Congratulations to our 2025 Graduating Residents and Fellows!

The Department of Radiology honored this year's graduating class of radiology trainees on June 9, 2025, at The Ellington in Manhattan. The graduating class was made up of six diagnostic radiology residents, two interventional radiology integrated residents, two medical physics residents, and 14 fellows. Graduating diagnostic radiology residents successfully completed the four-year diagnostic radiology residency and will all go on to fellowship training. Two additional residents who trained with the class of 2025 are part of the the five-year Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency Program and will complete one more year of training at Columbia.  

In opening remarks, department chair Ajay Gupta, MD, MS, congratulated the residents on their leadership and outstanding work over the past four years. (photos by Diane Bondareff)

Radiology residency class of 2025. Left to right: Christopher Trepanier, MD; Abin Sajan, MD; Phuong Duong, MD; Alice Huang, MD; Connie Liou, MD; Collin Edwards, MD; Laurent Dercle, MD, PhD.

Diagnostic Radiology Residency program director Jasnit Makkar, MD, congratulates the graduating class of 2025.

Graduating interventional radiology residents and fellows. Left to right: IR Integrated Residency program director Stephen Reis, MD; John Filtes, MD; Eleanor Kim, MD; Gbenga Adeyeye, DO; associate program director Sidney Brejt, MD.

Department chair Ajay Gupta, MD, MS, congratulates Columbia Radiology's graduating trainees.

Chief resident acknowledgements. Left to right: Collin Edwards, MD (chief); Connie Liou, MD (chief); Milana Flusberg, MD (assoc. program director); Jasnit Makkar, MD (program director); Sidney Brejt, MD (assoc. program director)

Graduating physics residents Xiao "Arianna" Tan, MS (left) and Meng-Jou "Serena" Wu, MS (right).

Abdominal Imaging Fellowship graduating trainees, left to right: Lyndon Luk, MD (program director); Ali Khader, MBBS; Peter Jang, MD; Don Goldstein, MD; Catherine Wang, MD.

Neuroradiology graduating trainees: Mohammad Chaudhry, MBBS; Gagandeep Singh, MD (faculty); Panagiotis Sideras, MD, PhD (program director); Michael Jin, MD; Linda Li, MD.

Community Engagement Award recipient Zaid Bilgrami, MD (center) with Associate Chair of Community Engagement Ernst Garçon, MD, and Associate Chair of Diversity and Inclusion, Melanie Moses, MD.

Graduating cardiothoracic fellow Samvel Gharibyan, MD (left) and fellowship director Jay Leb, MD.

Left to right: Sean Whalen, MD (nuclear medicine fellow); Mark Francescone, MD (faculty); Harleen Kaur, MD (nuclear medicine fellow); Mikhail Doubrovin, MD (fellowship director); Lionel Zuckier, MD (faculty).

Excellence in Medical Student Education Award recipients Phuong Duong, MD (left) and Abin Sajan, MD (center), with Director of Medical Student Education, Pallavi Utukuri, MD.

Graduating Diagnostic Radiology Residents

• Collin Edwards, MD
• Laurent Dercle, MD, PhD
• Phuong Duong, MD
• Alice Huang, MD
• Tina Roa, MD
• Christopher Trepanaier, MD

Graduating Interventional Radiology Integrated Residents

• John Filtes, MD
• Eleanor Kim, MD

Special Recognition to Interventional Radiology-Integrated Residents

• Abin Sajan, MD
• Connie Liou, MD

Chief Resident Certificate

• Collin Edwards, MD
• Connie Liou, MD

Graduating Medical Physics Residents 

• Xiao “Arianna” Tan, MS
• Meng-Jou “Serena” Wu, MS

Fellows Certificate Presentations

• Ali Khader, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Catherine Wang, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Don Goldstein, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Peter Jang, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Gbenga Adeyeye, DO - Interventional Radiology Independent
• Janki Patel, MD - Breast Imaging
• Samvel Gharibyan, MD - Cardiothoracic Imaging
• Mohammad Chaudhry, MBBS - Neuroradiology
• Michael Jin, MD - Neuroradiology
• Hong “Linda” Li, MD - Neuroradiology
• Juan Pablo Garcia Camargo, MD - Neuroradiology
• Harleen Kaur, MD - Nuclear Medicine
• Sean Whalen, MD - Nuclear Medicine
• Mohammad El-Sibai, MD - Pediatric Radiology

Special Awards

• Community Engagement Award: Zaid Bilgrami, MD
• Excellence in Medical Student Education: Phuong Duong, MD and Abin Sajan, MD

Certificates of Appreciation 

• Faculty Mentor of the Year: Dr. Stephen Reis
• Faculty Teacher of the Year: Dr. John Zech
• Fellow Teacher of the Year: Dr. Linda Li
• Lecturer of the Year: Dr. Nahill Matari
• Resident Teacher of the Year: Dr. Amanda Felsen
• Nurse of the Year: Jessica Smith, RN
• Reading Room Assistant of the Year: Alexandra Diaz
• Tech/Assistant of the Year: Yocheved ‘YoYo’ Peikes