CHAM - Key Persons

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease; Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Pediatrics; Vice Chair, Research; Director, Translational Prevention Research Center, Children's Hospital at Montefiore Betsy Herold, MD, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vice Chair for Research at Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Herold is also a Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric infectious diseases. Dr. Herold received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1978 from Brown University and went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1982. Dr. Herold completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital, where she became a Chief Resident in 1985. She then began a fellowship in research at Hagedorn Research Laboratory in Gentofte, Denmark. In 1987, Dr. Herold began a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Children's Memorial Hospital, followed by a Research Associate/Postdoctoral Virology Fellowship in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Herold's clinical research focuses on the prevention and treatment of infections in solid and stem cell transplant patients and other immunocompromised patients. Dr. Herold has also been involved in research in Kawasaki disease and the emergence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community. Dr. Herold directs a basic and translational research program on the prevention of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and HIV infections through the development of vaccines and novel antivirals. The current major focus of her lab is on a novel, paradigm-shifting, single-cycle vaccine to prevent HSV-1 and HSV-2. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1989. Dr. Herold has over 150 peer reviewed publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work internationally. In 2012, Dr. Herold received the Clinical Science Faculty Mentor Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also been awarded the Henry and Jacob Lowenberg Prize in Pediatrics and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Young Investigator Award. Dr. Herold is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Brenda I. Anosike

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Member of the Educational Leadership Team
Interim Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Carl Sagan

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Director

Daniel M. Fein

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Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Dr. Daniel Fein earned a BS in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his MD at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Fein completed his pediatric residency and pediatric chief residency at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. During his fellowship, Dr. Fein was awarded the Outstanding House Officer Award by the Montefiore Staff and Alumni Association. Dr. Fein joined the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in 2013 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an attending physician in the division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is a member of the INSPIRE network (International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education) serving as the site director at Montefiore for studies involving a novel simulation process to improve infant lumbar puncture success rates by new trainees. He is also leading an FDA approved clinical trial looking at the use of intranasal Fentanyl for initial treatment of a vaso-occlusive crisis in children with sickle cell disease. Dr. Fein has served on the national committee for developing the descriptions of Entrustable Professional Activities that will help guide the education of future trainees in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has authored multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals. His specific interests are pain control in the Emergency Department and medical student/resident education.

David M. Loeb

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Cellular Therapy Director, Sarcoma Program / Professor, Pediatrics and Developmental and Molecular Biology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Marrow & Blood Cell Transplantation
Chief, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Cellular

David Loeb, MD, PhD, is Chief, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Cellular Therapy at Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Professor, Pediatrics and Professor, Developmental and Molecular Biology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical work focuses on tumors of connective tissue, such as bone and muscle. He also has expertise in the care of children with other solid tumors. As a member of the bone marrow transplantation team, Dr. Loeb also cares for patients with acute leukemias and has expertise in the application of immunotherapy to childhood cancer. Dr. Loeb earned his Bachelor of Arts in biology in 1987 at Johns Hopkins University. In 1993, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and, in 1994, his Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University. In 1994, he also began an internship in Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed by a residency in 1995 and a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology Oncology at the same institution. Dr. Loeb has an active translational research laboratory focused on understanding bone tumor metastasis. His laboratory developed a clinically relevant mouse model of sarcoma metastasis and has used this model to perform preclinical testing of novel agents that can interfere with this process. One area of focus is the metabolic differences between cancer cells and normal cells, and between metastases and the primary tumor, with the intention of targeting these differences therapeutically. More basic scientific studies in the lab involve exploring the role of the Wnt signaling pathway in Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma migration, invasion and metastasis. Dr. Loeb also studies the role of an enzyme called RNA helicase DDX3 in Ewing sarcoma biology, especially how this enzyme affects the repair of damaged DNA. Dr. Loeb is also actively involved in clinical research, including the development of radiopharmaceutical agents for the treatment of bone metastases and the development of a small molecule inhibitor of DDX3. He has also directed a clinical trial of reduced intensity haploidentical bone marrow transplantation for children with high risk solid tumors. Stemming from his laboratory work, Dr. Loeb is involved in the development of biomarkers of metastatic risk and of minimal residual disease in children, adolescents and young adults with sarcomas. Dr. Loeb's original research, based on his clinical and laboratory studies, has been published in multiple journals and books. Dr. Loeb has been a recipient of many awards, including the Director's Teaching Award in Clinical Science from Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2006, 2010 and 2015, and The Justin Straus Chordoma Research Award in 2009.

Dawn Wahezi

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology

Deborah E. Campbell

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Chief, Division of Neonatology
Director of the Division of Neonatology
Medical Director, Low Birth Weight Infant Evaluation and Assessment Program ( LEAP ) Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Program Director for the Fellowship in Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine

Dr. Campbell, Program Director for the fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Director of the Division of Neonatology at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, conducts the Low Birth Weight Infant Evaluation and Assessment Program (LEAP). She focuses on perinatal care and health services delivery, psychosocial support interventions for mothers of premature babies, perinatal ethics and collaborative decision-making, outcomes for very low birth weight infants and newborn hearing screening. She is a co-chair of the Faculty Mentoring Work Group of the Education and Faculty Support Committee at Einstein and led a faculty development initiative within the Department of Pediatrics.

Deepa G. Manwani

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Member of the Educational Leadership Team
Co - Director, Fellows Research Course
Director of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics / Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Hematology at Children

Deepa Manwani, MD, is Director, Pediatric Hematology at Children?s Hospital at Montefiore, as well as a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Manwani?s clinical focus is on benign hematology, anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, hemophilia, bleeding disorders, thrombosis, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, ITP, erythrocytosis and leukocytosis. Dr. Manwani graduated from B.J. Medical College, Poona University, India, in 1991, earning her Doctor of Medicine. She became a Research Assistant at the Children?s Hospital Oakland in 1991 before beginning an internship in Pediatrics at NSUH-Cornell University Med Center in 1993. Following her internship, Dr. Manwani completed a residency in Pediatrics at the same institution. In 1996, she began a fellowship in Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Manwani?s research focuses on fetal hemoglobin activating agents, adhesive cellular interactions in vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease (SCD) and contribution of neutrophils to SCD pathophysiology. She completed the R01 funded Phase 1 study of IVIG in the treatment of SCD vaso-occlusive crises and is currently leading the R01 funded Phase II study. Dr. Manwani is currently participating in studies aimed at increased adherence to hydroxyurea and improved transition to adult care. She is also collaborating with investigators at Case Western Reserve University on an NHLBI R01 funded study to standardize monitoring of cellular adhesion in SCD patients using a novel microfluidic assay. Her contributions have been recognized by the Sickle Cell Thalassemia Patient Network of New York in the form of the Distinguished Service Award in March 2015. Dr. Manwani?s studies have been published nationally in various reviewed journals and books. Dr. Manwani has received many awards, including Castle Connolly Top Doctor in 2016, New York Magazine Best Doctor and New York Metro Area?s Top Doctors in 2017.

Dominique M. Jan

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Director, Pediatric Transplantation Surgery / Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Received His Medical Degree from the Université Pierre - Et - Marie - Curie in Paris

He completed his internship and residency in general surgery with special training in pediatric surgery, urology, surgery of the digestive tract and vascular surgery at the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. He fulfilled fellowship training in pediatric surgery at the Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades in Paris and is board certified by the French Boards for General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Jan is a member of numerous leading international professional societies and has published and presented more than 100 articles in the areas of pediatric transplantation of the small bowel, liver and kidney. Prior to assuming his current role of Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, and Director, Pediatric Transplantation Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he served as attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery at the Columbia University Medical Center, attending physician at the Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades and as deputy chair of Pediatric Surgery at the Hôpital Saint Camille in Paris.

Dr. Arye Rubinstein

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Chief, Allergy and Immunology
Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Children 's Hospital at Montefiore / Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Arye Rubinstein, MD, PhD, is Chief, Allergy and Immunology and Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on immune disorders, including hereditary and acquired immune deficiencies, angioedema and inflammasome disorders. He has a particular interest in autoimmune and immune regulatory disorders in immunodeficiency and the associated genetic imprints. After earning his Doctor of Medicine and Research Doctorate at the University of Bern, in Bern, Switzerland in 1962, Dr. Rubinstein completed his internship at the University of Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1963. He remained there to complete a pediatrics residency in 1967 before moving back to the University of Bern to complete a pediatrics fellowship in allergy & immunology in 1969. In 1962 he became director of the bone marrow transplantation unit. In 1972, Dr. Rubinstein became a Research Associate at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Immunology for one year. Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Rubinstein's research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of immune disorders and associated autoimmune diseases. He also studies treatment with Gammaglobulin and Biologicals. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and he was on the editorial boards of AIDS, the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Annals of Allergy and the Journal of Pediatrics, Russia. Dr. Rubinstein is board certified in Pediatrics and Allergy & Immunology. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, the American College of Allergy and Immunology, the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS) and the International AIDS Society. Dr. Rubinstein has received many awards for his work, including a Lifetime Award in Immunology in 1990 and the Annual Award of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health for Excellence in AIDS Research and Treatment the same year. He was also named in Town & Country's "10 Top Physicians in the U.S. in Allergy/Immunology/AIDS" in 1995 and received the Heroes in Medicine Award from the International AIDS Society in 2000.

Elaine Schulte

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Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Director, Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy, and Diversity ( L.E.a.D ) Program

Elizabeth M. Alderman

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Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Eric D. Fornari

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Co - Director, Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery / Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Co - Director, Pediatric Orthopedics Attending Physician, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine / Vice - Chairman, Faculty Affairs Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics

Eric D. Fornari, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with expertise in the management of complex pediatric and adolescent hip disorders as well as pediatric and adolescent sports medicine. His focus on complex pediatric and adolescent hip disorders includes, but is not limited to, congenital, adolescent, and young adult hip dysplasia; Legg-Calve-Perthes disease; slipped capital femoral epiphysis; pediatric and adolescent sports medicine; pediatric orthopedic trauma; and neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Fornari is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He completed his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where he was recognized as the outstanding chief resident with the Henry H. Banks award. Dr. Fornari completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopedics and scoliosis at Rady Children?s Hospital in San Diego. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Fornari conducts research focused on congenital and acquired hip disorders, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, femoroacetabular impingement, pediatric and adolescent ACL injuries, pediatric and adolescent patella instability and the impact of childhood obesity on the pediatric musculoskeletal system. Dr. Fornari is an active volunteer administering orthopedic surgical care and training worldwide. He is vice chair of Children in Underserved Regions (COUR) and also works with the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA), the Health Volunteers Overseas and Orthopedics Overseas in Malawi, Africa. As a participant in Project Perfect World, he travels annually to Ecuador to provide comprehensive pediatric orthopedic care to children.

Gabriella C. Azzarone

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Member of the Educational Leadership Team
Course Director, Pediatric Sub - Internship / Co - Director, Pediatric Clerkship

Gabrielle Elias

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Administrative Nurse Manager, CHAM 8

Gina Masullo

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Senior Financial Analyst, Pediatrics

Jacqueline Hess

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Senior Operations Manager, Pediatric Ambulatory Sub - Specialty Services / CHAM Nurse Leadership

John F. Thompson

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition

Kimberly J. Reidy

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Laurie E. Cohen

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes

Lisa Shulman

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Interim Chief, Division of Developmental Medicine

Mandana Behbahani

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Co - Director, Surgical Neuro - Oncology

Marina Reznik

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Vice Chair, Clinical and Community - Based Research

Mark Liszewski

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Radiology

Mark Shlomovich

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Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care / Director, Pediatric Transport

Melinda S. Sharkey

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Co - Director, Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Co - Director, Pediatric Orthopedics Associate Program Director, Orthopedic Surgery Residency Vice Chair Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics

Melinda S. Sharkey, MD, is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Montefiore. She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders. Her practice particularly focuses on the surgical treatment of bone deformities, foot deformities, limb length discrepancies, and metabolic bone diseases. Dr. Sharkey received her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1999 at Wellesley College. In 2004, she received her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Sharkey completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California San Francisco from 2004 to 2009. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Sharkey's research focuses on contemporary social issues, orthopedic surgery, and the practice of academic medicine. She is also interested in exploring the effect of gender on participation and authority in academic medicine. Her work has been published in a number of reviewed journals and abstracts, and also presented nationally. Dr. Sharkey is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery and the American Orthopedic Association.

Melissa P. Wasserstein

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Chief, Division of Genetics, Children 's Hospital at Montefiore / Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Genetic Medicine

Michael D. Cabana

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Physician - in - Chief, Children 's Hospital at Montefiore / Professor and Michael

Michel N. Nassar

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Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Miriam B. Schechter

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Member of the Educational Leadership Team
Director, Medical Student Education

Monika Czarny

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Administrative Nurse Manager, CHAM Emergency Room

Nicole Biel

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Assistant Director of Pediatric Nursing Quality

Nicole Sutton

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology / Interim Co - Director, Pediatric Heart Center

Norman B. Medow

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Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Service

Oren M. Tepper

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Attending Surgeon, Division of Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Patricia Hametz

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Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine / Senior Medical Director
Interim Medical Director of Quality & Safety, CHAM / Senior Medical Director, CHAM
Senior Medical Director, CHAM / Interim Medical Director of Quality & Safety, CHAM