Administrative Leadership
Steven L. Sivak, MD
Paul J. Johnson Chairman of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College
Dr. Sivak is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the
Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City. He then served as chief resident at Westchester County Medical Center. Over
the last 20 years, Dr. Sivak’s career has been dedicated to the education of medical students and residents in internal medicine.
He was the director of the third-year course in internal medicine at New York Medical College for 10 years and later led two
internal medicine residencies, a medicine/pediatrics program and one transitional year residency as program director. Dr.
Sivak has developed and implemented many innovative curricula during this time. His research interests include decision analytical
techniques and medical informatics. Dr. Sivak is a fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is also the recipient of numerous teaching awards from students and residents.
Glenn Eiger, MD
Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine; Program Director, Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programs
Dr. Eiger is Associate Chairman for the Department of Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College.
He is a member of the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Eiger is the recipient of the 1996, 1997
and 1998 Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. In 1998 he 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. Dr. Eiger is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the
American College of Chest Physicians.
Richard Allman, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine; Firm Chief, Firm C
Dr. Allman is President, Albert Einstein Medical Center Medical Staff, Chairman of the MossRehab Ethics Committee and a member
of the Einstein Institutional Ethics Committee. He is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and the Allentown Hospital (now
Lehigh Valley Affiliated Program) Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Allman completed a rheumatology fellowship at Boston
University Hospital and his rheumatology fellowship at Temple University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine
and rheumatology and is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College and Affiliate Scholar, Center for Clinical
Bioethics, Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Allman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the
recipient of a 1998 Faculty Council Teaching Award.
Philip O. Katz, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program; Chairman, Division of Gastroenterology
Dr. Katz received his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. He served his residency and chief residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at
the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Dr. Katz has brought
his state-of-the-art esophageal testing laboratory to Einstein and is developing an active clinical and research practice
in this area. His research interests include all aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including nocturnal recovery
of gastric acid secretion during proton pump inhibitor therapy and esophageal pain perception. Dr. Katz is a practicing clinician
with active teaching and editorial positions. In addition to lecturing on many gastroenterology-related topics, Dr. Katz is
an editorial reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Journal of
the American Geriatric Association, and Digestive Diseases and Sciences. He has contributed to the publication of over 120
peer-reviewed papers, numerous abstracts, books, book chapters, and monographs.
Nina Mingioni, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program; Clerkship Site Director of Jefferson Medical College Medicine
Clerkship.
Dr. Mingioni received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency
training and served as Chief Medical Resident at Albert Einstein Medical Center. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and is interested in undergraduate and graduate medical education. Dr. Mingioni is
board certified in internal medicine and has special interest in providing comprehensive care to patients with multiple medical
conditions.
Cardiovascular Disease
D. Lynn Morris, MD
Chairman, Division of Cardiology
Dr Morris received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his internship and residency
training in the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia and served as Chief
Medical Resident at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Morris completed his fellowship in Cardiology at the
University of California, San Francisco and a research fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. He is board certified
in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Prior to joining Albert Einstein, Dr. Morris
served as Chief of Cardiology at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
and Interventional Cardiology at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Morris, who is Clinical Professor
of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, has been clinical investigator in more than 25 drug and device trials and reviewer
of several cardiology, peer-reviewed journals. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical
Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society for Cardiac Angiography
and Interventions, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Morris was named among "Top Docs" in Cardiovascular Disease in
the United States in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006.
Aman M. Amanullah, MD, PhD, FACC FASE, FAHA
Section Chief, Noninvasive Cardiology
Dr. Amanullah is the Section Chief of Noninvasive Cardiology and full time faculty member of the Division of Cardiovascular
Diseases. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Amanullah is board certified by the
American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Certification Board of Nuclear
Cardiology and the National Board of Echocardiography. A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association,
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography, Dr. Amanullah is also a member of several
other professional societies, including the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology's Practice Analysis Task Force and a
Founding Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He has conducted extensive clinical research in noninvasive
cardiology and has authored more than 85 articles and abstracts appearing in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of the
American College of Cardiology and American Heart Journal. Dr. Amanullah obtained his medical degree from the Institute of
Medicine in Bucharest, and his PhD from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed fellowship training in cardiology
at Karolinska Institute at Stockholm South Hospital, Sweden and a noninvasive cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles.
Deborah Braverman, MD
Enhanced Ext. Counterpulsation
Dr. Braverman is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College. She completed residency training in physical medicine and
rehabilitation at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Braverman is a nationally recognized provider of Enhanced
External Counterpulsation (EECP) an innovative treatment for patients with advanced coronary artery disease.
Joyleen E. Earle, MD
Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Earle received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency
training in internal medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York. She completed a fellowship in cardiology
at Booth Memorial Medical Center in New York. Dr. Earle is an attending cardiologist at Germantown Community Health Services.
She is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Earle is a a member of the American College of Cardiology.
Vincent M. Figueredo, MD, FAHA, FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Programs; Nuclear Cardiology
Dr. Figueredo is the Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Programs at Albert Einstein Medical Center and an
Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College. Prior to joining the Einstein faculty in January 2007, he held
various leadership and teaching positions including Chair, Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Lovelace Health
Systems in New Mexico, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Assistant Professor
of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at San Francisco
General Hospital. Dr. Figueredo completed his internal medicine residency training at Columbia Presbyterian medical Center
and cardiology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Figueredo is active in scholarly activity with
over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is an invited speaker at many institution's grand rounds. In addition, he serves as
the coordinating editor for Practical Reviews Cardiology and as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Figueredo
is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
the National Board of Echocardiography and the American Society of Hypertension. As the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
Programs Director, Dr. Figueredo devotes the majority of his time to the administration of the cardiology fellowship programs,
and to the teaching and mentoring of fellows, housestaff and medical students.
Leonard Greenberg, MD
Surgery, Colon & Rectal
Dr. Greenberg is Past President, Albert Einstein Medical Center Medical Staff and Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical
College. Dr. Greenberg is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and the Einstein Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology
Fellowship Programs. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American
College of Cardiology.
Allan Greenspan, MD
Codirector, Electrophysiology Lab and Heart Station
Dr. Greenspan is Codirector of the Electrophysiology Lab and Heart Station. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine. Dr. Greenspan completed his internal medicine residency at Bellevue Hospital and his fellowship training
in cardiology and electrophysiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Frank James, MD, FACC
Associate Chairman, Heart and Vascular Institute
Dr. James received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his internal medicine residency and
fellowship training at Temple University Hospital. Dr. James is board certified in cardiology, critical care medicine and
internal medicine. He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the Association of Black Cardiologists, the American
College of Cardiology and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Hospital Association. He is also a member of
the National Medical Association, the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, the American Society of Hypertension and the
American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. James is a certified by the American Society of Hypertension as a Hypertensive Specialist
and is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Darshak Karia, MD
Director, Heart Failure Services
Dr. Karia attended medical school at the Baroda Medical College in Baroda, India and completed internship training at MCP-Hahnemann
University and residency at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Karia completed cardiovascular fellowship training at the University
of Minnesota and Tufts University New England Medical Center. He completed fellowship training in Congestive Heart Failure/Cardiac
Transplant at the University of Minnesota, from July 2004-2005. Additionally, Dr. Karia completed a postdoctoral fellowship
with the American Heart Association. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr. Karia has clinical experience
taking care of patients with end stage CHF, pre- and post-transplant and pre- and post-operative device implantation.
Morris Kotler, MD
Emeritus Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College
Dr. Kotler is a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Cardiology and the American Journal of Non-Invasive Cardiology. He is Past President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Heart Association and the recipient of a 1997 Faculty Council
Teaching Award. Dr. Kotler is the author of over 250 scientific articles, 80 abstracts and 50 book chapters. He was named
among the Top Docs in cardiology in a 1999 issue of Philadelphia Magazine.
Joel M. Kupfer, MD
Cardiology
Dr. Kupfer earned his medical degree from Mount. Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his internship at Wadsworth-VA Medical
Center and residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Kupfer completed fellowship training at the New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center. He completed additional research and clinical fellow training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Kupfer
is a peripheral interventional cardiologist who has been in academic and clinical practice for 15 years before joining the
Einstein faculty. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Nicholas Langan, MD
Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Dr. Langan earned his medical degree at Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed his residency and an
internship in internal medicine at Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Medical Center/Brooklyn Veterans Hospital. Dr. Langan
completed cardiology fellowships at Medical College of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Veterans Hospital. He also completed
a cardiac imaging fellowship in nuclear cardiology and echocardiography at Medical College of Pennsylvania. He is board certified
in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He has recently recertifed
by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease in 2001.
Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD
Associate Director, Electrophysiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Echocardiography,
Nuclear Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Mainigi is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency
training in internal medicine, fellowship in cardiovascular disease, and fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Maingi presented original research at many national scientific meetings and has authored
numerous publications and book chapters in the fields of cardiology and electrophysiology. He is an active member of the
Heart Rhythm Society and has specific expertise in ablation of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular
tachycardias , and implantation of pacemakers, debrillators and biventricular devices. Dr. Maingi has special research interests
in atrial fibrillation ablation and biventricular devices.
Craig Oliner, MD
Director, Cardiac Care Unit and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University,
Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Oliner received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1980. He completed his internal medicine
residency at Temple University Hospital and cardiology fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia. After fellowship, he
held research associate positions in cardiology and clinical pharmacology at the University of Chicago, where he directed
the exercise physiology laboratory. Dr. Oliner has authored a number of manuscripts and abstracts on topics such as B-blockade
and mental performance, and predication of ventricular functional recovery with I-123 phenylpemtadecanoic acid after coronary
revascularization. He also has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Chest.
Parul Patel, MD
Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Patel received her medical degree from State University of New York at Downstate. She completed her residency in internal
medicine at NYU Medical center where she also served as Chief Medical Resident. After her fellowship in cardiology at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital she completed a one-year fellowship in interventional cardiology. She joined the faculty at
Einstein in 2007.
Gregg S. Pressman, MD, FACC, FASE
Cardiology
Dr. Pressman received his medical degree from Temple University. He then completed his internal medicine residency training
and cardiology fellowship at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia. He spent the next 19 years in private practice while maintaining
teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania and St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey. Dr Pressman joined
the Einstein faculty in 2006. He is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and has additional board certification in
Special Competence in adult comprehensive echocardiography. Dr. Pressman's research interests include mitral valve disease
and sleep apnea. He holds an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College and serves
as a reviewer for the American Journal of Cardiology, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, SLEEP, the European
Journal of Echocardiography, and the International Journal of Cardiology. In January 2007 he was appointed Associate Director
of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Training Program.
Dennis Sarabi, MD, PhD
Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Sarabi received his medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Uppsala. He completed residency training in internal
medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Sarabi joined the Einstein faculty in
2007.
Marjorie Stanek, MD
Director, Cardiac Stress Laboratory
Dr. Stanek has served on the Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the American
Heart Association and the Board of Governors of the American Heart Association. She is Treasurer of the Albert Einstein Medical
Center Medical Staff Board of Directors. Dr. Stanek completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University- Rhode Island
Hospital and Hahnemann University Hospital and her cardiology fellowship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital
Shahriar Yazdanfar, MD
Director, Section of Invasive, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology; Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Dr. Yazdanfar completed his clinical and research fellowships in cardiology at Temple University Hospital. He is published
extensively in the field of interventional cardiology and is an investigator in TIMI, GUSTO I and GUSTO II. Dr. Yazdanfar is
a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. He is
board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. Dr. Yazdanfar was the recipient
of an Albert Einstein Medical Center Clinical Teacher of the Year Award and was named among the "Top Docs" in interventional
cardiology in the May, 1999 and May 2002 issues of Philadelphia Magazine. He was the special honoree of the Maimonides Society of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in 2000.
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Arthur Chernoff, MD, FACE
Chairman, Division of Endocrinology; Medical Director, Gutman Diabetes Institute
Dr. Chernoff is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed an internship at Pennsylvania
Hospital, Residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in NY. Dr. Chernoff was a Clinical Associate at
the National Institutes of Health and a Fellowship in Endocrinology & Metabolism at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in NY.
He returned to Philadelphia where he established a clinical practice in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He has been cited
nationally as a "Top Doc" as both an Internist and Endocrinologist. Dr. Chernoff’s clinical practice focuses on consultative
endocrinology and the primary care of the endocrine patient. He is a fellow of the American College of Endocrinology and has
been involved in both basic and clinical research. Dr. Chernoff’s areas of special interest are Arteriosclerosis, Diabetes,
and Thyroid disease.
Catherine Anastasopoulou, MD, PhD, FACE
Endocrinology
Dr. Anastasopoulou is a graduate of the Medical School of Athens. She completed medical training in Greece before coming to
the US. Dr. Anastasopoulou trained in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein Medical Center and completed her Fellowship
in Endocrinology at the LAC/USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Her clinical practice focuses on consultative endocrinology.
Dr. Anastasopoulou was a clinical research collaborator for the Diabetes Prevention Trial-1 Study Group. She has translated
several medical texts from English into Greek and has published in the areas of Diabetes and Bone & Mineral Metabolism. Dr.
Anastasopoulou is a member of American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association and The Endocrine
Society, and is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology. Her area of special interest is Osteoporosis (Male and
Female) and calcium disorders. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College.
Nissa Blocher, MD
Endocrinology
Dr. Blocher is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency
training and a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the Einstein faculty in July of
2007. Dr. Blocher has a special interest in the areas of general endocrinology, pituitary and adrenal disorders.
Jane V. Mayrin, MD
Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Mayrin received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine, where she also completed her internship.
She completed her residency training at Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Mayrin completed a fellowship in Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolism at Brown Medical School. She joined the faculty at Einstein in 2008. Dr. Mayrin has a special interest
in thyroid disease, including thyroid cancer and the management of the pregnant thyroid patient.
Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition
Philip O. Katz, MD
Chairman, Division of Gastroenterology; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Please see Dr. Katz's detailed biography under the Administrative Leadership section above.
Mustafa Alnounou, MD
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Dr. Alnounou is a graduate of Damascas University School of Medicine. His internship and first year of residency training
was conducted at the University of Illinois, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. He completed his internal medicine residency
at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Indiana University.
He complete a one-year hepatology fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center and an advanced interventional endoscopy at
Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Girish Anand, MD
Associate Director, Endoscopy
Dr. Anand received his medical degree from the Christian Medical College and Hospital, India. He completed his internal medicine
residency training at Albert Einstein Medical Center and then served as Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Anand completed a Gastroenterology
fellowship at Albert Einstein followed by an Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard Medical School. Dr. Anand is board certified in internal medicine. His special interests are in the areas of biliary
and pancreatic disorders and performing complicated ERCP's and Endoscopic Ultrasound procedure for pancreatic masses.
Robert S. Dudnick, MD
Gastroenterology
Dr. Dudnick is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey. He completed his internship in internal
medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center and his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York. Dr. Dudnick completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is board
certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.
Yoguesh K. Govil, MD
Gastroenterology
Dr. Govil completed his internal medicine residency training and gastroenterology at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. He
is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and American College of Physicians. Dr. Govil, who joined the faculty
in 2008 is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Richard Menin, MD
Gastroenterology
Dr. Menin completed internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Virginia and fellowship in gastroenterology at Temple
University. Dr. Menin, who is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, leads a biweekly cancer management
conference and sponsors many colon cancer screening programs.
Daniel Sher, MD
Gastroenterology
Dr. Sher is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine and Drexel University School of
Medicine and a member of Philadelphia Gastroenterology Consultants. He is an active member of the teaching faculty. Dr. Sher
has participated in many multi center clinical trials and has been a co-author of several publications involving intragastric
pH monitoring.
General Internal Medicine
Mark Capkin, MD
Chairman, Division of General Internal Medicine
Dr. Capkin is a graduate of the Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program and served as Chief Resident in 1983-84. He attended
Temple University School of Medicine and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He is the recipient of a 1999 Faculty Council Teaching
Award.
Raghan Abouasalah, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Abouasalah received her medical degree from Damascus University and completed her internship and internal medicine residency
training at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. She then served as Chief Resident at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair,
New Jersey. Dr. Abouasalah joined the Einstein faculty in 2006.
Matthew Behme, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Behme is a graduate of University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed
his internal medicine residency training at Einstein. Dr. Behme jointed the faculty in 2008.
Jody Borgman, MD
Director, Immunodeficiency Center
Dr. Borgman completed his internal medicine residency at Einstein Medical Center and served as chief resident in 1992-93.
He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Borgman is the recipient of a Faculty Council
Teaching Award.
Jacqueline Bowers, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bowers is a graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency training at
Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Bowers, who joined the faculty in 2001 is the recipient of the 2007 Chief Residents' Award
for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Michael Goldfinger, MD
Firm Chief, Firm C; Director of Continuous Quality Improvement for the Department of Medicine
Dr. Goldfinger completed his internal medicine residency and served as Chief Resident at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in
Fort Gordon, GA. He served as Medical Director of the Lipid Clinic and Chief of the Internal Medicine Consultation Service
at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Dr. Goldfinger is the recipient of a 1999 Faculty Council Teaching Award.
Anita Govil, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Govil received her medical degree from India and completed her internal medicine residency at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia.
Dr. Govil worked as a hospitalist at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. She joined the Einstein faculty in 2005.
Rhonda Haston, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Haston is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her internal
medicine residency and was a junior medicine associate in the Primary Care Clinical Program at Graduate Hospital. Dr. Haston
is a member of the staff of the Marion-Louise Saltzman Women's Center and serves on its steering committee.
Young Nam Kim, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Nam Kim completed his internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Ohio Hospital and his endocrinology fellowship
at Temple University Hospital. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Kim serves the Northern Philadelphia Korean
Community as a physician at Philip Jaisohn Memorial Medical Clinic. Dr. Kim is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology.
Peyman Markazi, DO
Internal Medicine
Dr. Markazi is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency
training at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Dr. Markazi, is board certified in internal medicine and is a member of the American College
of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine. He joined the faculty in 2003.
Prabhjot Nijjar, MD
Internal Medicine
Dr. Nijjar received his medical degree in India from All-india Institute of Medical Sciences. Dr. Nijjar completed his internship
and residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein. He joined the faculty as a Proceduralist this academic year and will
supervising and training residents in various procedures including ultrasound guided central lines.
Marvin Schatz, DO
Lead physician, Hospitalist Unit; Program Director, Osteopathic Rotating Internship
Dr. Schatz is a graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa. He completed his internal medicine residency
at Parkview Hospital, Philadelphia and is board certified in internal medicine. Dr. Schatz is the recipient of the Voluntary
Faculty award in 2001 and the Herbert S. Waxman, MD award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in 2003 and 2005.
Roberta Turner, MD
Internal Medicine, Hospice
Dr. Turner received her medical degree from The University of Virginia and completed her internship and internal medicine
residency training at Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pennsylvania and then completed her residency at Hahnemann University
where she served as Chief Resident at Hahnemann University. She received additional training in palliative medicine at Stanford
University and is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine. Prior to joining Albert Einstein, Dr Turner was the
Medical Director of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, in North Carolina. Dr. Turner is the Medical Director of
the Palliative Care Program at Einstein.
Geriatrics
Richard Grant, MD, MPH
Chairman, Division of Geriatrics and Medical Director of the Philadelphia campus of the Allegheny Valley School
Dr. Grant is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine. He was medical director of the psycho-geriatric unit and
director of primary care medicine at the Massachusetts State Hospital at Westboro before coming to Philadelphia in 1991. Dr.
Grant is a Certified Medical Director and holds a Masters in Public Health from Boston University. He is a member of Alpha
Omega Alpha.
Claudine Clarke, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriactric Medicine
Dr. Clarke is a graduate of Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency and fellowship
in geriatrics at Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Clarke, who is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine,
joined the Einstein Medical Center faculty in 2001.
Tahmina Hassan, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriactric Medicine
Dr. Hassan received her medical degree from Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She completed internal
medicine residency training at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Albert Einstein
Medical Center. Dr. Hassan, who is board certified in internal medicine, joined the Einstein faculty in 2008.
Susan Moyer, MD
Medical Director, Stapely; Internal Medicine, Geriactric Medicine
Dr. Moyer is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia and the Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program. She served
as chief resident in 1983-84 and Director of Hospice from 1985 to 1994. Dr. Moyer, who is Medical Director of Stapely in Germantown, is
a member of the Institutional Ethics Committee. She is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.
Ellen Zagrebelsky, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriactric Medicine
Dr. Zagrebelsky completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in geriatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
She is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.
Vladimir Zagrebelsky, MD
Internal Medicine, Geriactric Medicine
Dr. Zagrebelsky completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in geriatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
He is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.
Hematology and Oncology
William Tester, MD, FACP
Chairman, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Director, Cancer Center and Einstein's Lung Cancer Program
Dr. Tester is a graduate of the Albert Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program and served as chief resident in 1979-1980.
Dr. Tester completed a hematology fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital and his medical oncology fellowship at the
National Cancer Institute. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also serves as Director of the Jefferson
Cancer Network clinical trials program. He has received the Chief Residents' Award in honor of Herbert Waxman for Excellence
in Clinical Teaching, the Faculty Council Research Award and the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Award.
Jeffrey Cohn, MD
Public Safety Officer, Oncology
Dr. Cohn is a graduate of Einstein Medical Center's Medicine Residency Program. He completed his hematology-oncology fellowship
training at Emory University Hospital and was a research fellow in oncology at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Dr. Cohn is
the recipient of the Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
Ajit Desai, MD
Chairman, Tumor Board; Medical Oncology, Hematology, Medical Staff Board
Dr. Desai is principal investigator in the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project and the Breast Cancer Prevention
Trial. He is co-investigator for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Dr. Desai is the recipient of the Chief Residents'
Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
Claudia Dourado, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Dourado received her medical degree in Brazil. She completed internal medicine internship and residency at MCP/Hahnemann
University. She completed her fellowship in Hematology at Ireland Cancer Center/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center of University
Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Dourado, who is board certified in internal medicine, hematology
and oncology, joined the faculty in 2008.
John Leighton, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Leighton is a graduate of the Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program. He completed his fellowship in hematology-oncology
at Temple University Hospital-Fox Chase Cancer Center and returned to Einstein Medical Center in 1995 to join the full-time
faculty. Dr. Leighton serves as principal investigator for Gastrointestinal Malignancy clinical trials performed at the Albert
Einstein Cancer Center. He is the recipient of the 1999 Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching and a 1999
Faculty Council Teaching Award.
Mitchell Goldstein, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Goldstein completed his hematology/oncology fellowship at the Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and his internal
medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Goldstein joined the Division of Hematology/Oncology in 2004.
Alan Friedman, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Friedman received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia and competed his internship and internal
medicine residency training at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Friedman completed his fellowship in Hematology at Sloan
Kettering and in Oncology at Jefferson Medical College. He is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and oncology.
Mark Morginstin, DO
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Morginstin is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey and completed his internship in internal
medicine at the Atlantic City Medical Center, New Jersey. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Albert
Einstein where he also served as chief medical resident. He was awarded the Peter Mazzoni Memorial Award for humanism, integrity
and compassion at the end of his internal medicine residency. Dr. Morginstin completed a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology
at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Humanitarian Service
Medal and the Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service from the United States Air Force.
Gabor Varadi, MD
Hematology, Medical Oncology
Dr. Varadi received his medical degree from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. He completed his internship and residency
in internal medicine and hematology/oncology fellowship at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Varadi, who is board
certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology, joined the Einstein faculty in 2008.
Hepatology
Victor Araya, MD
Acting Chairman, Division of Hepatology; Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Program
Dr. Araya received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He completed
his internal medicine residency training at Temple University and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Florida,
Gainesville. Dr. Araya is board certified in gastroenterology and hepatology and specializes in all types of liver diseases.
He has published numerous articles in multiple areas of hepatology and is active in resident and fellow education at the
Medical Center. Upon completion of fellowship, Dr. Araya served on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh as a transplant
and general hepatologist. He briefly worked in private practice prior to joining the faculty at Einstein. Dr. Araya's current
interests are providing efficient and effective patient care in all areas of hepatology including post-transplantation hepatitis
recurrence. He is the primary investigator in several clinical trials for hepatitis C and B treatment before and after liver
transplantation.
Mumtaz Niazi, MD
Hepatology
Dr. Niazi is a graduate of Punjob Medical College and completed his internal medicine residency training at Long Island College
of Medicine, New York. He completed hepatology training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Eyob Feyssa, MD, MPH
Hepatology
Dr Feyssa received his medical degree from the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences in Ethiopia. He completed his internal medicine
residency training at Harbor Hospital Center in Baltimore where served as Chief Medical Resident and received the Tah-Hsiung
Hsu, MD director's award. Dr. Feyessa completed training in hepatology at the Sammy Davis Jr National Liver Institute of
the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Liver Center.
Ashraf Malek, MD
Hepatology
Dr. Malek received his medical degree from the Sir Salimullah Medical College in Bangladesh. He completed his internal medicine
residency training at Long Island College Hospital and hepatology training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey Liver Center.
Infectious Disease
Robert Fischer, MD
Chairman, Division of Infectious Disease; Firm Chief of Firm A and Co-Chairman of the HIV Committee
Dr. Fischer obtained his BA in physics, magna cum laude, his MS in applied mathematics and his MD from Harvard University.
Dr. Fischer completed his internal medicine residency at LA County-USC Medical Center and his fellowship in infectious disease
at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Fischer is the recipient of an Albert Einstein Medical Center Clinical
Teacher of the Year Award and a Faculty Council Teaching Award.
Bartholomew Bono, MD
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Dr. Bono is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai
Medical Center in New York. Dr. Bono completed his infectious disease fellowship at Temple University and is board certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and infectious disease. Dr. Bono joined the medical staff
at Albert Einstein in the summer of 2003.
Aaron Kosmin, MD
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Dr. Kosmin received his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed an internal medicine residency
at Temple University Hospital. He then served as Chief Resident at Temple and completed his fellowship training in Infectious
Diseases at Temple. Dr. Kosmin, who is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, has special interests
in travel medicine and clinical microbiology. He is the 2007 recipient of the Chief Residents' Award in honor of Herbert
S. Waxman, MD for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
Gregory Mayro, MD
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Dr. Mayro is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency training and a fellowship
in infectious diseases at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Mayro joined the Einstein faculty in September 2007.
Sarah Perloff, DO
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Dr. Perloff is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed
her internal medicine residency training at the University of Connecticut and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Perloff joined the Einstein faculty in September 2007.
Jerry M. Zuckerman, MD
Medical Director. Infection Prevention and Control Department; Chairman,Infection Control Quality Assessment and Improvement
Group
Dr. Zuckerman is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency at Temple
University Hospital and his infectious disease fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is board
certified in infectious diseases.
Nephrology
Eric Bloom, MD
Chairman, Kraftsow Division of Nephrology; Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program
Dr. Bloom completed his medical residency at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and nephrology fellowship
at Temple University Hospitl. He has published many abstracts in multiple areas of clinical nephrology and is active in fellowship
education at Einstein. Dr. Bloom is medical director at Fresenius Medical Care Northeast Philadelphiaa Dialysis Center. He
is Co-Chair of the Med Use Committee at Einstein and a member of the Graduate Education Committee.
Daranee Chewaproug, DO
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Chewaproug is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency
training and fellowship in nephrology at Albert Einstein. Dr. Chewaproug, who is board certified in internal medicine, joined
the faculty in 2008.
Stephen Goldstein, MD
Director, Renal Treatment Centers
Dr. Goldstein is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Goldstein completed his internal medicine residency and
nephrology fellowship at Hahnemann University Hospital. He is the recipient of a 1998 Faculty Council Teaching Award.
Imara Dissanayake, MD
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Dissanayake is a graduate of the Einstein Internal Medical Residency Program. Dr. Dissanayake has had extensive research
experience and completed training in the ABIM Clinical Investigator Pathway. She has published numerous abstracts and articles
in the area of bone mineralization and metabolism. Dr. Dissanayake recently finished her fellowship in nephrology at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital. She is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine.
William J. Gaughan, M
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Gaughan is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency program at Abington
Memorial hospital. Dr. Gaughan completed his neprhology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is certified
in both internal medicine and nephrology. Dr. Gaughan’s areas of interest include diabetes, hypertension. Dr. Gaughan joined
the faculty in 2005.
Shiang-Cheng Kung, MD
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Kung is a graduate of University of Witwatersrand Medical School in South Africa. He completed his internal medicine
residency program at Albert Einstein Medical Center where he also completed his Nephrology Fellowship. Dr. Kung is board
certified in internal medicine and nephrology. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and American Society
of Nephrology. Dr. Kung joined the Einstein faculty in 2004.
Rasib Raja, MD
Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College; Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Dr. Raja is the author of over 100 scientific articles and 200 abstracts. Dr. Raja is a member of the Research Committee of
the Kidney Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania and principal investigator for two trials of Epogen in hemodialysis patients.
He completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at Einstein Medical Center.
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Michael Lippmann, MD
Chairman, Division of Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Dr. Lippmann is a reviewer for Lung and Chest and Past Secretary of the ABIM Critical Care Medicine Test and Policy Committee.
He completed his internal medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and his pulmonary disease fellowship at Bronx Municipal
Hospital. Dr. Lippmann is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. He is a Professor
of Medicine at the Jefferson Medical College , a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
and Governor of the ACCP for Pennsylvania. Dr. Lippmann is the recipient of the Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical
Teaching.
Steven K. Goldberg, MD
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Dr. Goldberg received his medical degree from Georgetown University and completed his residency and chief residency at Harlem
Hospital. He was a research fellow in pulmonary disease at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Goldberg who is an Associate
Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, is the recipient of an NIH Pulmonary Academic Award and the Chief Residents'
Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
Michael Walkenstein, MD
Associate Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Dr. Walkenstein is principal investigator of a controlled trial of antiendotoxin antibody in sepsis. Dr. Walkenstein is a
graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Medical College of Virginia
Hospital. He completed his pulmonary fellowship at Strong Memorial Hospital-University of Rochester. Dr. Walkenstein, who
is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, is the recipient of the Chief Residents' Award for Excellence
in Clinical Teaching.
Ganesan Murali, MD
Director, Albert Einstein Sleep Center
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. 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. Dr. Murali received the Louis B. Schatz Memorial Award in recognition of academic and clinical
excellence among house staff in 2002 and the Chief Residents' Award in honor of Herbert Waxman for Excellence in Clinical
Teaching in 2006.
Arshad A. Wani, MD
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Dr. Wani received his medical degree from Government Medical College, Srinagar, India and underwent internship and internal
medicine residency at UPMC McKeesport, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wani completed a Pulmonary /Critical Care fellowship
at Albert Einstein Medical Center and is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary/critical care. He has a special
interest in Asthma and Interstitial Lung Disease.
Jorge Mora, MD
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care
Dr. Mora is a graduate of J.M Vargas School of Medicine in Venezuela. He completed his internship and residency training
in internal medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center followed by a fellowship in geriatric medicine. Dr. Mora also completed
a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Einstein. Dr. Mora, who is board certified in internal medicine and
pulmonary and critical care medicine is a full time faculty member works primarily in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.
Rheumatology
Lawrence Brent, MD
Chairman, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Dr. Brent is a graduate of Penn State University and Jefferson Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency
and rheumatology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and a research fellowship in immunology and pediatric
rheumatology at the University of Alabama Medical Center. Dr. Brent is a member of the American College of Physicians, the
American College of Rheumatology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a past recipient of the
Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award. Areas of interest include systemic lupus erythematosus, spondyloarthropathies,
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, and pediatric rheumatology. He is actively involved in clinical research and clinical
trials.
Mythili Seetharaman, MD
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Dr. Seetharaman is a graduate of Madras Medical College in India. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Crozer
Chester Medical Center and her fellowship in rheumatology at Albert Einstein. Dr. Seetharaman is board certified in internal
medicine and rheumatology and is a member of the American College of Rheumatology. She joined the Einstein faculty in 2002.
Dr. Seetharaman's area of special interests include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic and myositis.
Dana Jacobs-Kosmin, MD
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Dr. Jacobs-Kosmin received her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, and completed her internship
and internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Jacobs-Kosmin completed her fellowship training in Rheumatology
at Thomas Jefferson University and is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. She is a member of the American
College of Rheumatology and has special interests in the areas of systemic lupus erythematosus and osteoporosis.
