Faculty Directory
Marie Abdallah, MD
Director of CFH, Kings County Hospital Center
Clinical Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases
Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD, MMedSc
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology
Samer Abujaber, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Aimee Afable, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Maksim Agaronov, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Kings County Hospital Center
Konstantinos Agoritsas, MD FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital
Saren Ahearn, PT, DPT, Dip ACLM
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
Sushil K. Ahlawat, MD, MS, MBBS, FACP, FASGE, AGAF
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Alla Akivis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Usha Alapati, MD, FAAD, FCAP
Dermatology
Juan Marcos Alarcón, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Division of Neuroscience
Wondimagegnehu (Wondi) Alemu, MD
Clincal Associate Professor
Edward Allen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Ranjit Alvarez, MHA
Program Administrator
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
Amal Amar-Alattaby, DM, CNM, LM, OBGYN NP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Coordinator
Midwifery Program
School of Health Professions
Christian Johannes Amlang, MD
Assistant Professor
Movement Disorders
Loraine Antoine, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education (DCE)
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
Brian Anziska
Professor
General Neurology
Yaacov Anziska, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
Rosa Arancibia, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
J.V. Aranda
Professor
Pediatrics
Veronica L. P. Arikian, PhD, RN
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Heidi J. Aronin, MPA
Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Administration
Institutional Official for Research
Bonnie Arquilla, DO FACEP
Professor/ Director
Disaster Management
Ida Askew-Stevens
Office Manager
Family Medicine
Michael H. Augenbraun, MD
Professor of Medicine; Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases:
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Kings County Hospital Center
Michael H. Augenbraun, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
Adesiji Awoyinka
Videographer
New Media Services
Office of Communications & Marketing
Ayse Aytaman, MD, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Ofer Azoulay, MD
Assistant Professor & Chief of Robotic and Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction
Otolaryngology
Nicole Bagnarol, MPH
Director of Curricular Innovation
School of Public Health
Alison Baird, MD, PhD, FRACP
Professor of Neurology and Vice-Chair for Mentoring, Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology
Medical Director, SUNY Downstate Stroke Center
Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke
Randall L. Barbour, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology
Bonny Baron, MD
Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Frank C. Barone, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology
Director of Basic Research, Cerebrovascular Division
Medical Student Research Adviser
Peter B. Barr, PhD
Social Determinants of Health Lead
Institute for Genomics in Health
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Robert H. Barth, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of Dialysis & Affiliate Program Director, VA Medical Center
Department of Nephrology
Ernest Barthelemy, MD, MPH, MA
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Neurology
Global Health
Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, MPH, MA
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Neurology, and Orthopedic Surgery
Daniel Beegan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Marisol Benjamin
Receptionist/ Outpatient Biller
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Psychiatry
Boris Bentsianov, MD
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology
Director of the Division of Laryngology, Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Peter D. Berg, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate
Director, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital Center
Director, SUNY Downstate Contact Lens Service
David Berger, M.D., MHCM, FACS
Chief Executive Officer
University Hospital at Downstate
Peter Bergold, MD
Associate Professor
Physiology & Pharmacology
Neurology
Peter Bergold, PhD
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Ellen Berkowitz, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Clinical Advisory Dean
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Satyakam Bhagavati, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Neurology
Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
Associate Dean for Foundations of Medicine
Associate Professor Physiology and Pharmacology
Tim B. Bigdeli, PhD
Co-Director
Institute for Genomics in Health