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
Jalal Samhoun, M.d.
Internal Medicine PGY 3President
Simran Hamid, M.D.
Emergency Medicine PGY 2Vice-President
Jordyn Lee, M.D.
Psychiatry PGY 2Communications 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)