Current Fellows

PGY-6

Safi Khan, MD
Medical School: Nishtar Medical College
Residency: Guthrie Health (IM)

Isadora Sande Mathias, MD
Medical School: Faculdade de Medicina de Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Residency: Cleveland Clinic (IM)

Bharat Narasimhan, MD
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College Mangalore
Residency: Mount Sinai (IM)

Smitha Narayana Gowda, MD
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College Manipal
Residency: Univ of South Dakota (IM)

Victor Okunrintemi, MD
Medical School: Usman Danfodiyo University College of Health Sciences
Residency: East Carolina Univ. (IM)

Saleem Toro, MD
Medical School: Kalamoon University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic (IM)

PGY-5

Syed Ali, MD

Syed Ali, MD
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (IM)

Priyanka Bhugra, MD

Priyanka Bhugra, MD
Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College
Residency: New York Medical College (IM)

Rody Chaaya, MD

Rody Bou Chaaya, MD
Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph Faculté de Médecine
Residency: Indiana Univ. SOM (IM)

Madiha Khan, MD

Madiha Khan, DO
Medical School: Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Houston Methodist (IM)

Gina Lazzara, MD

Gina Lazzara, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr. (IM)

Yasser Sammour, MD

Yasser Sammour, MD
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University
Residency: Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City SOM (IM)

Taha Mohamad, MD

Mohamad Taha, MD
Medical School: University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
Residency: Wayne State Univ. SOM (IM)

Samarth Thakkar, MD

Samarth Thakkar, MD
Medical School: Medical College Baroda
Residency: Rochester General Hospital (IM)

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Gabriel Lora Ferreira, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Residency: Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (IM)

PGY-4

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Mustapha Amin, MD
Medical School: University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic (IM)

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Rotimi Asemota, MD
Medical School: University of Benin School of Medicine
Residency: Cook County Health and Hospitals System (IM)

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Freddy Duarte Lau, MD
Medical School: Universidad Francisco Marroquín Facultad de Medicina
Residency: Yale-New Haven Medical Center- St. Raphael (IM)

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Sita Garapati, MD
Medical School: Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital- Cornell Campus (IM)

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Ryan Nguyen, MD
Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital (IM)

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Muhammad H. Maqsood, MD
Medical School: King Edward Medical University
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (IM)

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Jonathan Na, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland (IM)

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