Alumni

Griffin Hospital Alumni

Below is a list of some of our recent alumni and their positions following graduation.

2023

  • Veronica Balbuena Hurtado (IM)

Categorical – Griffin Hospital, CT

  • Pavan Kottamasu (IM)

Interventional Radiology – University of Rochester, NY

  • Muhammad Obaid Niaz (IM)

Categorical – Griffin Hospital, CT

  • FNU Satyjeet (IM)

Primary Care – GDCHC, CT

  • Brian Shim (IM)

Diagnostic Radiology – Norwalk Hospital, CT

  • Jackson Waldrip (IM)

Radiology – Hartford Hospital, CT

  • Ivanshi Godalia (IM)

Infectious Disease – UT Health Long School of Med. TX

  • Inshiya Dawoodi (IM)

Noctornist – Yale New Haven Health, CT

  • Anthony Awad (IM)

Hospitalist – Whiteplains Hospital, NY

  • Rosa Constantino (IM)
  • Douglas Palacios (IM)

Primary Care – UMASS, MA

  • Sovit Dahal(IM)

Nocturnist – Yale New Haven Health, CT

  • Angad Gill(IM)

Endocrin – Univeristy of Buffalo, NY

  • Genevieve Kela(IM)

Hospitalist – Griffin Hospital

  • Aditi Basnet (IM/PM)

Primary Care The Warren Alpert Medial School at Brown University, RI

  • Frank Kussaga (IM/PM)

Cardiology Hospitalist & Heart & Vascular Center – Dartmouth, NH

Instructor of Medicine – Giesel School of Medicine Dartmouth, NH

  • Omowumi Olarinmoye (IM/PM)

Primary Care – Hartford Healthcare, CT

  • Maureen Onuigbo (PM)
  • Alla Jusufi (IM)
  • Asima Mian (IM)

Chief Year – Griffin Hospital, CT

  • Rein Naylor (IM)

Geriatrics – University of Buffalo, NY

  • Levy Wallace (IM)

Primary Care – Montefiore, NY

  • Metri Haddaden (IM)

Pulm/Crit – University of Oklahoma, OK

  • Meshal Qaiser (IM)

Endocrin – Baylor College of Medicine, TX

2021

  • Aisha Khan (IM)

Chief Resident Griffin Hospital

  • Dariush Jahandideh (IM)

Hospitalist Boston

  • Kaiser Saleem (IM)

Multicare Group Tacoma

  • Kelley Donovan (IM)

PriMed /NEMG

  • Komaldeep Singh (IM)

Chief California

  • Pete Prashamsa Shenoy (IM)

Thomas Jefferson University

  • Pragat Bogra (IM)

Chief Resident Griffin Hospital

2020

  • Edwin Alexander ()

Medical Education Public Health

  • Eric Schwaber (IM)

Internal Medicine of Milford

  • Hanif Gilani (IM/PM)

Non- Governmental Organization

  • Kaylan Mucci (IM)
  • Krthika Srinivasan (IM/PM)

Infectious Disease Baylor Fellowship Immunocompromised Track

  • Mariam Farhan (IM)

Hospitalist St, Vincent Medical Center

  • Richie Xu (IM)

Geriatric Fellowship Mayo Clinic- Rochester

  • Sana Pathan (IM)

ECHN Group PCP

  • Swapna Anandan (IM)

Hospitalist Yale

  • Vivek Dhungana (IM/PM)

Hospitalist Yale New Haven North East Medical Group

2019

  • Ajantha Jesudasan (IM)

Hospitalist

  • Andrew Thorp (IM)

Fellowship Cardiology

  • Archana Khandelwal (IM)

Hospitalist

  • Arijeet Gattu (IM)

Fellowship Endocrinology

  • Jahnavi Kalidindi (IM)

Hospitalist

  • James Koola (IM/PM)

Hospitalist

  • Mehak Idrees (IM/PM)

Hospitalist

  • Shaileja Pamnani (IM/PM)

Hospitalist

  • Tulasi Annapureddy (IM)

Hospitalist

2018

  • Abhay Singh (IM/PM)

Fellowship Hem/Onc

  • Eni Smith (PM) ()

Fellowship, Addiction

  • Esmaeel Rahmani (IM)

Hospitalist

  • Faheem UlHaq (IM/PM)

Fellowship Cardiology

  • Khaula Khatlani (PM) ()

Fellowship, Occupational Medicine

  • Nida Ashraf (IM)

Fellowship, Infectious Diseases

  • Niloufarsadat Yarandi (IM)

Practice

  • Rachel Annam (IM/PM)

Primary Care

  • Reetuparna Bhattacharjee (IM)

Hospitalist

  • Sadia Saad (IM)

Primary Care

  • Salma Kamal (IM)

Hospitalist

  • Sotonte Ebenibo (IM/PM)

Hospitalist

2017

  • Faizan Syed, MD (IM)

Nephrology Fellowship at University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • Fatima Jalil, MD, MPH (IM/PM)

Hypertension and Vascular Disease Fellowship at UConn

  • Jahyeok Ihm, MD, MPH (IM/PM)

Academic Hospitalist at UCSF Fresno, California

  • Jaymin Patel, MD (IM)

Academic Hospitalist at Shends University of Florida, Gainsville

  • Kavitha Rajan, MD (IM)

Pursuing hospitalist position in Texas

  • Rodney Pattabhi, MD (IM)

Geriatrics Fellowship at Louisiana State University

  • Sameer Baig, MD (IM)

Hematology Fellowship at East Carolina University/Brody School of Medicine

  • Sapna Raghunathan, MD (IM)

Chief Resident at Montefiore Medical Center, New York

2016

  • Neha Solanky, MD (IM)

Chief Resident, Griffin Hospital

  • Parifar Rostami, MD (IM)

OB-GYN Fellowship

  • Anna Sharovetskaya, MD (IM)

IPC Health Care

  • Monica Reddy, MD (IM)

Chief Resident at Montefiore Hospital, NY

  • Sadaf Farasat, MD, MPH (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, Florida

  • Saeeda Qadri, MD (IM)

Geriatics Fellowship, UConn

  • Uzma Yousaf, MD (IM)

2015

  • Amal Paul (IM)

Hospitalist, Deaconess Hospital, IN

  • Ashan Malik (IM/PM)

PCP at Western Connecticut Medical Group

  • Bassam Tahir Chaudhry (IM/PM)

Family business in Canada

  • Ingrid Edshteyn (PM) ()

Associate Director at American College of Lifestyle Medicine

  • Jorge Perez (IM/PM)

Fellowship in International Medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center, TX

  • Lawrence Kwon (IM)

Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, NY

  • Sitalakshmi Roshan (IM)

Nocturnist, Griffin Hospital, Derby CT

  • Sudha Thiruvengadam (IM)

PCP, Franklin Medical Group

2014

  • Aaqib Malik (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY

  • Prakash Kandel (IM)

Nocturnist, Griffin Faculty Practice, Derby, CT

  • Pranav Barve (IM)

Primary Care Hemet &Menifee; Valley Medical Centers, CA

  • Sadia Gazi (IM)

Academic Hospitalist, Bridgeport Hospital, CT

  • Sangeetha Rajan (IM)

Primary Care, Griffin Facuty Practice, Derby, CT

  • Suchith Shetty (IM/PM)

Primary Care Practice , Shelton, CT

  • Yasir Akram (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, UMass Health System

2013

  • Catherine Kumaradhas, MD (IM)

Primary Care Practice – Fairfield, CT

  • Jaya Sugunaraj, MD (IM)

Hospitalist – Hartford Hospital

  • Nabeela Khan, DO (IM/PM)

ID Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine

  • Shilpa Bhardwaj, MD (IM/PM)

Academic Hospitalist

  • Victoria Costales, MD (IM/PM)

Global Health

  • Vidhya Rao, MD (IM)

Primary Care Practice – Trumbull, CT

  • Yauheni Solad, MD (IM)

Fellowship-Clinical&Biomedical; Informatics, Yale Univ School of Medicine

2012

  • Aftab, Unber (IM)

Chief Medical Resident/Junior Faculty, Griffin Hospital

  • Dhamija, Asha (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT

  • Kandavelou, Karthik (IM)

Hem-Onc Fellowship, Montefiore, NY

  • Koh, Yumi (IM/PM)

Primary Care, CHC, CT

  • Mahmood, Shamail (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, Washington State

  • Mahmoudi, Mandani (IM/PM)

Sleep Medicine Fellowship , Brighham, MA

  • Nedelcuta, Esther (IM)

Hospitalist, Bridgeport Hospital, CT

2011

  • Amezaga, Matxalen (IM)

Rheumatology Fellowship, Baylor, TX

  • Feringa, Harm (IM/PM)

Cardiology Fellowship, Yale University

  • Haq, Nowreen (IM/PM)

Academic Hospitalist/Faculty, Johns Hopkins University

  • Ilyas, Mahwish (IM)

Primary Care, CT

  • Patel, Jignesh (IM)

Hospitalist, NJ

  • Wei, Pius (IM)

Neurology, Dartmouth, NH

2010

  • Hoeksema, Laura (IM/PM)

Patient Safety Fellowship, VA Ann Arbor Michigan

  • Mercado, Rima (IM)

Hospitalist, South Carolina

  • Nebhwani, Neetu (IM)

Chief Resident-GH, presently Hospitalist Canada

  • Sharhrokni, Armin (IM/PM)

Geriatric Oncology Fellowship, UCLA California

  • Shetty, Shilpa (IM)

Hospitalist, Griffin Hospital

  • Wilson, Leigh (IM/PM)

Occupational Medicine Fellowship, Yale Univ School of Medicine

2009

  • Anderson, Caesar (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Hyperbaric Medicine, U Penn

  • Ardestani, Afrooz (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Nuclear Cardiology Research UCONN

  • Chhatriwala, Hatim (IM)

Private Practice , New Haven

  • Choudhary, Rabeea (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Geriatrics , Rush Univ

  • Dara, Lily (IM)

Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Univ of Southern CA

  • Singh, Kamal (IM)

Fellowship, Geriatrics Yale University

  • Thomas, Odette (IM)

Hospitalist, Georgia

2008

  • Cairo, Javier (IM/PM)

Fellowship Infectious Disease, MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Dutta, Suparna (IM/PM)

Asst Professor Medicine, Boston Medical Center

  • Gnanarj, Joseph (IM)

Assistant Program Director Griffin Hospital

  • Ionescu, Cosmin (IM)

Hospitalist, New Hampshire

  • Sokolik, Iryna (IM)

Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, Gaylord, CT

2007

  • Ali, Huma (IM/PM)

Hospitalist, Nevada

  • Hashmi, Shahrukh (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Heme/Onc, Univ of Rochester

  • Himmel, Andrej (IM)

Hospitalist, Washington State

  • Khorasani-Far, Hamid (IM)

Fellowship, Geriatrics Mayo Clinic

  • Khubchandani, Sapna (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Heme/onc, University of Buffalo NY

  • Singh, Gauri (IM)

Academic Hospitalist , Thomas Jefferson Univ,

  • Walczak, Marek (IM)

Private Practice , Texas

2006

  • Kunju, Aysha (IM)

Hospitalist, Baylor University

  • Nawaz, Hafsa (IM)

Private Practice

  • Ranasinghe, Padmini (IM/PM)

Asst. Professor IM, Johns Hopkins Univ

  • Sun, Albert (IM/PM)

Hospitalist St. Frances Hartford, CT presently – Endo fellow

2005

  • Adjei, Stephen (IM/PM)

Fellowship, Pulmonary Critcal Care

  • Buckner, Ayanna (IM/PM)

Preventive Medicine Faculty

  • Georgie, Suja (IM)

Private Practice Californi

  • Kochar, Sandeep (IM/PM)

Fellowship – Infectious Diseases, State University of New York Downstate

  • Marhatta, Asha (IM)

Fellowship, Occupational Medicine

  • Mousavi, Negareh (IM)

Fellowship, Cardiology Vancouver

  • Tsriogiannis, Vasiliky (IM)

Private Practice, Greece