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Medical and Dental Staff Appointments South Region September 2025

Published:
October 6, 2025

What You Need To Know

Bayshore Medical Center

MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS

Shah, Shruti, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Medicine 

Berner, Steven, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Veresciac, Anastasia, DO 
Provisional Attending, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Disease/Sleep Medicine 

Gadallah, Nancy, DO 
Provisional Attending, Department of Medicine, Neurology 

Nguyen, Christopher, MD 
Provisional Telemedicine, Department of Medicine, Neurology 

Dijanic, Christopher, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Orthopedics 
Bencks, Diane, MD 
Regional Staff, Department of Medicine, Psychiatry 

Patel, Nikita, MD 
Regional Staff, Department of Medicine, Psychiatry 

Periasamy, Divya, MD 
Regional Staff, Department of Medicine, Psychiatry 

Rahman, Mohammad F., MD 
Regional Staff, Department of Medicine, Psychiatry 

Abi-Ghanem, Alain, MD 
Provisional Telemedicine, Department of Radiology 

Kane, Ian, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Radiology 

Taghavi, Pejman, MD 
Provisional Telemedicine, Department of Radiology 

Imanguli, Matin, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology) 

Jamshidi, Aria Mousa, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery) 

Hlayhel, Ahmad, MD 
Provisional Attending, Department of Surgery (General Surgery) 

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS

Sanghvi, Sonia, PA
Allied Health Staff, Department of Surgery (Vascular Surgery) 

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS

Zeinab Abdulrahman, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Nephrology 

Alain Abi-Ghanem, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology/Teleradiology

Wael Alshehri, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology/Teleradiology 

Anum Aslam, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology 

Diane Bencks, MD 
Active Staff, Psychiatry 

Saul M. Betesh, MD 
Active Staff, Surgery/Ophthalmology 

Jayati C. Bhattacharyya, DDS 
Active Staff, Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry 

Jason M. Christopher, DO 
Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

Michael P. Dabrowski, MD 
Active Staff, Surgery/Trauma Surgery 

Christopher Dijanic, MD 
Active Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery 

Alexa J. Durante, MD 
Active Staff, Pediatrics/Endocrinology 

Rachel Halpern, DDS 
Active Staff, Dentistry 

Ian W. Kane, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology 

Anjali Kapur, MD 
Active Staff, Obstetrics & Gynecology/Urogynecology 

Qamar A. Khan, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Hospital Medicine 

Candice Kim, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology 

Matthew R. Knouse, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology 

Kihyun Kwon, MD 
Telemedicine Staff, Radiology 

Craig Lampert, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Hematology & Oncology 

David C. Leopold, MD 
Active Staff, Family Medicine 

Edward J. Licitra, MD
Active Staff, Medicine/Hematology & Oncology 

Saadul A. Mallam, MD 
ActiveStaff, Medicine/Hospital Medicine 

Shivaprasad Marulendra, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Gastroenterology 

Siddhart Mehta, MD 
Active Staff, Neurology 

Jonathan Mendoza, DO 
Active Staff, Medicine/Gastroenterology 

Sabyasachi Mohapatra, MD 
Medical Associate Staff, Medicine/Gastroenterology 

Byron Okwesili, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Gastroenterology 

Courtney E. O’Reilly, DO 
Active Staff, Psychiatry 

Viraaj P. Pannu, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Hospital Medicine 

Nikita M. Patel, MD 
Active Staff, Psychiatry 

Divya Periasamy, MD 
Active Staff, Psychiatry 

Karen S. Piwowar, MD 
Active Staff, Family Medicine 

Carly N. Ray, MD 
Active Staff, Neurology/Headache Medicine 

Maulik D. Shah, DO 
Active Staff, Medicine/Gastroenterology 

Tyler J. Verdoni, DPM 
Active Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery/Podiatry 

Hafsa Zahoor, MD 
Active Staff, Medicine/Hospital Medicine 

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS

Allie Campo, APN 
Family Medicine 

Danielle Dolci, APN 
Neurology 

Kelsey M. Hardy, APN
Medicine/Hospital Medicine 

Mary E. Herc, PA 
Surgery/Trauma Surgery 

Carrie Kerney, APN 
Pediatrics/Neonatology 

Patrick H. Larkin, PA 
Surgery/Pediatric Surgery 

Erin A. McLean, PhD 
Psychiatry/Psychology 

Michelle Nadeau, PA 
Neurosurgery 

Michelle L. Nakar, APN 
Pediatrics 

Adlin Noel, PA 
Surgery/Trauma Surgery 

Hayley A. Priestley, APN 
Surgery/Cardiac Surgery 

Samantha Quaglia, PA 
Emergency Medicine 

Kevin J. Valcarcel, PA 
Neurosurgery 

Leandro Zaragoza, APN 
Medicine/Nephrology 

 

Ocean University Medical Center

MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS

Bharath K. Mittapalli, M.D. 
Anesthesia 

Inderjit Singh, M.D. 
Medicine/Cardiology 

Christopher D. Nguyen, M.D. 
Medicine/Neurology/Telemedicine 

Nikita M. Patel, M.D 
Medicine/Psychiatry 

Mohammed F. Rahman, MD 
Medicine/Psychiatry 

Diane Bencks, MD 
Medicine/Psychiatry 

Salvatore J. Sclafani, D.O. 
Orthopaedics 

Tyler J. Verdoni, DPM 
Orthopaedics/Podiatry 

Matthew R. Knouse, M.D. 
Radiology 

Alain Abi-Ghanem, M.D. 
Radiology/Telemedicine 

Ian W. Kane, M.D 
Radiology/Telemedicine 

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS

Theresa Giammarino, PA 
Orthopaedics 

 

Riverview Medical Center

MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS

Leopold, David, MD 
Active Staff, Family Medicine 

Dijanic, Christopher, MD 
Active Staff 

Casella, Erica, MD 
Affiliate Staff, Department of Pediatrics 

Bencks, Diane, MD 
Active Staff, Department of Psychiatry 

Patel, Nikita, MD 
Active Staff, Department of Psychiatry 

Periasamy, Divya, MD 
Active Staff, Department of Psychiatry 

Abi-Ghanem, Alain, MD 
Active Staff, TeleRadiology 

Kane, Ian, MD
Active Staff, Department of Radiology 

Taghavi, Pejman, MD 
Active Staff, TeleRadiology 

Tiane, Jane, MD 
Active Staff, General Surgery 

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS

Department of Emergency Medicine 
Iovacchini, Sydney, APN 

Department of Medicine 
Garbarino, Juliana, APN - Internal Medicine

Very, Michael, PA - Pulmonary Diseases 

 

Southern Ocean Medical Center

MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS

Alain Abi-Ghanem, MD 
Telemedicine, Radiology 

Diane Bencks, MD 
Regional, Medicine / Psychiatry 

Lauryn Bianco, MD 
Active, Surgery / Orthopaedics 

Kenneth Brock, MD 
Telemedicine, Radiology 

Brendan Chou, MD 
Active. Surgery / General Surgery 

Jason Christopher, DO 
Regional, Medicine / Psychiatry 

Phoenix Fung, MD 
Active, Medicine / Gastroenterology 

Hareem Hussain, MD 
Active, Medicine / Internal Medicine 

Ian Kane, MD 
Active, Radiology 

Karen Kaplan, MD 
Active, Surgery / Plastic Surgery 

Qamar Khan, MD 
Active, Medicine / Internal Medicine 

Matthew Knouse, MD 
Telemedicine, Radiology

Alexandra Livingston, DO 
Telemedicine, Medicine / Neurology 

Nikita Patel, MD 
Regional, Medicine / Psychiatry 

Priten Patel, MD 
Active, Medicine / Internal Medicine 

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS

Ginalyn Poblete-Chavez, APN 
Medicine / Internal Medicine

 

 
 
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