Congratulations to our 2024 Graduating Residents and Fellows!

The Department of Radiology honored this year's graduating class of radiology trainees on June 10, 2024, at The Ellington in Manhattan. The graduating class was made up of six diagnostic radiology residents, one interventional radiology integrated resident, one medical physics resident, and 15 fellows. Graduating diagnostic radiology residents successfully completed the four-year diagnostic radiology residency and will all go on to fellowship training. Two additional residents who trained with the class of 2024 are part of the the five-year Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency Program and will complete one more year of training at Columbia.  

In opening remarks, professor of radiology and department chair Ajay Gupta, MD, MS, congratulated the residents on their leadership and outstanding work over the past four years. (photos by Sirin Sammam)

Radiology residency graduating class of 2024 and program directors

Physics resident Marc Pomeroy, MS (left) with program director Boyu Peng, MS

Chief resident acknowledgements (l to r): John Filtes, MD (chief); Alana Fruauff, MD (chief); Jasnit Makkar, MD (program director)

Ernst Garçon, MD (far left) with department chair Ajay Gupta, MD, MS

Graduating cardiothoracic fellow Sakshi Khurana, MBBS, and fellowship director Jay Leb, MD

Body imaging graduating fellows (l to r): Lyndon Luk, MD (program director); Gregory Brody, MD; Rebecca Scalabrino, DO; Samvel Gharibyan, MD; Paschalis Toskas, MD

Neuroradiology faculty and graduating fellows l to r: Alexander Khandji, MD; Ernst Garçon, MD; Desiree Ferdinandi, DO (fellow); Khanh Nguyen, DO (fellow); Pamela Nguyen (fellowship director); Angela Lignelli, MD; Vadim Spektor, MD; Amichai Erdfarb, MD

Division of Interventional Radiology with IR residents and graduating inteventional radiology fellows

Pediatric radiology fellow Juan Pablo Gardia Camargo, MD (left), and fellowship director Mark Liszewski, MD (right)

Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients Zaid Bilgrami, MD (left) and Eleanor Kim, MD (right), with Diversity Committee chair Ernst Garçon, MD (center)

Radiology residency class of 2024

Graduating Diagnostic Radiology Residents

• Alana Fruauff, MD
• Rouzbeh Mashayekhi, MD, MPH
• Edwin Mathieu, MD
• Zeeshan Toor, MD
• Clement Vinh Tran, MD
• Hye Ryung Yang, MD

Graduating Interventional Radiology Integrated Residents

• Andrew Sideris, MD

Special Recognition to Interventional Radiology-Integrated Residents

• John Filtes, MD
• Eleanor Kim, MD

Chief Resident Certificate

• John Filtes, MD
• Alana Fruauff, MD

Graduating Medical Physics Residents 

• Marc Pomeroy, MS 

Fellows Certificate Presentations

• Hannah Bae, MD - Interventional Radiology
• Mohammad Shuja Hussain, DO - Interventional Radiology
• Gregory Brody, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Samvel Gharibyan, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Rebecca Scalabrino, DO - Abdominal Imaging
• Paschalis Toskas, MD - Abdominal Imaging
• Sakshi Khurana, MMMS - Cardiothoracic Imaging
• Chevonne Skeete-Parris, MD - Breast Imaging
• Desiree Ferdinandi, DO - Neuroradiology
• Iqbal Haq, MD - Neuroradiology
• Khanh Nguyen, DO - Neuroradiology
• Benjamin Rutta, MD - Neuroradiology
• Suzan Parhizgar, MD, PhD - Nuclear Medicine
• Harleen Kaur, MD, MBBS - Nuclear Medicine
• Juan Pablo Garcia Camargo, MD - Pediatric Radiology

Special Awards

• Research Award: John Filtes, MD, and Abin Sajan, MD
• Diversity and Inclusion Award: Zaid Bilgrami, MD, and Eleanor Kim, MD 
• Excellence in Medical Student Education: John Filtes, MD; Edwin Mathieu, MD; and Hye Ryung Yang, MD

Certificates of Appreciation 

• Faculty Mentor of the Year: Lyndon Luk, MD
• Fellow Teacher of the Year: Paschalis Toskas, MD
• Lecturer of the Year: Lyndon Luk, MD
• Teacher of the Year: Philip Lichtenstein, MD
• Resident Teacher of the Year: Zaid Bilgrami, MD
• Technologist/Assistant of the Year: Yocheved Peikes
• Nurse of the Year: Mary O'Neil