Meet Our Faculty

Program Leadership

Marygrace Zetkulic, M.D.
Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education research into coaching and feedback

Deepti Reddy, M.D.
Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Hackensack University Medical Center, Sub-internship Director, Hackensack University Medical Center, Academic Faculty Hospitalist, Hackensack University Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hackensack University 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, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein
Research/Clinical Interests: Health Systems and Quality Improvement

Ambulatory

Jonathan Shammash, M.D.
Director, Medicine Resident Practice, Associate Professior and Clerkship Site Director, Hackensack University Medical School
Residency/Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Research/Clinical Interests: Evidence Based Medicine

Harinder Kaur Bawa, M.D.
Attending Physician, HMH Internal Medicine Academic Practice, Hackensack University Medical Center, Attending Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 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, Director of Medical Education Track, Core Faculty Department of Internal Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Northwell Health
Research/Clinical Interests: Primary Care, Graduate Medical Education, Advocacy

Hospitalist

Danit Arad, M.D.
Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical education

Dennis Villegas, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Alan Chu, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Mentorship and Assessment of trainees

Daniel D'Alessandro, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack School of Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center; University Hospital, Infectious Disease

Noha El Torgoman, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

Joshua Josephs, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Research, Medical School Education, Health System Science and Population Health

Ashley Kang, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Simulation in clinical education

Qingying Lai, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests: Mentorship and Assessment

Angela Mehta, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Alameda County Medical Center

Lina Ortega, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Clerkship Co-Director, St. George's School of Medicine at HUMC, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education, Simulation

Madhu Parmar, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center

Alpa Patel, D.O.
Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Saint Michael's Medical Center

Akif Qureshi, M.D.
Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYCHealth+ Hospitals)
Research/Clinical Interests: Mentorship and Coaching

Punita Shroff, D.O.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist

Elizabeth Tam, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Research/Clinical Interests: Simulation in clinical education

Betsy Varghese
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist

Xuefen Xie
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine, Faculty Hospitalist
Residency/Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Research/Clinical Interests: Mentorship, Director of resident as teacher program

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

For information regarding our faculty in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, please refer to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program.

Endocrinology

For information regarding our Division of Endocrinology, please refer to the Endocrinology Fellowship Program.

Infectious Disease

For information regarding our faculty in the Division of Infectious Disease, please refer to the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program.

Geriatrics

For information regarding our Division of Geriatrics, please refer to the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program.

Rheumatology

Michael Guma, D.O.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Rheumatology
Residency/Fellowship: Saint Michael's Medical Center; Saint Michael's Medical Center, Rheumatology

Hematology and Medical Oncology

For information regarding our Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, please refer to the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program.

Cardiology

For information regarding our Division of Cardiology, please refer to the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program.