Margaret Fisher, MD
Chair

Dr. Margaret Fisher is a world renowned pediatric infectious disease consultant. She finished her residency and fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, in Philadelphia, and is a Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Fisher’s curriculum vitae includes chapters in Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics (17th edition , 2004), Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; Other Anaerobic Infections; and she served as editor-in-chief for Immunizations & Infectious Diseases; An Informed Parent’s Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006). She also served on the Committee on Infectious Disease and wrote the chapter on Infection Control and Prophylaxis in the Red Book (26th edition, 2003).

Renuka Verma, MD
Residency Program Director

Dr. Renuka Verma finished her residency at Monmouth Medical Center. She completed her fellowship training in infectious disease at State University of New York Stony Brook and has served as director of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Monmouth Medical Center.

Subspecialties

Adolescent medicine
Brian Truxal, MD (chief) Medical school: Vanderbilt University; Residency: NYU; Fellowship: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center Schneider Children's Hospital.

Allergy
Gary Gross, MD. Medical school: NYU Residency: National Medical Center, Washington DC; Fellowship: USC, Children’s Hospital of LosAngeles.

Frank Piccone, MD. Medical school: UMDNJ; Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital ; Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston.

Ellen Sher, M.D. Medical school: Georgetown University, Washington DC; Fellowship: National Jewish Center, Denver.

Cardiology
Lloyda Rivera, MD (chief). Medical school: University Central del Caribe; Residency: San Juan City Hospital; Fellowship: Long Island Jewish - Hillside Medical Center.

Mitchel Alpert, MD. Medical school: UMDNJ, Residency: University Hospital/Children’s Hospital NJ, Fellowship: NYU.

Elsa Castro, MD. Medical school: Universidad de Monterry, Mexico. Residency: Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Texas Fellowship: Temple University/St. Christopher’s Hospital Philadelphia and Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Nakul Chandra, MD. Medical school: Royal College of Physicians UK, Residency: Tufts New England Medical School Boston, Fellowship: Down State Medical Center New York.

Vincent Zales, MD. Medical school: CETEC University, Residency: University of Minnesota Hospital, Fellowship: University of Minessota Hospital.

Critical Care
Siva Jonna, MD (Chief) Medical school: S.V. Medical College, India. Residency: Howard University Hospital Washington D.C. Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital Washington D.C.

Bavani Chalikondra, MD Medical school: Rangaraya Medical College, India Residency: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Illinois; Fellowship: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital and L.S.U. School of Medicine, Louisiana.

Joseph Dallesio, MD Medical school: St George’s University school of medicine, West Indies Residency: University of south Florida college of medicine Fellowship: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial, Florida

Shonnola DaSilva, MD Medical school: Jos University school of medicine Residency: Overlook hospital Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Christoph Onghemach, MD Medical school: Medical school of Ludwig-Maximiliane University Residency: Main Medical Center, Main Fellowship: University of North Carolina school of medicine, Chapel Hill,N.C.

Chiong The, MD Medical school: University of West Indies Residency: Howard University hospital/ District of Columbia General hospital, Washington D.C. Fellowship: Jackson memorial hospital/University of Miami medical center,Florida

Dentistry
Mark Radler, DDS. Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry, Residency: St. Chris Children’s Hospital

Developmental
Richard Reutter, MD (chief). Medical School: Hahnemann University, Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Emergency
Cecilia Jacome, MD (chief). Medical School: University of Ecuador, Residency: Mt Sinai Hospital, NY, Fellowship: Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY

Laura Snyder, MD. Medical School: UDMJ ,NJ Residency: Emergency medicine, Brown University ,Rhode Island Fellowship: Pediatric emergency medicine, Hasbro Children’s hospital, Brown University, Rhode Island.

Endocrinology

Malcolm Schwartz, DO. Medical School: College of Osteopathics Medicine , Des Moines ,Iowa Residency: Grandview Hospital ,Dayton, Ohio Fellowship: Children’s hospital of New Jersey, Nawark, NJ

Michael Barrows, DO. Medical School:University of medicine and dendistry of NJ school of Osteopathic medicine, NJ Residency: Jersey Shore Medical Center, Fellowship: University of North Carolina

Kirk Kerensky, MD. Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

ENT
Michael Tavil,M.D. Medical school: Case western Reserve University school of medicine Residency: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Darsit Shah,M.D. Medical school: Medical college of Pennsylvania. Residency: Mount Sinai Hopspital

Eric Winarsky,M.D. Medical school: University of Liege,Belgium. Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Vin Prabhat, M.D. Medical school: Cornell university medical college Residency: Monmouth Medical Center

Gastroenterology
Jonathan Teitelbaum, MD. Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Fellowship: Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Hematology/Oncology
Peri Kamalakar, MD (chief). Medical school: Guntur Medical College, Residency: NBIMC, Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Buffalo

Wondwessen Bekele, MD. Medical school: Addis Ababa University, Residency: Brooklyn Cumberland Hospital Fellowship: Mt. Sinai

Rafael Barilari, MD. Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Children’s Hospital

Joanna Luty, MD. Medical school: University of Maryland school of medicine, MD Residency: Montefiore medical center-Albert Eistein college of medicine Fellowship: NYU

Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, DO. Medical school: University of Scranton college of Osteopathic Medicine, PA Residency: NBIMC, Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Children’s Hospital

Infectious Disease
Renuka Verma, MD (chief). Medical school: SP Medical College, India, Residency: Monmouth Med Ctr, Fellowship: SUNY Stony Brook

Margaret Fisher, MD. Medical school: UCLA School of Medicine, Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Neonatology
Carlos Alemany, MD (chief). Medical school: Ponce School of Medicine, Residency: University of Texas, San Antonio, Fellowship: Brown University

Dianne Attardi, MD. Medical school: Hahnemann University, Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University

Susan Hudome, MD. Medical school: Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Residency: Duke University (chief resident), Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Fellowship: Penn State University, Hershey

Kirby Rekedal, MD. Medical school: University of Maryland Residency: Johns Hopkins University, Fellowship: Yale University

Nephrology
Anup Singh, MD. Medical school: De Lasalle University/University of the Philippines, Residency and Fellowship: Children’s Medical center of Brooklyn state university of New York health science center at Brooklyn

Child Psychology
Charles Katz, PhD. Medical school: Teachers College Columbia University, PhD: University of Connecticut

Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics
Sang Kim, PharmD. Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Pulmonology
Robert Zanni, MD (chief). Medical school: Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Residency: Monmouth Medical Ctr Fellowship: Hahnemann University

Rheumatology
Eugenio Capitle, MD. Residency: Nassau University Medical Center (Internal medicine). Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh, PA/UMDNJ, NJ

Surgery
Saad Saad, MD (chief). Medical school: University of Cairo, Residency: UMDNJ, Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina

Urology
Michael Fleischer, MD. Medical school: SUNY Downstate Med Ctr, Residency: SUNY, Fellowship: Montefiore Med Ctr

Thomas Vates III, MD. Medical school: Georgetown Univerity, Residency: Cleveland Clinic and UMDNJ, Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Ophthalmology
Lawrence Turtel, MD.
Ilene Pardon, MD.

Pediatric Orthopedics
Lawrence Stankovitz, MD.

Child Psychiatry
Sajjad Zaidi, MD (chief)

In Patient Care
Richard DeGroote, MD ( Pediatric ward)
Dahlia Hall,MD (Nursery)

General Pediatrics

• Paul Abreu, MD
• Shelby Appulingam, MD
• Geeta Badami, MD
• Thomas Baumlin, MD
• Jocelyn Bautista, MD
• Vanda Bruner, MD
• Andrew Burstiner, MD
• Vaman Chaubal, MD
• Ken Chazen, MD
• Charita Csiky, MD
• Melanie Cotenoff, MD
• Lea David, MD
• Richard DeGroote, MD
• Nancy Deacon, DO
• Mrunalini Donde, MD
• Joel Edman, MD
• Mihaela Enescu, MD
• Paul Farrell, MD
• Gary Gawler, MD
• Jacqueline Gerardi, MD
• Alla Gordina, MD
• Bradley Gribin, MD
• Maria Gulli, MD
• Peter Halas, MD
• Harvey Hirsch, MD
• Hector Iglesias, MD
• Alex Liwag, MD
• Elenito Maddatu, MD
• Mae Maddatu, MD
• Michael Markoff, MD
• Maria Micale, DO
• Bernadette Miguelino, MD
• Steve Mlller, DO
• Kusum Mohan, MD
• Robert Morgan, MD
• Robert Murphy, MD
• Golam Noaz, MD
• Rocco Pascucci, MD
• Arvind Patel, MD
• Kirby Rekedal, MD
• Karunambal Rajaraman MD
• Darrell Rigatti. MD
• Neal Ruda, MD
• Bindoo Rughani-Shah, MD
• Glenn Salcedo, MD
• Elias Sasson, MD
• Ellen Setton, MD
• Naresh Shah, MD
• Vrinda Shah, MD
• Stephen Shroyer, MD
• Manamadur Somasundaram, MD
• Emilia Sta, Maria, MD
• Judith Topilow, MD
• Brian Truxal, MD
• William Wassel, MD
• Jeffrey Wolfe, MD
• Grace Yia, MD
• Hatidza Zunic, MD