Vascular Surgery Residency - Meet Us | Albany Medical College

Residents

Nicholai Henry, MD

Class of 2025

Medical School

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta

Casey Hladik, MD

Class of 2025

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Tigran Divanyan, MD

Class of 2026

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Misak Harutyunyan, MD

Class of 2027

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Travis Wheeler, DO

Class of 2028

Medical School

New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Current Fellows

Jeremy Le, MD

Class of 2024

Medical School

University of Illinois College of Medicine

General Surgery Residency

Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, Calif.

Faculty

Paul B. Kreienberg, MD

Professor of Surgery

Fellowship Program Director

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Courtney J. Warner, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Residency Program Director

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Xzabia A. Caliste, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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R. Clement Darling III, MD

Professor of Surgery

Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery

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Jeffrey C. Hnath, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Adriana F. Laser, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Sean P. Roddy, MD

Professor of Surgery

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Stephanie Saltzberg, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Melissa D. Shah, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Alumni

2022

Owen Glotzer, MD

Current

Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute, Hartford, Conn.

Residency

Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, Del.

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Nicholas Russo, MD

Current

Jersey Coast Vascular Associates, Brick, N.J.

Medical School

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

2021

Farda Qayyum, MD

Current

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Harrisburg, Penn.

Residency

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, Penn.

Medical School

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia

Julia Kleene, MD

Current

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

Stony Brook University School of Medicine

2020

Ryan Lydon, MD

Current

Rochester General Hospital

Medical School

St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

Residency

Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J.

Alexander Kryszuk, MD

Current

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

Albany Medical College

2019

Sara Edeiken, MD

Current

Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

Residency

University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga

Medical School

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

William Raible III, MD

Current

St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, Albany

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

Albany Medical College

2018

Andre Ramdon, MBBS

Current

Philadelphia VA Medical Center

Residency

University of Pennsylvania

Medical School

University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kingston, Jamaica

2017

Barbara Melendez, MD

Current

Vascular Institute of the Rockies

Residency

Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver

Medical School

University of Colorado School of Medicine

ShihYau Grace Huang, MD

Current

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Residency

LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles

Medical School

University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles

2016

Nikolaos Karagiorgos, MD

Current

Presence Covenant Medical Center

Residency

Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Chicago

Medical School

University of Crete, Greece

Nikolaos Zacharias, MD

Current

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Residency

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Medical School

University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece

2015

Kamran Jafree, MBBS

Current

Wright State Physicians

Residency

State University of New York, Buffalo

Medical School

Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Sammy Eghbalieh, MD

Current

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Residency

St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, Conn.

Medical School

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2014

Jason Comeau, MD

Current

Surgical Specialists of Lancaster

Residency

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia

Medical School

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

Humayun Bakhtawar, MBBS

Current

Hattiesburg Clinic

Residency

West Virginia University

Medical School

Aga Khan Medical College, Pakistan

2013

Chin-Chin Yeh, MD

Current

Albany Medical Center

Residency

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence

Medical School

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City

Keith Jones, MD

Current

Mercy Medical Group

Residency

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

Medical School

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington

2012

Melissa Shah, MD

Current

Albany Medical Center

Residency

Boston University Medical Center

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Ivan Dominguez, MD

Current

Buffalo Medical Group

Residency

University at Buffalo

Medical School

Ponce School of Medicine, Puerto Rico

2011

Handel Robinson, MD

Current

Mercy Medical Center

Residency

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York City

Medical School

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta

Leon Salem, MD

Current

Valley Health Vascular Surgeons

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

2010

Obinna Nwobi, MD

Current

Vascular Health Institute, Oviedo, Fla.

Residency

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark

Medical School

University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis

Nitin Malhotra, MD

Current

Vascular Surgery Associates

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati

2009

Jorge Rey, MD

Current

UHealth Tower

Residency

Sound Shore Medical Center, Westchester, N.Y.

Medical School

Universidad Del Valle Facultad de Salud, Cali, Colombia

Saum Rahimi, MD

Current

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies

2008

Jeffrey Hnath, MD

Current

Albany Medical Center

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb.

Ratna Kunasani, MD

Current

Center for Vascular Medicine, Greenbelt, Md.

Residency

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, New York City

Medical School

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India