Our Team

Leadership & Administration

RGHG Directors

Our Physicians

  

Leadership & Administration

Walter A. Polashenski Jr., MD
Associate Chief of Medicine, Head of General Medicine Unit

Dr. Walter Polashenski

Position: Associate Chief of Medicine;  Associate Program Director, Rochester General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program

Faculty Appointment
: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School
: University of Rochester

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Primary Care Program

Fellowship
: Chief Resident, University of Rochester Primary Care Program

Special Interest
: Evidence-based Medicine, Medical Education

Other: Rochester General Hospital Council Member

Balazs Zsenits, MD, FHM, FACP
Director of Hospital Medicine

Dr. Balazs Zsenits

Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester; Key Clinical Faculty at Rochester General Hospital Internal
Medicine Residency Program

Medical School
: Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital

Fellowship: On experience-based path for Palliative Care Certification

Special Interest
: Information Technology, Healthcare Delivery, Invasive Procedures, Palliative Care

Other
: Rochester General Hospital Council Member, Utilization Management Committee Member

Kelly Murray-Polcyn, RPA-C
Lead Physician Assistant 

Kelly Murray-Polcyn, RPA-C

PA School: Rochester Institute of Technology

Commitees: Governance Board

Interests: Medical Education for PA Students

Katura Gardner, RHIT, CCS-P
Program Manager

Katura Gardner, RHIT, CCS-P

Education: Associates in Health Information, Monroe Community College

RGHG Directors

 Pamela Polashenski, MD, MPH
Director of Clinical Quality

Dr. Pamela Polashenski

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Faculty Appointment
: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School
: University of Rochester

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital

Fellowship
: Chief Resident, Rochester General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program

Special Interest:
Quality Improvement, Inpatient Diabetes Management

Other
: Rochester General Hospital Auxiliary Services Council Member Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Member
 

 Carl "Chris" Reynolds, MD, FACP
Director of Patient and Customer Relations

Dr. Chris Reynolds

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Faculty Appointment: Clinical Senior Instructor, University of Rochester

Medical School: State University of New York at Buffalo

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo

Fellowship: On experience-based path for Palliative Care Certification

Special Interest
: Ethics, Palliative Care / Hospice Procedures

Other:
Rochester Native (raised in Penfield), Backpacking, Sailing, Rochester General Hospital Inpatient Council Member, Governance Board Member

 Mohammad Shaheed, MD
Director of Efficiency of Clinical Care

Dr. Mohammed Shaheed

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School
: Kabul Medical University

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Lincoln Hospital (Weil Medical College at Cornell University

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Our Physicians

Rutvic Amin, MD

Dr. Rutvic Amin 

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School: Universidad Technologica de Santiago

Residency / Internship: Family Medicine, The Brooklyn  Hospital           

 Vijay Aluri, MD

MedicalSchool: JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

 

ResidencyUniversity of Missouri, Kansas City

 

Special Interests: Joint diseases, Autoimmune conditions, Table tennis, Tennis, Chess, Guitar and Travel

 

Raymond Bejerano, MD

Dr. Raymond Bejerano

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Christina Kosta Cashimere, MD

Dr. Christina Kosta Cashimere

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Faculty Appointment: Clinical Sr Instructor Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School: University of Rochester

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital

Other
: Business team leader

Nelson Chan-hung, MD

Dr. Nelson Chan-hung

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School: University of Carabobo

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center

Special Interest: Infectious Disease

 Apeksha Desai, MD

Dr. Desai

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

MedicalSchoolUniversity of Mumbai, India

ResidencyRochester General Hospital

 

Special Interests:  Healthcare Reform, Running, Quality Improvement, Reading

Bishoy Faltas, MD

Dr. Bishoy Faltas

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School: Assiut University, Egypt

Residency/Internship
: Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital

Special Interest
: Hematology. Oncology, Thrombosis and Anticoagulation

Ahmet Guler, MD

Dr. Guler

MedicalSchoolNew York College of Medicine
 

ResidencyUniversity of Connecticut


Special Interests: Heart diseases, Soccer, Palliative Care, Patient Satisfaction, Information Technology

Angali Gupta, MD

Dr. Angali Gupta

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

MedicalSchoolDelhi University, India

ResidencyRochester General Hospital

 

Special Interests: Kidney diseases, Music

 

Farhan Imran, MD

Dr. Farhan Imran

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

MedicalSchoolKhyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan

ResidencyRochester General Hospital

 

Special Interests:  Blood diseases, Cancer, Hospital Medicine

 

Muhommad Imtiaz, MD

Dr. Muhommad Imtiaz

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School:  Allama Iqbal Medical College

 

ResidencyMontefiore Medical Center

 

Special Interests:  Intestinal and Liver diseases, Skiing, Swimming

 

Nagesh Jadhav, MD

Dr. Jadhav

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

MedicalSchoolGovernment Medical College, Aurangabad India

ResidencyColumbia University of physicians and Surgeons St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center

 

Special Interests: Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, Sepsis

 

Anil Job, MD

Dr. Anil Job
Position
: Hospitalist, Attending Physician

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital

Fellowship: Chief Resident, New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Special Interest: Medical Education

Other: Governance Board Member  

 Kalyana Kanaparthy, MD

Dr. Kalyana Kanaparthy

Position: Hospitalist, Attending Physician

Medical School: Guntur Medical College, India

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital

Special Interest: Infectious Disease   

Georgi Kovachev, MD

Dr. Georgi Kovachev

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School:  Trakia University, Bulgaria


Residency:  Rochester General Hospital


Special Interests: Kidney diseases, Traveling, Formula 1 Racing

Fatima Masrur, MD

Dr. Masrur

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Ragai Meena, MD

Dr. Ragai Meena

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Faculty Appointment:
Clinical Senior Instructor, University of Rochester

Medical School
: Ain Shams University, Egypt

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, St Agnes Hospital

Fellowship
: Associate Chief Resident, St Agnes Hospital

Special Interest: Cardiology, Medical Informatics, Medical Education

Wan Park, MD

Dr. Wan Park

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School
: University of Buenos Aires

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center / Illinois Masonic Medical Center

 Mohammad Safdar, MD

Dr. Safdar

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan
 

ResidencyRochester General Hospital

 

Special Interests: Pulmonary/Critical Care, Public Health, Traveling

 

 Waseem Sajjad, MD

Dr. Waseem Sajjad

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School
: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, Cornell University

Special Interest
: Heart Failure

Mysore Seetharaman, MD, FACP

Dr. Mysore Seetharaman

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician; Associate Program Director, Rochester General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program

Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School: Government Medical College, Mysore, India

Residency / Internship: Internal Medicine, Coney Island Hospital

Fellowship: Chief Resident, Coney Island Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program

Special Interest: Pulmonary Medicine

Other: Rochester General Hospital Multidisciplinary Committee Member

Sanin Syed, MD

Dr. Syed

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School: Saba University

Residency:  Rochester General Hospital


Special Interests: Endocrinology, Women’s Health

 Amer Zeidan, MD

Dr. Amer Zeidan

Position: Hospitalist Attending Physician

Medical School
: University of Jordan

Residency / Internship
: Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital

Special Interest
: Hematology, Oncology

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