Pathway to Success: Strategies to Securing an Administration Fellowship

Dr. Monisha Dilip is a second year administration fellow at the Yale School of Medicine. She is the Assistant Medical Director at the Yale New Haven Emergency Department. Her specific focuses are emergency department operations, patient safety and quality, and admin’s role in wellness. She is also completing her MBA at Yale School of Management. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Kings County/SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. In her fourth year, she served as a Chief Resident. 

Dr. Dilip attended California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for undergrad. She completed medical school at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society. In her spare time, she likes reading books, exploring new restaurants, and watching terrible TV shows.

Dr. Wendy Sun is an Administration Fellow and Instructor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. She is passionate about patient quality and safety, physician wellness, and health innovation. Having served as a past President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Residents and Medical Students (SAEM RAMS) and the Resident Member on the SAEM Board of Directors, she continues to be invested in the advancement of emergency medicine through research, mentorship, education, and advocacy.

Dr. Sun earned her undergraduate degree at Columbia University in Biomedical Engineering. She subsequently obtained her Doctor of Medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Societies. Most recently, she completed Emergency Medicine residency at Yale - New Haven Health where she served as Chief Resident. She continues to further her education as a candidate of the MBA for Executives at the Yale School of Management. A Canadian from Toronto, she now resides in New Haven.

Dr. Stefanie Gopaul received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. At UCLA, she was a member of the Charles Drew University/UCLA Medical Education Program and the PRIME-LA program where she completed a five-year dual degree and obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health from Columbia University. Dr. Gopaul completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at SUNY Downstate/ Kings County, where she served as a Chief Resident.

Dr. Gopaul is currently completing an Administrative Fellowship in Healthcare Leadership and Operations (HCLO) at NYU Langone Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine and works as a Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine at NYU and Bellevue hospitals. She is completing a Masters of Public Administration at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As an Administrative Fellow, Dr. Gopaul serves as the Acting Assistant Chief of Service for the NYU Cobble Hill Emergency Department. In this role, she provides direct assistance to the Chief of Service on daily ED operations as well as various quality and patient safety initiatives.