General Surgery Residents at Danbury Hospital
PGY 1 Surgery Residents
Rebecca Applin, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: The College of William and Mary
Medical School: New York Medical College
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Trauma and Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Knitting, hiking, barre, baking, and harassing my two cats
Jacqueline Danisi, D.O.
Undergrad: Allegheny College
Med school: University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: Trauma, Critical Care, Vascular
Hobbies: pickup basketball, weightlifting, trying new restaurants, playing with my cats
Joyce Eum, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Wheaton College
Medical School: Kansas City University
Area of interest in Surgery: Surgical Oncology, Pediatrics, Endocrine, & Breast
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Medical missions, going to the beach, traveling, working out, eating
Subigya Parajuli, MBBS
Undergraduate & Medical School: Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University
Interest: General surgery, Thoracic Surgery, MIS, Trauma, Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Exploring high altitudes about 10,000 feet, Tennis enthusiast and culinary adventurer
Anna Sarkisova, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Georgia Gwinnett College, Rutgers University Masters of Biomedical Science
Medical School: Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Area of Interest in Surgery: Breast, Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck, Endocrine, Colorectal, MIS
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Gardening, Hiking, Mushroom Foraging, Cooking
Jayavignesh Sekar, MBBS
Undergraduate Education & Medical School: Tirunelveli Medical College & Madras Medical College
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Surgical Oncology, Breast Surgery, Trauma, MIS
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Cricket, Games, Travel, Politics, History, Crafting Captivating Ghost stories to Scare Anna Sarkisova!
Sydney Smilen, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Breast, MIS
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Drawing, hiking, camping, baking, thrifting, ice cream lover
PGY 2 Surgery Residents
Arham Aslam, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of South Florida
Medical School: Avalon University School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Thoracic Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Sports, Film, Cats
Tyler Glaspy, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Arizona State University
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical Education
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Spending time outdoors, cooking, reading
Karan Kumar, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: State University of New York College at Old Westbury
Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Minimally Invasive Surgery, HPB
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Cooking, traveling
Shaidy Moronta, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Bloomsburg University
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – VA campus
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Endocrine, Plastic, HPB, MIS, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Painting, singing, dancing, cooking, hiking, anime, tennis, volleyball
Ronald Truong, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Nevada, Reno
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Transplant, Trauma, HPB, Surgical Oncology
Hobbies/Personal Interests: surfing, snowboarding, culinary arts, basic and clinical science research
Research Residents
Daniel Margolin, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Minimally Invasive, Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery, Colorectal, Hepatobiliary
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Ice Hockey, Skiing, Hiking, Cooking
Trevor Roush, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Western Oregon University
Medical School: Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Trauma & Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Nature & the outdoors, my German Shepherd, board games, sports, cooking
Keerthivasan Vengatesan, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Vascular Surgery, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Foodie, Dancing/making choreography, Television/Movies, Hiking
Litton Whitaker, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Sewanee - The University of the South
Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Vascular Surgery and Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Cooking, running, tennis, travel
PGY 3 Residents
Patra Childress, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Trauma, Global Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Travel, Hiking, Basketball, Classic Film
Karri Hester M.D.
Undergraduate education: The George Washington University
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Area of Interest in Surgery: Colorectal Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Traveling, Global health, Baking, Cooking, Going to Church, Reading, Sports (Playing and Watching!), the great outdoors (hiking, kayaking), Cross-fit, spending time with family and friends.
Natasha Sebastian, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Quebec at Montreal
Medical School: Xavier University School of Medicine at Aruba
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Breast Surgery, Trauma/Critical Care
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Singing, foodie, cooking, hanging out with my dogs, fantasy books and series
Mary Kate Winslow, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Medical School: University of Queensland
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Global Surgery
Hobbies/ Personal interests: Baking, reading, traveling, woodworking
PGY 4 Surgery Residents
Krist Aploks M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Vermont
Medical School: University at Buffalo: Jacobs School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Personal Interests: Skiing, traveling, ancient roman history, flying
Minha Kim, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Area of Interest in Surgery: HPB, MIS, CRS, Surgical oncology
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Traveling, running, cooking, baking
Rio Nomoto, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: College of the Holy Cross
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Area of Interest in Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Tennis, zumba, research
PGY 5 Chief Surgery Residents
Caterina Aiello, D.O.
Undergraduate Education: Fairfield University
Medical School: Rowan School of Medicine
Areas of Interest in Surgery: Breast, Cardiac
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Traveling, Reading, Baking
Arash Rahimi-Ardabily M.D.
Undergraduate Education: California State University of Sacramento
Medical school: American University of the Caribbean
Area of interest: Surgical Oncology
Hobbies/Personal Interests: Hiking/outdoors, working out, music, art, traveling, cooking
Incoming Residents
Jacqueline Addona, M.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Caitlin Hartland, M.D.
St. George's University
Yeahan Kim, M.D.
Boston University School of Medine
Zhuoyan (Eric) Lu, M.D.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Anthony Javed Machikan, M.B.B.Ch.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
Vasalya Panchumarthi, M.D.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Yangyu Annie Yang, M.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine