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