Arturo Casadevall is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Casadevall is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Anthrax Infection.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Meningitis.

Richard Wu is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Yonkers, New York. Dr. Wu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, COVID-19, Pneumonia, and Gastrostomy.

Rajendra Rampersaud is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Yonkers, New York. Dr. Rampersaud is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, COVID-19, and Gastrostomy.

Fran Ganz is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Yonkers, New York. Dr. Ganz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, 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 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Strongyloidiasis, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), and Rhabditida Infections.

Victor Ferastraoaru is a Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Ferastraoaru is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

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 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Oral Herpes, Genital Herpes, Neonatal Herpes, HIV/AIDS, and Tissue Biopsy.

David L. Goldman, MD, is Fellowship Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Associate Professor, Pediatrics, and Associate Professor, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Montefiore Einstein. He has a special interest in fungal infections in children, including hospital and community acquired mycoses. Dr. Goldman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome, Cerebral Hypoxia, Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, and Cryptococcosis.

Brenda I. Anosike, MD, MPH, is Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Anosike’s clinical focus is on the treatment of various infectious diseases in healthy children, adolescents and young adults as well as those with complex medical conditions and the immunocompromised. She is co-lead for the pediatric COVID-19 monoclonal antibody program, antimicrobial/diagnostic stewardship program and global health. Dr. Anosike is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Orbital Cellulitis, Periorbital Cellulitis, H Influenzae Meningitis, and COVID-19.

Margaret Mccort is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Mccort is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Actinomycosis, Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Actinomycosis, and Febrile Neutropenia.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Toxocariasis.

Heather Root is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Root is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Nocardiosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and HIV/AIDS.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Atherosclerosis, Sepsis, Menopause, and Endoscopy.

Jose Gomez is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Englewood, New Jersey. Dr. Gomez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Pneumonia, and Lung Metastases.

Charles C. Esenwa, MD, MS, is a Director at Montefiore’s Center for Comprehensive Stroke Care and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He specializes in vascular neurology, with a particular interest in acute stroke management and stroke prevention strategies in high-risk individuals. Dr. Esenwa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Chickenpox, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Our primary research interest is in the biology, pathogenesis and immunology of Plasmodium falciparum. Patients infected with this parasite can be completely asymptomatic or develop severe disease resulting in death. The goal of our research has been to define the molecular mechanisms that underlie this variation in disease outcomes in P. falciparum. Toward this goal, we have developed a new pathogenesis model through the analysis of in vivo parasite biology and associated host factors using a whole genome and metabolomic approach. We have identified novel parasite biology when it resides in the human host and idnetified a putative mediator of coma in cerebral malaria.  We also are studying adjunctive therapy to improve outcomes in severe malaria using the animal model.   We carry out field based translational studies in cohorts infected with malaria in Africa and test hypothesis in the animal model of malaria.  The long term goal is to identify parasite and host processes involved in disease to serve as targets for vaccine or chemotherapeutic development. Dr. Daily is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Malaria, Togaviridae Disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Leg or Foot Amputation.

Leslie Lee is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Peptic Ulcer, Necrosis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Brian Benoff is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Englewood, New Jersey. Dr. Benoff is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Cerebral Hypoxia.

Sandro Galea is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Galea is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, and Pneumonia.