Welcome to Danbury Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, part of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell! As a three-year categorical medicine program, we aim to train competent, compassionate and well-rounded physicians. Our graduates are prepared to provide excellent patient-centered care as they take their next career step, whether entering general practice or pursuing further subspecialty training. Through the vast Northwell GME network our residents have broader access to elective experiences and fellowship opportunities.

We are also an affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine. As a result, our residents have a hybrid opportunity to learn from experts in academic medicine each week, while being able to train in a community-hospital setting. Our house staff additionally serve as clinical instructors for the University of Vermont, providing residents the valuable opportunity to develop teaching skills. Combined with our growing research department and Global Health Initiative, we believe our program strongly encourages residents to be equipped with both knowledge for the medical boards and prepares them to become lifelong learners.

Our mission at the Internal Medicine program at Danbury Hospital is to provide our residents an outstanding educational experience to ensure that they are prepared to practice general internal medicine or to enter subspecialty fellowship training. This is done by educating them in the essentials of clinical medicine along with the necessary pathophysiology and basic science required of a knowledgeable and skillful physician. The residents are taught to deliver health services, regardless of a patients’ ability to pay, to a diverse patient population without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, or social status. The program requires and supports our residents’ role as teachers and educators in their interactions with their peers, students, ancillary medical professionals, and patients. In addition, the program supports the professional development of our residents allowing for personal growth and individualization of goals.

Our three-year categorical medicine program is designed to equip residents for a career in general Internal Medicine or medicine subspecialties. Therefore, our curriculum focuses on providing a broad array of rotations to allow optimal opportunity for learning during training. Additionally, aside from core clinical rotations, we also allow residents to personalize their training through Individualized Learning Plans which are mapped out with faculty mentorship starting day one.

Our curriculum is designed using a “4+2” schedule, meaning that residents participate in 4 weeks of inpatient rotations/subspecialty electives, followed by 2 weeks of outpatient continuity clinic or elective. This allows for residents to have a more balanced schedule in regards to teaching opportunity as well as work-life balance.

Residents are also have rotations in Emergency Medicine, Neurology & Geriatrics, in accordance with ACGME regulations.

Lastly, for residents interested in Global Health, a 4-week international elective can be completed in your second or third year. Please see Global Health for more information.

Outlines per PGY can be seen below:

PGY-1:

• • 18-22 weeks of inpatient medicine (floors)
  • 2-4 weeks of ICU
  • 1 week of dedicated Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum (POCUS)
  • 2-4 weeks of Night Float
  • 8 weeks of outpatient primary care clinic
  • 10-12 weeks of subspecialty electives
  • 4 weeks vacation

PGY 2 & 3:

• Inpatient medicine (floors) throughout the year
• 4 weeks of ICU
• 4 weeks of Step Down/ Progressive Care Medicine
• 8 weeks of outpatient primary care clinic
• 2-4 weeks of Night Float
• 8-10 weeks of subspecialty electives
• 2-4 weeks of Yale New Haven Rotation (or other away rotation)
• 2-4 weeks of dedicated research time (if requested)
• 2-4 weeks of Geriatric Medicine (PGY 3 ONLY)
• 4 weeks vacation

Our program utilizes an academic half day style; [delete where] each Thursday is dedicated to protected time (free from clinical duties) from 12:45-4:30 containing 4 lectures. The first lecture is given by a Yale School of Medicine clinical professor, with the remaining lectures consisting of review from in-house attendings and board review. Lunch is sponsored by the program but selected by our resident-driven wellness team.

In addition to the academic half-day, our residents find that the strongest component of our curriculum to be our Morning Report, hosted by the chief residents, program director, associate program directors and specialists involved in the case. Morning Reports occur four days a week, with the exception of Wednesdays for Grand Rounds.

We have an in-house cardiology fellowship with personalized training for those interested in cardiology. Dedicated faculty will help tailor cardiology elective curriculum to allow for exposure to cardiac MRI, echo reading, stress test evaluations etc. Additionally residents will have the opportunity to work alongside an advanced heart failure team.

Additional Academic Opportunities Include:

1. Grand Rounds (weekly)
2. Intern Report
3. [Delete this: Resident Driven Interactive Learning Sessions (weekly)]
4. Nephrology Forum (weekly
5. Cardiology Cath Conference (weekly)
6. ECG Review
7. Infectious Disease Journal Club (monthly)
8. Research Seminars
9. Formal Procedure Training Sessions
10. Mock Code Simulation
11. New offering: Internal Medicine Research Journal Club (Quarterly)

The point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program at Danbury Hospital is specifically designed to give internal medicine residents a thorough understanding and proficiency in bedside ultrasonography as it pertains to inpatient medicine. It is the first of its kind in our network. We run an ultrasound “boot camp” for PGY-1 residents in order facilitate key concepts in basic ultrasonography and probe manipulation. All residents then go through a one-week rotation dedicated to POCUS education with certified faculty, with a strong emphasis on bedside didactics and hands-on time with the probes. Our SimLab houses highly specialized mannequins which advanced ultrasound tracking equipment to help guide you as you scan for images. Cases are selected from inpatients on the general medical floors, the ICU and the emergency department. There is also an Advanced Track where residents can elect for additional training in the critical care setting.

Our didactic materials are comprehensive and include online modules, the simulation lab, POCUS-dedicated mannequins, standardized patients and, of course, hospitalized inpatients.

Danbury Hospital’s Internal Medicine residency program ensures that all residents have opportunities to gain knowledge and skills in the areas of clinical research, evidence-based medicine, and quality improvement. From the beginning of the intern year, our residents are involved in research seminars that are conducted throughout the year and cover essential principles of the research process. In addition, our journal club puts learned skills into practice by using the published literature to dissect multiple examples of research design and practice applying research findings to patient care.

Our residents are then encouraged to utilize this knowledge to design their own research and quality-improvement projects. The scholarly activities are fully supported by the residency program and Department of Research and Innovation, including assistance with IRB submission, statistical support, and dedicated research time. The Residency Research Director and other faculty provide close mentorship throughout the project development and execution.

Our Annual Joseph L. Belksy, MD Research Day offers an excellent opportunity not only to share results of the work with colleagues, but also to practice presentation skills. Many of our residents have presented their original research at regional, national, and international meetings.

Current research projects span a wide spectrum of research designs and areas of medicine, to include epidemiological studies, cohort studies, case-controlled studies, and randomized clinical trials in the areas of infectious disease, pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, cardiology, and rheumatology.

Additionally, next academic year our program will open recruitment for a dedicated Internal Medicine Research Track for those looking for both focused clinical and research training.

Danbury Hospital Internal Medicine residency program is a wonderful environment of curiosity and inquiry that inspires professional growth and can make the residency time truly memorable.

Oleg Sostin, M.D., MCR
Residency Research Director

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As medical residents, we understand that despite a strong passion for what we do, work fatigue can take over. Therefore, our program works actively to make sure wellness is a vital component of our day-to-day responsibilities and our program strives to maintain work-life balance.

Firstly, we strive to ease the transition of new interns into residency life by the creation of the “Big-Brother/Big-Sister” program whereby senior residents serve as both work and life mentors to their juniors. Our program supplants work weeks with open-feedback such as “Team Huddles” whereby anyone in the team can express regular workflow feedback, whether seniors to juniors and vice versa. Regular “Town Halls” with the Chief Residents allow residents to receive regular residency updates, express concerns, and have regular interaction. Access to the hospital’s Goldstone Caregiver Center allows residents to find a quiet spot to clear their mind in a calming and relaxing atmosphere.

Over the years our program has promoted wellness in different ways depending on shifting resident interests. For example, we have hosted weekly resident-faculty soccer games at a local sports dome, paintball, yoga, pottery classes, apple/pumpkin picking, resident picknicks, kayaking. Residents have access to an on campus gym via our cardiology department. The program has helped sponsor holiday parties such as our annual Halloween Costume event, winter Holiday Gala, Spring Family Feud, Thanksgiving pot luck, Fourth of July event. Our hospital now houses a wellness-space for residents to access a calming environment away from clinical activities.

Outside of COVID times, for wellness outside of work, we typically host weekly Soccer games held in a local sports dome where faculty and residents can apply a new kind of teamwork. We also provide yoga sessions at a local studio for residents’ free-of-charge. Holiday parties such as our annual Halloween Costume event, winter Holiday Gala, and spring Family Feud challenge bring residents together. While these are temporarily on hold given COVID-19, we are dedicated to finding ways to promote wellness virtually and in small group settings in the meantime. Our program functions on transparency and support in a close-knit environment.

Aside from the aforementioned, our Wellness Initiative includes the following:

• Two half day wellness days annually for residents
• Peer-to-peer support networks
• Direct faculty mentorship
• PACT – Physician/Associate Care Team peer supporters trained to effectively provide support
• System-wide Exercise Challenges
• Invited guest speakers for health and wellness, including Goldstone Caregiver Center
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Vitive Health employee benefit which allows for free health screenings, blood work and access to health coaching

Internal Medicine
7/1/2025 – 6/30/2026 

Chief Medical Residents

Deeksha Bhattarai, MD
Sun Yat-Sen University

Daniel Jimenez Corado, MD
Universidad Rafael Landívar Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Ishan Garg, MD
Ross University School of Medicine

PGY-3’s

Sadikshya Bhandari, MD
Kathmandu University School of Medicine

Tapasya Bhusal, MD
Chitwan Medical College

Yu-Cheng Chang, MD
Chang Gung Medical College

Muhammad Islam, MD
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College

Muhammad Khalid, MD
King Edward Medical College

Oleksandr Klymenko, MD
National Medical University

Hao-Kuen, Lin, MD
National Taiwan University

Franz Lopez, MD
Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo

Ayah Mohamed, MD
Ain Shams University

Yuliya Prystupa, MD
Danylo Halytsky Lviv State Medical University

Huda Quanungo, MD
Ross University

Huma Quanungo, MD
Ross University

Karanjit, Ratta, MD
Davao Medical School Foundation

Tenzin Tamdin, MD
Central America Health Sciences University

Anup Uprety, MD
Institute of Medicine Tribhuvan University

Karan Vasireddi, MD
Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medicine & Research

PGY-2’s

Yeshwanth Damalpati, MD
Kasturba Medical College Mangalore

Kasuni Dharmaratna, MD
University of Ruhuna Faculty of Medicine

Mohamad Elgozair, MD
Al-Azhar University Faculty of Medicine

Shreya Garg, MD
Dayanand Medical College

Veronika Govorukhina, MD
Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Medicine

Stanislav Gruzdev, MD
People’s Friendship University of Russia Faculty of Medicine

Andrei Gruzmanov, MD
Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Medicine

Rebecca Jen-Ling Hsieh, MD
National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine

Kanish Kamath, MD
Government Medical College Aurangabad

Manya Kumar, MD
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung

Eric Mehm, MD
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine

Joseph Mitchell, MD
American University of Antigua College of Medicine

Dorothea-Sarita Osenberg, MD
Albert- Ludwigs- Universitat Freiburg Medizinische Fakultat

Dinmukhammed Osser, MD
First Moscow State Medical University

Felix Adrian Valverde, MD
Universidad de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Medicas

Zihao Xu, MD
Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

JingYao Zhang, MD
Second Military Medical University

PGY-1’s

Fizra Balkhi, MD
Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Michael Bennett, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine

Justin Bercasio, MD
University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

Primesh De Mel, MD
SEGi University

Isabella Del Castillo, MD
University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

Yuhao Guo, MD
Capital Medical University

Domenica Herrera, MD
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Facultad de Medicina

Sher Liquido, MD
University of East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine

Adriana Menedez Mite, MD
Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Medicas

Octavian Piatac, MD
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie luliu Hatieganu

Joseph Piwowarski, DO
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Campus

Aparajitha Rajkumar, MD
Kilpauk Medical College

Sanjana Reddy, MD
Vydehi Institue of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bangalore

Shivangi Sharma, MD
Government Medical College Chandigarh

Sumukh Shetty, MD
University of Queensland School of Medicine

Debbie Suzana Morales, MD
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Shao-An Tseng, MD
National Taiwan University College of Medicine

2025 Graduates:

• Pulmonary Critical Care, Emory University
• Pulmonary Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
• Primary Care, Chicago
• Hospitalist, Danbury Hospital
• Endocrinology, Westchester Medical Center
• Primary Care, Beth Israel Lahey
• Pulmonary Critical Care, University of Missouri
• Hospitalist, Presbyterian Hospital
• Hospitalist, Reading Hospital
• Hospital Medicine, Brigham & Women Hospital
• Nocturnist, Norwalk Hospital
• Nocturnist, Baystate
• Washington Tacoma General Hospital
• Primary Care, Piedmont
• Pulmonary Critical Care, Emory University

2024 Graduates:

• Allergy & Immunology, University of Virginia
• Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
• Endocrinology, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Hematology/Oncology, University of Iowa
• Hematology/Oncology, SUNY Upstate
• Pulmonary Critical Care, University of Virginia
• Pulmonary Critical Care, Norwalk Hospital

2023 Graduates:

• Cardiology, UMass Chan, Baystate Medical Center
• Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Hematology/Oncology, University of Oklahoma
• Hematology/Oncology, UMass Chan, Baystate Medical Center
• Hospice & Palliative Care, University of Iowa
• Infectious Disease, Case Western
• Pulmonary Critical Care, St. Louis University
• Pulmonary Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University

2022 Graduates:

• Cardiology, Danbury Hospital
• Hematology/Oncology, University of Massachusetts
• Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University
• Pulmonary Critical Care, Reading Hospital
• Vascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

2021 Graduates:

• Cardiology, UMass Chan, Baystate Medical Center
• Cardiology, Danbury Hospital
• Cardiology, Marshall University
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Health System

2020 Graduates:

• Endocrinology, University of Vermont
• Hematology/Oncology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
• Cardiology, University of Texas
• Cardiology Research Fellowship, West Virginia University

2019 Graduates:

• Cardiology, Hennepin Medical Center
• Endocrinology, Albany Medical Center
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine
• Infectious Disease, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Rheumatology, SUNY Downstate
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook Teaching Hospital
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, LSU Health Science Center
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, New York University

2018 Graduates:

• Cardiology, UMass Chan, Baystate Medical Center
• Endocrinology, UCLA
• Geriatrics, University of Michigan
• Geriatrics Fellowship, Yale New Haven Bridgeport Hospital
• Hematology/Oncology, University of Vermont
• Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
• Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, UC San Diego
• Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Weill Cornell

Applications to the Danbury Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Categorical Program will only be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS). The ERAS webs site can be located at http://www.aamc.org/students. We do not accept applications received in the mail or sent by fax.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. MEDICAL GRADUATES

• ERAS Application
• ERAS Supplemental Application (For the 2022 ERAS® cycle, our program will strongly encourage all applicants to complete a supplemental ERAS application, offered through the AAMC’s ERAS program. The additional information collected will help our program learn more about applicants’ medical education journey, including more meaningful information about work, volunteer, and research experiences, and will help us better identify applicants who fit our program environment and mission.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Dean’s Letter
• Three Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Photograph (optional but preferred)
• Medical School Transcripts
• USMLE or COMLEX Transcripts (Step 1 and Step 2 CS/CK or equivalent)

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES:

• All of the above requirements
• S. citizen or permanent residency preferred
• J-1 Visa’s and H1-B Visa’s will be considered
• ECFMG Certificate
• Recent US clinical experience is preferred
• Recent graduate of medical school (preferred within past 5 years).

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Applications must be completed by November 1st in order to be considered for review by the Selection Committee, though early applications are strongly encouraged.

Interviews are extended by email invitation only.

Interviews will be conducted virtually this year.

*While our faculty is dedicated to doing a holistic review for each application, our program will participate in Program Signaling this year. *

What is the structure of your floor teams?

The inpatient teams include a resident and an intern along with the attending hospitalist with strictly enforced team and individual patient caps.

What is the ICU experience like?

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a 20-bed closed unit that cares for critically ill inpatients. The ICU is supervised by Board Certified pulmonologist/intensivists who make teaching rounds on a daily basis. There is also a Coronary Care Unit under the supervision of Board Certified cardiologists.

Do you have night coverage?

Yes, we have a night float system. All interns now rotate as part of the night float team consisting of interns and upper-level residents supervised by attending nocturnists. We emphasize teamwork and mentoring of night float interns by upper-level residents who are part of the night float team.

What is the vacation system?

Each resident has four weeks of vacation divided into two two-week blocks. Vacation requests are taken before the start of each academic year and most requests are fulfilled, especially for significant life events.

What other residencies are offered at Danbury Hospital?

General Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Dentistry, and Pathology

What fellowships are offered at Danbury Hospital?

Cardiology fellowship which recently expanded in size.

Is there any opportunity for electives at other institutions?

Yes, our residents are offered 4 weeks of elective each year during PGY2 and 3 as dedicated time for electives at Yale New Haven Hospital or dedicated research time. If a resident chooses to complete an away elective at an alternative site, they may arrange to do so.

Is there opportunity to complete a Global Health elective?

Those interested may apply for the Global Health program, a 4-week rotation abroad where you will have the opportunity to experience medicine as practiced in other countries. We have various established sites including Botswana, the Dominican Republic, India, Thailand, multiple regions in Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Cuba. Residents can sign up as an elective where the rotation covers topics such as tropical medicine, ethical dilemmas, biostats.

Does your health system qualify for the Program Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program?

Yes, we are a 501(C)(3) facility and our residents may qualify for the PSLF Program