Department of Urology House Staff 2020-2021 CHIEF RESIDENTS (PGY 6)
Christopher Caputo, MD Medical School: Temple University – Lewis Katz School of Medicine Undergraduate: Lehigh University
PGY 5
PGY 4
Edward Kloniecke, MD, MHA Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: University of Scranton
PGY 1
Courtney Capella, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: Dickinson College
May Jean (MJ) Counsilman, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
Andrew Salib, MD Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Maria D’Amico, MD Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine Undergraduate: Columbia University
Thomas Hardacker, MD, MBA Indiana University School of Medicine Undergraduate: Kenyon College
Anthony Tokarski, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University
Joon Yau (JY) Leong, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: International Medical University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PGY 2 Victor Kucherov, MD Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Undergraduate: University of Rochester
Brian Calio, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Benjamin Rudnick, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: Vanderbilt Univeristy
Halle Foss, MD Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Undergraduate: St. Olaf College
Alex Uhr, MD Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh
Radhika Ragam, MD Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Undergraduate: The College of New Jersey
FELLOWS
Abhay Singh, MD Fellow in Endourology and Robotic Surgery Residency: Duke University Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University Undergraduate: Duke University. Asaf Shvero, MD, Endourology Fellow Residency: Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel Medical School: Technion Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel Undergraduate: Technion Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
Welcome New Urology Interns The Department of Urology welcomed our new class of incoming residents on June 20, 2020. This outstanding group of three physicians are amongst the best and brightest medical school graduates in 2020, and we are honored to have them as trainees in our Department. Courtney Capella, M.D is a graduate of Dickinson College and joins us from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Maria D’Amico M.D. completed her undergraduate degree at Columbia University and attended medical school at Boston University. Joon Yau “JY” Leong, M.D. completed his undergraduate training at the International Medical University in Malaysia and graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He was honored wit the SKMC 2020 Dolores Byrne Senior Award in Urology. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, resident orientation was predominantly held in a virtual format. Despite the challenges, our new interns navigated these unchartered waters with creativity and boundless enthusiasm. Welcome to the Jefferson Urology family. 30
Year in Review
In a brief outdoors unmasked moment, our new Department of Urology Interns: Drs. Courtney Capella, Maria D’Amico and JY Leong.