Faculty & Staff Directory
Balavenkatesh Kanna, MD, MPH, FACP, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer of University Hospital at Downstate (UHD)
Vice President of Hospital Affairs
Lee Kaplowitz, MD
Otolaryngology
Nicholas T. Karanikolas, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Chief of Urology, Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare, Department of Urology
Ira S Kass, PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology
Physiology and Pharmacology
David Kaufman, PhD, FACMI
Clinical Associate Professor
Health Informatics
Arthur Kay, MD
Chairman Emeritus, One Brooklyn Health
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Farnam Kazi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
Senait Kebede, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Samantha Kerester, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Amor Khachemoune, MD, FAAD, FACMS
Dermatology
Ambreen Khan, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Amit Khaneja, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Oyenike Kilanko, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sivan Kinreich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jon D. Kirwin, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Clerkship Director, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Division of Vascular Surgery
Nancy Kline, PhD, OTR, BCG
Assistant Professor, Part Time
Occupational Therapy
Sandeep Kochar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor / Hospitalist
Department of Medicine
Stephan A. Kohlhoff, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Richard Kollmar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Otolaryngology
Richard Kollmar, PhD
Associate Professor
Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Cell Biology
Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Jessica Krant, MD, MPH, FAAD, FACMS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
Arye Kremer, MD FASDIN
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General and Interventional Nephrology, Medical Director of Acute hemodialysis unit, Medical Director Brooklyn Gardens Dialysis Center
Department of Nephrology
Soumya Krishnan, PhD
Research Scientist
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Department of Medicine
Mark H. Krotowski, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine
John Kubie, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Swati Kumar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Attending Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics
Emily Kurlansik, PsyD, BCBA, NCSP
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Department of Neurology
Gleda Kutrolli, PhD
Data Scientist
Institute for Genomics in Health
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Esther Kwak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Simulation
Emergency Medicine
Victor Lagmay, MD
Professor
Otolaryngology
Marcos Lainez
Photographer
New Media Services
Office of Communications & Marketing
W. Marcus Lambert, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research Strategy and Operations, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sheldon H. Landesman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Director, Essentials of Clinical Medicine Programs
Paul A. Landsbergis, PhD, EdD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Douglas Larsen, DVM
Director
Administration
Department of Comparative Medicine
John J. Laudi, MD
Residency Program Director
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Susan W. Law, DO, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Director of Stroke Center, Kings County Hospital
Karlene Lawrence, DNP, ANP-C
Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Coordinator
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education Interprofessional Team
Karlene Lawrence, DNP, ANP-C
Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Coordinator
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education Interprofessional Team
Jason Lazar, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Assistant Dean, College of Medicine
Jason M. Lazar, MD, PhD, MPH
Executive Vice Dean and Chair of the Department of Medical Education
Distinguished Teaching Professor and Clinical Assistant Dean in the College of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology and Neurology, and in the School of Public Health
Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology
Deana Lazaro, MD
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Chief of Rheumatology Section
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY
Allison Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Emergency Medicine
Jennifer Lee, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases at NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County
Peng Lee, MD. PhD
Adjunct Professor
New York VA Healthcare System – Manhattan Campus
Department of Pathology
Wei-Li Lee, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Director of Basic Science Research
Department of Dermatology
Yaniuska Lescaille, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Service
NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County
Ilya Leskov, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology