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Program Leadership

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Program Director

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Bravein Amalakuhan, MD, FCCP

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care Medicine

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    Associate Program Director

    Director of Education

    Jairo Melo, MD, FCCP

    Internal Medicine

    Pulmonary Disease

    Critical Care Medicine

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      Associate Program Director

      Director of Strategic Operations

      Fernando Triana, MD, FACC

      Internal Medicine

      Cardiovascular Disease

      Interventional Cardiology

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        Associate Program Director

        Director of Clinical Operations

        Shankar Sanka, MD

        Internal Medicine

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          Director of Outpatient Medicine

          Ambassador to the American College of Physicians

          Claudia Maidana-Paz, MD, FACP

          Internal Medicine

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            Core Faculty

            Director of Scheduling & System Integration

            Neil Patel, MD

            Internal Medicine

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              Core Faculty

              Director of Hospital Medicine

              Bishal Sinha, MD

              Internal Medicine

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                Core Faculty

                Director of Quality Improvement

                Vamsi Surapaneni, MD

                Internal Medicine

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                  Subspecialty Director of Pulmonology

                  Director of Patient Safety

                  Ali Abedi, MD, FCCP, DAABIP

                  Internal Medicine

                  Pulmonary Disease

                  Critical Care Medicine

                  Interventional Pulmonology

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                    Teaching Faculty

                    Director of Recruitment & Marketing

                    Nandish Thukral, MD, FSCAI

                    Internal Medicine

                    Cardiovascular Disease

                    Interventional Cardiology

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                      Subspecialty Director of Critical Care

                      Director of Simulation & Artificial Intelligence

                      Hitesh Gidwani, MD

                      Internal Medicine

                      Critical Care Medicine

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                        Subspecialty Director of Cardiology

                        Director of Innovation

                        Ananth Prasad, MD

                        Internal Medicine

                        Cardiovascular Disease

                        Interventional Cardiology

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                          Teaching Faculty

                          Director of Point-of-Care-Ultrasound

                          Fernando Vasquez de Lara, MD

                          Internal Medicine

                          Pulmonary Disease

                          Critical Care Medicine

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                            Teaching Faculty

                            Director of Preventative Medicine

                            Marichel Marcolino, MD

                            Internal Medicine

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                              Teaching Faculty

                              Director of Value-Based Care

                              Melissa Medley, MD

                              Internal Medicine

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                                Teaching Faculty

                                Director of Nocturnal Medicine

                                Sumeet Chavan, MD

                                Internal Medicine

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                                  Teaching Faculty

                                  Director of Infection Prevention

                                  Jeffrey Jones, MD

                                  Internal Medicine

                                  Infectious Disease

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                                    Subspecialty Director of Nephrology

                                    Director of Training Transitions

                                    Fadi Abouzar, MD

                                    Internal Medicine

                                    Nephrology

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                                      Teaching Faculty

                                      Subspecialty Director of Heme/Oncology

                                      Emmalind Aponte, MD

                                      Internal Medicine

                                      Hematology

                                      Medical Oncology

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                                        Teaching Faculty

                                        Senior Research Scholar & Strategist​

                                        Jeffrey Dellavolpe, MD

                                        Internal Medicine

                                        Critical Care Medicine

                                         

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                                          Teaching Faculty

                                           

                                          Nicholas Martinez, MD

                                          Internal Medicine

                                          Gastroenterology

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                                            Teaching Faculty

                                             

                                            Mohammed Ahmad, MD

                                            Internal Medicine

                                            Nephrology

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