Internal Medicine Residency Program

Past Alumni

Class of 2009 Graduates

Name	Program / Specialty	Institution
Bagga, Sidharth	Pulmonary / Critical Care	Thomas Jefferson University
Bora-Saikia, Pinky	Primary Care	Abbeville Area Medical Center
Beach, Douglas	Heme / Onc Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Bhutani, Sumit	Heart Failure Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Daher, Ralph	Nephrology Fellowship	Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
DePalma, Fedele	Gastroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Geng, Cindy	Primary Care
Ghanem, Hady	Heme / Onc Fellowship	George Washington University
Kreidy, Mazen	Pulmonary / Critical Fellowship	University of Oklahoma
Kuo, Frederick	MBA Program	Duke University
Mathew, Sara	Nephrology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Menon, Divya	Cardiology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Momplaisir, Florence	General Internal Medicine Fellowship	University of Pennsylvania
Morino, Tricia	Heme / Onc Fellowship	UMDNJ-RWJ University Hospital
Patel, Ritesh	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Rincon, Fred	Critical Care Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Shats, Daniel	Gastroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Surapaneni, Sowmya	Rheumatology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Welner, Lindsey	Hospitalist	Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

  Class of 2008 Graduates

Name	Program / Speciality	Institution
Bhat, Ashwini	Heme / Onc Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Chaaya, Adib	Gastroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Dougherty, Rebecca	Hospitalist	Lankenau Hospital
Hong, Jae	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Kanaan, Ralph	Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship	Oklahoma University Medical Center
Lichaa, Hady	Cardiology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
McMackin, Paul	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Nerukar, Aditi	Primary Care	Cooper University Hospital
Okewole, Simon	Cardiology Fellowship	Deborah Heart & Lung Hospital
Patel, Ami	Heme / Onc Fellowship	University of Iowa
Patel, Niranjan
Piallai, Anand	Heart Failure Fellowship	Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Ramirez, Robert	Heme / Onc Fellowship	University of Tennessee
Singala, Hiren	Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital

   Class of 2007 Graduates

Name	Program / Speciality	Institution
Azar, Madona	Endocrine Fellowship	Penn State Hersey Medical Center
Enyinna, Nonye	Research Fellow	University of Pennsylvania
Gandhi, Snehal	Hospitalist	Cooper University Medical Center
Gul, Naveed	Primary Care
Jafry, Behjath	Primary Care	Cooper University Medical Center
Jarbrink-Sehgal, Elli	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Medical Center
Kivelevitch, Dario	Internal Medicine	Argentina
Koch, Marjan	Heme / Onc Fellowship	Cooper University Medical Center
Malik, Suresh	Hospitalist	Cooper University Medical Center
Rachoin, Jean-Sebastien	Nephrology Fellowship	Cooper University Medical Center
Shah, Amit	Hospitalist	EmCare Inc.
Skaff, Ziad	Heme / Onc Fellowship	Cooper University Medical Center
Veerasingham, Rajahbala	Internal Medicine
Venkatachalam, Thilagavithi	Hospitalist	Cooper University Medical Center

   Class of 2006 Graduates

Name	Program / Speciality	Institution
Copeland, Brian	Gastroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Harfouch, Chawki	Infectious Diseases Fellowship	University of California Irvine
Jabeen, Seema	Internal Medicine
Logue, Raymond	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
McAllister, Susan	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Molvi, Sarfraz	Nephrology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Nehme, Omar	Critical Care Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Patel, Samiran	Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship	University of Arizona
Prasad, Vineet	Internal Medicine	New Jersey
Seltzer, Gregory	Gastroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Vellanki, Samatha	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Weeks, Alicia	Rheumatology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital

 Class of 2005 Graduates

Name	Program / Speciality	Institution
Ahmed, Imtiaz	Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Almas, Sara	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Capanescu, Cristina	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Berberian, Brian	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Dalsania, Chirag	Heme / Onc Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Gnanasekeram, Hari	Chief Resident	Cooper University Hospital
George, Philip	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Hazboun, Ramsey	Internal Medicine	Texas
Nahra, Raquel	Infectious Diseases & Critical Care Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Paladugu, Bhanu	Hospitalist Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Pillai, Maya	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital

Class of 2004 Graduates

Name	Program / Speciality	Institution
Abou-Assi, Walid	Nephrology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Abou-Jaoude, Rania	Infectious Diseases Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Chen, Joline	Nephrology Fellowship	Tufts New England Medical Center
Hanes, Douglas	Hospitalist	Cooper University Hospital
Lin, Gina	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Mathew, Alex	Cardiology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
McMahon, MaryAnn	Primary Care	Private Practice
Nazari, Parvin	Reproductive Endocrinology Research	Cooper University Hospital
Perella, Anthony	Pulmonary Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Rosa, Anthony	Gasteroenterology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital
Sakr, Carine	Occupational Health Fellowship	Yale University
Topalian, Simon	Cardiology Fellowship	Cooper University Hospital

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Contact Information

Director: Vijay Rajput, M.D., FACP
Associate Program Directors:  Elizabeth Cerceo, M.D., Anna Headly, M.D., MFA and Antoinette Spevetz, M.D.
Contact: Laura Chropka or Emily Hartsough, Medical Education Coordinators
Phone: 856 -757-7842
Fax: 856 - 968- 9587
Email: IMresidency@cooperhealth.edu
Address: Cooper University Hospital, UMDNJ– Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, 401 Haddon Avenue, E&R Building, 3rd Floor, Camden, NJ 08103