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- Robert G. Lahita MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, FRCP
- Eliahu Bishburg, MD
- Alice J. Cohen, MD, FACP
- Ellen Cohen, MD
- Marc Cohen, MD, FACC
- Melvin Goldblatt, MD
- Monroe Karetzky, MD
- Jennifer A. LaRosa, MD, FCCP
- Robert A. Levinson, MD
- Theresa Redling, DO
- Sean M. Studer, MD
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 Robert
G. Lahita MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, FRCP, is the Chairman of the Department
of Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He also serves
as a Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School and is
currently a senior attending physician at Saint Vincent’s
Medical Center in NYC as well and an adjunct Professor of Medicine
at the New York Medical College.
Dr. Lahita earned his medical degree from the Jefferson Medical
College and his doctorate in microbiology from the Thomas Jefferson
University in Philadelphia. He received his postgraduate training
in internal medicine at New York Hospital- Memorial Sloan Kettering
Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases. He later joined the laboratory
of Henry G. Kunkel at the Rockefeller University as Research Associate
and Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Immunology. Dr. Lahita
rose to the rank of Associate Professor at Rockefeller and subsequently
became the Chief of Rheumatology at Saint Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital in New York and Associate Professor at Columbia University.
Later, he left Saint Luke’s Hospital and became Professor
of Medicine at the New York Medical College.
In addition to his academic and medical appointments, Dr. Lahita
has written, co written, edited, and co edited numerous books on
the topic of lupus, including Lupus: Everything You Want to Know.
His most recent work is a book entitled Women and Autoimmune Disease,
your body betrayed, from Harper Collins. He serves as the Editor
of the Yearbook of Rheumatology, Associate Editor of the Journal
Lupus and is on numerous other editorial boards. He is also the
editor of the standard textbook called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
(4th edition) and the Textbook of Autoimmune Diseases.
The recipient of numerous research grants from the Primus Foundation,
the Lupus Foundation of America and the National Institutes of
Health, Dr. Lahita is internationally recognized for his clinical
research in systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune diseases.
His findings have been the subject of more than 170 published research
articles and book chapters and over nine books. Currently, Dr.
Lahita’s interests include the role of sex hormones on apoptosis,
the association of gonadal pathology in women with the onset of
autoimmunity, and autoimmunity in men.
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 Eliahu
Bishburg, M.D., is Chief of the Division of Infectious
Diseases at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Board certified
in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Bishburg received
his medical degree at Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine.
He completed his fellowship training at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Dr. Bishburg directs the Infectious Diseases consultation service
and the HIV outpatient clinic. Dr. Bishburg has been involved in
the NBIMC internal medicine residency program since 1989. Prior
to his current position he worked as the medical director for the
AIDS program at the New Jersey State Department of Health. Dr.
Bishburg is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America,
and the American Society of Microbiology. His main interests are
AIDS and tuberculosis.
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 Alice
J. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Director of the Division
of Hematology and Oncology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
and oversees the Flo Okin Oncology and Blood Disorders Center
and the Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Center. Board certified
in internal medicine, hematology and oncology, Dr. Cohen received
her bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania
and her medical degree from Chicago Medical School in Illinois.
Dr. Cohen completed her postgraduate training in internal medicine
at New York University and completed research fellowships in
hematology and oncology at George Washington University Medical
Center in Washington, D.C. and Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center in New York. She is an Associate Professor of Clinical
Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Cohen is an investigator for the National Surgical Adjuvant
Breast and Bowel Project.
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 Ellen
Cohen, M.D., has been Program Director of the Internal
Medicine Residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center since
November, 2002. A graduate of Cornell University Medical College,
Dr. Cohen received her undergraduate education at Hampshire
College and the University of Massachusetts. She is board certified
in Internal Medicine, having trained in Primary Care Internal
Medicine at Saint Vincent's Medical Center in New York City in
the 1980's.
Before taking over leadership of the residency program at Newark
Beth Israel, Dr. Cohen spent over 15 years as a faculty member
at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, where she played
a leadership role in Graduate Medical Education in the Department
of Medicine. Her major roles in the department there included those
of Associate Director of the Primary Care Internal Medicine residency,
and Director of Ambulatory Medical Education. Dr. Cohen is Associate
Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine,
and has been active in several committees of the Society of General
Internal Medicine. Major areas of interest in research and clinical
education include preventive medicine and screening, women's health,
and physician-patient communication, with an over-arching commitment
to integrating the development of critical-reasoning skills into
all aspects of clinical training for the house staff.
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 Marc
Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.C., is Chief of the Division of Cardiology,
and Director of the Cardiology fellowship at the Newark Beth
Israel Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Previously, he was the Director
of Clinical Research at the Hahnemann University Hospital in
Philadelphia, PA, and was the Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab
at Hahnemann University Hospital for 10 years. He received his
medical degree with honors from New York University School of
Medicine. Dr. Cohen completed his internship, residency and fellowship
in cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine,
the Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, and subspecialty of the
Board of Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Cohen is a fellow of numerous professional organizations,
including the American College of Cardiology, the American College
of Physicians, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
He serves on the Council on Clinical Cardiology, and the Council
on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology of the American
Heart Association. He has served as a consultant on the Clinical
Trial Review Committee of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
and has participated in numerous clinical trials, serving as the
lead investigator of the international, multi-center ESSENCE trial,
ACUTE I and II, and the TETAMI trial, and was the co-lead investigator
for the PRISM trial.
Dr. Cohen has authored or co-authored more than 170 articles including
95 peer reviewed original papers. He has consulted on manuscripts
for peer-reviewed journals, such as the New England Journal
of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
and others. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal
of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of
Cardiology, and the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolyis. He also
has contributed chapters on cardiology for several books including,
"Unstable Angina: Antithrombotics and Thrombolytics" and "Prevention
and Treatment of Unstable Angina."
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 Melvin
Goldblat, M.D., Director of Nephrology, has been an
attending in Nephrology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
since 1975. He has had a great interest in kidney transplantation
and is the Renal Transplant Program Director as well. Research
projects have included studies of hepatitis C in kidney transplant
patients, efficacy of antibody induction therapy in African American
recipients, and management of hyperparathyroidism in renal failure
patients.
He received his MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine
and did his postgraduate training in internal medicine and nephrology
at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He then served
as nephrologist for the U.S. Navy at the National Naval Medical
Center. Dr. Goldblat became director of the Nephrology fellowship
program at NBIMC in 2000.
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 Monroe
Karetzky, M.D., is Director of Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Board certified
in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine,
geriatrics and nutrition support, Dr. Karetzky received his
bachelor’s degree and his medical degree from Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y. He completed his internship and residency
at Mary Imogene Basset Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., where he
also completed his fellowship in cardiopulmonary disease and
physiology. Dr. Karetzky is a Clinical Associate Professor of
Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Medical School.
His major research interests include nutritional support in critical
care and cardiovascular effects of sleep disorders.
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 Jennifer
A. LaRosa, M.D., F.C.C.P., is the Director for the Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program and the Director
of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center. She studied Medicine at The George Washington University
and completed her postgraduate training at The University of
Arizona, The University of Alabama, and New York University.
She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine,
and Critical Care Medicine. Prior to accepting this position,
she worked as the director of the medical ICU at The Brooklyn
VA Medical Center, an intensivist at Staten Island University
Hospital and served as teaching faculty at SUNY Downstate Medical
Center.
Her major interests include the appropriate diagnosis and treatment
of sepsis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, and end-of-life
care.
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 Robert
A. Levinson, M.D., is Director of the Division of Gastroenterology
and an attending physician at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from New York
University and his medical degree with honors in medicine and
psychiatry at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Dr. Levinson is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians
and the American College of Gastroenterology, and is a member
of the New Jersey Gastroenterological Association, the New York
Academy of Science, and the Health Care Advisory Committee in
Livingston. The recipient of the Gip A. Hudson Memorial Award
for the Study of Liver Disease, Dr. Levinson has published numerous
articles about his specialty.
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 Theresa
Redling, D.O., received her medical degree from the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine.
She completed a residency in internal medicine at Morristown Memorial
Hospital, Morristown, NJ. Dr. Redling went on to finish a Geriatric
Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical School in NYC under the directorship
of the Founding Director of the National Institute on Aging, the
world-renowned Dr. Robert Butler. She is board certified in both
internal medicine and geriatrics.
Presently, Dr. Redling is the Chief of the Geriatric Division
at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Assistant Clinical Professor
of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She joins the staff
in New Jersey after running the Geriatric Division at NYC's Beth
Israel Medical Center where she was also Assistant Professor of
Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her interests
include geriatric education, productive aging and improving hospital
care for the elderly.
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 Sean M. Studer,
M.D.,
is the Director for the Division of Pulmonary & Critical
Care Medicine and the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation
and Director of Pulmonary Hypertension, came to Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center from the University of Pittsburgh where
he served as Associate Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension
Program and Director of the Pulmonary Transplant Medicine Fellowship.
Prior to that, Dr. Studer was Chief of Pulmonary Transplant Medicine
at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Respected as an expert in the field, Dr. Studer
is a principal investigator for numerous clinical research initiatives.
In addition to being the author of many articles, book chapters
and abstracts, Dr. Studer serves as a manuscript reviewer for several
medical journals including the American Journal of Respiratory
and Critical Care Medicine, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Transplantation,
and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant. He lectures
nationally and internationally on lung transplant and advanced
lung diseases.
Board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical
Care Medicine, Dr Studer completed fellowships in Pulmonary and
Critical Care as well as Advanced Lung Disease at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
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