Faculty Media Experts

We have a powerhouse of expertise available to the media who can answer questions and serve as a resource on a wide variety of health and medicine topics. Our expertise ranges from public health to infectious diseases, elder care to health economics, vaccinations to diabetes, cancer therapy, clinical trials, psychopharmacology, Lyme disease, asthma brain injury, disaster medicine, allergies, neuroscience, stress, anxiety and depression, and much more. See our faculty profiles below or contact us at public_relations@nymc.edu.

Bioethics

Medical Ethics: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.; Lila R. Kagedan, MTS, M.Ed.
General: John Loike, Ph.D.

Biotechnology and Clinical Trials

Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Cancer

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV): Christopher B. Whitehurst, M.S., Ph.D.
Breast Cancer Research: Marina K. Holz, Ph.D.
Pediatric Cancer: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D.
Cancer Therapies: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.Raj Tiwari, Ph.D.
Women’s Cancer Prevention and Screening: Ashanda M. Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98
Urological Cancers: Sensuke Sato, Ph.D.
Skin Cancer: Shoshana Marmon, M.D., Ph.D. (clinical); Elizabeth Drugge, Ph.D., M.P.H. '12 (biomedical)

Cardiovascular Health

General: Alan Kadish, M.D.; William H. Frishman, M.D.
Cardiomyopathy and Stroke: Srihari Naidu, M.D.; Supriya S. Jain, M.D.
Cardiovascular Pharmacology: Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D.
Hypertension: William S. Aronow, M.D.; Victor Garcia, Ph.D. '15; Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D.
Hypotension: Julian Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.

Diabetes

Ercument Dirice, Ph.D.
Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D.

Disaster Medicine

Mental Trauma: Patricia Gerbarg, M.D.
Preparedness: David Markenson, M.D., M.B.A.; Tai M. Lee Jr., EMT-P/CIC, MEP

Elder Care

Family Caregiving and Long-Term Care: Kenneth A. Knapp, Ph.D.
General: Amy Ansehl, D.N.P., M.S.N., RNWilliam S. Aronow, M.D.

Health Economics

Adam E. Block, Ph.D.

Health Equity

Access to Health Care: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.Padmini Murthy, M.D.Ashanda Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98
Health Policy: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.; Adam E. Block, Ph.D.
Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: Kenneth A. Knapp, Ph.D.
Health Information Literacy: Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H.
Representation in Medicine: Karen M. Murray, M.D. '99; Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.
Global Health: Padmini Murthy, M.D.; Neil W. Schluger, M.D.

Human Biology

General: Joseph D. Etlinger, Ph.D.
Vertebrate Limb Development and Evolution: Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.

Infectious Diseases

General: Marisa A. Montecalvo, M.D.Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Tick-borne Diseases: Dana Mordue, Ph.D.Paul M. Arnaboldi, Ph.D.Raymond Dattwyler, M.D.; Gary Wormser, M.D.
Allergies and Immune Disorders: Xiu-Min Li, M.D., M.S.Raymond Dattwyler, M.D.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Treatments: Xiu-Min Li, M.D., M.S.
Tuberculosis and other Lung Disease: Neil W. Schluger, M.D.

Mental Health

Disorders: Leslie L. Citrome, M.D.; Stephen Ferrando, M.D.
Mind-Body Wellness: Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.

Neuroscience

General: Fawaz Al-Mufti, M.D.
Traumatic brain injury: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.Stephan Mayer, M.D.Patric K Stanton, M.D.
Epilepsy: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.
Seizure Research: Patric K. Stanton, M.D.
Critical Care Neurology: Stephan Mayer, M.D.
Sensory Neuroscience and Neuroprosthetics: Jonathan N. Fisher, Ph.D.

Obesity

Victor Garcia, Ph.D. '15 
Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D.
Jamie A. Mullally, M.D.

Oral Health

Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Respiratory Health

General: Neil W. Schluger, M.D.Allen J. Dozer, M.D.Sankaran Krishnan, M.D., M.P.H.
Sleep Apnea: Dipak Chandy, M.D.

Pediatrics

General: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.; Allen J. Dozer, M.D.Lori A. Weir Solomon, M.D. ‘99, M.P.H. '09Sankaran Krishnan, M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Cardiology: Supriya S. Jain, M.D.
Pediatric Cancer: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.; Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D.
Newborn Medicine: Edmund F. LaGamma, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine: David S. Markenson, M.D., M.B.A.
Pediatric Pulmonology: Amy Brown, M.D., M.Be.

Physical Therapy

Victor Santamaria, PT, M.Sc., Ph.D., PCS
S. Nikki Gawronski, D.P.T., PT

Speech-Language Pathology

Kathleen Franklin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Monica A. McHenry, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Lindsay Murray-Keane, M.S. '08, CCC-SLP

Toxicology

Tetyana Cheairs (Kobets), M.D., M.S.P.H.

Transplantation

General: Abhay Dhand, M.D.
Transplant Anesthesia: Peter J. Panzica, M.D.

Vaccines

Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.
Marisa A. Montecalvo, M.D.
Lori A. Weir Solomon, M.D. ‘99, M.P.H. '09

Women’s Health

General: Karen M. Murray, M.D. '99
Women’s Access to Health Care: Ashanda M. Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98; Padmini Murthy, M.D.