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

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Visceral Larva Migrans.

Yoram A. Puius, MD, PhD, is an attending physician, Associate Professor, Medicine and Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on treating infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of solid organ transplants, patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of cellular therapy. Dr. Puius is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Malaria.

Esther Sultan is an Infectious Disease provider in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Sultan has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Swimming Pool Granuloma, and Cryptococcosis.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.

Maria Ajaimy, MD, earned her medical degree at Lebanese University School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon. She completed a clinical fellowship in the Renal Division at SUNY downstate, NY, followed by a clinical transplant fellowship in the Renal Division at BIDMC, Harvard teaching hospital. Dr. Ajaimy is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist and brings to Montefiore more than a decade of expertise in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Dr. Ajaimy is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Ajaimy is a member of several societies. She has been the principal investigator in several trials and has written numerous articles on complex issues in kidney transplantation. Dr. Ajaimy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Luz Liriano-Ward, MD received her MD degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She then completed internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Medical Center, followed by 2-years of nephrology fellowship and 1 year of transplant nephrology at Mount Sinai Hospital – Icahn School of Medicine. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist. Dr. Liriano-Ward is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a member of the American Society of nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. She has special interest in medical education and acts as the director for the transplant nephrology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. She is also the director for the medical students’ nephrology rotation at Albert Einstein College of medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. She serves in multiple committees at the local and national level, including the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Training Accreditation Program (TNFTAP) for the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Liriano is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant.

Vasishta Tatapudi is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Tatapudi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Kidney Transplant, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Judith Benstein is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Benstein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Tubular Necrosis, and Acute Kidney Failure.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, HIV/AIDS, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and COVID-19.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19.

Swati Mehta is a Nephrologist in Albany, New York. Dr. Mehta has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Calciphylaxis.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, and Cryptococcosis.

Cyrus Badshah is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Badshah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Human Papillomavirus Infection.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Febrile Neutropenia, and Strongyloidiasis.

Katya Prakash is an Infectious Disease provider in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Prakash is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Cryptococcosis.

Infections in solid organ and bone marrow transplant recipients. Dr. Muggia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dementia Complex, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.

Ilan Berlinrut is an Infectious Disease provider in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Berlinrut is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Strongyloidiasis, Liver Failure, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Febrile Neutropenia, Chickenpox, and Shingles.

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 Cytomegalovirus Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Oral Herpes, Genital Herpes, Neonatal Herpes, HIV/AIDS, and Tissue Biopsy.