Faculty Directory
Cheryl Rolston, MA, RN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Office
University Hospital at Downstate
Raeann Rolston, MA
Director of Admissions & Recruitment
School of Public Health
Christopher A. J. Roman, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Cell Biology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Michael Rose, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
Daniel M. Rosenbaum, MD
Distinguished Service Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Vascular Neurology
Janet Rosenbaum, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Carl Rosenberg, PhD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM
Distinguished Professor
Otolaryngology
David Ross, MD JD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Emergency Medicine
Richard Rubenstein, PhD
Professor & Director
Neurology
Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases & CNS Biomarker Discovery
Mauro Ruffy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology
Edison Ruiz, MPH, PA-C
Assistant Professor/ Clinical Coordinator
Physician Assistant Program
Arlean Saa
Executive Assistant to Dawn S. Walker
Office of Communications and Marketing
Joyce S. Sabari, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Professor Emeritus
Occupational Therapy
School of Health Professions
Richard Sabel, MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Part Time
Occupational Therapy
Todd C. Sacktor, MD
Distinguished Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Neurology
Richard Sadovsky, MD
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Subodh J. Saggi, MD, MPH, FACP, FASN
Professor of Medicine, Director of Nephrology Fellowship Program
Department of Nephrology
Latif Salam, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor / Hospitalist
Department of Medicine
Louis Salciccioli, MD
Assistant Professor, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Cardiology
Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP
Chair of Medicine, Chief of Nephrology Division, Director of Interventional Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Margaret Salisu, Ph.D
Senior Diversity Program- Coordinator and Evaluator / Early Medical Education (EME) Program Coordinator
Office of Institutional Equity
Office of Diversity, Education and Research
Jerome Keith Salvani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Hospitalist Division
Department of Medicine
Frank Scalia, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Janet Schneller, MD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Division of Surgical Pathology
Alexander Schwartzman, MD, MBA, FACS
Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Steven Schwarz, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Wayne L. Scott, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Francesco M. Serafini, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Mariaverna Sevilla
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Nataliya Shaforost, DNP FNP-C CDCES
Director, Advanced, Level Program, Doctor of Nursing Practice Track
College of Nursing
Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical and Health Services Research
Department of Surgery
Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Prakash C Shetty, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine, KCHC
John M. Shields, MD
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Staff Urologist, Kings County Hospital Center
Roman Shinder, MD, FACS
Interim Chairman Dept. of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology
Director of Oculoplastics
Eric M. Shrier, DO, FAAO
Director of Retinal Service
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Aleksandr Shteynberg, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Abraham Shulman, MD
Professor
Otolaryngology
Haseeb A. Siddiqi, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
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
Clinical Assistant Professor
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
Elizabeth Smith, BA
Senior Associate Dean for Administration
Sean Smith, CPA, FHFMA
Chief Financial Officer
University Hospital at Downstate
Sheryl S. Smith, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology