Department Contact Information
For individual program information please select from the department list below. Fellowship program information can be found under the appropriate fellowship link or under the main department.
Department Chairperson: David J. Wlody, MD
Interim Program Director: David J. Wlody, MD
Coordinator: Jacqueline Dowling (718) 270-1926
Department Chairperson: Edward Heilman, MD
Program Director: Sharon Glick, MD
Coordinator: Nancy Mingoia (718) 270-1229
Pediatric Dermatology
Program Director: Sharon Glick, MD
Dermatopathology
Program Director: Edward Heilman, MD
Program Director: James Willis, MD
Assistant Program Director:
Pamela Janairo, MD
Coordinator: Chelsea Cole (718) 245-4798
Emergency Medicine - Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
Program Director: Joshua Schechter, MD
Associate Program Director: Allison Regan, MD
Coordinator: Chelsea Cole (718) 245-4798
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Program Director: Ambreen Khan, MD
Coordinator: Aquila Lewis (718) 270-4442
Department Chairperson: Montgomery Douglas, MD
Program Director: Eve Faber, MD
Coordinator: Maria Sevilla (718) 270-2560
Program Directors: Joshua Schechter, MD/Samy I. McFarlane, MD
Coordinators:
Chelsea Cole (718) 245-4798 (EM)
Maureen Thompson, (718) 270-1566 (IM)
Department Chairperson: Moro Salifu, MD
Program Director: Samy I. McFarlane, MD
Executive Associate Program Director: Harjinder Gill, MD / UHB
Associate Program Directors:
Ahmed Awwad, MD / Brooklyn VA
Pooja Belligund, MBBS / Brooklyn VA
Roosevelt Boursiquot, MD, MPhil / UHB
Richi Chowdhury, MD / KCH
David Frank, MD / Brooklyn VA
Patrick Geraghty, MD / UHB
Prabash Koneru, MD / KCHC
Luis Lugo, MD / Brooklyn VA
Regina Miller, MD / KCHC
Debra Ponce, MD / Brooklyn VA
Daniel Shayowitz, MD /Brooklyn VA
Aarti Shenoy, MD / KCHC
Christine Yun, MD / KCHC
Coordinators:
Maureen Thompson (718) 270-1566 / Carletta Hanniford (718) 270-2353
Primary Care Internal Medicine
Program Director: Melissa Lee, MD
Coordinator: Fremci Rosario
Allergy and Immunology
Program Director: Rauno Joks, MD
Coordinator: Vaneshia Smith (718) 270-2156
Cardiovascular Disease
Program Director: Louis Salciccioli, MD
Coordinator: Velda Jones (718) 270-4388
Interventional Cardiology
Program Director: Erdal Cavusoglui, MD
Coordinator: Velda Jones (718) 270-4388
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Program Director: Adam Budzikowski, MD, PhD, FHRS
Coordinator: Velda Jones (718) 270-4388
Endocrine/Metabolism
Program Director: Agnes Gliwa, MD
Coordinator: Velda Jones (718) 270-6324
Gastroenterology
Program Director: Shivakumar Vignesh, MD
Associate Program Director: Savanna Thor, MD
Coordinator: Selina Adams (718) 270-1835
Geriatric Medicine
Program Director: Everton Prospere, MD
Coordinator: Gwendolyn McMichael (718) 270-3820
Hematology/Oncology
Program Director: Carol Luhrs, MD
Coordinator: Lois Cooper (718) 613-8678
Infectious Diseases
Program Director: Michael Augenbraun, MD
Associate Program Director: Marie Abdallah, MD
Coordinator: Yvonne Edwards (718) 270-1432
Nephrology
Program Director: Subodh Saggi, MD
Coordinator: Leancia Tam (718) 270-1585
Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine
Program Director: Robert Foronjy, MD
Coordinator: Shelly Anthony (718) 270-1770
Rheumatology
Program Director: Deana Lazaro, MD
Coordinator: Snobia Jardim (718) 270-1662
Department Chairperson: Daniel Rosenbaum, MD
Adult Neurology
Program Director: Jonathan Perk, MD
Associate Program Directors: Yaacov Anziska, MD, Helen Valsamis, MD, Nuri Jacoby, MD
Coordinator: Marjorie Maxwell (718) 270-4232
Pediatric Neurology
Program Director: Alexandra Reznikov, M.D. (718) 270-3211
Coordinator: Kim Kearns (718) 270-2042
Neurophysiology
Program Director: Geetha Chari, M.D. (718) 270-3217
Coordinator: Kim Kearns (718) 270-2042
Vascular Neurology
Program Director: Nikolaos Papamitsakis, MD
Associate Program Director: Susan Law, MD
Coordinator: Marjorie Maxwell (718) 270-4232
Advanced Adult Neurology Program at OBH
Program Director: Lisa R. Merlin, MD
Associate Director: Arthur Kay, MD
Coordinator: Dorina Spinel (718) 240-8861
Department Chairperson: Camille A. Clare, MD
Program Director: Patricia Gil, MD
Assistant Program Director: Lauren Grotell, MD
Coordinator: Devareco Wilkie, MSc (718) 270-3320
Obstetrics and Gynecology website
Gynecologic Oncology
Interim Program Director: Camille A. Clare, MD
Coordinator: Devareco Wilkie, MSc (718) 270-2058
Outside website: http://www.downstategynonc.org
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Program Director: Zaher Merhi, MD
Coordinator: Jennifer Nguyen (212) 517-7676
Department Chairperson: John Danias, MD
Program Director: John Laudi, MD
Coordinator: Beatrice Pierre-Francoeur (718) 270-1962
Department Chairperson: William Urban, MD
Program Director: Carl Paulino, MD
Coordinator: Yvonne Henry (718) 270-8652
Department Chairperson & Program Director: Richard Rosenfeld, MD
Associate Program Director: Nira Goldstein, MD, MPH
Coordinator: Nicole Fraser (718) 270-1638
Department Chairperson: Jenny M. Libien, MD, PhD
Program Director: Kristina Loukeris, MD
Associate Program Directors: Steven Kang, MD, Jianying Zeng, MD
Coordinator: Natasha Henry (718) 270-8173
Department Chairperson: Stephen Wadowski, MD
Core Program Director: Christina Guillen, MD
Associate Programs Directors: Amy Suss, MD, Vivian Chin, MD, Lawrence Fordjour, MD
Coordinator: Kwame Luke (718) 270-2078
Pediatrics Fellowships
Administrator: (718) 270-2078
Staff Assistant: Darell Banks (718) 270-4393
Adolescent Medicine
Program Director: Amy Suss, MD
Coordinator: Darell Banks (718) 270-4393
Pediatric Endocrinology
Program Director: Vatcharapan Umpaichitra, MD
Coordinator: Omaira Carrington (718) 270-1626
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Program Director: Katherine Vaidy, MD
Associate Program Director: Simon Rabinowitz, MD
Coordinator: Greta Tim (718) 270-1911
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Program Director: Melvyn Braiman, MD (718) 613-8676
Associate Program Director: Risa Bochner, MD
Coordinator: Greta Tim (718) 270-1911
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Program Director: Margaret Hammerschlag, MD
Coordinator: Debra Pointer (718) 270-1694
Pediatric Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
Program Director: Jacob Aranda, MD, PhD
Coordinator: Debra Pointer (718) 270-1694
Pediatric Nephrology
Program Director: Anil Mongia, MD
Coordinator: Debra Pointer (718) 270-1694
Pediatric Pulmonary Division
Program Director: Diana Weaver, MD
Coordinator: Omaira Carrington (718) 270-1626
Department Chairperson: William Urban, MD
Program Director: Susan Stickevers, MD
Coordinator: Chantal Littrean (718) 270-2047
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation website
Sports Medicine
Program Director: Christine Persaud, MD
Associate Program Director: Patrick Cleary, DO
Coordinator: Debra Owens (718) 221-5148
Program Director: Michael Trepal, DPM
(718) 624-8022
Chairperson: Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DSc
Program Director: Scot McAfee, MD
Coordinator: Juliet Arthur, MHA (718) 270-2902
Child Psychiatry
Program Director: Cathryn A. Galanter, M.D.
Tel (718) 245-2502
Fax (718) 245-5533
cathryn.galanter@downstate.edu
Program Coordinator: Gillian Wells-Linton
Tel (718) 245-2507
Fax (718) 245-5533
gillian.wells-linton@nychhc.org
Geriatric Psychiatry
Program Director: Michael Reinhardt, MD
Coordinator: Barbara Singh (718) 270-1750
Acting Department Chairperson: Deborah Reede, MD
Interim Program Director: David Schwartz, MD
Associate Program Director: Joseph Safdieh, MD
Coordinator: Kino Williams (718) 270-8906
Department Chairperson: Deborah Reede, MD
Program Director: Rhonda Osborne, MD
Associate Program Director:
Vinodkumar Velayudhan, MD
Coordinator: Gladys Ortiz (718) 245-2682
Acting Department Chairperson: Alexander Schwartzman, MD, MBA
Program Director: Lisa Dresner, MD
Associate Program Directors:
Shalini Arora, MD
Henry Talus, MD
Loren Harris, MD
David Heimann, MD
Sreedhar Kallakuri, MD
Alexander Schwartzman, MD
Henry Talus, MD
Coordinators:
Natasha Sagal (718) 270-3302
Lindsay Holmes, BS (718) 270-2017
Department Chairperson: Jeffrey Weiss, MD
Program Director: Andrew G. Winer, MD
Coordinator: Wyncelette Knight (718) 270-2554