2021-22 Primary Care Residents
PGY 1
Nada Akkari
St. George's School of Medicine
Hometown: Lebanon
Interests: Volunteering, traveling, diving, fishing, preventative care.
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: This is a highly academic program with a focus on primary care.
Vallery Antenor
Ross University School of Medicine
Hometown: New Jersey
Interests: Primary Care
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: You should pick this program if you value great leadership that cares about your personal and professional growth. The patient population we get to serve is why I made this program my top choice.
Vladimir Falb
University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Interests: Wide variety of interests from Primary Care, Geriatrics, Sports Medicine, Rheumatology. Have had exposure to all and found them very interesting.
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: The training and exposure to primary care is probably one of the best that you can get. You will learn the building blocks of both outpatient and inpatient medicine that will set you up well for whatever you want to do in medicine.
Jayashree Gandhi
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Interests: Primary care + Hospitalist medicine
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: Focus on primary care in an underserved population
Sarah Goldhill
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Interests: Preventative medicine, wilderness medicine, sports medicine, primary care, acute medicine
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: Amazing program leadership, great teaching, lots of opportunities to learn how to be a good teacher and to explore all your interests, vibrant patient community, lovely co-residents!
Zerin Kashem
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Interests: Primary Care
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: The diversity among patients, clinical conditions, and residents.
Steffi Nainan
Saint James School of Medicine Anguilla
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Interests: Hospital medicine, Primary Care and Gastroenterology
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: I chose this program because of how genuine and personable everyone was. I loved that my program strives to deliver special learning experiences, exceptional 4x+2y block schedule and a strong continuity ambulatory curriculum, just to name a few. The vision of this program aligned with my own.
Krunal Patel
St. George's University School of Medicine
Hometown: Canton
Interests: Primary Care, Cardiology, Inpatient Medicine
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: You will receive a tremendous amount of support here!
Gyuhee (Kate) Seong
Kyunghee University
Hometown: South Korea
Interests: Primary care, research, healthcare innovation
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: This is an academic program with incredible support from the faculty, a forward-thinking curriculum, and a vast array of pathologies to learn from, not to mention living in the heart of Brooklyn!
Vedhapriya Srinivasan
Stanley Medical College
Hometown: Chennai
Interests: Patient-centered care, Cardiovascular health in women and preventive medicine.
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: This is a program with excellent outpatient medicine exposure along with strong inpatient training. We have amazing program leadership and faculty invested in residents careers and well being, diverse pathology and the opportunity to work with an underserved but vibrant community.
Bethany Syracuse
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Interests: Primary care and optimizing medical health care to the unique medical needs of the developmentally disabled community. Currently exploring the multiple avenues of internal medicine.
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: This program offers fantastic opportunities for continuity of care and education on how to best navigate medical systems in order to help the underserved. Furthermore, there is great diversity of patient pathology and presentation.
Phia Xiong
California Northstate University College of Medicine
Hometown: Fresno
Interests: Health inequities
Reason you chose Downstate PCIM: The program leadership and support provided by the residents, PD, ADP, and staff.
PGY 2
Mubarak Akadri
University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences
Marian Azer
St. George's University School of Medicine
Louis Costanzo
St. Matthew's University School of Medicine
Stella Fagbemi
Morehouse School of Medicine
Dina Jaber
St. George's University School of Medicine
Nader Jamaleddine
American University School of Medicine
Pedram Jouharian
St. George's University School of Medicine
Ian McCormick
St. George's University School of Medicine
Richard Meier, II
Ross University School of Medicine
Amara Shafi
Ross University School of Medicine
Vaibhavi Solanki
St. George's University School of Medicine
Brian Soto
St. George's University School of Medicine
PGY 3
Khaleda Akter
Saint James School of Medicine
Kwesi Blackman
Howard University College of Medicine
Felicia Canaday
Ross University School of Medicine
Ami Jani
American University School of Medicine
Yusra Qaiser
Saba University School of Medicine