Our Faculty

Program Leadership

  • Aracelis D. Fernandez, M, FAAP
    • Director of Pediatrics
    • Director, Family Care Center
  • Sundari Periasamy, MD
    • Associate Director, Department of Pediatrics
    • Director, Pediatric Residency Program
  • Audrie Anne L. Lazaga, MD                                                
    • Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Primary Care Pediatrics

  • Benjamin Aubey, MD, MPH
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Ngozi Nweze, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Averil Weir, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Gozen Tuysuzoglu, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
    • Allergy and Immunology
  • Audrie Anne L. Lazaga, MD      
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Elaine Dinolfo, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Sundari Periasamy, MD
    • Director, Pediatrics Residency Program
  • Sonesh Lalwani, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
  • Hridya Suman, MD
    • Attending, Pediatrics
    • Pediatric Nephrology

Newborn Medicine

  • Umesh Paudel, MD
    • Director of Newborn Services 
  • Mary Marron-Corwin, MD 
    • Neonatologist
  • Babina Nayak, MD
    • Neonatologist
  • Anil Pathak, MD
    • Neonatologist
  • Xavier Ameer, MD
    • Neonatologist

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

  • David Mortel, MD
    • Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Maysoun Majanni, MD
    • Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Adam Shore, MD
    • Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Alexie Puran, MD
    • Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Shelly Waldman, MD
    • Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Haralambos Damanakis, MD
    • Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Critical Care

  • Brian Jonat, MD, MPH
    • Pediatric Critical Care
  • Brenna Mccabe, MD
    • Pediatric Critical Care
  • Priyanka Mehrotra, MD
    • Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Surgery

  • Arthur Cooper, MD
    • Director, Pediatric Surgery
  • David Friedman, MD
    • Pediatric Surgeon

Adolescent Medicine

  • Diana Aschettino, MD
    • Adolescent Medicine

Development and Behavior​

  • Asma Sadiq, MD
    • Attending, Development and Behavior

Pediatric Cardiology

  • Manoj Gupta, MD
    • Pediatric Cardiologist

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

  • Aracelis Fernandez, MD
    • Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
  • Ruby Fayorsey, MD
    • Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist

Pediatric Endocrinology

  • Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH
    • Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics & Pediatric Endocrinologist

Pediatric Genetics​

  • Nelly Jouayed-Oundijian, MD
    • Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics & Pediatric Geneticist

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology​

  • Cindy Neunert, MD
    • Pediatric Hematology Oncologist
  • Dominder Kaur, MD
    • Pediatric Hematology Oncologist

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Zana Dobroshi, MD
    • Psychiatrist
  • Tarika Nagi, MD
    • Psychiatrist

Pediatric Pulmonology

  • Aliva De, MD
    • Pediatric Pulmonologist
  • Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD
    • Pediatric Pulmonologist

Pediatric Rheumatology

  • Lisa Imundo, MD
    • Pediatric Rheumatology

Pediatric Ophthalmology

  • Sonali Talsania, MD
    • Pediatric Ophthalmologist

Pediatric Neurology

  • Gabor Szuhay, MD
    • Pediatric Neurologist

Pediatric Radiologist

  • Brett Heller, MD
    • Pediatric Radiology