Faculty and Staff

The Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education at Mount Sinai encompasses Undergraduate Medical Education (MD Program), Graduate Medical Education, and Continuing Medical Education. Below you will find key faculty and staff who focus on the MD Program.

Learn about the Department of Medical Education's organizational structure.

Executive Leadership 

Graduate Medical Education

  • Saadia Ahktar, MD, Associate Dean for Trainee Well-Being in GME
  • Frank Basloe, Associate Dean for GME
  • Michael Leitman, MD, FACS, Dean for GME, Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
  • Adriana Malone, MD, Senior Associate Dean for GME
  • Brijen Shah, MD Associate Dean for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, GME
  • Daniel Steinberg, MD, Associate Dean for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, GME

    • Undergraduate Medical Education

  • Shashi Anand, MEd, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education Affairs
  • Robert Fallar, PhD, Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation
  • Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Valerie Parkas, MD, Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Recruitment and Interim Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs 
  • Michelle Sainté Willis, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education Administration
  • Rainier Soriano, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs
  • David C. Thomas, MD, Dean for Medical Education

    • Office for Diversity & Inclusion

  • Gary Butts, MD, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System and Director of CMCA, Dean for Diversity Programs, Policy, & Community Affairs
  • Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    • Medical Education Administration 

  • Samantha Amazan,  Employee Engagement
  • Jeff Cavalli, Manager, Technology and Learning Systems
  • Nelson Chin, Associate Director of Finance
  • Joseph Coyne,  Administrative Assistant
  • Darinka Gadikota-Klumpers, PhD, Medical Education Administration Program Director
  • Suzanne Garfinkle, MD, Director, Academy for Medicine and the Humanities
  • Onix Graciani, Administrative Coordinator
  • Matthew Hersey, MSTP Program Coordinator
  • Samuel "Sammy" Langford, Education Technology Coordinator
  • Barbara Masi PhD,  Director of Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
  • Helen Ngai, Director of Operations
  • Jacklyn Njegric, Senior Business Coordinator
  • Bianca Taylor-Starobin MSEd, Administrative Director, MD-PhD Program
  • Peter Zweig,  Program Manager for Process Improvement and Strategy

    • Bioethics

  • Gary Ostertag, PhD, Professor
  • Rosamond Rhodes, PhD, Professor and Director, Bioethics Education Programs
  • Karen Smalls, Program Coordinator

    • Center For Anatomy & Functional Morphology

  • Daniella Curcio, PhD, Associate Professor
  • Jeffrey Laitman, PhD, Director 
  • Ki-Mark Mak, PhD, Associate Professor
  • Joy Reidenberg, PhD, Professor
  • Frankie Steinberg, Administrative Coordinator
  • Torrence Wilson, Education Program Assistant

    • Educational Support

  • Jennifer Cameron, Manager, Labs and Learning Environment
  • Shantique Smalls, Labs and Learning Environment Support Coordinator
  • Herman Supoyo, Lab Technician

    • Conference Center

  • Shem Patterson, Service Associate 
  • Carlton Thomas, Conference Center Coordinator 

    • Institute for Medical Education

  • Daniel Conover, Program Manager
  • Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, Director

    • Medical Student Research Office

  • Yahkira Encarnación-Patterson, MPH, Senior Program Coordinator
  • Jenny Lin, MD, Associate Director, Co-Director, SCHOLar Program
  • Grace Oluoch, MBA, Senior Program Coordinator
  • Mary Rojas, PhD, Director
  • Keith Sigel, MD, PhD, Associate Director, Co-Director, PORTAL Program
  • Maaike Van Gerwen PhD,  Associate Director, PORTAL Program

    • Morchand Center for Clinical Competence

  • Luis Argueta, Production Manager
  • Beverly Forsyth, MD, Medical Director for Morchand Center & Education Infection Prevention and Emergency Management Director
  • Meghan Green, Program Manager
  • Fariba Khan, Administrative Coordinator
  • Nikki Martin, Education Program Manager
  • Terry Sommer, Director
  • Aaron Yellin, Administrative Coordinator

    • Office of Assessment and Evaluation

  • Michelle Diamond, Evaluation Coordinator

    • Office of Curricular Affairs

  • Dominique Bordes, ASM Program Manager
  • Kira Grant,  Operations Director for Curricular Operations 
  • Janderie Gutierrez, Clinical Curriculum Manager
  • Michael Herscher, MD, ASM Co-Course Director
  • Horatio "Teddy" Holzer, MD, Director of the Clerkship Phase
  • Staci Leisman, MD, Director of the Pre-Clerkship Phase
  • Chinghar "Samantha" Leung, Coordinator
  • Rachel Molina, Clinical Curriculum Program Manager
  • Rachel Oge,  Clinical Curriculum Program Manager
  • Chantal Pyram, MD, ASM Co-Course Director
  • Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, Director of Integration and Transitions Phase
  • Jennifer Reyes, Clinical Education Program Manager
  • Imani Robinson, Pre-Clerkship Curriculum Manager
  • Allison "Allie" Ross, Year 1 Curriculum Coordinator
  • Fatima Shafiq, Project Manager
  • Vasundhara Singh, MD, Director of Medical Student Electives
  • Christopher Strother, MD, Director of Clinical Competency
  • Mizuki Wada, ASM Program Coordinator
  • Juliette Wertz, ASM Clinical Sites & Compliance Curriculum Coordinator 

    • Office of Student Affairs

  • Theodore "Todd" Bania, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Keisha Berglund, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Patrick Burden, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Emily Caroll, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Jocelyn Childs, LCSW, Wellness Advisor 
  • Gwendolyn Casiano-Patton, Program Coordinator
  • Uraina Clark, PhD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Caroline Cromwell, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Monica Dweck, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Sharon Edwards, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Paola Escobar-McCabe, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Michelle Eisenstadt, Administrative Assistant
  • Bambi Fisher, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Beverly Forsyth, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Allison Gault, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Meredith Grossman, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Amanda Hyne, LCSW, Wellness Advisor 
  • Craig Katz, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Kelley Lassman, PhD, Learning Coach
  • Lauren Linkowski EdD, Director, Programs and Resources for Academic Excellence
  • Tatiana Marshal, Student Life Coordinator
  • Jillian Palmer, MA, Associate Director, Student Success
  • Leigh Penner, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Roberto Posada, MD, Career and Professional Development Advisor
  • Alex Posner, Associate Director for Professional and Career Development
  • Lauren Powledge, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Brenda Ramirez, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Greta Rosen, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
  • Vannita Simma-Chiang, MD, Director of Specialty Advising for the Office of Student Affairs 

    • Student Health Center

  • Destiny Edmondson, RN, Clinical Nurse
  • Elizabeth Garland, MD, Physician
  • Rachel Solomon, MD, Director
  • Lori Zbar, MD, Physician  

    • Continuing Medical Education (CME)

  • Jeanette Cotto, Program Coordinator
  • Marian Divinagracia-Bain, RSS Coordinator
  • Nicole Henry, Data Coordinator
  • Gabrielle Jung, Program Coordinator
  • Lin Liu, CME Coordinator
  • Annette Roman, Program and RSS Coordinator
  • Sydney Tillman, Administrative Assistant

    • Graduate Medical Education (GME)

  • Garber Badran, Senior Systems Software Specialist
  • John Battis, Senior GME Administrator, Medicine-Other
  • Angelic Cotto, House Staff Affairs Administrator, Surgical
  • Kate Eisenberg, Senior GME Administrator, Medicine-Internal Medicine
  • Lauren Hagen, Administrative Coordinator
  • Merdena Harrell, Senior GME Administrator, Hospital-Based
  • Judy Irons, Senior House Staff Affairs Administrator, Medicine-Internal Medicine
  • Tara Jefferson, Administrator, Events and Project
  • Paki Reid-Brossard, MS, MA, Director of Data and Analytics
  • Jacinta Russell, Administrator, Surgical
  • Cheryl Spence, LCSW, Director of Operations
  • Paul Yu, Administrator, Quality and Patient Safety/Well-Being
  • Shou-Su Yu, Senior House Staff Systems Administrator

    • Other Partnerships

    Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education

  • Leona Hess, PhD, Co-Director
  • Jay Johnson, Education Program Manager
  • Chloe Martin, Project Manager for Change Management Strategy
  • David Muller, MD, FACP, Director
  • Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH Co-Director
  • Joseph Truglio, MD, MPH, Director, Clinical Education
  • Talia Swartz, MD, PhD, Director, Graduate Research and Education

    • Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE)

  • Hossein Aleyasin, MD, PhD, CEYE Instructor, Researcher and Adjunct Professor
  • Denise Croote, PhD, CEYE Instructor, and Assistant Professor
  • Tristan Franz, Program Coordinator 
  • Alexander Joseph, Program Manager
  • Alejandra Ramirez, Program Coordinator
  • Kenya Townsend, Program Director

    • Patricia S. Levinson Center For Multicultural and Community Affairs (CMCA)

  • Carmen Duran-Santos, Executive Assistant and Office Manager
  • Ashley Michelle Fowler, Med, Administrative Program Manager
  • Sherria McDowell, MPH, Director, Special Programs
  • Edward Poliandro, PhD, Senior Director, Education and Training

    • Diversity Innovation Hub

  • Fariha Ahsan, MPH, MSc, Director
  • Carmen Minsal, MHA, Program Manager