Rani Sebti is an Infectious Disease provider in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Sebti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Febrile Neutropenia, Pneumonia, and Myelitis.

Vaqar Ahmed is a Nephrologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Ahmed is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Ureteroscopy.

David Serur is a Transplant Surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Serur is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Glomerulonephritis, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy.

Bindu Balani is an Infectious Disease provider in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Balani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, Osteomyelitis, and Hepatitis B.

Brandon Howard is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Howard is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Heart Attack, Lung Metastases, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Choli Hartono is a Nephrologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Hartono is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, IgA Nephropathy, Glomerulonephritis, and Kidney Transplant.

Cristina Cicogna is an Infectious Disease provider in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Cicogna is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Sepsis, Osteomyelitis, and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).

Enver Akalin, MD, earned his medical degree at Ege University School of Medicine in Izmir, Turkey. He completed a research fellowship in the Renal Division at Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, followed by a clinical fellowship in the Renal Division at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Akalin completed his residency in Internal Medicine as well as a clinical transplant nephrology fellowship in the Renal Division at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr Akalin is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist, and brings to Montefiore more than a decade of expertise in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Prior to joining Montefiore, Dr. Akalin served as the Medical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program and the Director of the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Akalin is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Akalin is a member of several societies, has served on the American Society of Transplantation Clinical Trials Committee and Renal Accreditation Committee, the American Society of Nephrology Transplant Advisory Group and the Medical Board of New York Organ Donor Network. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Clinical Journal of The American Society of Nephrology and Transplantation. Dr. Akalin has been the principle investigator in several trials and has written numerous articles on complex issues in kidney transplantation. Dr. Akalin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Rachel Bartash received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training at the University of Michigan. Following completion of her residency, she was an Instructor in the Department of General Medicine at the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare system. She returned to NY in 2015 when she began her fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at Montefiore Medical Center. During her fellowship, Dr. Bartash was an integral part of the antimicrobial stewardship program and her research focused the use of MRSA screening as a tool for de-escalation of antibiotics. Dr. Bartash is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Visceral Larva Migrans.

Genovefa Papanicolaou is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Papanicolaou is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Sepsis, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Pneumonia.

Marcus Pereira is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Pereira is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19.

Valida Bajrovic is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Bajrovic is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Leishmaniasis, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Nocardiosis.

Timothy Sullivan is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Sullivan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, and Cryptococcosis.

Samantha Jacobs is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Jacobs is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Febrile Neutropenia, and Strongyloidiasis.

Meenakshi Rana is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Rana is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, HIV/AIDS, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and COVID-19.

Vagish Hemmige is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Hemmige is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Strongyloidiasis, Rhabditida Infections, and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).

Betsy Herold, MD, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vice Chair for Research at Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Herold is also a Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric infectious diseases. Dr. Herold received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1978 from Brown University and went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1982. Dr. Herold completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital, where she became a Chief Resident in 1985. She then began a fellowship in research at Hagedorn Research Laboratory in Gentofte, Denmark. In 1987, Dr. Herold began a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Children's Memorial Hospital, followed by a Research Associate/Postdoctoral Virology Fellowship in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Herold's clinical research focuses on the prevention and treatment of infections in solid and stem cell transplant patients and other immunocompromised patients. Dr. Herold has also been involved in research in Kawasaki disease and the emergence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community. Dr. Herold directs a basic and translational research program on the prevention of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and HIV infections through the development of vaccines and novel antivirals. The current major focus of her lab is on a novel, paradigm-shifting, single-cycle vaccine to prevent HSV-1 and HSV-2. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1989. Dr. Herold has over 150 peer reviewed publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work internationally. In 2012, Dr. Herold received the Clinical Science Faculty Mentor Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also been awarded the Henry and Jacob Lowenberg Prize in Pediatrics and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Young Investigator Award. Dr. Herold is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Herold is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Oral Herpes, Genital Herpes, Neonatal Herpes, HIV/AIDS, and Tissue Biopsy.

Marc D. Foca, MD, is Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on transplant infectious diseases. Dr. Foca is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Togaviridae Disease, Infantile Neutropenia, and HIV/AIDS.

Daniel Burack is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Burack is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Febrile Neutropenia, Chickenpox, and Shingles.

Yoram Puius is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Puius is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease. His top areas of expertise are Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Malaria.