Meet the Faculty & Residents
Faculty:

Mario Maffei, MD, is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. After he completed his Family Medicine residency at Virtua in 1999, he accepted a position as a faculty member. Dr. Maffei became program director for the residency in 2010. He is very enthusiastic about residency education, and he believes one of his most important tasks as an educator is to teach residents to be lifelong learners and to prepare them for their future careers in Family Medicine. His special interests include practice management, pediatrics, and leadership development.
Anne Ibay, MD - During her medical school training at Temple University, Dr. Ibay did her family medicine rotation at Virtua and immediately knew that she wanted to stay here for residency, and remain here as faculty. She continues to enjoy her tenure at Virtua as the lead physician of the practice and associate program director of the residency. Her particular interests include fitness (but not running), eating, watching Hamilton on Disney+, and lifelong learning.
Kathleen Bradley, MD, is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her family medicine residency program at Memorial Hospital of Burlington County in 1996. Since then she has had a wide range of experiences including academic medicine as a faculty member of her former residency program, private practice of family medicine and urgent care medicine. She is excited that her career has brought her back to academic medicine where she uses her experiences to educate the residents in the outpatient setting. Her special interests are preventative medicine, pediatrics and practice management.

James Gamble, MD, graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1982, and completed a residency in internal medicine there in 1985. He has been a member of the faculty of the Virtua Family Medicine Residency since 1992. He is also board-certified in clinical informatics, and is the Virtua medical director of informatics. He continues to provide primary care at the residency practice, and rounds with the residents on the inpatient service on his assigned weekends.

Sylvester (Sutton) Hamilton, MD, is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After graduating residency at Franklin Square Hospital, he completed a faculty development fellowship at the University of Cincinnati where he focused on developmental/behavioral pediatrics and adolescent medicine. Areas of interest include developmental and behavioral problems in children, addiction medicine, and clinical reasoning. He has a passion for developing critical thinking skills in medical students and residents. Outside of medicine, his interests include organic gardening, home brewing, classical guitar, bread baking, and chess.

Robert Post, II, MD, is a graduate of the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his residency in family medicine in 2005 at the Medical University of South Carolina. He then completed a faculty development fellowship at MUSC that included earning a Master of Clinical Research. Dr. Post is the research director of the Virtua Family Medicine Residency, where he has guided residents to more than 30 national presentations and peer reviewed publications. Dr. Post also serves as the chair of the department of family medicine at Virtua and as the physician scientist for the Virtua Center for Learning. Per Google Scholar, Dr. Post's publications have been cited more than 1,200 times. His clinical interests are in cardiovascular health and inpatient medicine.
Bhavika Patel, MD, is a graduate of American University of Antigua. She completed her family medicine residency at Virtua in 2017. Dr. Patel’s dream was to be a teacher, but she never thought it would be in academic medicine. She is the residency medical student liaison. She has a passion to be a lifelong educator and her special residency interests are in women’s health, feedback, didactics, and procedures. Outside of work, she enjoys designing Indian clothing, she is a huge foodie, and she loves to cook.
Chelsea Shmuel, MD, is a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her family medicine residency at Virtua in 2019 and has continued to be part of the Virtua Residency Program as faculty. She is very passionate about teaching and education. Her special interests include health care safety and the development of the family medicine physician's role in critical care. She loves traveling and working on home improvement projects.

Lauren Lucente, PsyD, LPC, MS, MA, is a graduate from the clinical psychology program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Lucente completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Virtua, as the family medicine residency’s behavioral medicine faculty. She is very enthusiastic about resident wellness and education. She enjoys teaching residents the biopsychosocial model and the fundamentals of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatments. Dr. Lucente’s special interests are in behavioral medicine, women’s health, and resident wellness.
Residents:
PGY3:

Geet Amin, MD
Undergraduate: New York Institute of Technology
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Interests: reading, hanging out with niece and nephew, dancing, making people laugh, recreating my grandma's recipes, hiking (only for the views!), watching Friends for the thousandth time
Hometown: Old Bridge, N.J.

Tervicine Delva-Noel, MD
Undergraduate: Nova Southeastern University
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Interests: fitness, traveling, makeup/skin care, and spending time with family
Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.

Sohil Doshi, MD
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Medical School: Medical University of the Americas (Nevis)
Interests: basketball, exercising, cooking, hiking, reading, writing, painting, volunteering, photography, and teaching
Hometown: Washington Township, N.J.

Madhura Karajgikar, MD
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Interests: dancing, traveling, swimming, gardening, going to the beach, working out, and women's health
Hometown: Freehold, N.J.

Darien Seidman, DO
Undergraduate: Rowan University
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: basketball, football, lacrosse, amateur astronomy, mobile application and website development, technology, DJing, music production, raising Koi fish and frogs, working on car restoration projects, and playing musical instruments such as ukulele, drums, piano, and turntables;
Hometown: Medford, N.J.

Terri Zachos, MD, PhD, DVM
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Interests: playing, coaching, and watching lacrosse; playing and watching ice hockey, weightlifting, NFL scouting combine and draft statistics, watching football at any level, collecting sneakers, collecting mechanical keyboards
Hometown: Marlboro, N.J.
PGY2:

Lolade Kolade, MD
Undergraduate: University of Buffalo
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Interests: hiking, music, decorating, and spending time with family
Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.

Jay Singh, MD
Undergraduate: Drexel University
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Interests: running, traveling, reading, spending time with friends and family, and dancing bhangra
Hometown: Byram, N.J.

Salvatore Spadaro, MD
Undergraduate: University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Interests: camping, comics, dancing, and trying new foods
Hometown: Melville,N.Y.

William Spivey, DO
Undergraduate: Soka University of America
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interests: cooking, baseball, riding my bicycle, learning new languages, playing Taiko (traditional Japanese drums)
Hometown: Antioch, Calif.

Thomas Tessitore, MD
Undergraduate: Ursinus College
Medical School: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Interests: video games, football, lacrosse, gardening, camping, Marvel movies, Dungeons & Dragons
Hometown: Medford Lakes, N.J.
PGY1:
Janessa Bell, MD
Undergraduate: University of Connecticut (UConn)
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean (AUC)
Interests: reading, Love Island UK, and spending time with family/friends
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Bhaven Murji, MD
Undergraduate: University of Nottingham
Medical School: St George’s University of London
Interests: endurance and extreme sports, Women’s health, training therapy dogs, teaching and tinkering with technology, and biking
Hometown: London, UK
Jacob Nathanson, MD
Undergraduate: Brandeis University
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean (AUC)
Interests: cooking, baking, ping pong, frisbee, kayaking, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering
Hometown: Needham Mass.
John Ni, MD
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Interests: tennis, K-pop, watching crime shows, going to concerts, and foreign travel
Hometown: East Hanover, N.J.
Kendrick Obiefule, MD
Undergraduate: Morgan State University
Medical School: American University of Antigua School of Medicine
Interests: basketball, football, gym, chess, swimming, primary care, entrepreneurship, and spending time with family and friends
Hometown: Perry Hall, Md.
Kateryna Poliashov, MD
Undergraduate: Washington State University
Medical School: St. George’s School of Medicine
Interests: spending time with family, tennis, and European baking
Hometown: Port Orchard, Wash.