Faculty

SALOMON AMAR, D.D.S., PH.D.

Senior Vice President for Research Affairs, Touro University
Vice President for Research, New York Medical College
Professor of Pharmacology and Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College
Professor of Dental Medicine, Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC

Areas of Expertise: Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Periodontal Disease, Clinical Trials. Industry Interests: Research, Education/Learning, Health Care

ROBERT W. AMLER, M.D., M.B.A.

Vice President for Government Affairs, NYMC
Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice
professor of public health, pediatrics, and environmental health science

Areas of Expertise: Public Health, Academic Administration, Disease Control and Prevention, Health Policy and Management, Vaccinations.

AMY ANSEHL, R.N., M.S.N., FNP-BC, D.N.P.

Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice
Director of Community Outreach and Education for the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley
Associate Professor and Applied Practice Experience Director, Department of Public Health, SHSP

Areas of Expertise: Public Health Practice, Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing  

WILBERT S. ARONOW, M.D.

Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College
Director of Cardiology Research at Westchester Medical Center

Areas of Expertise: hypertension, geriatric cardiology, blood pressure treatments, elder care.

MARIE T. ASCHER, M.S., M.P.H.

Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director, Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library

Areas of Expertise: health sciences information resources, information literacy, health information literacy, health sciences libraries, scholarly communications.

ADAM E. BLOCK, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, SHSP

Areas of Expertise: government health care regulation, health care markets, health economics

DORIS J. BUCHER, PH.D.

Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Area of Expertise: Influenza Viruses, Flu vaccines development

MITCHELL S. CAIRO, M.D.

Associate Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, SOM
Professor of Pediatrics, of Medicine, of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Areas of Expertise: pediatrics, cancer genetics, tumor immunology, transplantation biology, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, targeted cancer therapy in children

LESLIE L. CITROME, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Areas of Expertise: clinical trial design and interpretation, evidence-based medicine, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

RAYMOND DATTWYLER, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, SOM

Areas of Expertise: Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Science

ERCUMENT DIRICE, PH.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Areas of Expertise: Diabetes research, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, beta cell heterogeneity

ALLEN J. DOZOR, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Pulmonology, Allergy & Sleep Medicine

Areas of Expertise: Children's Environmental Health, Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma

MILL ETIENNE, M.D., M.P.H.

Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, NYMC
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, SOM
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology

Areas of Expertise: Neurology, epilepsy and brain injury medicine, disaster medicine.  

STEPHEN FERRANDO, M.D.

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Areas of Expertise: Neuropsychiatric aspects of infectious diseases, seasonal depression 

JONATHAN A. N. FISHER, PH.D.

Assistant Professor and Director, Department of Physiology Neurosensory Engineering Lab

Areas of Expertise: Neuroscience (sensory neuroscience and neural prostheses, auditory processing, neuroimaging data visualization).

KATHLEEN FRANKLIN, PH.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, Chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Director of Clinical Education

Areas of Expertise: Clinical Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communicative Disorders and Linguistics

WILLIAM H. FRISHMAN, M.D.

Chair Emeritus of the Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology

Areas of Expertise: Cardiology, cardiovascular pharmacology, clinical epidemiology and geriatrics.

VICTOR GARCIA, PH.D.

PATRICIA L. GERBARG, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise: Stress, anxiety and depression, insomnia, PTSD, veteran trauma-related disorders, recovery from mass disasters, treatments to improve cognitive function and delay brain aging

MICHAEL GEWITZ, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FAAP

Vice Chair Department of Pediatrics

MICHAEL S. GOLIGORSKY, M.D., PH.D.

Alvin I. Goodman Chair in Nephrology at New York Medical College

Areas of Expertise: Nephrology, Cell Biology, Immune Responses

VIKAS GROVER, PH.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology,
Director of Speech Perception and Production Lab, and Accent Expansion Clinic

Areas of Expertise: Early Intervention [0-3-year-old children] with speech-language delays, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and feeding and swallowing issues. Multicultural and multilingual early intervention, speech production and speech perception in non-native speakers of English.

EDWARD C. HALPERIN, M.D., M.A.

Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer

Areas of Expertise: pediatric radiation oncology, pediatric cancer, history of medicine, adult brain tumors, radiotherapy in organ transplantation

MARINA K. HOLZ, PH.D.

Dean, Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Integrated Ph.D. Program Director

Areas of Expertise: mechanisms of signaling by hormones and growth factors in breast cancer and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)—a rare lung disease.

ALAN KADISH, M.D.

President

Areas of Expertise: Clinical Trials, Neuroscience, Biotechnology

KENNETH A. KNAPP, PH.D.

Assistant Professor and Interim Vice Chair of the Department of Public Health, SHSP
Director, Dr.P.H. Program
Director, Center for Long-Term Care

Areas of Expertise: Health Care Economics, Health Services Research

SANKARAN KRISHNAN, M.D., M.P.H.

EDWARD F. LA GAMMA, M.D., FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Director, Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program

Area of Expertise: Newborn medicine

XIU-MIN LI, M.D, M.S.

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Otolaryngology

Area of Expertise: Allergies and immune disorders and traditional Chinese medicine herbal treatments

JOHN LOIKE, PH.D.

Master of Science Degree and the Graduate Certificate program in Bioethics

Area of Expertise: human white blood cells combating infections and cancer; bioethics, Jewish medical ethics 

DAVID S. MARKENSON, M.D., M.B.A.

Director and Medical Director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at New York Medical College

Areas of Interest: disaster medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care, public health preparedness

STEPHAN MAYER, M.D. 

Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery

Area of Expertise: Neurology, Critical Care Neurology, Emergency Neurology Services

MONICA A. MCHENRY, PH.D., CCC-SLP

Professor of Speech-Language Pathology 
and Director of Voice and Motor Speech Lab

Area of Expertise: voice occupations (singers and actors), acoustic characteristics of speech, and computer-speech recognition

MARISA A. MONTECALVO, M.D.

Director of Health Services 
Professor of Medicine

Areas of expertise: Infectious Diseases, vaccinations 

DANA MORDUE, PH.D.

Vice-Chancellor for Middle States Accreditation and Student Support
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of expertise: Emerging Infectious Diseases, babesiosis, tick-borne illness research

KAREN M. MURRAY, M.D.

Associate Dean for SOM Admissions,
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Areas of expertise: medical education access, student diversity in medical education, women representation in medicine, enrollment disparities and systemic change in medicine, representation in medical school curriculum, cross-cultural intelligence in health care

PADMINI MURTHY, M.D.

Associate Professor of Public Health Practice
Director, global health, SHSP

Areas of Expertise: International Health, Women’s Health, Maternal Health care, Human Rights, health care access in developing countries

STUART A. NEWMAN, PH.D.

Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Stuart A. Newman is a professor of cell biology and anatomy at New York Medical College

Areas of Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Limb Development, Physical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis

SRIHARI S. NAIDU, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

Professor of Medicine

Areas of Expertise: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the evaluation and management of sudden cardiac death in the young; treatment of advanced heart failure and Cardiogenic Shock; minimally-invasive techniques to prevent stroke while avoiding blood thinners, including PFO closure and Left Atrial Appendage Closure.

ASHANDA M. SAINT-JEAN, M.D. ’98, FACOG

Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Areas of expertise: family planning, cancer prevention and screening, infertility counseling and screening, and menopausal care

SENSUKE SATO, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Urology

Area of Expertise: Prevention and treatment of urological cancers

MICHAL LANIADO SCHWARTZMAN, PH.D.

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology

Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular research, vascular injury and dysfunction, hypertension.

NEIL W. SCHLUGER, M.D.

The Barbara and William Rosenthal Chair of the Department of Medicine 

Areas of Expertise: Respiratory, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

LORI SOLOMON, M.D., M.P.H.

Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine
Director of the Family Health Center
Clinical Associate Professor 

Areas of expertise: Family Medicine, seasonal vaccinations  

PATRIC K. STANTON, PH.D.

Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Areas of Expertise: neuronal plasticity, concussion head injury, epilepsy, cellular and synaptic properties of neural systems 

JULIAN STEWART, M.D., PH.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology, and Medicine

Associate Chairman for Patient-Oriented Research

Director, Center for Hypotension

Area of Expertise: Neurally mediated syncope, chronic orthostatic intolerance, chronic fatigue syndrome, orthostatic intolerance of other etiologies such as occur in the postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

RAJ TIWARI, PH.D.

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Expertise: chemoprevention, tumor immunology and cancer therapy

CHRISTOPHER B. WHITEHURST, M.S., PH.D.

Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Area of Expertise: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)

GARY WORMSER, M.D.

Professor of medicine, chief of infectious diseases, vice chair of medicine

Areas of Expertise: Medicine, pharmacology, microbiology and immunology, Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis

CRAIG H. ZALVAN, M.D.

Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology

Areas of Expertise: Adult and Pediatric Voice and Swallowing Disorders, Professional voice disorders, Vocal Fold Paralysis, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Neurolaryngology, Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (Acid Reflux), the Aging Voice, Zenker's Diverticulum, Laryngeal Cancer, Chronic Cough, and any disorders of the throat