Yale Department of Internal Medicine Celebrates Staff Service Anniversaries

The Yale Department of Internal Medicine recently recognized 56 staff members for reaching service milestones during the 2025 fiscal year.

Mark A. Holter, CMPE, CPA, vice chair, finance & administration, congratulated the staff members on their service anniversaries. “The department is fortunate to have staff members with a deep commitment to our mission. Without them, our work would not be possible. We appreciate their tremendous talent, effort, and dedication.”

The following staff reached milestone service anniversaries during the period of July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.

• Moid Ali (General Medicine)
• Scott Ardito (Cardiology)
• Natasha Balkcom (Digestive Diseases)
  
• Terese Critch-Gilfillan (Infectious Diseases)
• Jeffrey Dussetschleger (Digestive Diseases)
• Nashali Flores (Digestive Diseases)
• Dominic Francese (Cardiology)
  
• Kizzy Hernandez-Bigos (Geriatrics)
• Jessica Long (General Medicine)
• Rebecca Minahan-Rowley (General Medicine)
• Alexander Pawlak (Administration)
  
• Najea Poindexter (General Medicine)
• Andre Ratchford (Administration)
• Katie Schittina (Administration)
  
• Esther Schlossberg (Infectious Diseases)
• Erin Singleton (General Medicine)
• Zhen Tan (Cardiology)

• Taylor Adams (Pulmonary)
  
• Jose DeJesus (General Medicine)
• Jessica Esterson (Geriatrics)
  
• Arianna Fuentes (Geriatrics)
• Onesha Glenn (Administration)
• Douglas Heller (Cardiology)
• Brian Kelly (Administration)
  
• Melissa Martin (Nephrology)
• Susan Porto (Pulmonary)
  
• Randall Roach (Administration)
• Catherine Severino (Administration)
  
• Andrew Sowers (Cardiology)
• Katherine Viera (Administration)
• Yanhui Zhang (Digestive Diseases)

• Kwasi Asamoah (Administration)
  
• Jennifer Caprio (Pulmonary)
• Margaret Doyle (Geriatrics)
• Julia Draughn (Education)
  
• Louise Gambone (Cardiology)
• John Genest (Education)
• Stephanie Marazzi (Administration)
  
• Cody Pietras (Cardiology)
• Elizabeth Ruggiero (Digestive Diseases)
• Evelyn Santiago (Cardiology)
• June Weiss (General Medicine)
• Mariola Wiszniewski (Administration)

• Lisandra Alvarez (Infectious Diseases)
• Mario Kahn (Endocrinology)
• Ewa Lech (Administration)
• Michele Malerba (Infectious Diseases)
• Lesa Moemeka (Digestive Diseases)
• Tracy Natal (Administration)
  
• Mitzi Perez (Infectious Diseases)
• Svetlana Vassilieva (General Medicine)
• Xiaohong Wu (Cardiology)

• Lonnette Diggs (Nephrology)
• Theresa Harris (General Medicine)
• Wanling Zhu (Endocrinology)
  

• Anne Prodoti (Nephrology)

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