Current fellows

Meet the fellows of the Division of Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Nephrology Fellowship program.

First year fellows

Amin Abedini, MD
Medical School: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore, MD

Daniel Del Castillo Rix, MD
Medical School: Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Residency Program: University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Duncan Kilpatrick, MD
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Residency Program: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Maxine McGredy, MD
Medical School: Columbia University, Morningside Heights, NY
Residency Program: Johns Hopkins

Christine Palazzolo, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency Program: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Alexander Tran, MD
Medical School: Spencer Fox Eccles University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Residency Program: University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, IL

Nadim Zaidan, MD
Medical School: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Faculté de Médecine, Riad El Solh, Beyrouth
Residency Program: Northwell Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY

Second year fellows

Michael Chau, MD
Medical School: Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ
Residency Program: Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ

Megan Dunleavy, MD
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Residency Program: Cooper University Hospital

Joseph Galgano, MD
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Residency Program: University of Rochester Medical Center

Colin Godwin, MD
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Residency Program: Brown Internal Medicine, Providence, RI

Mark Hanna, DO
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Residency Program: University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Nicholas Malchione, MD
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY
Residency Program: Rutgers Health Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ

Randy Ogbenna, DO
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, TN
Residency Program: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Kwasi Asamoah Opare-Addo, MD
Medical School: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Residency Program: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens, GA

John Szendrey, MD
Medical School: University College Dublin, Ireland
Residency Program: UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate 

Transplant fellow

Justin Panthappattu, MD
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada
Residency Program: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

Medical and Pediatric fellows

Stephanie Lawanto, MD
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Residency Program: University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Jonas Kwok, MD
Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Residency Program: USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

NRSA postdoc fellows

Clara Fischman, MD
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Residency Program: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Clara Wilson, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY
Residency Program: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Instructor

Samer Mohandes, MD
Medical School: University of Aleppo
Residency Program: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Justina Ray, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency Program: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rachel Shulman, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency Program: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA