Faculty & Staff Directory
Marie Abdallah, MD
Director of CFH, Kings County Hospital Center
Clinical Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases
Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD, MMedSc
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Clinical Research
Samer Abujaber, MD, BCh, BAO
Intensivist & Clinical Assistant Professor
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Ovadia Abulafia, MD
Professor and Chairman Emeritus
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ishola Adeyemo, MD, FACOG, CPPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Director, QA, PI and Patient Safety
Assistant Medical Student Clerkship Director
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
Sanjeev Agarwal, MD
Interim Division Chief
Director, Interventional Pain Management
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Konstantinos Agoritsas, MD FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital
Chinyere Agu, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology
Department of Medicine
Saren Ahearn, PT, DPT, Dip ACLM
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
Sushil K. Ahlawat, MD, FACP, AGAF, FASGE
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Professor
Department of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Abhilasha Ahuja, MD, FAAP, CLC
Director of Term Newborn Nursery
Clinical Assistant Professor
Juan Marcos Alarcón, PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Wondimagegnehu (Wondi) Alemu, MD
Clincal Associate Professor
Ranjit Alvarez, MHA
Program Administrator
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
Christian Johannes Amlang
Assistant Professor
Attending, Movement Disorders
Neurology
Sergio Angulo, MD, PhD
Neurocritical Care Attending
Department of Neurology
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
Alexandru Apostol, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Attending Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesiology
Rosa Arancibia, MD
Interventional Pulmonologist
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pulmonologist & Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Jacob (Jack) V. Aranda, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAAP
Professor, Pediatrics and Ophthalmology
Vice Chair for Research, Dept of Pediatrics
Director of Neonatology
Veronica L. P. Arikian, PhD RN
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Bonnie Arquilla, DO FACEP
Professor/ Director
Disaster Management
Ida Askew-Stevens
Office Manager, Executive Assistant To The Dept. Chair Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Michael H. Augenbraun, MD
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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
Muhammad Azhar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Ofer Azoulay, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Chief of Robotic and Microvascular Reconstruction
Nicole Bagnarol, MPH
Director of Curricular Innovation
School of Public Health
Alison Baird, MB, BS, PhD, MPH
Vice-Chair for Career Development and Mentoring
Professor of Neurology, Physiology/Pharmacology
Department of Neurology
Randall L. Barbour, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology
Bonny Baron, MD
Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Frank C. Barone, PhD
Professor of Neurology, and of Physiology & Pharmacology
Director of Cerebrovascular Basic Research and Medical Student Research
Department of Neurology
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 Barthélemy, MD, MPH, MA
Chief of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Neurology, and Orthopedic Surgery
Global Health
Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, MPH, MA
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Neurology, and Orthopedic Surgery
Natasha Becker, MD, MPH, FACS
Chief, Division of General Surgery
General Surgery Residency Program Director
Marisol Benjamin
Receptionist/ Outpatient Biller
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Psychiatry
Cynthia L. Benson, DO, FACEP, MPH, MBA
Interim Medical Director
Director of Quality for the University Hospital at Downstate Emergency Department
Boris Bentsianov, MD
Assistant Professor of 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
Peter Bergold, PhD
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Department of Neurology
Ellen Berkowitz, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Clinical Advisory Dean
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Satyakam Bhagavati, MBBS, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Neurology
Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
Associate Dean for Foundations of Medicine
Associate Professor Physiology and Pharmacology