Meet Our Faculty
Program Leadership
Marygrace Zetkulic, M.D.
Program Director, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education research on coaching and feedback
Deepti Reddy, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Faculty Hospitalist, Sub-internship Director, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: The University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
Research/Clinical Interests: Resident Education, Clinical Reasoning, Faculty Development
Jason Korcak, M.D.
Interim Chair of Department of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein
Research/Clinical Interests: Health Systems and Quality Improvement
Ambulatory
Jonathan Shammash, M.D.
Director of Internal Medicine Resident Practice, Core Faculty, Associate Professor, Clerkship Site Director, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Research/Clinical Interests: Evidence Based Medicine
Harinder Kaur Bawa, M.D.
Attending Physician, Internal Medicine Resident Practice, Core Faculty, Pediatric Hospitalist at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Albany Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Primary Care, Medical Education, Mentorship and Teaching
Neha Paralkar, M.D.
Attending Physician, Director of Medical Education Track, Core Faculty Department of Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Northwell Health
Research/Clinical Interests: Primary Care, Medical Education, Advocacy
Hospitalist
Danit Arad, M.D.
Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education
Alan Chu, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Core Faculty, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Resident assessment, Feedback
Joshua Saul Josephs, M.D., Ph.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Longitudinal Content Leader for Health Systems Science, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Epidemiology, Quality of Healthcare, Evidence Based Medicine
Faculty Core Educator of the Year Award 2024
Minh-Thu Tran, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: LAC + USC
Research/Clinical Interests: Mentorship, Bedside Teaching, Feedback
Everest Seci, M.D.
Associate Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Noha Gayed, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Hackensack University Medical Center
Sahan Hapangama, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Rebeka Verma, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore
Research/Clinical Interests: Resident education, Medical student education
Janki Shah, D.O.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Lenox Hill Hospital: Northwell Health
Research/Clinical Interests: Quality Improvement, Resident education, Infectious Diseases
Aishwarya Patel, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Dennis Villegas, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
Program Director: Sameer Jamal, M.D.
Endocrinology
Endocrinology Fellowship Program
Program Director: Rajeev Sharma, M.D.
Gastroenterology
Lead: Jonathan Weinberger, M.D.
Geriatrics
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Program Director: Arunima Sarkar, M.D.
Hematology and Medical Oncology
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program
Program Director: Christina Cho, M.D.
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Program Director: Samit Desai, M.D.
Nephrology
Lead: Shreemayee De, D.O.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Program Director: Keith Brenner, M.D
Rheumatology
Lead: Anna Broder, M.D.