Meet the Faculty

Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
Chairman, Department of Medicine and Chief, Infectious Diseases / Hospital Epidemiologist
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


Keith Brennan, MD
Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Hospitalist
Residency: Roger Williams Medical Center
Medical School: American University of Antigua


Michael Megally, MD
Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Elmhurst Hospital Center
Residency: N.Y. Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Medical School: Medical University of Lublin


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


Jason Freeman, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset
Residency: North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset
Medical School: New York Medical College


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


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


Sunny Goel, MD
Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Medical School: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University


Steven Greenstein, MD
Cardiology
Fellowship: Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Medical School: New York Medical College


Won Jun Park, MD, FACC, RPVI
Cardiology
Fellowship: Mount Sinai-Brooklyn Hospital Center
Residency: The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Medical School: Hallym University College of Medicine, South Korea


Athanasios Smyrlis, MD
Cardiology
Fellowship: NYU-Winthrop University Hospital / Western CT Health Network
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia  
Medical School: University of Ioannina Medical School


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


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


Russell W. Cohen, MD
Dermatology
Chief, Dermatology
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine


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


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


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


Steven Kadish, MD
Associate Chief, GI Endoscopy, General
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine


Clifford Feiner, DO
Chief, Geriatrics
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital (Geriatrics)
Residency: Long Island College Hospital (Internal Medicine)
Internship: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine


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


Dhvani Thakker, MD
Section Chief, Women’s Medical Oncology
Fellowship:  SUNY at Downstate Medical Center
Residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine


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


Lachonne Anderson, MD
Hospitalist
Residency:  SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Medical School: SUNY Downstate School of Medicine


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


Muhammad S. Khan, MD
Hospitalist
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College


Nay Lin OO, MD
Hospitalist
Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Internship:  Yangon General Hospital, Central Women’s Hospital, Yangon Children’s Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar
Medical School: University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar


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


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


Arkadiy Pinkhasov, MD
Nephrology
Fellowship: Baystate Medical Center
Residency: Winthrop University Hospital
Medical School: St. Georges University School of Medicine


Kerin Hausknecht, MD
Chief, Neurology and Stroke Center
Fellowship: Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Ricardo Cruz, MD
Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Cornell University Medical Center
Residency: Nassau University Medical Center
Medical School: University of Philippines Medical School


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


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