Sunday, May 18
2025Commencement and Hooding Ceremony
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Dean
Greetings from the President
Congratulations, doctors! Today’s hooding ceremony marks an exciting new chapter in your lives, one I know you and your classmates—now fellow alumni from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine—will cherish for many years to come.
The doctoral hood you receive today symbolizes your transition from student to skilled medical professional. You leave here with a great responsibility to help countless patients who will depend upon your compassion, experience, and education to enhance and improve their lives as well as the lives of those they hold dear.
As a polytechnic university, New York Institute of Technology has empowered you to benefit from our academic diversity. You’ve learned alongside future nurses, physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants, engineers, computer scientists, architects, entrepreneurs, and others dedicated to pursuing 21st-century careers. In addition, our talented faculty members have dedicated themselves to preparing you to become caring, informed, and highly skilled physicians.
We are honored to include you among our more than 118,000 alumni worldwide (which now includes more than 9,400 osteopathic physicians). I wish you the best of luck and I am confident that you will make us proud.
Once again, congratulations on your incredible achievement. I look forward to hearing about your many successes.
Sincerely,
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D. President, New York Institute of Technology
Greetings from the Provost and Executive Vice President
Congratulations to all of you on your incredible achievement. You are taking the most important step in your medical career—you have earned your degree. This is an exciting moment, as you now join not only a distinguished group of alumni but also the physician community at large.
You are starting today the next chapter in your career. Although you might think that your studies are over, as a physician your life as a student never ends. Internship and residency are easily identifiable as a continued learning environment, but as a physician, you always continue as a student. Whether it is when you study for your board certification examination or review the medical chart of a patient, you are a student. When listening to your patients or during a discussion with a consultant—you are a student. Only by continuing your quest for knowledge will you be able to continue the path that New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine has prepared you for: Being the best physician you can be. Healing your patients. Representing the profession.
No public relations campaign or advertising budget will ever be as successful at promoting NYITCOM and osteopathic medicine as when you provide high quality, compassionate care. This, as you can imagine, puts quite a burden on you as new graduates. I challenge you to remember this for the rest of your medical career. You not only represent yourself, but every NYITCOM graduate, every osteopathic physician, every physician who was hooded before you.
Congratulations to you and your families,
Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Provost and Executive Vice President, Professor, Clinical Specialties and Physician Assistant Studies New York Institute of Technology
Greetings from the Dean
Today marks a major milestone in your life and your career. The administration, faculty, and staff of New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine could not be more proud of you. As students of the college, you have distinguished yourselves with hard work and professionalism. You have our heartfelt congratulations for a job well done.
NYITCOM has equipped you not only with facts, but also with the tools necessary to seek new knowledge. I encourage you to follow medical literature closely, evaluate it critically, and keep your minds open to new forms of therapy. Your patients will assume that you are providing the very latest in medical care. In meeting their expectations, you will be honoring yourself, your college, and your profession.
As you take your oath, you will make a pledge to the students who follow you. Your college selected you not only because you will be an outstanding physician, but also because of your potential to teach the generations of osteopathic physicians to come. The future of the profession rests in your hands. I hope you will integrate learning, doing, and teaching into every day of your career.
On a personal note, I wish each and every one of you the very best and my hope as you embark on this amazing journey is for you to find joy in every day!
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Dean College of Osteopathic Medicine
Keynote Speaker
Jill Wruble (D.O. ’87)
Jill Wruble, D.O., is a diagnostic radiologist and assistant professor at the University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital, specializing in body imaging. She also serves as chief of ultrasound services and associate director of UConn’s Radiology Residency Program. Previously, Wruble was a clinical assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine and a member of the radiology staff at a major VA medical center. In addition, she practices tele-radiology with Virtual Radiology Consultants, a leading national practice.
Wruble earned her undergraduate degree from Williams College and her medical degree from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. She served in the United States Army Medical Corps, including a tour as a general medical officer at the 43rd MASH in Camp Humphreys, South Korea. She completed her internship and diagnostic radiology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., followed by post-doctoral fellowships in body imaging at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Wruble retired from the Army with the rank of major.
Wruble serves on the National Cancer Institute’s board for screening and prevention, which critically evaluates medical literature and maintains evidence-based, up-to-date summaries on cancer screening and prevention for healthcare professionals and patients.
Wruble has worked to enrich radiology teaching in underserved countries. She has contributed substantial time teaching and mentoring residents at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi, Tanzania. She has also developed unique teaching techniques for medical residents and founded GlobalMedEd, Inc., a nonprofit organization for international radiology training. Its initial project is GlobalRadZambia, which comprises the first radiology residency in Zambia and utilizes the teaching talents of a group of top U.S. radiologists recruited by Wruble.
Wruble has undertaken efforts to reduce harm from over-treatment and improving medical decision-making. She has delivered two TEDx talks on related topics—one given at the University of Pennsylvania and another at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Outside of her professional work, Wruble enjoys spending time with her husband and five adult children and stepchildren. She is an avid guitarist and endurance sports enthusiast. She also works on developing storytelling techniques to enhance medical student and resident education.
Special Address to Graduates
Teresa
A. Hubka, D.O., M.S., FACOOG (Dist), FACOG, CS
President, American Osteopathic Association
Dr. Hubka, a native of San Diego, Calif., began her career in healthcare, receiving her degree in biochemistry and nutrition science from the University of California at Davis and her Master of Science in Biology and Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Dr. Hubka earned her osteopathic medical degree from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and then completed an osteopathic internship at Atlantic City Medical Center in New Jersey, followed by a residency in obstetrics and gynecologic surgery at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, where she was the administrative chief resident.
Dr. Hubka is dual board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Osteopathic Association’s Board of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AOBOG) and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).
Dr. Hubka is a past president of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG) and served as founder and advisor to the Council of Postgraduates (COP). She received the ACOOG Distinguished Service Award (2013–2014), the highest honor bestowed by the College, and received the ACOOG Mentor of the Year in 2023. She is a Distinguished Fellow of ACOOG and a Diplomat of ACOG.
Nationally, Dr. Hubka is the president of the American Osteopathic Association and has been on the Board of Trustees since 2013. She has chaired the Department of Professional Affairs, Department of Education, Department of Research and Development, Department of Affiliate Relations, and Department of Government Affairs. Dr. Hubka is an inductee into the American Osteopathic Association’s Mentor Hall of Fame.
Dr. Hubka brings excellence in knowledge and experience, incorporating osteopathic principles in healthcare and advocating for women’s health.
Program
Academic Processional
Alumni Marshals
Naishami Patel (D.O. ’05)
Shamik Patel (D.O. ’02)
Class of 2025 Student Marshals
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Erik Anthony Mikelinich
Faculty Marshals
Matthew Heller, D.O.
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Jordan Keys, D.O.
Associate Professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Grand Marshal
Nathan E. Thompson, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Anatomy
Presiding
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP
Dean
College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Star-Spangled Banner
Note-O-Chords
NYITCOM Musician Singers
Welcome
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP
Provost and Executive Vice President, Professor, Clinical Specialties and Physician Assistant Studies, New York Institute of Technology
Patrick M. O’Shaughnessy (D.O. ’99)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Health
Board of Trustees
New York Institute of Technology
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D.
President
New York Institute of Technology
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Keynote Speaker
Jill Wruble (D.O. ’87)
Special Address to Graduates
Teresa A. Hubka, D.O., M.S., FACOOG (Dist), FACOG, CS President, American Osteopathic Association
Memorial Tribute
In remembrance of:
Charles Pavia, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Presentation of Candidates
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Conferral of Degrees
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D.
Hooding of Graduates
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D.
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Honored Faculty Hooders and Award Recipients
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Basic Sciences
Maria Maratta Plummer, M.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Sciences
Leslie Goldstein, Pharm.D., FNAOME
Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties
Faculty Award for Excellence in Medical Student Mentoring Award
Jordan Keys, D.O.
Associate Professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Preceptor of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching
Matthew Heller, D.O.
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Diversity Oath
Thomas Chan, D.O.
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties
Osteopathic Oath
Michael Terzella, D.O. Professor, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Military Oath of Office
Philip Volpe (D.O. ’83)
Major General, United States Army (Retired)
Honored Mentor Address
Jordan Keys, D.O.
Class Address
Erik Anthony Mikelinich President, Class of 2025
Closing
Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Recessional
Graduates, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Joseph Dylan Aabye
Maria Elaina Abou-Diwan
Kamila Abulimiti
Elan Jacob Adhami
Iya Ayad Agha
Sohaib Agha
Samra Aftab Ahmad
Rehel Ahmed
Mohammad Farhan Aktar
Ali AL Azzawi
Wael Al Shuab
Gabrielle A. Albano
Maryyam Zeenat Ali
Syed Mohammad Ali
Haleem Alkasimi
Hayder Allkhenfr
Safirya Imani Ambersley
Annelle E. Amsellem
Nicholas A. Andrews
Nicholas Andriani
Anusha Ansari
Jason Ashville
Noor Asif
Alexandra Lynn Augusta
Elizabeth Avshalomov
Crystal Awad
Yehuda Azerrad
Misbah Ashfaq Aziz
Sofia Barlas
Matthew Amaury Barreto
Andrew James Bartgis
Izabella Beniaminova
Alon Bezalel
Jyoti Dutta Bhattarai
Kiran Kumar Bhurtyal
Ari Bitterman
Stefanie Marija Blejec
Sydney Imani Boateng
Sophia Lynn Bonenfant
Emil Adam Borzdynski
Victoria Rachel Brzezynski
Loryn Kay Bucci
Nicholas Dean Burt
Alexander Louis Carlin
Andrew Joseph Cecora
Shtakshe Chatrath
Hongling Chen
Peter Weirong Chen
William Chen
Ester Chikvashvili
Steven Chow
Erin P. Clifford
Emily Colalillo
Ryan Patrick Cornell
Samantha Marie Cornwell
Jakub Adam Cwalinski
Gianna Maria Davillas
Amy Deb
Kevin Alexander DiMagno
Ayhan Dincsalman
Gianluca Alexander DiUbaldi
Julie Elizabeth Doty
Brian David Drittel
Vaibhav Duggal
Shylea Dukat
Hashem Elessawy
Ahmed Aly Elkhawaga
Hannah Marie English
Michael Jacob Farber
Armon Farhani
Rachel Nicole Feltman
Yisrael Feman
Kelsey Marie Fisher
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Yianni T. Flouskakos
Jake Ryan Forman
Leor Aviv Franco
Morris Franco
Marni Sloane Friedlander
Justin George Gabriel
Uma Gajula
Michael H. Gao
Nicholas Peter Gardyn
Shawn James Geffken
Jaskaran Ghotra
Ireny Gobran Sidhom
Rian Thomas Goding
Tamar Goldblatt
Laurence Richard Graziano
Sricharan Gumudavelli
Vignesh Gunasekaran
Jennifer Wang Guo
Young Hee Hahn
Joseph Dov Halpern
Joshua Halpern
Ava Elyse Hanlon
Michael Samy Hanna
Omar Hasan-Hafez
Benjamin Hershfeld
Alexander L. Hill
Mehorunnesa Hossain
Victor Hu
Sadeem Hussain
Sarah Inyoung Im
Remon Rifky Thabet Indrawes
Rayan Mustafa Islam
Saumik Sultan Islam
Fady Israel
Christian Lee Jakobsen
Tenzing Tsomo Japhe
Michelle Farrah Jaromy
Fatoumata Jawo
Anisha K. Jobanputra
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Rejath Mathew Jose
Paul Wilson Joseph
Hamza Kaleem
Alison Joan Kan
Milan Kapadia
Lokesh Katiki
Amandeep Kaur
Jaspreet Kaur
Maher N. Kazimi
Mahmoud H. Khalil
Muhammad Ayaz Khan
Riana Mostary Khan
Samiha Tasnim Khan
Shah Fayez Khan
Ubaid Raza Khan
Emmanuel Khodra
Anton Khrystenko
Christopher Chang Kim
Marina Catherine Kim
Min Seong Kim
David Kleyn
Gena Nicole Koutsounadis
Joan Julia Krickellas
Gregg Jeffrey LaFleur
Aaron Landman
Justin Matthew Langro
Chris Sang Ho Lee
Winter Lesnick
Benjamen Richard Levenzon
Kevin Shawn Lewis
Nicholas Robert Lewis
Michelle Li
Therese Anne Tayong Limbaña
John Thomas Lindsay
Taskin Loqman
Michael Demetrios Loukeris
Marlene Da Conceicao Louro
Harshani Luknauth
Samantha Kathleen Lynch
Ryan Michael Lynn
Dennis George Lysov
Danyang Ma
Cara Sophia Maaghul
Claire Elizabeth MacMillan
Grace Anne Macmillan
Brian Macutay
Karthik Madhira
Kasmika Maharjan
Bairavi Maheswaran
Shafieh Makehei
Mina Fatima Malik
Gabriela Mandeville
Shorok Abdalla Maria
Houriyya Masroor
Pranati Mathur
Daniel Vinoo Matthew
Ariel Mayer
Gillian Tess McGuire
Grace Meegan
Aditi U. Mehta
Shivani Mehta
Rana Mekawy
Zakir Memon
Evelyn Jane Menkes
Nneka Vivian Mezu
Erik Anthony Mikelinich
Katharine Nicole Milford
Ariel Luben Milshteyn
Amna Jalil Minhas
Rumana Akter Moni
Sarah Michelle Montaquila
Austin Reed Morgan
Faria Mou
Hamza Muhammad
Daniella Mullokandov
Naimah Munim
Marufa Mushtary
Abeer Naeem
Kimberly Alicia Nandlal
Nisa Naqvi
Nicholas Vincent Nasta
Caleb William Neal
Emily Lauren Neckonoff
Francesca Grace Norko
Iffat Nur
Samuel Nyako-Agyakwa
Margaret Rose O’Connell
Madison Leigh O’Donnell
Chike Nnamdi. R. Ojiyi
Edward Hughes Oser
Ugochukwu Shola Owolabi
Vishruthi Palanivel
Zhen Ye Pan
Sofia Katerin Paniagua
Harshita Pasupuleti
Bhakti Patel
Monitha M. Patel
Shivesh Paresh Patel
Yesha Nitang Patel
Gianna Louisa Petrillo
Jimmy George Patteril
Elissa Tomi Picozzi
Dorian Andrew Pietraru
MatthewThomas Pinto
Christopher Andrew Pochat
Lesly P. Polanco Pimentel
Bryan Douglas Quartier
Nadim Hasan Quazi
Morgan Paige Rachlin
Kristin JoMarie Rackett
Iman Raja
Jeri Ann Ramilo
Shivani Rana
Michelle Rangel
Farhaad Noor Rasool
Sonika Rathi
Isha Raza
Dajana Reci
Phoenix Alexa Reisner
Sara Ann Riley
Christopher J. Rio
Peter James Rogu
Elizabeth Danielle Rose
Juliet Alexa Rozon
Natalia Ryabenkova
Darya Ryndych
Jeni Elizabeth Sacklow
Mahkameh Sadat Marashi
Sreejan Saha
Gurpreet Singh Sahansra
Meghana Sankaran
Matthew Anthony Savallo
Michele Hanna Schewe-Holi
Grant Paul Schneider
Alison Jane Sebold
Ronald James Seymour, III
Sehrash Shabbir
Wajiha Shafiq
Prachi Shah
Spencer Ross Shain
Tiffany Grace Shaw
Govind Shekaran
Sumaiyah Saeed Siddiqui
Nicholas C. Sidou
Mario L. Silva
Brett Scott Silverstein
Chanpreet Singh
Mandeep Singh
Matthew Sison
Yelizabeta Skorokhod
Sabrina Nicole Slutsky
Shlomo Small
Sahar Sorek
Andrew Bernard Spielman
Robert Tyler Steinberg
Alyssa Kathleen Strassburg
Ermin Tale
Sharon Tang
Daniel Tanis
Viktoria Taranto
Suzanne Marie Tawch
Shebin Tharakan
Anvin Dominic Thomas
Maxine Francess Titterton
Lara Sophie Tong
Alec George Toufexis
Samuel Thomas Tringali
Dang Huy Truong
Steven Wei-Chieh Tseng
Tanjil Shah Uddin
Jennifer Van
Collin Jeffrey Van Gorden
Nitin Verma
Matthew Benedict Vetrano
Bryan Anthony Volpe
Hania Aisha Waheed
Nawal Wasif
Nicholas James Weeks
Nicole Karolina Werpachowski
Rebecca Pamela Winter
Sydney Leigh Wolin
Henry Wu
Yuqi Wu
Dimitra Pavlos Xenopoulou
Mohammed Yaseen
Hossain A. Yousuf
Kevin Yu
Asnat Yuabov
Faiqa Zafar
Tasneem Wael Zahran
Anastasiya Zaletska
Luke Conroy Zappia
Gabriela Zarankov
Jonah Zeitlin
Special Degree Programs
Combined Baccalaureate/Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree Program:
B.S./D.O. and B.A./D.O.
The following graduates successfully completed the B.S./D.O., or B.A./D.O.
seven-year program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree:
Rehel Ahmed
Gianna Maria Davillas
Michael H. Gao
Fady Israel
Rejath Mathew Jose
Paul Wilson Joseph
Ubaid Raza Khan
Houriyya Masroor
Daniel Vinoo Matthew
Aditi U. Mehta
Zakir Memon
Kimberly Alicia Nandlal
Shivesh Paresh Patel
Yesha Nitang Patel
Matthew Thomas Pinto
Farhaad Noor Rasool
Isha Raza
Gurpreet Singh Sahansra
Shebin Tharakan
Hania Aisha Waheed
Tasneem Wael Zahran
Osteopathic Medicine and Biological Sciences, D.O./Ph.D. Dual-Degree Program
The following graduate successfully completed the D.O./Ph.D. dual-degree, seven-year program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree:
Daniel Tanis
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/Master of Business Administration: D.O./M.B.A.
The following graduates successfully completed the M.B.A. and D.O. programs and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Business Administration degrees:
Hannah Marie English
Benjamin Hershfeld
Danyang Ma
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/ Master of Public Health: D.O./M.P.H.
The following graduates successfully completed the M.P.H. and D.O. programs and will receive the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees:
Loryn Kay Bucci
Nawal Wasif
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/ Master of Science in Medical/ Healthcare Simulation: D.O./M.S.
The following graduates successfully completed the M.S. and D.O. programs and will receive the Master of Science in Medical/Healthcare Simulation and the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees: Steven Chow
Jaskaran Ghotra
Rian Thomas Goding
Alexander L. Hill
Jaspreet Kaur
Gena Nicole Koutsounadis
Bairavi Maheswaran
Rana Mekawy
Ariel Luben Milshteyn
Prachi N. Shah
Alyssa Kathleen Strassburg
Asnat Yuabov
Academic Medicine Scholars Program
The following graduates successfully completed the Academic Medicine Scholars Program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Academic Medicine M.S. degrees:
Samantha Marie Cornwell
Julie Elizabeth Doty
Rachel Nicole Feltman
Jake Ryan Forman
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Rejath Mathew Jose
Nicholas Robert Lewis
Grace Anne Macmillan
Sahar Sorek
Robert Tyler Steinberg
Anvin Dominic Thomas
Alec George Toufexis
Émigré Physicians Program
The following graduates successfully completed the Émigré Physicians Program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree:
Kamila Abulimiti
Samra Aftab Ahmad
Ali Al Azzawi
Wael Al Shuab
Hayder Allkhenfr
Jyoti Dutta Bhattarai
Kiran Kumar Bhurtyal
Ahmed Aly Elkhawaga
Uma Gajula
Ireny Gobran Sidhom
Michael Samy Hanna
Remon Rifky Thabet Indrawes
Maher N. Kazimi
Mahmoud H. Khalil
Muhammad Ayaz Khan
Samiha Tasnim Khan
Therese Anne Tayong Limbaña
Shafieh Makehei
Shorok Abdalla Maria
Rumana Akter Moni
Faria Mou
Marufa Mushtary
Samuel Nyako-Agyakwa
Chike Nnamdi R. Ojiyi
Ugochukwu Shola Owolabi
Harshita Pasupuleti
Mahkameh Sadat Marashi
Wajiha Shafiq
Viktoria Taranto
Hossain A. Yousuf
Faiqa Zafar
Armed Forces Scholarships
The following graduates will take the military oath of office:
Nicholas Peter Gardyn, Navy
Laurence Richard Graziano, Air Force
Amandeep Kaur, Navy
Mahmoud H. Khalil, Navy
Anton Khrystenko, Army
Marina Catherine Kim, Army
Nicholas Vincent Nasta, Army
Margaret Rose O’Connell, Air Force
Edward Hughes Oser, Air Force
Global Health Certificate
The following graduates received the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine Global Health Certificate:
Loryn Kay Bucci
Adelide Anne Freitz
Riana Mostary Khan
Gena Nicole Koutsounadis
Claire Elizabeth MacMillan
Gabriella Mandeville
Kathleen Nicole Milford
Juliet Alexa Rozon
Inclusion of names in this program does not verify that students have completed all graduation requirements.
Honors and Awards
College Achievement Awards
Dean’s Achievement Award for Overall Academic Excellence
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Stanley Schiowitz Award for Excellence in Osteopathic Medicine
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Distinguished Service Award
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Academic Excellence Award in Pre-Clinical Education/LectureDiscussion Based Curricular Track
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Academic Excellence Award in Clinical Education
Michael Jacob Farber
Excellence in Public Health Award
Loryn Kay Bucci
Andrea N. Watson, D.O., Excellence in Humanism Award
Steven Wei-Chieh Tseng
Matthew K. Sommella, D.O., Memorial OMM Fellowship Award
Samantha Marie Cornwell
Laurie Miller Spencer, D.O., Memorial Scholarship
Lesly P. Polanco Pimentel
James Walker Memorial Scholarship Award
Nadim Hasan Quazi
American Osteopathic Foundation Donna Jones Moritsugu Memorial Award
Recipient: Nadeen Kazimi
Graduate: Maher N. Kazimi
Alumni Council Award
Erik Anthony Mikelinich
NYSOMS Award
Erin P. Clifford
Winter Lesnick
Rodika Zaika Memorial Award
Nicholas Vincent Nasta
Natalie Assalone Nizza, D.O., Memorial Award
Lara Sophie Tong
Congressional Health Policy Recipient
Harshita Pasuppuleti
Butchma Internal Medicine Annual Scholarship
Morgan Paige Rachlin
Kumar Family Annual Scholarship
Hania Aisha Waheed
National Honors and Recognition
Sigma Sigma Phi
Sigma Sigma Phi National Honorary Osteopathic Service Fraternity
Class of 2025 members:
Hayder Allkhenfr
Nicholas A. Andrews
Victoria Rachel Brzezynski
Kevin Alexander DiMagno
Michael Jacob Farber
Rachel Nicole Feltman
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Michael H. Gao
Shawn James Geffken
Young Hee Hahn
Ava Elyse Hanlon
Benjamin Hershfeld
Sarah Inyoung Im
Anisha K. Jobanputra
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Marlene Da Conceicao Louro
Harshani Luknauth
Gillian Tess McGuire
Grace Meegan
Sarah Michelle Montaquila
Shivani Rana
Farhaad Noor Rasool
Sara Ann Riley
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards
Presented by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Graduate
Dimitra Pavlos Xenopoulou Faculty
Sonia Rivera Martinez (D.O. ’02)
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Class of 2025 members:
Maryyam Zeenat Ali
Kiran Kumar Bhurtyal
Victoria Rachel Brzezynski
Nicholas Dean Burt
Hannah Marie English
Rachel Nicole Feltman
Kelsey Marie Fisher
Adeline Anne Fleitz
Michael H. Gao
Sarah Inyoung Im
Anisha K. Jobanputra
Kaitlin Maureen Johnsen
Milan Kapadia
Aaron Landman
Therese Anne Tayong Limbaña
Taskin Loqman
Marlene Da Conceicao Louro
Samantha Kathleen Lynch
Bairavi Maheswaran
ErikAnthony Mikelinich
Sarah Michelle Montaquila
Nicholas Vincent Nasta
Caleb William Neal
Vishruthi Palanivel
Harshita Pasupuleti
Gianna Louisa Petrillo
Jeri Ann Ramilo
Sonika Rathi
Dajana Reci
Phoenix Alexa Reisner
Chanpreet Singh
Alyssa Kathleen Strassburg
Suzanne Marie Tawch
Alec George Toufexis
Matthew Benedict Vetrano
Nawal Wasif
Nicholas James Weeks
Sydney Leight Wolin
Kevin Yu
Asnat Yuabov
Jonah Zeitlin
Elizabeth Danielle Rose
Spencer Ross Shain
Robert Tyler Steinberg
Alyssa Kathleen Strassburg
Viktoria Taranto
Shebin Tharakan
Anvin Dominic Thomas
Lara Sophie Tong
Steven Wei-Chieh Tseng
Nicole Karolina Wrepachowski
Dimitra Pavlos Xenopoulou
Asnat Yuabov
Luke Conroy Zappia
Jonah Adam Zeitlin
NYITCOM Diversity
Oath of Commitment
I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter.
I will always be mindful of the honor and great privilege bestowed upon me as a physician.
I vow to faithfully preserve the health and quality of life of my patients, upholding professionalism, confidentiality, and respect for patient autonomy and involvement in their own care.
I vow to perform my professional duties with fidelity and with the best interests of my patients in mind.
I promise to care for patients using appropriate clinical judgment that will uphold their morality and do no harm.
I will work to improve the general welfare of the community and to sustain laws and institutions that do not perpetuate injustice or harm.
With this oath, I will seek to live my life committed to cultural humility and continued self-reflection.
As a physician, I will utilize my position to ensure every individual seeking medical care is treated equitably, regardless of sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, nationality, age, or other personal qualifier.
I will only engage in those practices that will uphold my duty to serve all of humanity in order to honor the highest goals of the profession.
In the presence of this gathering I bind myself to my oath.
Osteopathic Oath
I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.
I will be ever vigilant in aiding the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.
I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices. I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me.
I will ever be alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.
In the presence of this gathering I bind myself to my oath.