Emergency Medicine Residency

Emergency Medicine Residents

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to providing the ideal environment for residents to become compassionate emergency medicine physicians who will confidently provide evidence-based, cost-effective care to every patient they treat.

Our postgraduate year (PGY)-1 to PGY-3 program has the residents rotating through Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), a Level 1 Trauma Center and a leader in the provision of Emergency Care to the residents of central New Jersey. RWJUH is the only academic medical center and provider of tertiary and quaternary healthcare services in central New Jersey. Immediately adjacent to RWJUH is the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, providing state-of-the-art care to the pediatric patients of central New Jersey.

Residency and fellowship programs training at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School benefit from the resources and interprofessional opportunities available through the Rutgers Health institutional sponsorship. Learn more about all of the Rutgers Health sponsored graduate medical education programs on our sponsoring institution webpage.

Didactic Lectures

Didactic Lectures take place every Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in CHINJ Room 3101:

Didactic Lectures 2024-2025

Dates

Topics

Faculty Advisor

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July 2024 Cards Shah/McCoy 5
August 2024 Endo Esposito/Peng 4
September 2024 Environmental Bucher/Rice
October 2024 Toxicology Fernandez 5
November 2024 HEENT Jeges/Yang 4
December 2024 Hem/Onc Jong/McCoy
January 2025 GI Bryczkowski/Mirza
February 2025 OB Patti/Chin
March 2025 Pulm/Crit Care Pantic/Chin 4
April 2025 Neuro/Psych Jeges/Sanghvi 4 (
May 2025 Trauma Pleasant/Wei
June 2025 Trauma Pleasant/Wei
Case Conference (PBL&I/CAT)     Senior topic
Grand Rounds & PI Monthly     SIM/Foundations/Board Review
Journal Club – 1 2-hour sessions      
Peds - monthly      

Upcoming Special Events and Functions

Dates

Topics

Faculty Advisor

September 18, 2024 NJ ACEP Palace at Somerset  
9/29/24 - 10/2/24 ACEP National Meeting - Las Vegas  
April 2025 Resident Retreat  
February 26, 2025 Inservice Exam  
March 17 - 21, 2025 Match Week  
March 1st - 4th, 2025 CORD AA - Seattle, WA  
May 2025 Cadaver Lab  
May 13th - 16th, 2025 SAEM National Meeting – Philadelphia, PA  
May 1, 2025 Mock Oral Boards  
June 2025 Boot Camp upcoming PGY IIs Wei
June 18, 2025 Graduation  

Current Residents

Laith Abushanab, MD
PGY-3 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Graduate: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Chelsea Bunce, DO
PGY-3 EM Resident
Co-Chief
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Graduate: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Dominic Roskoski, MD
PGY-3 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Graduate: New Jersey Medical School

Artika Saharan, MD
PGY-3 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University
Graduate: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Mary Stuckey, MD
PGY-3 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Graduate: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Jal Trivedi, MD
PGY-3 EM Resident
Co-Chief
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Ashley Asensio, DO
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Pennsylvania State University – Berks
Graduate: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Malhar Desai, DO
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Daniel Idahosa, MD
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Pennsylvania State University
Graduate: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Michael DiGaetano, MD
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Graduate: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Sarah Lowen, DO
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jay Patel, DO
PGY-2 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Stevens Institute of Technology
Graduate: Rowan University of Osteopathic Medicine

Waleed Abouelela, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Rowan University

Matthew Albrecht, MD
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Centenary College
Graduate: Ross University

Matthew Carroll, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Monmouth University
Graduate: Rowan University

Michael Chuang, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Baylor University
Graduate: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Tyler Debbie, MD
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Emory University
Graduate: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Jaydip Desai, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Sidhant Gugale, MD, MPH
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Kean University
Graduate: Drexel University

Shivam Kaushik, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Rowan University

Rahul Nayar, DO
PGY-1 EM Resident
Member: ACEP & EMRA
Undergrad: Rutgers University
Graduate: Rowan University

Accordion Content

  • Laith Abushanab, MD Emily Bakosi, DO Jessica Bar, MD Richard Barnett, DO
    Samatha Berman, MD Christopher Bryczkowski, MD Joshua Bucher, MD Chelsea Bunce, DO
    Leonid Burunchenko, MD Laura Butler, DO Beatrice Cappuccia, DO Michelle Chang, MD
    Richard Chen, MD Gregory Corcoran, MD Christine Collins, DO Shilpa Cheela, MD
    Darren Cuthbert, MD Maureen Dallhoff, MD Adrian Diez, MD Noah Futterman, DO
    Hamid Ehsani-Nia, DO Alexa Gale, M.B.,Bch., B.A.O. Robyn Glessner, DO Ashna Hali, DO
    Albert Shu He, MD, PhD Channing Hui, DO Gregory Kacprzynski, MD James Karz, DO
    Ashley Keifer, DO Scott King, MD Anoop Kotwal, MD Daniel Levin, MD
    Eric Levy, DO Brent Lewis, MD Eliyahu Lustiger, MD Justyna Marcinow, MD
    Mary McGoldrick, MD Jude Mele, MD Christopher Mendoza, MD Gamal Mohamed, DO
    Bhavesh Mody, DO Michael Mushailov, MD Rebecca Nadelman, MD Guillermo Ortega, MD
    Nisha Parikh, MD Depesh Patel, DO Snehal Patel, MD Laryssa Patti, MD
    Daniel Polvino, MD Adnan Riaz, MD Daniel Rice, MD Z. Trevor Ritz, DO
    Patrick Rogers, DO Mary Rometti, MD Dominic Roskoski, MD Daniel Saltzman, DO
    Artika Saharan, MD Aakash Shah, MD Jill Shea, MD Tanya Shevavesh, MD
    Mary Stuckey, MD Matthew Tichauer, MD Matthew Tobias, MD Jal Trivedi, MD
    Taras Varshavsky, MD Michael Westrol, MD Sha Yan, DO Kyung Yoon, MD

Contact Us

Nirali Kelly, MHRM
Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place 
Medical Education Building
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: 732-235-4296
Fax: 732-235-6434
E-mail: parikhni@rwjms.rutgers.edu