Department of Medicine

Hospital Medicine Division

Faculty


Jasen W. Gundersen, MD, MBA
Division Chief, Hospital Medicine

Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Department of Medicine
 

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine 
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Family Medicine Residency Program 
Interests include: Development and growth of Hospital Medicine; Integration of Hospital Medicine Core Competencies into medical student and resident education; Hospitalist career development and satisfaction; Procedural medicine 

Eric Alper, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Patient safety, education, clinical information systems
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education 

Nikhil Asher,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Adult respiratory distress syndrome, critical care medicine, sepsis
Medical School: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Kasturba Medical College
Residency: St. Vincent Hospital Worcester MA

Lisa Bocelli,  DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Nova Southeastern University
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Saqib Chaudhary MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Hematology and endocrine
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College
Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Nidhi Chojar, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Christine Donahue,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Consultative Medicine & Orthopedic Co-Management
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Connie Drexler,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: General internal medicine and women's health.
Medical School:  Loma Linda University
Residency:  Loma Linda University

Rick Forster, MD 
Assistant Professor,
Program Director, IM Residency 

University of Massachusetts, Medical School 
University of Massachusetts, Residency 
Interests include: Graduate medical education 

Julia Gallagher,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Medical Director, UMass Memorial Hospice Program, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Palliative and Hospice Medicine 
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education
Marcia Garcia,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Health care utilization and care coordination management, pharmacy utilization management
Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Boston University School of Medicine
Piotr Grabias,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Clinical Interests Diabetes
Medical School Akademia Medyczna w Gdansku, Poland
Residency UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education
Elizabeth Gundersen, MD
Assistant Chief, Hospital Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Hospital Medicine, Clinton Hospital

Clinical Interests:  Addiction medicine
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education 

Ish Gupta, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency:   UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education
Deepa Jagadeesh,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interest: colon and breast cancer research
Medical School:  J.J.M. Medical College
Residency:  UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Jay Jahanmir, MD 
Associate Chief, Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine

St. Georges University 
SUNY Upstate 
Boston U / Boston Medical – Nephrology 
Interests include: Graduate medical education, Autoimmune diseases of the kidney, hypertension, renal disease in pregnancy, acute renal failure, hospital medicine 

Saud Javed,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Gastrointestinal and Pulmonary Diseases
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College
Residency: Mount Sinai-Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center

Amandeep Kalra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical school: Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (India)
Residency:Scranton Temple

UMar Khan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: Newton Wellesley Hospital
Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center (Critical Care)

Muhammed Khattak MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Renal failure & Heart Failure
Medical School Khyber Medical College
Residency Mount Sinai-Bronx Veterans Administration Medicall Center

Amit Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Acute coronary syndrome, acute renal failure, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure and ventilator management, sepsis
Medical School:  All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency:  State University of New York at Buffalo - Erie County Medical Center

Shubhra Kumar-Bradley MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Geriatrics and Critical Care
Medical School: State University of New York at Upstate
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Miguel Lizardo,  MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
Residency:  MetroWest Medical Center

Emmanuel Maduakor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular medicine/hypertension, computer facilitation in clinical practice
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Jayanta Mukherjee, MD 
Instructor in Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Cardiac Imaging
Medical School Belarussian State Medical University
Residency State University of New York at Buffalo

Mahendra Narendran, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  HIV and Hepatitits
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education (Infectious Diseases)

Nneka Onwubueke, MD  
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Diabetes Management
Medical School:  University of Lagos
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Ketaki Patel, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
 

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency:  Tufts Medical Center

Fares Qureiyeh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  University of Aleppo
Residency:  St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester MA

Yasser Rehman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Khyber Medical College
Residency:  Bronx VA Medical Center

Murali Senapathi, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Use of statins in the perioperative period, presbycardia and congestive heart failure
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Shahrzad Shidfar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Srinagesh Prasanna, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College
Residency: University of Connecticut New York Methodist Hospital

Beata Stancel-Grabias, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Residency : UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Rama Takillapati, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
 

Medical School  Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College
Residency:  UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Chin Tang, MD 
Associate Chief, Hospital Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  State University of New York at Stony Brook
Residency: Detroit Medical Center

Aneetha Thirumalai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests   Infectious disease
Medical School: Sri Ramachaandra Medical College
Residency:  UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass, Maryland General Hospital
Fellowship:  UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education  (Infectious Diseases)

Deepak Thomas, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Residency: Interfaith Medical Center

Michael Tofano, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School  New York Medical College
Residency St. Vincent's Hospital Medical Center of New York
Fellowship University of Medicine and Dentistry - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Cardiovascular Medicine)
 

Prashant Veerreddy, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School: Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University Medical College
Residency: North Shore Medical Center

Salman Waheed, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Acute and chronic kidney disease, Critical care
Medical School:  Khyber Medical College
Residency : Mount Sinai/James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center

Majid Yazdani, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Peri-operative medicine and palliative care
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education

Keivan Zandinejad, MD
Instructor in Medicine

Clinical Interests: Pulmonary & Critical Care
Medical School:  Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services,
Residency: State University of New York at Stony Brook Hospital