First-Year Fellows

Anwar Alshaakh Moh’d Mari, MD
Education: Hashemite University Faculty of Medicine – Jordan
Residency: HCA Florida Osceola Hospital/University of Central Florida – Kissimmee, FL
Field of interest: General Endocrinology
Hobbies: & Interests: Spending time with family and friends, traveling, & cooking

Nicole Torres Rivera, MD
Education: University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Residency: Florida State University College of Medicine at
Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Sarasota, FL
Field of interest: Diabetes and diabetes technology
Hobbies & Interests: Relaxing by the pool, trying new places to eat, reading, pickleball and spending time with family
sECOND-Year Fellows

Omar Syed, MD
Education: Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan
Residency: The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA
Field of interest: General Endocrinology with focus on diabetes and thyroid disease
Hobbies & Interests: hiking, sports, geopolitics, and philosophy

Alexander Barsegian, MD
Education: Crimea State Medical University, Ukraine
Residency: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Field of interest: Diabetes and Diabetes technology
Hobbies & Interests: Traveling (40 countries visited, planning to visit 194 countries), swimming, cycling
Fellowship Graduates
Class 2025
Suleiman Al Ashi, MD
Omar Faour, MD
Class 2024
Carlos Botero Suarez, MD
Dieula John, MD
Class 2023
Dominique Broutin, MD
Moises Matos, MD
Class 2022
Hilda Merino-Chavez, MD, MS
Gabriela Zuniga, MD
Class 2021
Heidi Peynado De Pena, MD, CCD
Ahsan Farooq, MD, CCD
Class 2020
Mustafa Kinaan, MD
Arelys Ramos-Rivera, MD
Class 2019
Dionardo Medina Encarnacion, MD
Daise Vieira, MD