Contact Information
As a new Traditional Program Intern you'll work with many talented individuals from different offices to prepare you to begin your internship. Your main administrative contact is Nancy DiLella (see below) for all questions about your orientation schedule.
Nancy DiLella
Senior Administrative Assistant, Yale Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program
(Note: Her office is located at 330 Cedar Street, FMP 101, doorway access is located in the main hall, first floor, across the hall from the Fitkin Amphitheater.)
203-785-4123 tel
203-785-7258 fax
nancy.dilella@yale.edu
Match Lists
Welcome to the Yale Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program and Congratulations!
Below is the AY2013-2014 Match List for the Yale Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program.
* Preliminary = 21
** Physician Scientist Track = 5
| Name | Medical School |
|---|---|
| Berical, Andrew | Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Bikdeli, Behnood | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
| Bilsborrow, Joshua | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
| Bledsoe, Trevor * | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Cherry, Benjamin | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Damsky, William * | University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| Davis, Cecilia | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
| Diaconu, Claudiu * | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Doroshow, Deborah ** | Harvard Medical School |
| Douglas, Maura | University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Ebiana, Victoria * | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Falchi, Lorenzo | Universita di Perugia |
| Ganeshan, Senthilraj | University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
| Gelfand, Samantha | Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| Ghali, Bassem | University of Virginia School of Medicine |
| Gupta, Aakriti | Government Medical College Chandigarh |
| Haas, Andrea | University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| Ikuta, Kevin | University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine |
| Lai, Saien * | Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| Langberg, Karl | Emory University School of Medicine |
| Lau, Kwan Hon Vincent * | Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| Li, Janet * | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Liu, Anne | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Madanikia, Sara * | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Mainardi, Anne | Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University |
| Makkouk, Fuad * | University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine |
| Martins, Olga * | Weill Cornell Medical College |
| McCarty, Stephanie | New York Medical College |
| McLeod, Michael * | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine |
| Mensah, Kofi ** | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Mittal, Yash | University of California San Diego School of Medicine |
| Mohareb, Amir | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Nair, Nandini | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
| Narula, Reshma * | New York Medical College |
| Norcott, Alexandra | Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine |
| Oatts, Julius * | Yale University School of Medicine |
| Odonkor, Charles * | Yale University School of Medicine |
| Patel, Vatsal * | University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
| Perry, Julia | Boston University School of Medicine |
| Raz, Mical | Sackler School of Medicine |
| Rivas, Shelly * | State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine |
| Robinson, Austin | University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine |
| Romegialli, Alison | University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
| Russo, Armand | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth |
| Shaver, Christine * | New York Medical College |
| Shpall, Elana * | University of California San Francisco School of Medicine |
| Sikand, Nikhil | Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Singh, Nikhil ** | The Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| Souza, Andrezza * | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine |
| Sury, Krishna | State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine |
| Tran, Thuy ** | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
| VanLare, Jordan | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Xanthopoulos, Julie ** | Yale University School of Medicine |
| Yeung, Howa * | New York University School of Medicine |
| Young, Erica | Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine |
| Zegarek, Matthew | University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine |
| Zhang, Shali * | New York University School of Medicine |
Forms
Below is list of forms to be completed and received by the date indicated.
Your VA Paperwork is extensive and is due by March 30, 2013 to Nicole Potter, Registrar of Yale Internal Medicine Residency Programs. Nicole's mailing address is found in the VA Instructions and Application (Part 1) below. If you have any questions about your VA Paperwork, please email Nicole Potter or call her at 203-785-7948 (M-F, 1pm to 6pm).
Orientation
Intern Orientation begins on TUESDAY, June 11, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. at the HARKNESS AUDITORIUM located inside the Yale Sterling Hall of Medicine Building, 333 Cedar Street, 1st Floor, New Haven.
- Participation is mandatory in all daily orientation training activities. We begin Orientation on Tuesday, June 11th and finish on Thursday, June 20th.
- Orientation Schedules will be finalized late May/early June. At that time, Nancy DiLella will email new Traditional Program interns a detailed orientation schedule. You will receive a copy the morning of June 11th.
- Payroll & Benefits Paperwork - Yale-New Haven Hospital will activate an intern's pay on the first day the intern participates in orientation. The AY2013-2014 Salary for all PGY1 Interns is $58,500 per year.
- IMPORTANT: Watch your email for a packet of paperwork from the Yale-New Haven Hospital Housestaff Office (YNHH-HSO). We expect this be sent out by the YNHH-HSO in April.
- Complete the web-based YNHH Mandatory Training described in the email. Login instructions are included in the email from the YNHH-HSO.
- All YNHH paperwork and online YNHH Mandatory Training must be completed by every intern prior to the first day of Orientation or interns will be unable to participate in Orientation.
- The YNHH Housestaff Office telephone number is 203-688-2259 if you have any questions or concerns.
- IMPORTANT: Watch your email for a packet of paperwork from the Yale-New Haven Hospital Housestaff Office (YNHH-HSO). We expect this be sent out by the YNHH-HSO in April.
- VA Paperwork: See the "Forms" tab in this section. Complete all the VA Forms and return all VA Forms to Nicole Potter, Registrar, by March 30, 2013.
- Employment Letters: Contact Nicole Potter, Registrar, if you need a letter of employment for a apartment rental, home purchase, etc. Email her at nicole.potter@yale.edu or telephone her at 203-785-7948 (M-F, 1pm to 6pm).
- Rotation Schedules will not be finalized until the week of Orientation. Schedules will be posted to our private MedHub website. Access instructions to our MedHub site will be provided to interns during Orientation.
- Rotations begin with Medicine on FRIDAY, June 21, 2013 with pre-rounds in the morning.
Banks
- Bank of America (Note: BOA has a Bank & ATM's at YNHH and an ATM at WHHC.)
- Capital One
- Chase
- Citibank
- Citizens Bank
- First Niagra
- Liberty Bank
- Savings Bank of Danbury
- TD Bank
- Webster Bank
- Wells Fargo
Cable/Phone
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
Housing
- Connecticut Shoreline Guide
- Living in New Haven (Note: A Yale University site sponsored by the Office of New Haven and State Affairs)
- New Haven Apartment Rentals
- New Haven County Homes for Sale
- Real Estate by Town
- Realtor - Marc S. DeLise (Certified Relocation Specialist)
- Resident, Alumni and Staff RECOMMENDATIONS / Listings (Note: Watch for updates and additions!)
- Apartmentguide.com
- Trulia.com (Homes and Apartments)
Local Newspapers
Utilities
Schedule Requests
The AY13-14 Yale Internal Medicine Traditional Program Chief Residents are listed below. The Chiefs use a common Yale email address to communicate with all their housestaff which is tradchiefs1314@yale.edu .
- Sumair Akhtar, MD
- Paul Fiorilli, MD
- Varun Kumar, MD
- Alia Rehwinkel, MD
- Wagahta Semere, MD
Faculty Program Directors:
- Program Director - Mark D. Siegel, MD
- Associate Program Director - Dana Dunne, MD
- Associate Program Director - Seonaid Hay, MD
- Associate Program Director - John Moriarty, MD
- Associate Program Director - Laura Whitman, MD

