We Welcome the Class of 2028 to the Columbia Anesthesiology Family
The department welcomed the new PGY-1 class with a Match Day lunch party on March 15.
Program Director Dr. Teresa Mulaikal and Interim Chair Dr. Tricia Brentjens emailed department’s membership to say a heartfelt thank you to the residents, fellows, faculty, and administrators who served as exemplary ambassadors for our Residency Program throughout the recruitment season, conveying the vitality of our learning environment, and inspiring the Class of 2028 to join our ranks.
The newest members of the department hail from medical schools across the US. We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences they'll bring to our program.
The Class of 2028
Daniel An, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kevin Ashi, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
*Melissa Chang, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
*Neville Dusaj, Weill Cornell Medicine
Samantha Goulding, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Grace Huang, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Stephanie Ji, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Joseph Kelly, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia
Elizabeth Khusid, Weill Cornell Medicine
Avraham Kohanzadeh, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nicola Lanier, University of Utah
Tyler Lecomer, Harvard Medical School
Charles Levin, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Christopher Malibiran, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Kevin Merkel, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chenel Morrison, Weill Cornell Medicine
John Nivar, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
Richard Rangel Vargas, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ariana Taj, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Shoran Tamura, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sudhamsh Tippireddy, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Christopher Wang, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Matthew Wickersham, Weill Cornell Medicine
Elaine Winge, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
Judy Yau, Tufts University School of Medicine
Sharon Zeng, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
*Virginia Apgar Scholars Program, for residents who aim for careers in academic medicine and plan to enter clinical subspecialty or research fellowships (including our NIH T32 program) following residency.