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Internal Medicine Residency

Meet Our Faculty

Program Director

Dr. Hossain-JSUMCMohammad Amir Hossain, MD, PMC,M-MBA, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Associate Program Directors

Dana Tarnia MDDana Tarina, M.D., M-MBA
Interim Chair and Division Chief
Clerkship Director, St. George’s University
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Swapnil Patel MDSwapnil V. Patel, M.D., MHCM, FACP
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Jane H. Booker Family Health Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Mohamed Bakr MDMohamed Bakr, M.D., MBA, FACP
Vice President Hospital Medicine, East Region
Envision Physician Services
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Bhaveshkumar Garsondiya MDBhaveshkumar Garsondiya, M.D., FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hackensack Merician School of Medicine

Associate Program Director

Natasha CampbellMDNatasha Campbell M.D,,MSc, M-MBA
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Program Coordinator

Jessica Taylor

Assistant Coordinator

Patricia Ramirez

Core Internal Medicine Faculty

Medin Tafa MDMedin Tafa, M.D.
Director of Didactic and Core Faculty

Nitin Patel MDNitin Patel, M.D.
Family Medicine, Core Faculty

Shuvendu Sen MDShuvendu Sen, M.D., MSc, FACP, M-MBA
Vice Chair, Research and Academic Collaborations

Soma Mandel MDSoma Mandol, M.D.
Medical Director, Women's Health

Farah Deshmukh MDFarah Deshmukh M.D., MPH
Medical Director, Obesity Medicine Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Subspecialities

Cardiology

Brett Sealove, M.D.
Division Chief, Cardiology

Jesus Almendral, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Director

Core Faculty:

Jeffrey Selan, M.D.
Daniel Kiss, M.D.
Renato Apolito, M.D.
Riple Hansalia, M.D.
Matthew Schoenfeld, M.D.

Endocrinology

Jennifer Cheng, D.O.
Division Chief, Endocrinology
Endocrinology Fellowship Director

Soemiwati Holland, M.D.
 Endocrinology Fellowship Director

Core Faculty:

Raquel Ong, M.D.
Associate Fellowship Director

Krishna Chalasani, M.D.
Soemiwati Holland, M.D.
Katherine Hu, M.D.
Monika Akula, M.D.
Tasnuva Amin, M.D.
Francine Foo, M.D.

GI

Lee Peng, M.D.
GI Fellowship Director

Core Faculty

Kamal Amer, M.D.
Oleg Shulik, M.D.
Douglas Weinstein, M.D.
Byron Okwesili, M.D.
Jonathan Mendoza, M.D.
Ammar Qureshi, M.D.
Sara Samad, M.D.
Vikas Taneja, M.D.

Hematology Oncology

Michael Levitt, M.D.
Division Chief, Hematology Oncology
Hematology Oncology Fellowship Director

Core Faculty:

Madhurima Anne, M.D.
David Greenberg, M.D.
Peter Mencel, M.D.
Ruchi Bhatt, M.D.
Joshua Bramson, M.D.

Hospitalist Medicine

Mohammad Bakr, M.D., MBA

Core Faculty:

Sameh Girgis, M.D.

Infectious Disease

Anna Kufelnicka, M.D.
Division Chief, Infectious Disease

Core Faculty:

Nancy Gornish, M.D.
Lito Fune, M.D.
Alex Lazo Vasquez, M.D.
Jeremy Levin, M.D.

Nephrology

Sushil Mehandru, M.D.
Division Chief, Nephrology

Avais Masud, M.D.
Nephrology Fellowship Director

Core Faculty:

Mayurkumar Patel, M.D.

Pulmonary/Critical Care

Eric Costanzo, D.O.
Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Director

Core Faculty:

Ahmad Abu Homoud, M.D.
Noor Salam, M.D.
Matthew Frank, M.D.
Mohammed Elsawaf, M.D.

Rheumatology

Xiaoyin Tang, M.D.
Division Chief, Rheumatology

Core Faculty:

Deborah Alpert, M.D, Ph.D.
Halyna Kuzyshyn, M.D.