Faculty & Staff Directory
Carl Rosenberg, PhD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Marie-Claire Rosenberg Roberts, PhD MS MS MPA RN
Associate Professor
Executive Vice Dean
College of Nursing
Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM
Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology
Past Chair of Otolaryngology
Richard Rubenstein, MS, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology
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
Richard Sabel, MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Part Time
Occupational Therapy
Todd C. Sacktor, MD
Distinguished Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Anesthesiology, Neurology
Subodh J. Saggi, MD, MPH, FACP, FASN
Program Director Nephrology, Director SUNY Downstate Parkside Ambulatory Dialysis
Director Extracorporeal Therapies
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Latif Salam, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor / Hospitalist
Department of Medicine
Louis Salciccioli, MD
Assistant Professor, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Cardiology
Yasser Salem, PT, PhD, MS, NCS, PCS
Program Chair and Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP
Chair of the Department of Medicine
Tenured Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Margaret Salisu, Ph.D
Senior Diversity Program- Coordinator and Evaluator / Early Medical Education (EME) Program Coordinator
Office for Institutional Equity
Office of Diversity, Education and Research
Jerome Keith Salvani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Hospitalist Division
Department of Medicine
Renata Sanders, MD
Associate Program Director
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
Psychiatry
Rebecca Schaefer, MS
Lecturer
College of Nursing
Janet Schneller, MD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Alexander Schwartzman, MD, MBA, FACS
Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery
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
Attending Surgeon
Nataliya Shaforost, DNP FNP-BC CDCES
Director, Advanced, Level Program, Doctor of Nursing Practice Track
College of Nursing
Sabnam Shakya, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Attending
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care / Department of Medicine
Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical and Health Services Research, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Surgery
David M. Sherer, MD, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jeannine Sherwood, PhD MS FNP-BC COCN CWCN
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
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
Haseeb A. Siddiqi, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Jennifer Sidoti, DNP FNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Daniel Siegel, MD, MS, FAAD, FACMS, CPCD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology
Mark Silverberg, MD FACEP
Associate Residency Director
Emergency Medicine
Education
Pamela B Simmons, PhD, APRN (ret.), FNP-BC, CNE
Clinical Professor
College of Nursing
Richard Sinert, DO
Professor & Vice Chairman for Research
Research
Manisha Singh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
Attending, Department of Medicine
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
College of Medicine
Genevieve B. Smith, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Health Professions
Jamila Smith
Admin and OutPatient Biller
Department of Psychiatry
Sean Smith, CPA, FHFMA
Interim Senior Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
University Hospital at Downstate
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
Tamar Smith-Norowitz, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Roslyn Sofer, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS
Lecturer
Physical Therapy