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Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency Program

MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER

MEET THE VASCULAR TEAM

Fall 2026

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Program Coordinator

Lynette Bilella�Residency Coordinator

Full-time Superwoman

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Vascular Surgery Attendings

Robert Young Rhee, MD

Chief, Program Director

Mahmoud Walid Almadani, MD

Associate Program Director, Research Director

Benjamin Youdelman, MD

Director of Aortic Surgery

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Vascular Surgery Attendings

Alexander Shiferson, DO

Director of the Vein Center

Qinghua Pu, MD

Director of Vascular Asian Community Outreach

Albertina Sebastian, MD

Associate Professor

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Physician Assistants

Olga Meyerzon, PA

Vascular Clinical Coordinator

Marjorie Aristilde, PA

Vascular Clinical Coordinator

Yelena Gekht, PA

Vascular Clinical Coordinator

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Nurse Practitioners

Louisa DiGerolamo, NP

Vascular Clinical Coordinator

Susan Beale, NP

Vascular Clinical Coordinator

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Vascular Radiologist Techs (Master of the Craft)

Ralph Gomez

OR Radiology Technologist

Rashaun Brown

OR Radiology Technologist

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Vascular Lab

Zoya Sadykhov, RVT

Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Imaging Lab

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Vascular Outpatient Team

Ryan Zeng

Patient Service Rep

Lisa Melendez

Patient Service Rep

June Wu

Patient Service Rep

Wendy Zeng

Patient Service Rep

Valentina Lourtchevskaia

Patient Service Rep

Melissa Sepulveda

Patient Service Rep

Betty Lau

Administrative Assistant

Linda Wu

Administrative Assistant

Anna Elnour

Patient Care Associate

Marti Abreu

Patient Care Associate

Nicole Zeng

Patient Care Associate

Elizabeth Sanchez

Patient Care Associate

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We look forward to meeting you in person!

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