Our Residents

Hristos Kaimakliotis

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PGY-5 (Chief Resident YNHH)

School: Yale University School of Medicine

Honors/Awards:
  • Best in AUA, to be presented in Japan Urologic Association National Meeting October 2011. Kaimakliotis HZ, Martin DM, Hoimes CJ, Cheng, CC Jingchun L, Kelly WmK, Tew GN, Saltzman WM, Weiss RM; Nanoparticle delivery of the histone deacetylase inhibitor PXD101 facilitates bladder cancer cell uptake and cytotoxicity AUA 2011 Washington DC. Podium presentation.
  • Hellenic Medical Society of New York 2004 & 2005. Medical Scholarship Award in recognition of excellence and promise in the field of medicine.
  • Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund 2005 Scholarship Award in recognition of excellence and promise in the field of study
  • Summa cum Laude Honors from Wesleyan University with an overall GPA of 3.83/4.00.
  • High Honors in Chemistry for outstanding work in the field of study and best Chemistry Thesis in 2003.
  • Bradley Prize 2003 Awarded to a graduating chemistry student who excels in chemistry particularly in special original work.
  • Hawk Prize 2003 Awarded to undergraduate student for excellence in Biochemistry.
  • Clark Fellowship 2003 Awarded annually to a graduating senior of Wesleyan University for study in medicine. Recipients are judged by the Health Professions Panel on their potential for outstanding achievement, for their promise of community leadership and public-spirited citizenship, and for their scholastic record at Wesleyan University.
  • American Chemical Society Student Award 2003 Awarded for outstanding achievement to a graduating Chemistry major at Wesleyan University.
  • Martius Yellow Award 2002 Awarded to undergraduate student in Advanced Level Organic Chemistry for excellence in Organic Synthesis

Justin Dixon

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PGY-5 (Chief Resident VA)

School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Honors/Awards: 
  • 2007-08 Promoted with High Distinction by the University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • 2006-04 Promoted with Distinction by the University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • 2005-06 Promoted with High Distinction by the University of Kentucky College of Medicinez
  • 2004-05 Promoted with Distinction by the University of Kentucky College of Medicine


Stanley Frencher

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PGY-4 (will be a PGY-5 at VA 1/2013)

School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Honors/Awards: 
  • 2010 Foundation for Informed Decision Making Investigator-Initiated Grant ($100,000) 
  • 2010 Clinical Research Oral Presentation NMA Urology Section, National Medical Association Annual Convention and National Assembly, Orlando, FL Aug 
  • 2009 2nd Place Best Clinical Research Oral Presentation Drew-Walker Surgical Research Forum, National Medical Association Annual Convention and National Assembly, Las Vegas, NV July 26th 
  • 2008 NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Travel Scholarship 
  • 2008 NIH Loan Repayment Program Grant Award
  • 2008 First American College of Surgeons (sponsored) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 
  • 2007 Honorable Mention, “Intern of the Year,” Department of Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital 
  • 2006 First Annual Jean L. Cook Awardfor Medical Excellence, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
  • 2005 Macy Scholar, Columbia University (Mailman) School of Public Health 
  • 2004 Most Outstanding Oral Presentation, Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting, April 
  • 2000 University Honors, University of Michigan 
  • 1997 Four-Year Full-Tuition Scholarship, University of Michigan 
  • 1997 National Achievement Scholar


Jaimin Shah

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PGY-4

School: University of Miami School of Medicine 


Amichai Kilchevsky

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PGY-3 (will be a PGY-4 1/2013)

School: George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Honors/Awards: 
  • 2011, Sexual Medicine Society of North America Research Grant
  • 2007, Tauber Scholarship, The George Washington University School of Medicine 
  • 2005, Senior Honors Thesis Award in International Politics and Economics
  • 2004, Ronald H. Brown Class of 1962 Summer Internship Grant
  • 2004, Rohatyn Center for International Affairs Fellowship

Steven Kardos

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PGY-3

School: George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Honors/Awards: 
  • 2001-2005 Thomas Shortman Scholarship Award
  • 2000-2001 Pre-Medical Honors Program Award at UMDNJ Newark, NJ 
  • 1999-2001 National Honor Society 


Zeeshan Danawala

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PGY-2 (will be a PGY-3 1/2013)

School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

Honors/Awards: 
  • April 2009 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society member-Inducted Junior Year 
  • March 2009 Gold Humanism Honor Society member
  • 2008 UTMB Excellence in Student Teaching Award (for tutoring medical students in anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, histology, molecular/cell biology) 
  • October 2007 UTMB class of 1950 Scholarship
  • August 2007 McGraw-Hill and Lange award for overall Academic Excellence
  • August 2007 Glenn V. Russell Memorial award-excellence in the study of Neuroscience and Human Behavior
  • August 2007 Jimmy Doyle Dickens Memorial award for academic excellence in Anatomy
  • August 2007 The Robert and Katherine Blair Endowed Anatomy/Neuro-anatomy award
  • 2006 The Kidd Medal of Excellence for the highest GPA in graduating class (4.0) summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society

Kevin Lee

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PGY-2

School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences


Yury Pertsovsky

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PGY-2

School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine




Nnenaya Agochukwu

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PGY-1

School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Honors/Awards: 
  • 2010-2011 NIH Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) Fellowship Award
  • 2008, 2009 American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award Program Recipient


Sophia Delpe

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PGY-1

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Honors/Awards:
  • 2012 The James Bell Bullet Award
  • 2012 McCray-McCarthy-Houpt Excellence Award
  • 2012 Alpha Omega Alpha, UNC School of Medicine
  • 2011 John B. Graham Research Society, UNC School of Medicine
  • 2010 Eugene S. Mayer Honor Society, UNC School of Medicine
  • 2009 International Health Fellowship, UNC School of Medicine
  • 2005 Deans List, UNC at Chapel Hill
  • 2005 Academic Achievement Award UNC at Chapel Hill
  • 2003-2005 Tri-Beta, National Biology Honor Society