Contributors

Editor-in-Chief

Binita R. Shah, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director Emeritus, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Associate Editors

Michael Lucchesi, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer
University Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York

John Amodio, MD
Professor of Radiology
Chief, Pediatric Radiology
Program Director Emeritus Radiology Residency
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Assistant Editor

Mark Silverberg, MD, MMB, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Contributing Authors

Konstantinos Agoritsas, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 1, 4

Falguni Asrani, MD
Pediatric Dermatology Fellow
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 7

Behrad Aynehchi, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Bonny J. Baron, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Cynthia L. Benson, DO, MPH
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Sonal Bhandari, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn at Maimonides Medical Center and
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 14

Mary Birmingham, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Weill–Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Physician
New York Presbyterian/Weill–Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York
Chapter 1

Teresa Bowen-Spinelli, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 18

David H. Burstein, MD
Fellow, Facial Plastic Surgery Associates
University of Texas Medical School
Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
Chapter 9

Sydney C. Butts, MD
Chief, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 9, 20

Jennifer H. Chao, MD, FAAP
Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 9, 10

Geetha Chari, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Program Director
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 13

Kanwal S. Chaudhry, MD
Southside Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System
Bay Shore, New York
Chapter 15

Ilaaf Darrat, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Chapter 20

Mae De La Calzada-Jeanlouie, DO
Medical Toxicology Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York
Chapter 17

Christina DiLoreto, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Irma Fiordalisi, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Critical Care
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric ICU and Sedation Services
Children's Hospital of Eastern North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina
Chapter 14

Marika Fraser, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Sharon A. Glick, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director of Pediatric Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 7

Ari J. Goldsmith, MD
Associate Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Attending, Division of Otolaryngology
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 6

Nira Goldstein, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Matthew Hanson, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Glenn D. Harris, MD, CDE
Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina
Chapter 14

Jeannette Jakus, MD, MBA
Pediatric Dermatology Fellow
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 7

LaMont Jones, MD
Vice Chairman
Director, Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Chapter 20

Anita Konka, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Amy Kulak, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 8

Chaiya Laoteppitaks, MD
Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chapters 18, 20

Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
The Richard C. Troutman, MD Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Microsurgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director of Service
Kings County Hospital Center/University Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 8

Jessica W. Lim, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Michael Lucchesi, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer
University Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 19, 20

Irene Mamkin, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology Attending
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, New Jersey
Chapter 14

Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California
Chapter 10

Haidy Marzouk, MD
Attending Physician
Department of Otolaryngology
North Shore–Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Great Neck, New York
Chapters 6, 9

Miguel Mascaro, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Scott T. Miller, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 11

Anil K. Mongia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Dialysis Unit
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 16

Nur-Ain Nadir, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Medical Simulation Resident Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Rita Nathawad, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 19

Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH, RDMS
Director, Medical Simulation and
Advanced Learning Resource Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 21

Perminder S. Parmar, MD, FACS
Attending Physician
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Scripps Clinical Medical Group
La Jolla, California
Chapter 9

Baljeet Kaur Purewal, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Shahina Qureshi, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology/Oncology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 11

Sreedhar P. Rao, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director Emeritus
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 11

Sarah A. Rawstron, MBBS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Attending, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 4

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
Professor and Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 9

Karen Santucci, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director and Section Chief
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Chapter 20

Shyam Sathanandam, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Section of Interventional Cardiology
University of Tennessee
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Chapter 5

Wayne Scott, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 8

Michael Secko, MD, RDMS
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Division
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 21

Binita R. Shah, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director Emeritus, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 2, 3, 5, 12, 13

Kunal M. Shah, MD
Attending Physician
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
Chapter 7

Ronak R. Shah, MD
Medical Director of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca
Attending Physician of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Health System-Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
Chapter 17

Vikas S. Shah, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Kings County Hospital Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 3, 13

Roman Shinder, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Mark Silverberg, MD, MMB, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 18

Michael C. Singer, MD
Director, Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Chapter 9

Anup Singh, MD
Chief, Pediatric Nephrologist
Department of Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chapter 16

Jessica Stetz, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 6

Mark Su, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Hofstra North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Director, Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York
Chapter 17

Amy Suss, MD
Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 4

Audrey J. Tan, DO
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 20

Ee Tein Tay, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York
Chapter 20

Nooruddin R. Tejani, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 6

Diana E. Weaver, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Pediatric Asthma Program
Acting Director, Pediatric Pulmonology
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Chapters 6, 19

Rachel S. Weiselberg, MD
Medical Toxicology Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York
Chapter 17

Photo Contributors

Konstantinos Agoritsas, MD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

John Amodio, MD
Professor of Radiology
Chief, Pediatric Radiology
Program Director Emeritus Radiology Residency
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Angela C. Anderson, MD
Director, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care
Consultant, Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Falguni Asrani, MD
Pediatric Dermatology Fellow
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Anika Bakster, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Carlos Barahona, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Kirsten Bechtel, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
Attending Physician
Pediatric Emergency Department
Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut

Cynthia L. Benson, DO, MPH
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Amrit Bhangoo, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Loring Bjornson, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Clinical Chemist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

David H. Burstein, MD
Fellow, Facial Plastic Surgery Associates
University of Texas Medical School
Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Sydney C. Butts, MD
Chief, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Mae De La Calzada-Jeanlouie, DO
Medical Toxicology Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Julie Cantatore-Francis, MD
Volunteer Faculty, Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Charles Catanese, MD
Chief Medical Examiner
Orange County, New York

Haamid Chamdawala, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Jennifer H. Chao, MD, FAAP
Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Geetha Chari, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Program Director
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Nancy Chase, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Tennessee
LeBonheur Children Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Kanwal S. Chaudhry, MD
Southside Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Bay Shore, New York

Thomas Chi, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Staff Physician
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown, Connecticut

Valeriy Chorny, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Jonathan Cohen, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

John Cragg
Fish Rock Dive Centre
South West Rocks
New South Wales, Australia

Jeanine Daly, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
New York University
New York, New York

Dawn Davis, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Silvia Delgado-Villalta, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia

David S. Dinhofer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology
Head, Emergency Radiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Donita Dyalram, MD, DDS
Fellow of Head and Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Irma Fiordalisi, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Critical Care
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric ICU and Sedation Services
Children's Hospital of Eastern North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina

Rachael George, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Erin Gilbert, MD, PhD, FAAD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

M.G.F. Gilliland, MD
Professor
Assistant Director of Forensic Services and Pathology Course Director
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Vidant Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina

Radha Giridharan, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Yvonne P. Giunta, MD, FAAP
Division Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Staten Island University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Sharon A. Glick, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director of Pediatric Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Rachelle Goldfisher, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Division of Pediatric Radiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Nira Goldstein, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Howard A. Greller, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Hofstra North Shore–Long Island Jewish School of Medicine
Assistant Fellowship Director
Medical Toxicology
North Shore University Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
Manhasset, New York

Christina Guillen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Residency Associate Program Director
Child Abuse Specialist
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

John Gullett, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Co-Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Raavi Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Allysia Guy, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Barry Hahn, MD, FACEP
Department of Emergency Medicine
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York

Michael Hawke, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Robert J. Hoffman, MD, MS
Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, New York

Mark Horowitz, MD, FAAP, FACS
Associate Professor of Urology
Director of Pediatric Urology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Jeannette Jakus, MD, MBA
Pediatric Dermatology Fellow
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Edward C. Jauch, MD, MS, FACEP, FAHA
Professor and Interim Director of Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
MUSC Children's Hospital
Charleston, South Carolina

Ryan Jones, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Tennessee
LeBonheur Children Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Ernesto Jose Jule, MD
Associate Director Emeritus
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Nikita Joshi, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Ron Kemper
Cape Coral, Florida

Raffi Kapitanyan, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Vania Kasper, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Maria C. Kessides, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Ambreen S. Khan, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Miriam Krinsky, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Daniela Kroshinsky, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Smita N. Kumar, MD, MPH
Technical Adviser USAID
Pretoria, South Africa

Chaiya Laoteppitaks, MD
Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
The Richard C. Troutman, MD Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Microsurgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director of Service
Kings County Hospital Center/University Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York

James G. Linakis, PhD, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
The Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital,
Providence, Rhode Island

Eve J. Lowenstein, MD, PhD
Chief of Dermatology
Brookdale University Hospital
Associate Professor of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Michael Lucchesi, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer
University Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York

Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Sashidhar Rao Marneni, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Brian P. Marr, MD
Associate Attending
Ophthalmic Oncology Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Robert Mathews
Biddulph
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Stephen R. McMillan, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Swati Mehta, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Scott T. Miller, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Anil K. Mongia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Dialysis Unit
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Shella K. Mongia, MD
Associate Pathologist
Integrated Regional Laboratories
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Cindy Moran, BS
Quality Assurance Manager
Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
Little Rock, Arkansas

Stephen E Nanton, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Sanford School of Medicine
The University of South Dakota
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Avera Children's Hospital
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Rita Nathawad, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Trushar Naik, MD, MBA
Attending Physician, Advocate Medical Group
Department of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, Illinois

Randi Ozaki, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH, RDMS
Director, Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning Resource Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Bipin Patel, MD, FAAP
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics,
Drexel University College of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief
The Children's Hospital
Saint Peter's University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Lynne Pinkney, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Steven Pulitzer, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Division of Neuroradiology
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Shahina Qureshi, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology/Oncology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Morgan E. Rabach, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Chandrakant Rao, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Sudha M. Rao, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Kings County Hospital Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Christy Riley, MD
Resident Physician
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Rafael Rivera, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Jonathan Rochlin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
Professor and Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Mandakini Sadhir, MD
Adolescent Medicine Fellow
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Shyam Sathanandam, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Section of Interventional Cardiology
University of Tennessee
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Heather Schultz, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Michael Secko, MD, RDMS
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Division
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Binita R. Shah, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director Emeritus, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Rajni P. Shah, MD
Rheumatologist
New Hyde Park, New York

Ronak R. Shah, MD
Medical Director of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca
Attending Physician of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Health System-Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

Toral Shah, BS, PA-C
Division of Gastroenterology
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Vikas S. Shah, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Kings County Hospital Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Roman Shinder, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Katherine Siamas, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Haseeb A. Siddiqi, PhD
Director, Diagnostic Immunology and Clinical Parasitology Laboratories
Kings County Hospital Center
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Michael H. Siegel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Lawrence Silverberg, DPM
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York

Mark Silverberg, MD, MMB, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Anup Singh, MD
Chief, Pediatric Nephrologist
Department of Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology
Director of Speech and Hearing Center and Attending Surgeon
Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Associate Visiting Physician
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Deeptej Singh, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Arpan Sinha, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Mark Spektor, DO, MBA, FACEP
President and CEO
Bayonne Medical Center
Bayonne, New Jersey

Neil Sperling, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Jessica Stetz, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Michael B. Stone, MD, RDMS
Director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Department of Emergency Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael A. Stracher, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Attending Physician
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Mark Su, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Hofstra North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Director, Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Audrey J. Tan, DO
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Ee Tein Tay, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York

Nooruddin R. Tejani, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Svetlana Ten, MD
Director of Pediatric Endocrinology
SUNY Downstate and Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn at Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Mihir M. Thacker, MD
Attending Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and Orthopedic Oncologist
Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jonathan D. Thackeray, MD
Chief, Division of Child and Family Advocacy
Nationwide Children's Hospital
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio

Mark K. Thompson, MD, FAANS, FACS
Vice Chairman of Neurosurgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief of Neurosurgery, Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Matthew Timberger, MD
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

James W. Tsung, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Diana E. Weaver, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Pediatric Asthma Program
Acting Director, Pediatric Pulmonology
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York

Rachel S. Weiselberg, MD
Medical Toxicology Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Sharon Yellin, MD, FAAP
Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Daniel Zinn, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York