About the Department of Medicine
About
The Department of Medicine of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick is comprised of approximately 180 paid and more than 450 volunteer faculty members organized in 11 divisions covering the major medical subspecialties.
In the years since the integration between Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, our Department has been undergoing a renaissance as we increase the number of faculty members and leaders in our department, allowing us to expand our cutting edge research, increase our unique academic approach to patient care, and provide medical education to the future of medicine: our medical students, interns, residents, and fellows.
We urge you to explore our website, and learn more about us and what makes us proud of our excellence.
Jeanne Clark, MD, MPH
Henry Rutgers Chair of Medicine
Residency
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Our mission is to provide patient-centered education, while promoting professionalism, scholarship and research. We take great pride in the accomplishments of our residents and alumni who embody the core values of our program. By cultivating an environment that affords opportunities for our residents to be leaders in medicine, we actively engage trainees in all aspects of their professional development.
Fellowships
Department of Medicine Fellowship Programs
The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Medicine offers 8 different fellowships. Please click below to browse our programs to learn more.
Life at Rutgers
Envision Yourself Here
Rutgers is located in central New Jersey in the city of New Brunswick and across the Raritan River in Piscataway. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon counties rank fourth in per capita income nationwide. It is a manufacturing center, agricultural center, high-tech corporate center, and small-town America rolled into one.
Department of Medicine Faculty
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George Abdelsayed, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, FAASLD
Associate Professor, Director of Ambulatory Hepatology
Ahmed Abdul Azim, MD
Assistant Professor
James A. Aikens Jr., MD, FACOG, FACS
Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Louis F. Amorosa, MD
Professor
Barbara J. Armas-Loughran, MD
Associate Professor
Amer Assal, MD
Associate Professor, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Andrew Azab, MD
Instructor
Meena Azeem, MD
Assistant Professor
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Ilya Berim, MD
Associate Professor
Lyudmyla Berim, MD
Assistant Professor
Raman Bhalla, MD
Assistant Professor
Pinki Bhatt, MD
Assistant Professor
Tanaya Bhowmick, MD
Associate Professor
Sabahat Bokari, MD
Professor, Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis and Cardiomyopathy Center
Patrick Boland, MD
Assistant Professor
Susan E. Boruchoff, MD
Professor
Steven Brant, MD
Division Chief, Professor, Director Crohn’s & Colitis Center of New Jersey
Ira Braunschweig, MD
Professor, Director for Cell Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Christoph Buettner, MD, PhD
Professor, Division Chief, Vice Chair for Research Department of Medicine
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Jeffrey Carson, MD
Distinguished Professor
Grace Casaclang-Verzosa, MD, MBA, FASE
Assistant Professor, Admin Director Cardiology
Ashok Chaudhary, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor
Catherine Chen, MD
Assistant Professor
Lea Ann Chen, MD
Assistant Professor, Director Inflammatory Bowel Disease Translational Research
David A. Cohen, MD, FACE, ECNU
Assistant Professor
David A. Cohen, MD, FACE, FACP, ECNU
Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Education
Aviva Cohn, MD
Assistant Professor
Ciccosanti Colleen, DO
Assistant Professor
James Coromilas, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
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Ishita Dalal, MD
Clinical Medical Teacher – PDDep
Ishita Dalal, MD
Assistant Professor
Payal Dave, MD
Assistant Professor
Eunice Defilippo, MD
Assistant Professor
Nicholas DeNunzio, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Anupama Doraiswamy, MD
Assistant Professor
Kenneth Dulnuan, MD
Assistant Professor
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Ibrahim El Husseini, MD
Assistant Professor
Hussam Eltoukhy, MD
Hematologic Malignancies
Ronald D. Ennis, MD
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Andrew Evens, DO
Professor
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Gabriela S. Ferreira, MD
Associate Professor
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Monica Gaidhane, MD, MPH, ACRP-CP
Associate Professor of Research
Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD
Professor, Section Chief Molecular Oncology
Mridula George, MD
Assistant Professor
Renu George, MD
Assistant Professor
Eugenis Girda, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Sanjay Goel, MD, MS
Professor, Director of Phase I / Investigational Therapeutics
Julia P. Grimes, DO, MPH
Associate Professor
Roman Groisberg, MD
Assistant Professor
Prateek Gulhati, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Shuang Guo, MD
Assistant Professor
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Muhammad Hamza Habib, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, MRCP
Assistant Professor, Palliative Care
Bruce Haffty, MD, MS
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Missak Haigentz, Jr., MD
Professor, Chief of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
Shaikh Hamadullah, MD
Assistant Professor
Shirin Hastings, MD
Assistant Professor
Laura Hathout, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Bobby Brooke Herrera, PhD
Assistant Professor
Howard Hochster, MD
Distinguished Professor
Vivien M. Hsu, MD
Professor
Sabiha Hussain, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Director of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
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Deepa Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director VAD Program, Program Director Heart Transplant Program
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Salma Jabbour, MD
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Sugeet Jagpal, MD
Assistant Professor
Aesha Jobanputra, MD
Assistant Professor
Kimberly Jordan-Casarona, MD
Instructor
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Bhoomika Kamath, MD
Assistant Professor, Palliative Care
Kota Karthik, MD
Assistant Professor
Amanda Kaveney, MD
Assistant Professor
Keith Kaye, MD, MPH
Professor, Chief
Keerthana Kesavarapu, DO
Assistant Professor, Nutrition/Obesity
Steven Khalil, MD
Assistant Professor
Krish Khatri, MD
Assistant Professor
Deborah Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
Hyon Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
Sarang Kim, MD
Associate Professor
Sung Kim, MD
Professor, Radiation Oncology
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Alexander Lalos, MD
Assistant Professor
Ibiyonu Lawrence, MD
Associate Professor
Aliza Leiser, MD, FACOG
Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Sara E. Lubitz, MD, FACE
Associate Professor
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Theodore Maglione, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Electrophysiology
Anjali Majumdar, MD
Seema Malkana, DO
Assistant Professor
Richard A. Mann, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Nephrology, Director of RWJUH Transplant
Marie-Claire Maroun, MD
Associate Professor
Matthew Matasar, MD
Professor, Chief Division of Blood Disorders
Tina Mayer, MD
Associate Professor
Vincent McAuliffe, MD
Associate Professor
Daniel Mehan, Ph.D.
Assistant Proffesor
John Mills, MD
Associate Professor
Zahidul Mondal, MD
Associate Professor
Catherine Monteleone, MD
Professor of Medicine
Abel Moreyra, MD, FACP, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Suzana Morgan, MD, B. Ch.
Assistant Professor
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Naresh Nagella, MD
Assistant Professor
Samantha Nagengast, MD
Assistant Professor
Lusine Nahapetyan, MD
Assistant Professor
Thomas Nahass, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Jay Naik, MD
Instructor
Sofiul Noman, DO
Instructor
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Mary O’Connor, MD
Instructor
Anupam Ohri, MD
Associate Professor
Nisha Ohri, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Coral Omene, MD
Assistant Professor
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Neil D. Palmisiano, MD, MS
Hematologic Malignancies, System Leader for Leukemia
Reynold A. Panettieri, MD
Vice Chancellor Of Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science
Payal Parikh, MD
Assistant Professor
Rahul R. Parikh, MD
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Anish Patel, MD
Assitant Professor
Manish S. Patel, MD
Associate Professor
Sheetal Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Vimal Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Claire S. Philipp, MD
Professor, Division Chief, Melvyn, Abraham and Yetta Motolinsky Chair of Hematology
Elizabeth A. Poplin, MD
Professor
Stephen Priest, MD
Instructor
James Prister, MD
Assistant Professor
Sonika Puri, MD
Associate Professor
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Jared M. Radbel, MD
Asssistant Professor
Wong Robert, MD
Associate Professor
Jane Rosenfeld, MD
Assistant Professor
Vinod Rustgi, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director of Hepatology
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Michael Salacz, MD
Associate Professor
Biren Saraiya, MD
Associate Professor
Lilian Saro-Nunez, MD
Assistant Professor
Dale Schaar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Daniel Schaer, MD
Instructor
Matthew Scharf, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Joyce Schneiderman, MD
Associate Professor
Partho Sengupta, MD, DM, FACC, FASE
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief, Chief of Cardiology Service Line, Interim Director of ECHO Lab
Darren Seril, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Director Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Ankit Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Kunal Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Mansi Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Mital Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Ranita Sharma, MD
Associate Professor
Richard Sherman, MD
Professor
Daniel Shindler, MD
Professor
Carmen Shulman, MD
Assistant Professor
Bunin Sonalis, MD
Associate Professor
Frank A. Sonnenberg, MD
Professor
Ashwin Sridharan, MD
Assistant Professor
Ellen Stein, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Associate Professor, Director Motility Center
Michael B. Steinberg, MD, MPH
Professor, Division Chief Department of Medicine
Ruth D. Stephenson, DO, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology Department of Medicine
Ryan Stephenson, MD
Assistant Professor
Roger Strair, MD, PhD
Professor
Jag Sunderram, MD
Associate Professor, Interim Division Chief
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Carol A. Terregino, MD
Professor of Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs
Sunena Tewani, MD
Associate Professor
Christina Theodorou Ross, MD
Instructor
Deborah L. Toppmeyer, MD
Professor, Division Chief Med Onc and Section Chief Solid Tumor Oncology
Amy Tyberg, MD, FASGE,FACG
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
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Tudor Vagaonescu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
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Xiangbing Wang, MD, PhD
Professor
Joseph Weiner, MD
Radiation Oncology
Melvin P. Weinstein, MD
Professor
Sarah Weiss, MD
Associate Professor, Director Melanoma/Cutaneous Oncology Program
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Naveena Yanamala, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of Data Science and Machine Learning Research
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Amna Zafar, MD
Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Cardio-Oncology Program
Research Activities
Research is a key mission pillar of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Department of Medicine is committed to the advancement of scientific discovery in a wide variety of medical areas. Our faculty are actively involved in basic science, clinical, translational, and population-level research across each of our 11 Divisions. These research studies are funded by various sources including the National Institute of Health and other federal agencies, State and Foundation funding organizations, and numerous pharmaceutical industry-sponsored trials. Faculty from the Department of Medicine collaborate with other researchers here at Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, throughout the larger Rutgers University, and from many other research institutions across the country and the world. Trainees in the Department of Medicine (medical students, residents, and fellows) are encouraged to become active and valuable participants in all aspects of our research mission.