Our Residents
The residents at Mount Sinai Beth Israel give the program its unique character and feeling. Our housestaff is a truly representational group, hailing from some of the best medical schools with the United States and around the world. The Internal Medicine Residency Program is designed to foster a team approach to patient care and learning. An essential component of that is creating an environment of friendship, camaraderie and well-being among residents and between residents and faculty.
Chief Residents
The Chief Medical Residents are a major force in our residency training program. In addition to scheduling conferences and speakers at grand rounds, they are an invaluable resource for teaching, conducting rounds, disseminating medical literature and overseeing administrative and educational aspects of the program. Through the initiatives of the Chief Medical Residents, new program improvements are proposed and accomplished.
The 2022-2023 Chief Residents are:
Minira Aslanova, DO
I am originally from Brooklyn, New York and decided to stay in the “Big Apple” to attend Fordham University, where I majored in Natural Sciences. Before attending medical school, I worked as an Organic Chemistry and Physics Teaching Assistant and spent my days in an Organic Chemistry Lab where I first developed my interest in cancer pharmacology. Furthermore, I worked as a manager at a Women’s Imaging Center, where I was first introduced to the world of breast and gynecologic cancers. It was here that my love for medicine grew, and I decided to pursue a career in Hematology and Oncology. My love for NYC followed me to medical school when I continued my education at NYIT-COM on Long Island, NY.
During the interview season, I was instantly drawn to Mount Sinai Beth Israel for its welcoming environment, wonderful residents and one of a kind faculty, and I knew that it was the best residency program for me.
In my free time, I enjoy cooking, eating all you can eat sushi, watching every season of Peaky Blinders on repeat, traveling, spending time with my friends and family, and Face-Timing with my dog-Enzo (proudly named after “Enzo the Baker” from The Godfather). After completion of my Chief Resident Year, I hope to pursue a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology.
William Loughney, MD
I am from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Born, raised, college, medical school - all in Scranton. Residency here at MSBI has been my first time away from home and I have absolutely loved it, pandemic notwithstanding. I completed my undergraduate degree in Biology and the Honor’s Program curriculum at a small liberal arts college, Marywood University. I attended Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM), a relatively new medical school that opened in my community, whose purpose was to meet the ever-growing healthcare needs of the area. At GCSOM I had exposure to all areas of medicine and the wonderful faculty there really helped me figure out that Internal Medicine fit my interests the best.
For residency I knew that I wanted to find a program geographically close to home that afforded a well-balanced education of outpatient/inpatient experiences, offered exposure to the subspecialties, and had a reputation for camaraderie among its residents and faculty. MSBI met these criteria and more. I have a clinical interest in medical education, medical decision making, and narrative medicine and plan to pursue a career in General Internal Medicine.
Anqi Zheng, MD
I was born in Taiyuan, China and grew up in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. For undergrad I majored in Biological Engineering at Cornell University, and went on to medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. During medical school, I rotated at many of the hospitals affiliated with Mount Sinai across New York City's boroughs and I saw firsthand the cultural and clinical diversity of the people living in this city. When thinking of my goals for residency, I was hoping to not only expand the breadth and depth of my clinical knowledge, but also to learn to build partnerships with patients with an awareness of issues affecting their health beyond the hospital or clinic doors.
During medical school, I did a subinternship in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel that gave me a deeper look into the residency program and its role within the hospital and the community it served. Seeing how the residents interacted with each other and helped each other, I was struck by the sense of camaraderie within the residency program. The faculty members also fostered an environment of education and support in helping their residents to become independent clinicians. I have found my impressions to be completely correct during my time as a resident here. As a chief, I'm excited to be working closely with the program leadership to develop an even better educational experience for our housestaff. After completion of my Chief Resident year, I hope to pursue a career in primary care.