Faculty and Staff
Leadership and Program Directors
Mohamed S. Siddique, MD, FACP
Mohamed Siddique, MD, FACP is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. As the recipient of the Laureate award from American College of Physicians and a Lifetime Achievement award recipient from American College of Physicians, he is highly regarded as a physician, educator, leader, administrator, and a mentor. In addition to being a clinician and teacher he has extensive experience in healthcare reform, healthcare disparity and high value care. Dr. Siddique has been the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Sinai-Grace for 31 years. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSU).
Kenneth L. Bergsman, MD, FACP
Kenneth L. Bergsman, MDis a Professor of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Bergsman also has subspecialties in both Hematology and Oncology. He serves as Chairman of the Credential Committee at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Detroit Academy of Medicine.
Hicham Krayem, MD, FCCP
Hicham Krayem, MD, FCCP, serves as Chief of Medicine at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital. He also serves as an Associate Program Director for the Wayne State University Transitional Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Krayem completed his Internal Medicine residency training at DMC/Sinai Grace Hospital and his Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital. He is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care and sleep medicine.
Feldman, MD, FACP
Marc Feldman, MD, is a board-certified Internist. A graduate of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Dr. Feldman has taught at WSU for more than 20 years. Today he serves as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine training program and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University.
Malitha Hettiarachchi, MD
Malitha Hettiarachchi, MD, is a Board-Certified Internist who serves as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency program at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. She completed her medical education at University of Colombo Sri Lanka and a residency at WSU/DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, where she served as a Chief Medical Resident. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor both at WSU School of Medicine and MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Hettiarachchi functions as the Interim Director of the Research Division.
Abu Fazal Shaik Mohammed, MD
Abu Fazal Shaik Mohammed, MD, is a Board-Certified Internist. After graduating from Sinai-Grace hospital/Wayne State University, he joined as a full time faculty in the department of medicine. He served as the associated program director of Internal medicine and later promoted to be the Program Director of the WSU Transitional Year Residency Program.
John R. Haapaniemi, DO, FCCP
John R. Haapaniemi, DO, is the President of Medical Staff at the Detroit Medical Center. A graduate of Michigan State University, Dr. Haapaniemi is a Professor of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Haapaniemi is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine.
Joel L. Appel, DO, FACP
Joel L Appel, DO, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and serves as the Director of the Sub-Internship program. He completed his Oncology fellowship at Wayne State University. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr. Appel is the Chief of Hematology/Oncology at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital. He is the Program Director of Internal Medicine at the Detroit/Wayne County Authority Health. Currently, he is the Co-Chairman of CDIM-NBME, Internal Medicine task force. He chairs the Clinical Reasoning Interest Group for Directors of Clinical Skills (DOCs). He has published extensively in Medical Education.
Ahmed Jamal Chaudhary, MD, FACP
Ahmed Jamal Chaudhary MD, FACP is a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician who serves as Associate Program director for Transitional Medicine Residency Program. He also holds the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine with Michigan State University School of Osteopathic Medicine. A graduate of Lahore Medical and Dental College, he completed his Internal Medicine Residency training from DMC/Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University in 2015 and later started practicing as a faculty Hospitalist for the Department of Medicine at Unity Point Health, Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. During this time, he held the rank of Assistant Professor of Medicine at Des Moines School of Osteopathic Medicine. He moved back to DMC/ Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University as core Internal Medicine faculty in 2019.
Sandra Jones-Lackey, MD
Sandra Jones-Lackey, MD, is a faculty physician in Internal Medicine and currently supervises the house-staff in the DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital Ambulatory Clinic. Dr. Jones-Lackey completed her Internal Medicine residency at DMC/ Wayne State University. She is involved in many community service organizations and has won the “Commitment to Medical Education in Ambulatory Medicine” appreciation Award.
Sana Iqbal, MD
Sana Iqbal, MD, is a Board-Certified Internist. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training at DMC/Sinai Grace hospital and has worked as a faculty Hospitalist. She holds a rank of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Wasif Hafeez, MD
Wasif Hafeez, MD, serves as Chief of Infectious Disease at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. His research focuses on improving HIV/AIDS care in the Northwest Detroit region through a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Irfan Omar, MD, MRCP
Irfan Omar, MD, is the Chief of Nephrology and Director of Inpatient Dialysis and the Immunology laboratory at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. He is also Director of the Northwest Lahser Dialysis Unit in Southfield. A Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University, he is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Hassan M.A. Makki, MD, FCCP
Hassan Makki, MD, is the Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. He also serves as a staff physician in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. A graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine, he is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine.
Osama Hadid, MD
Osama Hadid, MD, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training and served as Chief Medical Resident at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. He further went on to complete his Critical Care Medicine fellowship training at DMC/Wayne State University. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University, and currently serves as the Head of the Code Blue Committee.
Mukarram Ali Siddiqui, MD, FACP
Mukarram Siddiqui, MD, is the Chief of Cardiology at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital and Medical Director of the EP and Pacing Lab. A Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University, Dr. Siddiqui directs an annual program for primary care physicians and cardiologists showcasing the latest advances in management of heart failure patients. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Adult Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Sulaiman Alhassan, MD, FCCP
Sulaiman Alhassan, MD, FCCP, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training and served as a Chief Medical Resident at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital. He further went on to complete his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship training and served as a Chief Fellow at Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University and Michigan State University. He currently serves as Medical Director of the Respiratory Therapy department at DMC/Sinai-Grace Hospital.
GME Admin
Carol Appel
Director, Department of Medicine
Melissa Johnson
Senior Program Administrator
Department of Medicine
Melissa Alier
Internal Medicine Residency Coordinator
Carla Lee
Transitional Residency Coordinator
Meghan McFarlan
Medical Student Coordinator
Denise Ditty
Executive Assistant
Department of Medicine
