Meet Our Radiology Residents

PGY-5

Ahmed Moawad, MD

Medical School: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Completed 2 years of radiology residency training in Cairo University before joining MD Anderson Cancer Center as a research fellow
Research Interests: Radiomics, automated segmentation, deep learning
Hobbies and Interests: Python coding (a bit of computer geek) and spending time outdoors (anywhere from hiking trails to kayaking trips)

Basem Jaber, MD

Medical School: Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Hama, Syria
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Research fellowship in the interventional radiology department at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
Research Interests: Cancer imaging, body MRI
Hobbies and Interests: Traveling, hiking, cooking, watching Formula 1 racing, and listening to different types of music (from Chopin and Fayrouz to Linkin Park and Metallica!)

Mahmoud Shalaby, MD

Medical School: Alexandria School of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Research fellowship at Tulane University, La.
Research Interests: Body and breast imaging and neuroradiology
Hobbies and Interests: Fishing, soccer, spending time with my family. I’m a big fan of the Alahly team from Egypt.

PGY-4

Nikiforos Vasiniotis Kamarinos, MD

Medical School: University of Crete
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Greece
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Telecom helpdesk, primary care
Research Interests: Diagnostic radiology, procedures
Hobbies and Interests: Sailing

Rajshree Singh, MD

Medical School: Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences- College of Medicine, Nepal 
Internship: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Transitional Year
Birthplace: Kathmandu, Nepal
Professional experience prior to entering residency: Research Assistant at University of Pennsylvania, training rural midwives and nurses in newborn and maternal care in Nepal
Research Interests: Body imaging, neuroradiology and radiomics
Hobbies and Interests: Trekking in the Himalayas, playing bass, live music, trying new recipes and promoting #FOAMed through social media

PGY-3

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-2

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.