Faculty & Staff Directory
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
Director of Medical Student Research
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
Joanne Constantin, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
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
Howard Crystal, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Brian Cullen, BS
Budget Director
School of Public Health
Benjamin Cunningham, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Attending Physician, Epilepsy
Department of Neurology
Antoni D'Souza, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Attending Neonatology
Pediatrics, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
Mudar Dalloul, MD, FACOG
Interim Chairman and Clinical Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of Education
Director of Faculty Development and Grand Rounds
John Danias, MD, PhD
Director of Research
Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology
Anika Daniels-Osaze, Ed.D., MPH
Associate Dean for Education, School of Public Health
Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
Laura Dattner, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Clinical Advisory Dean
Jack DeHovitz, MD
Director, STAR Program
Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Medicine
Jack DeHovitz, MD, MPH
Distinguished Service Professor
Physician Assistant Program
Barbara Delano, MD, MPH, FACP
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
Department of Nephrology
John DeLury, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases
Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD
Dean and Professor
School of Public Health
Kristina Derrick, MD, ScM
Attending Physician
Department of Dermatology
Inci Dersu, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Ninad Desai, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric, NYC H+H/ Kings County Hospital
Chief Academic Officer, NYC H+H/ Kings County
Ian DeSouza
Assistant Professor
Director, AHA Training Center, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Chair, Resuscitation Committee
Community Training Center (CTC)
Brigitte Desport, DPS, OTR/L, BCP, ATP
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives
SOHP Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy Program
Bethany Desroches, MD
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Science University
Director of Surgical Simulation Program, SUNY Downstate Department of Urology
James A. Deutsch, MD
Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, MA, NCS, CEEAA, CSRS
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
José Diaz, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
STAR Program
Department of Medicine
Daniel DiLeo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Hepatology
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Dale Distant, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Director of Hemodialysis Program
Department of Surgery
Jessica Dong, DNP, FNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Viktoriya Donovan, MD
Program Administrator & Clinical Instructor
The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education (BRIDGE)
Montgomery Douglas, MD
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Diana Dow-Edwards, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Physiology and Pharmacology
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Lisa Dresner, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgical Education
Iya Dubson, MD
Infectious Diseases
Douglas Dunstatter, PhD, RDCS, RDMS, RVT
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Salvador Dura-Bernal, PhD
Associate Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Olga Dvorkina, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Marcus Edelstein, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Marcia Edmond-Bucknor, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Director at Family Health Services Center
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Daniel Ehlke, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Shirley Eisner, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Lori Escallier, PhD RN CPNP-PC FAAN
Professor and Dean
College of Nursing