Current Fellows

Fellowship Year - 3

Sohaib Ansari, MD
Hometown: Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Undergrad: Sadiq Public School
Med school: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
Residency: Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital
Fellowship: Sleep Medicine, Temple University Hospital
Career interests: advanced lung disease, critical care, sleep medicine
 

Joy Ayyoub, MD
Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Med school: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
Career interests: sleep medicine, obstructive lung disease, advanced bronchoscopy

Stephen Dachert, MD
Hometown: Rockville Centre, NY
Undergrad: The College of William and Mary
Med school: Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: ILD, lung transplant

Ashwin Karanam, MD
Hometown: Warren, NJ
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Med school: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: critical care, pleural diseases, ILD, thoracic malignancy

Jin Sun Kim, MD
Hometown: North Wales, PA
Undergrad: Ursinus College
Med school: Penn State College of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: advanced lung disease, lung transplant

Franco Laghi, MD
Hometown: Burr Ridge, IL
Undergrad: Loyola University Chicago
Med school: University of Limerick School of Medicine
Residency: Sinai Hospital Baltimore
Career interests: sleep, MedEd, respiratory muscle weakness, COPD, lung transplant

Samantha Pettigrew, MD
Hometown: Kearny, NJ
Undergrad: Seton Hall University
Med school: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: sleep, pulmonary vascular disease, MedEd, sepsis, critical care, women’s health

Michaela Seigo, DO
Hometown: Annandale, VA
Undergrad: Brown University
Med school: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency/Chief Residency: ChristianaCare
Career interests: MedEd, lung cancer, critical care, obstructive lung disease

Mary Zulty, DO
CHometown: Baltimore, MD
Undergrad: The College of William and Mary
Med school: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency/Chief Residency: MedStar Health System, Baltimore
Career interests: MedEd, critical care, obstructive lung disease

Fellowship Year - 2

Matthew Bittner, MD
Hometown: Voorhees, NJ
Undergrad: Washington and Lee University
Med school: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside
Career interests: sleep medicine, interventional pulmonology, critical care

Zehra Dhanani, MBBS
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Undergrad: Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
Med school: Aga Khan University
Residency/Chief Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Career interests: MedEd, ILD, lung transplant

Jensen Galvis, MD
Undergrad: University of Florida
Med school: George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: general pulmonary and critical care, lung transplant

Michael Goulet, DO
Hometown: Buffalo, NY and Downingtown, PA Undergrad: Penn State University
Med school: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency/Chief Residency: ChristianaCare
Career interests: general pulmonary and critical care

Ahsan Gulzar, MD
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Undergrad: University of Toronto
Med school: Saba University School of Medicine
Residency/Chief Residency: MedStar Health System, Baltimore
Career interests: interventional pulmonology

Truong-An (Andrew) Ho, MD
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania
Med school: Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Career interests: advanced lung disease, lung transplant

Keely Johnson, MD
Hometown: Grass Valley, CA
Undergrad: University of California, Santa Cruz
Med school: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Elmhurst Hospital Center
Career interests: humanitarian and emergency disaster response, lung transplant, ILD, interventional pulmonology

Michael Nicholson, DO
Hometown: Clark, NJ
Undergrad: The College of New Jersey
Med school: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center
Career interests: ILD, COPD, lung transplant

Jay Pescatore, DO
Hometown: Horsham, PA
Undergrad: Temple University
Med school: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Career interests: MedEd, pulmonary physiology, advanced bronchoscopy

Olivia Schanz, MD
Hometown: Sharon, MA
Undergrad: Penn State University
Med school: George Washington School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital

Fellowship Year - 1

Omar Al Omari, MBBS 
Hometown: Irbid, Jordan
Med school: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital
Career interests: critical care, bronchoscopy 

Isam Albaba, MBBS
Hometown: Damascus, Syria
Med school: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Residency/Chief Residency: Albany Medical Center
Career interests: ultrasonography, pleural disease, interventional pulmonology, translational research, MedEd.
 
Christian Cardillo, MD 
Hometown: Kings Park, NY  
Undergrad: Fairfield University 
Med school: Georgetown University School of Medicine  
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital  
Career interests: pulmonary hypertension, sleep medicine, MedEd 
 
Robert DeJoy, DO 
Hometown: Bronxville, NY  
Undergrad: Hamilton College 
Med school: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine  
Residency/Chief Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center 
Career interests: critical care, ARDS, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical ventilation, MedEd 
 
Jakub Halicki, MD 
Hometown: Kearny, NJ
Undergrad: East Stroudsburg University 
Med school: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency/Chief Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center 
Career interests: MedEd, pulmonary hypertension, lung transplant    

Alonso Marquez Fuenmayor, MD 
Hometown: Valencia, Venezuela  
Undergrad: Universidad de Carabobo - Valencia 
Med school: Universidad de Carabobo - Valencia 
Residency: John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County 
Career interests: MedEd, obstructive lung disease  
 

Krunal Patel, MD 
Hometown: New Brunswick, NJ  
Undergrad: Rutgers University New Brunswick  
Med school: Ross University School of Medicine 
Residency/Chief Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 
Career interests: PoCUS, MedEd, lung transplant, social determinants of health 
 
Noelle Provenzano, DO 
Hometown: Modesto, CA  
Undergrad:  University of California Santa Barbara   
Med school: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Residency: Einstein Medical Center Montgomery 
 
Ahmad Raza, MBBS 
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan  
Undergrad:  Forman Christian College 
Med school: Services Institute of Medical Sciences 
Residency: Jefferson Abington Hospital  
Career interests: advanced lung disease, lung transplant  
 
Nidhi Shah, MD 
Hometown: Holtsville, NY  
Undergrad:  Stony Brook University 
Med school: Stony Brook School of Medicine 
Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital  
Career interests: pulmonary hypertension, ILD