Published March 20, 2020
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.
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 | University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 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 | Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, N.Y. |
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 | Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, N.Y. |
Joseph Hennig | Family Medicine | Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Ill. |
Jessica Hinaman | Medicine-Prelim | University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. |
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 | Rhode Island Hospital/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 | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, N.Y. |
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 | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
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 | NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, N.Y. |
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 | University of Central Florida/HCA GME Consortium (Gainesville), Gainesville, Fla. |
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 | St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, N.Y. |
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. |