Dr. Hope graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in biology and hispanic studies. He earned his medical degree at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine where he also completed a master's degree in clinical epidemiology. His post-graduate training was in primary care Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, followed by training in pulmonary and critical Care medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, with a particular focus on integrating palliative care and geriatric principles into the critical care setting. Dr. Hope is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Long Haul COVID, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Gastrostomy.

Sotirios Kassapidis is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Whitestone, New York. Dr. Kassapidis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Long Haul COVID, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, and Gastrostomy.

Luis Guerrero is an Internal Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Guerrero is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD).

Jen-Ting (Tina) Chen, MD, is an Attending Physician of Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since coming to Montefiore in 2015, her clinical focus has been primarily on acute respiratory failure, specifically acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and volume resuscitation in patients with shock. Dr. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Cerebral Hypoxia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and COVID-19.

Education. Dr. Islam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Cerebral Hypoxia, May Thurner Syndrome, Embolectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Michelle N. Gong, MD, MS, is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is also the Chief of Critical Care Medicine, Associate Chief of Academic Affairs, and Director of Critical Care Research at Montefiore. Dr. Gong’s clinical focus is on critical care delivery, predictive analytics, and process improvements, such as the implementation of sedation and delirium protocols and early mobilization in the medical intensive care unit, which has reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, hospital costs, and ICU complications. She joined the Einstein/Montefiore faculty in July 2009. Dr. Gong received an Engineering degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She then went on to earn her Doctor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Beth Israel Hospital in medicine and at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Harvard Combined Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Gong studied at the Harvard School of Public Health, receiving her Master’s Degree in Clinical Epidemiology. Dr. Gong has spent her career improving outcomes in patients along the entire continuum of critical illness, from its development to progression and recovery, with an overall focus on the prediction and prevention of acute organ failure and its complications. Her current research ranges from acute respiratory distress syndrome to prevention of delirium, treatment of severe influenza, big data and predictive analysis in risk prediction, and effective clinical decision support systems. Under her leadership, Montefiore/Einstein was selected as a clinical center for the NHLBI Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Clinical Trials Network which represents the first representation of a medical center from the New York and the tri-state area. Collaborating with the research informatics and healthcare industries, Dr. Gong has fostered the application of informatic approaches to drive improvement in healthcare delivery and research. Dr. Gong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Cerebral Hypoxia.

Misbahuddin Khaja is a Geriatrics provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Khaja is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Long Haul COVID, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Gilda Diaz is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Diaz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Trupti Vakde is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Vakde is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Sindhaghatta Venkatram is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Venkatram is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pneumonia, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Seth Congdon, MD, is Medical Director, COVID-19 Recovery (CORE) Clinic and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on primary care and long COVID. Dr. Congdon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Long Haul COVID, Nephrosclerosis, and Renovascular Hypertension.

Rany Condos is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Astoria, New York. Dr. Condos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Long Haul COVID, and Lung Metastases.

Prashanth Mannam is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Mannam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Xanthoma, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Cirrhosis.

Javed Iqbal is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Iqbal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Dimyan Balikcioglu is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Balikcioglu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Vitamin D Deficiency, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Anemia.

Dmitry Lvovsky is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Lvovsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Srinivasa Adapa is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Bronx, New York. Dr. Adapa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, and Obesity in Children.

Roger Villi is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Villi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are Rickets, Osteomalacia, Subacute Combined Degeneration, and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Jill Groves is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Groves is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. Her top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Subacute Combined Degeneration, High Cholesterol, and Asthma in Children.

Carl Franzetti is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Franzetti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Long Haul COVID. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Dementia, Jock Itch, and Hypertension.