Residents – PGY2

Rebecca Chernick, M.D.

Rebecca Chernick, M.D.

Undergraduate: Brown University
Medical School: University of Massachusetts

Arvin Farhang, M.D.

Arvin Farhang, M.D.

Undergraduate: University of Toronto
Medical School: St. George’s School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: semi-professional E-sports at one point, trivia, beach volleyball, dancing, boxing
Fun Fact: As a Chess player, at one point he was ranked 3rd in Canada and first in Toronto in his age group

Brandon Gibson, D.O.

Brandon Gibson, D.O.

Undergraduate: University of Maine
Medical School: University of New England
Hobbies/Interests: Exploring new cities, snowboarding, fishing
Fun Fact: Made two medical mission trips to Senegal

Mohit Gogna, D.O.

Mohit Gogna, D.O.

Undergraduate: Niagara University
Medical School:  New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Hobbies/Interests: 3-D printing, baking and interior design.
Fun Fact: Student class president at NYIT and participated in a non-clinical community-based internship that focused on health care disparities in New York City.

Nicholas Hawkes, M.D.

Nicholas Hawkes, M.D.

Undergraduate: The University of Arizona
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hobbies/Interests: University of Arizona Collegiate athletics, reading fiction books.
Fun Fact: Served as a member of the Board for Digital Content and publishing with the journal “Circulation: Heart Failure”

Matthew Hodgson, D.O.

Matthew Hodgson, D.O.

Undergraduate: Brigham Young University
Medical School: Campbell University
Hobbies/Interests: Guitar playing, hiking, board games, conditioning
Fun Fact: Matthew went to Brazil as a volunteer missionary to underserved communities teaching English and building homes. In medical school where he won the AACOM Silver Award for community service in Health.

Kevin Jon, M.D.

Kevin Jon, M.D.

Undergraduate: University of Illinois
Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Hobbies/Interests: Visiting national parks, woodworking
Fun Fact: Kevin served as a combat medic in the United States Army and was deployed in Iraq.

Marc Locke, D.O.

Marc Locke, D.O.

Undergraduate: The Honors College at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix AZ
Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Hobbies/Interests: Playing drums
Fun Fact: Writes questions for TrueLearn

Evan Magaliff, M.D.

Evan Magaliff, M.D.

Undergraduate: Stony Brook
Medical School: The Ben-Gurion University
Hobbies/Interests: computer programing, cooking
Fun Fact: Evan has a profound interest in Global Health which promoted him to take on the highly selective curriculum at Ben-Gurion in a program with a deep and rich collaboration with Columbia University.

Tamir Pinhasov, M.D.

Tamir Pinhasov, M.D.

Undergraduate: Hunter College, CUNY
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
Hobbies/Interests: Guitar, cycling, hiking, rock climbing
Fun Fact: Currently working on an Elo rating of 1,500 in chess

Dana Potashner, M.D.

Dana Potashner, M.D.

Undergraduate: Queen’s University, Ontario Canada
Masters: M.Sc., Global Health, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario
Medical School: Ben-Gurion University in Be’er-Sheva, Israel
Hobbies/Interests: worldwide travel (backpacked through 25 countries), canoe camping
Fun Fact: She is a gymnast and competed at the Maccabiah Games - the third biggest athletic event in the world after the Olympics and FIFA.

Peter Rafla, M Surg, D.O.

Peter Rafla, MSurg, D.O.

Undergraduate/Medical School: Assiut University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology
Fun Fact: Peter was a fully trained surgeon in Egypt and to fulfill his desire to help the medically underserved traveled, he traveled to Tanzania where he treated chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS.

Samana Zaidi, D.O.

Samana Zaidi, D.O.

Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology
Hobbies/Interests: Endurance hiking - climbed Yosemite, baking, amateur film photography
Fun Fact: Founded of NYITCOM’s chapter of White Coats for Black Lives