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
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


Steven J. Lomasky, MD, FACP, FACE
Chief, Endocrinology
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical School: Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University


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


Linda Russo, MD
Chief, Palliative Care
Fellowship: University Hospital at Stony Brook
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital
Medical School: University del Noreste, Tampico, Mexico


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


Andrew Goldstein, MD
Ambulatory Care
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


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


Asaf Klein, MD
Rheumatology
Fellowship:  Northwell at Manhasset
Residency:   Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Medical School:  State University of New York Downstate Medical Center


Kaushik Mandal, MD
Hospitalist
Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: University of Calcutta Medical College


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


Panina Niyazova, MD
Geriatrics
Fellowship: New York Hospital of Queens, Weill-Cornell
Residency: Lutheran Medical Center
Medical School: First Tashkent State Medical Institute


Audrey Paulssen-Sorano, DO
Ambulatory Care
Residency: Nassau County Medical Center
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine


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