Internal Medicine Residency

Our teaching faculty bring experience from a diverse cross-section training models, ranging from large urban teaching centers to community based programs. Their expertise includes primary care, medical subspecialties and hospital-based internal medicine. They are committed to providing an excellent medical education, imparting not only medical knowledge, but also approaches to bedside interactions, ethical issues, cost efficiency and the nuances of different practice models. We incorporate lectures from medical and business executives into our curriculum, to enrich the resident’s understanding of the non-medical aspects of medicine. The overall experience is designed to prepare you for community-based internal medicine practice.

We have included our Core faculty members, General Internal Medicine Faculty, Subspecialty Faculty. While these physicians represent a large portion of the teaching faculty, there are additional physicians who provide educational opportunities and support.

CORE FACULTY

Michael DiGiorno, DO

Nephrology

Residency: Maimonides Medical Center

Fellowship: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Nephrology

Radhika Hariharan, MD, MA

Infectious Disease

Residency: Temple University Hospital

Fellowship: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Infectious Disease

Mark Kozicky, MD

Nephrology

Residency: Jacobi Medical Center, Internal Medicine

Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Nephrology

Majed Samarneh, MD

Nephrology

Residency: Staten Island University Hospital

Fellowship: Staten Island University Hospital, Nephrology

Hanady Zainah, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

SUBSPECIALTY EDUCATION COORDINATORS

Steven Barry, MD

Infectious Disease

Residency: Mount Vernon Hospital

Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Infectious Disease

Christopher DiGiorno, DO

Gastroenterology

Residency: Westchester Medical Center

Fellowship: Westchester Medical Center, Gastroenterology

Jacobo Futran-Steinberg, MD

Rheumatology

Residency: National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City

Fellowship: University of Toronto, Rheumatology and University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Immunology and Columbia University, Molecular Biology

Gregory Neufeld, MD

Cardiology

Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital, Cardiology

Rajendra Rampersaud, MD

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine

Residency: St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers

Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center and Sleep Disorder Institute

Norman Rosen, MD

Hematology/Oncology

Residency: Montefiore Hospital Medical Center

Fellowship: Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Hemetology & Oncology

Maggie Tavdy, MD

Endocrinology

Residency: State University of New York at Stony Brook Hospital

Fellowship: State University of New York at Stony Brook Hospital, Endocrinology

FACULTY

Ana Androne, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Louis Androne, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine & St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center

Brijesh Malkani, MD

Neurology

Residency: NYU School of Medicine

Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Sleep Medicine

Andrew Fader, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: Metropolitan Medical Center

Fellowship: Westchester Medical Center

Klaudia Nowakiwskyj, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: Soundshore Medical Center

Mark Silberman, MD

Internal, Emergency Medicine

Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Richard Wu, MD

Pulmonary, Critical Care

Residency: Montefiore Medical Center

Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care

Paul Antonecchia, MD

Internal Medicine

Residency: Westchester Medical Center, Internal Medicine

Graduate School: MBA, University of Hartford