Faculty Directory
Mark Silverberg, MD FACEP
Associate Residency Director
Emergency Medicine
Education
Richard Sinert, DO
Professor & Vice Chairman for Research
Research
Bhuvanesh Singh, MD
Professor
Manisha Singh, MD
Infectious Diseases
Edward F. Smith, MD
Local Director Ophthalmology, Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn Campus
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Sheryl S. Smith, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Affiliations
Designated Institutional Official
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Matthew T. Smith Jr., MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Resident Education, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Staff Urologist, Coney Island Hospital
Roslyn Sofer, PT, DPT, OCS
Lecturer
Physical Therapy
Tade Souaiaia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Neil M. Sperling, MD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
Karen L. Stavile, MD
Associate Medical Director
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center
Beth R. Steinfeld, DNP WHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Chair - Advanced-Level Program
Director - Advanced-Level Program, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Core
Armin Stelzer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Jessica Stetz, MD
Assistant Professor
Simulation
Mark Stewart, MD, PhD
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurology
Iryna Struk, MS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Nabil Sumrani, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplantation
Department of Surgery
Krishnamurthi Sundaram, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Sumanth C. Suresh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Transplant, General and Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery
AL Suss
Professor
Pediatrics
Michael Szarek, PhD, MS
Associate Dean for Research Administration, Executive Director of the Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research
School of Public Health
Henry Talus, M.D., FRCS (EDIN)
Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Jason Tang-Simmons, BFA, BS, RDMS
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Gaylene Tannis, RPAC
Physician Assistant
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Lui Tatem, MD
Infectious Diseases
Tonya N. Taylor, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program
Tonya Taylor, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education
Kevin Tehrani, M.D., F.A.C.S
Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
Gladys Teitelman, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Nooruddin Tejani, MD FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director Pediatric Emergency Medicine University Hospital of Brooklyn
Jasmin Thomas, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Occupational Therapy Program
Azure Thompson, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Department of Health Policy and Management
Savanna Thor, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Program Director, GI Fellowship Program
Savanna Thor, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Henri Tiedge, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurology, Medicine
Kameelah Tigaris, MD
Director of Cytology Laboratory
Department of Pathology Kings County Hospital Center
Clivia Torres, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker
Care Manager, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education
Clivia Torres, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker
Care Manager, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education
Daurn Tribble, MS, OTR/L
Clinical Assistant Professor
Occupational Therapy
Andrea Trimmingham, MA, PA-C
Interim Program Director
Assistant Professor/Clinical Coordinator
Physician Assistant Program
LaToya Trowers, EdD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Management
Vatcharapan Umpaichitra, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program Director
Gloria Valencia
Professor
Pediatrics
Mario Vassalle, MD
Professor Emeritus
Physiology and Pharmacology
Maria-Anna Vastardi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Director, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Associate Program Director of Allergy & Immunology Fellowship
Francisca Velcek, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Professor of Surgery
Division Chief - Pediatric Surgery
Director of Pediatric Surgical Services, KCHC
Rajesh Veluvolu, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Service
NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County
