Six Family Practice Physicians Graduate From Residency Program

7/20/2015

Six physicians recently graduated from the family medicine residency program at Wilkes-Barre Academic Medicine, an affiliate of Commonwealth Health.

The new graduates are: Kwaku Boakye, M.D.; Yaroslav Dvorskyy, M.D.; Shaista Hussain, M.D.; Neha Janakiraman, M.D.; Kalyanchakravarthia Mallela, M.D.; and Ahamed Shamsedeen, M.D. Shamsedeen has accepted a position at InterMountain Medical Group and Janakiraman has accepted a hospitalist position at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Attending the graduation ceremony are, front row, from left: Hussain; Dr. Richard English, residency program director; and Janakiraman. Second row: Boakye; Dr. Deborah Spring, faculty member; and Dvorskyy. Third row: Mallela, Dr. Christina Raguckas, faculty member; and Shamsedeen. Last row: Larry Megotz, faculty; Dr. Linda Thomas, president and CEO of The Wright Center; and Dr. William Dempsey, faculty.