Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Announces Class of 2025 Fellowship and Residency Program Graduates

Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has announced the graduates of its prestigious Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program and subspecialty fellowship programs.

The highly ranked residency program trains physicians from around the nation who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation — and the fellowship programs train doctors who sub-specialize in pain medicine and brain injury medicine.

JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program regularly receives a Five Star rating — the highest possible — from Doximity, the leading network for American physicians. The fellowship programs are among the nation’s most competitive. The residency and fellowship programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The 2025 graduating fellows are:

• Daniel McBride, MD - (Brain Injury Medicine)
• Brian Singer, MD - (Pain Medicine)

The 2025 residency graduates are:

• Jessie Chan, MD
• Michael Galibov, DO
• Faraz Jamal, DO
• Shirley Shen, MD
• James Yun, MD

"I am incredibly proud of this graduating class. They are entering the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at a very exciting time. These graduates will be future leaders and innovators in our field. I know they will accomplish great things for the field of PM&R and will improve the lives of all the patients that they care for. “ said Sara Cuccurullo, M.D., chair, vice president, and medical director, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute.

The one-year Pain Medicine Fellowship program enables physicians to become American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) board certified in the subspecialty of Pain Medicine. The fellowship trains Pain fellows in the pharmacological, interventional, psychological, and mechanical aspects of pain management and treatment through a multidisciplinary approach.

The treatment of brain injured patients has advanced significantly in the past decade. As a result the field of PM&R saw the need to create a subspecialty certification. As a result, in 2011 the American Board of Medical Specialties officially established the subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine —

Soon thereafter, the one-year Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship offered at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute became one of the first such programs to be accredited by ACGME.