Internal Medicine Residency Faculty
Our diverse and caring faculty are ready to help you reach your career goals, whether it is primary care, subspecialty training, or hospitalist medicine in a clinical practice or in academic medicine.
Leadership
Allison Ferris, M.D.
Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency
Chair of the Medicine Department and Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine
Chief Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine
Board certification: ABIM—Internal Medicine
Interests: medical education, simulation training, mentoring
Touqir Zahra, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: Newton Wellesley Hospital
Board certification: ABIM—Internal Medicine
Interests: teaching, quality improvement and patient safety
Ralph Palumbo, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital
Fellowship: Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Disorders Medicine, Neurocritical Care Medicine
Interests: Critical Care Medicine as I established and have led the intensivist programs at both Boca Regional and Bethesda. Practicing and teaching all aspects of Pulmonary Medicine.
Dawn Harris Sherling, M.D., F.A.C.P., Dipl. ABOM
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Board Certification: ABIM—Internal Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Interests: Writing, Medical Humanities, Culinary Medicine, Medical Education
Core Faculty
Daniel Gutman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Board certification: ABIM—Internal Medicine
Interests: podcasts, medical education
Jeffrey Wilson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Florida Atlantic Univesity
Residency: Florida Atlantic University
Interests: Hospitalist, Medical Education
Roozbeh Nazarian Rostami, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Florida Atlantic University
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine
Interests: Internal Medicine Hospitalist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Topiwala National College & B.Y.L Nair Hospital University of Mumbai, India
Residency: New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine
Interests: Reading fiction novels, traveling with friends and family
Cornelia P. Charles, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Medical Director, FAU Internal Medicine Resident Clinic
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine
Interests: Primary Care, Medical Education
Stephan Buteau, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine
Interests: Medical Education, Hospital Medicine, Chronic Kidney Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Foundations of Medicine
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: University of Virginia
Board Certification: ABIM - Internal Medicine
Interests: Medical education, preventive medicine, improving access to healhcare, womens health