Current Residents
Chief Residents
Courtney Connelly, MD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Future plans: Gynecologic Pathology fellowship (MSKCC)
Academic Interests: Women’s health, HPV-associated malignancies
Hobbies: Hiking, gardening, trying new restaurantsNiyati Desai, MD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Surat, Gujarat, India
MBBS: Government Medical College, Surat, India
MD: C.U. Shah Medical College, India
Future Plans: Cytology and Thoracic Pathology fellowships (MSKCC)
Academic Interests: Thoracic Pathology, biomarker discovery
Hobbies: Taking long walks, gardening, reading books, art and craft -including minakari stone work on glassYin Guo, MD, PhD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Henan, China
Undergraduate: Zunyi Medical University, China
Medical School: Zunyi Medical University, China
Graduate School: Vanderbilt University
Future plans: GI/Liver Pathology fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy, IBD pouch study
Hobbies: Lake fishing, camping, hiking, painting, and growing different kinds of succulents
PGY4
Sepideh Besharati, MD
- AP/CP, PGY4
Hometown: Rasht and Baltimore
Undergraduate: Azad University
Medical School: Azad University
Future plans: GI/Liver Pathology fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy
Hobbies: Painting, Watching movies, SightseeingMichael Daniel, MD, PhD
- AP/CP, PGY4
Hometown: Anaheim, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Future plans: Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology fellowships (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer, Personalized Medicine
Hobbies: Guitar, Video Games, Board/Card games, CookingJonathan Tepp, MD
- AP/CP, PGY4
Hometown: Fair Lawn, NJ
Undergraduate: Queens College, CUNY
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine-Tel Aviv University
Future plans: Oncologic Surgical Pathology fellowship (MSKCC), Dermatopathology fellowship (UTMB)
Academic Interests: GI pathology, dermatopathology
Hobbies: Running, hiking, biking, cookingJeffrey Thomas, DO
- AP/CP, PGY4
Hometown: Flemington, NJ
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Future plans: Hematopathology fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Hematopathology
Hobbies: Baking, Cooking, Piano, Video Games, Astronomy
PGY3
Courtney Connelly, MD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Future plans: Gynecologic Pathology fellowship (MSKCC)
Academic Interests:Women’s health, HPV-associated malignancies
Hobbies: hiking, gardening, trying new restaurantsNiyati Desai, MD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Surat, Gujarat, India
MBBS: Government Medical College, Surat, India
MD: C.U. Shah Medical College, India
Future Plans: Cytology and Thoracic Pathology fellowships (MSKCC)
Academic Interests: microbiology, molecular diagnostics, biomarker discovery, repeat RNA, RNA- in situ hybridization
Hobbies: taking long walks, gardening, reading books, art and craft -including minakari stone work on glassMichelle Garlin, MD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela.
Undergraduate and medical school: Jose Maria Vargas School of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Future plans: Cytopathology and Thoracic Pathology fellowships (MSKCC)
Academic interests: Pulmonary pathology, cytopathology, breast pathology, tumor microenvironment
Hobbies: Art, yoga & meditation, cats.Yin Guo, MD, PhD
- AP/CP, PGY3
Hometown: Henan, China
Undergraduate: Zunyi Medical University, China
Medical School: Zunyi Medical University, China
Graduate School: Vanderbilt University
Future plans: GI/Liver Pathology fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy, IBD pouch study
Hobbies: Lake fishing, camping, hiking, painting, and growing different kinds of succulentsIan Mellis, MD, PhD
- CP, PGY3
Hometown: New Rochelle, NY
Undergraduate: Amherst College
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Future plans: Research, Transfusion Medicine fellowship (NYBC/Columbia)
Academic Interests: systems biology, host-pathogen interactions, cell and gene therapies
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, languagesMaelle Saliba, MD
- AP, PGY3
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Undergraduate: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth-Faculté de médecine
Future plans: Thoracic Pathology fellowship (MSKCC)
Academic Interests: Thoracic Pathology, Head and Neck Pathology
Hobbies: Classical piano, painting and travelingEvan Waldron, MD, PhD
- CP, PGY3
Hometown: Nutley NJ
Undergraduate: Vassar College
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Future plans: Establish a research lab
Academic Interests: Understanding disease on the molecular scale using structural biology and biochemistry.
Particular interests: membrane proteins, receptors, protein-protein/protein-nucleic acid complexes. The development of protein based therapeutics and diagnostics
Hobbies: Springboard diving, tailoring, violin, baking, anime/manga, and animals.
PGY2
Zhe Ran "Susan" Duan, MD, PhD
- AP, PGY2
Hometown: Toronto
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Future plans: Surgical Pathology fellowship (Columbia)
Academic Interests: GI pathology
Hobbies: bouldering, reading, exploring food and the arts in NYCEsma Karlovich, MD
- AP/NP, PGY2
Hometown: Hatay
Undergraduate: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
Medical School: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: Neuropathology
Hobbies: Drawing, playing piano, sewingVladislav Korobeynikov, MD, PhD
- AP/NP, PGY2
Hometown: Novosibirsk, Russia
Undergraduate and Medical School: Novosibirsk State University, Department of Medicine
Future plans: Neuropathology, Research
Academic Interests: Nervous system disorders and neurodegeneration in particular
Hobbies: Growing various orchid speciesTianye Liu, MD, PhD
- AP/CP, PGY2
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: AP/CP
Hobbies: Anime, Mongolian history, competitive mahjong, music compositionSarah Merl (Nee Sabrudin), MBBS
- AP/CP, PGY2
Hometown: Malaysia
Undergraduate: Sunway College, Malaysia
Medical School: Manipal University, India
Future plans: Dermatopathology, Surgical Pathology
Academic Interests: Transplant and Immunology
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, and runningMiriam Snow, MD
- AP/CP, PGY2
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate: Barnard College
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: Breast and GI
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, hanging out with my 6-month-old baby!
PGY1
Tyler Cooke, MD
- AP/CP, PGY1
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical School: Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Future Plans: Clinical Informatics fellowship
Academic Interest: Informatics, molecular pathology, medical education
Hobbies: Reading, board games, playing clarinetHelen Ellsworth, MD
- AP/NP, PGY1
Hometown: Plymouth, NH
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Future Plans: Neuropathology, Forensics
Academic Interest: Autopsy, neurodegenerative disease
Hobbies: Classical music, painting, WikipediaVictoria Iannarone, MD
- AP/CP, PGY1
Hometown: Jenkintown, PA
Undergraduate: Connecticut College
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Temple University)
Future Plans: TBD
Academic Interest: Women's Health
Hobbies: Figure skating, biking, hiking, & meditationJordan Metz, MD, PhD
- AP/CP, PGY1
Hometown: Goldens Bridge, NY
Undergraduate: McGill University, Montreal, QC
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Future Plans: Molecular pathology and possibly microbiology fellowships
Academic Interests: Computational biology, programming, transcriptional and translational regulation
Hobbies: Foraging and fermenting, botany and mycology, video and board games, and adventuring with my beagle, ButtersBarbara (Bobbie) Pelham-Web, MD, PhD
- CP, PGY1
Hometown: Reston, VA
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Future Plans: Transfusion medicine, research
Academic Interests: Cell & gene therapy, regenerative medicine, women's health, immunogenetics
Hobbies: Running, hiking, live music, reading sci-fi & fantasyZhe (Jason) Zhu, M.Med
- AP/NP, PGY1
Hometown: Liuzhou, China
Undergraduate: Guangxi Medical University
Medical School: Guangxi Medical University
Future Plans: Neuropathology, surgical pathology
Academic Interest: Neuro-oncology, clinical trials
Hobbies: Jogging, hiking, bikingMichael Zimmerman, MD
- AP/CP, PGY1
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate: Salisbury University
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Future Plans: TBD
Academic Interests: AP/CP
Hobbies: cartography, highpointing, meteorology
Oral Pathology
Dennis Shem, DMD
- OP, PGY3
Hometown: El Cerrito, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
Future Plans: Academic dentistry and oral pathology
Academic Interests: Oral dysplasia; predoctoral education; oral complications of cancer therapy
Hobbies: Thrifting CDs and records; dog-sitting; exploring the arts, culture, and food scene of NYCMonica Kowalski, DMD
- OP, PGY2
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
Medical School: Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
Future plans: TBD
Academic Interests: Predoctoral education; Oral Pathology; Oral Cancer Pain and Implications for Clinical Therapy
Hobbies: weightlifting, volleyball, creating flower arrangements, candle making, yoga