Faculty

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Josyann Abisaab, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Caitlin Anderson, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: New York Hospital - Queens

David Anthony, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Satchit Balsari, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Juliet Caldwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Long Island Jewish Medical Center EM/IM

Judith Dattaro, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in Clinical Surgery, and Public Health
Residency Training: University of Chicago Hospitals

Niels Dua, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Mt. Sinai

Brenna Farmer, MD
Assistant Profeesor of Medicine
Residency Training: Vanderbilt Universtiy
Fellowship Training: NYC Poison Control

Jose Fernandez, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of QA/PI, Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital EMS
Residency Training: Bronx Municipal Hospital

Flavio Gaudio, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
Residency Training: SUNY Stony Brook

Hina Ghory, MD
Intructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Peter Greenwald, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Alexis Halpern, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian, Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: NYU-Bellvue Medical Center

Hanson Hsu, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
ED IT Liaison
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Steven Kaplan, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief Medical Director and Quality and Patient Safety Officer of Ambulatory Care
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Marianna Karounos, DO
Fellow in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center

Jennifer Kherani, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Charles Kwon, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Richard Lappin, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Sophia Lin, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Zhanna Livshits, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship Training: NYC Poison Center

Raffaele Milizia, MD
Intructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Renu Mital, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine

Mary Mulcare, MD
Fellow in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Anthony Mustalish, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in Clinical Surgery, and Public Health
Compliance Leader for Physician Organization, Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City Health Department

Matthew O'Neill, MD
Intructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Jen Prosser, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship Training: NYC Poison Center

Rama Rao, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Assistant Attending Physician, Medical Toxicology Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Sam Senturia, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: Montefiore Medical Center

Jeremy Sperling, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Residency Director, Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Peter Steel, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Michael Stern, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Director of Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Dean Straff, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Michael Vortmann, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Boston Medical Center

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty

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Shari Platt, MD
Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency Training: Weill Cornell, New York Hospital
Fellowship Training: NYU-Bellevue Medical Centers

Caridad D. Isaac, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Residency Training: Mt. Sinai
Fellowship Training: NYU-Bellevue Medical Centers

Dorothy J. Damore, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Eric R. Weinberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Jennifer I. Curran, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Fellowship Training: NYU-Bellevue Medical Centers

Marie Lupica, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Michele Rosenthal, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Residency Training: NYU-Bellevue Medical Centers
Fellowship Training: NYU-Bellevue Medical Centers

Nikhil Shah, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Residency Training: North Shore-LIJ Medical Center
Fellowship Training: North Shore-LIJ Medical Center

Sophia Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

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Biren Bhatt, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Nicole Bouchard, MD, FRCPSC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Assistant Site Director, Adult Emergency Medicine
Director of Medical Toxicology
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Lorna Breen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Assistant Site Director, Emergency Medicine, The Allen Hospital
Residency Training: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Robert Bristow, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Nicholas Caputo, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Wallace Carter, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Medical Director NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital EMS
Associate Medical Director NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital EMS

Bernard Chang, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Harvard / Brigham & Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals

Betty Chang, MD, RDMS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Program
Residency Training: SUNY Downstate/Kings County
Fellowship Training: St. Luke's/Roosevelt

Heidi Cordi, MD, MS, MPH, EMTP, FACEP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, EMS
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Elizabeth Dubey, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center

Jordan Foster, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Site Director, Adult Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Juan Carlos Garcia, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital

James Giglio, MD, FACEP
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Randeep Gill, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Neurological Intensive Care
Residency: Newark-Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

Robert Green, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Associate Director, Emergency Medicine
Director, QA/PI, Emergency Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Veronica Hlibczuk, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: New York Methodist Hospital

Kimberlee Hodges, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: West Virginia University Hospital, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center

Karen Kerner, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Barbra Lock, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director of Patient Safety
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center

Hong Suk (Chris) Kim, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Residency Training: University of Maryland

Pamela Lai, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Frank H. Lovaglio, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center

Leslie Miller, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Site Director, Emergency Medicine, The Allen Hospital
Residency Training: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Rachel T. Moresky, MD, MPH, FACEP
Director of International Emergency Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Population and Family Health - Program on Forced Migration and Health Faculty, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Residency Training: The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Martin Musi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: North Shore University Hospital

Edwin Naamon, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Harlem Hospital

Dziwe Ntaba, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Fellow in International Emergency Medicine
Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital

Oluremi Olowe, MBBS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, Metropolitan Hospital Center

Helen Ouyang, MD, MPH
Assistant Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Harvard / Brigham & Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals
Zuckerman Fellowship 2005-6, Harvard

Victor Pacheco-Fowler, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center

Kiran Pandit, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Parag Paranjpe, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center

Elizabeth Paras, MD
Instructor in Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

David Riley, MD, MSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RMSK
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Program
Residency Training: Los Angeles County-King/Drew Trauma Center,
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center

Kabir Rezvankhoo, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dana Sacco, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Ellen Sano, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Research Associate Program
Residency: StonyBrook Health Sciences Center

Osman R. Sayan, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Residency Training: Jacobi Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Paul Schmidt, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Center, SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center

Emily Sheffer, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Mark Silberman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Jeremy Simon, MD, PhD, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Residency Training: NYU/Bellevue Medical Centers

Craig Spencer, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
International Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: New York Hospital Queens

Joshua Stillman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Marco Tan, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital

Michael Tang, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Christopher Tedeschi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Andrea Tenner, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
International Emergency Medicine Fellow
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago (EM/IM)

Aleksandr Tichter, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Raleigh Todman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: University of Pennsylvania

Richard Trepp, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: Yale-New Haven Medical Center

Joseph Underwood, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

David Van, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency Training: St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center

Tanya Walker, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship: New York City Department of Health

Peter Wyer, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Chair, EM Education Committee

Ayman Yassa, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: International Emergency Medicine at NYPH-Columbia

Eric Yun, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: New York Hospital Queens
Fellowship: University of California - San Diego Medical Center

Columbia Peds EM Faculty

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Meridith Sonnett, MD
Acting Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine;
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics;
Chair, MSCHONY Quality Council;
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center-Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Peter S. Dayan, MD, MSc
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Acting Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Children's National Medical Center
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center

Faiz Ahmad, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Joel Berezow, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Attending
Residency: John's Hopkins Bayview Medical Center;
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Robert E. Best, MD
Director of Medical Student Education for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: North Shore University Hospital; Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Buffalo; St. Lukes/ Roosevelt Hospital Center

Minnie Bhagavan, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Biren Bhatt, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Fred Bomback, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Joan S. Bregstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian
Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center

Stephen Gordon, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Albert Einstein/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian

Fred Greenfield, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Overlook Hospital

Maria Ieni, MD
Instructor in Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Residency: Children's National Medical Center

Kenneth Katz, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Abu N.G.A. Khan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Schneider Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Anupam Kharbanda, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston

Maria Kwok, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Schneider Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Sharon Newman, MD, PhD
Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital

Sharon Pan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Martin Pusic, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: University of Toronto - The Hospital for Sick Children,
McGill University - Montreal Children's Hospital
Fellowship: McGill University - Montreal Children's Hospital

Cindy Ganis Roskind, MD
Assistant Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Alan Ross, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Montifiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Montifiore Medical Center

David Schnadower, MD
Instructor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Mindy Stimell, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Children's National Medical Center
Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center/Bronx Municipal Hospital Centers

David Teng, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: Schneider Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York- Presbyterian

Shiu-Lin Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic
Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center/Bronx Municipal Hospital Centers

Anju Wagh, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: North Shore University Hospital;
Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: New York University Medical Center

Veronica Williams, MD
Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics
Residency: University of California at Los Angeles