Hospital Medicine Faculty

Oluwaseun Adaramola, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2018

Medical School: University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria, 2006
Residency: Woodhull Medical and Mental Center, NYU School of Medicine, 2014

Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Mohamed Alhabbal, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2015

Medical School: Damascus University, Damascus, 1994
Residency Programs: Montefiore Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Addiction Medicine; Family Medicine

Eric Alper, MD

Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, UMass Chan Medical School
Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 1998

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Daniel Ambrus, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2014

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 2009
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center (Internal Medicine)

Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Ghassan N. Azeez, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: University of Baghdad Medical College, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003
Residency: Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 2015
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Charu Bajracharya, MD

Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal
Residency: Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA

Lauren Bedrosian, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2018

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Yoel Carrasquillo Vega, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division Member Since 2016

Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 2013
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Nidhi Chodjar, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division Member Since 2001

Medical School: Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Punjab, India 1992
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Evan Dang, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate Medical Center

Paul Daniel, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2015

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2012
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Wyatt DeLomba, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Henry Del Rosario, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2017

Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL, 2014 
Residency: West Suburban Hospital Medical Center, Oak Park, IL
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Christine Donahue, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2001

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 1995
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Kimberly Eisenstock, MD

Clinical Chief, Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Associate Chief, Hospital Family Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2005

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2002
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

David Fish, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2011

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2006
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Richard Forster, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2000

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 1988
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Fellowship: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Cristina Gavala, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2013

Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, 1997
Residency: St. Vincent Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Piotr Grabias, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2003

Medical School: Medical University of Gdansk
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Ish Gupta, DO

Associate Chief of Quality and Patient Safety
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2003

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA 1999
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine 

Mohmmad Hajjiri, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2004
Residency: Cleveland Clinic - Akron General Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Marguerite Hawley, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2008

Medical School: Emery University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 1988
Residency: University Health Center of Pittsburgh
Fellowships: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Pathology) & Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School (Nephrology)
Board Certification: Internal Medicine & Nephrology

Nicholas Hebda, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Christine Hebert, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Maria Hincapie-Marquez, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2014

Medical School: Universidad Juan N. Corpas, Bogota, Columbia, 1992
Residency: St. Vincent Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Shagufta Jabeen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan, 2003
Residency: Aultman Hospital - Canton Medical Ed Foundation
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Saud Javed, MD

Memorial Hospital Site Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2008

Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999
Residency: Mount Sinai-Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Zhenyang Jiang, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: Wenzhou Medical College, 2003
Residency: New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Sandeep S. Jubbal, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: Government Medical College Kozhikode, 2000
Residency Program: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship Program: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Alok Kapoor, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2014

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 1998
Residency: New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center (General Internal Medicine)
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Iftikhar Khan, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2011

Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, 1993
Residency: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Pankaj Ksheersagar, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2014

Medical School: Dr. D.Y. Patil University Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2002
Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine, KEM Hospital, India
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Srividhya Lakshmanan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2013

Medical School: Coimbatore Medical College, Tamil, India 2005
Residency: Easton Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Nancy Lee, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2017

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2013
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Gregory Leslie, MD

Interim Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School





Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2014
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Changqing Li, MD, PhD

Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Binzhou Medical College, Dalian Medical University, China, Shandong University Medical School, China
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center/North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, NY

Anthony Lorusso, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2018

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2015
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Oliver Marasigan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2012

Medical School: De la Salle University Health Sciences Campus College of Medicine, Dasmarinas, Philippines, 2000
Residency: St. John's Episcopal Hospital, South Shore
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (Geriatric Medicine)
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Jonathan Min, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2014

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2012
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Hau Nguyen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School 
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Jason Numbers, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2012

Medical School: Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2009
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Nneka Onwubueke, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2003

Medical School: University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 1996
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Venu Pararath Gopalakrishnan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

 

Medical School: University of Calicut, Kerala, 2007
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Prince Philip, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2015

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Roseau, 2011
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Andrea Poisson-Irani, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2013

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2009
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Jithu Pradeep, MD

UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Sree Uthradom Thirunal Academy of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Bryan Quintanilla, MD

Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Residency: New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY

Patricia Seymour, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2010

Medical School: UMass Chan Medical School, 2007
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Yousaf Shaikh, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2010

Medical School: Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, 2010
Residency: St. Joseph Hospital/University of Illinois at Chicago
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Priya Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Medical School: Manipal University; Kasturba Medical College, 2010
Residency: Advocate Christ Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine 

Saurabh Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2010

Medical School: University of New Delhi, New Delhi, India 2004
Residency: Southside Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Andrew Sheridan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Shahrzad Shidfar, MD

Associate Chief of Education
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2003

Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran 1995
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Niharika Singh, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2013

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India, 2008
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago/Advocate Christ Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Nicole Somes, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School

Board Certification: Family Medicine

Beata Stancel-Grabias, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2005

Medical School: Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, 1993
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Rama Takillapati, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2007

Medical School: Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, India, 1996
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Aneetha Thirumalai, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2007

Medical School: Sri Ramachaadra Medical College, Madras, 1993
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME & Maryland General Hospital
Fellowship: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME (Infectious Disease)
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Meghna Trivedi, MD

University Hospital Site Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2011

Medical School: Rajiv Gandi Medical College, Mumbai, India, 2005
Residency: Cooper University Hospital/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Prashant Veerreddy, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2006

Medical School: Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University Medical College, Hyderabad, India, 2000
Residency: North Shore Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Sarah Velten, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2017

Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, 2013
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Neha Wacks, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2017

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2014 
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School
Board Certification: Family Medicine

Vania Wu, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2024

Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate Medical Center

Yichao (Connie) Wu, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2016

Medical School: Medical College of Nanjing University, China, 2001
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center- UMass GME 
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Robina Yaqub, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 2016

Medical School: Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2000
Residency: Coney Island Hospital 
Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Majid Yazdani, MD

Director, Sub-Intern Hospital Medicine Clerkship, UMass Chan Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Division Member Since 1998

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 1994
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass GME
Board Certification: Internal Medicine