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This September, we recognize the physicians and staff celebrating their 5th, 10th, and 15th anniversaries with PAGNY. Years of dedicated service build stronger teams, better care, and deeper connections to the communities we serve across NYC Health + Hospitals. To our September honorees: thank you for your continued commitment.

5-years

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services

Tyra Brown, Patient Care Associate, Nursing

Jessica Klaver, FPECC Forensic Examiner

Ademola Odugbesi, Pharmacy Tech, Pharmacy

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham

Wilmer Petite, M.D., Attending Physician, Tremont Medicine

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

Dalia Alqunaibit, M.D., Attending Physician, Surgery – General

Joseph Cataldo, M.D., Attending Physician, Surgery – Podiatry

Ashley Ford, M.D., Attending Physician, Behavioral Health – General

Avery Maltman, Physician Assistant, Surgery – Neurosurgery

Olufemi Odumosue, Certified Nurse Anesthetist Anesthesia – General

Arnoldys Stengel, M.D., Attending Physician, Pediatrics – Ambulatory

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Ankit Jain, M.D., Attending Physician, Psychiatry – General

Stephan Kohlhoff, M.D., Attending Physician, ER – General

Natalie Lokshin, Physician Assistant, Medicine – Gastroenterology

Sukhvinder Ranu, M.D., Attending Physician, Pediatrics

Valery Roudnitsky, M.D., Attending Physician, Surgery

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln

Laura Hyde, M.D., Associate Program Director, Surgery – Trauma

Akhila Reddy Mandadi, M.D., Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Justin McKibbin, M.D., Associate Chairperson, Surgery – Trauma

Stanislau Tsikhanau, Technologist, Surgery – Vascular

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan

Sharzad Alagheband, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – General

Sergejs Medjaniks, Registered Ultrasound Technologist, Surgery – General

Nicole Pendleton, Audiologist, Surgery – General

Andrew Peranteau, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – Dermatology

Sorana Vrabie-Wolk, M.D., Attending Physician, OB/GYN

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

Vivekanand Kalanadhabhatta, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – General

Wildys Rosario, M.D., Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine – Adult

10-years

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services

Matthew Akiyama, M.D., Attending Physician, Medical

Festus Effum, Mental Health Treatment Aide

Vanessa Gonzalez, Patient Care Associate, Nursing

NYC Health + Hospital/Harlem

Fawzy Salama, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – Neurology

Maureen Verbil, Physician Assistant, Medicine – Gastroenterology

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln

Daniel Singer, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – ICU/CCU

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

Ludmila Levin, M.D., Attending Physician, Emergency – General

Syed Mahmood, M.D., Attending Physician, Nuclear Medicine – General

Irene Rusu Jutagir, M.D., Attending Physician, Surgery – Ophthalmology

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Shalini Arora, M.D., Attending Physician, Surgery

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx

Jerome Adler, Physician Assistant, Emergency – General

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

Jennifer Ferraro, Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatry

15-years

NYC Health + Hospital/Harlem

Anda Davidescu, M.D., Division Chief, Medicine – Rehabilitation

Damian Kurian, M.D., Attending Physician, Medicine – Cardiology

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

Rafael Bessada, Physician Assistant, Behavioral Health – CPEP

Stephanie Valladares, Physician Assistant, OB/GYN – General

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln

Paola Carugno, M.D., Associate Chairperson, Pediatrics – General

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan

Ivette Ramirez-Montalvo, Administrative Assistant, Psychiatry

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

Leo Menkes, M.D., Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine – Adult

Zeyar Thet, M.D., Hospitalist, Medicine – General


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