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Department of Otolaryngology - Faculty

Part Time Staff

Mauro Ruffy, MD

Dr. Ruffy is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, and completed his residency training at Long Island College Hospital in 1972. His field of expertise is in General Otolaryngology with special emphasis in Otology. He is the Medical Director of the Bureau of Families with Special Needs Program at Long Island College Hospital in which children with otologic problems are evaluated and treated. His clinical experience has made him a major contributor to our training program.

Michael G. Mendelsohn, MD

Dr. Mendelsohn received his medical degree from Boston University as part of the Six-Year Accelerated Liberal Arts/ Medical Education Program. He completed Otolaryngology Residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and then completed Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship at University of Virginia. He is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He also practiced for eight years at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, until recently when he joined ProHealth Care Associates in Lake Success, NY.

Rashid Chaudhry, MD

Dr. Chaudhry received his M.D. degree from University of Punjab, Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan in 1969. He is a graduate of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn in 1978. Following graduation, he joined the faculty as Instructor and then was promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor. Since 1980 he has been Chief of Otolaryngology at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. His clinical interests include head and neck, facial plastic surgery and rhinomanometry.

Douglas Finn, MD

Dr. Finn received his M.D. degree from New York Medical College and completed his residency in otolaryngology at Duke University. He then completed a head and neck fellowship at M.D. Anderson Medical Center in Houston Texas. He is an attending at the Brooklyn V.A. Hospital and is in private practice in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.