Graduates of our Internal Medicine Residency program have a pass rate of over 90% for the internal medicine boards. Upon graduation, they have their choice of fellowships, primary care, and hospitalist positions. Many remain dedicated to serving the East Harlem community by continuing their careers in academic medicine as faculty of the program.
Approximately half of the graduates embark in primary care careers after training to include hospitalist practice and primary care practice. The other half continues for further sub-specialty fellowship training.
For more about the day-to-day life of our residents, visit our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/nymc_met_im/
Current Residents
Chief Residents
Pushkar Kumar, M.D.
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India
Sapana Yonghang, M.D.
Gandaki Medical College, Nepal
Emanuel Vanegas, M.D.
Universidad Particular de Especialidades Espiritu Santo Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Ecuador
PGY-3 Class 2025-2026
Muhammad Abdul Rehman, M.D.
Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Pakistan
Gajendra Bham, M.D.
Patan Academy of Health Sciences School of Medicine, Nepal
Abdon Bonilla Campos, M.D.
Universidad de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina, El Salvador
Fahad Duranni, M.D.
Dow Medical College, Pakistan
Karim Gebran, M.D.
Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Medicina Luis Razetti, Venezuela
Gerold Goffe, M.D.
Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, Cuba
Chien Yang Hung, M.D.
Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Valencia, Venezuela
Carlos Izaguirre, M.D.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Peru
Sai Gautham Kanagala, M.D.
Osmania Medical College, India
Maria Karen Lipana, M.D.
University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Philippines
Andrea Mestre, M.D.
Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario Facultad de Medicina, Colombia
Carlos Munoz, M.D.
Universidad Católica de Cuenca Unidad Académica de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ecuador
Maria Teodora Obreja, M.D.
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, Romania
Tejal Patil, M.D.
Topiwala National Medical College, India
Kesar Prajapati, M.D.
Medical College Baroda, India
FNU Samaksh, M.D.
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Nidha Shapoo, M.D.
Government Medical College Jammu, India
Muhammad Khalid Tahir, M.D.
Nishtar Medical College, Pakistan
Arlen Ventura Camilo, M.D.
Universidad Católica Nordestana (UCNE) Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Dominican Republic
Nicole Villa, M.D.
Universidad del Azuay Facultad de Medicina, Ecuador
PGY-2 Class 2026-2027
Categorical Interns
Poornima Jaiswal Charpuria, MBBS
Osmania Medical College, India
Kevin Guillermo Chaverri Alpizar, M.D.
Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Medicina, Costa Rica
Serhat Degirmen, M.D.
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi, Turkey
Carlos Elizondo Alatorre, M.D.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Medicina, Mexico
Herson Santiago Flores Sanga, M.D.
Universidad Nacional de San Agustín Facultad de Medicina, Peru
Rosana Jose Garcia Rausseo, M.D.
Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Medicina Luis Razetti, Venezuela
Oscarina Maria Gonzalez Batista, M.D.
Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) School of Medicine, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ashish Guragain, MBBS
Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal
Bashirat Olushola Johnson, MBBS
University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences, Nigeria
Michael Robert Leone, M.D.
New York Medical College, New York, USA
Abibual Sileshi Mezgebu, M.D.
Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Ethiopia
Lense Gelaneh Negash, M.D.
St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Sandhya Kiran Neupane, MBBS
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences College of Medicine, Nepal
Teresa Prazeres, M.D.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Ketai Shi, M.D.
Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Temesgen Getaneh Tessema, M.D.
Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Ethiopia
Nzubechukwu, Judith Ugochukwu, M.D.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences, Nigeria
Daniel Umemoto, M.D.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Peru
Vikas Yadav, MBBS
Pt. B.D.S. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Diego Andres Zuniga Salazar, M.D.
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Ecuador
PGY-1 Class 2027-2028
Zahraa Al-Qassab, M.D.
Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Zainab Alshaikhli, M.D.
University of Baghdad, Iraq
Amit Banerjee, M.D.
Stanley Medical College, India
Jacob Anthony Batuhan, M.D.
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Philippines
Pubali Biswas, M.D.
Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bangalore, India
Robe Enghida, M.D.
Orotta School of Medicine and Dentistry, Eritrea
Maria Gonzalez, M.D.
St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
Harshit Gupta, M.D.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Sajjad Hameedi, M.D.
Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Iraq
Prayag Jariwala, M.D.
Government Medical College Surat, India
Jose Lara Amador, M.D.
Universidad del Norte, Colombia
Takuro Nishizawa, M.D.
Universidad Catolica Boliviana San Pablo, Bolivia
Aurelio Nunez, M.D.
Universidad Latina de Panama, Panama City, Panama
Roma Patil, M.D.
Bangalore Medical College, India
Shreya Patil, M.D.
Grant Medical College, India
Sameena Pinjari, M.D.
Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, India
Anupama Sharma, M.D.
Chitwan Medical College, Nepal
Bryan Urueta Chavez, M.D.
Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina Monterrey, Mexico
Dattu Vyas, M.D.
Pramukswami Medical College, India
Chaeseong Yim, M.D.
Keimyung University, South Korea
Preliminary Interns (Class 2025-2026)
Bani Antonio Aguirre, M.D.
Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
Brenda Chahla, M.D.
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanon
Rasheed Hosein-Woodley, M.D.
New York Medical College, New York, USA
Sri Deepa Srinivasan Kolathupalayam, M.D.
Kilpauk Medical College, India
Riya Shah, M.D.
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Michigan, USA
Aya Shokair, M.D.
University of California Riversite School of Medicine, California, USA
Trellane Willis, M.D.
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida, USA
Fellowship Matches
Advanced HF and Transplant Cardiology – Medstar Washington DC
Cardiology - Tulane University, NO
Critical Care - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Endocrinology - Tulane University, LA
Endocrinology - University of Buffalo, NY
Endocrinology - SUNY Downstate, NY
Endocrinology - Case Western Reserve, OH
Endocrinology - Baylor School of Medicine Houston, TX
Endocrinology - University of Arizona, AZ
Endocrinology – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Geriatrics - Hofstra/Northwell Health, New York, NY
Gastroenterology - Creighton University, AZ
Gastroenterology - Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY
Gastroenterology - Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Infectious Diseases - Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Infectious Diseases - UC San Diego, CA
Infectious Diseases - Westchester Medical Center, NY
Nephrology - Northwell/Lenox Hill Hospital, NY
Nephrology - University of Chicago, IL
Nephrology - NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY
Pulmonary and Critical Care – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Pulmonary and Critical Care – JHME – Jefferson Einstein, PA
Pulmonary and Critical Care – University of Texas, TX
Rheumatology – SUNY Downstate University, NY
Rheumatology - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
