Transitional Year Residency Program
Message from the Program Director
Thank you for considering the Transitional Year Residency Program at MetroWest Medical Center (MWMC). Our program offers a balanced clinical education in adult and pediatric medicine. Our mission to provide a high quality training experience that prepares physicians for advanced study in a categorical residency program.
Our ACGME accredited program is designed for medical school graduates who desire a broad clinical experience prior to entering a specialized field of study. MWMC is a community hospital in Framingham affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center in Boston. It is a friendly place to work and learn.
Our graduates have been successful at securing advanced residency programs in anesthesiology, radiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and neurology. We participate in ERAS and have 12 positions available for the upcoming academic year. MetroWest Medical Center sponsors J-1 Visas through ECFMG.
All the best!
David Rishikof, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Transitional Year Residency Program
For more information about the Transitional Year Residency Program, please contact our Program Coordinators:
Anne Hill
anne.hill@mwmc.com
508-383-1555
Rhonda Carlson
rhonda.carlson@mwmc.com
508-383-1572
Transitional Year Residency
MetroWest Medical Center (MWMC) is comprised of an acute care hospital in Framingham – Framingham Union Hospital, and a behavioral health hospital in Natick – Leonard Morse Hospital. MWMC has been serving our community for over 125 years.
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Electives
Salary and Benefits
Thank you for your interest in the Transitional Year Residency Program at MWMC. Please apply with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). MWMC accepts applications from United States citizens and permanent residents/Green Card holders, and sponsors J-1 Visas through Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
For more information about the Transitional Year Residency Program, please contact our Program Coordinators
Anne Hill
anne.hill@mwmc.com
508-383-1555
Rhonda Carlson
rhonda.carlson@mwmc.com
508-383-1572
Our mailing address is:
Transitional Residency Program
Department of Medical Education
MetroWest Medical Center
115 Lincoln Street
Framingham, MA 01702
| Name | Medical School | Specialty | Residency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | |||
| Mohammad Omar Afridi | Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine | Radiology | Rutgers/RW Johns |
| Curie Anh | Tufts University School of Medicine | Psychiatry | |
| Matthew Henry Aranow | Tufts University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Brown University |
| Steven Cajamarca | Weill Connell Medicine | Radiology | Boston University Medical Center |
| Jessica E. Chang | Tufts University School of Medicine | Radiology | Brown University |
| Henriette Araceli De La Garza Alvarez | Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina | Dermatology | |
| Sara N. Heard | University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | PMR | University of Colorado |
| Abdulla Mohammed Jabr | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain | Radiology | Lahey Clinic |
| Mohammad Hammad Malik | C.M.H. Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry | Radiology | |
| Daniel Eduardo Montes Perez | Universidad de Los Andes Colombia | Radiology | University of Colorado |
| Madhangi (Maddy) Parameswaran | University of New Castle Upon Tyne | Radiology | MGH |
| Angelo Keichi Takigami | Universidade de Sao Paulo Brazil | Radiology | Lahey Clinic |
| 2021-22 | |||
| Franchesca Choi | Kaohsiung Medical University | Dermatology | University of Wisconsin |
| Ameer Elaimy | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Radiation/Oncology | University of Michigan |
| Julia Ernst | Medical University of Warsaw Poland | Ophthalmology | Tufts |
| Kelsie Gould | Georgetown University School of Medicine | Radiology | Brown University |
| Ashley Gureck | FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | PMR | Harvard Spaulding |
| Daniel Huang | Boston University School of Medicine | Radiation/Oncology | University of Chicago |
| Stephan Altmayer | Universidad Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre | Radiology | University Stanford |
| Lindsay McCormack | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Dermatology | UMass |
| Salikh Murtazliev | Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine | Radiology | University of Arizona |
| Daniel O'Connell | University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | Radiology | SUNY Stony Brook |
| Sergio Nicolas Paez Calderon | Pontifica Unversidad Javeriana Bogota Facultad de Medicina | Radiology | UMass |
| Hye Chang Rhim | Korea University College of Medicine | PMR | Harvard Spaulding |
| 2020-21 | |||
| Bertan Deniz Cakir | Medizinische Hochschule Lubeck, Universitat Lubeck | Ophthalmology | MEEI |
| Eric Eduardo Fabara | Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ | Internal Medicine | Research |
| Anirudh (Rudy) Gautam | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine | Radiology | Lahey Clinic |
| Jason Hirshberg | Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine | Radiation/Oncology | Zucker SOM/Northwell |
| Adrian Marcelo Jaramillo Cardoso | Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina | Radiology | Vanderbilt University |
| Mary Megan Kelly | Emory University School of Medicine | Radiology | Brown University |
| Peter Lin Lee | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Radiation/Oncology | Temple/Fox Chase Cancer Center |
| Jonathan Beaux Lin | Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | Harvard |
| David Joon Oh | University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Michelle Pisa | University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | Radiology | Lahey Clinic |
| Sean Juean Sun | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth | Radiology | Icahn Mt. Sinai |
| Qianqian Zhang | Tsinghua University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | SUNY Downstate |
| 2019-20 | |||
| Malvika Arya | Tufts University School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | University of Maryland |
| Connor James Baharozian | Boston University School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | Loyola |
| Mike Haiyu Bao | Geisel School of Medicine | Radiology | BIDMC |
| Michael T. D'Amico | University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | Anesthesiology | Bay State Medical Center |
| William Strathairn Foulsham | University of Glasgow School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | Weill Cornell |
| Neha Reddy Gangasani | Boston University School of Medicine | Radiology | Emory |
| Chihheng (Andy) Hsieh | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Internal Medicine | MetroWest Medical Center |
| Erin Marie Lanzo | University of Maryland School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | Tufts |
| Elena Divya Madan | Tufts University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Youssef Radhouan Masmoudi | Wake Forrest School of Medicine | Radiology | BIDMC |
| Natalia Stamas | Nizhni Novgorod State Medical Academy | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Melissa Faith Tannenbaum | Tufts University School of Medicine | Radiology | BIDMC |
| 2018-19 | |||
| Benjamin Alexander Wadsworth Ball | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Radiology | Brown University |
| Juan Manuel Cotte Cabarcas | Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina | Anesthesiology | MGH |
| Jasmine Kaur Gandhi | Boston University School of Medicine | Radiology | BIDMC |
| Jason Andrew Karelis | University of New York Upstate Medical University | Anesthesiology | NYU |
| Xianying Liu | Shandong University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Edgar Leonardo Martinez Salazar | Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Medicina | Radiology | Baystate Medical Center |
| Mohammad Mansouri | Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine | Radiology | Montefiore Medical Center |
| Carolina Maya Lopera | Universidad CES Escuela de Medicina | Radiology | Drexel University |
| Miguel Alejandro Patino Montoya | Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Medicina | Anesthesiology | MGH |
| Forrest Kip Sawyer | Tufts University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Stanford University |
| Puja Shahrouki | Sahlgrenska Acadamy University of Gothenburg | Radiology | UCLA |
| Tamolwan Surakitchanukul | University of Virginia School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | New York Medical College |
| 2017-18 | |||
| Ehsan Azimi | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Dermatology | Harvard |
| Sushanth Raghu Boda | Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences | Anesthesia | Loyola |
| Jodie Chang | Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine | Radiology | Barnes Jewish Hospital |
| Jenny Zhao, Cheng | Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine | Anesthesia | MGH |
| Jorge Delgado | Universidad CES Escuela de Medicina | Radiology | MGH |
| Alper Haktan, Duran | Istanbul Universitesi, Istanbul Tip Fakultesi | Radiology | UT Galveston |
| Allison Jill Hyatt | The Commonwealth Medical College | Anesthesia | BIDMC |
| Sandhy Jupalli | Guntur Medical College | Radiology | Harlem Hospital |
| Christina Stella Konstantopoulos | Meharry Medical College | Radiology | BIDMC |
| Oscar Jose Marcelino Perozo Alfonzo | Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Medicina | Anesthesia | Tufts |
| Maryam Vejdani Jahromi | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | T Southwest |
| 2016-17 | |||
| Sara Beth Fieber | University of Vermont | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Faina Kotova | Russian National University | Anesthesiology | BU |
| Ronny Muñoz Acuña | Universidad de Costa Rica Facutad de Medicina | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Morgan Rush Newsome | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Pediatrics | Children's Hospital of Michigan |
| Maryam Nilforoshan | Georgetown University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | University of Pennsylvania |
| David Porbunderwalah | New York University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Ninad Salastekar | Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's Medical College | Radiology | SUNY Upstate |
| Kamila Skalski | Jagiellonian University Medical College | Radiology | Rochester Memorial |
| Kavya Sudanagunta | Universidade Federal do Parana Faculdade de Medicina | Radiology | BU |
| Pedro Staziaki | Guntur Medical College | Radiology | University of Kentucky |
| Juan Carlos Villa Camacho | Universidad de Los Andres Facultad de Medicina | Radiology | MGH |
| Yan Yang | Shanghai Medical College Fudan University | Anesthesiology | University of Arizona |
| 2015-16 | |||
| Shadi Abdar Esfahani | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | MGH |
| Raya Hazem Hamed Alhalwani | University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine | Radiology | UT Houston |
| Justin Benoit | New York College of Osteopathic Medicine | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Taylor English | New York Medical College | Radiology | Johns Hopkins |
| Amir Imanzadeh | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | Yale |
| Laura Karas | Baylor College of Medicine | Neurology | Johns Hopkins |
| Anastasia Katsiampoura | University of Athens School of Health Sciences | Anesthesiology | St. Elizabeth's Medical Center |
| Katerina Kovalenko | Tufts University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Josef Pleticha | Lekarska Fakulta Unverzity Karlovy | Anesthesiology | Duke |
| Amrutha Ramamachandran | Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | Radiology | Jackson Memorial |
| Patricia Silveria | Esola Bahiana De Medicina e Saude Publica | Radiology | Emory |
| Justin Wage | Tufts University School of Medicine | Radiation/Oncology | Tufts |
| 2014-15 | |||
| Seyed Mahdi Abtahi | Iran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | Geisinger Health Systems |
| Shruti, Aggarwal | Government Medical college, Chandigarh | Ophthalmology | University of Virginia |
| Luis Alonso Gonzalez | Escula de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos | Ophthalmology | University of Pittsburgh |
| Ghofran Habib | Beirut Arab University Faculty of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Mohammad Shervin Kamalian | Islamic Azad University Tehran Faculty of Medicine | Radiology | Mount Auburn |
| Nikhar Prakhar Kinger | Boston University School of Medicine | Radiology | Emory |
| Ingrid Moreno Duarte | Unversidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Anhtuan Hoang Nguyen | University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio | Ophthalmology | UT San Antonio |
| Lilian Nguyen | University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio | Ophthalmology | UT Southwest |
| Alexander Hartwell Nowlin | University of Oklahoma College of Medicine | Anesthesiology | University of Washington |
| Shaily Pandey | Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Dermatology | University of North Carolina |
| Neha Sanan | NY College of Osteopathic Medicine | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| 2013-14 | |||
| Prakhar Agarwal | Tufts University School of Medicine | Radiology | Montefiore Medical Center |
| Emily Louise Ebert | Emory University School of Medicine | Radiology | MGH |
| Pedram Heidari | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | MGH |
| Anna Luisa Kuhn | University Saarlandes/Saarbruecken | Radiology | UMass |
| Steven Douglas Maxfield | Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth | Ophthalmology | Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN |
| Stavros N Moysidis | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | Doheny Eye Institute |
| Sally Shin Yee Ong | Duke-NUS GMS Singapore | Ophthalmology | Duke |
| Christina Danielle Pedro | University of Vermont School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | University of Vermont |
| Benjamin Pulli | Medizinische Iniversity Innsbruck | Radiology | MGH |
| Alexis Ramirez | University of Massachusetts | Anesthesiology | Rush University |
| Babak Saboury Sichani | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Radiology | University of Maryland |
| Rany Woo | Yale University School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | UCLA |
| 2012-13 | |||
| Filiberto Cedeno-Laurent | Escula de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos | Dermatology | University of Pennsylvania |
| Zeshan Ahmed Chaudhry | Allama Iqbal Medical College | Radiology | SUNY Brooklyn |
| Parisa Emami-Naeini | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Ophthalmology | Wayne State |
| Ana Franceschi | University of Zagreb Croatia | Radiology | SUNY Stony Brook |
| Anuopama Gopinath | University of Manchester | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Sapna Govindan | Medical College Kozhikode | Anesthesiology | Beth Israel |
| Venkatesh Janakiraman | PSG Institute if Medical Sciences and Research | Neurology | BU |
| Shilpa Kodati | Imperial College School of Medicine | Ophthalmology | University of Pittsburgh |
| Sarah J McCue. | UMass Medical School | Anesthesiology | UMass |
| Miin Roh | Yonsei University S. Korea | Ophthalmology | MEEI |
| Andrew Tannenbaum | BU School of Medicine | Radiology | BU |
| Michael Zaccagnino | University of Nevada School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Brigham & Women's |
| 2011-12 | |||
| Zarmeneh Aly | Aga Khan Medical College | Neurology | Long Island Jewish Medical Center |
| Arash Bedayat | Iran University of Medical Science | Radiology | UMass |
| Dusan Hanidziar | Universita P.J. Safarika | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Sergey Karamnov | Russian State Medical University | Anesthesiology | Brigham & Women's |
| Hussein Fawaz Kekhia | American University of Beirut | Radiology | University of Iowa |
| Nima Kokabi | University of Sydney | Radiology | Emory |
| Benjamin John Moor | University of Nottingham | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Amish Dilip Patel | Ramachandra Medical College and Institute | Radiology | UT Southwestern Dallas |
| Aarti Ramesh Patil | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Radiology | UCLA |
| Divya Prabhu | Bangalore Medical College | Neurology | Columbia |
| Aristomenis Thanos | University of Athens | Ophthalmology | MEEI |
| Natthasorn Zinboonyahgoon | Faculty of Medicine Siriaj Hospital | Anesthesiology | Brigham & Women's |
| 2010-11 | |||
| Rene Gonzalez-Ramos | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Anesthesiology | BU |
| Tina Islam | Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin | Radiology | Mt. Auburn |
| Mauricio Daniel Jacques | Boston Univ. Medical Center | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Monica Marie Keeline | Saint Louis University School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | BIDMC |
| Leandro Vargas Leite | Universide do Rio de Janeiro | Radiology | University of Iowa |
| Geng Li | Peking Union Medical University | Anesthesiology | MGH |
| Meredith Wetherbee Miller | University Of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Duke University |
| Viviane Ghazi Nasr | American University of Beirut | Anesthesiology | Tufts |
| Athanasios Papakostas | University of Athens | Ophthalmology | MEEI |
| Priyanka Prakash | All-India Institute of Medical Sciences | Radiology | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jennifer Lynn Reeve | Washington University School of Medicine | Dermatology | Yale |
| Cornelia Withington | UMass Medical School | Anesthesiology | University of Vermont |