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PGY 5 Residents

ANDREW BROWN, MD
Hometown:
Undergraduate: Penn State Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Trauma


AIDIN ESLAM POUR, MD
Hometown: Urmia, Iran
Undergraduate:
Medical School: Urmia Univ. of Medical Sciences
Interest: Undecided


KENNETH KEARNS, MD
Hometown: Holland, OH
Undergraduate: Colby College
Medical School: Univ. of Toledo
Interest: Shoulder & Elbow


JUNAID MAKDA, MD
Hometown: Skokie, IL
Undergraduate: Benedictine Univ.
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Sports Medicine


ARJUN SAXENA, MD
Hometown: Churchville, PA
Undergraduate: Penn State Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Trauma


CHADI TANNOURY, MD
Hometown: Zahle, Lebanon
Undergraduate: Saint Joseph School, Lebanon
Medical School: The Lebanese Univ., Beirut Lebanon
Interest: Spine Orthopaedic Pathologies & Deformities, Minimally Invasive spine surgery, joint replacement, orthopedic trauma


UZOMA UKOMADU, MD
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Brown Univ.
Medical School: Brown Medical School
Interest: Hand Surgery
PGY 4 Residents

DAVID ANDERSON, MD
Hometown: Shelby, MI
Undergraduate: Univ. of Michigan
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Spine, Adult Reconstruction, Hand


DAVID GARRAS, MD
Hometown: Monrovia, CA
Undergraduate: UC Santa Barbara
Medical School: Duke Univ.
Interest: Sports Medicine, Shoulder & Elbow, Trauma


ELIE GHANEM, MD
Hometown: Wimington, DE
Undergraduate: American Univ. of Beirut
Medical School: American Univ. of Beirut
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Trauma, Sports Medicine


MARK KURD, MD
Hometown: Bedford, NH
Undergraduate: Georgetown Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Spine, Pediatrics, Adult Reconstruction


BRIAN NEUMAN, MD
Hometown: Eighty Four, PA
Undergraduate: Bucknell Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Spine, Sports Medicine, Shoulder & Elbow


NICHOLAS SLENKER, MD
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Undergraduate: Univ. of Arizona
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Sports Medicine, Shoulder & Elbow


DAVID VEGARI, MD
Hometown: Gladwyne, PA
Undergraduate: Duke Univ.
Medical School: Drexel Medical School
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Spine
PGY-3

EDWARD CURRY, MD
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate: Univ. of Scranton
Medical School: Georgetown
Interest: Undecided


ROMAN ISAAC, MD
Hometown: New York City
Undergraduate: Hunter College
Medical School: New York Medical College
Interest: Shoulder & Elbow, Sports Medicine


LOUKAS KOYONOS, MD
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Undergraduate: Univ. of Illinois
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Sports Medicine, Trauma


ADAM MILLER, MD
Hometown: Cincinatti, OH
Undergraduate: Univ. of Illinois
Medical School: Northwestern Univ.
Interest: Trauma


MEREDITH OSTERMAN, MD
Hometown: Villanova, PA
Undergraduate: George Washington Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Shoulder & Elbow, Hand Surgery


MICHAEL RIVLIN, MD
Hometown: Hungary
Undergraduate: Hunter College CUNY
Medical School: Albert Einstein, Bronx, NY
Interest: Hand & Upper Extremity


BRIAN WINTERS, MD
Hometown: Brick, NJ
Undergraduate: Rutgers Univ.
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Interest: Trauma, Shoulder & Elbow, Adult Reconstruction

PGY-2

MICHAEL BERCIK, MD
Hometown: Morristown, NJ
Undergraduate: Georgetown Univ.
Medical School: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Interest: Adult Reconstruction


MATTHEW CAVAGNARO, MD
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Undergraduate: Univ. of Rochester
Medical School: SUNY-Buffalo
Interest: Undecided


EDWARD CHANG, MD
Hometown: Hillsdale, NJ
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins Univ.
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Interest: Shoulder & Elbow, Sports Medicine, Spine


BOLESLAW CZACHOR, MD
Hometown: Sayreville, NJ
Undergraduate: Rutgers Univ.
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Interest: Undecided

WILLIAM SAYDE, MD
Hometown: Wyckoff, NJ
Undergraduate: RPI
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Interest: Sports Medicine

JUSTIN WONG, MD
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Undergraduate: Univ. of Arizona
Medical School: Univ. of Arizona
Interest: Trauma, Spine
PGY-1

MICHAEL AYNARDI, MD
Hometown: Wyomissing, PA
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins Univ.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Shoulder & Elbow


JAMES COSTANZO, MD
Hometown: Pittston, PA
Undergraduate: Univ. of Scranton
Medical School: Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Interest: Undecided


JUSTIN KANE, MD
Hometown: Wantagh, NY
Undergraduate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Interest: Spine, Foot & Ankle


T. DAVID TARITY, MD
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, NY
Undergraduate: Villanova Univ.
Medical School: George Washington Univ.
Interest: Adult Reconstruction, Sports Medicine


KUSHAGRA VERMA, MD
Hometown: Prince George's County, MD
Undergraduate: Cornell Univ.
Medical School: NYU
Interest: Spine, Pediatrics


MICHAEL VOSBIKIAN, MD
Hometown: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Undergraduate: Villanova Univ.
Medical School: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
Interest: Spine, Shoulder & Elbow, Adult Reconstruction

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