Internal Medicine Residency Program Faculty

Inpatient Medicine

• Arjan Ahluwalia, MD
• Alaynna Kears, DO
• Monica Mistry, DO
• Preysi Patel, DO

Exemplary Care and Learning Site (ECLS) Faculty

• Cheryl Bloomfield, MD
• Brian Costello, DO
• Vincent Cheng, DO
• Jeffrey DeBuque, DO
• Thomas Doherty, MD
• Michael Goldner, DO
• Stacey Smith, MD
• Gisela Vargas, MD
• Wen Zhang, DO

Hospital Medicine Service (HMS) Faculty

• Waqas Adeel, MD
• Ravindra Bhati, MD
• Craig Chuhran, MD
• Francis DiStefano, DO
• Jeaninne Einfalt, DO
• Ditina Ghetia, MD
• Andrew Hamarich, DO
• Abdul Haseeb, MD
• Janet Laflouf, DO
• Lei Li, MD
• Shuisen Li, DO
• Muhammad Majeed, MD
• Vipul Makwana, MD
• Kaushik Patel, MD
• Vishal Patel, MD
• Lisa Silvotti, DO
• Satinder Singh, MD
• Ali Yazdanyar, DO, PhD, MMM
• Muhammad Zafar, MD

Ambulatory Medicine

• Arjan Ahluwalia, MD

Valley Health Partners Lehigh Valley Physician’s Practice

• Cheryl Bloomfield, MD
• J. Howard DeHoff, MD
• Maria Jones, MD
• Rena Lambert, DO

LVPG Internal Medicine 3080 Hamilton Boulevard

• Brian Costello, DO
• Vincent Cheng, DO
• Thomas Doherty, MD
• Eric Gertner, MD
• Alaynna Kears, DO
• Jose Santiago-Rivera, MD
• Stacey Smith, MD
• Gisela Vargas, MD
• Wen Zhang, DO

Cardiology Teaching Service

• Amy Ahnert, MD 
• Michael Cheung, MD
• Ellina Fiener, MD
• Bruce Feldman, DO
• Justin Guthier, DO
• Kunal Patel, MD
• Yasotha Rajeswaran, MD

Critical Care

• Jonaid Aslam, MD
• Jessica Boehmler, MD
• Dana Cam, MD
• Brian Civic, MD
• Timothy Coyle, DO
• Aaron Czysz, MD
• Nirupama Kakumanu, MD
• Rita Pechulis, MD
• Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman, MD
• Jennifer Rovella, DO – Division Chief
• Daniel Schwed-Lustgarten, MD
• Jennifer Strow, DO
• Dorothy Watson, DO
• Andres Zirlinger, MD – Fellowship Program Director

Cardiac Critical Care

• Sima Hodavance, MD
• Nauman Islam, MD
• Daniel Makowski, DO
• Nael Hawwa, MD
• Benjamin Sanchez, MD
• Apurva Vyas, MD – Fellowship Program Director

Subspecialty Rotations

Cardiology

• Apurva Vyas, MD – Academic Liaison and Fellowship Program Director

Emergency Medicine

• Kevin Weaver, DO – Residency Program Director
• Charles Worrilow, MD – Academic Liaison

Endocrinology

• Gretchen Perilli, MD – Academic Liaison and Fellowship Program Director

Geriatrics

• Lynn Wilson, DO – Fellowship Program Director
• Catherine Gruer, MD – Academic Liaison and Division Chief 

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

• David Gibbons, MD – Academic Liaison and Fellowship Program Director

Infectious Disease

• Brian Friel, DO – Academic Liaison
• Jody Yozviak, DO – Comprehensive Health Services for HIV care 

Gastroenterology

• Anastasia Shnitser, MD, MS – Academic Liaison and Fellowship Program Director

Nephrology

• Sharon Maynard, MD – Academic Liaison and Fellowship Program Director

Neurology

• Megan Leary, MD – Academic Liaison and Residency Program Director

Pulmonary

• C. Gerard Petersen, MD – Academic Liaison and Division Chief of Pulmonary Medicine

Rheumatology

• James Ross, MD – Fellowship Program Director