Faculty Media Experts
We have a powerhouse of expertise available to the media who can answer questions and serve as a resource on a wide variety of health and medicine topics. Our expertise ranges from public health to infectious diseases, elder care to health economics, vaccinations to diabetes, cancer therapy, clinical trials, psychopharmacology, Lyme disease, asthma brain injury, disaster medicine, allergies, neuroscience, stress, anxiety and depression, and much more. See our faculty profiles below or contact us at public_relations@nymc.edu.
Bioethics
Medical Ethics: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.; Lila R. Kagedan, MTS, M.Ed.
General: John Loike, Ph.D.
Biotechnology and Clinical Trials
Cancer
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV): Christopher B. Whitehurst, M.S., Ph.D.
Breast Cancer Research: Marina K. Holz, Ph.D.
Pediatric Cancer: Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D.
Cancer Therapies: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.; Raj Tiwari, Ph.D.
Women’s Cancer Prevention and Screening: Ashanda M. Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98
Urological Cancers: Sensuke Sato, Ph.D.
Skin Cancer: Shoshana Marmon, M.D., Ph.D. (clinical); Elizabeth Drugge, Ph.D., M.P.H. '12 (biomedical)
Cardiovascular Health
General: Alan Kadish, M.D.; William H. Frishman, M.D.
Cardiomyopathy and Stroke: Srihari Naidu, M.D.; Supriya S. Jain, M.D.
Cardiovascular Pharmacology: Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D.
Hypertension: William S. Aronow, M.D.; Victor Garcia, Ph.D. '15; Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D.
Hypotension: Julian Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.
Diabetes
Ercument Dirice, Ph.D.
Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D.
Disaster Medicine
Mental Trauma: Patricia Gerbarg, M.D.
Preparedness: David Markenson, M.D., M.B.A.; Tai M. Lee Jr., EMT-P/CIC, MEP
Elder Care
Family Caregiving and Long-Term Care: Kenneth A. Knapp, Ph.D.
General: Amy Ansehl, D.N.P., M.S.N., RN; William S. Aronow, M.D.
Health Economics
Health Equity
Access to Health Care: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.; Padmini Murthy, M.D., Ashanda Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98
Health Policy: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.; Adam E. Block, Ph.D.
Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: Kenneth A. Knapp, Ph.D.
Health Information Literacy: Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H.
Representation in Medicine: Karen M. Murray, M.D. '99; Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.
Global Health: Padmini Murthy, M.D.; Neil W. Schluger, M.D.
Human Biology
General: Joseph D. Etlinger, Ph.D.
Vertebrate Limb Development and Evolution: Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.
Infectious Diseases
General: Marisa A. Montecalvo, M.D.; Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Tick-borne Diseases: Dana Mordue, Ph.D.; Paul M. Arnaboldi, Ph.D.; Raymond Dattwyler, M.D.; Gary Wormser, M.D.
Allergies and Immune Disorders: Xiu-Min Li, M.D., M.S.; Raymond Dattwyler, M.D.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Treatments: Xiu-Min Li, M.D., M.S.
Tuberculosis and other Lung Disease: Neil W. Schluger, M.D.
Mental Health
Disorders: Leslie L. Citrome, M.D.; Stephen Ferrando, M.D.
Mind-Body Wellness: Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
Neuroscience
General: Fawaz Al-Mufti, M.D.
Traumatic brain injury: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.; Stephan Mayer, M.D.; Patric K Stanton, M.D.
Epilepsy: Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H.
Seizure Research: Patric K. Stanton, M.D.
Critical Care Neurology: Stephan Mayer, M.D.
Sensory Neuroscience and Neuroprosthetics: Jonathan N. Fisher, Ph.D.
Obesity
Victor Garcia, Ph.D. '15
Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, Ph.D.
Jamie A. Mullally, M.D.
Oral Health
Respiratory Health
General: Neil W. Schluger, M.D.; Allen J. Dozer, M.D.; Sankaran Krishnan, M.D., M.P.H.
Sleep Apnea: Dipak Chandy, M.D.
Pediatrics
General: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.; Mitchell S. Cairo, M.D., Allen J. Dozer, M.D.; Lori A. Weir Solomon, M.D. ‘99, M.P.H. '09; Sankaran Krishnan, M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Cardiology: Michael Gewitz, M.D., Supriya S. Jain, M.D.
Pediatric Cancer: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Newborn Medicine: Edmund F. LaGamma, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine: David S. Markenson, M.D., M.B.A.
Pediatric Pulmonology: Amy Brown, M.D., M.Be.
Physical Therapy
Victor Santamaria, PT, M.Sc., Ph.D., PCS
S. Nikki Gawronski, D.P.T., PT
Speech-Language Pathology
Kathleen Franklin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Monica A. McHenry, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Lindsay Murray-Keane, M.S. '08, CCC-SLP
Transplantation
General: Abhay Dhand, M.D.
Transplant Anesthesia: Peter J. Panzica, M.D.
Vaccines
Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.
Marisa A. Montecalvo, M.D.
Lori A. Weir Solomon, M.D. ‘99, M.P.H. '09
Women’s Health
General: Karen M. Murray, M.D. '99
Women’s Access to Health Care: Ashanda M. Saint-Jean, M.D. ’98; Padmini Murthy, M.D.
