Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Residents

This is an ACGME and AOA dually accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine. Below are the residents in the program for each year.

First year residents started 7/1/07 and will graduate 6/30/10.
Second year residents started 7/1/06 and will graduate 6/30/09.
Third year residents started 7/1/05 and will graduate 6/30/08.

• EM1
• EM2
• EM3

EM1 Residents

Christine Bertuna, MD Undergraduate/ Graduate: Cornell University & Columbia University Medical School: St. George University Hobbies: Skiing, Exercising and Reading

Leisa McDonnough-Genin, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Mercy College Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Hobbies: Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Traveling, Photography, Tennis, Badminton, Movies and Paintball

Berchaun Nicholls, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: University of the South Medical School: Meharry Medical College Hobbies: Tennis, Camping, Caving and Photography

Susan O’Brien, DO
Undergraduate/Graduate: Boston University & Boston University Medical School
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hobbies: Running, Cooking, Movies and Sleeping

Ami Patel, DO Undergraduate/Graduate: Rutgers University Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Hobbies: Reading, Watching movies, Painting and Hiking

Parul Patel, MD Undergraduate/ Graduate: Berry College, GA & Georgia State University Medical School: – St. George University Hobbies: Any activities – volley ball, swimming, surfing, photography, paintball, sewing, movies and sleeping. Love Dogs.

Juan E. Paz, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Lehman College Medical School: University at Buffalo School of Medicine Interest: Spending time with my wife and son. Hobbies: Baseball Basketball, Football and watching my Yankees! Famous Quote: “Work Hard, Play Harder”

Munirah Reukauf, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Albertson College of Idaho Medical School: St. George University of Medicine Hobbies: Figure Skating

Psyche V. K. Robert, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: CUNY Medgar Evers College Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical College Hobbies: Bike riding, Camping, Roller-bladding, Movies and Hiking

Niti Sharma, DO Undergraduate/Graduate: Rutgers University Medical School: UMDNJ - SOM Hobbies: Ballroom and Latin dancing

EM2 Residents

Renae Bernard, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: North Dakota State University Medical School: St. George University Medical School

Eudocia A. Cabello, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Scripps Collage Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Randeep Gill, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: University of British Columbia Medical School: St. George University Hobbies/Interest: Moose watching – Go Canada!! Famous Quote: ”Do just once what other say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again”- James R. Cook

Evan Brody Lenkowsky, DO Undergraduate/Graduate: Lehigh University Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Famous Quote: “I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by”. – Robert Frost

Patricia M. Pamy, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: – Hunter College of CUNY Medical School: Albany Medical School Famous Quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. –Ghandi

Jonyean Pei, DO
Undergraduate/Graduate: Rutgers College
Medical School: UMDNJ- School of Osteopathic Medicine
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Mountain biking and Golf

Michael Stull, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: University of Maryland Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School Interest/Hobbies: Surfing, weight training and running

Luis ‘Luigi” Villarreal, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: – Trinity University & University of the Incarnate Word Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Hobbies: Multiculturalism, languages and hanging out with friends

Tameka Walker, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Cornell University Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Interest: Taking care of my pride and joy “my son”!

Stanford K. White, MD, MBA, MS Undergraduate/ Graduate: Tulane University /Tulane University School of Graduate Studies & Earl K. Haub School of Business Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine Famous Quote – “Those who are afraid to ask questions, are afraid to learn”- Unknown

EM3 Residents

Julia Alpin, DO Undergraduate/Graduate: Brandeis University Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Hobbies: Music, Personal Fitness and Hiking

Clarence G. Clarke, DO (Chief Resident) Undergraduate/Graduate: Cheney University & West Chester University Medical School: Nova Southeastern University Hobbies: Basketball, Football, Travel and Movies Famous Quote: “This is the best Emergency Residency in the country” - Clarence Clarke

Tanya Howard, MD
Undergraduate/Graduate: Douglass College at Rutgers
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson
Famous Quote: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall” -Confucius

Krishnaraj Jayarama, DO Undergraduate/Graduate: NYIT Medical School: NYCOM Hobbies: Rock climbing, White water rafting and Mountain biking Famous Quote: “Dream Big and Dare to Fail”

Jyothi Lagisetty, MD (Chief Resident) Undergraduate/Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine Hobbies: Dancing and Reading Famous Quote: “You must be the change you want to see in the world”

Edward Lawyer, MD, JD, MS Undergraduate/Graduate: University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin and University of Illinois-College of Law Medical School: University of Illinois Interest: Health Care System Reform, ACS, Intellectual Property Law, HIPAA, EMTLA, ERISA Hobbies: Basketball, Skiing, Sailing, Cooking, Computers, Volleyball, Pugs Famous Quote: "The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated." ~Plato

James Rinkle, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Temple University and Kean University Medical School: St. George University Interest: Tactical Medicine, Wilderness Medicine and Disaster Medicine Hobbies: Shooting, Hunting, Farming and Motor Cycle Riding

Joanna Shen, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Columbia University Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hobbies: Hiking, Camping, Tennis and Music

Jennifer “Jennie” Southern, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: University of Michigan Medical School: Wright State University

Cortnie York, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: Drew University Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hobbies: Reading, Traveling, Movies, Billiards, Music, and Interior Design Quote: “There is no such thing as try. There is do or not do.”

Raymond Yun, MD Undergraduate/Graduate: CUNY Medical School: St. George University Medical School Hobbies: Sports, Reading and Exercise

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