2024 Anticipated Graduates
Aaron Brant, M.D.
PGY 6 - Chief Resident
Hometown: Reisterstown, MD
Undergraduate: University of Maryland
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fun Fact: I do the NYT Sunday crossword every week
Favorite Urology Case: Microsurgical varicocelectomy
Jeffrey Johnson, M.D.
PGY 6 - Chief Resident
Hometown: La Canada Flintridge
Undergraduate: Brigham Young University
Medical School: Western Michigan University
Fun Fact: I grew up with pet alpacas.
Favorite Urology Case: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Christina Sze, M.D., M.S.
PGY 6 - Chief Resident
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate: George Washington University
Graduate School: Drexel College of Medicine
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Fun Fact: I used to be a software engineer
Favorite Urology Case: Hypospadias repairs or urethroplasties
2025 Anticipated Graduates
Ashwin Ramaswamy, M.D., M.P.P.
PGY 5
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Undergraduate: New York University
Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School
Medical School: Icahn at Mount Sinai
Fun Fact: I worked NYC EMS in college coincidentally transporting patients to all the hospitals at which I currently rotate.
Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy
Samantha Thorogood, M.D.
PGY 5
Hometown: Parkland, FL
Undergraduate: Rice University
Medical School: Columbia University
Fun Fact: I have bungee jumped the world’s highest (commercial) jump
Favorite Urology Case: Inflatable penile implant
Tenny Zhang, M.D.
PGY 5
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Fun Fact: I was named after tennis!
Favorite Urology Case: Open extravesical reimplant
Alec Zhu, M.D.
PGY 5
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Undergraduate: Washington University
Medical School: Northwestern University
Fun Fact: Will watch any Star Wars content on Disney+ regardless of how objectively bad it is
Favorite Urology Case: Open radical nephrectomy
2026 Anticipated Graduates
Adithya Balasubramanian, M.D.
PGY 4
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Undergraduate: Rice University
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Fun Fact: My favorite sport is cricket
Favorite Urology Case: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
Leo Dreyfuss, M.D.
PGY 4
Hometown: Westport, CT
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Fun Fact: My favorite part about NYC is central park
Favorite Urology Case: Ileal conduit
Lina Posada Calderon, M.D.
PGY 4
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Undergraduate: N/A
Medical School: Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina ( Colombia)
Fun Fact: The best cafeteria lunch: sushi and lucky charms
Favorite Urology Case: RPLND
Oakley Strasser, M.D., MBA
PGY 4
Hometown: Pattenburg, NJ
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Fun Fact: I have a 13-year-old rescue mutt named Emily Dickinson
Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy
2027 Anticipated Graduates
Robert Fisch, M.D.
PGY 3
Hometown: Potomac, MD
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Medical School: USC
Fun Fact: I've logged over 1500 lifetime citibike miles. Love a good ride across a NYC bridge
Favorite Urology Case: Open dismembered pyeloplasty
Manish Kuchakulla, M.D.
PGY 3
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Medical School: University of Miami
Fun Fact: I am an avid golf enthusiast, and have now developed an uncanny ability to miss fairways.
Favorite Urology Case: The Vasectomy
Malik B. Wahba, M.D.
PGY 3
Hometown: Montclair, NJ
Undergraduate: New York University Abu Dhabi
Medical School: Washington University
Fun Fact: I rode my bicycle 3600 miles across the US from San Francisco to New York by myself.
Favorite Urology Case: TURBT (transurethral resection of bladder tumor)
Gal Wald, M.D.
PGY 3
Hometown: Giv’at Ada, Israel
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Fun Fact: Traveled to the Galapagos islands on AeroGal airline
Favorite Urology Case: Open partial nephrectomy
2028 Anticipated Graduates
Hriday Bhambhvani
PGY 2
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Undergrad: University of Alabama
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Fun Fact: I used to play chess competitively & I loved the Queen's Gambit-both the show & the opening!
Favorite Urology Case: IPP placement
Mark Farha
PGY 2
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Undergrad: Tufts University
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Fun Fact: Up and Coming homemade ice cream producer
Favorite Urology Case: Open Partial Nephrectomy
Behnam Nabavizadeh
PGY 2
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Undergrad: N/A
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
Fun Fact: I was stuck in an island during COVID for 3 months!
Favorite Urology Case: Urethroplasty; Radical cystectomy with neobladder
Michael Tzeng
PGY 2
Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Fun Fact: I don't know how to swim or ride a bike, but I can wiggle my ears on command!
Favorite Urology Case: Laser Lithotripsy
2029 Anticipated Graduates
Aaron Gurayah, M.D.
PGY 1
Hometown: Pomona, NY
Undergrad: Princeton University
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Fun Fact: I am a huge NY Mets, Jets and Knicks fan
Favorite Urology Case: Laser Lithotripsy
Samuel Kusin, M.D.
PGY 1
Hometown: Houston, TX
Undergrad: University of Texas at Austin
Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Fun Fact: Caught a line drive to the face at a Houston Astros game
Favorite Urology Case: Robotic Nephrectomy
Jacob Lang, M.D.
PGY 1
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Undergrad: Boston University
Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Fun Fact: I’m an amateur barista and a more amateur cook. I’m also a medical school intramural basketball champion.
Favorite Urology Case: Partial nephrectomy
Shu Wang, M.D.
PGY 1
Hometown: China
Undergrad: Qingdao University College of Medical Science
Medical School: Peking University Health Science Center
Fun Fact: In my free time, I enjoy stand up paddle boarding. I am also a car deep-cleaning video addict.
Favorite Urology Case: Emergent stenting
