Program Director
Jeet Pillay, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Assistant Program Director
Batoul Dagher, DO
Graduate Medical Education Manager
Mary Muma
House Staff
PGY 3
Ali Barakat, MD – Medical University, Sofia Faculty of Medicine
Fady Safwat, MD – Washington University of Health and Sciences
Jonnathan Cazares, MD – Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco
Khaled Elnaggar, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
Mirela Yanakieva, MD – Medical University, Sofia Faculty of Medicine
Mohammad Darwish, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
Pablo Rabade, MD – Universidad de Navarra Facultad de Medicina
Sandra Safwat, MD – Washington University of Health and Sciences
PGY 2
Ali Hok, MD – Poznan University of Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education In English
Carlos Roble, MD – Drexel University College of Medicine
Damian Pajor, MD – Jagiellonian University Medical College
Dana Sarrafi, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
Hassan Abbas, MD – University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science
Marina Mekhaeil, MD – NUI Galway School of Medicine
Salima Meskine, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
Shawn Pandher, MD – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
PGY 1
Manuela Bajan, MD – Medicinski Fakultet, Sveucilišta u Zagrebu
Reem Darwish, DO – Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Olivia Decker, MD – Wayne State University School of Medicine
Gurneet Dhillon, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
Leonard Eldeiry, MD – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
Hannah Eng, DO – Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Thomas Jacob, MD – Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
Saad Yousafzai, MD – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
A FOCUS ON QUALITY EDUCATION
During your three year residency, you will develop clinical skills, medical knowledge, and advance professionally and personally.
Our Internal Medicine Program strives to create an atmosphere of education, respect, and friendship. Residents work and play as part of a team. They understand that hard work and long hours are taxing, and often go out of their way to help others out. Truly, our attending staff, GME, and all hospital employees set the example for this welcoming atmosphere. You will make friends from all areas of the hospital, including the housekeeping staff, nurses and fellow residents.
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
As a student, an essential aspect of future residency training is the quality of the GME office. Our seasoned GME staff provides assistance for letters of recommendation, application requests, documentation for licensure, malpractice insurance, support for fellowships and much more. We have the resources and personnel to meet residents’ needs in a competent, timely and efficient manner.
CLINICAL ROTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE THREE YEAR RESIDENCY
Resident inpatient rotation teams are made up of an attending physician/ faculty, residents and medical students. Specialty Service rotations offer an intimate training experience with the resident working directly with the attending physician/ faculty. Training occurs both in the hospital and private Physician Office setting.
Core Rotations: Surgery, Internal Medicine, GI, Hem Onc, ICU, Infectious Disease, Endocrinology, Women’s Health, Nephrology, Neurology, Cardiology, Pulmonology and Rheumatology
Elective Rotations: Dermatology, Geriatrics, Allergy, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Inpatient Internal Medicine, and Ophthalmology.
BLOCK SCHEDULE
The rotation assignments do not change year to year as the follow the curriculum set forth by the ACGME standards. MA, MB, MC, MD refer to the medicine teaching service teams and N is night medicine block.
4+1 SCHEDULE
The four plus one system represents an innovative scheduling system that maximizes resident clinical learning while respecting work life balance and wellness. The system is claimed by residents and attendings at large University programs such as Tulane and Harvard. The system has also received praise from our own program residents. .
CLINICS
Resident continuity clinics are in community private practice Internal Medicine Offices in the Commerce, Novi/, West Bloomfield, and Walled Lake Communities. Residents are assigned to a physician’s office for their three year training period. Residents participate in clinics during the fifth week of the rotation for a 1/2 day each day, 5 days of the week.
EVALUATIONS
Residents are evaluated by faculty at the completion of each rotation. Evaluations are completed by faculty in New Innovations and must be reviewed and signed off on by residents.
All Residents are evaluated on a semi-annual basis by the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC). The CCC is composed of members of the program faculty. Residents are also evaluated on a monthly basis, rotation evaluations as well as direct observation feedback and peer feedback is provided to Residents.
Residents are also given the opportunity to evaluate faculty and their rotation experience. Service evaluations are completed in New Innovations and are anonymous to faculty