{"id":23195,"date":"2021-05-07T11:57:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=23195"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:39:35","slug":"former-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/endocrinology-and-metabolism-fellowship\/former-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-23195\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-23195-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-23195-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-23195-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Graduating Fellows for the previous 10 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"0\" style=\"width: 98.7292%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2010 - 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Ria Madeliene Lim, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">William W. Backus Hospital, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Amit Bhargava, MBChB<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Allegheny Health Network, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Sameera Tallapureddy, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">North Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2012 - 2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Sarah Varghese, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">LMA Endocrinology Associates, NJ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2013 - 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Racha Dermesropian, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">John Mihailidis, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Private Practice, North Platte, NE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2014 - 2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Adarsh Jha, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2015 - 2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Amanda Kost, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Middlesex Hospital, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Maria Josa Velasco Acuna, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Central Vermont Medical Center, VT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2016 - 2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Pamela Ohri Zizzamia, D.O.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Holyoke Medical Center, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Karina Szczepanczyk, M.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Backus Center, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2017 - 2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Lori de la Portilla, D.O.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Hartford HealthCare Endocrinology, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Sai Aparna Nelakanti, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">OSF HealthCare Multispecialty Group, IL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2018 - 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Fatima Jalil, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"236\" style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Parvathy Madhavan, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td width=\"346\" style=\"width: 101.967%;\">UConn Health, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2019 - 2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Hassaan Bin Aftab, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">UConn Health, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Ravali Nallu, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">CaroMont Regional Hospital, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2020 - 2022<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Misbah Azmath, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">UConn Health, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Sobia Faisal, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Hartford HealthCare Endocrinology, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2021 - 2023<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Samaneh Rabieihashemi, M.D.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Hartford HealthCare Endocrinology, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Snigdha Reddy Bendaram, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2022 - 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Aysha Khan, M.B.B.S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Holyoke Medical Center, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Asma Syeda, M.B.B.S.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Saint Francis Hospital, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><strong>2023 - 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Sara Shteyman, D.O.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">Hospital of Central Connecticut, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.446%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.5828%;\">Maram Khalifa, M.B.B.Ch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101.967%;\">UConn Health, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating Fellows for the previous 10 years 2010 &#8211; 2012 Ria Madeliene Lim, M.D. William W. Backus Hospital, CT Amit Bhargava, MBChB Allegheny Health Network, PA Sameera Tallapureddy, M.B.B.S. North Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology, TX 2012 &#8211; 2014 Sarah Varghese, M.B.B.S. LMA Endocrinology Associates, NJ 2013 &#8211; 2015 Racha Dermesropian, M.D. Trinity Health Of New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":5568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 06:16:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23195"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36686,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23195\/revisions\/36686"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}