Bayhealth Fellowship Match Day Reveals First Class of Gastroenterology and Second Class of Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellows

Bayhealth hosted a Fellowship Match Day celebration on Dec. 5 to announce the inaugural class of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program and the second class of the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program. Both three-year programs are the first of their kind in Delaware and will train the next generation of specialists in our community. The fellows joined the celebration virtually and each shared a few words about their excitement to begin training at Bayhealth in July 2025.

Bayhealth became the first teaching hospital in central and southern Delaware in 2020 and has continued to expand its graduate medical education (GME) programs ever since. The Gastroenterology Fellowship Program was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in July 2024, expanding the Bayhealth GME roster to four residency and two fellowship programs.

Fellows are physicians who have finished residency and gain advanced training under experts in a specific specialty of medicine. They work closely with experienced faculty members who are leaders in their respective subspecialties, therefore gaining invaluable clinical knowledge and skills while expanding access to patients and community members.

“We were thrilled to learn the names and see the faces of the four new fellows who will join our Bayhealth family next summer,” Bayhealth Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and GME Designated Institutional Official Gary Siegelman, MD, MSc, CPE. “As the hematology oncology program grows and the gastroenterology program begins, we remain committed to providing exceptional fellowship training, not only to help propel these physicians into their future careers, but to continue to provide access to the highest quality of care to our ever-expanding community.”

The Bayhealth internal medicine and family medicine residencies were also excited to learn that a collective six PGY3 residents matched into fellowships that they will begin in July.

Bayhealth welcomes the two fellows joining their Gastroenterology Fellowship Program:

Khushboo Bhatia, MD
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Medical School: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hepatology Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Mithil Gowda Suresh, MD
Hometown: Bangalore, India
Medical School: M.S. Ramaiah Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts

Bayhealth welcomes the two fellows joining their Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program:

Rabia Iqbal, MD
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Medical School: King Edward Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York

Vaishnavi Singh, MD
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Medical School: Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine Residency: Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, Louisianna

Visit BayhealthGME.org to learn more about all Bayhealth GME programs.