PGY-2
Dr. Erin Rowe grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in General Liberal Arts from St. John’s College and a second Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from Yale University. She completed a one-year sojourn at the University of Tennessee Medical Center for a transitional internship. She also spent a year grossing surgical specimens and doing autopsies as a post-doc pathology fellow at the University of Connecticut.
In her spare time, she writes fiction and fights entropy in her eight flowerbeds. Her favorite activity is any time spent with Josiah, her husband of sixteen years, and their beloved dog and cat, Dodie and Charlie.
Erin finds the strengths of her residency program to be UCHC’s blend of experienced and highly knowledgeable older faculty and younger more specialized faculty. She also sees the dual training sites of smaller, academic-focused JDH and larger, diverse, high-volume SFH as a particular strength.
Dr. Shapour Bahadori grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. He studied Biology at North Carolina State University and went on to complete the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Campbell University. He completed his intern year in Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, NY, after finishing medical school at Ross University School of Medicine.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies, lifting weights, playing soccer, and eating out at new restaurants.
Shapour finds the strengths of his residency program to be the one-on-one instruction by an attending physician during the first year and the rapport between the house staff. The attending physicians are easily accessible and eager to take time to teach the residents. The education is tailored to meet the specific needs of each resident.
PGY-3
Dr. Rafael Pacheco grew up in New York, New York. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Maryland. He completed his medical school and intern year in Internal Medicine at the University of Connecticut.
In his spare time, he enjoys fixing cars and tinkering around the house.
Rafael finds the strengths of his residency the approachability of the attendings and the collegial atmosphere.
Dr. Erik Bee is a local from New Britain, Connecticut. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Trinity College. He completed his intern year in Internal Medicine at Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University, after finishing medical school at the University of Connecticut.
In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, the outdoors and traveling Connecticut.
Dr. Bee finds the strengths of his residency to be its one on one teaching model and exposure to both university and private practice settings.
PGY-4
Dr. Omar Barakat grew up in Barrington Hills, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago. He completed his intern year in Internal Medicine at University of Connecticut Health Center, after finishing Magna Cum Laude at St. Georges University School of Medicine.
In his spare time, he enjoys RC airplane flying, reading, traveling, playing basketball and watching sports.
Omar finds the strengths of his program in the unique 1:1 faculty work environment, commitment to education and hybrid university/private practice experience.
Dr. Michael Abramov grew up in Queens, New York. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Hunter College, City University of New York. He completed his intern year in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, after finishing medical school at Ross University School of Medicine.
In his spare time, he enjoys reading, attending live shows, biking, swimming, table tennis and going to the batting cages.
Michael finds the strengths of his residency to be a small program that provides great amount of one-on-one interaction with attending; a combination of academic/university teaching and private practice exposure; historically excellent post-graduate and fellowship placement.
PGY-5
Dr. Christine Kim grew up in Orange, Connecticut. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of Chicago. She completed her medical school and intern year in Internal Medicine at the University of Connecticut.
In her spare time, she enjoys going to rock concerts, especially Coachella.
Christine finds the strengths of her residency to be the exposure to a large urban health center at St. Francis hospital.
Dr. Jodi Hiland grew up in Woodland, Maine. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of New England. She was a member of Psi Sigma Alpha during medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a transitional rotating internship at the University of Connecticut.
In her spare time, she enjoys running, spending time with her husband and son, shopping, watching college football and cheering for the Green Bay Packers.
Jodi finds the strengths of her residency to be the varied learning experiences, exposure to procedures from year one, and multi-site training with different faculty and multiple PACs systems.
Fellowships achieved by past residents:
2010 – 2011
Interventional Radiology at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Body Imaging at Yale University, New Haven, CT
2009 – 2010
Breast and Body Imaging at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
2008 – 2009
Cross Sectional Imaging at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Musculoskeletal Imaging at Northshore University Health System, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Evanston, IL |
