People

Program Leadership

Rachel “Osbo” Osborn, MD

Program Director

Med School: Rush Medical College

Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital (Internal Medicine/Pediatrics)

Chief Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital (Pediatrics)

Specialty: Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Hometown: Split my time between Pueblo, CO and Portland, OR

Neighborhood: East Rock

Paul Aronson, MD, MHS

Deputy Program Director

Med School: New York University School of Medicine

Undergrad: Duke University

Grad School: Yale School of Medicine

Residency: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Chief Residency: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Hometown: Guilford, CT

Neighborhood: Guilford, CT (yes, I moved back home….well, 5 minutes away)

Erin Nozetz, MD

Associate Program Director

Med School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Residency: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Chief Residency: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Specialty: General Pediatrics/Lead Toxicity

Hometown: Montreal, Canada

Neighborhood: Madison, CT

Adam “Berky” Berkwitt, MD

Associate Program Director

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Chief Residency: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Specialty: Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Hometown: West Hartford, CT

Neighborhood: East Rock/New Haven

Jessica Malcolm, MD, MPH

Chief Resident

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Grad School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: Worcester, MA

Neighborhood: New Haven

Monisha Sachdev, MD

Chief Resident

Med School: Duke University School of Medicine

Hometown: North Haven

Neighborhood: East Rock

Lyubina Yankova, MD

Chief Resident

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: Glastonbury, CT

Neighborhood: East Rock

Elizabeth Lopez

Residency Program Coordinator

Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Neighborhood: Woodbridge, CT

Heather Riggio

Residency & Fellowship Coordinator

Undergrad: Arizona State University (BA Candidate)

Hometown: Cromwell, CT

Neighborhood: I believe I live in “ The Vill” or Newhallville in New Haven

Department Leadership

PGY-1s

Carnie Acier, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Hometown: Miami, FL

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Alexa Allotta, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Hometown: Staten Island, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown

Jacob Arnold, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Hometown: Doylestown, PA

Neighborhood: East Rock

Emily Behling, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Child Psychology/SOLNIT

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Allison Bradley, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Hometown: Mansfield, MA

Neighborhood: Downtown

Vanessa Cedarbaum, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hometown: Flemington, NJ

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Benjamin Dylik, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Hometown: Hamburg, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown/The Hill

Erica Heiden, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Hometown: Wellesley, MA

Neighborhood: East Rock/Prospect Hill

Tiffany Ho, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hometown: Bensalem, PA

Neighborhood: Downtown

Sarah Householder, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Columbia University

Monique Huertas, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Hometown: Bayamón, PR

Neighborhood: Downtown

Joshua Hyman, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Rishi Jaswaney, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Neighborhood: East Rock

Lucille Kohlenberg, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Hometown: Elm Grove, WI

Neighborhood: East Rock

Emily Krasnow, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Hometown: Wyckoff, NJ

Neighborhood: Downtown

Elianny Lantigua Guichardo, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Hometown: Dominican Republic

Jacob Lister, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Child Psychology/SOLNIT

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Christopher Myers, II, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Hometown: Essex, CT

Alex O’Donovan, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Hometown: Somerville, MA

Neighborhood: Westville

Luisa Ortiz, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Hometown: White Plains, NY

Neighborhood: New Haven

Angela Osei-Bonsu, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Child Neurology

Med School: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology School of Medical Sciences

Hometown: Nsuta/Mampong, Ghana

Paul Park, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Child Neurology

Med School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hometown: Old Tappan, NJ

Neighborhood: Branford, CT

Jonathan Popham, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Hometown: Fairfax, VA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Katie Prochownik, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Mohammed Sayeem, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh /Cheshire, CT

Naa Sey, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Howard University College of Medicine

Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana/Warrenton, VA

Julia Sherman, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Hometown: Newton, MA

Neighborhood: Downtown

Almasa Talovic, MD

Year: PGY-1

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center College of Medicine

PGY-2s

Becky Adu, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hometown: New Jersey

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Ife Aridegbe, MD, MPH

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hometown: Avenel, NJ

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Alex Ashinoff, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Boston University School of Medicine

Hometown: New Rochelle, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Demiana Azmy, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Albany Medical College

Hometown: Madison, CT

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Lauren Baron, MD, MPH&TM

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Howard University College of Medicine

Hometown: Marietta, GA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Sean Bickerton, MD, PhD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Hometown: Topsfield, MA

Neighborhood: Hamden, CT

Amy Blasini, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: University of Michigan Medical School

Nashid Chaudhury, MD, PhD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

June Criscione, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Hometown: Albany, NY

Neighborhood: East Rock

Faith Crittenden, MD, MPH

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Grad School: Yale School of Public Health

Hometown: Windsor, CT

Neighborhood: West Haven, CT

Anna Delamerced, MD, MSc.

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Neighborhood: East Rock

Andrea Devaris, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Hometown: San Germán, PR

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Britt Dioneda, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Neighborhood: Westville

Alex Green, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Sofia Halperin-Goldstein, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Hometown: Lexington, MA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Isabella Joslin, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Cambridge, MA

Neighborhood: East Rock

Maniya Kasaiyan, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Child Neurology

Med School: Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

Desiree Leverette, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Meharry Medical College

Rima Madan Spiezio, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Child Neurology

Med School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Hometown: Bethpage, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Luba Margai, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Hometown: Vestal, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Nathan Maris, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: University of Washington School of Medicine

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Neighborhood: East Rock

Mehr Mathew, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Hometown: Edgewater, NJ

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Ruchit Nagar, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Harvard Medical School

Krissy Obiakor, MD, MS

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rush Medical College of Rush University

Hometown: Shorewood/Milwaukee, WI (S.O. MIDWEST!!)

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Vanessa Perez, MD

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: The Bronx, NY

Neighborhood: Branford, CT

Kia Stroughton, MD, MPH

Year: PGY-2

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Hometown: The Bronx, NY

Neighborhood: Hamden, CT

PGY-3s

Jessica Ashley, MD, MPH

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hometown: Atlanta, GA/New York, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Nicholas Barresi, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: Chatham, NJ

Neighborhood: Fair Haven Heights (New Haven)

Brendan Barry, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Hometown: North Hampton, NH

Neighborhood: East Rock

Elizabeth Cai, MD, MBA

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Grad School: Rutgers Business School

Hometown: Tarrytown, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown-ish

McKenna Campbell-Potter, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: University of Minnesota Medical School

Hometown: Eden Prairie, MN

Neighborhood: Whitneyville area of Hamden!

Hiba Elfadeel, MBChB

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Benghazi Faculty of Medicine

Hometown: Benghazi, Libya

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Megan Feick, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Hometown: Newark, DE

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Jodi Forward, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Hometown: Sherborn, MA

Neighborhood: Hamden, CT

Rohaum Hamidi, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: California Northstate University College of Medicine

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Clea Harris, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Sackler School of Medicine New York State/American Program of Tel Aviv University

Hometown: Woodbridge, CT

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Michael He, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Texas Tech El Paso – Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

Hometown: Beaumont, TX

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Jake Keaney, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Hometown: Hingham, MA

Neighborhood: Wooster Square

Jennifer Lawson, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: New Milford, CT

Neighborhood: East Rock

Galen Nailor, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Meharry Medical College

Hometown: Houston, TX

Neighborhood: Wooster Square

Eesha Natarajan, MBBS

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: B. J. Medical College, Pune

Hometown: Pune, India

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Matt O’Brien, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Frank H Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Hometown: Wilton, CT

Neighborhood: Westville

Nishant Pandya, MD, MPH

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Grad School: Thomas Jefferson School of Population Health

Hometown: Allentown, PA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Madalyn Petrillo, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Hometown: Haddonfield, NJ

Neighborhood: East Rock

Devika Sparks, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Hometown: Wallingford, CT

Neighborhood: Wooster Square

Max Tarica, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Medical College of Georgia

Hometown: Alpharetta, GA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Lizzie Tepler, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Harrison, NY

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Natalle Yu, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: New York Medical College

Hometown: Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia

Neighborhood: Downtown

Angela Zeigler, MD, PhD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Grad School: University of Virginia

Hometown: Clemson, SC

Neighborhood: Hamden, CT

Shirley Zhao, MD

Year: PGY-3

Program: Categorical Pediatrics

Med School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

PGY-4s

Ashley Demory, MD

Year: PGY-4

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: George Washington University School of Medicine

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Neighborhood: Downtown New Haven

Henly Hewan, MD

Year: PGY-4

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Neighborhood: Fair Haven

Christina Johns, MD

Year: PGY-4

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Hometown: Mattapoisett, MA

Neighborhood: East Rock

Shelby Rosario, MD

Year: PGY-4

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: New York Medical College

Chloe Zimmerman, MD

Year: PGY-4

Program: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Med School: Yale School of Medicine

Program Leadership

Rachel “Osbo” Osborn, MD

Program Director

Paul Aronson, MD, MHS

Deputy Program Director

Erin Nozetz, MD

Associate Program Director

Adam “Berky” Berkwitt, MD

Associate Program Director

Jessica Malcolm, MD, MPH

Chief Resident

Monisha Sachdev, MD

Chief Resident

Lyubina Yankova, MD

Chief Resident

Elizabeth Lopez

Residency Program Coordinator

Heather Riggio

Residency & Fellowship Coordinator

Department Leadership

Clifford Bogue, MD

Pnina Weiss, MD

Marietta Vazquez, MD

Karina Amaya, BA

PGY-1s

Carnie Acier, MD

Alexa Allotta, MD

Jacob Arnold, MD

Emily Behling, MD

Allison Bradley, MD

Vanessa Cedarbaum, MD

Benjamin Dylik, MD

Erica Heiden, MD

Tiffany Ho, MD

Sarah Householder, MD

Monique Huertas, MD

Joshua Hyman, MD

Rishi Jaswaney, MD

Lucille Kohlenberg, MD

Emily Krasnow, MD

Elianny Lantigua Guichardo, MD

Jacob Lister, MD

Christopher Myers, II, MD

Alex O’Donovan, MD

Luisa Ortiz, MD

Angela Osei-Bonsu, MD

Paul Park, MD

Jonathan Popham, MD

Katie Prochownik, MD

Mohammed Sayeem, MD

Naa Sey, MD

Julia Sherman, MD

Almasa Talovic, MD

PGY-2s

Becky Adu, MD

Ife Aridegbe, MD, MPH

Alex Ashinoff, MD

Demiana Azmy, MD

Lauren Baron, MD, MPH&TM

Sean Bickerton, MD, PhD

Amy Blasini, MD

Nashid Chaudhury, MD, PhD

June Criscione, MD

Faith Crittenden, MD, MPH

Anna Delamerced, MD, MSc.

Andrea Devaris, MD

Britt Dioneda, MD

Alex Green, MD

Sofia Halperin-Goldstein, MD

Isabella Joslin, MD

Maniya Kasaiyan, MD

Desiree Leverette, MD

Rima Madan Spiezio, MD

Luba Margai, MD

Nathan Maris, MD

Mehr Mathew, MD

Ruchit Nagar, MD

Krissy Obiakor, MD, MS

Vanessa Perez, MD

Kia Stroughton, MD, MPH