Faculty

Leadership

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  • K. Randall Young, Jr., MD
  • Title: Chairman, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
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  • A native Philadelphian, Dr. Young received his MD from Jefferson Medical College and trained in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Yale. He then completed a second fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at the National Institutes of Health. 

     Prior to joining the Einstein Medical Staff in 2011, he served for 23 years on the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he directed the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine for 15 years and developed nationally known programs in Asthma, Lung Transplantation and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Care. While at UAB he won numerous teaching and clinical awards and was repeatedly named as one of the "Best Doctors in America." 

    He is board-certifed in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Allergy/Immunology and has major interests in asthma, health care delivery, and immunologic lung diseases such as sarcoidosis. He currently is Co-Chair of the Pulmonary Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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  • Michael L. Lippmann, MD
  • Title: Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care
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  • Dr. Lippmann graduated from SUNY-Buffalo School of Medicine in 1970 and completed his pulmonary fellowship training at Bronx Municipal Hospital/Albert Einstein Medical College in New York. He completed his internal medicine training at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Lippmann also spent two years in the Pubilc Health Service in occupational pulmonary medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is a Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles and  six book chapters. Dr. Lippmann has been a member of the Einstein medical staff for over 33 years.  He received the Herbert S. Waxman award for clinical teaching.

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  • Jorge Mora, MD
  • Title: Associate Program Director, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
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  • Dr. Mora received his medical degree at J.M. Vargas School of Medicine in Caracas, Venezuela and completed his Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Mora also completed a Lung Transplant Fellowship at the University of Toronto. 

    He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine. After working at Brown University, Dr. Mora joined the staff at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Mora is serving as Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program.

Faculty

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  • Glenn Eiger, MD
  • Title: Program Director, Internal Medicine
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  • Glenn Eiger, MD, is Program Director of the Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programs. He is the Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Einstein Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Eiger is a member of the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. He is the recipient of the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. In 1998, Dr. Eiger received the Temple University School of Medicine Blockley-Osler Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.

    Dr. Eiger completed his residency and chief residency at Beth Israel Medical Center and his fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians.

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  • Steven K. Goldberg, MD
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  • Dr. Goldberg received his medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency and pulmonary fellowship at Harlem Hospital and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York where he received NIH Pulmonary Academic Award.. Dr. Goldberg is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and is the author of over 20 peer-reviewed articles. He has been a member of the staff at Einstein for 30 years.

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  • Ganesan Murali, MD
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  • Dr. Murali is a graduate of Madras Medical College in India. Dr. Murali completed internal medicine training at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. He completed his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Einstein Medical Center.  He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine.  Dr. Murali is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.  He received the Schatz Award for Outstanding Clinical Performance in 2002 and the Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in 2006.

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  • Michael D. Walkenstein, MD
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  • Dr. Walkenstein received his medical education at Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Medical College of Virginia and his pulmonary fellowship at the University of Rochester. Dr. Walkenstein is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and author of 12 peer-reviewed articles. He has been a member of the Einstein staff for 27 years.

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  • Arshad A. Wani, MD
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  • Dr. Wani received his medical degree from Government Medical College, Srinagar, India and underwent internal medicine residency training at UPMC McKeesport, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wani then completed pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. He is currently the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. His special interests are in the areas of airway disorders, interstitial lung disease, sleep disorders, and performing bedside point-of-care ultrasonography in the intensive care unit.

    
    

    He is the 2010 recipient of the Chief Residents' Award, in honor of Herbert S. Waxman, MD for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. He also received the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, presented by the Chief Resident Committee to a member of the Einstein faculty for teaching excellence, in 2010.