Meet Our Residents
Fourth-Year Residents
Neyra Azimov, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: born in Baku, raised in Brooklyn
- Undergraduate: Brooklyn College
- Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine
In my spare time I like documentaries, plants, picnicking.
Giuseppe Carotenuto, MD
- Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
- Undergraduate: Columbia University
- Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
In my spare time I like to spend time with my kids, play soccer, and explore NYC.
Nitasha Dhiman, MD, MPH (DR/IR)
- Hometown: Albertson, NY
- Undergraduate: University of Rochester
- Masters: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Medical School: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Ryan Mitchell, MD
- Hometown: Naperville, IL
- Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
- Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to watch sporting events, concerts, and Broadway shows.
Jacienta Paily, MD
- Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, NY
- Undergraduate: New York University
- Medical School: University at Buffalo School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to watch documentaries, hike, and play with my son!
Ozair Rahman, MD
- Hometown: Chicago, IL
- Undergraduate: Dow Medical College (Pakistan)
- Medical School: Dow Medical College
In my spare time I like sports, movies, cooking, reading, and photography.
Elizabeth Yuan West, MD
- Hometown: Wayland, MA
- Undergraduate: Boston College
- Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
In my spare time I like to spend time with friends and family, try new restaurants, watch television.
Third-Year Residents
Caitlin Henry, MD
- Hometown: Kensington, Maryland
- Undergraduate: Tulane University
- Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to explore NYC! Also live music, workout classes and word games (Codenames, Scattergories).
Zenas Igbinoba, MD
- Hometown: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate: Rice University
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
In my spare time I like to cook, lift weights, and take photographs.
William Kim, MD
- Hometown: Fort Lee, NJ
- Undergraduate: Brown University
- Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Gabby Loeb, MD
- Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate: Princeton University
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Hanisha Patel, MD
- Hometown: Orlando, FL
- Undergraduate: University of Florida
- Medical School: University of Central Florida College of Medicine
In my spare time I like to eat my way through New York, enjoy rooftop views, play Settlers of Catan.
Shreya Patel, MD
- Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
- Undergraduate: University of Arizona
- Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Andrew Sideris, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: New York, NY
- Undergraduate: New York University
- Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to go rock climbing at Brooklyn Boulders, try new restaurants and bars around the city, and travel as often as possible.
Scott Widemon, MD
- Hometown: Asheville, NC
- Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
In my spare time I like to 1) travel; 2) bike; 3) try new beers; 4) eat sushi.
John Zech, MD
- Hometown: Urbana, IL
- Undergraduate: Harvard University
- Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
In my spare time I like to mess around running PyTorch code on GPUs, play with foster kittens, sample craft IPAs.
Second-Year Residents
John M. Filtes, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: Staten Island, NY
- Undergraduate: Rutgers University
- Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
In my spare time I like travel, sports, eating out.
Alana Fruauff, MD
- Hometown: Smithtown, Long Island, NY
- Undergraduate: Boston College
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
In my spare time I like to take photographs, paint, and draw; watch the Yankees; and stay active (hike, bike, snowboard).
Eleanor Kim, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: San Marino, CA
- Undergraduate: Brown University
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rouzbeh Mashayekhi, MD
- Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate: New York University
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to spend time with friends and family, explore the city, read fiction books.
Edwin Mathieu, MD
- Hollis, NY
- Undergraduate: Columbia University
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Zeeshan Toor, MD
- Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
- Undergraduate: University of Virginia
- Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
In my spare time I like basketball, cycling, lifting, video games, and Reddit.
Clement Tran (Vinh), MD
- Hometown: Torrance, CA
- Undergraduate: University of California
- Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
In my spare time I like basketball, guitar, cooking.
Hye Ryung Yang, MD
- Hometown: Suncheon, South Korea
- Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
- Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
In my spare time I like traveling, cooking, eating, karaoke, live music/concerts.
First-Year Residents
Laurent Dercle, MD, PhD
- Undergraduate: Paris Sud University Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus France
- Medical School: UFE de Medicine Kremlin-Bicatre
Phuong Duong, MD
- Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
In my spare time I like painting, trying out new restaurants, and playing with my cats.
Collin Edwards, MD
- Hometown: Orlando, FL
- Undergraduate: Princeton University
- Medical School: New York Medical College
In my spare time I like hiking, reading, running and traveling.
Alice Huang, MD
- Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland
- Undergraduate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Medical School: Albany Medical College
In my spare time, I like to spend time with family and friends, do yoga, and try new foods.
Connie Liou, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: Elk Grove Village, IL
- Undergraduate: Brown University
- Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
In my spare time I like playing violin, playing board games, cooking/baking, trying new restaurants, traveling.
Tina Roa, MD
- Hometown: New York, NY
- Undergraduate: New York University
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
In my spare time I like to travel, cook, watch baseball, spend time with loved ones.
Abin Sajan, MD (DR/IR)
- Hometown: Houston, Texas
- Undergraduate: City College Of New York
- Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
In my spare time I like cooking, playing squash, running.
Christopher Trepanier, MD
- Hometown: Ottowa, Canada
- Undergraduate: Wayne State University
- Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
In my spare time I like to try new restaurants, watch documentaries, go to live shows, snowboard.