Faculty & Staff Directory
Jeffrey Birnbaum, MD, MPH
Executive Director, HEAT Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
Tenya Blackwell, DrPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Christina Bloem, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
David Blumenthal, MD
Chief, Medical Service
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (NYHHS), Brooklyn, NY
Phillip Bones, M.Ed
Assistant Dean
Office of the Dean
School of Health Professions
Jeffrey Borer, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, Radiology and Surgery;
Director, The Howard Gilman Institute for Heart Valve Disease and the Schiavone Institute for Cardiovascular Translational Research;
Formerly Chairman, Department of Medicine and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Marina Boruk, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
Aida Bounama, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean, Office of Diversity Education and Research
Associate Vice President For Institutional Equity
Mohamed Boutjdir, PhD
Professor, SUNY Downstate
Associate Chief of Staff for Research & Development,
New York Harbor Health Care System (VAMC)
Shemeika Bowman, B.S.
Assistant Director
Bridges to Medicine Coordinator
Office of Diversity Education and Research
Kathleen Bratby, EdD, RN
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Director - Advanced Level Program, MS in Nursing Education Track
Gary Briefel, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of Nephrology and affiliate Program Director, Kings County Hospital
Janice L. Brissette, PhD
Associate Professor
Cell Biology
Kenneth Bromberg, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine
Attending in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Educational Consultant to the Office of Academic Affairs
Hannah Brooks, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary Care Clerkship Director
Family and Community Medicine
Clinton D. Brown, MD, FASN, FAHA, FNLA
Deputy Chief of Nephrology
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Denise M. Bruno, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Director of the Center for Global Health, Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Lori Bruno, MPH
Assistant Vice President
Office of Policy and Planning
Adam Budzikowski, MD, PhD, FHRS
Director Electrophysiology
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanislav Bushik, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Sydney C. Butts, MD
Interim Chair
Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
Rose Calixte, PhD, PStat®
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Marlene Camacho-Rivera, SC.D, M.S. MPH
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Erdal Cavusoglu, MD
Professor of Medicine
Cardiology
Hal L. Chadow, MD
Director Cardiology, One Brooklyn Health
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Bani Chander-Roland, MD, FACG
Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Motility
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Jennifer Chao, MD, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Fellowship Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Geetha Chari, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Program Director for Clinical Neurophysiology
Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy
Rashid Chaudhry, MD
Chief of Otolaryngology
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Elizabeth Chernyak, MD
Assitant Professor of Neurology
Neurology
Global Health
Wellman Cheung, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor
Staff Urologist, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Vivian L. Chin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
William Chirico, PhD
Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
School of Graduate Studies
Justin Chin-Bong Choi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
David Christini, PhD
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
David Christini, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Sophie Christoforou, MS Ed
Associate Dean for Student & Curricular Affairs
Student Affairs
Gladys N. Christophe, CNM
Director of Midwifery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carl I. Cohen, MD
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor (Deceased)
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Director, Fellowship Program
Carl Cohen, MD
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education
Richard Coico, PhD
Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Medicine
Francisco Colon, MSW
Assistant Director of Enrollment and Onboarding Management
School of Public Health
Ivan Colon, MD
Staff Urologist
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Susanrachel Condon, CM, DM, FACNM
Assistant Professor
Midwifery
School of Health Professions
Dorine P. Cooper, MA, MS
Associate Administrator
Jeremy D. Coplan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Nonhuman Primate Facility
Director, Division of Neuropsychopharmacology
Aaron Cormier
Web Developer
New Media Services
Office of Communications & Marketing
Faith Cornwall, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jenny Crouch, Ed.D., MS, MA
Assistant Dean for Administration & Finance and Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Department of Community Health Sciences