FACULTY
Afsar Khan, MD
Program Director
Dr. Khan received his Doctor of Medicine from Allama Iqbal Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan, and completed his residency with MVHS in Utica. He has been awarded the 2020 Northeast Group Medical Director of the Year for his role in leading the MVHS Emergency Department as medical director. Dr. Khan leads our MVHS Transitional Year Residency Program as the program director.
Timothy Backus, DO
Assistant Program Director
Timothy Backus, DO, is an emergency medicine specialist in Utica and has more than 10 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from New York Institute of Technology/Old Westbury in 2014.
Paul Davidson, MD, FACS
Core Faculty
Dr. Davidson is program director of the MVHS General Surgery Residency. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York, and a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Davidson is program director for our sponsoring program, the MVHS General Surgery Residency program. Dr. Davidson is also chairman of the Medical Records Committee, is a member of the Medical Staff Advisory Committee and specializes in trauma/critical care.
Rashid Girshab, MD
Lead Physician of the Inpatient Teaching Service
Core Faculty
Dr. Girshab has been a hospitalist with MVHS since 2015 and an attending physician for Sister Rose Vincent Family Medicine Center since 2016. He also serves as the vice chair for the Department of Hospital Medicine and chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee at MVHS.
Dr. Girshab earned his Doctor of Medicine from St. Matthews University School of Medicine in the Cayman Islands, and completed his residency in Family Medicine at MVHS.
Administrative Faculty
Barbara Dyer, MSHA
Program Coordinator
