Intern Welcome
The intern meet-and-greet BBQ occurs in June and is part of the orientation week. This event provides a friendly atmosphere to welcome our new interns. Full of food, fun and laughter, the Intern Welcome is a nice way to introduce the interns to faculty and senior residents.
Class of 2024 interns captured at the Welcome BBQ hosted by former Chief of Medicine Dr. Gottdiener.
Drs. Barnes and Shin welcoming some of the interns at the 2023 Welcome BBQ.
Our incoming interns taking time off from orientation activities to hang out at Blue Moon.
Full tummies and smiles!
Our welcome BBQ is also a farewell to our graduating PGY3s.
Our annual scavenger hunt is on the way.
Food trucks and fun galore at our intern meet-and-greet.
We take birthdays seriously! Even during orientation week.
Intern orientation hangouts are a traditional bonding event.
Intern orientation hangouts are a traditional bonding event.
Resident Wellness Activities
Our program includes a dedicated wellness committee that organizes a variety of events throughout the year to help our residents to achieve work-life balance despite the inherent stressors of physician training. These events include dinner outings, outdoor events, and other physical activities. Our residents have seen a boost in productivity as well as a strong team spirit by finding time for these activities.
Hiking trips are a hit amongst the residents.
Commensality groups organize fun activities outside the hospital to connect and unwind.
Our highly anticipated field day has games galore for the entire family.
Our faculty walks/run for charity.
Englewood FC! Our podiatry residents also join in on the fun.
Fierce table tennis matches in progress.
Celebrating milestones is a big part of our EH tradition.
Our residents are truly a FAMILY.
Our wellness committee takes birthdays seriously!
Summer picnic at Overpeck Park.
Happy Eid! The diversity of our program is truly unique.
Englewood Carnival
Wellness Fridays in the Gardens
Winter Snow Tubing
Annual Hackensack Meridian Resident Cruise
Winter Wonderland
Christmas Pixie Gift Exchange
Sunday Brunch is a staple.
Chief Residents Dinner with Faculty.
Farewell Dinner for our PGY1 Preliminary Residents.
Resident Retreat
Each spring, our rising PGY2 and PGY3 residents gather for our resident retreats. With faculty guidance, residents develop tools to become successful seniors with focus on leadership, management and efficient workflow. Through group discussions and team building activities, residents work on dealing with stress, teaching skills, organization, and ways to maximize educational opportunities.
Rising PGY3s sharing reflections on their PGY2 year.
Rising PGY3s with Drs. Rastogi, Patel, Foster and Barnes.
Ready for the challenges that senior year will bring.
Taking a break from team building activities for a selfie.
Our retreats are followed by a highly anticipated social event. This year the rising PGY2s went bowling.
Social event on the pier after a day filled with activities.
Rising seniors with core faculty and our PGY4 Chief Resident.
Rising PGY2s share a moment with Drs. Barnes and Patel.
Holiday Party
In December of each year, the Department of Medicine hosts a holiday party. This event is open to program residents, faculty, and staff members and their families. The event serves as an opportunity for all to share in the spirit of the season.
Senior residents share lens at the Holiday Party at El Tango Restaurant.
Junior residents are all smiles at the Christmas Holiday Party.
Scholarly Activity
Our residents showcase their scholarly work at numerous regional and national conferences annually. These include numerous peer reviewed journal articles/abstracts (publications), posters, book chapter reviews and oral presentations. All residents complete some type of scholarly project, but the extent, topic and type of project is individualized based on their career goals.
Our residents representing at SHM Converge in Austin, Texas.
TJ presenting his novel case of Anthracosis at SGIM in Aurora, Colorado.
Devon presenting his poster at the Midwest Clinical and Translational Research Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
Alana delivers her oral presentation at Critical Care Congress in California.
Veronica delivers her rapid-fire presentation at CHEST in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ross presents his PGY2 Group Quality Improvement Project at SHM.
Englewood Hospital offers our residents with exposure to diverse pathologies as seen in this case presented by Danielle at SHM.
Zachary delivers his winning oral presentation at CHEST.
Enrique presents his poster at ACC in New Orleans.
Kemar with his winning poster at North NJ Chapter SHM Abstract Competition.
Aparna delivers her oral presentation at SGIM.
Our residents are involved in numerous QI projects at North Hudson Community Action Corporation – home to our outpatient clinic.
Scholarship for conferences is a distinguishing feature of our program.
Conferences afford our current residents an opportunity to connect with Alumni.
Conferences are a great way to network with fellows and core faculty members.
Our incoming chief residents attend APDIM Chief Conference annually.
Work Highlights
Our program boosts a rigorous didactic curriculum and procedural skills training sessions. Whether on the floors or in the ICU or Clinic, our residents are always actively engaged with diverse learning opportunities.
Traditional welcome white coat picture (Class of 2024).
Traditional welcome white coat picture (Class of 2026).
Hands-on skills training in the ICU
Arterial and Central Line Training in the ICU
Data Interpretation on Rounds
'Running the List' after rounds
Catching up in the Residents Lounge
EKG Rounds
Specialty led Noon Conference
'Chalk Talk' is one of the popular methods used for resident ran report.
It isn’t noon conference without Food!
Members of our NJ Challenge Bowl
Community Outreach: Diabetes Management
Coffee Rounds with ICU Attending
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Workshop
Gamification comes alive at Morning Report
Professional Development Workshop
Ambulatory Case Conference
Community Outreach: Heart Health
Noon Conference
Graduation
Each year, a reception is held in recognition of graduating seniors. At this celebration, graduating residents and preliminary interns are recognized for their exemplary conduct and accomplishments.
Highlights from Graduation 2023 held at Hilton Double Tree, Fort Lee NJ.
Michael Basir, Hospice & Palliative Care Fellow – University of Miami, Florida.
Syed Afzal, Nephrology Fellow – Baylor College of Medicine, Texas.
Abdullah Ahmad, Cardiovascular Disease Fellow – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, New Jersey.
Sharmela Brijmohan, Endocrinology Fellow – Westchester Medical Center, New York.
Anna-Belle Robertson, Primary Care – Atrium Health Floyd, Georgia.
Jalisa Carvalho (left), Hospice & Palliative Care Fellow – University of Miami, Florida, shares a moment with Dr. Tanganyika Barnes (PD).
Janeen Grant-Sittol (center), Critical Care Fellow – Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, with Drs. Barnes and Rastogi.
Ross Lavine, PGY4 Chief Resident – Englewood Hospital, New Jersey.
Lena Makartian (right), Primary Care – Summit Health, New Jersey, with Dr. Barnes.
Zachary Banbury (right), Hospitalist – Englewood Hospital, collects the award for ‘Best in Hospital Medicine’ from Dr. Lisung.
Ahmad Alqam is all smiles as he joins the University of New Mexico, New Mexico, as a Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellow.
Jodi-Ann Smith, Hospitalist – NH Catholic Medical Center, New Hampshire.
Sharde McLeish (right) – Addiction Medicine Fellow – Yale University, Connecticut.
Jason Lofters, Hematology/Oncology Fellow – Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts.
Our outgoing Chief Residents Sharde, Jodi-Ann, Janeen, Jalisa and Ross receive their awards for their stellar service and contribution.