Rheumatology Faculty

Deana Lazaro, MD

Interim Chief of Rheumatology Section, SUNY Downstate
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Director of Rheumatology at the Brooklyn VA Hospital

• deana.lazaro@downstate.edu

David Blumenthal, MD

Chief, Medical Service
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (NYHHS), Brooklyn, NY

• david.blumenthal@va.gov
• (718) 630-3766

Aleksander Feoktistov, MD, MBA, FACR, RhMSUS

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Director of the Division of Rheumatology, Kings County Hospital Center

Ellen M. Ginzler, MD, MPH

Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine

• ellen.ginzler@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1662

Eugeniya Golub, MD, MPH

Site Director Kings County Hospital
Associate Program Director, SUNY Downstate Rheumatology Fellowship
Director, Kings County Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic

Monsoon Rashid, MD

Site Director, Brooklyn VA
NYH Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus

Milena Rodriguez Alvarez, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Attending
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine

• Milena.Rodriguezalvarez@downstate.edu

Nancy Soloman, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine