Residents Leadership
Chief Residents
Fatima Abdeljaleel, MD
Academic Officer
An-Najah National University, Palestine
Walaa Abu Alya, MD
An-Najah National University, Palestine
Abdelrahman Nanah, MD
Bahcesehir University Tip & Fakultesi, Turkey
Wellness Officers
Abhishek Giri, MD
Government Medical College Akola, India
Marwa Tarbaghia, MD
Bahcesehir Universitesi T & Fakultesi, Turkey
Quality and Scholarly Officer
Katrina Henderson, DO
Ohio University Heritage Coll. of Osteopathic Med., USA
Meet Our Residents
PGY-3
Fatima Abdeljaleel, MD
Medical School: An-Najah National University, Palestine
Specialty Interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Walaa Abu Alya, MD
Medical School: An-Najah National University, Palestine
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: 1-year General Practitioner at Ministry of Health Clinics, Palestine
Specialty Interest: Rheumatology
Abubakr Alfaouri, MD
Medical School: Avalon University School of Medicine, Curaçao
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: COVID test team member, and Staff Educator for Infection Control, Scribe and Assistant at Aqel Medical Center and Wound Care Institute, Co-founder of Mobile Community Health
Specialty Interests: Hospital Medicine, Ringside Medicine, Primary Care and Community Health
Abhishek Ramgir Giri, MD
Medical School: Government Medical College, Akola, Maharashtra, India
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Department Of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Florida
Specialty Interest: Cardiology
Katrina Henderson, DO
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio
Specialty Interest: Primary Care
Charbel Hobeika, MD
Medical School: Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Specialty Interest: Hematology and Oncology
Abdel Rahman Nanah, MD
Medical School: Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Turkey
Specialty Interests: Cardiology, Hematology and Oncology, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Mohammed Obeidat, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan, Jordan
Specialty Interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Kelly Pannikodu, MD
Medical School: Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Science and Research Center, India
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research coordinator at Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Specialty Interests: Primary Care and Hospital Medicine
Noor Ramahi, DO
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: MPH in Epidemiology, MBA in Healthcare administration, COPD/CHF readmissions, MRSA, health literacy in underserved patients
Specialty Interests: Global Health. Interested in becoming a Hospitalist Physician Advisor to learn more about how hospital systems are run.
Sharmeen Sorathia, MD
Medical School: Ziauddin Medical College Karachi, Pakistan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Internship/House officer at Aga Khan Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Specialty Interests: Cardiology and Clinical Education
Serhan Unlu, MD
Medical School: Koc University School of Medicine, Turkey
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Department, Yale University School of Medicine, Kang Lab
Specialty Interests: Hematology and Oncology, Immuno-Oncology
PGY-2
Rashid Abdel-Razeq, MD
Medical School: The Hashemite University of Jordan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Postdoctoral research at King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan and Sam Houston Heart & Vascular at Houston Methodist Hospital
Specialty Interest: Gastroenterology
Mohamad-Noor Abu-Hammour, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience GI clinical research fellow at Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian
Specialty Interests: Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy
Moath Albliwi, MD
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Internship year at Jordan University Hospital + 3 years of transitional residency at King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan + Private Tutor for medical students for seven years, Jordan
Specialty Interests: Hematology and Oncology
Tyler Birkholz, DO
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Prior research in neuroscience focused on calcium-binding proteins and circadian rhythms
Specialty Interests: Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Medicine
Asfand Yar Cheema, MD
Medical School: Lahore Medical and Dental College
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: 1-year Internship at Services Hospital, Worked as a Medical Officer in Pakistan and as a Teacher Assistant with Dr. Najeeb Lectures. Author of 10 + research publications/ Book chapters and multiple awareness books
Specialty Interests: Hematology and Oncology, Research and Medical Education
Gianina Flocco, MD
Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research in Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Critical Care at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. Master’s degree in Hepatology
Specialty Interests: Acute or chronic liver failure, critical care in liver disease, liver transplantation, research and medical education
Archana Kharel, MD
Medical School: Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Nepal
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research experience in home country
San Kim, MD
Medical School: lékařská fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy, Praha, Czech Republic
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research assistant for Banda Health (startup developing affordable clinic and patient management IT solutions for primary care providers in slums)
Specialty Interests: Low resource setting health care, medical missions, global health research, critical care and pulmonary
Islam Mohamed, MD
Medical School: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Training in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology at Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine. Completed master’s degree of science in Internal Medicine Hepatology Research Assistant at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston-Tx
Specialty Interests: Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology
Mohamed Nadeem, MD
Medical School: Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Kerala, India
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research Assistant in the Department of Infectious Disease at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India
Specialty Interest: Gastroenterology
Marwa Tarbaghia, MD
Medical School: Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Turkey
Specialty Interests: Critical Care and Pulmonary
Aravinthan Vignarajah, MD
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Postgraduate experience in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Exposure in basic science research related to lung infection and immunology.
Specialty Interest: Cardiology
PGY-1
Reem Abdel Hameid, MD
Medical School: Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Genetics related research during medical school at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Specialty Interests: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Bader Abou Shaar, MD
Medical School: Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: ACR-TIRADS, Long COVID, Public Health
Specialty Interest: Interventional Radiology
Dua Al-Husni, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine Jordan, Jordan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Hematology/Oncology
Karim Alsawalha, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: 3 years of IM residency at King Hussein Cancer Center, Clinical Researcher at King Hussein Cancer Center, Medical Liaison at NewPage, Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTTP) at Jordan University Hospital and Smokology App.
Research Interests: EMR research/Clinical Informatics, Pipeline automation and ML, STNG, EWS, CDSS, Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer, Tobacco Dependence Treatment, Translational Research.
Specialty Interests: Clinical Informatics, Biosensors, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Oncology and Cancer immunotherapy
Katherine Anderson, DO
Medical School: Ohio University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
Specialty Interests: Hospital Medicine, Women’s Health and Academic Medicine
Lana Dardari, MD
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Foundation Year Doctor in the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Interest: Gastroenterology
Amr Darwish, MD
Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Completed Master’s Degree of science in CV medicine, 2 years working as a postdoc research fellow at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Houston Methodist Hospital focusing on CV imaging.
Specialty Interest: Cardiovascular Imaging
Joseph El Dahdah, MD
Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Lebanon
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Specialty Interests: Cardiology, Multimodality Cardiac Imaging and Academic Medicine
Barish Eren, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Breast Cancer Pathology
Specialty Interests: Cardiology
Hagar Hamouda, MD
Medical School: Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Clinical research scholar at the University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee Women's Hospital. Focused on women's health (hypertensive disorders in pregnant women).
Specialty Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Women's Health, and Academic Medicine
Basil Jalamneh, MD
Medical School: An-Najah National University Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Jordan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Clinical research and teaching assistant at An-Najah National University. Additional research on RCT, original cross-sectional studies, and case reports. Willing to get more advanced training on research methodology and implementation at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Specialty Interests: Gastroenterology and Hemato-Oncology. Additionally, innovation and advancements in the world of medical education.
Leila Jamal, MD
Medical School: University of Arizona, College of Medicine Tucson
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale at the Minimally Invasive & Regenerative Therapeutics Lab.
Specialty Interests: Breast Imaging and Abdominal Imaging
Zineb Moustaatif, MD
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, Morocco
Prior Clinical/Research Experience: Thesis on Moroccan physicians' perception of genetic diseases. Emergency Medicine trainee at Simone Veil Hospital in Paris, France.
Specialty Interest: Internal Medicine with a focus on becoming a Hospitalist in academic settings
Alveena Syed, MD
Medical School: Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Pakistan
Prior Clinical Research/Experience: Visiting Medical Student Program (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
Specialty Interests: Cardiology, Hospital Medicine, Primary Care, Academic Medicine, Leadership and Global Health
