Organizational Structure for the Department of Medicine at Harlem Hospital Center.

 

Dennis Greenbaum

Director of Medicine

Raji Ayinla

Internal Medicine Residency Program, Director

Ronald Cobbs

Internal Medicine Residency Program
Senior Associate Program Director

Bredy Pierre-Louis

Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Program Director

Damian Kurian

Chief of Cardiology

Rhonda Trousdale

Chief of Endocrinology

Joan Culpepper-Morgan

Chief and Fellowship Program Director of Gastroenterology

Meena Ahluwalia

Chief of Hematology & Oncology

Sharon B. Mannheimer

Associate Director of Medicine
Chief of Infectious Disease

Vel Sivapalan

Fellowship Program Director of Infectious Disease

Jeffrey D. Wallach

Chief and Fellowship Program Director of Nephrology & Hypertension

Sami Nachman

Chief and Fellowship Program Director of Pulmonary
Chief of Critical Care

Betty Diamond

Chief of Rheumatology

Malay Das, MD

Chief of Geriatrics

 

Affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Since 1962, Harlem Hospital Center has been affiliated with the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons under an agreement with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. All attending physicians have academic appointments on the Columbia faculty and Harlem Hospital Center's Department of Medicine serves as one of the three main teaching units of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. All facilities of the University are available to Harlem's house officers.

Internal medicine residents at Harlem Hospital also have complete access to Columbia University's Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library. The library has a large number of journals, medical textbooks and other databases that can be accessed online with a Columbia UNI at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/

Harlem Hospital Center has one of the most advanced electronic medical records developed by Misys Healthcare systems. Awarded the 2006 Davies Award of Excellence from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for our successful transition from paper to digital patient records.

Currently, all patient notes, consultation records, medication prescriptions, procedures and orders as well as documentation by all healthcare workers including, nursing, dietary, respiratory therapy and social work are completed online. In addition, there are wireless computer carts available to allow charting of information at the bedside as well. This facilitates easy data retrieval and better patient care.

A hospital-wide PACS system allows healthcare providers to review all radiological procedures at specialized PACS systems located throughout the hospital. An intranet-based PACS system also allows viewing of digital radiology films at other workstations.

 

 

Support services are available at Harlem Hospital to help and support residents and physicians care for their patients. These services include:

  • Intravenous Line Support Teams
  • Phlebotomy services
  • EKG technicians
  • Telemetry monitoring on all medical wards
  • Online access to patient care resources such as UpToDate®, and STATRef!®
  • Smaller departmental library on the 12th floor and a larger hospitalwide library on the 6th floor.
  • Smaller departmental library on the 12th floor and a larger hospital wide library on the 6th floor.