Chief Residents
2022-2023
Krunal H Patel MD
Location: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University-Inpatient
Hometown: New Brunswick, NJ-USA
Name of Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Barbados
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: I chose SUNY Downstate for its wide breadth of clinical exposure from a academic
Level 1 Trauma Center to a world renowned cancer institute and everything in between.
I also choose to work in an underserved area to be able to give back to the community
through my clinical and academic work.
Career/Research Interests: Pursuing a career in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, with interests in lung transplantation
and early resuscitation in sepsis patients with noninvasive measurements.
Hobbies: Recently picked up Shuffleboard, not very good at it but having a blast.
Parinaz Ayat MD
Location: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University-Outpatient
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Name of Medical School: Shahr-E-Kord University of Medical Science, Iran
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: Excellent leadership and faculties, Endless opportunities for clinical practice and
research, multiple strong curriculums great schedule and diverse patient population.
Career/Research Interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Hobbies: Baking, cooking, painting, swimming
Nealansh E Gupta DO
Location: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University -Outpatient
Hometown: San Diego, California-USA
Name of Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri-USA
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: I chose SUNY Downstate because of the complexity and intricacy each of the patients
bring to enhance the art of medicine learning. The patient population is very diverse
with a wide range of illnesses and pathologies that make Downstate both unique, and
never boring! Also, who wouldn't want to live in New York City?!
Career/Research Interests: Gastroenterology
Hobbies: Surfing, painting, brewing beer, intramural sports, struggling with my new puppy
Ashkan Tadayoni MD
Location: NYC Health + Hospitals, Kings County-Inpatient
Hometown: Shiraz, Iran
Name of Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Why I Chose Downstate for my IM Residency: Downstate Internal Medicine residency program exposes residents to a unique patient
population with a very diverse pathology.
Career/Research Interests: Cardiology
Hobbies: Tennis and Soccer
Harshith Chandrakumar MBBS
Location: NYC Health + Hospitals, Kings County-Inpatient
Hometown: Chennai, India.
Name of Medical School: PSG Institute of Medical Science and Research, Coimbatore-India
Why I Chose Downstate for my IM Residency: I wanted to train in a program that would make me a clinically strong physician and
had in house fellowship opportunities. The patient exposure and learning experience
at Downstate appeared solid. Rotating in 4 hospitals would give me a good perspective
of different clinical practices. And, choosing to live in the city was a no brainer
for me.
Career/Research Interests: Cardiology
Hobbies: Exploring the food scene in the city, cooking, working out
Anoop Puskoor MBBS
Location: NYC Health + Hospitals, Kings County -Outpatient
Hometown: Hyderabad, India.
Name of Medical School: Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad-India.
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: We are a strong clinical training program with plenty of research opportunities.
We also provide excellent service to the underserved; therefore, our role is crucial
to this community.
Career/Research Interests: Cardiovascular Medicine, Point of Care Ultrasound, Medication Adherence & Barriers,
Quality Improvement/Performance Improvement
Hobbies: Basketball, gastronomy, natural history
Tian Li MD, MS
Location: VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus-Inpatient
Hometown: Jinan, China
Name of Medical School: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: Robust clinical training with diverse exposure to underserved patient population
and numerous academic and research opportunity. who wouldn’t love to live in NYC?
Career/Research Interests: Gastroenterology/ esophageal disorder
Hobbies: Watching Broadway show and symphony, national parks
Fadi Yacoub MD
Location: VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus -Outpatient
Hometown: Hasaka, Syria
Name of Medical School: Faculty of Medicine - Damascus University, Syria
Why I chose Downstate for my IM Residency: I was first introduced to Downstate program as a clinical research assistant. It
did not take long to fall in love with the cultural diversity that the program provides
beside the immersive clinical experience.
Career/Research Interests: Hospital Medicine and General Cardiology
Hobbies: Table tennis, Biking, Soccer