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