Housestaff Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion This Committee exists to build community across self-identified underrepresented minority residents and fellows. We understand the fundamental importance of connecting through shared experiences as minoritized people and firmly believe in the principles of unity and solidarity among ourselves, across departments, and within our communities. We seek to expand our vision through the following pillars: Mentorship: We define mentorship as a bidirectional entity. We seek to fully support the activities and missions of the local Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) chapter, the local Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter, and other student affinity organizations. We seek to be enriched by the leadership and mentorship of URM faculty through activities related to professional development and networking. Community: We believe community exists among ourselves as internal medicine trainees, across departments and subspecialties, and within the Bronx and greater New York City area. We aim to build meaningful relationships with our underrepresented colleagues across training programs at Montefiore, and work collectively on the recruitment, retention, and expansion of underrepresented residents and fellows. Advocacy and Activism. We believe our duty as physicians is to our patients. We dedicate ourselves to centering the narratives and experiences of our patients, and understand the power in shared identity between provider and patient. Shani Scott, MD APD for Diverse and Inclusive Clinical Education Committee Chairs Ennajee Brisbane Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Henry Dwaah Tufts University School of Medicine Sandra Cordova Universidad Central del Ecuador Laura Rincon-RuedaUniversidad Industrial de Santander Escuela de Medicina Meet Our Members PGY 3 Daniel Alvarez Universidad de Panama Joycemary Amponsem Meharry Medical College Paul Gallina, Jr. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Josette Kamel University of Illinois College of Medicine Nat Orihuela Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina Luis Pina Martina Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo Melissa Rivas State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Sarah Shidid State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine PGY 2 Juan Cedeno Serna Universidad de la Sabana Facultad de Medicina Mario Escoriza Gonzalez University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Bishoy Gad Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Miledys Guzman CUNY School of Medicine Justin Mirville CUNY School of Medicine Kelsie Pereyra Bencosme Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Siobhan Rueda Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo Tajanna Stinn University of Illinois College of Medicine Tasfia Tasnim Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine PGY 1 Frank Aguilar Albert Einstein College of Medicine Ivan Aivasovsky Universidad de la Sabana Alejandro Araujo Adams Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (Intec) Daniel Arroyo Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Samuel Ayeden Ivano Frankivsk National Medical University Esteban Garita Universidad de Costa Rica Adanna Ihenacho Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Carlos Matos Tirado Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo Matthew Nguyen University of Virginia School of Medicine Monique Thompson University of the West Indies, Jamaica Geda Tola University of Virginia School of Medicine URiM Resident Fellowship Matches (2020-2024) Cardiology Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore) Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Tulane University University of Toronto Gastroenterology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital) Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine Hematology-Oncology New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) University of North Carolina Hospitals Endocrinology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Tower Health General Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins University Infectious Disease Johns Hopkins University Nephrology University of Pennsylvania Health System Yale-New Haven Medical Center Rheumatology Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
