The Anesthesiology Foundation of New York, Inc., (AFNY)

Awarding scholarships and grants to enhance the training and education of the most enthusiastic, dedicated, and committed anesthesiologists working in the developing world.

Past Participants


Country Name of Scholar
Argentina Florencia Bolla, M.D.
Alfredo N. Cattaneo, M.D.
Fernando J. Cacheiro, M.D.
Gustavo M. Carrador, M.D.



Armenia Armen Varosyan, M.D.



Austria Roland Hofbauer, M.D.
Brigitte Kraker, M.D.



Bangladesh Akm Akhtaruzaman, M.D.



Bhutan Singey Dorji, M.D.
Deepak Tamang, M.D.
Jampel Tshering, M.D.



Bosnia Suzana Sobot, M.D.
Sanja Susnjar, M.D.



Brazil Telmo Alves, M.D.
Sergio Stanicia, M.D.
Lilian V. Mottana, M.D.
Flavia DaSilva, M.D.



Bulgaria Albena Sashova Atanasova, M.D.
Ivo Kostov, M.D.
Ludmilla Ivanova, M.D.
Elena Toncheva Ivanova, M.D.
Denis Ersan Ismet, M.D.
Elitsa Mileva, M.D.
Margarita Zdravkova Borislavova, M.D.



Chile Hugo Ottone, M.D.
Mario Poblete, M.D.
Carlos Riquelme, M.D.



China Jieyu Fang, M.D.



Colombia Jorge M. Correa Rodas, M.D.
Manuel Galindo, M.D.
Carlos-Alberto Schoonewolff, M.D.
Iris Molano Meza, M.D.



Croatia Danica Gnjatovic, M.D.
Dora Karmelic, M.D.
Simon Mikulandra, M.D.
Elza Ramov, M.D.
Tatjana Simurina, M.D.
Neven Mitrovic, M.D.
Mirna Bobinac, M.D.
Daniela Bandić Pavlović, M.D.
Natasa Kovać, M.D.
Željka Martinović, M.D.
Josip Azman, M.D.
Marijana Matas, M.D.
Renata Curic Radivojevic, M.D.
Martina Miklic Bulbic, M.D.
Ana Fucak, M.D.
Darko Ilic, M.D.
Petar Martinovic, M.D.



Cuba Humberto Sainz, M.D.
Ulysses Jimenez, M.D.
Gonzalo Delgado, M.D.
Maria Del Hernandez, M.D.
Idoris Cordero, M.D.
Meana Zoraya, M.D.



Czech Republic Jan Mahac, M.D.
Dimitrij Miloschewsky, M.D.
Emil Berta, M.D.
Valter Zenkner, M.D.
Michal Horacek, M.D.
Helena Feierfeil, M.D.
Ingrid Vargova, M.D.
Hynek Riha, M.D.
Jan Lejsek, M.D.
Ivana Susklevbova, M.D.
Ales Hodek, M.D.
Jiri Roith, M.D.
Jitka Lomova, M.D.
Rudolf Sumaj, M.D.
Peter Krama, M.D.
Jan Vitek, M.D.
Katerina Brunová, M.D.
Daniel Hujo, M.D.



Egypt Nadia Elsharkawi, M.D.
Shimaa Abdelrahman, M.D.
Aiman Abdelrahman, M.D.



Estonia Peeter Tähepõld, M.D.



Finland Anna-Maija Antman, M.D.



France Teni Kamberi, M.D.



Ghana Alfred J Aidoo, M.D.
Irene Bandoh, M.D.
Sophia Ankrah, MBChB, MGCS, MWACS



Germany Sarah Eibel, M.D.



Greece Josephine Karalis, M.D.
Niki Kouna, M.D.



Guatemala Alejandra Leiva Gallardo, M.D.
Blanca Suceny Salguero Carrillo, M.D.



Honduras Victoria Alejandra Fernandez, M.D.
Elka Vasquez, M.D.



Hungary Maria Janecsko, M.D.
Rozalia Meszaros, M.D.
Bela Barna, M.D.
Geza Nagy, M.D.
Gyula Czepregi, M.D.
Laszlo Nagy, M.D.
Laszlo Vankos, M.D.
Milica Urosevics, M.D.
Ilona Bobek, M.D.
Peter Tamasi, M.D.
Erika M. Czermanne, M.D.



India Amina Majeed Aressa, M.D.
Hari-Harii Dash, M.D.
Rebecca Jacob, M.D.
Professor Chandralekha, M.D.
Senthilkumar Sadhasivam, M.D.
Anuj Bhatia, M.D.
Lokesh Kashyap, M.D.
Rajat Arora, M.D.
Sumitra Bakshi, M.D.
Neha Kanoojia, M.D.
Vishal Pai, M.D.
Prashant Kumar, M.D.
Sanjay Johar, M.D.



Israel Eran Segal, M.D.
Dmitri Schmain, M.D.
Margaret Ekstein, M.D.
Yuri Bulgov, M.D.
Daniel Shatalin, M.D.
David Ben Ari, M.D.



Italy Teresa Battistini, M.D.
Cecilia Coccia, M.D.
Anna Zappone, M.D.
Livia Pompei, M.D.
Federico Bilotta, M.D.
Rinaldo Colombo, M.D.
Gabriele Selmo, M.D.



Jamaica Nadine Bourge, M.D.
Perryann Daley-Ogilvie, M.D.
Damion Falconer, M.D.
Javear Williams, M.D.
Kerida Brice, M.D.
Asherah Corbin, M.D.
Alicia Denise Johnson-Samuels, M.D.
Keisher Diandre Hoyte, M.D.
Loy Akein Squires, M.D.



Kazakhstani Askar Togaibaiev, M.D.
Adios Konkayev, M.D.



Kyrghyz Republic Boris Dimitrov, M.D.



Latvia Leonid Gurbo, M.D.



Lebanon Atef S. El-Ali, M.D.
Mahmoud El-Solh Khalil, M.D.
Maya Jalbout, M.D.
Eliane N. Ayoub, M.D.
Gemma Naccache-Hayek, M.D.



Liberia Stella A. Eguma, M.D.



Lithuania Juozas Ivaskevicius, M.D.
Jurate Sipylaite, M.D.
Saulius Vosylius, M.D.
Egle Kontrimaviciute, M.D.
Algirdas A. Rucinskas, M.D.



Macedonia Aleksandra Gavrilovska-Brzanov, M.D.
Marjana Burmuzoska, M.D.



Mexico Abraham G-Grados, M.D.
Nora Bernal Rios, M.D.
Claudia Tomás, M.D.
Adrian Palacios-Chavarria, M.D.
Carolina Martinez Esparza, M.D.
Jesus Ramses-Acosta, M.D.
Daniela Arevalo Villa, M.D.
Beatriz Saquelares Rodriguez, M.D.



Mongolia Ganbold Lundeg, M.D.
Domkhim Chuluunbaatar, M.D.
Lkhagvasuren Besud, M.D.
Mungun Banzar, M.D.
Erdenedalai Altaikhuu, M.D.



Morocco Houssam Rebahi, M.D.



Nepal Bisharad M. Shrestha, M.D.
Jagdish Agrawal, M.D.
Brahma Jha, M.D.
Prabhu Joshi, M.D.
Manik L. Manandhar, M.D.
Babu R. Shestha, M.D.
Resham Rana, M.D.
Shyam Maharjan, M.D.
Roshana Amaya, M.D.
Sushila Tabdar, M.D.
Brabhat Baral, M.D.
Maya Lama, M.D.
Birendra B. Singh, M.D.
Bishwas Pradhan, M.D.
Subhash Acharya, M.D.
Tumaya Shrestha, M.D.
Binod Gautam,M.D.
Amir Shrestha, M.D.
Gautam Ratna Bajracharya, M.D.
Sanjay Shrestha, M.D.
Ravi Ram Shrestha, M.D.
Sushila Moktan, M.D.
Bidur Baral, M.D.
Smriti Mahaju Bajracharya, M.D.
Mona Sharma, M.D.
Priska Bastola, M.D.
Ritu Pradhan, M.D.
Anubhav Sharma, M.D.
Asish Subedi, M.D.
Parineeta Thapa, M.D.A.
Shish Ghimire, M.D.
Nirmal Gyawali, M.D.
Pushpendra Limbu, M.D.
Puspa Poudel, M.D.
Ujma Shrestha, M.D.
Santosh Sharma Parajuli, M.D.
Arrjun Gurung, M.D.



Netherlands Marijke Hoen, M.D.
Margartetha van der Woude, M.D.



Nicaragua Susana Sevilla, M.D.



Nigeria Casmir Omoifo, M.D.
Charles Imarengiaye, M.D.
Ajibola Otegbeye, M.D.
MaryRose Osazuwa, M.D.



Peru G. Arce-Sonco, M.D.
K. Sarmiento Rojas, M.D.
Jesus Gonzalez, M.D.
Rafael G. Ramirez, M.D.
Katheryn F. Puente, M.D.
Jose A. Alzamora, M.D.
Carlos S. Zapata, M.D.
Fanny L. Munoz, M.D.
Francisco Castillo, M.D.
Silvia Portilla, M.D.
Christina Caro, M.D.
Patrick Pendavis-Heksner, M.D.
Miryam Moron, M.D.
Claudia Ramos, M.D.
Gunther Miranda Sobrino, M.D.
Carlos Garcias Pinas, M.D.
Elena Para Guerzoni, M.D.
Mercedes Trigoso Mas, M.D.
Heidi Sotomayor Palacios, M.D.
Augusto Mujica Vasquez, M.D.
Elvio Freddy Mondragon, M.D.
Marlon Alva Saavedra, M.D.
Pamela Gamarra Moreno, M.D.
Jessie Morales Leon De Robalino, M.D.
Olga Yessenia Mogrovejo, M.D.
Claudia Garcia, M.D.
Nathally Marisol Vicente, M.D.



Poland Jacek Prokopowicz, M.D.
Anna Kossakowska, M.D.
Irina Wiecha, M.D.
Andrzej Kurowski, M.D.
Ireneusz Jutkowski, M.D.
B.Woloszczuk-Gebicka, M.D.
Kinga S.-Milanowska, M.D.
Mirostaw J.Zietkiewica, M.D.
Juliusz Kosel, M.D.
Adam Piasecki,M.D.
Malgorzata Szeszo, M.D.



Portugal Joana Jones, M.D.
Joao Pedro Rodrigues Gouveia, M.D.
Catarina Costa Rodrigues, M.D.



Romania Maria Stirbu Teianu, M.D.
Iurie Acalovschi, M.D.
Radu Simionescu, M.D.
George G. Litarczek, M.D.
Leonard Azamfirei, M.D.
Dan Alexianu, M.D.
Daniela Flipescu, M.D.
Ioana G. Cucereanu, M.D.
Ioana M. Grintescu, M.D.
Luminita Cimpeanu, M.D.
Andei Muresan, M.D.
Mariana C. Pavel, M.D.
Simona Margarit, M.D.
Silviu Gligor, M.D.
Ileana Mitre, M.D.
Calin Mitre, M.D.
Irina Grecu, M.D.
Bogdan N. Dobrin, M.D.
Liliana Mirea, M.D



Russia Edward M. Nicolayenco, M.D.
Dimitry V. Elyutin, M.D.
Arthem Kuzovlev, M.D.
Myagkova Ekaterina, M.D.



Serbia/Montenegro Aleksandra Kaludjerovic, M.D.
Vera P. Tesic, M.D.
Dragana Unic, M.D.
Miodrag Milenovic, M.D.
Marina F. Lukic, M.D.
Ivana Z. Budic, M.D.
Dragan Mijuskovic, M.D.
Danijela Stommirovic, M.D.
Danijela Radojevic, M.D.
Natasa Ljubomir Rakocevic, M.D.
Zorica Vucerakovic, M.D.
Borislava Pujic, M.D.
Danijela Jovanovic, M.D.
Marija Milenkovic, M.D.
Dejan Lekovic, M.D.
Danica Markovic, M.D.
Verica Nikolic, M.D.
Nenad Savic, M.D.
Tijana Nastasovic, M.D.
Kristina Radinovic, M.D.
Nada Pejcic, M.D.
Ksenija Petrovic, M.D.
Tijana Bozidar Todorcevic, M.D.
Vesna Dinic, M.D.
Aleksandar Nikolic, M.D.
Marija Rajkovic, M.D.
Adi Hadzibegovic, M.D.
Nemanja Dimic, M.D.



Slovac Republic Zuzana Ravingerova, M.D.
Milos Vateha, M.D.
Maria Baginova, M.D.
Lucia Varosova, M.D.
Matus Pauliny, M.D.
Rastislav Sramaty, M.D.
Matej Mezey, M.D.
Natalia Dzurillova, M.D.
Elena Chudikova, M.D.
Andrea Galusova, M.D.
Michal Liska, M.D.
Svetlana Balkova, M.D.
Jan Jakus, M.D.
Roman Zahorec, M.D.
Jana Moravkova, M.D.



Slovakia Stefan Trenkler, M.D.
Daniela Harustiakova, M.D.
Ivanka Hloskova, M.D.
Lubica Frajtova, M.D.
Ondercanin Milan, M.D.
Lubomira Romanova, M.D.
Peter Kern, M.D.
Jozef Firment, M.D.
Roman Zahorec, M.D.
Stela Papcunova, M.D.
Ingrid Olejarova, M.D.
Mijulas Buzgo, M.D.
Peter Malik, M.D.
Rastislav Staron, M.D.
Vladimir Duracka, M.D.
Viera Zarnovicka, M.D.
Jozef Ondzik, M.D.
Monika Paulikova, M.D.
Miriam Pavlikova, M.D.
Petra Uharcekova, M.D.
Lucia Pertiova, M.D.
Metej Novacek, M.D.
Stefan Podhradsky, M.D.
Tomas Hratnek, M.D.



Slovenia Matja Vrtovec, M.D.
Tatjana Pintar, M.D.
Mateja Lopuh, M.D.
Dominika Oroszy, M.D.
Mojca Globokar, M.D.
Primoz Gradisek, M.D.
Sabina Stivan Robar, M.D.
Nina Pirc, M.D.
Liljana Markova, M.D.
Andriy Grynyuk, M.D.
Gordana Teleska, M.D.
Katerina Blazhevska, M.D.
Bojana Drobnjak, M.D.
Ivan Kostadinov, M.D.



South Africa Andrew Levin, M.D.
Andreas van den Heever, M.D.



Spain Luis Torres Morera, M.D.
Jose DeAndres, M.D.
Maria Aquilar, M.D.
Irene Nunez, M.D.
Lorena Gomez-Diago, M.D.
Alessandra Binagui, M.D.
Noemi Echevarria, M.D.
Vicente Martinez-Pns, M.D.



Syria Hutaf Al-Baroudi, M.D.



Tanzania William G. Nyagwa, M.D.



Tenerife Nuria Monton Gimenez, M.D.
Luis Miguel Martinez Parra, M.D.



Thailand Somsri Pausawasdi, M.D.
P. Sirivanasandha, M.D.
Wanna Somboonviboon, M.D.
Patariga Thepsitthar, M.D.
Waraporn Waikakul, M.D.
Orathi Tontisirin, M.D.
Mayuree Vasinanukorn, M.D.
Surirat Sriswasdi, M.D.
Wichai Ittichaikulthol, M.D.
Siriwan Jirasiritham, M.D.
Suwannee Suraseranivongse, M.D.
Chomchaba Sirinan, M.D.
Lawan Tuchinda, M.D.
Varinee Lekprasert, M.D.
Somrat Charuluxanan, M.D.
Tanit Virankabutra, M.D.
Oraluxna Rodanant, M.D.
Thananchai Bunburaphong, M.D.
Patcharee Sriswasdi, M.D.
Samachai Viengteerawat, M.D.
Wanawimol Saengchote, M.D.
Vanlapa Arnuntasupakul, M.D.
Aksorn Punitiporn, M.D.
Witchaya Supaopaspan, M.D.
Narut Ruananukun, M.D.
Sunisa Sangtongjaraskul, M.D.
Punchika Luetrakool, M.D.
Wirinda Chiravanich, M.D.
Poonyanuch Charoenkoop, M.D.
Kornkamon Yuwapattanawong, M.D.



Turkey Emine Aysu Salviz, M.D.
Pinar Güner, M.D.



Ukraine Grigory Shifrin, M.D.
Borys Uspensky, M.D.
Pavlo Melnychenko, M.D.
Vitaliy Chaban, M.D.
Yelyzaveta Plechysta, M.D.



United Kingdom Barbora Parizkkova, M.D.



Uruguay Maria Jose Torrado, M.D.
Natalia Tito, M.D.



Vietnam Nguyen Quco Kinh, M.D.
Chinh V. Nguyen, M.D.
Quy Nguyen, M.D.
Dao Thi Ngoc Nguyen, M.D.
Hai Thi Thu Nguyen, M.D.
Thu Nguyen, M.D.
Pham Quang Minh, M.D.
Vu Hoang Phuong, M.D.



West Africa Momodou Mousa Baro, M.D.



Yugoslavia Zorica Jankovic, M.D.
Vesna Bumbasirevic, M.D.
Miomir Jovic, M.D.
Vojislava Neskovic, M.D.