Match Day 2020

Published March 20, 2020

story by bill bruton

Medical students in the University at Buffalo’s Class of 2020 learned where they will train in residency at Match Day, which is a rite of passage for prospective physicians.

36 Students Staying on at UB for Residency

Nearly one-fourth of the class — 36 students — have chosen to stay at UB for advanced training.

All 147 fourth-year medical students are listed below with their future medical specialties and the locations of their residency matches. 

Syed Ahmad Rishad Adil

Internal Medicine

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Akber M. Ali

Surgery-Prelim

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Farzana Ali

PhD

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Fizza Ali

Emergency Medicine

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago

Irshad Ally

Research

 

Craig Ashcroft

General Surgery

UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, Mass.

Mark Asirwatham

Vascular Surgery

University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, Fla.

David Joseph Augenblick

General Surgery/Macomb

McLaren Health Care Corporation/Macomb/MSU, Mount Clemens, Mich.

Daniel Curtis Bailey

Transitional

Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, N.Y.

Neil Anjan Basumallik

Internal Medicine

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.

Andrew Baumgartner

Family Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Eun Mi Beattie

Psychiatry

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Paul J. Blasio

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Aaron Sing Bola

Emergency Medicine

New York University School of Medicine, New York

Natasha Borrero

Family Medicine

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.

Sonia Brar

Pediatrics

Hofstra Northwell-LIJ School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Shane Brown

Research

 

Ruth Marc Cadet

Medicine-Pediatrics

Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Matthew Charles Castellana

Psychiatry

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Charles Cavalaris

Internal Medicine

University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, Fla.

Nikhita Chahal

Internal Medicine

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh

Anisha Chava

Psychiatry

Boston University Medical Center, Boston

Amandip Singh Cheema

Urology

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

Marcia Mohan Chen

Anesthesiology

University of Rochester/Strong Memorial, Rochester, N.Y.

Eric Michael Chevli

Urology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Christina Mika Connolly

Psychiatry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel), New York, N.Y.

Kelly Coughlin

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Christian Michael Curatolo

Orthopaedic Surgery

Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Gabrielle DeAbreu

Pediatrics

Hofstra Northwell-LIJ School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Maxiam G. Dean

Family Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Luke Henry DeGraaff

General Surgery

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona), Phoenix

Alexandra Noel DeRosa

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Briana M. DiGiore

General Surgery

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

John Stephen DiMeglio

Psychiatry

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Edbauer

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Jeremy Egan

Surgery-Prelim

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Pamela Emengo

General Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Samantha Gina Eng

Pediatrics

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Marek W. Falkowski

Emergency Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Justine Marya Forrest

Combined Adult/Child Psychiatry

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Steven Jeffrey Foulis

Family Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Kendall Ann Franz

Medicine-Pediatrics

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland

Bryan Peter Fregoso

Emergency Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Jacob Fried

Research Fellowship

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.

Mary Catherine Gallo

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Alex Daniel Garson

Emergency Medicine

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, N.Y.

Lawrence Gersz

Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Eric Sebastian Gervey

Internal Medicine

Tufts Medical Center, Boston

Ridhima Ghei

Emergency Medicine

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Patricia Ann Gianfagna

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine

Colleen Kimberly Marie Gilliland

Medicine-Prelim
Radiology-Diagnostic

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Christian Barrett Gluck

Surgery-Prelim

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Joshua H. Gordon

Psychiatry

University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia

Henry D. Greyner-Almeida

Transitional
Ophthalmology

Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, N.Y.
Boston University Medical Center, Boston

Elise Mary Grzeskiewicz

Orthopaedic Surgery

Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Nicholas Grzibowski

Phys Medicine & Rehab

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Grace Guadalupe

Research

 

Richa Gupta

Pediatrics

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Hye Ri Han

Medicine-Prelim
Radiation Oncology

Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, N.Y.
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles

Joseph Hennig

Family Medicine

Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Ill.

Jessica Hinaman

Medicine-Prelim
Radiology-Diagnostic

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Moudi K. Hubeishy

Family Medicine

Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, Ukiah, Calif.

Andrew Hurst, Sr.

Medicine-Pediatrics

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Alimul Islam

Emergency Medicine

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago

Franklin Jeng

Medicine-Prelim
Ophthalmology

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Alvin Jeon

Internal Medicine

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St Louis

Richard Mark Jin

Psychiatry

University of California (San Francisco), San Francisco

Holly Johnson

General Surgery

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Piotr Karmilowicz

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Simranjit Kaur

Pediatrics

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Matthew Gregory Kaye

Internal Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Nathaniel Kheysin

Transitional/Ophthalmology

Stony Brook Medicine, Southampton, N.Y.

Hope Kile

Pediatrics

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Patricia Kim

Anesthesiology

University of California (Irvine), Orange, Calif.

Henry Klos

Internal Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Ye Rin Koh

Anesthesiology

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland

Andrey Kopot

Internal Medicine

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland

Jillian Korn

Emergency Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

William LaShomb

Transitional

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (BAMC), Fort Sam Houston, Texas

James Sangmin Lee

Transitional
Radiology-Diagnostic

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Conn.

Mary M. Leeman

Psychiatry/General/Child

UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh

Charlene Ashley Liao

Family Medicine

University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno, Fresno, Calif.

Alexander Loftus

General Surgery

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Rachel Ludwig

Pediatrics

Nationwide Children’s Hospital/Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Chelsea Raye Marin

General Surgery

University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.

Sean Patrick Martin

Orthopaedic Surgery

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Tricia Grace Mathew

Family Medicine/AIMMC

Advocate Health Care (Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center), Chicago

Annmarie McKeon

Internal Medicine

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.

Samantha McPeck

Internal Medicine

University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn.

Alyssa Marie Melber

Pediatrics

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Kevin Miller

Internal Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Timothy Miller

Internal Medicine

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Jacob Milling

Emergency Medicine

University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

Jacob Mojeski

Medicine-Prelim
Dermatology

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Gregory Raczkowski Morgan

Psychiatry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Maurice Mosseri

Research

 

Jawdat Mustafa

Medicine-Preventive Med

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Victoria Rose Mustovic

Psychiatry

Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH), Pittsburgh

J. Cody Naughton

Psychiatry

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Emily R. Nehl

Medicine-Pediatrics

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Trang Nguyen

Surgery-Prelim

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Alissa Nizinski

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Michael O’Donnell

Internal Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Michael O’Sullivan

General Surgery

Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple), Temple, Texas

Keity Mey Okazaki

Internal Medicine

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus), New York

Samuel Opoku-Acheampong

Research

 

Nicole S. Parada Parra

Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.

Mitchell L. Pawlak

Medicine-Prelim
Radiology-Diagnostic

NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH, Philadelphia

Aurora Phillips

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.

Alexis Platek

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Marta Iwona Plonka

Emergency Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Nicholas Pokoj

Emergency Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Maria Sarah Pollack

Obstetrics-Gynecology

New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, New York

Richard Joseph Rambuss

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Jennifer Lynn Rath

Transitional
Radiology-Diagnostic

University of Central Florida/HCA GME Consortium (Gainesville), Gainesville, Fla.
Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Nicole Ruh

Transitional

National Capital Consortium, Bethesda, Md.

Sarah Elizabeth Rusnak

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Teigan Estelle Ruster

Psychiatry

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Lisa Saffire

Emergency Medicine

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Dean Mohamed Salem

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Priya Sasankan

Internal Medicine

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland

Kevin Thomas Schauer

Orthopaedic Surgery

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Abigail Schubach

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Rebecca Scott

General Surgery

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Ashutosh Sharma

Internal Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Evan William Shaw

Emergency Medicine

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Brandon Skavla

Internal Medicine

Hofstra Northwell-LIJ School of Medicine, Great Neck, N.Y.

Derek Hansen Spath

Otolaryngology

University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston, Texas

Alex Corey Sunshine

Child Neurology/Research

Nationwide Children’s Hospital/Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Alvera Tabbasum

Internal Medicine

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Alison Treichel

Transitional
Dermatology

St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, N.Y.
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Grace Trompeter

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Rachel Tullio

Pediatrics

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Thor Vandehei

Pediatrics

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Bradley M. Weitz

Pediatrics

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vt.

Michelle Whittum

Obstetrics-Gynecology

University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, Fla.

Nicolette Winder

General Surgery

University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, Fla.

Kimberly Mei Wong

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Lauren Leslie Yacobucci

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.

Ryan Young

MBA

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Helia Zand

Internal Medicine

University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Jon Zelasko

Psychiatry

George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Charles Zhang

Medicine-Prelim/ Ophthalmology

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Emily H. Zhou

Medicine-Primary

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Adrian Celestine Ziaggi

Family Medicine

Washington Health System, Washington, Pa.

Patricia Zick

Family Medicine

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Bellevue, Neb.

Kyle William Zittel

Orthopaedic Surgery

MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.