Medicine-Pediatrics

Robert Watterson, MD is Program Director of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program and Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program. Dr. Watterson holds appointments in both the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Watterson is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center and served one year as Chief Resident for the Department of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Watterson was the recipient of the Sydney Borowski Comprehensive Physician Award in 2003 and the Frank Hammond Sivitz Award in both 2001 and 2002.  He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Internal Medicine

Glenn Eiger, MD is Program Director of the Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programs, and mentor for the Subspecialty Track. Dr. Eiger is Chief Academic Officer for Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Assistant Dean at AEMC for Jefferson Medical College 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.

Pediatrics

Robert S. Wimmer, MD, is Associate Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Residency Program Director. Dr. Wimmer is Chairman of Einstein’s Institutional Review Board and is a member of the Graduate Medical Education Subcommittee at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Wimmer is the recipient of an American Cancer Society Award and a Dean’s Cancer Research Fund Grant for his research in monoclonal antibody therapy of hematologic malignancy.

Dr. Wimmer completed his pediatric residency at Boston City Hospital, hematology/oncology fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and pediatric oncology research fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.