Radiology Residency Program

Message from Program Director

Welcome to the Radiology Residency at Westchester Medical Center. For those of you who are unfamiliar with our program, I encourage you to explore our site which contains information on the program and will give you some insight into resident life here at WMC.

As Program Director, I am completely focused on creating a supportive environment that optimizes resident education and enhances patient care. The program at WMC offers a close-knit group of residents and attendings, with an abundant sense of teamwork and camaraderie within the department. We are fortunate to have an extremely collegial working environment with a faculty:resident ratio of 1:1, something that allows for personalized attention, close supervision and focused teaching. Our residents are an integral part of workflow and patient care on the diagnostic and interventional radiology services, with the residents fully immersed and engaged on all rotations.

Our faculty is fully board certified and subspecialty trained, and provide continuous education both at the workstation and during our noon conferences. Daily conferences are a mixture of case-based and didactic lectures designed to prepare the residents for clinical practice and the American Board of Radiology examination series, of which we have maintained a 100% five-year pass rate. Additionally, there are nearly 20 interdisciplinary conferences weekly that residents attend and present at, providing a comprehensive educational experience that reaches beyond the radiology department to provide further clinical perspective. We also provide a robust Grand Rounds Series, where leading radiologists in all subspecialties share their expertise through didactic and case conferences.

All rotations take place at Westchester Medical Center, which includes the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital and our outpatient facility. All of our residents match and enter into the top fellowship programs in the country, and graduate the program with the knowledge, confidence and ability to succeed in the ‘real-world’ of clinical practice.

While there is certainly a ‘not too big, not too small’ feel to the department, the diversity of cases that residents get to experience at Westchester Medical Center is unmatched anywhere, and the hospital is geographically situated close to all of the resources of Manhattan while maintaining the conveniences of a suburban hospital.

Additionally, research opportunities are abundant within the department, with a great many resident presentations at all of the major national meetings.

For applicants to the program I commend you on making the wisest decision in medicine, to enter the field of radiology. I wish you the best of luck in your future career as a radiologist. Feel free to contact me directly at Anna.Rozenshtein@WMCHealth.org.

Anna Rozenshtein, MD, FACR

Program Overview and Curriculum

Program Overview

Our Diagnostic Radiology residency is a four-year fully ACGME-accredited program with five residents per year for a total of 20 residents. Westchester Medical Center is the major teaching hospital for New York Medical College and is located adjacent to the New York Medical College Campus in Valhalla, New York, approximately 20 miles north of New York City. Westchester Medical Center is a tertiary care facility featuring a Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, and robust transplant program. Residents complete the entirety of their clinical training on campus, with inpatient rotations at University Hospital and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, and outpatient rotations at the Ambulatory Care Pavilion and Advanced Imaging Center. Additionally, remote coverage for MidHudson Regional Hospital provides residents with community hospital experience.

The mission of our diagnostic radiology residency is to offer a diverse and rich clinical experience combined with a comprehensive didactic curriculum in an enthusiastic learning environment, thereby preparing our trainees to become experts in diagnostic imaging, compassionate healthcare providers, and leaders within the field of radiology. As displayed in the alumni section, our graduates move on to exceptional fellowships at the nation's top programs and later join competitive academic and private practices all across the country. We encourage you to explore our website and learn more about our residency program. If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.

Curriculum 

Our curriculum is composed of 36 months of core subspecialty rotations during the first three years prior to the CORE examination, which is administered by the ABR at the end of the third year of radiology training. The core subspecialties through which the residents rotate during their first three years are: pediatric radiology, body CT, body MRI, musculoskeletal, chest, neuroradiology, mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, PET, fluoroscopy, and interventional radiology.  The fourth year is composed primarily of elective time, giving residents substantial flexibility to shape their schedule to fit their career goals. We are certified for two Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR) positions per class, allowing residents interested IR to gain extensive experience before graduation and match into advanced placement IR fellowship positions, reducing training time by one year. Our department does not employ fellows, allowing residents to benefit from consistent one-on-one interaction with subspecialty-trained attendings.

Additional Information

Make a selection below for additional information, including where our residents live, benefits, our call system, and resident research/conferences.

Current Residents

Class of 2025

Ekramul Gofur, MD Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine Transitional Year: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, Miami Vascular	Jinhye Kim, MD Medical School: Hallym University College of Medicine Transitional Year: One Brooklyn Health System Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging & Intervention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital	Sheldon Lerman, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Transitional Year: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Montefiore	Monica Rizkalla, MD Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine Transitional Year: Zucker School of Medicine At Hofstra/Northwell (Formerly Hofstra Northwell School Of Medicine) Fellowship: Body MRI, Mt. Sinai Hospital	Mayer Rubin, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Transitional Year: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Fellowship: Mammography/Women’s Imaging, University of Maryland

Class of 2026

Mirza Baig, MD Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Transitional Year: University of Miami Hospital and Clinics	Daniel Edelman, MD Medical School:Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Transitional Year: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Henry Foster, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Transitional Year: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Daniella Herman, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center	Kristin Kim, MD Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine Transitional Year: Eastern Connecticut Health Network

Class of 2027

Sonia Hur, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: NYU Langone Long Island	Oghale Obaro-Best, MD Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Transitional Year: Ocean Medical Center	David Szczerepa, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: St. John's Riverside Hospital	Brian Tung, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: Steward Carney Hospital Inc.	Rubaya Yeahia, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: New York Medical College

Class of 2028

Ioannis Babatsikos, MD Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Transitional Year: Zucker Northwell, Peconic Bay, NY	Jong Kim, MD Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Transitional Year: Rutgers Community Medical Center	Mohammad Malik, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: Montefiore	Nicholas Martinez, MD Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Transitional Year: St. Vincent’s Medical Center, CT	Abraham Resnick, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Transitional Year: Englewood Hospital, NJ

Alumni

2024 Benjamin Hellman, MD - Cardiothoracic Imaging, Weill Cornell Medicine Benjamin Mann, MD - Body MRI, Mt. Sinai Hospital Quan Nguyen, MD - Musculoskeletal Imaging, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Kanika Thapar, MD - Neuroradiology, Duke University Kevin Thompson, MD - Body Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
2023 Patrick Chiarolanzio, MD – Neuroradiology Fellowship, Mt. Sinai Timothy Diestelkamp, MD – Neuroradiology Fellowship, Mt. Sinai Andrew Kirsner, MD – Body MR Fellowship, Mt. Sinai Dimitra Landis, MD – Body MR Fellowship, Mt. Sinai Prasanna Marathe, MD – Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
2022 Oliver Furusato Hunt, MD – Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai Health System  William Gao, MD – Musculoskeletal and Neuroradiology, Thomas Jefferson University Aaron Gold, MD – Interventional Radiology, University of Miami Michelle Xiao LaRosa, MD – Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital Ajay Patel, MD – Cardiothroacic/Abdominal Imaging, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
2021 Andrew Camacho, MD – Body Imaging, University of Washington Daniel Kadosh, MD – Pediatrics, Columbia NY Presbyterian Tariq Rashid, MD – Mammography/Women’s Imaging, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota David Sadowsky, MD – Body MR, NYU Langone Jennifer Wu, MD – Body/PET, Yale School of Medicine
2020  Edward Esses, MD - Interventional Radiology, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital Aneesa Gaffar, MD - Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic Charles Lugo, MD - Interventional Radiology, Miami Vascular Ahmed Rizvi, MD - Neuroradiology, Mayo Clinic Chaitanya Shilagani, MD (Chief) - MSK, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2019 Kyle Golden, DO – Neuroradiology, University of North Carolina Usama Hasan, DO – MSK, Mount Sinai Health System Jason Jimenez-Ocasio, MD – MSK, Ohio State University Medical Center Tianyang Li, MD – Body Imaging, Yale School of Medicine Ross Myers, MD – Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
2018 Jeffrey Gnerre, MD (Chief) Body MR, Mt. Sinai Health System Zeenia Irani, MD Body MRI, Yale School of Medicine Marc Lim, MD VIR, Oregon Health & Science University Yankai Sun, MD Neuroradiology, Duke University School of Medicine Yachao Zhang, MD VIR, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2017 Angela Tong, MD (Chief) Body MR, NYU Langone Amrita Arneja, MD Neuroradiology, Mount Sinai Health System Christopher Harnain, MD VIR, Miami Vascular Benjamin Navot, MD Body MR, Columbia NY Presbyterian Danielle Williams, MD Musculoskeletal, Hospital for Special Surgery
2016 Brian Rigney, MD (Chief) Neuroradiology, Mount Sinai Health System Tuan Huynh, MD Musculoskeletal, University of California, Davis Ruri Lee, MD Musculoskeletal, University of California, San Diego Christopher Song, MD Body MRI, Mount Sinai Health System Jennifer Thomas, MD Musculoskeletal, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2015 Jay Acharya, MD (Chief) Neuroradiology, University of Southern California Neil Kapadia, MD Body MRI, Yale University Swetha Dasari, MD Breast and Body, University of Pittsburgh Jasnit Makkar, MD Body MRI, Mount Sinai Hospital Hiram Shaish, MD Body MRI, New York University
2014 Noor Ahmad, MD (Chief) Interventional Radiology, Cornell University Duncan Davidson, MD Neuroradiology, George Washington University Justin Meyers, MD Neuroradiology, University of Southern California Birva Patel, MD Neuroradiology, Duke University Mike Vitale, MD Interventional Radiology, Columbia University
2013 Jaimin Shah, MD (Chief) Interventional Radiology, University of Maryland Patricia Chang, MD Pediatric Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital Sumit Dua, MD Neuroradiology, University of California, Los Angeles Seema Mukerjee, MD Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington Ryan Nichols, MD Neuroradiology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2012 Stephen Reis, MD (Chief) Interventional Radiology, University of Texas, Dallas Southwestern Nancy Cooper, MD Body MRI, Mt. Sinai Medical Center Maddalena Duarte, MD Breast and Body, Yale New Haven Medical Center Ajay Hira, MD Neuroradiology, University of Pennsylvania Jimmy Wu, MD Musculoskeletal Radiology, Duke Medical Center
2011 Shiva Gupta, MD (Chief) Body Imaging, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Lesli Lecompte, MD Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Himanshu Patel, MD Musculoskeletal Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery Vijay Singh, MD Musculoskeletal Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center Annie Yuen, MD Mammography, Northwestern Medical Center
2010 Jaskiran Grewal, MD (Chief) Women’s Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Kristen Belen, MD Advanced and Women’s Imaging, University of Southern California Charlton Byun, MD Neuroradiology, University of Southern California Hani Sharkey, MD Body Imaging, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2009 Ron Swanger, MD (Chief) Neuroradiology, Yale New Haven Medical Center Ryan Kramer, MD Interventional Neuroradiology, UCLA Medical Center Sasmita Misra, MD Breast Imaging, UCLA Medical Center Bridget Rogers, MD Women’s Imaging, University of Colorado
2008 David Weeks, MD (Chief) Neuroradiology, Yale New Haven Medical Center Lee Collins, MD Pediatric Radiology, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Chau Huynh, MD Body MRI and Cardiovascular Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center Anurag Sahai, MD Musculoskeletal Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery
2007 Trishna Patel, MD (Chief) Women’s Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital Steven Karidas, MD Body Imaging, Yale New Haven Medical Center Renna Malhotra, MD Ultrasound, University of California San Diego Mikhail Serebrennik, MD Neuroradiology, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University
2006 Syed Ashruf, MD (Chief) Neuroradiology, University of Maryland Elliot Kalker, MD Body Imaging North Shore University Hospital Shambhavi Venkataraman, MD Women’s Imaging Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Steven Storey, MD Vascular Interventional Radiology New York Presbyterian/Cornell
2005 Paul Baez, MD (Chief) Musculoskeletal Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital Jaya Dasgupta, MD Body Imaging, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Amir Hedayati, MD Interventional, Radiology New York Presbyterian/Cornell University Sabrina Mahboob, MD Body Imaging, North Shore University Hospital
2004 David Sarkany, MD (Chief) Body Imaging, North Shore University Hospital David Areman, MD Body Imaging, Beth Israel Medical Center Christina Blundo, MD Body Imaging, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Jon Lee, MD Neuroradiology, New York Presbyterian/Cornell University

How to Apply

Applications for residency must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Residents are selected through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Please use ACGME # 4203521136 - Westchester Medical Center when applying for our residency program. Successful completion of an accredited PGY-1 year and passing the USMLE Step III are prerequisites prior to beginning the residency in Diagnostic Radiology. During PGY-1 year, residents are allowed to take up to 2 months of radiology electives and the elective must be done at an ACGME accredited institution.

Requirements/Eligibility

Prospective applicants must submit the following via ERAS:

1. Application
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Personal statement
4. USMLE transcript/Comlex transcript
5. Three recent letters of recommendations
6. Medical school transcripts
7. Dean's letter (MSPE)
8. ECFMG certificate, if applicable

Visa Sponsorship: WMC will sponsor J-1 Visas. Sponsorship of H1-B Visas will be considered on a case-by-case basis for the most highly qualified applicants.

The Interview

Interviews will be held virtually. More information to follow for invited candidates.

Selection Process

The residency selection committee, led by Program Director, meets on a regular basis to review applications and select qualified applicants for personal interviews. During the selection process, each individual's entire application is reviewed, including academic records, MSPE comments, USMLE scores, leadership and volunteer service, research and publications, and other significant life experiences. Along with the Program Director, the selection committee includes the Chairman, additional faculty members, and current residents.

Timeline

July: ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) opens for students to begin work on applications.

September 15: Applicants may begin sending out applications to ACGME accredited residency programs. Resident selection committee begins reviewing applications.

October 1: Medical Student Performance Evaluations (MSPE) are sent out nationally.

November - January: Residency interviews are held.

January: Programs and residents input rank order lists into the NRMP (National Resident Matching Program).

February: Deadline to enter rank order list into NRMP.

Mid-March: RESIDENCY MATCH WEEK

Contact Us

Radiology Residency Program
at Westchester Medical Center
100 Woods Road
Macy Pavilion, Suite 1459
Valhalla, NY 10595
914.493.8550

Email: RadiologyResidencyAdmin@WMCHealth.org

Program Director: Anna Rozenshtein, MD, FACR, Anna.Rozenshtein@WMCHealth.org

Associate Program Director: Edwin Gulko, MD, Edwin.Gulko@WMCHealth.org

Chief Resident: Kevin Thompson, MD, Kevin.Thompson@WMCHealth.org

Program Coordinator: Jennifer Monks, Jennifer.Monks@WMCHealth.org

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