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 Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Sepsis, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Pneumonia.

Kathryn Anastos, MD is a physician executive, clinician and medical researcher who for more than 20 years has provided both clinical care and operational and clinical leadership in the South Bronx.  She has extensive experience in innovative development of large programs designed to increase access to high quality, culturally sensitive care by poor communities of color, while meeting both a clinical and financial bottom line. She has served as executive director of several large systems of ambulatory care in the Bronx, and has provided leadership during design, construction and opening of new primary care clinics.  Clinically Dr. Anastos trained and actively practices as a primary care internist with expertise in the comprehensive care of HIV infected individuals and HIV infection in women. Dr. Anastos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Atherosclerosis, Sepsis, Menopause, and Endoscopy.

Barry Baker is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Baker is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Enlarged Liver, Pediatric Myocarditis, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Marilou Corpuz is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Corpuz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Osteomyelitis, Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis, and Osteomyelitis in Children.

Anne-catrin Uhlemann is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Uhlemann is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), COVID-19, Sepsis, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Michael Satlin is an Infectious Disease provider in New York, New York. Dr. Satlin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Pneumonia, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Febrile Neutropenia.

Aditya Mattoo is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Mattoo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis and Kidney Transplant.

Sun Park is an Internal Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Park is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Osteomyelitis, Infective Endocarditis, and Osteomyelitis in Children.

Dr. Akiyama is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinician-Investigator in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. In addition to providing care and treatment to people living with HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and substance use disorders, Dr. Akiyama conducts research focusing on HCV among socioeconomically marginalized populations with particular emphasis on the intersection of HCV in the criminal legal system and sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Akiyama is the recipient of a K99/R00 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop and test an innovative strategy to improve linkage to and retention in HCV treatment among individuals recently released from jail. He is also the recipient of an Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse focused on HCV Transmission Networks Among People Who Inject Drugs. Dr. Akiyama is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Leadership: Dr. Nosanchuk is an internationally regarded leader in undergraduate medical education, serving most recently as the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education at Einstein. From 2020-2023, he led a complete revision of the MD program curriculum that included launching new required longitudinal courses on service learning, scholarship, and health systems sciences, and transforming the training phases to a 17-month pre-clinical period followed by 12-months of clerkships and 18-months of individualized professional development. Dr. Nosanchuk has received various education and leadership awrds from Einstein and medical/scientific societies. Dr. Nosanchuk serves on various external education and society committees, including being a member of the Executive Board of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Nosanchuk is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Paracoccidioidomycosis, Cryptococcosis, Sporotrichosis, and Melioidosis.

Dr. Achkar is a physician scientist with a translational research program in the fields of tuberculosis (TB) biomarker discovery, diagnostics evaluations, and protective antibody responses and functions against TB. She is has many national and international collaborations with investigators from a broad range of expertise such as clinical research, epidemiology, modeling and statistics, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and biodesign. Supported initially by an NIH patient-oriented mentored career development award (K23), her work continues to be funded by grants from foundations and the NIH. Dr. Achkar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS and Sepsis.

Dr. Liise-anne Pirofski is a physician-scientist. Her research programs focus on host-microbe interaction and antibody immunity to infectious diseases. Dr. Pirofski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Meningitis.

Dr. Weston’s research interests include the epidemiology, mechanisms of resistance, and therapy of multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections, particularly Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobateriaceae.  He works with mathematical modeling techniques to predict which patients are at high risk of CRE bloodstream infections.  He also organizes Montefiore’s participation in the CRACKLE II multicenter database of CRE infections. Dr. Weston is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top area of expertise is Sepsis.

Ruchika Jain is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Jain is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, COVID-19, Pneumonia, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Scott Schafler is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Schafler is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Sickle Cell Disease, Cellulitis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Hyun Yoon is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Yoon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Meningitis, Sepsis, and COVID-19.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Malaria.

I'm currently the chairman of the Institutional Review Board at Einstein and Montefiore, co-chairman of the Institutional Review Board of the Biomedical Research Alliance of New York, and chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the Montefiore Health System. Dr. Leviton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Pneumonia, COVID-19, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Brian Spund is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Spund is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Sepsis, Stroke, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Despite tremendous progress, exact mechanism of hospital transmission of infections remans uncertain.  My research interest lies in understanding mechanism of transmisison of Clostridioides difficile in acute care setting.  Specifically, I would like to understand spatio-temporal factors involved in Clostridioides difficile acquisition and transmission, and apply process improvement methodology to limit HAI trasnmission.  I am also interested in leveraging EMR data and healthcare informatics tools to improve early recognition and management of sepsis. Dr. Gendlina is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Pneumonia, and Sepsis.