Category: Resident of the Month

I would like to nominate Lilian Bizzocchi as resident of the month.  She has been doing an absolutely fantastic job on the floors. She is incredibly dedicated to her patients and has gone above and beyond to make sure each patient gets the best care possible. “Impossible” does not appear to be a part of her vocabulary. She will jump any hurdles and go to any length to get the patients the studies that they need. We have a particularly difficult/complicated who is being … Continue reading “10-2017”

I will like to nominate Priyanka Mathias for her outstanding job as an smr in September. In addition to several follow-ups that I assigned to her, where she did a phenomenal job, she made two life saving decisions on young patients this month, and went out of her way to get diagnostic/imaging studies done for these patients to expedite triage. One patient in particular was a young guy with massive pneumonedistinum, where she convinced ED and radiology teams to get esophagogram done … Continue reading “09-2017”

I would nominate Teferi for ROM. His management of the team was excellent and his clinical judgment was superb. He portrayed excellent leadership and Interpersonal skills with the team and support staff.  

I would like to nominate Dr. Kavisha Patel for resident of the month. Last week she accomplished a nearly insurmountable task with her patient. She gained his trust. Sounds silly, but this particular patient has a long standing history of mistrusting anything at all to do with the medical community. Kavisha took the time to learn about this patient and actively listen to what he had to say. He has been in this hospital since June 6th and asked if he can go … Continue reading “7-2017”

We would like to nominate Max Jang for Resident of the Month.  Overall he is a great member of our housestaff  (in regards to his performance as a resident)  but in addition to this Max has gone above an beyond this year to do everything he can to help the program. Max has made it his mission to help out by making himself our unofficial department photographer. He’s come in post night shifts to take pictures of the MFPC, Dr. Schubart’s retirement party he’s … Continue reading “6-2017”

Hey Dr. G, I would like to nominate Ephraim Leiderman for Resident of the month. He is simply amazing. He has an incredible thirst of knowledge, super motivated, always eager to know everything about all the patients in the team. He has a special ability to keep the patients 100% involved during his superb presentations. He presents the cases from the top of his head and always has appropriate plans. He is performing at a resident level. Ephraim is definitely chief … Continue reading “5-2017”

Neal Rakesh…I worked with Neal on Orange for 2 weeks and then for 2 weeks on ACS. He questioned everything and also brought fresh insights to established “truths” in the context of our rounds. He is thinking, thoughtful, constantly questioning–and most importantly always seeking evidenced/plausibility based explanations that could be translated into clinical practice. But his consummate intellectual curiosity was/is matched by his solicitude toward and advocacy for his patients. He had great rapport with patients and families. Like all … Continue reading “4-2017”

I would like to nominate Jesus Gonzalez Lugo. Palliative Care is consulted on one of his patients and we had a family meeting this week. It was evident from the patient’s mother and patient herself, the time that Dr. Gonzalez has spent educating and providing support. It is a difficult clinical scenario which has been fraught with uncertainty about prognosis and scant viable treatment options. The family was well informed and even remarked in the meeting how they at times did … Continue reading “3-2017”

Dr. Teferi is such a quiet resident and I hadn’t had the pleasure of working with him on any rotations, but when he was day float, we all noted that he presented cases very thoroughly, with well organized plans. He was calling families, pharmacies, NH, PMDs. His orders were always complete. He always made sure all things were wrapped up for all his admissions before he left for the day. His notes are very well written – the history, physical, assessment and plan – … Continue reading “2-2017”

I would like to nominate Jeremy Miles for resident of the month. He is organized, hard-working and efficient. With patient’s and families, he is very caring and understanding even in the most difficult situations. He is truly a super-intern and he is going to be an amazing resident soon!