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Saadia Akhtar, MD - Residency Program Director

Assistant Professor, Attending

sakhtar (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center- Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Combined Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine Residency

Research/Interest: Ultrasound, Residency Education, Evidence Based Medicine, Mentorship

Publications:
Husk G, Akhtar S. Chief Complaints, Emergency Department Clinical Documentation Systems, and the Challenge of Dealing with the Patient’s Own Words. Commentary. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007:14 (1): 69-73. Akhtar S, Theodoro D, Gaspari R, Tayal V, Sierzenski P, LaMantia J, Stahmer S, Raio C. Resident Training in Emergency Ultrasound: Consensus Recommendations from the 2008 Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Conference. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009 Dec;16(2):S32-S36.

Thomas Nguyen, MD - Assistant Program Director

Attending Physician

tnguyen (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: UMDNJ

Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY

Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine/ Internal Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Hypertension, Emergency Cardiac Care, Medical Education

Kar-Mun Woo, MD - Assistant Program Director

Attending Physician

kwoo (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency: Boston Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine 

Altaf Ansari MD - Medical Student Director

Assistant Professor, Attending Physician

ahansari (at) aol.com

Medical School: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency: Internal Medicine, UMDNJ

Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Fellowship- Pulmonary and Critical Care, UMDNJ

Abraham Berger, MD

Attending Physician Assistant Professor

aberger (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Mediziniche Fakultaet, Universitaet Zurich

Residency: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Integrated Residency in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center, NY

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Emergency Medicine

Research/Interest: International Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Consultant for the Soroka Medical Center of the Negev, Editorial Board Member of the Israeli Journal of Trauma, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Publications: Epter,M., Pindiprouli, P, Berger, A., Hsu, C.; Efficacy of Porcine Model for Demonstrating Pericardial Effusion With Real Time Ultrasound; Abstract; Annals of Emergency Medicine: 35:5: May 2000. (Abstract)

Naomi Dreisinger, MD

Attending, Co-Director, Pediatric Emergency Department

NDreisinger (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Residency: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pediatrics

Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics

Special Interest/Training: Pediatrics

Ira Drescher, MD

Attending Physician, Assistant Professor

idrescher (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: SUNY - Downstate

Residency: Montefiore / Albert Einstein

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Emergency Medicine

Research/Interest: Sonography

Kumarie Etwaru, MD

Attending, Co-director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assistant Professor

ketwaru (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residency: Montefiore Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics

Special Interest/Training: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Research/Interest: QI on patient transfers

Marc Felberbaum, MD

Attending Physician, Assistant Professor

mfelberb (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: NYU School of Medicine

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Emergency Medicine

Publications:
Use of pralidoxime without atropine in carbamate toxicity: a case report [abstract]. Russell AL, Manini A, Felberbaum M, Mercurio-Zappala M, Hoffman RS, Hoffman RJ. Clinical Toxicology. 2008;46: in press.

Joseph Habboushe, MD MBA

Attending Physician

jhabboushe (at) chpnet.org

Medical School:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Business School:
Columbia University

Residency:
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Medical Center of Columbia University

Board Certifications:
American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training:
M.B.A. in Healthcare Finance

Research/Interest:
Differential-Based Diagnosis, Healthcare Finance and Medical Innovation, Documentation.

Publications:

1. Habboushe J, Shah K, Clark M. (2009) EMRA’s Basics of Emergency Medicine Pocketbook.
Creator and Editor-in-Chief of chief complaint-based pocketbook for new E.M. physicians. Starting 2011 EMRA will provide complimentary copies to all new EM residents as part of their EMRA membership.

2. Habboushe J, Clark M, Shah K, Lanoix R, Wong T, Shah K. (2010) “The Basics of Emergency Medicine” A Streamlined Pocket Reference for New Doctors. Poster at the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors 2010 Annual Assembly, Orlando, FL.

3. Habboushe J, Newman D. (2010) Cutaneous Granuloma of Sarcoidosis. Clinical Image and Case Report, Accepted for publication to the Annals of Emergency Medicine, July 2010.

4. Habboushe J, Medlej K, Shah K. (2010) Subacute painless bilateral visual loss. Case Report, Intern Emerg Med, 2010 Apr 21.

5. Habboushe J, Walker G. (2010) Novel Use of a Urine Pregnancy Test Using Whole Blood. Case report, Am J Emerg Med, 2010 Aug 12.

6. Habboushe J. (2009) Radial Head Fractures. In: Shah, K. Orthopedic Trauma in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2010.

7. Habboushe J, Gerolemou L, Minkin R. (2009) A Case of an Anomalous Innominate Artery causing Tracheal Compression in an Adult, Misdiagnosed as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Slide presentation at the 2009 annual CHEST Conference, San Diego, CA.

Rodriguez del Pozo P, Fins J. Acknowledgement:

8. Habboushe J. (2005) The Globalization of Education in Medical Ethics and Humanities: Evolving Pedagogy at Weill Cornell in Qatar. J Academic Medicine. 80(2):135-140.

9. Investigation of trends in childhood obesity throughout Philadelphia, 1998-2005. Pediatric Obesity Task Force, Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Clinical sponsor: Khudsiya Khan. Demographic study used by Philadelphia’s Health Centers to plan deployment of resources to combat childhood obesity.

10. Habboushe J, Fraimow H. (1996) Application of a Genotypic Method for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Coag-Negative Staphylococci: Implications for Therapy. Published and presented at 36th ICAAC of the American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans, LA. 

Clare Hack, MD

Attending Physician

chack (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics 

Michael Heller, MD

Attending Physician, Ultrasound Director Professor

mheller (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

Residency: Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Ultrasound

Publications:
Heller M,Jehle D _Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine_, Phil.: WB Saunders;1995(1st ed.),NY:Center Page, Inc; 2002(2nd ed.)

Jehle D, Heller M _Ultrasonography in Trauma: The FAST Exam_, Dallas: ACEP; 2003. Over 100 articles, abstracts, book chapters.

Robert J. Hoffman MD, MS

Attending Physician, Research Director Assistant Professor

RJHoffman (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: St. George´s University

Residency: St. Luke´s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, Pediatric Residency

Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology

Special Interest/Training: Fellowship- Medical Toxicology, New York City Poison Control Center; Fellowship- Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center; Clinical Research Methods/Biostatistics- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Gregory Johnston, MD

Attending Physician

gjohnston (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School

Residency: Cook County Hospital

Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Medical Informatics, Operations Improvement, Billing & Reimbursement

Publications:

Gregory S. Johnston MD, “Simple Procedures in the ED”, Simple procedures that can change your practice – Gregory S. Johnston MD; Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 11, June 7, 2007

Lee F, Johnston GS, “Extensor Tendon Repair”, Essential Emergency Medicine Procedures, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, September 2007.

Desai NS, Johnston GS, “Toxicity, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents”,Emergency Medicine, Emedicine.com, August 2006

Johnston GS, Davidson SJ, “PT & PTT Testing”, Cost-Effective Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine: Guidelines for Appropriate Utilization of Clinical Laboratory and Radiology Studies, Second Edition, American College of Emergency Physicians, February 2000.

Johnston GS, Davidson SJ, Zimmerman M, “Cardiac Markers”, Cost-Effective Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine: Guidelines for Appropriate Utilization of Clinical Laboratory and Radiology Studies, Second Edition, American College of Emergency Physicians, February 2000. 

Benjamin Kliot, MD

Attending Physician

bkliot (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: SUNY - Downstate

Residency: New York Methodist Hospital

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: International Emergency Medicine, Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 

Paul Krieger, MD

Attending Physician

pkrieger (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Medical College of Ohio

Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Emergency Medicine, Sepsis, LGBT Health

Publications:

Parwani V, Hahn IH, Krieger P, Zajac P, Arakaki D, Hoffman RJ.Assessing Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure. Emergency MedicalServices. 2006 Jan; 35(1):82-4.

May Li, MD

Attending Physician

MayLi (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residency: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine 

Nicole Nembhard, MD

Attending Physician

nnembhard (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency: Prelim Internal Medicine Columbia Presbyterian Hospital , EM: University of Maryland/Shock Trauma

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Emergency Medicine

Publications:

Mesenteric Ischemia,Critical Decisions February 2007

Christine Preblick-Salib, MD

Attending Physician, Assistant Professor

cpreblick (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: UMDNJ

Residency: Mount Sinai Integrated Program of Emergency Medicine @ Beth Israel and Elmhurst Hospitals

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training: Trauma, Simulation 

Robin Roberts, MD

Attending Physician

rroberts (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: Loma Linda University School Of Medicine

Residency: University Of California Irvine Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine 

Patrice Sonara, DO, MPH

Attending Physician

PSonara (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine 

Debra Zane, MD

Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Department

dzane (at) chpnet.org

Medical School: SUNY- Downstate

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics

Special Interest/Training: Pediatrics,Child Protection Services, Palliative Care

Tara Director, MD - Medical Director

TDirector [at] CHPNET.ORG

Medical School:  Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency:  Boston Medical Center

Board Certifications:  ABEM

Erica Bang

Emergency Department and Pulmonary Critical Care Department, Attending Physician

ebang [at] chpnet.org

Medical School:  SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Residency:  Combined 5-year program: Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Fellowship: Critical Care Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Interest/Training:  Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Dr. Nicole Kaban

Assistant Director of Emergency Ultrasound, Attending

nkaban [at] chpnet.org

Medical School: New York University

Residency:  Bellevue Hospital Center/ New York University Medical Center

Fellowship: Mount Sinai St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital

Board Certifications:  pending

Special Interest/Training:  Ultrasound, Global Health

Dr. Kevin Baumlin

Professor & Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

kbaumlin [at] chpnet.org

Medical School: Hahnemann University School of Medicine

Residency:  Bronx Municipal Hospital Center-Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Fellowship: Clinical Quality Fellowship Program: GNYHA, UHF

Board Certifications:  American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Interest/Training:  Informatics, Operations, Geriatic Emergency Care, Stroke

Dr. Barbara Barnett

CMO, Chief Medical Officer Medical

bbarnett [at] chpnet.org

Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Residency:  Long Island Jewish Medical Center Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine

Board Certifications:  American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Interest: Quality, Performance Improvement and Healthcare Reform