Medical Center, NY
• Parita Soni, Maimonides Medical Center, NY

• Anisha Kamath, Winthrop University, NY
• Sushikumar Gupta, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Omar Taha, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Joseph Mehrabi, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• Omair Khan, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

• Kavish Singh, Dartmouth University, NH

• Iqra Aftab, SUNY Downstate Brooklyn, NY

• Krishna Kommineni, University of Tennessee, TN

• Madina Abduraimova, SUNY Downstate, NY
• Sima Terebelo, SUNY Downstate, NY

• Kimberly Soultan, ID Critical Care, SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY

• Britney Clemen, Quality Improvement Fellowship, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• Tayyaba Saeed, Anesthesiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Ori Waksman, Cardiology Metabolism/Lipids, Mount Sinai, NY

• Fidelis Okoli, NYU Medical Center, NY (Transplant Hepatology)

• Jonathan Panitch, Hepatology, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
• Amy Espinal, Neurology, University of Chicago, IL

• Alexa Sasson, University of Toronto, Canada (GI Research)
• Mahin Alamgir, Dermatology Residency, Rutgers RWJ, NJ

• Shiv Raj, Cardiac Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA** (Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, NY)
• Sabah Siddiqui, Cardiology Hypertension, VAMC Bronx, NY** (Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, NY)
• Bridget Gallagher, Hepatology, SUNY Downstate, NY
• Vasavi Devireddy, Physician Administration Fellowship Northwell, NY

Residency Overview

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Maimonides Medical Center provides a unique educational experience, combining the outstanding clinical exposure of a major urban hospital with an emphasis on academic medicine. Our location, in the heart of Brooklyn, New York at the intersection of Borough Park and Sunset Park, and our designation as a safety net hospital, draw one of the most diverse patient populations in the US. Through exposure to both inpatient and outpatient medicine on the medical floors, the critical care and coronary care units, and the outpatient clinics, our residents become well-versed in all aspects of internal medicine, fully prepared to enter any practice setting or fellowship upon graduation.

The Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We offer a total of 107 positions in two approved training programs:

• Categorical three-year residency, leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine (30 positions per year)
• Preliminary one-year internal medicine program for those pursuing specialty training in other areas (up to 5 a year)