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Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education cyizihiza Icyiciro cya 2024 mugihe cyo gutanga impamyabumenyi ngarukamwaka ya 45
Wright Centre ya Graduate Medical Education Class yo muri 2024
Ku wa gatandatu, tariki ya 22 Kamena 2024, ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education cyamenyesheje 65 batuye hamwe n’abaganga bagenzi babo barangije mu birori byo gutangiza ku nshuro ya 45 ngarukamwaka.
Wright Centre yubashye kandi imenyekanisha abarangije amasomo atandatu: ubuvuzi bwimbere, 32; ubuvuzi bw'imiryango y'igihugu, 16; ubuvuzi bwo mu karere, 14; indwara z'umutima n'imitsi, imwe; gastroenterology, imwe; na geriatrics, imwe.
Abagize umuryango, abakozi, n'abandi bagera kuri 350 bitabiriye ibirori.
Dr. Humza Quadir, wo muri Philadelphia, umuganga w’ibitaro akaba n’umwigisha w’ivuriro mu bitaro bya kaminuza ya Pennsylvania n’ikigo cy’ubuvuzi cya Penn Presbyterian warangije mu kigo cy’ubuvuzi bw’imbere mu kigo cya Wright Centre mu 2022, yatanze ijambo nyamukuru. Yabaye kandi umwarimu mu ishuri ry’ubuvuzi rya Penn's Perelman kandi yabonye impamyabumenyi ye y’ubuvuzi yakuye muri kaminuza ya Ziauddin i Karachi, muri Pakisitani, mu Kuboza 2014.
Mu kigo cya Wright, Dr. Quadir yagize uruhare runini mu buyobozi, barimo umuturage mukuru, visi perezida w’inama y’abakozi bo mu rugo, umunyamuryango w’itora muri komite ishinzwe uburezi bw’ubuvuzi (GMEC), ndetse n’umwe mu bagize komite ishinzwe ubuziranenge n’umutekano ya GMEC.
Ku wa gatandatu, tariki ya 22 Kamena, mu kigo cy’amahugurwa cya Mohegan Pennsylvania, Peter Iskander, MD, umwe mu bagize gahunda y’imyororokere y’imbere mu Gihugu cyo mu 2024, yifotoje hamwe na bagenzi be bigana mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education ku nshuro ya 45 ngarukamwaka.
In his keynote address, Dr. Quadir stressed the importance of primary care, community health, and serving at-risk populations. He encouraged the graduates to create a supportive health care environment.
“As physicians, our calling isn’t just about the diagnosis and treatment of diseases; it is also about fostering compassion and service with every interaction,” he said. “Each patient who walks through our doors is not just a case to be treated but a member of a larger community — a community that relies on us for care, compassion, and support. Whether we practice in urban or rural areas, let us remember our responsibility to serve and uplift the communities we call home.”
Umunyeshuri urangije Family Medicine Residency, Omar Saeed, MD, yifotoje iruhande rw'ishusho ya dipolome ye.
Other speakers included: Linda Thomas-Hemak, M.D., FACP, FAAP, president and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education; Jumee Barooah, M.D., FACP, senior vice president of education and designated institutional official for The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education and a 2013 alumnus of its internal medicine residency program; and Chief Resident Chilsia Shafi, M.D., a 2024 graduate of The Wright Center’s internal medicine residency program.
Mu ijambo rye, Dr. Barooah yagize ati: "Urugendo rwa Wright Centre rwatangiye mu 1977, hamwe n’ishuri ryacu rya mbere ry’abaganga batandatu b’ubuvuzi bw’imbere." Ati: “Intego nziza yari iyo gukemura ikibazo cy'ibura ry'abashinzwe ubuvuzi bw'ibanze hano. Kuva izo ntangiriro zicisha bugufi, twakuze dutanga inyigisho z’ubuvuzi zirangiza mu baturage kuva ku nkombe kugera ku nkombe, abaturage ndetse na bagenzi bacu bakagura ubumenyi n'ubushobozi mu Nama yacu ishinzwe kwemeza impamyabumenyi y'ikirenga (ACGME) - gahunda zemewe. ”
Yavuze ko imbogamizi mu burezi bw’ubuvuzi ndetse no gutanga ubuvuzi bw’ibanze zikomeje, harimo n’ishyirahamwe ry’abaganga ry’Abanyamerika ryavuze ko mu mwaka wa 2034 hazabura abaganga b’ibanze bagera ku 48.000 ndetse no gukwirakwiza nabi abaganga bigabanya uburyo bwo kwivuza ku bantu benshi.
“Health Professional Shortage Areas are also prevalent, including here in our region, affecting the health and quality of life of our neighbors and friends,” Dr. Barooah said. “These are daunting issues, but ones The Wright Center is working to address thanks to our more than 1,000 alumni, including our 65-member strong Class of 2024.”
Dr. Thomas-Hemak thanked the graduates for their dedication and countless contributions in the delivery of The Wright Center’s noble mission: To improve the health and welfare of our communities through responsive health services and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.
Timothy Burke, DO, FACOI, umuyobozi wa porogaramu wungirije ushinzwe ubuvuzi bw’imbere mu gihugu, ashyikiriza Chilsia Shafi impamyabumenyi ye.
“As healers, we must always strive to be beacons of hope and forces for positive change,” she said. “I am deeply humbled and profoundly grateful that you have shared a part of your life path, energy, and immense talent with us at The Wright Center.”
Graduates honored include:
Internal Medicine Residency
Udit Asija, M.D.; Maria Rose Dominic, M.D.; Jawahar Khan Durrani, M.D.; Sadaf Fatima, M.D.; Kyle D. Fistner, D.O.; Naeem Ijaz, M.D.; Peter Iskander, M.D.; Ayushi Jain, M.D.; Apeksha Kakkar, M.D.; Gursharan Kaur, M.D.; Abhaya Khatiwada, M.D.; Aishwarya Krishnaiah, M.D.; Aamir Makda, M.D.; Sandeep Mandal, M.D.; Sajeel Qayum Mirza, M.D.; Mohammed Musa Najmuddin, M.D.; Sarasija Natarajan, M.D; Lakshmi Priyanka Pappoppula, M.D.; Preya Patel, M.D.; Aniqa Raheem, M.D.; Khadijah Sajid, M.D.; Chilsia Shafi, M.D.; Ali Shah, M.D.; Sabeeka F. Shah, M.D.; Sumnima Shrestha, M.D.; Mashu Shrivastava, M.D.; Shila Simkhada, M.D.; Aayushi Sood, M.D.; Omar Syed, M.D.; Lekha Tejaswi Yadukumar, M.D.; Syed Muhammad Hussain Zaidi, M.D.; and Jiayi Zheng, M.D.
National Family Medicine Residency
Jacob Darnell, D.O., MA; Stephanie Nkiruka Egwuatu, D.O.; Joshua K. George, D.O.; Sandya George, D.O.; Katlyn Jones, D.O., MPH; Joshua Ryan Lloyd, D.O.; Hsuan-Chieh Jasper Luoh, D.O.; Leonardo Ivan Mejia, D.O.; Fatema Osama Nassar, D.O.; Leon Nguyen, D.O.; Alisa Pham, D.O., MS; Dunal Richard Riveland, D.O.; Enne Shah, D.O.; Emily Beth Silberstein, D.O.; Mary Grace Tabakin, D.O.; and Wei-Jen Chua Yankelevich, D.O., Ph.D.
Regional Family Medicine Residency
Tony AbdelMaseeh Tanagho AbdelMaseeh, M.D.; Neil F. Espiritu, M.D.; Vivek Gautam, M.D.; Ruhi Goraya, M.D.; Aniq Rahibul Hakim, M.D.; Anitesh Jaswal, M.D.; Amatus Aria-Ona Legbedion, M.D.; Edwin Nyamwaya Mogaka, M.D., Ph.D.; Mohana Preesha Partheeban, M.D.; Nirshanthika Raviendren, M.D.; Omar Saeed, M.D.; Ankit Sethi, M.D.; Sahil Sharma, M.D.; and Safwaan Suleman, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Yaser Khalid, D.O.
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Fouzia Oza, M.D.
Geriatrics Fellowship
Muhammad Ishaq, M.D.
