On Friday, June 13th, family, friends and Riverside administration and staff celebrated 6 resident graduates and 3 fellow graduates who will complete their training on June 30, 2025. We want to congratulate the following:

• Internal Medicine (IM) Resident graduates: Trisha Andrews, MBBS; Vijay Kata, MD; Suchitra Muralidharan, MBBS; Brett Ploussard, DO; and Mathew Thomas, MBBS
• Psychiatry (Psy) Resident graduate: Chase Hiller, MD
• Gastroenterology (GI) Fellow: Paul Kozak, DO
• Cardiology (CD) Fellow: Andrew Mariano, DO
• Interventional Cardiology (ICD) Fellow: Jordan Luli, DO

During the graduation ceremony, the program recognized 2 residents who stand out amongst their peers in their compassion and commitment to patient care, being a leader and team player, and who are committed to the enrichment of self and others. This year the awards went to:
• Trisha Andrews, MBBS (IM)
• Chase Hiller, MD (Psy)

The residents and fellows also had a chance to acknowledged various faculty members who have demonstrated their excellence as educators and role models to the program. Congratulations to the following faculty members:
• IM = Dr. Tayon & Dr. Chatrath
• Psy = Dr. Iyi-Ojo & Dr. Pise
• GI = Dr. Sasso
• CD = Dr. Liu & Dr. Haryani
• ICD = Dr. V. Patel

Riverside’s Graduate Medical Education celebrated nine doctors in training at their 10th annual Residency and Fellowship Graduation Program on Friday, June 9th. Pictured are 5 Internal Medicine Residents (Stephen Tulley, DO, Ahmed Ismail, DO, Alketa Zyka, DO, Matthew Sutherland, DO, and Dhruv Joshi, DO), 1 Gastroenterology Fellow, (Nistha Rawal, DO), 1 Cardiology Fellow (Uday Patel, DO) and 1 Interventional Cardiology Fellow (Navdeep Tandon, MD). We also recognized Martin Tehan, DO, who has completed three years as a psychiatry resident and will fast-track to a Child Psychiatry Fellowship. All graduates were gifted a personalized bobblehead! We wish them the best in their future endeavors as a doctor!