Faculty & Staff Directory

Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD
Dean and Professor
School of Public Health

Inci Dersu, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology

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

Sonya Dhar, MD
Department of Ophthalmology

Daniel DiLeo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Hepatology
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus

E. Dinkevich
Professor
Pediatrics

Dale Distant, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Director of Hemodialysis Program
Department of Surgery

Jessenia Dixon
Mental Health Outpatient, Receptionist/Biller
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease

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)

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 Imaging

Salvador Dura-Bernal, PhD
Assistant 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
Medical Director at Family Health Services Center and Clinical Assistant Professor
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

Jeffrey Ellis, MD, FAAD
Dermatology

Lori Escallier, PhD RN CPNP-PC FAAN
Professor and Dean
College of Nursing

Jennifer Etheridge-Otey, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C
Academic Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Physician Assistant Program

Dhanan J. Etwaru, MD
Chief of Urology
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

Oleg Evgrafov, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology
Department of Cell Biology

Linda Fan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Student Education

Mohammad Faysel, PhD
Chairperson and Associate Professor
Health Informatics

Richard Feinman, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology

Alan Feit, MD
Professor of Medicine
Cardiology

André A. Fenton, PhD
Associate Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology

Miriam H. Feuerman, PhD
Associate Professor
Cell Biology

Michael Fingerhood, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

S.E. Fisher
Professor
Pediatrics

Stanley Fisher, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics

L. Fordjour
Professor
Pediatrics

Robert Foronjy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Robert Foronjy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Division Chief and Program Director

Steven E. Fox, PhD
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology

David Frank, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus

Marilyn Fraser, MD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences

Stanley Friedman, PhD
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Physiology and Pharmacology

Steven Friedman, PhD, ABPP
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Training in CBT

Robert F. Furchgott, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus (deceased)
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology

Neha Gadaria, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Cathryn A. Galanter, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry

Itsaso Garcia-Arcos, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Cell Biology

Itsaso Garcia-Arcos, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Pulmonary

Michael Garrett, MD
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Psychiatry

Aahana Gaur, MD
Staff Physician
Brooklyn VA Harborview Health Campus

Laura A. Geer, PhD, MHS
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Enitza George, MD, MBA, MSAI
Chair of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine

Patrick Geraghty, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Program Director of Research and Academic Development, Department of Internal Medicine.

Patrick Geraghty, PhD
Pulmonary

Joel Gernsheimer, MD
Attending Physician and Visiting Associate Professor
Geriatric Emergency Medicine

James Gerontzos, MBA
Director of Marketing
Office of Communications & Marketing

Matthew Gesner, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics