Current Residents

Chief Residents

  • Sepideh Besharati, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Rasht and Baltimore
    Undergraduate: Azad University
    Medical School: Azad University
    Future plans:  GI Pathology fellowship
    Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy
    Hobbies: Painting, Watching movies, Sightseeing

    Sepideh Besharati, MD

  • Michael Daniel, MD, PhD

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Anaheim, CA
    Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
    Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Future plans:  Possibly Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology fellowships
    Academic Interests: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer, Personalized Medicine
    Hobbies: Guitar, Video Games, Board/Card games, Cooking

    Michael Daniel, MD, PhD

  • Jeffrey Thomas, DO

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Flemington, NJ
    Undergraduate: Rutgers University
    Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Future plans:  Hemepath/ Dermpath
    Academic Interests: Hemepath
    Hobbies: Baking, Cooking, Piano, Video Games, Astronomy

    Jeffrey Thomas, DO

PGY4

  • Amy Ku, MD, PhD

    • AP/CP, PGY4

    Hometown: Lancaster, CA
    Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
    Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Future plans:  Hematopathology Fellowship, Columbia 2023-2024
    Academic Interests: Hematopathology and Transfusion Medicine
    Hobbies: D&D, Olympic recurve archery, compound archery, video games, board games, cats

    Amy Ku, MD, PhD

  • Chinwe Madubata, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY4

    Hometown: Riverdale, MD
    Undergraduate: Harvard University
    Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Future plans:  TBD
    Academic Interests: Health disparities in oncology, personalized genomic medicine, and transfusion medicine.
    Hobbies: Visiting parks, reading, and playing guitar.

    Chinwe Madubata, MD

  • Mine Yilmaz, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY4

    Hometown: Ankara/Turkey - Toronto/Canada
    Undergraduate: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
    Medical School: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
    Future plans:  TBD
    Academic Interests: Dermatopathology, Head&Neck/Endocrine Pathology
    Hobbies: Reading, Badminton, Playing Piano, Photography

    Mine Yilmaz, MD

PGY3

  • Sepideh Besharati, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Rasht and Baltimore
    Undergraduate: Azad University
    Medical School: Azad University
    Future plans:  GI Pathology fellowship
    Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy
    Hobbies: Painting, Watching movies, Sightseeing

    Sepideh Besharati, MD

  • Michael Daniel, MD, PhD

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Anaheim, CA
    Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
    Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Future plans:  Possibly Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology fellowships
    Academic Interests: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer, Personalized Medicine
    Hobbies: Guitar, Video Games, Board/Card games, Cooking

    Michael Daniel, MD, PhD

  • Shaheen Malick, MD

    • CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Manhattan, NY
    Undergraduate: CUNY Hunter
    Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Future plans:  TBD
    Academic Interests: Nutritional pathology, mTOR signalling
    Hobbies: Playing cello

    Shaheen Malick, MD

  • Christopher Shin, MD

    • CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Demarest, NJ
    Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
    Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
    Future plans:  Transfusion Medicine, Medical Microbiology, GI/Liver Pathology
    Academic Interests: Physics, psychology
    Hobbies: Painting, learning languages, and challenging himself to the spiciest foods around

    Christopher Shin, MD

  • Jonathan Tepp, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Fair Lawn, NJ
    Undergraduate: Queens College, CUNY
    Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine-Tel Aviv University
    Future plans:  TBD
    Academic Interests: GI pathology, dermatopathology
    Hobbies: Running, hiking, biking, cooking 

    Jonathan Tepp, MD

  • Jeffrey Thomas, DO

    • AP/CP, PGY3

    Hometown: Flemington, NJ
    Undergraduate: Rutgers University
    Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Future plans:  Hemepath/ Dermpath
    Academic Interests: Hemepath
    Hobbies: Baking, Cooking, Piano, Video Games, Astronomy

    Jeffrey Thomas, DO

PGY2

  • Courtney Connelly, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY2

    Hometown: Rochester, NY
    Undergraduate: Tufts University
    Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
    Future plans: Hematopathology fellowship
    Academic Interests: Hematopathology, molecular pathology
    Hobbies: hiking, gardening, trying new restaurants 

    Connelly Courtney

  • Niyati Desai, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY2

    Hometown: Surat, Gujarat, India
    MBBS: Government Medical College, Surat, India
    MD: C.U. Shah Medical College, India
    Future Plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: microbiology, molecular diagnostics, biomarker discovery, repeat RNA, RNA- in situ hybridization
    Hobbies: taking long walks, gardening, reading books, art and craft -including minakari stone work on glass

    Niyati Desai

  • Michelle Garlin, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY2

    Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela.
    Undergraduate and medical school: Jose Maria Vargas School of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic interests: Clinical microbiology, pulmonary and breast pathology, tumor microenvironment.
    Hobbies: Art, yoga & meditation, cats.

    Michelle Garlin

  • Yin Guo, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY2

    Hometown: Henan, China 
    Undergraduate: Zunyi Medical University, China 
    Medical School:  Zunyi Medical University, China 
    Future plans: GI/Liver Pathology, Hematopathology 
    Academic Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy 
    Hobbies: Lake fishing, camping, hiking, painting, and growing different kinds of succulents. 

    Yin Guo

  • Ian Mellis, MD, PhD

    • CP, PGY2

    Hometown: New Rochelle, NY
    Undergraduate: Amherst College
    Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Future plans: Research, specialty TBD
    Academic Interests: Regenerative medicine, systems biology, transfusion medicine, genomics
    Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, languages

    Ian Mellis

  • Maelle Saliba, MD

    • AP, PGY2

    Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
    Undergraduate: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
    Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth-Faculté de médecine & American University of Beirut
    Future plans: Combine Head and Neck pathology with experience in genomic medicine
    Academic Interests: Mutation-specific immunohistochemistry, personalized medicine
    Hobbies: Classical piano, watercolor painting and traveling

    Maelle Saliba

  • Evan Waldron, MD, PhD

    • CP, PGY2

    Hometown: Nutley NJ
    Undergraduate: Vassar College
    Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Future plans: Establish a research lab
    Academic Interests: Understanding disease on the molecular scale using structural biology and biochemistry.
    Particular interests: membrane proteins, receptors, protein-protein/protein-nucleic acid complexes. The development of protein based therapeutics and diagnostics
    Hobbies: Springboard diving, tailoring, violin, baking, anime/manga, and animals.

    Evan Waldron

PGY1

  • Zhe Ran "Susan" Duan, MD, PhD

    • AP/CP, PGY1

    Hometown: Toronto
    Undergraduate: Cornell University
    Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: GI, transfusion medicine
    Hobbies: bouldering, reading, exploring food and the arts in NYC

    Susan Duan, CUIMC pathology resident

  • Esma Karlovich, MD

    • AP/NP, PGY1

    Hometown: Hatay
    Undergraduate: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
    Medical School: Hacettepe University School of Medicine
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: Neuropathology
    Hobbies: Drawing, playing piano, sewing

    Esma Karlovich, CUIMC pathology resident

  • Vladislav Korobyenikov, MD, PhD

    • AP/NP, PGY1

    Hometown: Novosibirsk, Russia
    Undergraduate and Medical School: Novosibirsk State University, Department of Medicine
    Future plans: Neuropathology, Research
    Academic Interests: Nervous system disorders and neurodegeneration in particular
    Hobbies: Growing various orchid species

    Vladislav Korobeynikov, CUIMC pathology resident

  • Tianye Liu, MD, PhD

    • AP/CP, PGY1

    Hometown: San Francisco, CA
    Undergraduate: Cornell University 
    Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: AP/CP
    Hobbies: Anime, Mongolian history, competitive mahjong, music composition

    Tianye Liu, CUIMC pathology resident

  • Sarah Merl (Nee Sabrudin), MBBS

    • AP/CP, PGY1

    Hometown: Malaysia
    Undergraduate: Sunway College, Malaysia
    Medical School: Manipal University, India
    Future plans: Surgical Pathology, Molecular Pathology 
    Academic Interests: Transplant and Immunology
    Hobbies: Cooking, traveling, and running 

    Sarah Merl, CUIMC pathology resident

  • Miriam Snow, MD

    • AP/CP, PGY1

    Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
    Undergraduate: Barnard College
    Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: renal, GYN, GI
    Hobbies: Running and competing in races, propagating houseplants, baking with my step-daughter, spending time with friends and family

    Miriam Snow, CUIMC pathology resident

Oral Pathology

  • Khanh Trinh, DMD

    • OP, PGY3

    Hometown: Saigon, Vietnam
    Undergraduate: University of Arizona
    Medical School: Midwestern University - College of Dental Medicine-Arizona
    Future plans:  TBD
    Academic Interests: Oral Pathology
    Hobbies: Photography, reading, baking

    Khanh Trinh, DMD

  • Dennis Shem, DMD

    • OP, PGY2

    Hometown: El Cerrito, CA
    Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
    Medical School: Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
    Future Plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: Predoctoral education; medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ); head and neck cancer
    Hobbies: Eating my way through New York City; Film photography; Music; Thrifting

    Dennis Shem

  • Monica Kowalski, DMD

    • OP, PGY1

    Hometown: Chicago, IL
    Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago
    Medical School: Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
    Future plans: TBD
    Academic Interests: Predoctoral education; Oral Pathology; Oral Cancer Pain and Implications for Clinical Therapy
    Hobbies: weightlifting, volleyball, creating flower arrangements, candle making, yoga

    Monica Kowalski, DMD