Press Release
Press Release
Date:July 01, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor Further Information Contact:
Karen Huxtable
607-547-4581
karen.huxtable@bassett.org
Diane L. Wells
607-547-6354
diane.wells@bassett.org
Bassett Healthcare welcomes new resident physicians
Bids farewell to departing residents
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Bassett Healthcare welcomes 23 new members to its resident physician staff, while 26 members will depart to continue their medical training or begin their medical practice. Four of the new incoming physicians will train in general surgery and 10 will train in internal medicine. Nine will complete a transitional year, a clinical year in multiple disciplines, which helps physicians select their specialty.
Bassett Healthcare has been a major teaching hospital since 1927, and has been affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University since 1947. Bassett is also a major teaching affiliate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Albany Medical College, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Bassett is a major clinical affiliate of the Albany-Hudson Valley Physician Assistant Program and the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program in Amherst, N.Y.
"The education of physicians and other health care professionals is crucial to Bassett’s mission. We enthusiastically welcome our new resident colleagues. We thank those residents who have been with us the past one to five years and wish them the very best in their future careers," said James Dalton, M.D., Director of Medical Education for Bassett Healthcare.
The new staff members are;
General Surgery
Kelly Currie, M.D.
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
Gregory C. Gardner, M.D.
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine
Mellissa E. Mahabee, M.D.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Sanjay Thomas, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Internal Medicine
Sunil Avagadda, M.B., B.S., M.P.H.
Siddhartha Medical College, India
Dipendra Chaudhary, M.B., B.S.
Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal
Tatpong Chit-ua-aree, M.D.
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Saleem Chowdhry, M.B., B.S.
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Joseph Gorodenker, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Potjana Jitawatanarat, M.D.
Mahidol University, Thailand
Hyeong Kim, M.D.
Yonsei University, South Korea
Mukesh Kumar, M.B., B.S.
Dow Medical College, Pakistan
Candice M. Oliver, D.O.
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bhatraphol Tingpej, M.D.
Mahidol University, Thailand
Transitional Year
Kimberly R. Blasius, M.D.
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine
Dorothy Boo, M.D.
State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
Elizabeth L. Carpenter, M.D.
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center
Seth H. Iverson, M.D.
New York Medical College
Rebecca Lenhard, M.D.
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine
Marie-Eve C. Noel, M.D.
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine
Robert T. Swan, M.D.
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine
Sofia J. Syed, M.B., B.S., M.P.H.
Government Medical College, Jammu India
Ken L. Tai, M.D.
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Canada
Bassett thanks 25 physicians and one pharmacist who have completed their residency programs. The following will either enter practice or begin an advanced residency/fellowship program: Abrol, Nayana M.B.,B.S., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Hugh Chatham Hospital, Elkin, North Carolina; Agbi, John M.D., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, New York; Akerley, Michael D.O., Transitional Year, Armed Services, Flight Surgeon / U.S. Air Force, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; Burkhart, Patricia M.D., Transitional Year, Radiology Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Chahal, Rajan M.D., General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut; Dennis, Elizabeth D.O., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; Dymond, Michael M.D., General Surgery, Undetermined as of Press Time; Gavett, Aaron D.O., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, First Health Moore County Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, North Carolina; Haq, Nowreen M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Transitional Year, Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency, Griffin Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Derby, Connecticut; Jean-Noel, Stephanie M.D., Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology Residency, SUNY Downstate/Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York; Kagnoff, Melissa M.D., Internal Medicine, Neurology Residency, University of Texas, Houston, Texas; LaVanture, Dana M.D., General Surgery, General Surgery Residency, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania; Luan, Jing M.D., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts; Lukose, Melissa M.D., Transitional Year, Anesthesiology Residency, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Mathew, Robert D.O., Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton, Ohio; McFee, Amanda Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York; Nitichaikulvatana, Prachaya M.D., Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts; Perlov, Mikhail M.D., Transitional Year, Internal Medicine Residency, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Rangan, Yashaswini M.B., B.S., Internal Medicine, Nephrology Fellowship, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Rappa, Roberto M.D., Transitional Year, Anesthesiology Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut; Rodgers, Kerry M.D., General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Sears, Rory D.O., Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Sykes, Jeremy M.D., Transitional Year, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Tracy, Alexis D.O., Transitional Year, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Wierdsma, John D.O., General Surgery, Internal Medicine Residency, Cavilion Health System, Roanoke, Virginia; Wu, Bob M.D., General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
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