EM/IM RESIDENTS

Critical Care Fellows

Chidinma Nwaogbe, MD

Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Sophie Davis Program of Biomedical Education at the CUNY School of Medicine
Hometown: Elmont, NY
Medical interests: Population Health, Reproductive Health
Hobbies: Sleeping, Listening to Podcasts, Painting, Cooking, Watching far too much Youtube

 

 

 

Nicholas Fitz, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Undergraduate: SUNY Binghamton
Hometown: Clifton Park, NY
Medical Interests: Ultrasound, Critical Care, Resuscitation, Preventative Medicine, Patient Experience, Healthcare Systems Management
Hobbies: Cooking, baking, hiking, kayaking, board games, tennis, skiing/snowboarding, trivia, movies, reading, the NY Giants, travel, weightlifting

Chief Residents - PGY-5

Leia Fecteau, MD

Medical School: Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Undergraduate: University of Washington, Seattle
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Medical interests: Global Health, Reproductive Health
Hobbies: Every type of snow or ice-related activity, house plants and orchids, road trips/travelling, napping, playing instruments and learning new instruments, roller skating, arts and crafts, museums, board games, staying out of shape, SCUBA

Michael Nitz, MD

Medical School: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Boston University
Hometown: Moved around all over growing up, but my family lives in Union Bridge, MD now
Medical Interests: Medical education, process improvement, physician advocacy and legislative advocacy
Hobbies: Going to EDM shows, video games, reading, hiking, continuously telling myself I’m going to get back into learning Japanese

 

PGY-4

Matthew Cline, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern
Undergraduate: Texas A&M
Hometown: College Station, TX
Medical interests: Critical Care, EMS
Hobbies: Board games, table top games, film, trying new foods, travel

Cynthia (Cyn) Kuk, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University
Undergraduate: Calvin University
Hometown: Hong Kong
Medical Interests: Health disparities, LBGTQ+ health, critical care
Hobbies: Wrestling sleep from kids, putting myself to bed, reading, knitting, crocheting, plant babies, traveling, aerial arts, and martial arts

PGY-3

Shuhan (Sherry) Li, MD

Medical School: SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
Undergraduate: College of William & Mary
Hometown: Qionglai, China
Medical interests: International Medicine, Ultrasound, Critical Care
Hobbies: Laying flat, snowboarding, bouldering/sports climb, foodie, adult piano learner, travel, watching cat/dog videos

Dana Button, MD MCR

Medical School/Graduate: Oregon Health and Science University – MD/MCR
Undergraduate: University of Portland 
Hometown: Sheridan, OR
Medical Interests: Critical Care, Ultrasound, Toxicology, Addiction Medicine, Research
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, video games, guitar/piano, YouTube rabbit holes, mountain climbing and hiking, snow sports, biking

PGY-2

David Kim, MD

Medical School: SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Home Town: Queens, NY
Medical Interests: Point of care ultrasound, global health, critical care
Hobbies: Getting outdoors whether that means running, cycling, hiking, or just about anything! Big fan of home-brewed coffee/espresso. Self-proclaimed pizza aficionado (NYC has better pizza than Italy fight me). 

Kylee Borger, MD MPH 

Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
Undergraduate: NYU Shanghai
Graduate: MPH in Global Epidemiology, Emory University
Hometown: Riverside, CA
Medical Interests: Advocacy/policy, global health, public health, ultrasound, critical care, disaster medicine, EMS
Hobbies: Flying, traveling, cooking, and trying to make our hospital/state/country a better place

PGY-1

Alexander Carlin, DO

Medical School: NYITCOM
Undergraduate: Marist College
Home Town: West Islip, NY
Medical Interests: Critical care, ultrasound, medical education
Hobbies: Running, snowboarding, sailing, video games, cooking, reading sci-fi and comic books, collect as many house plants as I can. 

Karthik Menon, MD

Medical School: Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Undergraduate: SUNY Stony Brook
Hometown: New Hyde Park, NY
Medical Interests: Critical care, medical education, ultrasound
Hobbies: Reading, road trips, weightlifting, hiking, snowboarding, poker, fantasy basketball, Miami heat fan