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A newsletter for research & medical education April 2010

FEATURE


2010 Match: BMC Has 100% Match Rate for Categorical Positions


An all-time high of 24,378 matches were made, up 339 over last year and the seventh year in a row the number has exceeded 20,000.

All 10 of Baystate Medical Center's residency programs participate in the National Resident Matching Program. They performed well with with an overall match rate of 100% for categorical positions (59 of 59), and 98% for all positions (62 of 63 positions). There was only 1 preliminary position unfilled (typical of Surgery preliminary positions), and this was quickly filled in the scramble. There are 23 males and 39 females—34 from allopathic medical schools and 12 from osteopathic medical schools.


New Residents & Fellows Begin Orientation June 29 and Start Their Programs July 1

Baystate is welcoming 99 new trainees into all 10 residency programs and 12 of its 16 fellowships.


General orientation for these new residents and fellows begins Tuesday June 29 with the reception at 6:00 pm at the Carriage House at the Barney Estate. They start their new programs on July 1.


Residents

Anesthesiology Residency

Name Medical School
Adam Adler Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Aimen Houni Al-Arab Medical University
Danny Joseph Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Lorraine Kerchum Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Todd Payne Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Mehul Shah Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sarah Smith Univ of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ammar Yamani (2009 Match) University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Emergency Medicine Residency

Name Medical School
Gabriel Cade University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Kenneth Christian University of Vermont College of Medicine
Jennifer Dohrmann University of Massachusetts Medical School
John Fialkovich University of Vermont College of Medicine
Matthew Hinderacker University of Wisconsin Medical School
Anthony Kitchen Eastern Virginia Medical School
William Province Indiana University School of Medicine
Jillian Schmunk Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Michele Schroeder University of Massachusetts Medical School
Nishan Shah University of South Florida College of Medicine
Aram Shemmassian Tufts University School of Medicine
Sarah Stuppy Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency

Name Medical School
Basmah Abdalla Ain Shams University
Yee Chuan Ang Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Monique Carreno Ponce School of Medicine
Wanda Colon-Cartagena University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Saurabh Dahiya Maulana Azad Medical College
Despina Hoffman University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Randa Jaber El-Arab Medical University
Payal Jhawar St. George's University
Jeffrey Kaye University of Vermont College of Medicine
Shiv Khosla Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ryan Labuz Touro University College of Osteopathic Machine
Shin Yin Lee Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Jessica Luis University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Eli McKenna-Weiss University College, Cork
Daniel Miller University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Owolabi Ogunneye Obafemi Awolowo University
Anna Stepczynski Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Rachana Thapa Quaid-E-Azam Medical College
Jorge Velez Universidad De Monterrey
Khalid Zarug University of Al Fateh

Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

Name Medical School
Rebeca Bell University of Tennessee, Memphis College of Medicine
Robert Legler University of Kansas School of Medicine
Amber Lehmann University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jessie Leyse Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Kathryn McKenna Georgetown University School of Medicine
Tara Menon Wright State University School of Medicine
Cynthia Norton University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Katherine Rittner University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hijab Zubairi University of Vermont College of Medicine

Obstetrics-Gynecology Residency

Name Medical School
Ariel Cohen University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Zanita Kassam Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Christine Larose University of Massachusetts Medical School
Gauri Luthra University College, Cork
Parul Yadev B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad

Pathology Residency

Name Medical School
Sarah Chaudhary Shifa College of Medicine
Eric Falke University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ronald Rice Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Robert Welton University of Illinois College of Medicine

Pediatrics Residency

Name Medical School
Suzanne Barry University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Stacey Dipalma Brown University School of Medicine
Diana Drogalis Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Linda Guo Georgetown University School of Medicine
Dorothy Hargis Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine
Yaron Ivan Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Maria Olivares Ponce School of Medicine
Kofoworola Onaleye Mount Sinai City Of New York School of Medicine
Alicia Pointer University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Psychiatry Residency

Name Medical School
Jill Davis University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jisha Lovin Kuriakose Universal College of Medical Sciences
Lesha Shah Ross University
Jimena Tuis Universidad Anahuac

Radiology Residency

Name Medical School
Marc Haber (2009 Match) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Grace Mitchell (2009 Match) Tufts University School of Medicine
Dustin Nguyen University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abdullah Shaikh (2009 Match) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Surgery Residency

Name Medical School
Sama Alshora King Saud University, Riyadh
Kaitlyn Ellis Tufts University School of Medicine
Rachel Etchison Indiana University School of Medicine
Zidoon Nasser University of Baghdad
David Penner Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Cynthia Rupp University of Louisville School of Medicine
Moriah Wright Tufts University School of Medicine

Fellows

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Ramakrishnan Ranganath Franklin Square Hospital Center Baltimore, MD
Senthil K. Sivalingam Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Toni Chahla Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Tipton Hartman-Heaney Bassett Healthcare

Cooperstown, NY
Bogdan Tiru Hospital of Saint Raphael New Haven, CT

Cytopathology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Christopher Chapman Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Emergency Ultrasonography Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Dasia E. Esener Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Yousef H. Altowaireb Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Mohamed F. Elarabi Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA
Beth Warner Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Hematology-Oncology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Madhavi Latha Kambam Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ
Pooja Motwani Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bronx, NY

Hospital Quality & Patient Safety Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Adrianne C. Seiler Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Infectious Disease Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Gina M. Berthold Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Jaime Chavez Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC
Costin Ionescu Hospital of Saint Raphael New Haven, CT
Fadi A. Saab Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Jose Espinel Saint Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ

Nephrology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Kiran Goli Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, New NY
Arkadiy Pinkhasov Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, NY

Pain Medicine Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Binit Shah Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA
Brian Yee Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Morgantown, WV

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Ana Novilla Swafford Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY

Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship

Name Residency/Fellowship
Emily Frydman Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, NJ

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