Current Residents

  • PGY6 residents
    PGY-6 Residents
    Featuring: Alec Zhu, M.D., Tenny Zhang, M.D., Ashwin Ramaswamy, M.D., M.P.P., Samantha Thorogood, M.D.
  • PGY5 residents
    PGY-5 Residents
    Featuring: Adithya Balasubramanian, M.D., Mary Strasser, M.D., M.B.A., Leo Dreyfuss, M.D., and Lina Posada Calderon, M.D.
  • PGY4 residents
    PGY-4 Residents
    Featuring: Manish Kuchakulla, M.D., Malik B. Wahba, M.D., Gal Wald, M.D., and Robert Fisch, M.D.
  • PGY3 residents
    PGY-3 Residents
    Featuring: Mark Farha, M.D., Behnam Nabavizadeh, M.D., Hriday Bhambhvani, M.D., and Michael Tzeng, M.D.
  • PGY2 residents
    PGY-2 Residents
    Featuring: Samuel Kusin, M.D., Jacob Lang, M.D., Aaron Gurayah, M.D., and Shu Wang, M.D.
  • PGY1 residents
    PGY-1 Residents
    Featuring: Runzhuo Ma, M.D., Braian Ledesma, M.D., Ilaha Isali, M.D., and Robert Pearce, M.D.

    2025 Anticipated Graduates

    Ashwin Ramaswamy, M.D., M.P.P.
    PGY 6
    Samantha Thorogood, M.D.
    PGY 6
    Tenny Zhang, M.D.
    PGY 6
    Alec Zhu, M.D.
    PGY 6

    Hometown: Princeton, NJ

    Undergraduate: New York University

    Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School

    Medical School: Icahn at Mount Sinai

    Fun Fact: I worked NYC EMS in college coincidentally transporting patients to all the hospitals at which I currently rotate.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy

    Hometown: Parkland, FL

    Undergraduate: Rice University

    Medical School: Columbia University 

    Fun Fact: I have bungee jumped the world’s highest (commercial) jump.

    Favorite Urology Case: Inflatable penile implant

    Hometown: Palo Alto, CA

    Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley

    Medical School: Harvard Medical School

    Fun Fact: I was named after tennis!

    Favorite Urology Case: Open extravesical reimplant 

    Hometown: Lexington, MA

    Undergraduate: Washington University 

    Medical School: Northwestern University

    Fun Fact: Will watch any Star Wars content on Disney+ regardless of how objectively bad it is.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open radical nephrectomy

    2026 Anticipated Graduates

    Adithya Balasubramanian, M.D.
    PGY 5
    Leo Dreyfuss, M.D.
    PGY 5
    Lina Posada Calderon, M.D.
    PGY 5
    Mary Strasser, M.D., M.B.A.
    PGY 5

    Hometown: San Jose, CA

    Undergraduate: Rice University

    Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine 

    Fun Fact: My favorite sport is cricket.

    Favorite Urology Case: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)

    Hometown: Westport, CT

    Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin

    Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

    Fun Fact: My favorite part about NYC is Central Park.

    Favorite Urology Case: Ileal conduit

    Hometown: Bogota, Colombia

    Medical School: Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina ( Colombia)

    Fun Fact: The best cafeteria lunch: sushi and lucky charms. 

    Favorite Urology Case: RPLND 

    Hometown: Pattenburg, NJ

    Undergraduate: Princeton University 

    Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School 

    Fun Fact: I have a 13-year-old rescue mutt named Emily Dickinson.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy

    2027 Anticipated Graduates

    Robert Fisch, M.D.
    PGY 4
    Manish Kuchakulla, M.D.
    PGY 4
    Malik B. Wahba, M.D.
    PGY 4
    Gal Wald, M.D.
    PGY 4

    Hometown: Potomac, MD

    Undergraduate: Northwestern University

    Medical School: USC

    Fun Fact: I've logged over 1500 lifetime Citi Bike miles. Love a good ride across a NYC bridge.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open dismembered pyeloplasty

    Hometown: Orlando, FL

    Undergraduate: University of Miami

    Medical School: University of Miami

    Fun Fact: I am an avid golf enthusiast, and have now developed an uncanny ability to miss fairways.

    Favorite Urology Case: The Vasectomy

    Hometown: Montclair, NJ

    Undergraduate: New York University Abu Dhabi

    Medical School: Washington University

    Fun Fact: I rode my bicycle 3600 miles across the US from San Francisco to New York by myself.

    Favorite Urology Case: TURBT (transurethral resection of bladder tumor)

    Hometown: Giv’at Ada, Israel

    Undergraduate: Cornell University

    Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine 

    Fun Fact: Traveled to the Galapagos islands on AeroGal airline.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy

    2028 Anticipated Graduates

    Hriday Bhambhvani, M.D.
    PGY 3
    Mark Farha, M.D.
    PGY 3
    Behnam Nabavizadeh, M.D.
    PGY 3
    Michael Tzeng, M.D.
    PGY 3

    Hometown: Birmingham, AL

    Undergrad: University of Alabama

    Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine

    Fun Fact: I used to play chess competitively & I loved the Queen's Gambit — both the show & the opening!

    Favorite Urology Case: IPP placement

    Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

    Undergrad: Tufts University

    Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

    Fun Fact: Up and Coming homemade ice cream producer

    Favorite Urology Case: Open Partial Nephrectomy

    Hometown: Tehran, Iran

    Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine

    Fun Fact: I was stuck in an island during COVID for 3 months!

    Favorite Urology Case: Urethroplasty; Radical cystectomy with neobladder

    Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ

    Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania

    Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine

    Fun Fact: I don't know how to swim or ride a bike, but I can wiggle my ears on command!

    Favorite Urology Case: Laser Lithotripsy

    2029 Anticipated Graduates

    Aaron Gurayah, M.D.
    PGY 2
    Samuel Kusin, M.D.
    PGY 2
    Jacob Lang, M.D.
    PGY 2
    Shu Wang, M.D.
    PGY 2

    Hometown: Pomona, NY

    Undergrad: Princeton University

    Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

    Fun Fact: I am a huge NY Mets, Jets and Knicks fan.

    Favorite Urology Case: Laser Lithotripsy

    Hometown: Houston, TX

    Undergrad: University of Texas at Austin

    Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

    Fun Fact: Caught a line drive to the face at a Houston Astros game.

    Favorite Urology Case: Robotic Nephrectomy

    Hometown: Toledo, OH

    Undergrad: Boston University

    Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

    Fun Fact: I’m an amateur barista and a more amateur cook. I’m also a medical school intramural basketball champion. 

    Favorite Urology Case: Partial nephrectomy

    Hometown: Linyi, China

    Undergrad: Qingdao University College of Medical Science

    Medical School: Peking University Health Science Center

    Fun Fact: In my free time, I enjoy stand up paddle boarding. I am also a car deep-cleaning video addict.  

    Favorite Urology Case: Emergent stenting

    2030 Anticipated Graduates

    Ilaha Isali, M.D.
    PGY 1
    Braian Ledesma, M.D.
    PGY 1
    Robert Pearce, M.D.
    PGY 1

    Hometown: Baku, Azerbaijan

    Medical School: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine (Türkiye)

    Fun Fact: I wrote two poetry books!

    Favorite Urology Case: Revision of sling for SUI

    Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Undergraduate School: Northeastern University of Argentina

    Medical School: Northeastern University of Argentina

    Fun Fact: I went to the Navy Boarding School; as part of graduation, I went on a submarine ride for a week. 

    Favorite Urology Case: Microsurgical varicocelectomy

    Hometown: Beijing, China

    Undergraduate School: Peking University

    Medical School: Peking University,  Health Science Center

    Fun Fact: I like playing badminton and I have three cats

    Favorite Urology Case: Prostatectomy

    Hometown: Corte Madera, California

    Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles

    Medical School: University of California, San Fransico

    Fun Fact: I have an undergraduate degree in classical piano.

    Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy

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