Trainees in the Pathology Residency at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine are integral members of our team. Our residency program alumni go on to pursue fellowships at a variety of prestigious institutions and work in all aspects of pathology and laboratory medicine, including academic institutions, community hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical examiner offices, and directors of national laboratories.

First-Year Residents

Sara Conway, MD
Hometown: Islip, NY
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Anime, sailing, boating

Kevin Dell’Aquila, DO
Hometown: Middle Village, NY
Hobbies: Weight lifting

Mordechai Hershkop, DO
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Spending time with family taking walks

Second-Year Residents

Momin Iqbal, M.B.B.S
Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan
Hobbies: Hiking, jogging

Mansab Jafri, DO
Hometown: Darien, CT
Hobbies: Olympic weightlifting, building computers, Fly Fishing

Third-Year Residents

Laseena Vaisymbath, MBBS
Hometown: Kerala, India
Hobbies: dancing, music, and teaching

Sonu Kalyan, MD
Hometown: Karnal, India
Hobbies: chess, badminton, traveling, and cooking

Fourth-Year Residents

Sujita Bhandari, MD
Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Hobbies: dancing, cooking, traveling, and movies

Solomon Turunbedu, MD
Hometown: Jimma, Ethiopia
Hobbies: hiking, ping pong, traveling, movies, and food from different cultures

Recent Alumni

2024

Katherine Weng, MD
Montefiore Medical Center Hematopathology Fellowship 2024-2025

Ateeqa Mujeeb Ullah, MBBS
University of Miami Surgical Pathology Fellowship 2024-2025

2023

Bahram Dabiri, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center, GYN Pathology Fellowship 2023-2024

Zarrin Hossein- Zadeh, MD
Northwell Health, Hematopathology Fellowship 2023-2024; Surgical Pathology Fellowship 2024-2025

2022

Duc Vo, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, 2022–23
University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, Hematopathology Fellowship, 2023–24

Behnam Rafiee, MD
New York Blood Center, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, 2022–23

2021

Mona Maghsoodi-Deerwester, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, 2021–22
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dermatopathology Fellowship, 2022–23

Bebu Ram, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship, 2021–22

2020

Marriam Aalai, MD
National Institutes of Health, Cytopathology Fellowship, 2020–21

Daniel Shapiro, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University, Forensic Pathology Fellowship, 2020–21

Joagaro Vedula, MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Surgical Pathology and Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship, 2020–21

2019

Liron Barnea Slonim, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Hematopathology Fellowship, 2019–20
University of Chicago Medicine, Molecular Fellowship, 2020–21

Jessica Peters, MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Breast Pathology Fellowship, 2019–20