NORTHWELL UROLOGY
Alumni
THE BOSS
Hollie Brown
Graduated: 2025
Med School: Drexel University
Current: Private Practice, Brandywine, MD
Leah Beland
Graduated: 2024
Med School: University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Current: Pediatric Urology Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Elizabeth Lynch
Graduated: 2025
Med School: Hofstra / Northwell
Current: Pediatric Urology Fellowship, UCSF
Luke Griffiths
Graduated: 2024
Med School: St George's University
Fellowship: Endourology Fellowship UCSD
Current: Salem Health Urology
Charan Mohan
Graduated: 2025
Med School: University of North Carolina
Current: Endourology Fellowship, Vanderbilt
Clay Martin
Graduated: 2023
Med School: McGovern Medical School, University of Texas
Current: Private Practice, Wilmington, NC
Darian Andreas
Graduated: 2022
Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Current: Academic Faculty Practice, Northwell Health
Aaron Smith
Graduated: 2023
Med School: University of Central Florida
Fellowship: Male Infertility & Andrology, Cleveland Clinic
Current: Assistant Professor, Northwell Health
Tavya Benjamin
Graduated: 2022
Med School: University of Central Florida
Fellowship: Interventional Urology, Lenox Hill Hospital
Current: Chief of Urology, Glen Cove Hospital
Thomas Williams
Graduated: 2023
Med School: Creighton University
Fellowship: Interventional Urology Fellowship, Lenox Hill Hospital
Current: Private Practice, Shrewsbury, NJ
Daniel Nethala
Graduated: 2022
Med School: Temple University
Current: Urologic Oncology Fellowship, NCI/NIH
Andrew Ng
Graduated: 2021
Med School: Hofstra/Northwell
Currently: Private Practice, Central Ohio Urology
Shannon Smith
Graduated: 2021
Med School: University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: Transgender Surgery, Cedars-Sinai
Current: Reconstructive Surgery and Transgender surgery, Cedars-Sinai
Zachary Kozel
Graduated: 2021
Med School: Loyola University
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology NIH/National Cancer Institute
Current: Urologic Oncology, Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI
Kevin Cwach
Graduated: 2020
Medical School: University of Iowa
Fellowhip: FPMRS, Medical University of South Carolina
Current: FPMRS, The Iowa Clinic
Preeya Mistry
Graduated: 2020
Med School: Rutgers
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Johns Hopskins
Current: Pediatric Urology, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL
Christian Tabib
Graduated: 2020
Med School: University of Indiana
Fellowship: Endourology, Duke
Current: Endourology, Forest Hills Hospital
Vinaya Vasudevan
Graduated: 2019
Medical School: Loyola University
Fellowhip: Pediatric Urology, Texas Children's Hospital
Currently: Pediatric Urology Faculty, University of Wisconsin
Wayland Wu
Graduated: 2019
Med School: Drexel University
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Johns Hopskins
Currently: Pediatric Urology Faculty, Northwell Health
Sandeep Mehta
Graduated: 2019
Med School: UT Southwestern
Currently: Private Practice, Houston, TX
Patrick Samson
Graduated: 2018
Medical School: SUNY Downstate
Fellowhip: Endourology, University of Washington
Currently: Faculty, Weill Cornell Urology
Samir Derisafivard
Graduated: 2018
Med School: UT Southwestern
Fellowship: FPMRS, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Currently: FPMRS, Forest Hills Hospital
Sandeep Gurram
Graduated: 2018
Med School: Indiana University
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, NIH/National Cancer Institute
Currently: Faculty, National Cancer Institute
Paras Shah
Graduated: 2017
Med School: Albany Medical College
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Mayo Clinic
Currently: Urologic Oncologist, Mayo Clinic
Haris Ahmed
Graduated: 2017
Medical School: Rutgers
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Currently: Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology, RWJBH
Ricardo Palmerola
Graduated: 2017
Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine
Fellowhip: FPMRS, NYU
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, Mount Sinai Miami
Chris Hartman
Graduated: 2016
Medical School: SUNY Upstate
Currently: Chief of Urology, LIJ Forest Hills Hospital
Brad Morganstern
Graduated: 2016
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Cohen Childrens Hospital, Hofstra/Northwell
Currently: Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology, Augusta University
Nikhil Gupta
Graduated: 2016
Medical School: Northwestern University
Fellowhip: Andrology, Southern Illinois University SOM
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, RWJMG
Simpa Salami
Graduated: 2015
Med School: University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, University of Michigan
Currently: Asssociate Professor of Urology, University of Michigan
Amin Herati
Graduated: 2015
Medical School: UMKC School of Medicine
Fellowship: Men's Sexual Health, Baylor College of Medicine
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins
Akin Carons
Graduated: 2015
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowhip: FPMRS, Metro Urology, Woodbury, MN
Currently: Clinical Instructor, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Nikhil Waingankar
Graduated: 2014
Med School: University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology Fellowship, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, Mount Sinai Queens
Kai-Wen Chuang
Graduated: 2014
Medical School: UCSF
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, UCSF
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, University of California, Irvine
Daniel Moreira
Graduated: 2014
Medical School: UFRGS, Brazil
Fellowhip: Urologic Oncology, Mayo Clinic
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Illinois, Chicago
Michael Blute
Graduated: 2013
Med School: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Fellowship:Urologic Oncology, University of Wisconsin SOM
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, Wayne State University
Justin Friedlander
Graduated: 2013
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Fellowship: Endourology, UT Southwestern
Currently: Director of Endourology, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia
Soroush Rais-Bahrami
Graduated: 2012
Med School: Johns Hopkins
Fellowship:
Urologic Oncology, NIH/NCI
Currently: Chief of Urology, University of Alabama
Arvin George
Graduated: 2012
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Fellowships: Endourology, LIJMC; Urologic Oncology, NIH/NCI
Currently: Associate Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins
Sylvia Montag
Graduated: 2012
Medical School: NY College of Osteopathic Medicine
Currently: Unfortunately, we lost Sylvia in a tragic climbing accident. She is remembered fondly.
Eboni Woodard
Graduated: 2011
Med School: Johns Hopkins
Currently: Kaiser Permanente, Baltimore, MD
Nadya Cinman
Graduated: 2011
Medical School: Boston University
Fellowships: Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF
Currently: Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Arun Srinivasan
Graduated: 2010
Med School: Stanley Medical College, Madras, India
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Emory University
Currently: Associate Professor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ardeshir Rastinehad
Graduated: 2009
Med School: NY College of Osteopathic Medicine
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology & Urology, NIH/NCI
Currently: Professor of Urology, Vice Chair, Lenox Hill Hospital
Jonathan Kaye
Graduated: 2008
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Fellowships: Pediatric Urology, Emory University
Currently: Cook Children's, Ft. Worth, Texas
Brian VanderBrink
Graduated: 2008
Medical School: Tufts University
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Indiana University
Currently: Associate Professor of Urology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Evan Eisenberg
Graduated: 2006
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Currently: Private Practice, Long Island, NY
Elliott Paul
Graduated: 2005
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Currently: Private Practice, Long Island, NY
Samuel Amukele
Graduated: 2004
Medical School: Columbia University
Fellowship:Minimally Invasive Surgery, Westchester County Medical Center
Currently: Kaiser Pemanente, San Diego, CA
Omid Rofeim
Graduated: 2003
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Currently: Assistant Professor of Urology, Hofstra/Northwell
David Gershbaum
Graduated: 2002
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Laparoscopic Surgery, VA Medical Center, Miami
Currently: Private Practice, Long Island, NY
Peter Pinto
Graduated: 2001
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Johns Hopkins
Currently: Head, Prostate Cancer Section, Urologic Oncology, National Cancer Institute