Meet the Faculty

Aaron E. Glatt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
Chairman, Department of Medicine and Chief, Infectious Diseases / Hospital Epidemiologist
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Residency: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons


Raul Mendoza, MD
Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine
Fellowship: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Cardiology)
Residency: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Medical School: National Autonomous University of Mexico Medical School


Steven M. Weiss, MD, FACP
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Infectious Diseases)
Residency: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine


Stanley Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI
Chief, Allergy / Immunology
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Medical School: New York Medical College


Lawrence J. Kanner, MD, FACC, FHRS
Chief, Cardiology
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset
Residency: North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset
Medical School: State University of New York Buffalo Medical College


Jonathan Zinberg, MD
Chief, Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons


Richard M. Lee, MD
Chief, Hematology / Oncology
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center
Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine


Haiwen Ma, MD, PhD, FACP
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Chief, Hospitalist Services
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical School: Shanghai Medical University


Cheriyan Thomas, MD, MBA
Associate Chief, Hospitalist Services
Fellowship: Flushing Hospital Medical Center (Geriatrics)
Residency: Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College


Louis Swartz, MD
Co-Chief, Nephrology
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine


Jonathan Altus, MD, FCCP
Co-Chief, Pulmonary / Critical Care
Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center
Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center


Frank Coletta, MD, FCCP
Co-Chief, Pulmonary / Critical Care
Fellowship: Winthrop University Hospital
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital
Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center


Stuart D. Kaplan, MD
Chief, Rheumatology
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine


Eric Hanauer, MD
Chief, Neurology and Stroke Center
Fellowship: University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital
Residency: University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital
Medical School: University of Buffalo


Keith Brennan, MD
Hospitalist
Residency: Roger Williams Medical Center
Medical School: American University of Antigua


Ioannis Kariolis, MD
Hospitalist
Fellowship: New York Hospital of Queens, Weill-Cornell (Geriatrics)
Residency: New York Hospital of Queens, Weill-Cornell
Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center


Yelena Markovskaya, MD
Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital
Residency: St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center
Medical School: Odessa Medical Institute


Louis Saffran, MD
Pulmonary / Critical Care
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital
Residency: North Shore University Hospital
Medical School: University of Maryland


Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MD
Cardiology
Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Frank Gress, MD, MA, MBA, FACP
Chief, Interventional Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Indiana University
Fellowship: Brooklyn Hospital Center
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Indra Daniels, MD, FASN
Nephrology, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency: St. Mary's Hospital
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland


Ayanna Lewis, MD
Gastroenterology 
Fellowship: Stony Brook University Hospital 
Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital
Medical School: Dartmouth College


Iman Andalib, MD
Associate Chief, lnterventional Gastroenterology
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Wood Johnson University Hospital
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica


Michael Megally, MD
Associate Chief, lnterventional Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Elmhurst Hospital Center
Residency: N.Y. Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Medical School: Medical University of Lublin


Effie Tsomos, MD
Associate Chief, Endocrinology
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine


Michael R. Sood, MD, MS, FACC, FACP
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Fellowship: New York-Methodist Hospital
Residency: New York-Methodist Hospital
Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine