Faculty & Staff Directory
Cynthia L. Benson, DO, FACEP, MPH, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interim Medical Director, Emergency Department
Emergency Medicine
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
Noah Berland, MD, MS
Clinical Professor
Associate Division Direction Division of Medical Toxicology
Emergency Medicine
Satyakam Bhagavati, MBBS, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Neurology
Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
Associate Dean for Foundations of Medicine
Associate Professor Physiology and Pharmacology
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
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
Krystal Brewington, OTD, OTR/L, CPAM, CHT
Assistant Professor
Occupational Therapy
Monique Brewster, MSN, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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
Karen Broomes-James, DNP MS BS BS
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Clinton D. Brown, MD, FASN, FAHA, FNLA
Deputy Chief of Nephrology
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
T'Shura Brown, OTD, OTR/L, BCCS
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Specialization in Early Intervention
Occupational Therapy
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
Natassia Buckridge, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director
Emergency Medicine
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
Ashlie Butler, PMHNP-DNP, PMH-C
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
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 Professor
Director of Pediatric Research
Emergency Medicine
Geetha Chari, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Program Director for Clinical Neurophysiology
Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy
Valerie Chateau, B.S.
Research and Education Coordinator and SPRINTER Program Coordinator
Office for Institutional Equity
Rashid Chaudhry, MD
Chief of Otolaryngology
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Natalya Chernichenko, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
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