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

Glaspy Tyler

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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