Current Fellows & Recent Graduates | Rheumatology Fellowship Program | MedStar Health

Recent Graduates—The MedStar Health—Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Fellowship Program in Rheumatology

Recent graduates from MedStar Health's fellowship in rheumatology

Current fellows

  • Dr. Sabah Khalafalla, 1st-year fellow

  • Dr. Misbah Chaudhry, 1st-year fellow 

  • Dr. Bilal Hasan, 2nd-year fellow

  • Dr. Akhila Mohan, 2nd-year fellow

  • Dr. Kia Persaud (Chief Fellow), 2nd-year fellow


Recent graduates

Name

Career choice location

Years in ACGME training program

ABIM status (Rheumatology)
date passed ABIM exam
expiration date

Dr. Leen Al Saleh Private Practice, Florida 2022-2023  
Dr. Sirajum Munira Private Practice 2021-2022

Rheum. Boards 2022/ Pass
Certified 2022
Expires 2032

Dr. Elena Ciofoaia

Full-time academic
Division of Rheumatology
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2021-2022

Rheum. Boards 2022/ Pass
Certified 2022
Expires 2032

Hassan Amer, MD Clinical Practice
Port St. Lucie, FL
2019-2021

Rheum. Boards 2021/ Pass
Certified 2021
Expires 2031

Sunita Dia, MD Clinical Practice
Spartanburg, SC

2019-2021

Rheum. Boards 2021/ Pass
Certified 2021
Expires 2031

Mamta Sherchan , MD Clinical Practice
Lancaster, PA

2018-2020

Rheum. Boards 2020/ Pass
Certified 2020
Expires 2030

Rachel Lu-Do, MD Clinical Practice
Vestal, NY

2018-2020

Rheum. Boards 2020/ Pass
Certified 2020
Expires 2030

Michael Belsky, MD Clinical Practice
Montana

2017-2019

Rheum. Boards 2019/ Pass
Certified 2019
Expires 2029

Arash Hassantoufighi, MD

Clinical Practice
Virginia

2017-2019

Rheum. Boards 2019/ Pass
Certified 2019
Expires 2029

Anjani Pillarisetty, MD

Full-time Academic
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2017-2019

Rheum. Boards 2019/ Pass
Certified 2019
Expires 2029

Sumit Kunwar, MD

Clinical Practice
Maryland

2016-2018

Rheum. Boards 2018/ Pass
Certified 2018
Expires 2028

Suneetha Jasty, MD

Clinical Practice
New Jersey

2016-2018

Rheum. Boards 2018/ Pass
Certified 2018
Expires 2028

Deborah Kim, DO

Clinical Practice
Maryland

2015-2017

Rheum. Boards 2017/ Pass
Certified 2017
Expires 2027

Paloma Alejandro, MD

Full-time academic
Division of Rheumatology
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2015-2017

Rheum. Boards 2017/ Pass
Certified 2017
Expires 2027

Rujuta Trivedi, MD

Full-time academic
Division of Rheumatology
University of Toledo, Ohio

2014-2016

Rheum. Boards 2016/ Pass
Certified 2016
Expires 2026

Diman Lamichanne, MD

Clinical Practice
Oregon

2014-2016

Rheum. Boards 2016/ Pass
Certified 2016
Expires 2026

Pragya Singh, MD

Full-time academic
Division of Rheumatology
George Washington University, D.C.

2013-2015

Rheum. Boards 2015/ Pass
Certified 2015
Expires 2025

Richard Lai, MD

Clinical Practice
Montana

2013-2015

Rheum. Boards 2015/ Pass
Certified 2015
Expires 2025

Leili Parsa, MD

Clinical Practice with teaching
Maryland

2012-2014

Rheum. Boards 2014/ Pass
Certified 2014
Expires 2024

Thu Zar Myint, MD

Clinical Practice
California

2012-2014

Rheum. Boards 2014/ Pass
Certified 2014
Expires 2024

Madiha Latif, MD

Clinical Practice
New Jersey

2011-2013

Rheum. Boards 2013/ Pass
Certified 2013
Expires 2023

Primal Bhatia, MD

Clinical Practice with teaching
Maryland

2011-2013

Rheum. Boards 2013/ Pass
Certified 2013
Expires 2023

Tazene Rehman, MD

Clinical Practice with teaching
Maryland

2010-2012

Rheum. Boards 2012/ Pass
Certified 2012
Expires 2022

Elena Lumenzanu, MD

Clinical Practice
New Jersey

2010-2012

Rheum. Boards 2012/ Pass
Certified 2012
Expires 2022

Rukmini Konatalapalli, MD

Clinical Practice with teaching
Maryland

2009-2011

Rheum. Boards 2011/ Pass
Certified 2011
Expires 2021

Olga Szlasny, MD

Clinical Practice with teaching
Austin, Texas

2009-2011

Rheum. Boards 2011/ Pass
Certified 2011
Expires 2021


Additional information

For more information, please contact:

Cynthia Ballard
Division Administrator

(202) 877-6274

(202) 877-6130

cynthia.d.ballard@medstar.net

MedStar Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street, N.W
Suite 2A-66
Washington,  D.C. 20010-2975

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