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Faculty
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Department of Medicine
 William M. McCormack, M.D, Chief
Michael H. Augenbraun, M.D.
Jack A. DeHovitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Sheldon H. Landesman, M.D.
Martin R. Kramer, M.D.
Steven Weiss, M.D.
Charles L. Hyman, M.D.
John Quale, M.D.
David Landman, M.D.
Conrad Fisher, M.D.
Jayashree Ravishankar, M.D.
Anjali Sharma, M.D.
John DeLury, M.D.
Simona Bratu, M.D.
Jameela Yuseef, M.D.
Brooklyn Veteran's Administration Hospital
Larry Lutwick, M.D. (Chief)
Sadhana Sathe, M.D, Ph.D.
Brookdale Medical Center
Richard Cofsky, M.D. (Chief)
Cheryl Croney, M.D.
Nedunchezian Deeptha, M.D.
Barbara Berger, M.D.
Jyoti Gupta, M.D.
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Department of Pediatrics
Margaret R. Hammerschlag, M.D. (Chief)
Hermann Mendez, M.D.
Matthew Gesner, M.D.
Karen Tizer, D.O.
Stephan Kohlhoff, M.D.
Current Positions Held By Former Fellows
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Department of Medicine
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William M. McCormack, M.D, Chief
Distinguished Teaching Professor (Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology)
B.S.: Fordham University, Bronx 1959
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1963
Internship: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx 1963-64
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York 1964-65
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 1968-69
U.S. Public Health Service:
Epidemic Intelligence Service:
Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory
Dacca, East Pakistan (Bangladesh) 1965-68
Fellowship: Channing Laboratory and Thorndike Memorial Laboratory,
Boston City Hospital, Boston 1969-71
Research Interests: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted conditions.
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Michael H. Augenbraun, M.D.
Professor (Medicine, Preventive Medicine)
B.A.: University of Rochester 1981
M.D.: University of Rochester 1985
Internship: North Shore University Hospital 1985-86
Residency: North Shore University Hospital 1986-88
Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn 1988-90
Research Interests: Sexually transmitted infections in HIV infected persons; Hospital Epidemiology
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Jack A. DeHovitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor (Preventive Medicine, Medicine)
B.S.: University of California, Davis 1974
M.P.H.: University of Texas School of Public Health 1975
M.D.: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 1980
Internship: St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan 1980-81
Residency: NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan 1981-83
Fellowship: NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan 1983-85
Research Interests: Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections. Epidemiology and Prevention of HIV and associated infections in Central/Eastern Europe. Natural history of HIV disease in women.
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Sheldon H. Landesman, M.D.
Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Brooklyn 1968
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center , Brooklyn 1972
Internship: Bellevue Hospital Center, Manhattan 1972-73
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda 1973-75
Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston 1975-76
Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston 1976-1978
Research Interests: Maternal-fetal transmission of HIV
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Martin R. Kramer, M.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: SUNY/Harper College, Binghamton 1969
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1973
Internship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1973-74
Residency: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1974-77
Fellowship: Manhattan VA Hospital., Manhattan 1979-80
SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1980-81
Research Interests: Hospital Epidemiology
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Steven Weiss, M.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
A.B.: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 1983
M.D.: New York University, New York 1988
Internship: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn 1988-89
Residency: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn 1989-91
Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn 1991-93
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Charles L. Hyman, M.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
B. Mus.: The Mannes College of Music, NY, NY 1978
M.D.: The Sackler School of Medicine, NY State Program 1984
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1984-85
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1985-88
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1988-90
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John Quale, M.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: SUNY/Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 1976
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1980
Internship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1980-81
Residency: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1981-84
Fellowship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1985-87
Research Interests: In vitro studies of antibiotic resistant pathogens.
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David Landman, M.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
B.A.: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn 1980
M.D.: SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1984
Internship: Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn 1984-85
Residency: Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn 1985-87
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1987-89
Research Interests: Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Brooklyn.
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Conrad Fisher, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: SUNY/New Paltz 1984
M.D.: SUNY/Albany Medical College 1988
Internship: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital. Columbia University 1988-89
Residency: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital. Columbia University 1989-92
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1993-95
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Jayashree Ravishankar, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
M.B.B.S.: Kilpauk Medical College, Madras, India 1985
Residency: Royal Sunderland Hospital, UK 1993-95
Registrar: (Dermatology) Dayburn Hospital, UK 1995-97
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA 1997-98
Residency: Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA 1998-99
Fellowship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1999-01
Research Interests: Clinical course, epidemiology, and treatment of HIV Infection
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Anjali Sharma, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1994
M.D.: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois 1998
Internship: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 1998-99
Resident: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 1999-01
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 2002-05
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John DeLury, M.D.
Instructor (Medicine)
B.A.: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1986
M.D.: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1992
Internship: University of Wisconsin, Madison 1992-03
Residency: University of Wisconsin, Madison 1993-05
Fellowship: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1996-08
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Simona Bratu, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: Mircea cel Batrin National College, Rm. Vilcea, Romania 1988
M.D: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 1994
Internship: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 1997-98
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 1998-00
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2000-02
Research Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2002-06
Research Interests: Mechanisms of resistance in multi-drug resistant organisms.
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Jameela Yuseef, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, NY, NY 1999
M.D.: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 2001
Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 2001-02
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 2002-04
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 2004-06
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Brooklyn Veteran's Administration Hospital
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Larry Lutwick, M.D. (Chief)
Professor (Medicine)
B.S.: Polytechnical Institute, Brooklyn, New York 1968
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1972
Internship: Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 1972-73
Residency: Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 1973-74
Fellowship: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 1974-76
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Sadhana Sathe, M.D, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Medicine)
M.B.B.S.: Grant Medical College, Bombay, India 1963
Internship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1981-82
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ 1982-84
Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
Rutgers Affiliated Hospitals 1984-86
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Brookdale Medical Center
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Richard Cofsky, M.D. (Chief)
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.A.: Queens College, Queens 1971
M.D.: University of Maryland, Baltimore 1978
Internship: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn 1978-79
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn 1979-81
Fellowship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1982-84
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Cheryl Croney, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
B.A.: Queens College, Queens 1979
M.D.: Brown University, Providence 1988
Internship: Columbia University/Harlem Hospital, Manhattan 1988-89
Residency: Columbia University/Harlem Hospital, Manhattan 1989-91
Fellowship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 1991-93
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Nedunchezian Deeptha, M.D.
M.B.B.S.: Madras Medical College, Madras, India 1973
Internship: Govt. General Hospital, Madras, India 1974-75
Residency: Govt. General Hospital, Madras, India 1975-76
Internship: St. Vincent's Medical Center, Staten Island, NY 1977-78
Residency: St. Vincent's Medical Center, Staten Island, NY 1978-79
Fellowship: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1980-82
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Barbara Berger, M.D.
B.A.: Douglas College/Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1972
M.D.: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 1977
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1977-78
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1980-82
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1982-84
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Jyoti Gupta, M.D.
M.B.B.S.: J. Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 1996
Internship: J. Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 1997-98
Residency: J. Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 1998-99
Internship: Brookdale University Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2000-01
Residency: Brookdale University Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2001-03
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2004-06
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SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Department of Pediatrics
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Margaret R. Hammerschlag, M.D. (Chief)
Professor (Pediatrics, Medicine)
B.S.: Barnard College, Manhattan 1968
M.D.: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 1972
Internship: Children's Orthopedic Hospital Medical Center, Seattle 1972-73
Residency: University of Washington Affiliate Hospitals, Seattle 1973-74
Fellowship: Channing Laboratory and Thorndike Memorial Laboratory,
Boston City Hospital, Boston 1974-76
Research Interests: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of infections due to Chlamydophila pneumoniae (TWAR) in children and adults.
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Hermann Mendez, M.D.
Professor (Pediatrics, Medicine)
M.D.: Universidad De El Salvador, El Salvador 1977
Internship: Hospital Benjamin Bloom, Universidad De El Salvador 1978
Residency: Hospital Benjamin Bloom, Universidad De El Salvador 1978-80
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1980-81
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1981-83
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1983-85
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Matthew Gesner, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
M.D.: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center 1988
Internship: Children's Hospital of Buffalo 1988-89
Residency: Children's Hospital of Buffalo 1989-91
Fellowship: Bellevue/New York University, New York, NY 1991-94
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Karen Tizer, D.O.
Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
B.S.: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1982
M.S.: Drexil University, Philadelphia, PA 1985
D.O.: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA 1989
Internship: Rotating Internship, Peninsula Hospital, NY 1989-90
Internship: L.I. Jewish Medical Center, Schneider Children's Hospital, NY 1990-91
Residency: L.I. Jewish Medical Center, Schneider Children's Hospital, NY 1991-93
Fellowship: Cornell University Medical Center, NY, NY 1993-95
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Stephan Kohlhoff, M.D.
Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
M.D.: Frele Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany 1995
Internship: Children's Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke Univ, Magdeburg, Germany 1997
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1998
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1999-02
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn NY 2002-05
Research Interests: Immune response to Chlamydophila pneumoniae in asthma.
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Current Positions Held By Former Fellows
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Michael H. Augenbraun, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Hospital Epidemiologist
University Hospital of Brooklyn
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Judith Berger, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Barnabas Hospital
Bronx, New York
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Leonard B. Berkowitz, M.D.
Director, Infectious Diseases & AIDS Program
Brooklyn Hospital Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Keith Chirgwin, M.D.
Director, Worldwide Regulatory Liaison
Biologics/Vaccines
Merck Research Laboratory
West Point, Pennsylvania
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Rita Chow, M.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
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Richard D. Cofsky, M.D
Assistant Professor of Medicine
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
Brookdale Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Cheryl Croney, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Division
Director, HIV/AIDS Program
Brookdale Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Michelle Dahdouh, M.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
St. Barnabas Hospital
Bronx, New York
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Stephen Dillon, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
New York Medical College
Private Practice of Infectious Diseases
New York, New York
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Elliot Frank, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Neptune, New Jersey
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Jordan B. Glaser, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Director, Infectious Diseases
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York
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Aaron Glatt, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer/Vice President for Medical Affairs
New Island Hospital
Bethpage, New York
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Charles Hyman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Medical Service
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Martin R. Kramer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Hospital Epidemiologist
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
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David Landman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Neville K. Mobarakai, M.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York
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Linda Morton-Kute, M.D.
Private Practice of Infectious Diseases
Los Angeles, California
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Mary J. Murphy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division
Louisiana State University Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Jill Nord, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
New York Medical College
Infectious Diseases Division
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
New York, New York
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James O'Halloran, D.O.
Department of Medicine
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington, Connecticut
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John Quale, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Shobita Rajagopalan, M.B., B.S.
Private Practice of Medicine and
Infectious Diseases
Costa Mesa, California
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Sarah Rawstron, M.B., B.S.
Director, Pediatric House Staff Training Program
Brooklyn Hospital Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Mirela Sam, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Interfaith Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Abey Sarai, M.B. B.S.
Private Practice of Infectious Diseases & Internal Medicine
St. Petersburg, Florida
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Guillermo Saurina, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Diseases
South Georgia Medical Center
Valdosta, Georgia
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Robert Shafer, M.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
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Richard Tepper, M.D.
Private Practice of Infectious Diseases
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Jeffrey Vieira, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, House Staff Training Program
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York
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Steven M. Weiss, M.D.
Associate Professor in Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Associate Director, Department of Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
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Naser Yazigi, M.D.
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine
& Infectious Diseases
Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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