Meet Our Radiology Residents

PGY-5

Vaibhav Gulati, MD

Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Observership in Cardiothoracic Radiology at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Junior Resident, Radiology at Dr. Gulati Imaging Institute (National Heart Institute, New Delhi).
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, musculoskeletal imaging and radiomics
Hobbies and Interests: Playing golf, creating digital art, watching Formula 1 racing, honing my coffee brewing skills and gaming.

Fikadu Worede, MD

Medical School: Addis Ababa University School of Medicine and College of Health Sciences
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Professional experience prior to entering residency: General practitioner, academic faculty and clinical radiology research at CHOP
Research Interests: Innovative interventional radiology procedures
Hobbies and Interests: Journey into the unknown and being outside.

PGY-4

Abiel Habtezghi, MD

Medical School: Orotta School of Medicine and Dentistry
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Birthplace: Addis Ababa
Professional experience prior to entering residency: physician, and Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic Neurointerventional Lab.
Research Interest: Radiology Education and Neuroradiology.
Hobbies & Interests: playing chess and going to the gym.

Donna Parizadeh, MD

Medical School: MD-MPH at Shahid Beheshti Medical School, Tehran, Iran
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA
Birthplace: Mashhad, Iran
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Radiology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Research Interest: Advanced neuroimaging techniques, CSF leak disorders, diagnostic excellence, Women's health, Public Health
Hobbies & Interests: Amateur astronomy, painting, hiking

Gabriel Virador, MD

Medical School: Universidad de Navarra
Internship: MedStart Baltimore
Birthplace: Maryland
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Research Trainee at Mayo Clinic, Florida
Research Interest: Neuroradiology, imaging of neurodegenerative diseases.
Hobbies and Interests: Gaming, working out, traveling.

PGY-3

Philipp Kocher, MD

Medical School: Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Transitional Year
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Professional experience prior to entering residency: UCSD Breast Imaging Department research assistant
Research Interest: Breast imaging
Hobbies and Interests: Tennis, golf, skiing, watching any sport, movies/tv, trying new restaurants, travelling, working out.

Bhavsimran Singh Malhi, MD

Medical School: Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Internship: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Birthplace: Bathinda, India
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Two years of research fellowship at UC San Diego
Research Interest: Quantitative MRI in MSK and neurodegenerative disorders
Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, urban walks, video games, beach sports and learning new skills.

Atefe Pooyan, MD

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Birthplace: Sirjan, Iran
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Postdoctoral researcher at the musculoskeletal radiology lab at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Research Interest: Deep learning in radiology, osteoarthritis radiology, radiomics
Hobbies and Interests: Reading, hanging out with friends, movies, biking, paddle boarding.

PGY-2

Nima Ameli, MD

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Internship: Saint Agnes Medical Center Transitional Year, California
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Primary care physician in Iran, Two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California, with clinical radiology research experience in neuroradiology, emergency radiology, and imaging-based prediction models.
Research Interests: Neuroradiology, trauma and vascular imaging, Artificial intelligence/machine learning applications in radiology.
Hobbies and Interests: Traveling and exploring cities through food and coffee, cooking, movies, swimming, hiking, playing guitar with more enthusiasm than skill and a lifelong soccer fan who still enjoys chasing the ball whenever possible.

Estaban Velasquez-Restrepo

Medical School: Universidad CES
Internship: NYC Health + Hospitals / Lincoln Medical Center
Birthplace: Medellin, Colombia
Professional experience prior to entering residency: General practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology Observerships at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and Boston’s University Boston Medical Center
Research Interest: Pediatric, neuro and interventional radiology
Hobbies & Interests: Rookie Cyclist, scuba diving, gardening, reading novels, hiking and independent cinema. 

Mahdie Hosseini, MD

Medical School: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Internship: Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest: Image processing, artificial intelligence in radiology, and MR imaging
Hobbies & Interests: Spending time with family and friends, watching movies and series, drawing/painting, and playing tennis

Santiago Martinez-Correa, MD

Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Birthplace: Cúcuta, Colombia
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Radiology research scholar, Section of Neonatal Imaging, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Interest: Advanced imaging techniques for vascular and non-vascular neurological conditions in pediatric patients
Hobbies and Interests: Tennis and other racquet sports, gaming, working out, hiking, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends

Usama Anwar, MD

Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Birthplace: Pakistan
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Research Fellow in Pediatric Interventional Radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. My work has involved vascular anomalies, pediatric bone lesions, image-guided interventions, and post-transplant vascular procedures. 
Research Interests: Interventional radiology, vascular anomalies, image-guided minimally invasive procedures, pediatric oncology interventions, vascular disease, and outcomes-based clinical research. 
Hobbies and Interests: I love video gaming (Call of Duty, Forza, Super smash Bros, Ghost of Tsushima, Legend of Zelda), driving, cricket, pickle ball, soccer, tennis, skiing, cooking, singing, playing and learning new musical instruments.