1. MD-PhD Program

Physician-Scientists at Mount Sinai

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s physician-scientists are available to provide guidance and mentorship to students. They are leaders in their fields, have firsthand knowledge of both the challenges and opportunities that come with each area; and bring this expertise and passion into their work with students.

  • Stuart A Aaronson

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Medicine

  • Jessica L Ables

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    email
  • Jalal Ahmed

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Radiation Oncology

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    email
  • Schahram Akbarian

    PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    email
  • Mohammed Akhtar

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Liver Transplant, Surgery

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-659-8084
    email
  • Jonathan Anker

    INSTRUCTOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    email
  • Manisha Balwani

    PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    General Internal Medicine, Medicine

    212-241-0915
    email
  • Erin Beck

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-241-6854
    email
  • Nina Bhardwaj

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Urology

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    email
  • Joshua Brody

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-241-6756
    email
  • Supinda Bunyavanich

    PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Pediatrics

    212-241-5548
  • Dongming Cai

    ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    email
  • Lili Chan

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Nephrology, Medicine

    email
  • Alexander Charney

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neurosurgery

    email
  • Benjamin K Chen

    PROFESSOR

    Infectious Diseases, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Microbiology

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    email
  • Katherine T Chen

    PROFESSOR

    Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science

    PROFESSOR

    Medical Education

    email
  • Jaime Chu

    PROFESSOR

    Hepatology, Pediatrics

    212-659-8060
    email
  • John F Crary

    PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    212-659-8695
    email
  • Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles

    PROFESSOR

    Clinical Immunology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Pediatrics

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-241-0764
    email
  • GEORGE DIAZ

    Support Associate B

    Building Services

  • David Dominguez-Sola

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    email
  • Fanny Elahi

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    212-241-7076
    email
  • Robert P Fisher

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    email
  • Scott L Friedman

    DEAN FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND PARTNERSHIPS

    PROFESSOR

    Liver Diseases, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    email
  • Emily J Gallagher

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Medicine

    212-241-3422
    email
  • Bruce D Gelb

    DIRECTOR Mindich Child Health and Development Institute

    PROFESSOR

    Cardiology, Pediatrics

    PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    844-733-7692
    email
  • Saghi Ghaffari

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    email
  • David Goukassian

    PROFESSOR

    Cardiology, Medicine

    email
  • Hayit Greenspan

    PROFESSOR

    Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

    PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    email
  • Nicholas David Gulati

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Dermatology

    212-241-9728
    email
  • Spiros P Hiotis

    PROFESSOR

    Surgery

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    212-241-2891
    email
  • Patrick R Hof

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Ophthalmology

    email
  • Joanna Jen

    PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    PROFESSOR

    Neurosurgery

    PROFESSOR

    Otolaryngology

    212-241-7076
  • Amy Kontorovich

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Cardiology, Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Medical Genomics, Medicine

    212-241-9004
    email
  • Benhur Lee

    PROFESSOR

    Microbiology

    email
  • Derek LeRoith
    email
  • Sean T Liu

    ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR

    Hospital Medicine, Medicine

    email
  • Dolores Malaspina

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    email
  • Bridget Marcellino

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    212-844-8288
    email
  • Thomas Marron

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    212-241-6756
  • Giampero (John) A Martignetti

    ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    212-659-6744
    email
  • Helen S Mayberg

    PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    PROFESSOR

    Neurosurgery

    PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    email
  • Saurabh Mehandru

    PROFESSOR

    Gastroenterology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-241-8100
    email
  • Miriam Merad

    CHAIR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    DIRECTOR, PRECISION IMMUNOLOGY INSTITUTE

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Dermatology

    email
  • Roland Clayton Merchant

    ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

    Emergency Medicine

    email
  • Hirofumi Morishita

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    PROFESSOR

    Ophthalmology

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    email
  • Girish N Nadkarni

    PROFESSOR & CHAIR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    PROFESSOR

    Nephrology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Urology

    email
  • Eric J Nestler

    INTERIM DEAN, ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    email
  • Eirini Papapetrou

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    email
  • Ramon Parsons

    DIRECTOR, THE TISCH CANCER INSTITUTE

    PROFESSOR & CHAIR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    email
  • Maria de las Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    email
  • Alexandros D Polydorides

    PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Gastroenterology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Medical Education

    email
  • Nicole Ramsey

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics

    212-241-5548
    email
  • Michael Rendl

    PROFESSOR

    Dermatology

    email
  • Erin L Rich

    ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    email
  • Brad R Rosenberg

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Microbiology

    email
  • Panagiotis Roussos

    PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    email
  • Stephen Salton

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

    email
  • Robert M Samstein

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Radiation Oncology

    646-605-5845
    email
  • Lisa M Satlin

    PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR

    Pediatrics

    PROFESSOR

    Nephrology, Medicine

    email
  • Anne Schaefer

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    email
  • Stuart C Sealfon

    PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    email
  • John P Sfakianos

    PROFESSOR

    Urology

    212-241-4812
    email
  • Scott H Sicherer

    PROFESSOR

    Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics

    212-241-5548
  • Viviana A Simon

    PROFESSOR

    Microbiology

    PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Infectious Diseases, Medicine

    email
  • Sarah A Stanley

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    email
  • Andrew Stewart

    DIRECTOR, DIABETES OBESITY AND METABOLISM INSTITUTE

    PROFESSOR

    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Medicine

    email
  • Talia H Swartz

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR MD/PhD EDUCATION

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Infectious Diseases, Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Medical Education

    email
  • Stephanie K Tankou

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-241-6854
    email
  • Bachir Taouli

    PROFESSOR

    Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

    PROFESSOR

    Medicine

    212-824-8478
    email
  • Ashutosh Tewari

    PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR

    Urology

    PROFESSOR

    Oncological Sciences

    PROFESSOR (PENDING)

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    212-241-9955
    email
  • Maria Giovanna Trivieri

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Cardiology, Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

    212-241-0511
    email
  • Nadejda Tsankova

    PROFESSOR

    Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    email
  • Georgios Voloudakis

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Psychiatry

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    email
  • Hideo Watanabe

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Medicine

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Genetics and Genomic Sciences

    email
  • James J Young

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Neurology

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Neurosurgery

  • Mone Zaidi

    PROFESSOR

    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Pharmacological Sciences

    PROFESSOR

    Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

    212-241-3422
    email
  • Dmitriy Zamarin

    PROFESSOR

    Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medicine

    PROFESSOR

    Immunology & Immunotherapy

    212-604-6010
    email
  • Xiaotao Zhang

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Liver Diseases, Medicine

    email
  • Hongyan Zou

    PROFESSOR

    Neurosurgery

    PROFESSOR

    Neuroscience

    212-241-8628
    email
  • Thomas P Zwaka

    Professor

    Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology

    email