Alumni of the NYITCOM DO/PhD Program

Alumni of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine DO/PhD Program have gone on to careers in medicine, research, academia, and biomedical science. Explore our alumni and learn more about their professional paths and accomplishments.

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Daniel Tanis, DO/PhD

Graduation year: 2025
PhD mentor: Isaac Kurtzer, PhD
Current position: Anesthesiology residency at Temple University Hospital

Publications at NYITCOM

  • Tanis D, Kurtzer I. Superior performance by two new methods in identifying the online reaction time of reaching movements. J Neurophysiol. 2024 Sep 1;132(3):906-921. doi: 10.1152/jn.00379.2023. Epub 2024 Aug 7. PMID: 39110518.
  • Tanis D, Calalo JA, Cashaback JGA, Kurtzer IL. Accuracy and effort costs together lead to temporal asynchrony of multiple motor commands. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Jan 1;129(1):1-6. doi: 10.1152/jn.00435.2022. Epub 2022 Nov 30. PMID: 36448693.
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Charles J. Kim, DO/PhD

Graduation year: 2026
PhD mentor: Michael Hadjiargyrou, PhD
Current position: Residency at Northwell Health

Publications at NYITCOM

  • Kim CJ, Hadjiargyrou M. Mustn1 in Skeletal Muscle: A Novel Regulator? Genes (Basel). 2024 Jun 23;15(7):829. doi: 10.3390/genes15070829. PMID: 39062608; PMCID: PMC11276411.
  • Kim CJ, Singh C, Kaczmarek M, O’Donnell M, Lee C, DiMagno K, Young MW, Letsou W, Ramos RL, Granatosky MC, Hadjiargyrou M. Mustn1 ablation in skeletal muscle results in functional alterations. FASEB Bioadv. 2023 Nov 15;5(12):541-557. doi: 10.1096/fba.2023-00082. PMID: 38094159; PMCID: PMC10714068.
  • Kim CJ, Singh C, Lee C, DiMagno K, O’Donnell M, Kaczmarek M, Ahmed A, Salvo-Schaich J, Perez A, Letsou W, Sepulveda MC, Ramos RL, Hadjiargyrou M. Mustn1 ablation in skeletal muscle results in increased glucose tolerance concomitant with upregulated GLUT expression in male mice. Physiol Rep. 2023 May;11(9):e15674. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15674. PMID: 37170065; PMCID: PMC10175242.
  • Dickinson E, Young MW, Kim CJ, Hadjiargyrou M, Granatosky MC. The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis). J Exp Biol. 2022 Oct 1;225(19):jeb244818. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244818. Epub 2022 Oct 3. Erratum in: J Exp Biol. 2024 Jan 1;227(1):jeb246958. doi: 10.1242/jeb.246958. PMID: 36106504.
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Lukas Faltings, DO/PhD

Graduation year: 2026
PhD mentor: Haotian Zhao, PhD
Current position: Neurology residency at Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

Publications at NYITCOM

  • Faltings LJ, Lin F, Zahran M, Jalili H, Siluveru A, Chaudry M, Wachsmuth LM, Guru N, Schoof M, Cao P, Huang Y, Mian N, Moon S, Zahran A, Green K, Modi S, Umer M, Virga JQ, Zhao YT, Schüller U, Li Q, Zhao H. SOX2 commands LIM homeobox transcription factors in choroid plexus development and tumorigenesis. Neuro Oncol. 2025 Sep 17;27(8):2006-2022. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaf085. PMID: 40128799; PMCID: PMC12448815.
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Manrose Singh, DO/PhD

Graduation year: 2026
PhD mentor: Dong Zhang, PhD
Current position: Internal Medicine residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Publications at NYITCOM

  • Singh M, Raseley K, Perez AM, MacKenzie D, Kosiyatrakul ST, Desai S, Batista N, Guru N, Loomba KK, Abid HZ, Wang Y, Udo-Bellner L, Stout RF, Schildkraut CL, Xiao M, Zhang D. Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of the breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle using a CRISPR-dCas9 cellular model. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Oct 28;52(19):11689-11703. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae747. PMID: 39193906; PMCID: PMC11514482.
  • Singh M, Cornwell S, Shaddaie A, Wachsmuth L, Ragupathi A, Salichos L, Nissel-Horowitz S, Roy R, Plummer M, Zhang D, Mehrotra B. A case of malignant transformation of a serous borderline ovarian tumor effectively treated with BRAF/MEK inhibitor combination. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2024 May 16;54:101417. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2024.101417. PMID: 38808271; PMCID: PMC11131060.
  • Ragupathi A, Singh M, Perez AM, Zhang D. Targeting the BRCA1/2 deficient cancer with PARP inhibitors: Clinical outcomes and mechanistic insights. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Mar 22;11:1133472. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1133472. PMID: 37035242; PMCID: PMC10073599.
  • Batista NJ, Desai SG, Perez AM, Finkelstein A, Radigan R, Singh M, Landman A, Drittel B, Abramov D, Ahsan M, Cornwell S, Zhang D. The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Potential Treatments. Genes (Basel). 2023 Feb 27;14(3):602. doi: 10.3390/genes14030602. PMID: 36980874; PMCID: PMC10048386.
  • Singh M, Zhang S, Perez AM, Lee EYC, Lee MYWT, Zhang D. POLDIP3: At the Crossroad of RNA and DNA Metabolism. Genes (Basel). 2022 Oct 22;13(11):1921. doi: 10.3390/genes13111921. PMID: 36360158; PMCID: PMC9690394.