Schmidt College of Medicine


GME Residents and Fellows Council

The Residents and Fellows Council is a representative organization serving the residents and fellows at Florida Atlantic's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education programs. Our mission is to improve patient care and graduate medical education by facilitating communication between the trainees, the university, the hospitals and our community.

The council is made up of executives and representatives from each ACGME-accredited training program.

2025-2026 Executive Board

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Jalal Samhoun, M.d.

Jalal Samhoun, M.d.

Internal Medicine PGY 3 President
Simran Hamid, M.D.

Simran Hamid, M.D.

Emergency Medicine PGY 2 Vice-President
Jordyn Lee, M.D.

Jordyn Lee, M.D.

Psychiatry PGY 2 Communications Officer

2025-2026 Program Representatives

Cardiovascular Disease

TBA

Emergency Medical Services

Moshe Bengio

Jeniel Parmar (F1)

Emergency Medicine

Manuela Cardona (P2)

Jeffrey Neuman (P1)

General Surgery

Laura Christopher (P5)

Veronica Garbar (P5)

Geriatric Medicine

Alyssa Benjamin (F1)

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Javier Zaglul (F1)

Internal Medicine

Rodrigo Garcio Santisteban (P2)

Harrison Giknavorian (P2)

Neurology

Rochelle Boguslavskiy (P4)

Fawaz Owais (P2)

Psychiatry

Anthony Sanchez (P3)

Rachel Alef (P1)

Pulmonary Disease-Critical Care Medicine

Jorge Quiros (F2)

Vascular Surgery

Matthew Wi (F2)