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A Message from Program Director


Dear Future Pediatrician,

Cheers for your interest in the Pediatric Residency Program at Westchester Medical Centre at the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital (MFCH). We hope the information located here will farther your interest in our program by conveying its many strengths.

Our program's mission is to produce outstanding pediatricians, who are ready to excel in both general and subspecialty pediatrics. To achieve this, we create an educationally innovative, inclusive and supportive environment and foster camaraderie and teamwork amid our physicians. Our residents receive an infrequent education in all areas of pediatrics and they learn the practical skills needed to care for children with a vast range of illnesses.

Our location in New York's Hudson Valley grants us unparalleled population density and diversity. MFCH is the master referral eye of the Hudson Valley, the 150-mile region betwixt New York City and Albany; this ensures that our residents manage childhood illnesses that range from mutual, to rare, to previously undescribed. Year afterwards twelvemonth our residents express enthusiasm most the diversity of our cases and the educational opportunities provided by the latitude of pathologies nosotros come across. Our authoritative leadership and extensive teaching kinesthesia strive to maximize the educational opportunities offered by our various patient population. We pride ourselves on our program'due south supportive, inclusive culture that values advocacy and joy in our work.

MFCH provides a state-of-the-art surround for our clinical, educational, and enquiry activities. MFCH is a full-service children'south infirmary with consummate pediatric subspecialty representation. Designed with the condolement of both families and caregivers in listen, MFCH features on-call suites for our residents and numerous conference areas.

The first children's hospital named after a child, MFCH has set up the standard for a comforting and stimulating healing surroundings for ill children and their families. We offering private rooms for every patient with sleeping space for parents, family unit housing at our on-site Ronald McDonald house, a behemothic aquarium, an interactive estimator lab, the world'south largest dollhouse, a baseball museum, and a wheelchair-accessible miniature golf course.

Our program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. We strictly detect both New York State and Residency Review Committee regulations regarding resident piece of work hours and supervision.

We are proud of our program and its graduates, and we await forward to introducing them to you.

Sincerely,

Matthew J. Kapklein, Physician, MPH
Program Director

Caroline Moon, Medico, MTS
Associate Program Director

Sonia Solomon, Do
Associate Program Director

To acquire more than about our plan, experience free join us for an informal open up house console give-and-take on Wednesday, September thirty at 8 p.m. ET on Zoom (477.318.5601).


Program Overview and Curriculum

Resident Education

Our program is committed to resident education with protected educational time for daily morn report, noon time cadre briefing and weekly resident-led continuity dispensary conference. In the by these educational sessions take been in person, just in calorie-free of current events, morning time reports and noon conferences have been transitioned to online sessions via Zoom.

Our pediatric residency program Zoom ID is 477-318-5601. Feel free to popular in simply most every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00-9:00 ET (morning written report) and every weekday 12:00-1:00 ET (core conference) and 1:00-1:thirty ET (clinic conference) to get a glimpse of our daily education and resident life!

Morning time Report/Clinical Reasoning Conference (CRC)

During Morn Written report/CRC, select patient cases are presented by residents to their peers and selected faculty. Emphasis is placed on clinical diagnostic reasoning and decision making while discussing differential diagnosis.

Noon Conference

Noon conference consists of a boards-based curriculum that is supplemented by a variety of educational topics in all pediatric subspecialty areas including: wellness sessions, periodical club, resident-as-teacher presentations, pediatric lath review sessions, emergency medicine skills workshops, and monthly house staff meetings.

Continuity Clinic Conference

Every week, residents hash out topics from the Yale Chief Care Pediatrics Curriculum, which covers a wide range of topics relevant to primary pediatric care, including; diet, developmental milestones, vaccine schedules, breastfeeding versus formula feeding, and anticipatory guidance.

Grand Rounds

Grand rounds occur every Wednesday from 8:00 - ix:00 and are open up to all faculty, residents, and medical students. Here, faculty and residents, as well as guest lecturers, present a diversity of pertinent pediatric topics.

Board Review

In addition to our daily morning time report/CRC and apex conference, residents are given an almanac subscription to TrueLearn Question Bank for board prep and the Yale Main Care Pediatrics Curriculum for the weekly lectures in continuity clinic. During the bound of third year, senior residents participate in a board review boot military camp in preparation for their upcoming boards.

Simulations

We take regularly scheduled mock codes and monthly Emergency Department simulations, or "sims," with our PICU and PEM attendings. Imitation resuscitations are also oftentimes held in our NICU. Additionally, nosotros hold PICU boot camps, 4 simulations, and suture workshops that are oftentimes provided throughout the year for our residents.

Mentorship

Each resident is paired with a career mentor in their desired field, based on their expanse of interest. This is an opportunity that allows residents to get career guidance for the field of their choice. Research mentors are also assigned to residents in their PL-1 year; these faculty help residents find project mentors and assist develop their ideas into workable original research and quality improvement projects.

Research/Quality Improvement

Each resident is required to participate in and complete a scholarly projection during their preparation. They are gratuitous to choose their own topic in an area such as quality comeback (QI), prospective studies, or basic science research. At that place are ample opportunities for research and our residents are involved in many projects. Residents are besides able to take dedicated four-week research electives in their second or third years. Some of the about popular departments for research are PICU, NICU, pulmonology, and hematology/oncology. Additionally, PGY-ii residents spend two weeks on a Quality Improvement (QI) rotation where they work on active QI projects.

Examples of recent resident scholarly project presentations include:

  • Impact of an Adolescent and Young Developed (AYA) oncology program
  • Effects of implementing a clinical pathway for customs-acquired pneumonia
  • Incidence of intention to breastfeed amidst marijuana-using new mothers
  • Association of mode of delivery with maternal use of marijuana products
  • Effect of sexual activity on glomerular filtration rate in a programmed rat model
  • Lifestyle characteristics of parental electronic cigarette users
  • Implementation of Clinical Care Pathway Reduces Measles Exposures During Outbreak in New York
  • Improving Utilization and Determining Efficacy of the Participation Evaluation in Patients 12-18 Years old During Annual Bank check-ups

Rotation Blocks

Each rotation block consists of a four-week rotation. All inpatient rotations occur at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. Over the grade of iii years, pediatric residents are exposed to a variety of pediatric cases, ranging from the typical "breadstuff and butter" to the highly subspecialty-based and circuitous.

Inpatient Floor Rotation

Each of our 3 inpatient teams consist of 4-5 PL1 junior residents, 2-three PL2/iii senior residents, and variable numbers of medical students.

For the two larger teams (Rainbows and Ladders) with five juniors and 3 seniors, the teams are split into two "hemi-teams" for family-centered rounds. On all teams, PL1 residents typically take principal responsibility for anywhere from five to nine patients. Family-centered rounds are conducted on every squad, every day.

  • Rainbows (general pediatrics): Our pediatric hospitalists supervise the general pediatrics team, where our residents care for a broad variety of weather; ranging from common to complex full general pediatrics problems.
  • Ladders (subspecialty): Patients admitted to other subspecialty services are cared for by the residents on the Ladders team. Our largest subspecialty inpatient services are Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Neurology, and Boyish.
  • Stars (hematology/oncology):  Our smallest inpatient squad (four juniors, 2 seniors) covers the hematology/oncology service, which includes bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients.

There are no patient caps for whatsoever of the inpatient teams, as Maria Fareri Children's Hospital accepts all patients who asking our care, and nosotros believe all patients deserve to exist on a instruction service. At times of high census, all caregivers (faculty, fellows and others) pitch in to ensure that our patients receive the best quality intendance, while making sure our residents get the balance they need.

24-hr telephone call instead of night shifts? Yikes! Don't let it scare you -- our residents love it and volition love telling you why.

Pediatric Emergency Department

Our dedicated pediatric emergency department is a level 1 pediatric trauma heart staffed and supervised past lath-certified pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) attendings with 24/7 coverage. Our robust emergency section is always busy and provides first-class exposure to a diverseness of pathology, as well as easily-on exposure to a variety of procedures. There are no Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) fellows, allowing residents to have high levels of autonomy in our loftier vigil ED.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Rotations in the xviii-bed Level I medical/surgical PICU occur in the second and tertiary years. In that location, residents take primary responsibility for critically ill children with a variety of weather, including trauma, burns, and post-operative cardiac surgery. There are no PICU fellows, assuasive residents to have loftier levels of autonomy in our high acuity PICU.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Residents rotate in our 50-bed Level Iv NICU yearly, starting in the start year, where they care for neonates with a broad variety of conditions. Resident teams typically consist of ii interns, ane PL-two, and one PL-3 who are supervised past a NICU beau and NICU attending. Residents typically care for 8-x patients during their NICU rotation.

Nursery

First twelvemonth residents spend four weeks in the nursery at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, taking intendance of healthy newborns, giving anticipatory guidance, and guiding parents after the birth of their child.

Elective Rotations

We offer the full complement of core pediatric subspecialty rotations (Cardiology, Pulmonology, GI, Nephrology, ID, etc) all of which are done in house at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. In addition, each resident has several blocks in which they accept the opportunity to determine their own curricula, including creating their own electives. Past electives have included ultrasound, transport, hospitalist, urgent care, and research.

Continuity Clinic

Residents are allocated one half-day a week at one of nine clinic sites. These sites are located anywhere from five to 30 minutes away from the primary hospital campus. Dispensary sites range from hospital-based clinics, to customs-based health centers, to private practices. The wide range of clinics offered allows residents to choose which blazon of outpatient pediatric clinic they would prefer. Additionally, all residents rotate through our hospital-based clinic.

Schedule by Year

PL1 Year

The PL1 year is inpatient-heavy, with half the twelvemonth spent on one our three inpatient teams – Rainbows (general pediatrics), Ladders (mixed subspecialty), and Stars (hematology/oncology) – each in equal measure. Call is every fourth or every 5th night. The balance of the year includes one month each of NICU, ED, Well-Baby Nursery, Boyish Medicine and Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, too as a rotation devoted to improving residents' procedural and testify-based medicine skills.

During the non-inpatient rotations, the only in-infirmary responsibilities are cross-coverage of the ED on weekends, normally two out of the four weeks.

PL2 Year

In PL2 year our residents have on supervisory responsibilities for their PL1 colleagues, and also spend time exploring subspecialty interests and other individualized rotations. All PL2s spend two to three months every bit inpatient team leader (over again divide among the three teams), plus 2 weeks of Quality Improvement, and one calendar month each of NICU, ED, PICU, Community Pediatrics and Advocacy, and half a month at our on-campus Child Advocacy Center, the regional referral middle for evaluation of non-accidental injuries and sexual trauma in children.

The remaining fourth dimension is spent on subspecialty rotations of the resident'due south option (three months), plus two individual blocks, where residents may design their ain rotations or choose from among other well-established ones; some popular choices include Research, Resident-every bit-Instructor, Lactation, and additional supervisory feel in the Well-Baby Nursery. Call on inpatient rotations ranges from every fourth (inpatient team supervisor) to every sixth (PICU) night.

During non-inpatient rotations, call responsibilities consist either of ED cross-coverage (as above) or cantankerous-coverage of one of the inpatient teams -- usually iii to four calls during each month.

PL3 Year

Supervisory responsibilities expand in the PL3 year to include the intensive care units: a full of four months are spent supervising junior residents on the three inpatient teams as well as the PICU. An boosted ii weeks to 1 month is spent in the NICU. Telephone call on these rotations is every fourth night. The only other required rotations is one month of ED.

The remaining time is divided between elective subspecialties and individual rotations – 3 months of each. Most PL3 residents spend their private rotations preparing for their planned careers: a resident planning a career in outpatient general pediatrics may spend a month at a clinic or private practise, a resident planning a career in emergency medicine may spend a calendar month doing ultrasounds, a resident planning a career as a hospitalist may spend a month as a "pretending" (or "practice attending") hospitalist on the general pediatrics inpatient team, and and then on. Residents who feel they demand the time may as well spend an individual calendar month preparing for their pediatric board certification exam.

During not-inpatient rotations, call responsibilities consist either of ED cross-coverage (as above) or cross-coverage of one of the inpatient teams, and now also includes PICU coverage -- usually 3 to four calls during each month.

Plus

Residents nourish their continuity dispensary weekly throughout their grooming. All residents too have one call-free cake; most residents use information technology during their PL3 year – this is a good time to exercise international rotations or rotations at other institutions if they wish. Many residents in the past have done abroad rotations at private offices, global health locations, and specialized departments at other hospitals. Additionally, all residents get at least 5 individualized blocks during PL-ii and PL-3 where they choose elective rotations that pertain to their own specific career goals.

PL1

PL2

PL3

Inpatient Pediatrics

General Pediatrics

8 weeks

Hematology/Oncology

viii-10 weeks

Mixed Subspecialty

eight-x weeks

Inpatient Team Leader

10 weeks

ten weeks

Well-baby Nursery

4 weeks

Disquisitional Care

PICU

4 weeks

6 weeks

NICU

iv weeks

four weeks

ii weeks

Acute Care

Emergency Department

4 weeks

iv weeks

4 weeks

Subspecialty

Adolescent Medicine

iv weeks

Developmental

4 weeks

Subspecialty Elective

12 weeks

12 weeks

Additional Experiences

Community Pediatrics/Child Advocacy

6 weeks

Quality Improvement

ii weeks

Individualized Curriculum*

8 weeks

12 weeks

Procedures/Show-Based Medicine

2 weeks

Vacation

iv weeks

4 weeks

iv weeks

Sample Daily Schedule

Mon

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Fri

seven:00-8:00 a.m.

Pre-Round and Sign-Out

8:00-ix:00 a.thousand.

Morning Report

Grand Rounds

Morning Report

9:00-11:30 a.m.

Family-Centered Rounds

11:30 a.one thousand. -12:00 p.k.

Patient Care and Clinic Sign-Out

12:00-1:00 p.grand.

Noon Conference

1:00-ii:00 p.one thousand.

Patient Care

[Continuity dispensary conference for each resident, one time per week from 1:00-1:30.]

2:00-three:00 p.one thousand.

Patient Care

Hospitalist Teaching

Radiology Conference

Psychosocial Rounds

Patient Care

3:00-5:00 p.m.

Patient Care

5:00 p.m.

Sign-Out to Overnight Residents

Call Schedule

  • Telephone call ranges from every fourth to every sixth nighttime on all inpatient rotations,
  • Residents are guaranteed at to the lowest degree one full "golden" weekend off per inpatient rotation – either Friday afternoon to Monday morning off or Friday morning to Monday morning time off.
  • On outpatient rotations, residents will be scheduled to either embrace nights/weekends on an inpatient team or in the emergency section about 3 to four times per month. Residents are as well guaranteed at least 1 full "golden" weekend off per outpatient rotation.
  • In the Emergency Department, residents have a shift schedule. Shifts range anywhere from 7 to 12 hours in elapsing. There is a senior resident in the ED at all times. PL1 residents do not work overnight ED shifts.

24-Hour Call

During an inpatient 24-hour telephone call shift, residents start at 7:00 with morning signout, and so keep the regular work day. At the terminate of the work day, at 5 p.m., residents receive evening signout from their co-residents to presume management of the patients on each designated inpatient team (Rainbows, Ladders, Stars, NICU, or PICU).

The overnight team consists of ane junior resident (PL-ane) and one senior resident (PL-two or PL-3) on the not-ICU inpatient teams, one junior (PL-2) and one senior (PL-3) resident in the PICU, and one resident (any level) and a fellow in the NICU. Subsequently signout, the on-telephone call residents proceed to manage the inpatient teams, attending to vital patient care, and have on new patients/admissions from the ED throughout the nighttime until signout at 7:00 a.m the post-obit morning.

Our residents are always supported and never lonely, as in that location is ever a hospitalist, intensivist and ED attending in-house 24/seven.

Resident-Run Initiatives

ChefMD: Our monthly cooking club

Buddy Program: A voluntary plan to match interns with seniors to assist ease the transition into residency

Diversity Committee: The diversity committee organizes resident-led initiatives to bring sensation of, encourage diversity in, and provide a safe space for issues that affect our customs. Our group is mentored by the amazing pulmonologist, Marilyn Scharbach. Among other things, we take hosted dinners for new interviewees, started a new mentorship programme betwixt NYMC students and residents, and are expanding our diversity teaching curriculum in coordination with the Banana Program Director, Dr. Sonia Solomon. We besides correspond regularly with the Resident Wellness Committee and the White Coats for Black Lives chapter at Westchester Medical Center.

The goals of the committee are as follows;

  • To promote and celebrate diversity within our program in all respects, including gender, age, civilisation, race, religion, power, and sexual orientation, with special attending to groups that are historically underrepresented
  • To support learning and working environment that is inclusive to all
  • To modify perception of marginalized groups in medicine through educational programs
  • Partner with NYMC diversity office and provide mentors to underrepresented trainees in pediatrics and those interested in pediatrics
  • To provide a venue for give-and-take and social support surrounding issues pertaining to diversity and inclusion.

Advocacy Day: We pride ourselves in our engagement in group-level advocacy on multiple levels, including local (e.g., our Customs Pediatrics and Advocacy rotation), regional (eastward.thou., testifying before local governments in back up of children'due south wellness initiatives, and lobbying at our state capital annually), and national (e.g., completing a legislative advocacy rotation with the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington, DC).

My Selection: Started by our residents in 2017, My Choice is an elementary school-based program with the goal of educating students on the importance of making good decisions almost salubrious food. This is a six-calendar week long program where residents go into the classroom (now via Zoom) and teach students the importance of healthy eating and practise.

Wellness Committee

At Maria Fareri, we wholeheartedly back up efforts to maintain the emotional and mental wellness of our residents. With the introduction of a Health Curriculum in 2019 and the evolution of our Wellness Commission, nosotros have initiated a plan-wide civilization shift to recognize and address the challenges associated with being a modernistic physician. With that, nosotros have dedicated educational time to eighteen annual wellness sessions that include didactics and experiential conferences. These introduce residents to concepts of stress management and mindfulness, while practicing talk therapy and meditation. We invite yous to bring together us in this exciting new moving ridge of introspection every bit we learn to be the best version of ourselves every bit practicing physicians.

Additionally, there is a resident run wellness committee that is focused on improving the wellness of residents by organizing activities and events both inside and exterior the hospital. Inside the hospital, wellness sessions have included narrative medicine sessions, a backside the mask series (where residents talk about moving personal experiences), nursing panels, feelings Friday, and having snacks stocked in our call room. Exterior the hospital, the wellness committee organizes monthly events where residents can interact exterior the infirmary. Events in the past have included baseball games (both Yankees and Mets), hiking and beach trips, picnics, potlucks, ice cream socials, and happy hours.

Pediatric Fellowships

Currently, Maria Fareri Children'due south Hospital offers Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)–accredited fellowships in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Our fellows work direct with residents and provide a groovy source of education and learning in their specialty.


Fellowship Matches

We are proud of our residents' success in obtaining competitive fellowship positions in the fields of their option.

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Critical Care

Cohen Children's

Cardiology

Nicklaus Children'due south

Hematology/Oncology

Maria Fareri/Westchester Medical Eye

Hospitalist

Cohen Children's

Infectious Affliction

Cincinatti Children's

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Maria Fareri/Westchester Medical Center

Maria Fareri/Westchester Medical Eye

Pulmonology

Baylor/Texas Children's

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Adolescent Medicine

University of Miami

Allergy/Immunology

Downstate

Cardiology

Children's National

Cohen Children'southward

Hematology/Oncology

MD Anderson

Hospitalist

New York Presbyterian Columbia/Cornell

Infectious Disease

Children'due south National

Rheumatology

Penn State

Nephrology

Montefiore

Allergy/Immunology

Cohen Children'south

Disquisitional Intendance

Cohen Children's

Montefiore

Virginia Commonwealth University

Emergency Medicine

Academy of Connecticut

UT Houston at Texas Medical Middle

Global Health

Boston Children'due south

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

University of Florida

Pulmonology

Johns Hopkins

Rheumatology

Montefiore

Critical Care

Academy of Arkansas

Emergency Medicine

Jacobi Medical Center

Oklahoma State Academy

Endocrinology

New York Presbyterian / Cornell

Infectious Disease

Children's National (two)

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Mount Sinai

Westchester Medical Centre

Penn State

Kid Abuse

Chocolate-brown

Critical Care

Montefiore

Gastroenterology

Yale

UCLA

Emergency Medicine

Cohen Children'south

Jacobi Medical Center

SUNY Downstate

Hematology/Oncology

DuPont

Cohen Children's

New York University

Pulmonology

Cincinnati Children'due south

Nephrology:

Mount Sinai

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Brown

Westchester Medical Center


Current Pediatric Residents

Chief Residents 2021-2022

Paul Mandaro, Dr.
Medical Schoolhouse: SUNY Downstate
Hometown:
Copiague, NY
Career Goals:
PICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishment: Graduate of Sophie Davis, a combined 7 year BS/MD combined program

Hobbies: Music playing/recording/product, cooking, and estimator building
Favorite affair about the Plan/MFCH:
The civilisation of compassion and support built for anybody who steps through the door.

Deena Miller, Md
Medical School: New York Medical Higher
Hometown:
Woodmere, New York
Career Goals:
Gastroenterology
Fun Fact/Achievement: Played college softball

Hobbies: spending fourth dimension with family and friends, blistering, sports
Favorite thing nigh the Plan/MFCH:
The awesome people!

Pl-3
Class of 2022
Pl-2
Course of 2023
Pl-1
Class of 2024

Moshe Apfel, Dr.
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Hometown: Teaneck, NJ
Career Goals: General Pediatrics
Fun Fact/Accomplishment: Big Carolina Panthers fan! Hasn't had a sip of java during all of residency
Hobbies: Tennis, watching sports, spending time with my wife and kids
Favorite affair about the Program/MFCH: My astonishing co-residents and the extremely supportive program leadership make MFCH a great identify to work!

Yaritzy Michelle Astudillo, MD
Medical Schoolhouse: New York Medical Higher
Hometown: Valley Stream, New York
Career Goals: Nephrology
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Is a new mom! Became a BNGAP boyfriend this twelvemonth.
Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, foodie adventures, the arts, and of class the Netflix binge
Favorite affair about the Program/MFCH: The atmosphere of warmth, growth and support, which is a constant.

Ballad Abraham, MD
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Hometown: Stillwater, OK
Career Goals: Enquiry, Academia
Fun Fact: Took piano lessons for ix years
Accomplishments: 8 research publications
Hobbies: Baking, traveling
Favorite affair about the plan/MFCH: The hospital! Very kid-friendly, from the fish tanks in the lobby to the themed in-patient floors, lots to keep kiddos entertained!

Kristina Bezdickova, DO
Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown
Hometown: Central Valley, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Cardiology
Fun Fact/Achievement: Fluent in Czech and used to exist a competitive gymnast. Is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, one of the Wellness Committee Co-Chair's, and i of the upcoming Chief residents.
Hobbies: Reading, exercising, Netflix, traveling hanging out with friends
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: My amazing co-residents, supportive attendings, positive work environment, and infrequent educational opportunities

Dan Brady, DO
Medical School: TouroCOM Harlem
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
Career Goals: General Pediatrics/Hospitalist
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: I have ii cats named Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. I too was a voice actor in a video game when I was a kid.
Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, water ice climbing, cooking and baking
Favorite affair about the Programme/MFCH: I beloved how dedicated the entire hospital staff is to the patients and their families.

Jacqueline Benayoun, Medico
Medical Schoolhouse: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Hometown: Queens, NY
Career Goals: To be groovy to my patients and stay in an academic setting. Potential interests in NICU, endocrine and adolescent health.
Fun Fact: I speak fluent Castilian and I speak/empathize a few other different languages!
Accomplishments: Presented at multiple conferences on topics including public health and medical educational activity!
Hobbies: Krav Maga, cooking, puzzles and traveling.
Favorite affair near the program/MFCH: Cool co- interns, the beautiful hospital layout and all the people contained within information technology!

Ramon Cabrera, Physician, PhD
Medical School: Albert Einstein Schoolhouse of Medicine
Hometown: Colmar Manor, Physician
Career Goals: Hematology/Oncology
Fun Fact/Accomplishment: Has an all-encompassing sneaker collection! Is also an MD AND a PhD and his thesis project looked at a cell-contact mediated signaling pathway betwixt breast cancer cells and macrophages that resulted in an increase in breast cancer cell metastasis
Hobbies: Cooking, karaoke, collecting sneakers, basketball
Favorite thing about the Plan/MFCH: The people.

Christopher Ikenna Chukwurah MBBS, MPH
Medical School: University of Nigeria Nsukka
Hometown: Enugu, Nigeria
Career Goals: Pediatric gastroenterology
Hobbies: Playing and watching games like football and basketball. I like to workout.
Favorite thing nigh the Plan/MFCH: Information technology was clear that everyone in the program acted as one family and genuinely cared for each other. The residents were amazing and kind.

Maria Cabrera-Hernandez, MD

Medical Schoolhouse: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud
Hometown: Hidalgo, United mexican states
Career Goals: To have my own pediatric practice.
Fun Fact: I am a huge fan of the  "Great British Blistering Show"!
Accomplishments: Graduating medical schoolhouse in the top x of my form and baking a iv tier birthday cake!
Hobbies: Spend time with my hubby and family, running, baking bread, learning unlike cooking techniques. I dear to travel to museums and visit local coffee shops and bakeries in my free time.
Favorite thing well-nigh the program/MFCH: The honesty and professionalism of the program's leadership and residents.

Taya Carpenter, DO
Medical Schoolhouse: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Hometown: New York, NY
Career Goals: Allergy & Immunology
Hobbies: Once spent a calendar month in the jungle of a volcanic island in Nicaragua studying Howler Monkeys. Besides has a masters in molecular biology.
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, yoga, ballet, and the embankment
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH:My co-residents!

Victoria (Tori) Shut, Dr.
Medical School: University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Career Goals: Pediatric Intensive Intendance or Emergency Medicine
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: I accept around 100 plants! Once took a road trip from NY to Mexico
Hobbies: Plants, salsa dancing, pinball, hiking, getting outside!
Favorite thing about the Programme/MFCH: The residents were so happy and friendly. There seemed to be stiff mentorship, and everyone acted similar 1 big family!

Haya Chaudhury, DO

Medical Schoolhouse: New York Plant of Engineering science College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Huntington, NY
Career Goals: I am considering a career in either Pediatric Emergency Medicine or Full general Pediatrics!
Fun Fact: I once almost fell off a mountain and to this twenty-four hours, my parents don't know almost it.
Accomplishments: I graduated from a 7-year combined B.Due south/D.O programme
Hobbies: Traveling, Blistering, Hiking
Favorite thing virtually the plan/MFCH: My favorite thing well-nigh the program has to be the welcoming environment and the family-feel temper.

Elysia Cohen, MD
Medical Schoolhouse:  Loma Linda University
Hometown:  Bronx, NY
Career Goals:  Hematology/Oncology
Fun Fact/Accomplishment:  Is gluten free and not-gluten gratis people similar my cranberry bread
Hobbies:  Singing
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH:  My co-residents

Max Cohen, Exercise
Medical Schoolhouse: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Fun Fact: I have a cloak-and-dagger passion for cooking and plating aesthetically appealing dishes, and fifty-fifty more then designing novelty sandwiches with a life goal to open my own retro designer soup and sandwich shop.
Accomplishment: In 2015, I organized a glow in the dark 5K run and concert on Monmouth University campus for over three,000 people, including children with special needs, with awareness and proceeds benefiting a local community organization called The Special Children's Center. To engagement, I have also completed 14 half-marathons with a PR of i:52:42 (six in Disney Earth, 3 in NY, 3 in NJ, 1 in Miami, and 1 in Jerusalem). I am currently training (for a 2d time since COVID cancelled my offset opportunity) for my start full marathon!
Hobbies: I enjoy running, community service, and learning new things. Most recently, I accept started learning to play piano.
Favorite thing nigh the Plan/MFCH: My favorite matter about Maria Fareri on interview day was traveling through the history of the infirmary and feeling similar I was part of something more than just healing people, but a child'due south fantastical vision to heal all children everywhere.

Madhurima Chowdhury, Dr.

Medical School: New York Medical Higher
Hometown: New City, NY
Career Goals: Not sure even so. Only in whatsoever field I end up in, I want to be able to provide compassionate care.
Fun Fact: I met Adrien Brody once (earlier camera phones, and then no pics unfortunately!)
Accomplishments: Learning to read and write in Bangla and learning Bengali dance and music because it allows me to connect to my family's habitation country.
Hobbies: Watching sports, reading, watching Netflix, baking, spending time with family unit and friends
Favorite thing near the program/MFCH: As a medical pupil I did my pediatrics rotations in MFCH. I was able to learn medicine in an environs where the residents and the faculty members were extremely kind and supportive and were always willing to teach. Therefore, my favorite thing about MFCH is anybody who makes the work environment fun and comfortable.

Charne Delport, DO
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown:  Roanoke, VA
Career Goals:  PICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishment:  Used to live in South Africa and has been a cheetah before! Won intern of the year and is one of the upcoming Chief residents
Hobbies:  Crafting of any sort! Sewing, crochet/knitting, baking, painting
Favorite matter about the Programme/MFCH:  There are so many! The wide variety of pathology that nosotros can run into at any given time and the amazing teaching opportunities. Nosotros as well became very shut chop-chop, and it has been so easy to inquire questions and learn with everyone!

Elissa Dunlap, Practise
Medical Schoolhouse: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Southlake, TX
Career Goals: NICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Was a Girl Scout for k-12 and traveled to the Girl Watch Earth Heart in Switzerland. Presented an abstract at the THSNA US top in 2017
Hobbies: Running, biking, cooking
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: I was drawn to Maria Fareri Children's Hospital because it has every pediatric subspecialty in-house, a diverse patient population, and referral centers from a broad geographical range.

Coby Dorfman, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Career Goals: Undecided
Fun Fact: I am Canadian!!!
Accomplishments: Raised over $250,000 with my hockey team to help pay for kids cancer treatments!
Hobbies: Running, swimming, playing hockey, and playing with my 2 sons!!
Favorite thing about the plan/MFCH: The residents and the attendings

Rachel Finkel, MD
Medical School:  New York Medical Higher
Hometown:  Cleveland, OH
Career Goals:  Nephrology
Fun Facts/Accomplishments:  loves issue planning! Also on the ACGME Quality Council and is a Health Committee Co-Chair
Hobbies:  Spending time with my toddler (does that count?!), reading a good novel, cooking/baking with my husband, and spending time with friends
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH:  My co-residents!!! But also, how supportive the program is, the wide latitude of pathology, high level of acuity/complexity, and feeling prepare to accept intendance of whatever kind of patient.

Svetlana Duvidovich, Practice
Medical School: A.T. Still University-SOMA
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Was a competitive ballroom dancer growing up. Won the outstanding PL1 accolade as an intern.
Hobbies: Cooking (and eating), finding the all-time loving cup of coffee, yoga, dance, family/friend time
Favorite thing virtually the Program/MFCH: The people. Everyone spoke then highly of the program and most chiefly of each other. I knew I could get an incredible teaching hither, while too feeling supported. Also, the hospital looks similar a existent life toy firm!

Irene Fosu-Apraku, Physician
Medical Schoolhouse: Meharry Medical College Schoolhouse of Medicine
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Career Goals: undecided simply interested in hospital medicine or advocacy
Fun Fact: The get-go role of my terminal name was given to me in honor of a groovy uncle
Accomplishments: Watched ~800 episodes of 1 Piece the summer betwixt beginning and second yr of medical school
Hobbies: Anime, listening to podcasts, reading, soccer, makeup
Favorite thing about the programme/MFCH: My co-interns

Rachel Friedmann, DO
Medical School: NYIT-Higher of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Oceanside, NY
Career Goals: Hematology/Oncology
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Lover of diet coke!

Hobbies: Trying new candy! Skiing. Hanging out with friends and family. Vino nights.
Favorite thing well-nigh the Program/MFCH: Absolutely my co-residents! Likewise, the piglet display in the lobby!

Aliza Grabie, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Career Goals: General Pediatrics
Hobbies: Hanging out with my family unit and friends, reading, hiking, watching Netflix
Favorite thing most the Program/MFCH: The supportive learning environment, the camaraderie among the residents, incredible attendings, and various pathology.

Rachel Gecelter, Do

Medical School: New York Constitute of Applied science College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Great Neck, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Subspecialty (GI/Cardio/PICU)
Fun Fact: I was born in Due south Africa!
Accomplishments: Presenting my first always podium presentation internationally in Cape Town, South Africa!
Hobbies: Hiking, playing with my dog, traveling, cooking, hanging with friends
Favorite matter about the program/MFCH: The extremely supportive environment and my co-residents!

Aaron Grubner, Medico
Medical School: University of Maryland SOM
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career Goals: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: I'm Canadian - and I play water ice hockey! Also, raising three boys in residency!

Hobbies: Ice hockey, hanging out with my wonderful wife and our 3 little boys :)
Favorite thing about the Programme/MFCH: The camaraderie among the residents - and the cool fish tank in the lobby!

Brian Gu, Dr.
Medical School: Rutgers NJMS
Hometown: Paramus NJ
Career Goals: PICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: I like investing in crypto currency. Ask me almost bitcoin!
Hobbies: League of Legends, estimator hardware
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: Down to earth and like shooting fish in a barrel to talk to residents

Shoshana Howarth, Exercise

Medical School: New York Plant of Technology Higher of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Baltimore, Doc
Career Goals: To exist a Pediatrician who children and families trust
Fun Fact: Marker Andrews is my Favorite Football game Thespian - Go Ravens!
Accomplishments: Recorded over 1700 miles running, biking, and walking via the Charity Miles app to raise money for the American Diabetes Association
Hobbies: Tennis, Hiking, Blistering
Favorite matter about the program/MFCH: The crawly people I go to piece of work with...and the cool fire truck INSIDE the infirmary!

Josh Hanau, Md
Medical School: New York Medical College
Hometown: Woodmere, NY
Career Goals: Allergy & Immunology
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: once caught Salmon with his blank hands in Alaska. As an intern, won a med pupil teaching award from GHHS

Hobbies: Cooking, watching documentaries on Netflix, dreaming nigh traveling
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: People and cute hospital!

Marilyn Huamantla, Doc
Medical School: Albany Medical School/Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Hometown: Jackson Heights, NY/Hempstead, NY
Career Goals: Undecided in terms of specialty
Hobbies: I love to try new foods, binge-watch TV shows, picket movies of different genres, and I dearest to trip the light fantastic (bachata & cumbia fanatic).
Favorite thing most the Program/MFCH: As a lover of all things Halloween, my favorite thing virtually the program was the themed costumes! The creativity is pure genius!

Bradley Hutton, DO

Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
Career Goals: Near likely fellowship, NICU or hospitalist
Fun Fact: Before med school I drove across the state with my girlfriend, from Los Angeles dorsum to NJ.
Accomplishments: Was able to DJ in NYC and while abroad in Ireland.
Hobbies: Rock climbing, video games, hiking, audiobooks
Favorite affair about the program/MFCH: All of the jokes and cute things that the kids say even when they are sick in the hospital. Too the fish tanks and the fire truck

Dana Convissar Kessler, DO
Medical School: Touro Higher of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown
Hometown: Dandy Neck, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Hospitalist
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Was named Dana to complete the alphabet in her family (ABCDE). Challenged herself to read 12 books this year, and is so far up to 16! Successfully placing her start cardinal line on 60 minutes 24 of a 24 hr PICU shift. Implementing an educational curriculum for 1 of the inpatient teams.

Hobbies: Reading, baking, barre, hiking, Netflix
Favorite thing well-nigh the Program/MFCH: I love that the infirmary was designed to be so kid-friendly. Information technology's a fun and beautiful place to come up to piece of work everyday. Plus the support we get from the chiefs and attendings is amazing!

Chantel Johnson
Medical School: Howard Academy College of Medicine
Hometown: Stamford, CT
Career Goals: If not Gen Peds, so Cardio or Hem/Onc
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Doesn't like chocolate! Started the White Coats for Black Lives chapter at MFCH/WMC and presented during a chastened poster session at the American Academy of Cardiology in medical school.
Hobbies: Cooking; Drawing/Painting; Relaxing with friends, a good book, or a moving-picture show
Favorite thing almost the Program/MFCH: The people and educational opportunities

Sarah Korn, DO

Medical School: New York Constitute of Applied science College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Queens, NY
Career Goals: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fun fact: I'thousand really good at whistling, can whistle almost any tune
Accomplishments: Creating a triage tool for low resource areas. I likewise ran 2 half marathons (and so practically 1 whole marathon :) )
Hobbies: Biking, puzzles
Favorite thing virtually the program/MFCH: Friendliness and back up of co-residents and faculty. We're given the space and support to  be ourselves and grow in our ain style.

Sepeedeh Kermalli, DO
Medical Schoolhouse: West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Hometown: Champlin, MN
Career Goals: Hospitalist Medicine
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Used to play competitive volleyball! Is a Health Commission Co-Chair, Also, won the SGA Student Graphic symbol Scholarship in medical schoolhouse, an award "to recognize students who personify high ethics, integrity, a sense of purpose, a commitment to positive values, a motivation for personal growth, and compassion for others."

Hobbies: Playing volleyball, spending time with family and friends, trying new restaurants and exploring NYC!
Favorite thing near the Programme/MFCH: Our MFCH family

Ariella Kashi, Md
Medical Schoolhouse: Technion American Medical School
Hometown: Holmdel, NJ
Career Goals: Global health; either general pediatrics or pediatric neurology
Hobbies: Hiking/outdoor activities, traveling, cooking
Favorite affair almost the Programme/MFCH: As soon as we matched, the incoming intern form had a virtual match party with the program. We haven't met each other in person all the same, but since so nosotros've all been chatting every day on WhatsApp.

Jun Young Kwak, DO

Medical School: New York Constitute of Engineering science College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Queens, NY
Career Goals: Undecided
Fun Fact: I only got my motorcycle license
Accomplishments: Masters degree in nutrition
Hobbies: Playing with my domestic dog, dancing, watching F1, napping
Favorite thing virtually the programme/MFCH: My co-residents and seniors that always look out for one some other

Nevine Macalintal, MD
Medical Schoolhouse: St. George
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Career Goals: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Wears a size 13 ½ in children's Crocs! Has a masters in physiology and has had ii abstracts so far accepted to AAP 2021. Is as well the Diversity Committee Social Chair

Hobbies: Soul-Cycle and Window Shopping (a girl tin dream right??)
Favorite thing near the Program/MFCH: The amazing mentorship and back up in career goals and evolution.

Yevgeniy Liverant, Doc
Medical School: New York Medical Higher
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Career Goals: PEM or PICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Builds computers for fun, is an good at getting MRIs to happen for his patients, and graduated medical schoolhouse in the best shape of his life!
Hobbies: I really savor playing guitar, watching movies, tinkering with computers, and trying new foods with my friends.
Favorite thing nigh the Program/MFCH: My favorite affair almost MFCH Peds is the temper. Anybody is really close and welcoming. Everyone! Although I've never been a patient hither, I'll be sure to bring my kids to MFCH for their care.

Sabrina Libretti, Do

Medical Schoolhouse: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Seton Hill
Hometown: Levittown, NY
Career Goals: General Pediatrics
Fun Fact: I won 'Most Distinguished Express mirth' and 'Well-nigh Probable to Succeed' in my high school's Senior Superlatives
Accomplishments: Starting time person in my family to become to college!
Hobbies: Going to concerts, going to the beach, jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with friends and family
Favorite thing about the program/MFCH: Program leadership who will push y'all to be the best Pediatrician you can exist, land-of-the-art facilities, and a supportive environment created by everyone.

Shanel Mehta, DO
Medical School: Touro Higher of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem
Hometown: Edison, NJ
Career Goals: PICU/Global Health
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Finished the Spartan trifecta

Hobbies: Cooking, lifting, dancing, traveling, singing like no ones listening & the great outdoors
Favorite thing nearly the Programme/MFCH: The extremely supportive co-residents, beautifully themed and decorated units and diverseness/complexity of cases!

Wenona Lok, DO
Medical Schoolhouse: NYIT Higher of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Career Goals: NICU or hospitalist
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Next detail on her bucket list is to get her motorcycle license. Learned how to play tennis in medical school!
Hobbies: Improving my tennis skills, walking dogs that I wish were mine, and being adventurous with the people I care about.
Favorite matter about the Program/MFCH: The people here are welcoming, thoughtful, and willing to become the extra mile! Also, who doesn't enjoy seeing a giant fish tank!?

Matthew Macoul, DO

Medical School: Academy of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: New Hampshire
Career Goals: Undecided
Fun Fact: I accept the best pit balderdash in the earth
Accomplishments: I cooked meals using just a hot plate for the outset month of intern year!
Hobbies: Golf
Favorite matter about the programme/MFCH: The people

Samantha Pravder, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Great Neck, NY
Career Goals: To heal all the tummies as a pediatric gastroenterologist!
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Bakes fun and elaborate cakes! Also had a case series presented at the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Annual Meeting

Hobbies: Baking and trying new restaurants
Favorite affair most the Programme/MFCH: The cute campus and hospital and the best co-residents. Also, the near supportive seniors - you are never alone!

Angelo Louvros, Exercise
Medical School: Liberty Academy Higher of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Manassas, Virginia
Career Goals: Full general Pediatrics
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Built all the furniture in his apartment with his Dad in the summer earlier residency
Hobbies: Wood work, fishing, running, and annihilation involving babies
Favorite affair most the Program/MFCH: The family atmosphere. Maria Fareri's felt like abode on interview day. Also, the infirmary itself is beautiful and very kid-friendly. Would not want to be anywhere else.

Alexandra (Sasha) Mazo, MD, PhD

Medical School: I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy
Hometown: Moscow, Russian federation
Career Goals: Pediatric Nephrology
Fun Fact: I like happy endings in movies and real life
Accomplishments: Already completed a pediatric nephrology fellowship
Hobbies: Hiking, cycling and kayaking with my family, playing board games, reading, cooking
Favorite thing about the program/MFCH: Amazing people!

Roma Shah, DO
Medical School: West Virginia Schoolhouse of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Career Goals: General Pediatrics
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Loves traveling and has traveled to 23 countries so far! Spent a summertime working with UNICEF in Italy

Hobbies: Cooking, dance, traveling, binge watching shows
Favorite matter about the Program/MFCH: My favorite thing near our program is my co-residents. What I love nearly the plan when I interviewed here was that it seemed similar all the residents were really close, and after being here I realized how truthful that was. I take fabricated some amazing friendships and learned then much from the co-residents. And I dear how everyone is always willing to aid each other out.

Alexis Mandon, MB, BCh, BAO
Medical School: University College Dublin School of Medicine
Hometown: Great Neck, NY
Career Goals: Specialty - Cardiology
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Was born in Medellin, Columbia and was ranked #viii in Ireland in Women's Foil Fencing during her final year of medical schoolhouse!
Hobbies: Fencing, Yoga, Weightlifting, High Intensity Interval Preparation, Skiing, reading a good book, and I love a good Netflix Rampage!
Favorite thing well-nigh the Program/MFCH: All of the residents got along so well with each other; it was such a warm environs full of teamwork and esprit! I felt like I was welcome and fit in, and I knew I wanted these to be my co-residents for the next journey of my career. As well, the hospital is like Disney Globe on each ward, and I honey Disney!

Matthew Moore, DO

Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: East Bernstadt, KY
Career Goals: TBD, but leaning toward General Pediatrics
Fun Fact: I'm really bad at answering surveys.
Accomplishments: I learned how to sail in Greece.
Hobbies: Reading, hiking, board games
Favorite affair about the plan/MFCH: The fact that from the moment you enter the hospital the environment is tailored to the children, from the giant aquarium to the total sized train, it provides them with an surround that they tin can engage with and exist provided a lark from their affliction.

Olivia Shyong, DO
Medical School: LECOM - Seton Hill
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Career Goals: PICU
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Is a huge foodie and loves trying new restaurants! Presented a instance study on lupus at ESPR and a QI projection regarding DKA protocol at PAS during residency

Hobbies: Baking, Netflix, hanging out with my kitties, hiking
Favorite thing most the Program/MFCH: My co-residents! Anybody is so friendly here and it's a supportive environment to larn and abound. We run across lots of awesome cases hither.

Dave Plaza, MD
Medical School: Drexel University Higher of Medicine
Hometown: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Career Goals: To be the best pediatrician I can be!
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Is a member of the New York Mycological Society. Once trekked 4 miles past human foot through a Nor-easter blizzard to get to a weekend call on time
Hobbies: Hiking for Mushrooms, Botany, Classical Fine art and Music, Poetry, Calculator Scientific discipline, Bicycling and Running, Exploring New Cuisines!
Favorite thing nigh the Program/MFCH: How happy the residents were about the quality of training and sense of community hither.

Jai Ponmali Photavath, Dr.

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Hometown: Reston, VA
Career Goals: Pediatric Emergency Medicine or Pediatric Hospitalist
Fun Fact: I take two fluffy cats named Clark and Curby!
Accomplishments: I helped implement a dispensary-based program linking eligible immigrant families to pro-bono legal services to help increment their access to healthcare services
Hobbies: Rock climbing, painting, museum hopping, trying new food
Favorite matter near the program/MFCH: The incredibly kind, playful, and supportive people!

Keila Sole, DO
Medical School: New York Plant of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Southwick, MA
Career Goals: General Pediatrics
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Is one-half Venezualan, backpacked through Asia on her yr off before medical school

Hobbies: Traveling, trying new restaurants, the beach, nutrition, hot yoga, Bravo
Favorite affair about the Program/MFCH: The support and guidance I've received from my senior and co-residents have been invaluable during my transition from medical student to resident.

Menachem Rimler, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Hometown: Queens, NY
Career Goals: Cardiology . . . Perchance?
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: His daughter was born the mean solar day before Lucifer 24-hour interval. Helped out in a medical emergency on a flying and got costless pajamas!
Hobbies: Listening to Podcasts, Driving, Binge-watching Idiot box, Reading books with my wife and girl (not all at the same time).
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: Incredibly supportive administration and co-residents.

Catelyn Rueger, DO

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie
Hometown: Housatonic, MA
Career Goals: Full general Pediatrics
Fun Fact: I take met 3 Olympic swimmers
Accomplishments: I was a member of Sigma Sigma Phi National Osteopathic Honors Society
Hobbies: Swimming and arts and crafts
Favorite matter nearly the plan/MFCH: My favorite thing well-nigh the program is the people. Everyone is and then kind and welcoming

Daniel Steiner, Medico
Medical Schoolhouse: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell
Hometown: San Carlos, CA
Career Goals: GI
Hobbies: Playing lath games, running, singing
Favorite thing nearly the Program/MFCH: The location and the people

Lauren Santos, Physician

Medical Schoolhouse: St. George's University Schoolhouse of Medicine
Hometown: Dartmouth, MA
Fun Fact: I'g in the process of education myself the latest popular hits on my niece'south Fisher Toll Xylophone. Also, my sister and I were once in a Disney World parade!
Accomplishments: I was peer-nominated and inducted into my medical school's chapter of the Gilded Humanism Honor Club.
Hobbies: I beloved all things Disney, the Hamilton soundtrack, a good Target run, and request to pet every dog I encounter. Spending time with my niece while doing all of the in a higher place is only the icing on the cake.
Career Goals: I'm still exploring the earth of Pediatrics - current interests are hospitalist and NICU! Ultimately, I promise to grow lasting, meaningful relationships with my patients and their families. I also want to get involved with medical educatee education to inspire hereafter Pediatricians!
Favorite thing near the program/MFCH: MFCH was my very concluding interview of the virtual season. Hands down, it was the interview day where I smiled the most and felt the well-nigh "at home." From the beautiful facilities, child-friendly blueprint, and resident camaraderie to opportunities for advocacy and customs outreach with a diverse patient population - I'grand so happy to be a part of the MFCH family with my great co-residents!

Heidy Wang, Doc
Medical Schoolhouse: Albert Einstein Medical School
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Career Goals: Infectious disease
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Has knitted gifts for her co-residents babies, Diverseness Committee Chair

Hobbies: Sleeping in, watching anime, fine art, yoga, singing
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: The staff, residents, and my beau co-interns have been then amazing and supportive, the hospital is cute inside and out, and I love walking by the aquarium and gardens every day!

Eliana Segal, Md

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Hometown: Teaneck, NJ
Fun Fact: I collection my first auto from Texas to New Jersey with just a learner'southward permit
Accomplishments: Cooking dinner well-nigh every night even with a busy resident schedule! Also, planning my wedding while successfully completing my first year of medical school.
Hobbies: Blistering, reading, painting, hanging out with friends and family, Netflix
Career Goals: Pediatric subspecialty (Emergency Medicine, PICU)
Favorite thing about the program/MFCH: How supportive everyone is! The seniors are ever there to guide and assist, the interns aid each other chug through the long days of work, and the kinesthesia and administration go above and beyond to integrate our personal lives into our busy schedules.

Rebecca Wachter, MD
Medical Schoolhouse: New York Medical Higher
Hometown: Edgemont, NY
Career Goals: Gen Peds
Fun Fact/Accomplishments: Has won the "best friend" honour/elevation in loftier schoolhouse, higher, and med schoolhouse! Likewise, wrote an essay on vaccines that won an award from the ID department.

Hobbies: Hanging out with friends and family unit, basketball, soccer, anything outdoors
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: The people, definitely! (WithSandlot on repeat in the lobby as a close second...)

Christine Vu, DO

Medical School: A.T. Even so Academy Schoolhouse of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA)
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Fun Fact: The first thing I do whenever I move to a new place is look up the closest boba store and the surrounding food scene.
Accomplishments: I was part of a project in medical school where a group of u.s.a. provided weekly health education presentations to refugees in our community. Our projection was presented at the 2021 National Association of Community Health Centers Expo.
Hobbies: Going on food adventures, exploring new cultures, traveling, being a plant mama, and lots of crafting.
Career Goals: Undecided, going into residency with an open up mind!
Favorite thing about the Program/MFCH: The people - our program director, co-residents, attendings/preceptors, administrative staff, and hospital staff to name a few. Everyone hither is so supportive of i another and sincerely cares well-nigh your well-being and career goals.

Past Pediatric Residents

Class of 2021

Olubusayo Mercy Akinyemi, MD
Najveen Alvi, MD
Junhong Ao, DO
Clare Bozso, Practise
Kayleigh Clark, MD
Stefanie Kagan, Do
Sonam Kapoor, Do
Jennifer Kaswick, MD
Nasim Khattab, Dr.
Julia Kim, Exercise
Blake LeGrand, MD
Amy Lu, Physician
Paul Mandaro, Doc
Deena Miller, Physician
Catherine Murphy, MD
Melani Olivares, MD
Kelly Parness, DO
Rachel Ronau, DO
Nehal Shah, Practice
Chantal Talmor, MD
Kristen Wallace, Practice


Resident Life

Our plan prides itself on establishing close bonds among co-residents from day one. From the start at orientation to the final days at the graduation dinner, we truly become a family.

Maria Fareri Children's Infirmary (MFCH) is located in Westchester Canton, New York. We are in the historic Hudson Valley region, a suburban area almost 25 miles north of midtown Manhattan, and surrounded by the gorgeous Hudson River and Long Island Sound.

New York Metropolis is directly south of Westchester County, and One thousand Central Station can be reached from MFCH by a 30-infinitesimal drive or a 25-minute train ride. NYC offers everything: a picnic in Central Park, cityscapes on the "Top-of-the Rock" at Rockefeller Center, Broadway shows, the Bronx Zoo, professional person sports (the Yankees, the Knicks, the Rangers, the Giants, and the Jets), concerts, and some of the best and nigh diverse restaurants in the world.

Quick access to New York City is only one of the benefits of living in Westchester County. MFCH is a quick, 5-minute drive abroad from White Plains, which is the commercial and cultural hub of Westchester County. It offers an active nightlife, fine dining, operation arts, not bad living accommodations, and many shopping centers. It is the nigh popular place to live among our residents, although many of our residents as well live in and commute from NYC.

The Hudson Valley region offers enormous opportunities for outdoor activity of all types: hiking, cycling, climbing, and simply relaxing. One highlight is Deport Mountain State Park, a 40-minute drive north of MFCH. Located on the west bank of the Hudson River, this park offers hiking, biking and cross-country skiing forth the Appalachian Trail, shaded picnic and camping ground areas, and opportunities for lake and river line-fishing. There are many beaches lining the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and Atlantic Ocean, all within like shooting fish in a barrel driving distance from MFCH.

Westchester has everything you'll demand for creating a wonderful living feel.

Maria Fareri Children's Infirmary

Halloween Fun; Disney Heroes vs Villains

Thanksgiving Potluck

Birthday Celebrations

Baby Shower Celebrations

Class of 2021 at their Intern Outing!

Class of 2022 at their (masked but not particularly socially-distanced) Intern Retreat!

Our monthly End of Block Rotation Parties!

Advocating for children at AAP Advancement Day in Albany


How to Apply

Our residency program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Applications are simply accepted through ERAS. Applicants may utilize to iii-year chiselled pediatric positions, as well as i-year and two-year pediatric preliminary positions.


Our ACGME Identification Number is: 3203511176.
Our FREIDA program: https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/3203511176
Our ERAS program: https://myeras.aamc.org/myeras-web/#/landing
Our NRMP programme: https://r3.nrmp.org/viewLoginPage


Here are the program codes for the 3 programs nosotros accept in the lucifer:

Pediatrics 2157320C0
Pediatrics-Preliminary/1 yr 2157320P1
Pediatrics-Preliminary/two yr 2157320P0

Application Requirements

Through ERAS, please submit the following:

  • Personal statement
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Photograph (optional)
  • Medical School transcript
  • Medical Educatee Performance Evaluation (MSPE) Letter of the alphabet
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • USMLE scores
  • If applicable, your standard certificate from the ECFMG. This is required prior to the start of residency.

Match Timeline

ERAS Opening Day: September 29, 2021
Applicant Interviews: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct through February
Match Mean solar day: March xviii, 2022
Pediatric Orientation: Last two weeks of June 2022
Pediatric Residency Start Date: July one, 2022

Criteria for Option to Interview

We have a holistic arroyo to application review and have no specific cutoffs. We accept both USMLE and COMLEX scores. Please annotation: we do not have any cut off scores for USMLE or COMLEX tests. There is also no cut off for year of graduation from medical schoolhouse. We review all applicants from a holistic standpoint, taking into account their overall diversity, skills, and experience.

Interviews

All applications received prior to November xv will receive equal consideration. Interviews will be offered throughout the season on a rolling ground, and interviews volition be sent throughout the flavour as new slots open up. Interviews for invited applicants will exist offered via Zoom, the video conferencing platform. During the interview, applicants will be able to watch and participate in morning report, learn nearly the program from the director, interview with kinesthesia, virtually tour the hospital, and chat with residents during (virtual) dejeuner.

Come across-and-Greets

This year, these get-togethers will occur virtually over Zoom. Applicants invited to interview volition receive a schedule of these events; an interactive action is planned for each.

Contact U.s.

For More Information About Our Program…

Ms. Woolf (Coordinator) - beth_woolf@nymc.edu
Dr. Kapklein (Director) - Matthew_Kapklein@nymc.edu
Dr. Paul Mandaro and Dr. Deena Merzel (Main Residents): WestPeds@wmchealth.org
914.493.6669 or 914.493.6447

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Source: https://www.westchestermedicalcenter.org/pediatrics1

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