Next Generation Of Physicians Graduate From Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich CT

22 June, 2021

10:50 AM

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Information via Greenwich Hospital GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich Hospital celebrated the 46th annual Internal Medicine Residence Program graduating class recently, which included seven residents and seven interns, according to a news release. "Greenwich Hospital's commitment to medical education in association with Yale School of Medicine is as important as our mission to provide exceptional care to our patients," Diane Kelly, president of Greenwich Hospital, told the audience in the hospital's Noble Conference Center on June 4. Presiding at the ceremony, Dr. Charles Seelig, program director, commended the graduates for providing high-quality patient care amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also thanked hospital leadership for "continuously improving the learning environment" for future physicians. This year's graduating residents were Ihsan Al-Sabbagh, MD, FIBMS, Devesh Dalmia, MD, Jing Du, MB, PhD, Jennifer Hewlett, MD, Mustafa Khan, MD, Jianling Tao, MD, and Catherine Teng, MBBS. Graduating interns were Daniel Dickstein, MD, Collin Edwards, MD, Fatema Esaa, MD, Conor Fowler, MD, Kristin Hsieh, MD, Blair Jenkins, MD, PhD, and Patrick Kennedy, MD. Several awards were presented at the ceremony. Incoming chief resident Dr. Hewlett received the Resident Teacher Award and the Quality & Safety Award. Dr. Hewlett also shared the Dr. Nelson A. Bonheim Resident Research Award with Dr. Teng. Dr. Khan received the Dr. Henry E. Markley Humanitarian Award in Medicine. Dr. Teng and Michael Foti, DO, were honored with the Resident Physician Patient Experience Award. The Golden Apple Teaching Award went to Samantha D'Annunzio, MD, an intensivist on the medical staff.