Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and RWJBarnabas Health are pleased to announce the 2022 Rutgers Rising Star scholars.
Honorees are recognized for their academic achievement, excellence in discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship, and commitment to our community. Rising Star scholars must be a student of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School or Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Awardees who match into a Rutgers Health-sponsored residency or fellowship will receive $20,000 annually at the completion of their first year, and up to nine years after for each year they remain employed by Rutgers or RWJBarnabas Health.
The 2022 honorees are:
Salma Ahsanuddin
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Otolaryngology
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, NY
Alejandra Bolanos-Delgado
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Family Medicine
Residency: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Katherine Briski
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Pediatrics
Residency: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Joshua B. Cadwell
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Vanessa K. Cedarbaum
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Pediatrics
Residency: Yale, CT
Angelika Drozd
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: New Jersey Medical School
Adam Fano
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University, PA
Mishel E. Figueroa
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency: Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, NJ
Sean Z. Haimowitz
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Otolaryngology
Residency: New Jersey Medical School
Kunj Jain
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Urology
Residency: New Jersey Medical School
Allison S. Liang
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Neurosurgery
Residency: University of Utah
Alex F. Lin
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
Residency: New York-Presbyterian
Shane S. Neibart
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Chaden Noureddine
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Psychiatry
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Kristin R. Riddle
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Residency: New Jersey Medical School
Marlena Sabatino
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Surgery
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Yash S. Shah
New Jersey Medical School
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Residency: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Sally Tarabey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency: Boston University, MA
Amr M. Tawfik
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Residency: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, NY
Seiichi Villalona
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania