Endocrinology

Sharon E. Oberfield, MD Academic Title(s): Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: seo8@columbia.edu

Education

• Cornell University College of Arts and Science, Ithaca, NY, A.B., 1970
  
• Cornell University Medical College, NY, NY
  

• Residency, The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY, M.D., 1974-1976
  
• Fellowship, The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY, 1976-1979

Interests/Specialties:

• Adrenal Disorders
• Neuroendocrinology
• Growth

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Gaya S. Aranoff, MD Academic Title(s): Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (718) 543-4800 Fax: (718)543-4801 Email: gsa1@columbia.edu

Education

• Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY, B.A., 1972
  
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, M.D., 1975
  

• Residency, The Roosevelt Hospital, NY, NY (Chief Resident), 1975-1978
• Fellowships at Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, 1978-1979; New York University Medical Center, 1979-1980; Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY, 1984-1985

Interests/Specialties:

• Thyroid Disorders
• Growth

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Jennifer J. Bell, MD Academic Title(s): Special Lecturer Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: jjb4@columbia.edu

Education

• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, B.A., 1953
  
• New York University School of Medicine, NY, NY, M.D., 1961

• Residency, The New York Hospital, NY, NY, 1962-1964
  
• Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, NY, NY, 1964-1967

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Ilene Fennoy, MD Academic Title(s): Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Director, POWER (Obesity) Clinic Medical Director, The Center for Comprehensive Adolescent Bariatric Surgery (CABS) Liaison, Harlem Hospital Pediatric Endocrine Service Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: if1@columbia.edu

Education

• Stanford University, Stanford, CA, A.B., 1968
  
• University of California at San Francisco, CA, M.D., 1973
• Columbia University, New York, NY, M.P.H., 1993

• Residency, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1974-1975
  
• Fellowships at Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, NY, NY, 1975-1977; National Institute of Child Health Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1977-1979

Interests/Specialties:

• Obesity
• Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Klinefelter Syndrome

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Mary Pat Gallagher, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Co-Director, Pediatric Diabetes, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism CUMC and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: mpg15@columbia.edu

Education

• Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, B.S., 1991
  
• UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, M.D., 1995

• Residency, Babies & Children's Hospital of New York, NY, NY (Chief Resident), 1995-1999
  
• Fellowship, Babies & Children's Hospital of New York, NY, NY, 1999-2002

Interests/Specialties:

• Type 1 & 2 Diabetes
• Clinical Trials

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Abeer Hassoun, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: ah2059@columbia.edu

Education

• University of Baghdad, 1986
  
• University of Baghdad School of Medicine, M.D., 1986

• Residency, Harlem Hospital, New York, NY (Chief Resident), 1998-2002
  
• Fellowship, Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, NY, NY, 2002-2005

Interests/Specialties:

• Growth
• Adrenal Disorders
• Puberty

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Richard Hershcopf, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (201) 871-4680 Fax: (201) 871-3815 Email: rjh3@columbia.edu

Education

• State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, B.S., 1970
• State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, M.S., 1974
  
• State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. M.D., 1974

• Residency, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA, 1975-1976
  
• Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1979-1981

Interests/Specialties:

• Growth
• Adrenal Disorders
• Puberty

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Amy Jean, MD Academic Title(s): Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: amj2115@columbia.edu

Education

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, B.A., 1996
  
• Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, M.D., 2002

• Residency, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002-2005
  
• Fellowship, Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, NY, NY, 2005-2008

Interests/Specialties:

• Obesity
• Type 2 Diabetes

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Natasha Leibel, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 851-5494 Fax: (212) 851-5493 Email: nl121@columbia.edu

Education

• Cornell University College of Arts and Science Ithaca, NY, B.A., 1992
  
• Cornell University School of Medicine, New York, NY, M.D., 1998

• Residency, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian (Chief Resident), 1999-2002
  
• Fellowships, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2002-2003; The University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2003-2004; Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, 2004-2005

Interests/Specialties:

• Type 1 & 2 Diabetes

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Shulamit E. Lerner, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559 Fax: (212) 305-4778 Email: sl2033@columbia.edu

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, B.S., 1993
  
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, M.D. 1998

• Residency, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 1998-2001
  
• Fellowship, Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, NY, NY, 2001-2004

Interests/Specialties:

• Growth
• Adrenal Disorders
• Puberty

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Michael Novogroder, MD Academic Title(s): Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (201) 836-9441 Fax: (201) 836-5110 Email: mn18@columbia.edu

Education

• Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, B.S. 1965
  
• SUNY, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, M.D. 1969

• Residency, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, 1970-1973
  
• Fellowship, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY, 1975-1976

Interests/Specialties:

• Growth
• Thyroid, Pubertal and Calcium Disorders

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Michael Rosenbaum, MD Academic Title(s): Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Contact Information: Tel: (212)305-9949 Email: mr475@columbia.edu

Education

• Amherst College, Amherst, MA, B.A., 1978
  
• Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, M.D., 1982

• Residency, Columbia Presbyterian Babies Hospital, New York, NY, 1983-1985
  
• Fellowship, The New York Hospital, New York, NY, 1985-1988

Interests/Specialties:

• Obesity
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Clinical Research

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Barney Softness, MD Academic Title(s): Associate Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 851-5494 (212) 851-5493 Email: bs145@columbia.edu

Education

• Amherst College, Amherst, MA, A.B., 1976
  
• Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY, NY, M.D., 1980

• Residency, Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY, 1980-1983
  
• Fellowship, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY, 1983-1985

Interests/Specialties:

• Type 1 & 2 Diabetes

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Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-6559, (212) 851-5494 (212)305-4778, (212) 851-5493 Email: iv29@columbia.edu

Education

• Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY, B.S., 1982
  
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D., 1986

• Residency, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY, 1986-1989
  
• Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, NY, 1989-1992

Interests/Specialties:

• Obesity
• Type 1 & 2 Diabetes

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