Leadership

Administration

Senior Department Administrator- Rana El-Jaroudi, MBA, MPH

Medical Education

Diane Levine, MD, Vice Chair for Education and Clerkship Director, Professor, Clinical Educator
Shaheena Raheem, DO, Medical Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor, Clinical Educator

Faculty

Our talented and accomplished faculty have a deep commitment to the education of all trainees.

This year, each division reviewed and updated both general medicine and subspecialty curriculum. New commitments to the residency were made and a strategic plan outlined.

Initiatives to add programs in urban medicine are underway. Our faculty members have a strong interest in optimizing their teaching skills. The faculty have the full support of the department. Formal mentoring and protected-time programs were developed for the faculty. The School of Medicine, under the direction of the Associate Dean, a former chair of Internal Medicine, has developed a University-wide faculty development program.

Also, under the strong leadership of the department, retreats occur annually to address all aspects of the educational process.

 

Cardiology/Interventional Cardiology

  • Aiden Abidov, MD, PhD., Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Luis Afonso, MD, Professor and Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Chandra Ala, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Robert Brook, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Shaun Cardozo, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • James Glazier, MD, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Ramanjit Kaur, MD, Clinician Educator
  • Randy Lieberman, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Li Li, PhD, Professor, Research Educator
  • Preeti Ramappa, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Rabih Touma, MD, Clinician Associate Professor

Endocrinology

  • Stephen Farrow, MD, MBA, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Louna El-Zein, MD, Assistant Professor-Clinical
  • Warren Lockette, MD, Professor and Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Julie Samantray, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Berhane Seyoum, MD, MPH, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • James Sowers, MD, Professor, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
  • Wael Taha, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)

Gastroenterology

  • Fadi Antaki, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Wael Dahhan, MD, Assistant Professor, Interim Division Chief
  • Amir Iqbal, MD, Assistant Professor 
  • Ziad Kanaan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  • Thomas Kelly, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Kirthi Lilley, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Karan Mathur, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Bashar Mohamad, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Milton G. Mutchnick, MD, Professor, Research Educator, Clinician Educator
  • Paul Naylor, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor

 

General Medicine

  • Heather Abraham, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Anam Ansari, DO, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Eric W. Ayers, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Robert C. Burack, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Nicholas Cretu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Anupama Devara, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Renee Dwaihy, MD, MBBS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Lubna Fatiwala, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Melanie Hanna-Johnson, MD, MHSA, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Dana Kabbani, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Asim Kagzi, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Kenneth Lempert, MD, MSPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Diane L. Levine, MD, FACP, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Prateek Lohia, MD, MHA, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Sajith Matthews, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Mira Mitry, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Shaheena Raheem, DO, Medical Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Latonya Riddle-Jones, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Graciela Rojas, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Renato Roxas, MD, Assistant Professor, Interim Division Chief Hospital Medicine, Clinician Educator
  • Manmeet Singh, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Neelima Thati, MD, Associate Professor and Division Chief Primary Care Population Health, Clinician Educator
  • Jarrett Weinberger, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Ahmed Yeddi, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator

 

Geriatrics

  • Bibban Deol, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Elena Gupta, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Mohammad Kang, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Rasa Laucius, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Jennifer Mendez, PhD, Associate Professor
  • Athor Mikhail, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Pragnesh Patel, MD, Professor and Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Michael Stellini, MD, Clinical Professor

 

Infectious Diseases

  • Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Teena Chopra, MD. MPH, Professor, Interim Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Sorabh Dhar, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Shira Heisler, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Lea Monday, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Suganthini Krishnan Natesan, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Gretchen Newman, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Avnish Sandhu, DO, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Jack Sobel, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Hussein Tehaili, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Lauren Touleyrou, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator

 

Nephrology and Hypertension

  • Omer Alrawi, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Nour Hammad, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Nashat Imran, MD, Associate Professor, Acting Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Madhumita Jena, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Dragana Komnenov, PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Educator
  • Praveena Koneru, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Kenneth Lempert, MD, MSPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Yahya Osman Malik, MD, Professor and Interim Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Mili Shah, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • James Sondheimer, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Obead Yaseen, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator

 

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

  • Khaled Alshabani, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • M. Safwan Badr, MD, MBA, Professor and Department Chair
  • Susmita Chowdhuri, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Cassondra Cramer-Bour, MD
  • Zahia Esber, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Shefali Godara, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Hiba Hadid, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Jason Mateika, PhD, Associate Department Chair for Research
  • Zubin Mukadam, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Amina Pervaiz, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Anan Salloum, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator (FTA)
  • Lobelia Samavati, MD, Professor, Research Educator
  • Abdulghani Sankari, MD, Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Ghulam Saydain, MD, Professor, Department Associate Chair, Clinician Educator
  • Ayman Soubani, MD, Professor and Division Chief, Clinician Educator
  • Divya Venkat, MD, Associate Professor
  • Salam Zeineddine, MD, Associate Professor, Clinician Educator

Rheumatology

  • llyes Benchaala, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
  • Russel York, MD, Assistant Professor and Division Chief, Clinician Educator