Internal Medicine, Categorical

The Department of Medicine is affiliated with Yale University and is currently training 42 residents and 12 fellows (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics and Pulmonary).

In order to apply by ERAS to our program:

Your USMLE scores must be over 230 (first attempt) in each step and at least one of the following:

• Internal Medicine residency training
• Significant U.S. clinical experience
• Significant research and publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Medical school graduate date or gap since significant clinical work must be under 5 years (we might consider larger gaps in a few cases, depending on your clinical background
• Advanced degrees that contribute to competence in clinical/research arenas: MPH, PhD, MRCP

We also need to review:

• At least 3 clinical Letters of Recommendation
• We accept both U.S. and international medical graduates
• We sponsor both J1 and H1-B visas
• In order for us to sponsor the H1-B visa, USMLE Step III must be taken and cleared before you enter the Match. Applications for visas/status are sent out immediately after we receive our match results in early-March. If the Step III results are not available on that day, a J-1 visa will be the only option offered. There are no exceptions.

2025 Match Results

Bridgeport Hosptial, Cardiology
Bridgeport Hospital, Gastroenterology
Cleveland Clinic, Rheumatology
Old Dominion University, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Pulmonary/Critical Care
St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Tufts Medical Center, Endocrinology
University of Florida, Endocrinology
University of South Carolina, Infectious Diseases
Yale New Haven Hospital, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Yale New Haven Hospital, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Yale New Haven Hospital, Nephrology
Yale New Haven Hospital, Sleep Medicine

Post-Fellowship Positions

Geoffrey Tsaras MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois (Rockford)
Migues Alvarez MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine
Jona Marie Golbin MD, Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Kwasi Dakwa MD, Interventional Cardiology, SSM Health Found du Lac Regional Clinic
Joyce George MD, Endocrinology, Banner Health
Alejandro Gonzalez MD, Endocrinology, WellMed Medical Group
Ritesh Kohli MD, Rheumatology, Wellstar Health System
Christiana Kuntzen MD, Gastroenterology, Northwell Health
Kumuthini Partheepan MD, Hospital Medicine, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital
Marcello Rotta MD, Oncology, HCA HealthOne
Reejis Stephen MD, Nephrology, Abrazo Health
Lisa Suazo-Hernandez MD, Infectious Disease, Doctors Hosptial at Renaissance

This schedule holds true for the floor teams. The schedules are different for the Medical ICU service and coud be different on the Intermediate Care Step-down Unit (ICA).

Chief Residents
Paridhi Ghai, MD
Aaron Lobo, MD
Nur Rahman, MD

PGY-3
Shaun Abid, MD
Mayowa Adefuye, MD
Isaac Adjei Opoku, MD
Ashraf Omer Elamin Ahmed, MD
Amer Al-Musa, MD
Mohamed Badheeb, MD
Sarpong Boateng, MD
Mayssaa Hoteit, MD
Laura Dianey Ibanez, MD
Sumedh Iyengar, MD
Rofina JohnKennedy, MD
Erica Martel, MD
Pranita Paudyal, MD
Alexa Plato, MD
Paudyal Pranita, MD
Swarnima Vardhan, MD
Ximi Wang, MD
Tawanda Zinyandu, MD

PGY-2
Abena Adei, MD
Vanessa Agberien, MD
Kayla Boyea, MD
Meryl Braun, MD
Corinne Caissie, MD
Francesca Gentile, MD
Lizda Guerrero Arroyo, MD
Yusif Issaka, MD
Simran Joshi, MD
Donghyun Ko, MD
Shijia Li, MD
Frances Mejia, MD
Didien Meyahnwi, MD
Rezane Miftari, MD
Sylvia Osei-Akuamoah, MD
Abhiraj Patel, MD
Sameer Safi, MD
Zichong Xu, MD

PGY-1
Kwame Adjei-Sefah, MD
Prashant Ahlawat, MD
Ibrahim Balogun, MD
Tanya Chotrani, MD
Dimitry Egorov, MD
Carlos Franco, Sr., MD
Luis Garrido Trevino, MD
Qishun Huang, MD
Yabets Kebede, MD
Kwasi Kyei Ofei, MD
Daniela Liverant Aspani, MD
Wendy Miranda, MD
Gurkamal Nijjar, MD
Miracle Oparah, MD
Malek Othman, MD
Nisarg Shah, MD
Saira Shah, MD
Paola Yepez, MD

PGY-1 Preliminary
Khashayar Afshari, MD
Shaid Afyouni, MD
Said Hanush Reddy Jeggari, MD
Sara Riley, MD

 

Internal Medicine and its related subspecialties have been a cornerstone of Bridgeport Hospital for decades. Three quarters of all hospital admissions and outpatient visits are for medical conditions treated by Internal Medicine physicians and Internal Medicine subspecialists.

The hospital has seven General Internal Medicine units including units dedicated to Internal Medicine subspecialties, including cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases, cancer care, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal diseases. The in-patient physical medicine/rehabilitation needs of the Yale New Haven Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital have been moved to Milford Hospital, 15 minutes away to create more medical/surgical bed space at Bridgeport. More than 200 members of the hospital’s medical staff are Internal Medicine specialists or subspecialists. New physicians in the hospital’s robust Internal Medicine residency and fellowship programs train with many of these highly-skilled, experienced attending physicians, which is a key benefit of their post-graduate medical education

Teaching hospitals like Bridgeport Hospital are where the best and brightest minds in medicine collaborate to provide the highest quality, clinically proven and most technologically advanced evidence-based care possible.  Our residents and faculty publish their findings in top medical journals and present at both national and international conferences. All publications and presentations by our residents are uploaded in the Bridgeport Scholar Institutional Repository.

Please click here to learn more about the scholarly work of our residents and faculty.