2009 Resident Bio's
To help you obtain a feel for the diversity of our residents, below are bio's of current residents in Emergency Medicine at Upstate.
Included information is e-mail address, undergraduate degree, medical school, and hobies/interests for each resident. For faculty bio's, please visit the
faculty biographies page.
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Jeff M. Lapoint, DO
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, California
Undergraduate Degree: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Hobbies & Interests: Jeff's hobbies and interests include surfing, hiking, rock climbing and kayaking. He is very involved in outdoor photography and interested in using digital darkroom techniques to process his work. Recently he has started to explore skeet and sporting clay shooting. He also enjoys travel and culture and has begun to learn both American Sign language and Japanese.
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Thomas K. Weidman, MD
Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
Undergraduate Degree: Siena College, Loudonville, New York
Hobbies & Interests: Tom's interests include spending time with family, friends and his dog. His hobbies include soccer, basketball, weightlifting, tennis, golf and poker
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Ella K. Cameron, MD
Medical School: Saint George's University, Grenada
Graduate Degree: Saint George's University, Grenada
Undergraduate Degree: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Hobbies & Interests: Ella's hobbies and interests include scuba diving, traveling, reading, hiking, camping and mountain biking.
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Jeremy D. Joslin, MD
Medical School: Saint George's University, Grenada
Undergraduate Degree: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Hobbies & Interests: Jeremy's hobbies and interests include high altitude physiology, envenomations, backpacking, peakbagging, judo, gourmet coffee brewing and entrepreneurship.
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Jawad Kassem, MD
Medical School: Saint George's University, Grenada
Graduate Degree: University of Med and Dentistry of NJ, School of Public Health, Newark, New Jersey
Undergraduate Degree: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Hobbies & Interests: Jawad's hobbies and interests include travel (particularly international), backgammon, map collecting, driving, politics, clinical research, military service, online stock research/trading. He is also fluent in Arabic.
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Kiah Marshall, MD
Medical Education:
Howard University College of Medicine,
Washington, DC
Undergraduate Education:
University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Baltimore, Maryland
Interests:
Kiah's interests include swimming and skiing.
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John A. Owens, MD
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas
Undergraduate Degree: Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
Hobbies & Interests: John's hobbies and interests include golf, racquetball, poker, reading (especially science fiction) and video games.
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Kenneth J. Perry, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate Degree: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Hobbies & Interests: Ken's hobbies and interests are basketball, surfing, running, travel, learning Spanish, chess, cards, movies, fiction, volunteer work, cooking and the NFL.
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John S. Rajkumar, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, New York
Undergraduate Degree: SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, New York
Hobbies & Interests: John's hobbies and interests include computers and technology, movies, Christian contemporary music, stamp collecting, visiting new places, bicycling, chess and card games. He is also fluent in Tamil.
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Christopher R. Scianna, DO
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine
Undergraduate Degree: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Hobbies & Interests: Christopher's hobbies and interests include cycling, skiing, kayaking, swimming, hiking, camping, drawing, painting, reading, playing chess and guitar. He is also environmentally conscientious.
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Joshua M. Vistacion, MD
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Undergraduate Degree: Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Hobbies & Interests: Joshua's hobbies and interests include multi-sport endurance athletics, long distance running, mountaineering (climbs in South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica and throughout the United States), international travel, wilderness medicine, photography, fiction and the contrasts of water in the desert.
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Carl Eben Barus, MD
Medical Education: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
Undergraduate Education: Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Interests:
Eben's (his preferred name) hobbies and interests include foreign travel, camping, hiking, mountain biking, stitch and glue boat construction, metal fabrication, carpentry and fine woodworking (furniture).
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Elizabeth Buckalew Crowell, DO
Medical Education:
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine,
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Undergraduate Education:
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
Interests:
Elizabeth recently married and will be changing her last name to Crowell. She enjoys hiking, backpacking, fishing, running, playing soccer and also likes to sew.
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Kevin Crowley, MD
Medical Education:
Albany Medical College,
Albany, New York
Graduate Education:
Graduate College of Union University,
Schenectady, New York
Undergraduate Education:
Union College,
Schenectady, New York
Interests:
Kevin's hobbies and interests include politics, history, music and writing.
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Duane M. Eisaman, MD
Medical Education:
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,
Pennsylvania State University,
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Graduate Education:
Penn State College of Medicine,
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Education:
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Interests:
Duane's hobbies and interests include running marathons, cooking and baking.
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Risa L. Farber, DO
Medical Education:
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Graduate Education:
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Education:
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York
Interests:
Risa's hobbies and interests include hiking, kayaking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, jogging, swimming, crafts, home improvement and cooking.
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Landon A. Jones, MD
Medical Education:
University of Kentucky College of Medicine,
Lexington, Kentucky
Undergraduate Education:
Centre College,
Danville, Kentucky
Interests:
Landon enjoys reading Robert Ludlum and Harry Potter books, Cubs baseball, good coffee and playing every imaginable sport under the sun.
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Brian Kloss, DO
Medical Education:
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ School of Osteopathic Medicine,
Stratford, New Jersey
Graduate Education:
University at Buffalo School of Law,
Buffalo, New York
Undergraduate Education:
Gannon University,
Erie, Pennsylvania
County College of Morris,
Randolph, New Jersey
Interests:
Brian enjoys leisure reading, hiking, camping, fishing, traveling, visiting aquariums and zoological parks. He also has an extensive collection of movies and enjoys renting films from NETFlix.
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Chad R. Stadheim, DO
Medical Education:
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Midwestern University,
Glendale, Arizona
Undergraduate Education:
University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona
Interests:
Chad enjoys spending quality time with his wife and nine month old daughter. His hobbies and interests include hiking, golf, running, exercising, watching movies and listening to music.
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Ross W. Sullivan, MD
Medical Education:
SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine,
Syracuse, New York
Undergraduate Education:
College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Interests:
Ross's hobbies and interests include saxophone, hiking, camping, white water rafting and athletics.
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Harry J. Wallus, DO
Medical Education:
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Biddeford, Maine
Graduate Education:
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Biddeford, Maine
Undergraduate Education:
College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Interests:
Harry's hobbies and interests include fresh and salt water fishing, running, hiking, theoretical physics, cosmology, sci-fi books and movies.
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Syed S. Ahmad, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate Degree: New York University, New York City, NY
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Charles I. Beaudette, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Graduate Degree: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Undergraduate Degree: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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Ginger D. Cotter, MD
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School, N. Chicago, IL
Graduate Degree: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Undergraduate Degree: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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Mandeep K. Dhaliwal, MD
Medical School: Saint George's University, Grenada
Undergraduate Degree: University of California, Riverside, CA
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Jerry R. Emmons, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate Degree: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Nicole M. Gero, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Graduate Degree: LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate Degree: Elmira College, Elmira, NY
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M. Shane Jennings, MD
Medical School: American University of The Caribbean, Netherlands Antilles
Graduate Degree: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Undergraduate Degree: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
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Long V. Nguyen, MD
Medical School: Ross University, Dominica
Undergraduate Degree: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Andrew R. Poreda, MD
Medical School: SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Undergraduate Degree: SUNY at Buffalo, Amherst, NY
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Amit Rahman, MD
Medical School: John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate Degree: John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Kelsey M. Stack, DO
Medical School: NY College of Osteopathic Medicine of NY Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
Undergraduate Degree: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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