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Anesthesiology Residency Program Virtual Tour

Accredited since 1960, the Anesthesiology Residency Program at Montefiore Einstein delivers world-class postgraduate training within a premier academic medical center. Our program recruits 17 residents per year. 

Sujatha Ramachandran, MD, MACM, Vice Chair of Education, Anesthesiology Residency Program

Why our program could be right for you

Our program offers residents outstanding clinical experience in a collaborative environment. During their training in our state-of-the-art facilities, residents provide innovative care to a largely underserved community, and gain broad exposure to complex surgical procedures. 

Elevate Your Research Ambitions during your Residency at Montefiore Einstein Anesthesiology

Our department offers a dynamic and supportive research program for residents interested in becoming clinician scientists, with extensive opportunities to build a research career. Our program has a unique emphasis on digital health research, epidemiology, and social determinants of health. 

These opportunities are open to all residents, regardless of prior research experience or initial dedication to research at the start of residency.

Read more about the Personalized Research Tracks.

Catherine C. Skae, MD, Vice President and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Graduate Medical Education at Montefiore Einstein

Representing one of the top 10 largest medical and surgical training programs in the country, Montefiore Health System and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine provide postgraduate clinical training to more than 1,400 residents and fellows per year. Clinicians across Montefiore Einstein’s numerous educational programs actively mentor and cultivate a new generation of healthcare leaders. 

Our mission to improve access and quality of care for our diverse community draws residents and fellows from top medical, dental and PA schools from around the world. We develop and expand programs designed to advance teamwork, communication and decision-making, and our progressive focus on comprehensive care provides an ideal training ground for our residents and fellows.

To make the process of working and training at Montefiore Einstein more seamless, we offer a variety of services for our house staff, physician assistants and interns, including assistance with credentialing and orientation, institutional resources, visas, contracts, HR documents, payroll, notary services and specialty training and certifications. 

111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY

Moses Campus

Home to notable programs and our Centers of Excellence

Located in the Norwood section of the Bronx, Montefiore Einstein’s Moses Campus is home to the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Anesthesiology residents gain experience working on a range of cases from pediatric oncology to adult cardiothoracic surgery.

Montefiore Einstein provides a level of experience with complex cases drawn from a diverse population that can’t be found anywhere else. An added bonus: the education offered through our attending anesthesiologists.

Adela Aguirre-Alarcon, MD

Graduate, Anesthesiology Residency Program

1825 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY

Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Einstein Campus

An academic hospital adjacent to our Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Situated within our Einstein Campus, Jack D. Weiler Hospital is the location of our labor and delivery suite, neonatal ICU and 16 operating rooms. At Weiler, residents gain experience in providing multidisciplinary care to complex obstetric, vascular, general surgical, gynecological, urologic and cardiothoracic patients.

Training here provides residents with invaluable clinical and educational experience. From the start of CA-1, you are given a great deal of autonomy while managing complex cases. Residents leave well prepared for clinical practice in various settings.

Andre Bryan, MD

Graduate, Anesthesiology Residency Program

600 East 233rd Street, Bronx, NY

Wakefield Campus

Offering patients a range of programs and specialty services

Home to Montefiore Einstein Center for Joint Replacement Surgery, Wakefield Campus gives residents the opportunity to use innovative regional anesthesia techniques in their care of patients undergoing complex orthopedic procedures.

1250 Waters Place, Bronx, NY

Hutchinson Campus

An ambulatory surgery center and specialty care location

Hutchinson Campus is a highly streamlined ambulatory surgical center committed to maximizing advances in the perioperative management of patients undergoing outpatient surgical procedures. 

70 Dubois St, Newburgh, NY

St. Luke’s Campus

Our newest campus offers world-class care in the Hudson Valley

Montefiore Medical Center's Department of Anesthesiology opened in October 2021 and has integrated with St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in the Hudson Valley. St. Luke’s offers state-of-the-art operating rooms and GI suites as well as a world-class cardiovascular institute and a high-functioning OB Division and trauma center. Through its 242-bed Newburgh Campus and numerous outpatient services at the Cornwall Campus, St. Luke's healthcare professionals serve more than 270,000 patients each year.

A world-renowned faculty

Erik B. Romanelli, MD, MPH

Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Giselle D. Jaconia, MD

Assistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program

Sujatha Ramachandran, MD, MACM

Vice Chair, Education
Professor, Anesthesiology

Matthias Eikermann, MD

Chair, Anesthesiology
Francis F. Foldes Professor, Anesthesiology

Tracey Straker, MD, MS, MPH, CBA

Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Director, General Anesthesia
Professor, Anesthesiology
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Director, Advanced Airway Fellowship

Jonathan D. Leff, MD

Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Research and Faculty Affairs
Professor, Anesthesiology
Professor, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Jay J. Im, MD

Assistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program

Faculty and scientists at the forefront of research

Anesthesiology Residency Programs

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Residency Rotation

Neuroanesthesia

Residency Rotation

Obstetric Anesthesia Program

Residency Rotation

Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia

Residency Rotation

Pediatric Anesthesia Program

Residency Rotation

Critical Care Anesthesia Program

Residency Rotation

Research

Residency Rotation

Critical Care Anesthesia Program Transplant Anesthesia

Residency Rotation

Residents - PGY1

Dhanesh Binda, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Yash Bisen, MD

Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Aimee Capellan, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Willa Gutfreund, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Yunmin (Annie) Lee, MD

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Christian Mpody, MD, PhD

Medical School: Universite de Lome Au Togo
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Joseph Paladino, MD

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Simran Patel, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Peter Principe, MD

Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Maira Rudolph, MD

Medical School: Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitaet
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Wenzin Zhu, MD

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Residents - CA1

Justin Absher, MD

Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Mark Berkowitz, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Audrey Crane, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Ashwinn John, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Advanced/Internship: Piedmont Medical Center, Healthcare

Tyler Kim, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Robert Lis, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Troy Lovett, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Hannah Penny, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Daran Schiller, MD

Medical School: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Advanced/Internship: NYU Langone Health

Dimpie Shah, MD

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Nathan Taber, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Leon Yang, MD

Medical School: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Esther Yoo, MD

Medical School: SMY Downstate Medical Center
Advanced/Internship: Mount Sinai

Nina Zhu, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Residents - CA2

Alexander Casler, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Yitzchak Dayan, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Internship: Staten Island University Hospital

Neil Desai, MD

Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Steven Flamer, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Advanced/Internship: Lincoln Hospital

Elizabeth Hanna, MD

Medical School: Florida International University
Advanced/Internship: Lincoln Hospital

Rishabh Kodia, MD

Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Advanced/Internship: USF Morsani

Kevin Lu, MD

Medical School: The Medical College of Georgia
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Shaun Medina, MD

Medical School: Ohio State College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Yair Miller, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Danielle Nogoy, MD

Medical School: Rutgers School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine

Derek Nie, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Seung (Lucy) Oh, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Robert Palacios, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Michelle Perez Roman, MD

Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Advanced/Internship: Mount Sinai South Nassau

Neal Sethi, MD

Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Phillip Sgobba, MD

Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Advanced/Internship: Jersey Shore Medical Center

Priyanka Wadgaonkar, MD

Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Residents - CA3

Kirk Benack, MD

Medical School: Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Douglas Choe, MD

Medical School: University of Massachussettts Medical School
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Galila Flatow, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Abhinav Gangasani, MD

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Merlyn George, MD

Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Youxin Guan, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Christine Ha, MD

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Internship: Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center

Jiajun Li, MD

Medical School: FLU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Internship: USF Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point

May Li, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Internship: Abington – Jefferson Health

Shawn Han Ling, MD

Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Christina McGrath, MD

Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Internship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sandra Mikhael, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Nickhil Patel, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Ahmad Sadique, MD

Medical School: Drexel University School of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Maged Soliman, MD

Medical School: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine
Categorical: MMC/Internal Medicine/Anesthesia

Jordan Thompson, MD

Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Internship: Zucker School of Medicine

Michael Xu, MD

Medical School: SUNY – Downstate College of Medicine
Internship: Lenox Hill Hospital

What sets Montefiore Einstein apart

At Montefiore Einstein, we are guided by a mission to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. Comprising 11 member hospitals and more than 300 specialty care sites, Montefiore Health System provides highly specialized, coordinated care for diverse populations in the New York region, across the country and globally.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, home to nearly 1,000 students in its MD, PhD and combined MD/PhD programs, is one of the nation’s preeminent centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. Through the joint efforts of Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Einstein is able to advance research and accelerate discoveries, benefiting patients and ensuring access to state-of-the-art healthcare for all.  

  • Montefiore’s medical specialties ranked as top 1% in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
  • Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) recognized as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine ranked a top 50 “Best Medical School for Research in the Country, 2023” by U.S. News & World Report 
  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Einstein $192M+ in research funding in 2023, placing Einstein in the top 35 among 154 schools of medicine
  • 850+ clinical trials 

Montefiore Einstein by the numbers

7.7 million+

patient interactions annually  

1.1 million+

patients annually, representing the largest network in the Bronx, Westchester and the Hudson Valley

200+

specialty care locations, with more coming soon

40,000+

employees

Live and work close to the best of everything

The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, is a culturally rich neighborhood placed at the intersection of Manhattan and its surrounding regions. Our postgraduate trainees typically live in hospital housing or off-site in nearby Riverdale, Lower Westchester or Manhattan, and have access to an unmatched diversity of experiences beyond the program itself. 

In the Bronx, with its ample parks and gardens, you’ll learn first-hand why it’s known as “the City’s Greenest Borough.” The neighborhood offers plenty of local food, art, sports and culture, and is just a subway ride away from Manhattan’s famed theaters, museums and attractions. 

As a resident of the Tri-State region, you’ll have unmatched access to the city’s cultural offerings, not to mention the bounty of outdoor excursions that are available just beyond. Day-trips and weekend excursions to the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Long Island or New Jersey provide ample opportunities for swimming, hiking, biking, skiing and other seasonal activities. 

Drag map or zoom to explore things to do in the Bronx, Manhattan and beyond. 

Residency Application Information

We’re seeking residents who will shape the future of healthcare.

If you would like to apply to become an Anesthesiology Resident at Montefiore Einstein, here are some dates to keep in mind.

  • June 5, 2024: 2025 ERAS season begins.
  • Sept. 4, 2024: MyERAS® applications open for submission.
  • Sept. 25, 2024: We begin reviewing applications.

Montefiore Einstein recognizes that having a diverse and inclusive institution is critical to success, and we reaffirm our fervent commitment to fostering a culture in which diversity is a central tenet.

Have questions? Get in touch.

Erik B. Romanelli, MD, MPH
Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program
eromanel@montefiore.org
718-920-4383

Debbie Lopez
Administrator, Anesthesiology Graduate Medical Education 
deblopez@montefiore.org 
718-920-4383

How to Apply:

This year, the Montefiore Einstein Department of Anesthesiology is using CentralApp (CentralApp) in addition to ERAS for their Residency Program application review process. The platform is being used to reduce financial barriers from application fee structures in future years. CentralApp promotes holistic application review by focusing on quality application content rather than quantity. There is no cost for applicants to use CentralApp. (Learn more.)

In addition to submitting an ERAS application, we kindly request that all applicants apply to our program via CentralApp. Upon accessing CentralApp, applicants will be instructed to create a secure account that will be verified by their medical school dean's office, who will submit transcripts and Medical Student Performance Evaluations directly through the portal. Letters of recommendation should be requested through CentralApp to have a complete application for the Residency Program to review. The Match will remain with the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Please direct any questions about applications to HELP@accessgme.com.

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