AAPM Resident Ambassador Program

We are accepting applications from residents at programs not currently represented in the 2026–2027 cohort through November 1, 2026.

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Ambassador Goals for 2026–2027

This year's Resident Ambassadors will focus on three core areas.

Increase Engagement

Build connections among residents and create opportunities for greater participation in the pain medicine community.

Promote Programs

Help raise awareness of AAPM education, events, resources, and opportunities available to residents and future pain physicians.

Leadership Development

Develop emerging leaders by creating meaningful opportunities to represent their peers, collaborate, and contribute to AAPM.

Meet the 2026–2027 Regional Ambassador Leads

Five Regional Ambassador Leads help connect residents across the country and support engagement within their regions.

Region 01
Northeast
Andrew Maza, MD
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States NY, MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME
Region 02
Mid-Atlantic
Gerardo Rivera-Colon, DO
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States PA, NJ, MD, DC, DE, VA, WV, NC, SC
Region 03
South
Leah Goehring, DO
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States FL, TX, TN, KY, GA, AL, MS, AR, LA
Region 04
Midwest
Daniel Pan, MD
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States IL, MI, OH, IN, WI, MN, MO, IA, NE, ND, SD
Region 05
West + PR
Cameron Harris, MD
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States & Puerto Rico CA, AZ, CO, WA, OR, NV, UT, NM, KS, OK, HI, AK, ID, MT, WY, PR

Meet the 2026–2027 Resident Ambassadors

AAPM Resident Ambassadors represent residency programs across the country, connecting their peers with opportunities to learn, engage, and explore the field of pain medicine.

Northeast

Andrew Maza

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program

Sidharth Sahni

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program

Joseph Kastrenakes

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program

Anna Ly

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program

Marlou Abril

New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program

Naveed Tariq

Nassau University Medical Center Program

Roberto Andrade

One Brooklyn Health System/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Wenhao Yu

New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program

Andrew Salgado

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program

Tien Dang

Tufts Medical Center Program

Mustafa Reha Dodurgali

Yale-New Haven Hospital Program

Omar Alsheikh

University of Connecticut School of Medicine Program

Soroush Besharat

University of Rochester Program

Jahnvi Bansal

Westchester Medical Center Program

Zaid Tahir

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital Program

Ahmed Basharat

Yale-New Haven Hospital Program

Jay Lee

NY-Presbyterian Queens Emergency Medicine (Flushing, NY)

Kuan-Han Chen

New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Program

Yuki Ohnishi

SUNY Upstate Medical University Program

Arber Sejdiu

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program

Ijaz Alam

University of Connecticut School of Medicine Program

Omar Hamza

Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School

Maryanna Volfson

Maimonides Medical Center Program

Mid-Atlantic

Gerardo Rivera-Colon

Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program

Joseph Fares

Inspira Health Network Program

Christopher Lee

JFK Medical Center Program

Danielle Vitale

University of Pennsylvania Health System Program

Gregor Dudiak

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Program

Samuel Glaisher

UPMC Medical Education Program

Alex Jiang

Temple University Hospital Program

James Peterra

Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program

Avery Ferreira

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Ankur Jain

Johns Hopkins University Program

Rebecca Cox

MedStar Health/Georgetown-National Rehabilitation Hospital

Robert McBride

Carolinas Medical Center Program

Harrison Jordan

ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina University Program

Harris Leach

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program

Scott Suddarth

West Virginia University Program

Kamayel Jaludi

Jersey Shore University Medical Center Program

Henson Randall

Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program

Ryan Radwanski

Hunterdon Medical Center

Mark Rowan

Self Regional Healthcare

Beshoy Benyamen

McLeod Health

South

Leah Goehring

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)

David Salchert

University of Alabama Medical Center Program

Rachel Emami

Larkin Community Hospital Program

Khashayar Rishsefid Mahalleh

University of Florida Program

Jeremy Castro

Broward Health North

Zackary Park

University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program

Luis Perez

Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Florida) Program

James Rodriguez

Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Program

Allie Brodsky

HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME

Connor Flatley

University of Central Florida/HCA Greater Orlando

Christina Ragnarök

NSU-KPCOM Orlando Psychiatry Residency Program

Jesse Rodriguez

Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Program

Symonne Martin

Baylor College of Medicine Program

Mathew Kunjappy

South Texas Health System GME

Puja Yatham

Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth Program

Nafis Eghrari

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program

Zachary Abdo

HCA TriStar Nashville

Jacob Jarzynski

TriStar Skyline Medical Center

Jacob Austin

University of Kentucky PM&R

Gregory Bello

University of Louisville School of Medicine Program

Cameron Huber

University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program

Jason Ramos

Emory University School of Medicine Program

Wahenoor Singh

Morehouse School of Medicine Psychiatry Residency Program

Sydney Smith

Medical College of Georgia Program

Sumit Saini

MSMERC

Ted Mangassarian

Louisiana State University School of Medicine Program

Midwest

Daniel Pan

Trinity Health Ann Arbor / University of Michigan (PM&R)

Francis Walson

The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program

Milton Tan

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program

Michael Tanchevski

University of Toledo Program

Edith Martinez Lozano

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program

Keierre Richard's

Ohio State University Hospital Program

John MacLean

The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University

Anjali Pathak

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program

Benjamin Lasser

Mary Free Bed Hospital Program

Cole Wesselman

Sparrow Hospital Program

Tony Nigro

Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak) Program

Milap Joshi

Corewell Health East Beaumont (Taylor) Program

Bryan Ko

Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Program

Timothy Bullock II

University of Michigan Health System Program

Katia Tkachenko

University of Michigan Health System Program

Courage Idahor

Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital Program

Debarshi Sinha

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)

Jimmy To

University of Minnesota Program

Sophia Yang

University of Minnesota Program

Cody Richards

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program

Rotem Hass

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program

Sriharsha Ponna

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program

Esther (Hyunah) Jang

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program

Matthew Gabriel

Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Program

Prathima Kandukuri

Rush University Medical Center Program

Mukosolu Ndubisi

Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital & Care Network/University of Chicago

Shivendra Singh

Rush University Medical Center Program

Nirav Patwari

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program

Cirus Shiran

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

Abhinav Komandur

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program

Cole McDonald

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

West + Puerto Rico

Cameron Harris

Valley Health System

Kevin Noorda

HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME/MountainView Program

Troy Clemons

HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME/MountainView Program

Atharv Patwardhan

Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare

Kevin Robinson

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program

Eric T. Nguyen

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Justin Tram

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/Greater Los Angeles

Ramsey Rayes

University of California (Irvine) Program

Petro Zaroukian

OPTI West Program

Sara Kianian

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University (Anesthesia)

Arman Virabov

Eisenhower Medical Center

Aurelio Muzau?ietia

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program

Sai Surya Maddike

University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program

Donghui Park

Saint Agnes Medical Center

Lina Barman

Sutter Health-Memorial Medical Center

Daniel Corbier de Lara

University of Colorado Program (PM&R)

Luigi Gonzales

University of Washington Program

Nelson Ortiz Castillo

VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program

Benny Cortes

University of Puerto Rico Program

Alabama

  • University of Alabama Medical Center Program
    • Loy Strawn, MD
    • Charlotte DeRose, DO

Arkansas

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program
    • Leah Goehring, DO

Arizona

  • HonorHealth Program
    • Shayne Sumida, MD

California

  • HCA Healthcare Riverside Program
    • Artin Vartanian
  • University of California Davis Health Program
    • Zohal Sarwary
    • Dayken Dawson
  • Eisenhower Medical Center
    • Arman Virabov, MD
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored University Program
    • Aurelio Muzaurieta
    • Durga Ghosh
    • Hye-Jin Clark
  • University of California, San Francisco Program (UCSF)
    • Felipe Ocampo
  • Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
    • Brian Khin, DO
    • Petro Zaroukian, MD
  • Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science PM&R Program
    • Eric Nguyen
  • Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program
    • Nikoli Brown
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Program
    • Justin Tram
  • University of California, Irvine Program (UCI)
    • David Ho

Colorado

  • University of Colorado Program (PM&R)
    • Daniel Corbier de Lara

Connecticut

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
    • Harshika Chowdhary
    • Ahmed Basharat
    • William Boyer
    • Dany Khan
    • Mustafa Doduragli
  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine Program
    • Omar Alsheikh

Washington, DC

  • MedStar Health/Georgetown-National Rehabilitation Hospital Program
    • Hannah Akre
    • Kenyada Williams

Florida

  • University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program
    • Ashwin Kulkarni
    • Jeremy Jueng
    • Nareka Trewick
  • Broward Health North
    • David Yusupov, DO
    • Somaye Younesian, MD
  • Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Program
    • Sahil Shah
  • Larkin Community Hospital Program (South Miami Campus)
    • Aagna Patel
    • Bhargavi Madhu, DO
    • Maria Cecilia Guerrero
  • Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood) Program
    • Luis Perez
  • UCF/HCA Lake Monroe
    • Maha Ighanifard
  • University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare (Ocala) Program
    • Jesse Meagher
  • University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare (Pensacola) Program
    • Sarthak Parikh
  • University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare Florida (Sanford)
    • Connor Flatley, DO
  • University of Florida College of Medicine Program
    • Abenezer Amare

Georgia

  • Emory University School of Medicine Program
    • Jason Ramos
  • Medical College of Georgia Program
    • Sydney Smith
  • Morehouse School of Medicine
    • Terrance Jenkins
    • Waheenor Singh

Illinois

  • Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Program
    • Matthew Gabriel
    • Timothy Mason
  • Northwestern/Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
    • Esther Jang
  • Rush University Medical Center Program
    • Anthony Reyes
    • Chandan Saini
    • Roi Medina

Kansas

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine Program
    • Colton Higuera

Kentucky

  • University of Louisville School of Medicine Program
    • Jonathan Palmer, MD
    • Killian Coyne
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program
    • Dalton House
    • Jacob Austin

Louisiana

  • Tulane University Program
    • Anna Francesca Alvarado
    • David Cooper
  • Louisiana State University Health Baton Rouge
    • Carey Ford

Massachusetts

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program
    • Elishama Michel
  • Boston University Medical Center Program
    • Stephanie Amaefuna
  • UMass Chan Medical School Program
    • Nikhil Bhana
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
    • Omar Hamza

Maryland

  • Johns Hopkins University Program
    • Emily Burson
    • Ahmed Khawer
    • Komal Luthra

Michigan

  • McLaren Health Care Corporation Program
    • Jason Comeau
  • University of Michigan Health System Program
    • Caroline Zubieta
    • Michael Reimer
  • Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital Program
    • Hunter Evans
  • Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak) Program
    • Connor Arrasmith
  • Corewell Health East Beaumont (Taylor) Program
    • Jungyoon Jung
  • Mary Free Bed Hospital Program
    • Ben Lasser
  • Sparrow Hospital Program
    • Cole Wesselman
  • Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
    • Daniel Pan

Minnesota

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program
    • Ben Gorma
    • Anthony Kilgore
    • Ted Miclau
  • University of Minnesota Program
    • Jimmy To

Missouri

  • University of Missouri-Columbia Program
    • Alexander Wheat
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program
    • Christopher Hollabaugh
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program
    • Ahmad Hassan
    • Cody Richards
  • Advocate Lutheran General Internal Medicine
    • Neelay Shah

Mississippi

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center Program
    • Rana Adil Farman

North Carolina

  • Carolinas Medical Center Program
    • Daniel De Simon
  • ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina University Program
    • Harrison Jordan

New Jersey

  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program
    • Duo Xiao
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center Program
    • Kamayel Jaludi, DO
  • Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program
    • George Asham
    • Steven Lacombe
  • Inspira Health Network Program
    • Joseph Fares
    • Michael Alen
  • JFK Medical Center Program
    • Christopher Lee
  • Cooper University Hospital
    • Maithri Goud

Nevada

  • HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME/MountainView Program
    • Troy Clemons
    • Kevin Noorda
  • Valley Health System
    • Cameron Harris

New York

  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program
    • Mark Berkowitz
    • Rohan Gogoi
  • University of Rochester Program
    • Soroush Besharat
    • Tanzib Razzaki
    • Maka Pickard
  • NY-Presbyterian Queens Emergency Medicine (Flushing, NY)
    • Edwin Davis
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program
    • Dylan Dembin
    • Brandon Amirian
    • Rebecca Takele
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University Program
    • Alexander Nappi
  • Albany Medical Center Program
    • Michael Downing
  • Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program
    • Andrew Salgado
  • Sophia Antimisiaris
  • Good Samaritan University Hospital/Mercy Hospital Program
    • Thomas Moss
  • Nassau University Medical Center Program
    • Forrest Butensky
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program
    • Bruno Alonso
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program
    • Richard Tran
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program
    • Chun Maung
    • Maanas Chiplunkar
    • Sidharth Shani
  • One Brooklyn Health System/Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Program
    • Michael Sposito
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program
    • Zain Satt, DO
  • Westchester Medical Center Program
    • Michael Moradi
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program
    • Andrew Maza

Ohio

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program
    • Claudia Melissa Mort
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program
    • Edith Martinez Lozano
  • The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program
    • Anthony Anzivino
  • University Hospitals Community Consortium Program
    • Joseph Fuell
  • University of Toledo Program
    • Tyler Freeman

Pennsylvania

  • UPMC Medical Education Program
    • Alex Fazioli
    • Clayton Bunting
    • Joshua Torres
    • Ryan Mortman
    • Samuel Glaisher
  • Jefferson Health Northeast
    • Bijan Roghanchi
  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network/MossRehab Program
    • Chase Bauer
  • Geisinger Health System Program
    • Joseph Paganoni
  • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program
    • Gregor Dudiak
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program
    • Avery Ferreira
  • Temple University Hospital Program
    • Nicholas Averell
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System Program
    • Danielle Vitale
  • Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program
    • Joseph Aklinski

Puerto Rico

  • University of Puerto Rico Program
    • Sofia V. Ojeda Bonilla
  • VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program
    • Nelson Ortiz Castillo, MD

Tennessee

  • Meharry Medical College
    • Efemena Diejomaoh, MD
  • HCA TriStar Nashville
    • Mahfuz Dewan
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
    • Gary Allen, MD

Texas

  • Baylor University Medical Center Program
    • John Spikes II, MS, DO
    • Josiel Garcia, DO, MS
    • Ashkan Khosravi, DO
  • Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth Program
    • Puja Yatham
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
    • Agam Jagota, DO
    • Aila Malik, MBBS
  • University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program
    • Marco Gutierrez
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program
    • Ammar Khan
    • Victoria Noel

Virginia

  • EVMS
    • Damilola Gbadebo
  • University of Virginia Medical Center Program
    • Robert (Bobby) Kelly, MD
    • Victor Aquino, MD
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program
    • Asim Shafique

Washington

  • Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center
    • Kobe Miller
  • University of Washington Program
    • Christine Chilaka
    • Jared Eng, MD
    • Luigi Gonzales, MD

Wisconsin

  • University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program
    • Benjamin Ayres

Arkansas

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program
    • Nam Vo

Colorado

  • University of Colorado Program (PM&R)
    • David Gallacher

Florida

  • Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood) Program
    • Cody Barbari
  • University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program
    • Adryan Perez

Illinois

  • Rush University Medical Center Program
    • Francesco Maoli
  • Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
    • Antonio Mondriguez-Gonzalez

Indiana

  • Parkview Health Program
    • Aatif Basher
    • Muzammil Ali-Khan

Minnesota

  • University of Minnesota Program
    • Luke Walters

Massachusetts

  • Tufts Medical Center Program
    • Victoria Coutin

Maryland

  • Johns Hopkins University Program
    • Alejandra Cardenas Rojas
    • Punthitra Arpornsuksant

Michigan

  • Ascension St John Hospital
    • Sam Merrill
  • McLaren Health Care/Greater Lansing/MSU Program
    • Peter Sorial
  • Western Michigan Homer Stryker School of Medicine
    • Bailey Walbridge

New Jersey

  • Cooper University Hospital
    • Philip Oreoluwa
  • Jefferson Health New Jersey
    • Oluwatomi Alade

New York

  • Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program
    • Eli Dayon
    • Matthew Slitzky
    • Christine Mathew
  • Harlem Hospital (An Affiliate of Columbia University)
    • Gautam Shanmuga Dharmar Balasubramania Pandian
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/West Program
    • Amir Taree
  • Mount Sinai
    • Aaron Burshtein
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program
    • Jun Beom Ku
  • Nuvance Health Program
    • Justin Tai
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program
    • Dylan Banks
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program
    • Alex Zimmerman
    • Hani Abdel-Rahman
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program
    • Anam Purewal
    • Maxim Jestin
  • Westchester Medical Center Program
    • Suriya Lisa

Ohio

  • Ohio State University Hospital Program
    • John Defant
    • Nancy Tian

Pennsylvania

  • Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program
    • Abhinav Arora

Rhode Island

  • Brown University
    • Derek Scott

South Carolina

  • Medical University of South Carolina Program
    • Brenden Drerup

Texas

  • Baylor College of Medicine Program
    • Jay Shah
  • University of Texas at Austin
    • Eric Swanson

Virginia

  • EVMS
    • Kirk Sheplay
  • University of Virginia Medical Center Program
    • Caroline Whitt
    • Mark Pressler

Washington

  • Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center
    • Jack Chien
  • University of Washington Program
    • Levi Bale