St.Lukes Anderson IM Residency

🎂🎉 A second 7/22 Birthday goes to our PGY-2 resident Dr. Mari Darbaidze 🌟🎂

🌟🎂Happiest of Birthdays to our one and only Mari — whose love for perfumes and yapping is only matched by the joy she brings to everyone around her!!! When she’s not bullying you into taking pictures and videos for socials, she’s making rounds to see whose badge money she can “borrow” for her next coffee. She has a way of making every day a little lighter. Her infectious laugh, exuberance, and kind heart make everyone feel welcome from the moment they meet her. The halls smell better, the conversations are funnier, and the days are a whole lot more fun because you’re in them! Wishing you the happiest birthday and another amazing year ahead! 🎉🤍

🏡 Hometown: Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪 and Millburn, NJ

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

🌟 Interests/Hobbies: Hanging out with my Family, Traveling, Tennis 🎾, skiing ⛷️, reading 📖, now golfing, and organizing hangouts for more Yapping :))

🥼 Future Interests: Rheumatology

🌙 If not medicine than what: A hacker but unfortunately i’m too social and talkative for that kind of isolation and secrecy.

🍕Favorite Restaurant in Lehigh Valley:
Albanese for fancy outings and an impeccable service/food, La Maya for groups and delicious Mexican, Gyro concept for quick, fresh, and filling weekday meal. 🍽️

🎂🎉We have two additional July Birthdays that happen to share the same day -7/22

A Little late but better than never we are screaming Happiest of birthdays 🎉 to our PGY1 resident Dr. Muhammad Hassan. A fellow soccer fan and a fashionista; can be seen wearing crew necks on inpatient service :)) who desperately needs new restaurant recs in the Lehigh valley. So feel free to spam the comments with your favorite places to dine in the area, whilst you wish him a very happy birthday 🎁🎉🎂

🏡 Hometown: Birmingham, England and Bronx, NY

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

🌟 Interests/Hobbies: Gym, hiking, sleeping, gaming

🥼 Future Interests: Cardiology/Gastroenterology

🌙 If not medicine than what: College professor/soccer player

🍕Favorite Restaurant in Lehigh Valley:
Tikka shack I guess, haven’t visited the area a whole, I’m open to recommendations tho

🌟🎂Happiest of Birthdays to our now IM Categorical, formerly Transitional Year, PGY-1/2 Dr. Segarra — more frequently known as Mr. Bow Tie, Mr. Worldwide, and the unofficial ruler of every hallway he walks down. Whether he’s rocking a bow tie on Friday rounds or charming the entire floor (nurses, patients, and attendings included) with that signature Dominican flair, he brings laughter, kindness, and empathy wherever he goes. Here’s to another year of great style, great vibes, and even better bedside manner. 🎉🎂👔

🏡 Hometown: I’ve lived all over! I’m originally from the Dominican Republic, but most recently lived in Philly for med school before moving to the Lehigh Valley!

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Medical School: Temple in Philly 🦉

🌟 Interests/Hobbies: Gaming, watching K dramas with my mom, riding motorcycles, skiing/snowboarding, scrolling instagram reels for about 6 or 7 hours a day, and taking fat naps 😴

🥼 Future Interests: Pulm/Crit 🫁

🌙 If not medicine than what: 100% would be a video game streamer/youtuber. I used to stream on twitch before med school and had a pretty consistent group of viewers! 🎮

🍕Favorite Restaurant in Lehigh Valley: Sizzling Bites 🤤

As promised — our 2026 graduation celebration for Internal Medicine and Transitional Year graduates. A time was had, as evidenced by photos 1 and 19 (no further questions at this time 🙂‍↔️).

A massive congratulations to this year’s award winners — the ones who somehow thrived AND showed out:

🏆 Dr. Steven Segarra — Transitional Year Resident of the Year
🏆 Dr. Ajay Anand — PGY-1 Internal Medicine Resident of the Year
🏆 Dr. Aamir Viqar — PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident of the Year
🏆 Dr. Yuan Liu — PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident of the Year AND Resident Leader in Professionalism (double winner with side of overachiever energy 👑)
🏆 Dr. Jyothi Kudakandira — Physician Teacher of the Year
🏆 Dr. Saad Arshad — Resident Teacher of the Year

“Sneak peek at our residency graduation celebration this past weekend! 🎉 We couldn’t be prouder of our Class of 2026 Internal Medicine and Transitional Year graduates — you earned every single one of those fancy letters after your name.

These are just the unofficial shots before the professionals make us all look even better. Stay tuned! 📸”

One milestone after another — unstoppable and inspiring ✨🔥

Our very own PGY-2 resident, Dr. Priyanka Dave 👩‍⚕️🩺, future rheumatologist 🌟, proudly presented her systematic literature review at the 12th Annual Mayo Clinic Rheumatology Review for Primary Care 🏛️📚👏

Her research explored hospital outcomes in male patients with atypical dermatomyositis presentations lacking classic rash features, highlighting the critical role of muscle biopsy 🔬 in diagnosis and the need for escalated immunosuppressive therapy 💉🧬

Representing curiosity, dedication, and the future of rheumatology 💙📖🚀 — congratulations, Dr. Dave! 🎉👏✨

🌟Our very own PGY-2 Dr. Priyanka Dave, a a future rheumatologist presented two abstracts at NYRIF ( North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum ) and CCR East (Congress of Clinical Rheumatology) 🌟 but swipe all the way to the right to see the most committed rheumatologist in Florida 😂

Thyme well spent 🌿 We gathered with some of the brightest minds in lifestyle medicine👩🏼‍🌾 and integrative health ⚕️ — fueled by the most delicious plant-based spread from the Kellyn Foundation.

Thank you to Dr. Megan Grega and Kellyn Foundation for hosting it yearly and allowing all residents to participate. We had FM and IM residents attend as well as medical students 👏🏻🥹

Thanks to GME for allowing us to attend for free. 🙏🏽

Chef Amanda and Kellyn Foundation absolutely stole the show. Consider us inspired (and very full). 🍊🥗🍋

Good things come in threes 🙌 Our Triple Threat headed to Seattle for the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine conference to do what chiefs do best — learn, lead, and take notes furiously 📓✨

New chapter unlocked 🔓
Welcome to your Chiefdome 👑
The Trilogy Begins 🎥 🍿

🌟🌟Huge congratulations are in order for our Internal Medicine residents who are representing St. Luke’s at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting in San Francisco this weekend! 🌟🌟

💛💙Dr. Ryan Hryczyk, Dr. Ajay Anand, Dr. Mariam Sanoh, and Dr. Arsh*tha Chollampatt we are so proud to recognize the four residents who had the opportunity to present their hard work, case presentations, and research on a national stage. 💙💛

Can’t forget to celebrate a record number of accepted posters this year and to congratulate those who were accepted but could not attend as duty calls. 🩺💊