The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship is a full-time, 12-month salaried position with benefits. The AGPCNP Fellowship cohort starts in October 2026 and continues through the end of September 2027.  The fellowship provides comprehensive training for new-graduate Nurse Practitioners with an emphasis on delivering primary care in an ethnically-diverse setting.

Based out of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, a safety-net hospital with satellite ambulatory primary and specialty clinic sites, this fellowship program intends to provide a combination of clinical and didactic training to expand the facility’s footprint in its community of service, increasing accessibility and optimizing the health of its diverse patient population. Successful applicants demonstrate a desire to provide impactful and evidence-based primary care.

Qualifications:

• Graduates within 18 months of completion of a Master’s or DNP Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program
• Certified as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)
• Spanish-speaking candidates preferred

To Apply:

The 2026-2027 application will be posted in April 2026.  Please contact Ms. Myra Ortiz at 718-302-8537 or email Ganesh Ram, DNP, AGPCNP-BC (GRam@Wyckoffhospital.org) with any questions.

Meet the Team:

Program Director: Ganesh Ram, DNP, MHA, AGPCNP-BC
Doctor of Nursing Practice: New York University
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: New York University
Specialty/Interests: Ergonomics Awareness, Occupational Health/Safety, Advanced Practice Curriculum Development, Gap Closure, Value-Based Purchasing

Trained in primary care delivery, DNP Ram has been a Nurse Practitioner at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center since 2017. Prior, he served as a Registered Nurse in the facility’s Emergency Department. One of the inaugural Nurse Practitioners in Wyckoff’s Department of Medicine, DNP Ram has experience in serving adult-gerontology populations in a range of ambulatory settings across primary and specialty services including pulmonology, cardiology, and post-ER transitional care. Currently the Director of Population Health Services at Wyckoff Heights and previously the Nurse Practitioner Educator for Internal Medicine, he brings an awareness of quality-based health outcomes in conjunction with providing care to complex patients in an underserved yet culturally thriving community.

Contact Information:
Email: GRam@wyckoffhospital.org
Phone: (718) 208-2414

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellows: 2025-2026

 

Cherysh Foster, MSN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner: Long Island University
Specialty/Interests: Transitional Care, Preventative Medicine, Quality-Based Metrics, Reduction in Readmission Rates

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to participate in this Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. This experience has been both professionally enriching and personally transformative. Opportunities like this are essential to the growth and success of Nurse Practitioners, as they offer structured mentorship and hands-on experience that cannot be replicated in traditional academic settings alone. I strongly advocate for the continued growth and accessibility of such programs for Nurse Practitioners nationwide

 

Jasmine Rodriguez, DNP, FNP-BC
Doctor of Nursing Practice: Columbia University
Family Nurse Practitioner: Columbia University
Specialty/Interests: Chronic Care Management, Annual Wellness, Integration of Advanced Directives and Patient Centricity into Primary Care

The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program at Wyckoff Heights has helped me gain invaluable experience in managing complex medical conditions and addressing unmet social determinants of health. This fellowship continues to strengthen my clinical skills while deepening my commitment to delivering patient-centered care in underserved communities.