Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at
Monmouth Medical Center

About the Faculty

Monmouth Medical Center Radiology Department Faculty

Residents are instructed by a medical team that consists of 11 board-certified radiologists, two of whom also are board certified in nuclear medicine and a board-certified medical imaging physicist. All faculty members are fellowship trained from leading university programs.



Richard Ruchman, MD
Chairman and Program Director
Director of Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging

Medical School:
 University of Michigan School of Medicine
Residency:
 (Nuclear Medicine) Brigham and Women’s Hospital
(Diagnostic Radiology) Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
Fellowship:
 New York University Medical Center
Board:
American Board of Radiology
American Board of Nuclear Medicine

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Stanley Lu, MD
Assistant Residency Program Director
Director of Neuroradiology

Medical School:
 New York University School of Medicine
Residency:
 New York University Medical Center
Fellowship:
 Stanford University Medical Center
Board:
 American Board of Radiology
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Neuroradiology
Additional:
 Dr. Lu has an impressive list of publications and scientific presentations. He is currently on the Radiology Residency Committee and participates in yearly residency interviews for the NRMP match.

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Peter Park, MD
Director of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

Medical School:
 SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn in New York
Residency:
 Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York
Fellowship:
 Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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Melinda Staiger, MD
Medical Director of the Breast Center

Medical School:
 New York University School of Medicine
Residency:
 New York University School of Medicine
Board:
 American Board of Radiology
Additional:
 Dr. Staiger is the former Director of Mammography at New York University Medical Center and the former Director of Breast Imaging at the Pittsburgh Cancer Center. She is a member of the Society of Breast imagers.

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Yasmeen Shariff, MD
Director of Ultrasound

Medical School:
 Temple University School of Medicine
Residency:
 Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh
Fellowship:
 Women’s imaging at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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Salman Rashid, MD
Director of Nuclear Medicine

Medical School:
 Dow Medical College, Karachi
Residency:
 (Nuclear Medicine) Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio
(Diagnostic Radiology) Monmouth Medical Center
Board:
 American Board of Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology

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Melinda Staiger, MD
Medical Director of the Breast Center

Medical School:
 New York University School of Medicine
Residency:
 New York University School of Medicine
Board:
 American Board of Radiology
Additional:
 Dr. Staiger is the former Director of Mammography at New York University Medical Center and the former Director of Breast Imaging at the Pittsburgh Cancer Center. She is a member of the Society of Breast imagers.

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Tejas Shinde, MD
MRI (Body, Neuroradiology, Musculoskeletal)

Medical School:
 New York University School of Medicine
Residency:
 New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship:
 Thomas Jefferson University
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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Sidney Schultz, MD
Professor Emeritus

Medical School:
 SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York
Residency:
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore, NY
Board:
 American board of Radiology

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Leizle Talangbayan, MD
Body Imaging

Medical School:
 Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency:
 Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship:
 Weil Cornell Medical Center
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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David McDonald, MD
Director of Pediatric Imaging

Medical School:
 Northwestern Ohio University College of Medicine
Residency:
 Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship:
 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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Ernest Wiggins, MD
Vascular Interventional Radiologist

Medical School:
 Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency:
 Monmouth Medical Center
Fellowship:
 Northwestern University Hospital
Board:
 American Board of Radiology

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Thomas Piccoli, Ed.D.
Medical Imaging Physicist

Education:
 University of Lowell, MA: Radiological Physics and Protection, MS
Board:
 American Board of Medical Physicists
American Board of Radiology

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