Pediatric Residency Program at
The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center

About the Faculty

Dr. Margaret FisherMargaret Fisher, MD
Chair

Dr. Margaret Fisher is a world renowned pediatric infectious disease consultant. She finished her residency and fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, in Philadelphia, and is a Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Fisher’s curriculum vitae includes chapters in Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics (18th edition), Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; Other Anaerobic Infections; and she served as editor-in-chief for Immunizations & Infectious Diseases; An Informed Parent’s Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006). She also served on the Committee on Infectious Disease and wrote the chapter on Infection Control and Prophylaxis in the Red Book (27th edition, 2006).

Renuka Verma, MDRenuka Verma, MD
Residency Program Director

Dr. Renuka Verma finished her residency at Monmouth Medical Center. She completed her fellowship training in infectious disease at State University of New York Stony Brook and has served as director of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Monmouth Medical Center.

Subspecialties

Adolescent Medicine

Brian Truxal, MD (chief)
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Residency: NYU
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center Schneider Children's Hospital

Allergy

Gary Gross, MD
Medical School: New York University
Residency: National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Fellowship: University of South Carolina, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Frank Piccone, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA

Ellen Sher, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Fellowship: National Jewish Center, Denver

Cardiology

Lloyda Rivera, MD (chief)
Medical School: University Central del Caribe
Residency: San Juan City Hospital
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish - Hillside Medical Center

Nakul Chandra, MD
Medical School: Royal College of Physicians, UK
Residency: Tufts New England Medical School, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Down State Medical Center New York

Critical Care

Siva Jonna, MD (chief)
Medical School: S.V. Medical College, India
Residency: Howard University Hospital Washington DC
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital Washington DC

Ravi Shankar Koppada, MD
Medical School: Andhra Medical College –Visakhapatnam
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship: Miami Children’s, Pediatric Intensive Care, Miami, FL

Edmund  Goroza, MD
Medical School: De La Salle University College of Medicine, Philippines
Residency: General Pediatrics, St. Barnabas Hospital-New York Presbyterian Health System, Bronx, NY
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Schneider Children’s Hospital-North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY

Bhavani Chalikondra, MD
Medical School: Rangaraya Medical College, India
Residency: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Illinois
Fellowship: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital and L.S.U. School of Medicine, Louisiana.

Shonnola DaSilva, MD
Medical School: Jos University School of Medicine
Residency: Overlook Hospital
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Christoph Onghemach, MD
Medical School: Medical School of Ludwig-Maximiliane University Residency: Main Medical Center, Main
Fellowship: University of North Carolina School of medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Chiong The, MD
Medical School: University of West Indies
Residency: Howard University hospital/District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, DC
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, FL

Dentistry

Mark Radler, DDS
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Developmental

Richard Reutter, MD (chief)
Medical School: Hahnemann University
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Emergency

Cecilia Jacome, MD (chief)
Medical School: University of Ecuador
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital, NY

Laura Snyder, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, NJ
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Rhode Island Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Brown University, Rhode Island

Endocrinology

Malcolm Schwartz, DO
Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa Residency: Grandview Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

Michael Barrows, DO
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, NJ
Residency: Jersey Shore Medical Center, NJ
Fellowship: University of North Carolina

Kirk Kerensky, MD
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

ENT

Michael Tavil, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Residency: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Darsit Shah, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital

Eric Winarsky, MD
Medical School: University of Liege, Belgium
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

Vin Prabhat, MD
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

Gastroenterology

Jonathan Teitelbaum, MDJonathan Teitelbaum, MD
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

 

 

 

Hematology/Oncology

Peri Kamalakar, MD (chief)
Medical School: Guntur Medical College
Residency: Newark beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Natalie Apollonsky, MDNatalie Apollonsky, MD
Medical School: Pavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg
Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Elmhurst Program)
Fellowship: Schneider Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

Anna Sechser Perl, MD
Medical School:  University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Infectious Disease

Renuka Verma, MD (chief)
Medical School: SP Medical College, India
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship: SUNY Stony Brook

Margaret C. Fisher, MD
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Genetics

Franklin Desposito, MD    
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency: Long Island Jewish
Fellowship: Hematology/ University Wisconsin

Neonatology

Susan Hudome, MD. (chief)
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
Residency: Duke University (chief resident), Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Penn State University, Hershey, PA

Carlos Alemany, MD
Medical School: Ponce School of Medicine
Residency: University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Fellowship: Brown University

Dianne Attardi, MD
Medical School: Hahnemann University
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University

Kirby Rekedal, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: Yale University

Nephrology

Anup Singh, MD
Medical School: De La Salle University/University of the Philippines
Residency and Fellowship: Children’s Medical Center of Brooklyn State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Neurology

Shirley Fisch, MD
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Residency: Babies Hospital –Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Campus

Child Psychology

Charles Katz, PhD
Medical School: Teachers College Columbia University
PhD: University of Connecticut

Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics

Timothy Riley PharmD
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University

Pulmonology

Robert Zanni, MD (chief)
Medical School: Autonomous University of Guadalajara
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
Fellowship: Hahnemann University

Eduardo Sembrano, MD
Medical School:  University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Residency: Mt. Sinai Services, Elmhurst Hospital Center
Fellowship: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Surgery

I. Thomas Cohen, MDI. Thomas Cohen, MD (chairman)
Medical School: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Residency in General Surgery: Johannesburg General Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Specialty Rotation: Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, and St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom
Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery: Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town and Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children and University of the Witwatersrand
Fellowship in Pediatric Surgical Oncology: The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and University of Southern California

Urology

Michael Fleischer, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Med Center
Residency: SUNY
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Thomas Vates III, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Pediatric Radiology

David McDonald, MD
Medical school; Drexel Medical School
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Ophthalmology

Lawrence Turtel, MD

Ilene Pardon, MD

Pediatric Orthopedics

Lawrence Stankovitz, MD

Child Psychiatry

Sajjad Zaidi, MD (chief)

In Patient Care

Richard DeGroote, MD
Director Inpatient Services
Medical School:  Fordham University, Roosevelt Campus, Bronx, NJ
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

Dahlia Hall, MD
Director Newborn Nursery
Medical School: Tufts University      
Residency: New York University Medical, Lenox Hill Hospital

General Pediatrics

  • Paul Abreu, MD
  • Shelby Appulingam, MD
  • Geeta Badami, MD
  • Thomas Baumlin, MD
  • Jocelyn Bautista, MD
  • Vanda Bruner, MD
  • Andrew Burstiner, MD
  • Vaman Chaubal, MD
  • Ken Chazen, MD
  • Charita Csiky, MD
  • Melanie Cotenoff, MD
  • Lea David, MD
  • Nancy Deacon, DO
  • Mrunalini Donde, MD
  • Joel Edman, MD
  • Mihaela Enescu, MD
  • Paul Farrell, MD
  • Gary Gawler, MD
  • Jacqueline Gerardi, MD
  • Alla Gordina, MD
  • Bradley Gribin, MD
  • Maria Gulli, MD
  • Peter Halas, MD
  • Harvey Hirsch, MD
  • Hector Iglesias, MD
  • Alex Liwag, MD
  • Elenito Maddatu, MD
  • Mae Maddatu, MD
  • Michael Markoff, MD
  • Ralph Messo – check if MD or DO (DO I think)
  • Maria Micale, DO
  • Bernadette Miguelino, MD
  • Steve Mlller, DO
  • Kusum Mohan, MD
  • Robert Morgan, MD
  • Robert Murphy, MD
  • Golam Noaz, MD
  • Arvind Patel, MD
  • Karunambal Rajaraman MD
  • Ravi Rajaraman, MD
  • Darrell Rigatti. MD
  • Bindoo Rughani-Shah, MD
  • Glenn Salcedo, MD
  • Elias Sasson, MD
  • Ellen Setton, MD
  • Vrinda Shah, MD
  • Stephen Shroyer, MD
  • Manamadur Somasundaram, MD
  • Emilia Sta, Maria, MD
  • Judith Topilow, MD
  • Brian Truxal, MD
  • Melissa Wallach, MD
  • William Wassel, MD
  • Jeffrey Wolfe, MD
  • Grace Yia, MD
  • Hatidza Zunic, MD

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