Follow Capital Health Internal Medicine Residency Program on social media!
December 2024
The results of the NRMP Fellowship match have recently been announced and the Program would like to congratulate the following residents on their fellowship matches! Click here for more information on where everyone has matched.
Class of 2025:
Alaa Aldookhi, MD
Knkush Hakobyan, MD
Ahmed Hassan, MD
Omar Jumaah, MD
Irene Pokuaa, MD
Syeda Rizvi, MD
Blaine Taffesse, MD
Prior Grads:
Fatemeh Abbasi, MD
Deep Mehta, MD
Maria Mironova, MD
Aleena Nazeef, MD
Muhammet Ozer, MD
October 2024
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their ABIM Board Certification! We proudly share our three year board pass rate of 97%!
Congratulations to:
Ali Abdulsahib, MD
Tesfaye Admasu, MD
Doaa Ali, MD
Ghassan Al-Qaysi, MD
Hassan Bin Arshad, MD
Kudret Arslan, MD
Gozde Cain, MD
Sindhu Chadalawada, MD
Abbas Cheema, MD
Kateryna Chepenko, MD
Adedeji Cole, MD
Damaris Figueroa, MD
Ahmed Ghazy, MD
Rija Gul, MD
Tigran Kakhktsyan, MD
Mina Kamel, MD
Amna Kamran, MD
Deep Mehta, MD
Narine Misakyan, MD
Nazia Nawreen, MD
Karan Pahuja, MD
Halyna Pylypiv, MD
Ruofeng Qiu, MD
Jyoti Saroya, MD
Gelareh Wintermyer, MD
March 2024
We are proud to announce that our program filled in the NRMP Match this year. We have 20 incoming PGY1s from a total of 10 different countries – yet another class of highly diverse and experienced individuals!
Congratulations and welcome to our incoming Class of 2027:
Marwa Abuelezz, MD
Atif Babker, MD
Salwa Gasmelseed, MD
Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh, MD
Javier Gonzalez Oconor, MD
Mehrnoush Hassas Yeganeh, MD
Arooba Malik, MD
Nadezhda Omelchenko, MD
Seyed Reza Rafieossadat, MD
Alsu Ramazanova, MD
Sheila Mary Ramos, MD
Nasim Salimiaghdam, MD
Nikita Sangroula, MD
Serhii Shabalin, MD
Daniel Shostak, MD
Trina Jade Tobias, MD
Nikita Waiba, MD
Yadan Wang, MD
Aya Yaseen, MD
Sara Yassin, MD
November 2023
The results of the NRMP Fellowship match have recently been announced, and the program would like to congratulate the following residents on their fellowship matches! Click here for more information on where everyone has matched.
Ali Abdulsahib, MD
Ghassan Al-Qaysi, MD
Kudret Arslan, MD
Gozde Cain, MD
Sindhu Chadalawada, MD
Kateryna Chepenko, MD
Tehreem Fatima, MD
Rija Gul, MD
Mina Kamel, MD
Amna Kamran, MD
Karan Pahuja, MD
Seyedahferyal Mousavi, MD
Jyoti Saroya, MD
Olga Tarasova, MD
Gelareh Wintermyer, MD
October 2023
We would like to congratulate all of our 2023 graduates who recently passed the boards! We are thrilled to announce that we had a 100% pass rate this year, bringing our three year rolling ABIM pass rate to 98%.
Congratulations to:
Osamah Abdulhussein, MD
Madhav Acharya, MD
Nader Amini, MD
Hafsa Anwar, MD
Cristine Arcilla, MD
Ahmed Aziz, MD
Dhay Bahadli, MD
Rodolfo Balderas, MD
Fariba Basali, MD
George Bchech, MD
Muhammad Haq, MD
Syed Hasan, MD
Alex Hashemi, MD
Mohamed Hassan, MD
Tanya Ibrahim, MD
Hery Mejia, MD
Feryal Mousavi, MD
Muhammad Naeem, MD
Aleena Nazeef, MD
Ifeyinwa Norbert, MD
Maksym Palii, MD
Amy Pulikeyil, MD
FNU Rafaqat, MD
Ruth Ramon, MD
Maleeha Saleem, MD
Damira Sereda, MD
Temesgen Shibre, MD
Esad Ulker, MD
Natale Wasef, MD
Daoyu Yang, MD
March 2023
We are proud to announce that our program filled in the NRMP Match this year. We have 25 incoming PGY1s from a total of 16 different countries – yet another class of highly diverse and experienced individuals!
Congratulations and welcome to our incoming Class of 2026:
Ahmad Abdelrehim, MD
Mahmoud Abdelwahab, MD
Muhanad Abood, MD
Malik Abubakar, MD
Manish Adhikari, MD
Ahmed Almagazzachi, MD
Rafael Amoro, MD
Lucinda Dass, MD
Abdullah Demirkaya, MD
Nejla Findik Kaya, MD
Bushra Ghafoor, MD
Hafsah Ijaz, MD
Ainanshe Jama, MD
Ameer Makki, MD
Daily Mozo Soler, MD
Ahmed Mustafa, MD
Veronica Muyolema-Arce, MD
Anastasiia Polianovskaia, MD
Sana Rafique, MD
Ramza Rukia, MD
Gohar Saeed, MD
Wanda Saleh, MD
Rabeea Shafiq, MD
Manbir Singh, MD
Andres Vazquez, MD
March 2022
We are proud to announce that our program filled in the NRMP Match this year. We have 20 incoming PGY1s from a total of 14 different countries – yet another class of highly diverse and experienced individuals!
Congratulations and welcome to our incoming Class of 2025:
Talar Acob, MD
Alaa Aldookhi, MD
Mesrop Aleksanyan, MD
Arslan Cheema, MD
Rolando Cruz Ferrer, MD
Knkush Hakobyan, MD
Ahmed Hassan, MD
Omar Jumaah, MD
Salman Kananeh, MD
Hajra Nadeem, MD
Nidhiben Patel, MD
Irene Pokuaa, MD
Syeda Rizvi, MD
Andreas Ruppel, MD
Farnaz Sadr, MD
Juan Sosa Urrea, MD
Ulviyya Turabova, MD
Valeria Turcan, MD
Claudia Villa Celi, MD
Maria Zahid Yusuf, MD
December 2021
The results of the NRMP Fellowship match for July 2022 have been announced. The Program would like to congratulate the following residents on their fellowship matches!
Namrata Jannareddy, MD, PGY3 will be pursuing an Endocrinology fellowship at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Maria Mironova, MD, PGY3 will be joining the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland for a Liver Disease fellowship.
Monica Santos, MD, PGY3 will be joining a Hospital Medicine fellowship at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, New York.
Asieh Takalloo, MD, PGY3 will be pursuing an Endocrinology fellowship at Howard University in Washington, DC.
Fatemeh Abbasi, MD, Chief Resident/Junior Faculty (Class of 2021) matched to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship.
October 2021
The Internal Medicine Residency Program would like to congratulate our class of 2021 on their 100% ABIM Board pass rate! We could not be more proud of our graduates and all they have accomplished!
In addition to this fantastic news, we would like to congratulate our Program Director, Dr. Saba Hasan, for being inducted as a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP). This level of accomplishment is shared by few internal medicine specialists and Dr. Hasan is the only member of the Capital Health Medical Group medical staff to have received this recognition.
Masterships are awarded to highly accomplished Fellows of the American College of Physicians who demonstrate “integrity, position of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” As the guiding force of our program since 2008, Dr. Hasan helps residents achieve their full potential as physician leaders of tomorrow.
In our humble opinion, there is no other person more worthy of receiving this prestigious honor. Congratulations once again, Dr. Hasan! We are beyond proud to have you as our leader and Director!
June 2021
The Internal Medicine Residency Program would like to welcome and congratulate its class of 2024 and incoming PGY2 (class of 2023)!
Additionally, we bid farewell to our class of 2021 and wish them luck (and study time!) in their new careers. Looking forward to another year of 100% ABIM pass rate!
April 2021
We are proud to announce that our program filled in the NRMP Match this year. We have 20 incoming PGY1s and one incoming PGY2 from a total of 14 different countries – this may be our most diverse group of trainees yet!
Congratulations and welcome to our incoming class of 2024:
Ali Abdulsahib, MD
Mohammad Abu-Abaa, MD
Amani Al-Hazaymeh, MD
Doaa Ali, MD
Hassaan Bin Arshad, MD
Kudret Arslan, MD
Gozde Cain, MD
Sindhu Chadalawada, MD
Kateryna Chepenko, MD
Adedeji Cole, MD
Ghassan Dawood, MD
Damaris Figueroa, MD
Ahmed Gana, MD
Gilareh Hedayati Emam, MD
Tigran Kakhktsyan, MD
Mina Kamel, MD
Aliaa Mousa, MD
Nazia Nawreen, MD
Halyna Pylypiv, MD
Ruofeng Qiu, MD
Last but not least, our incoming PGY2, class of 2023:
Damira Karibayeva, MD
Abstract Acceptances
Despite the pandemic, we have had several abstract submissions and acceptances to regional and national scholarly meetings. Congratulations to all residents that have had abstract acceptances and publications this year!
ACP National 2021
- PGY3 Dr. Kaniz Zehra Abbas
- EKOS Method of CDS an Effective Treatment of Submassive PE when Thrombolysis and Systemic Anticoagulation Fails
- PGY3 Dr. Brian Ebo
- A Not-So-Benign Breast Lesion and Pancytopenia
- PGY3 Dr. Khalil Fayad
- Pericardial Effusion as a Rare Presentation of Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- PGY3 Dr. Ali Shahverdiani
- Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Decline in Symptomatic vs. Asymptomatic Hospital Staff
- PGY2 Dr. Zulfiya Manning
- C3 Mediated Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis Triggered by MGRS
- PGY2 Dr. Asieh Takalloo
- Insulin Pumps: Life Savers but in Appropriate Circumstances
ACC 2021
- PGY3 Dr. Mohammed Mahdi
- Aortic Root Abscess Masquerades as a Tricuspid Valve Vegetation in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis
CHEST Annual Meeting 2020
- PGY3 Dr. Fatemeh Abbasi
- Localized Pulmonary Edema Mimicking Pneumonia
ACG 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course
- PGY3 Dr. Ali Shahverdiani
- A Rare Case of Isolated Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Pemphigus Vulgaris
- PGY2 Dr. Maria Mironova
- Tuberculous Pericardial Tamponade in the Patient with Crohn’s Disease Treated with Adalimumab
- A Case of Pemphigus Vulgaris: When Dysphagia and Odynophagia Matter
SHM 2021
- PGY2 Dr. Sarah Elsayed
- Alcohol Induced Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Polymyositis as a Rare Musculoskeletal Manifestation of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
ATS 2021
- PGY2 Dr. Irina Gutierrez
- Unsuspected Foreign Body Mimicking Lung Cancer
DDW 2021
- PGY2 Dr. Maria Mironova
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation May Reduce the Mortality of Patients with Severe and Fulminant Clostridioides Difficile Infection Compared to Standard of Care Antibiotics in a Community Hospital
DMR Research Journal
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: Further Defining the Role of Nanoliposomal Irinotecan in Pancreatic Cancer
Cancers Journal
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: Distinct Clinical Characteristics in Young-Onset Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
American Journal of Clinical Oncology
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: Racial Disparities in Time to Treatment Initiation and Outcomes for Early Stage Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Hidawi
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: Postpartum-Onset Moyamoya Disease: A Rare Cause of Stroke in Unexpected
ACPNJ 2021
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Massive Biventricular Thrombi Complicating New-Onset Heart Failure in a Patient With Suspected COVID-19
- Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in a Patient Receiving Anti-PD-1 Inhibitor For Melanoma
Journal of Experimental Animals
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- PubMed 33239495: Protective effects of taxifolin on pazopanib-induced liver toxicity: an experimental rat model
Cancers MDPI
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- PubMed 33076486: Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Survival Characteristics in Non-Pancreatic Gastrointestinal Tract Neuroendocrine Tumors
The Obesity Society
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- PubMed 33491315: The Metabolic Equivalent BMI in Patients with Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (FPLD) Compared with Those with Severe Obesity
Cureus Journal
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: Assessment of Prognostic Factors and Adjuvant Treatment Modalities in Adult Head and Neck Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patients Treated With Upfront Surgery
2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcome of Stave IV Pancreatic Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Publication: The Pattern of Brain Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer: Efficacy of Metastasectomy, Chemotherapy
International Gynecologic Cancer 2020 Meeting
- PGY2 Dr. Muhammet Ozer
- Impact of a Laparoscopic Triage Program for Advanced Ovarian Cancer on Surgical Outcomes, disease-free Survival, and Overall Survival
SGIM 2021
- PGY2 Dr. Deepika Suleria
- Apathetic Hyperthyroidism Presenting with Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis (TPP)
- Associate Program Director Dr. Ekaterina Vypritskaya
- Teaching and Learning from Our Neighbors
February 2021
2021 Fellowship Updates
Albana Harizaj MD, Class of 2020 & Chief Medical Resident/Junior Faculty matched to an Allergy & Immunology Fellowship at the University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.
Rabeea Nazir MD, Class of 2020 & Core Faculty of the Program matched to a Rheumatology Fellowship program at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT.
Vineel Bezawada MD, PGY3 matched to a Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, NV.
Dennis Hogan MD, PGY3 matched to an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ.
2020 Fellowship Updates
Babak Jamasian MD, Class of 2020 matched to a Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship at UCSF in San Francisco, CA.
Neveen Mostafa MD, Class of 2020 matched to a Geriatrics Fellowship program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX.
Congratulations to Capital Health Internal Medicine Residents and Graduates!
Last but certainly not least, a huge congratulations to our Class of 2020 for their 100% Board Pass Rate!
December 2019
The results of the NRMP Fellowship match for July 2020 have been announced.
Capital Health’s Internal Medicine Residency is proud to announce the following matches:
Rayan Najjar MD, PGY3 has matched in the Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Najjar will be in the 3-year Physician/Scientist pathway designed for physicians who desire a career in Academic medicine with a focus on research.
George Zarkua MD, PGY3 will be joining the Infectious Disease Fellowship program at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. Established in 1979, this Fellowship accepts up to two Fellows per year into this 2-year program.
Kristina Zarkua MD, Chief Resident/Junior Faculty at Capital Health (Class of 2019) matched to the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia in Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Zarkua will be one of four Fellows in this challenging program which prepares Fellows for both Hematology and Oncology Board Certification.
Jawad Malik MD, Class of 2018, will be a Nephrology Fellow at the University of Maryland in Baltimore Maryland. A June 2018 graduate of Capital Health Internal Medicine Residency, Dr. Malik is currently a hospitalist at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The University of Maryland Organ Transplant Program is one of the largest programs in the United States.
Congratulations to Capital Health Internal Medicine Residents!