Message from the Director

Thank you for your interest in the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West fellowship program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. This is an exciting time for us as we expand our faculty, clinical programs, curriculum, and research opportunities, taking advantage of the unique strengths at three hospitals in the Mount Sinai Health System. As Program Director, I am incredibly proud of our fellows and the commitment, enthusiasm and integrity that they bring to our community. 

I feel that we offer a unique opportunity to train in world-class settings in the heart of New York City. We care for an incredibly diverse patient population with a wide range of diseases across the three hospitals. Our fellows work directly with faculty experts in pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, sleep disorders, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, pulmonary physiology, pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care. Our busy ICUs are staffed by dedicated educators who practice medicine at the cutting edge, incorporating interdisciplinary rounds, point-of-care ultrasonography, patient safety and quality metrics.

The Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside and West have always been at the center of educational innovation. We are dedicated to a hands-on mastery learning approach to education by integrating simulation-based education with bedside learning and traditional didactics. This approach has led to our fellows developing expertise and teaching in the areas of airway management, code and RRT management, and point-of care ultrasonography. Our core curriculum features a novel ‘flipped classroom’ structure that is highly engaging and fun for fellows and faculty alike. Our faculty is dedicated to the education of our fellows and helps to create a collegial and supportive learning environment.

We are committed to training physicians to become leaders in pulmonary and critical care medicine by integrating excellence in patient care, innovative education, research training and leadership opportunities. Once you complete the core requirements for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, we offer the flexibility to develop an individualized pathway to meet your career goals. Our fellows have used this time to advance their clinical expertise, develop teaching and leadership skills, and participate in system-wide quality improvement projects and complete scholarly projects.

The fellowship program is committed to the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Social Justice and Anti-Racism. We engage in mission-driven practices to systematically recruit and retain a diverse and demographically representative workforce of trainees. In doing so, we aim to reduce healthcare disparities, to provide care, and to generate research that is sensitive to the cultural needs of the communities we serve. Read more about our commitment

We encourage you to take a closer look at our program. If you are pursuing a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, we invite you to apply through ERAS. Those who visit us will immediately notice the strong sense of community and engagement in our fellows and faculty.

Sincerely, 

Paru Patrawalla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine

Paru Patrawalla, MD
Program Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Paru.Patrawalla@mountsinai.org

E. Mirna Mohanraj, MD
Associate Program Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program
edwardine.mohanraj@mountsinai.org

Boram Kim
Assistant Program Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Boram.Kim@mountsinai.org

Avinash Singh
Assistant Program Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Avinash.Singh2@mountsinai.org

Geraldine Vargas
Program Administrator
geraldine.vargas@mountsinai.org

David Steiger, MD
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and West
Professor of Medicine
David.Steiger@mountsinai.org

Javier Zulueta, MD 
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside
Professor of Medicine
Javier.Zulueta@mountsinai.org

Paru Patrawalla, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Department of Medicine Director of Simulation and Ultrasound, Mount Sinai Beth Israel 
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
paru.patrawalla@mountsinai.org   

Mirna Mohanraj, MD
Associate Program Director
Site Director, Mount Sinai Morningside 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Edwardine.Mohanraj@mountsinai.org 

Antoine Abed, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Antoine.abed@mountsinai.org

Nikita Agarwal
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Nikita.Agrawal@mountsinai.org

Sanam Ahmed
Director, Medical ICU, Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Morningside
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sanam.Ahmed2@mountsinai.org

Shilpi Ahuja, MD
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Assistant Professor of Medicine
shilpi.ahuja@mountsinai.org

Jacob Bell
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jacob.Bell@mountsinai.org

Christian Lo Cascio
Mount Sinai Morningside 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Christian.LoCascio@mountsinai.org

Udit Chaddha, MBBS
Interventional Pulmonary, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside/West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
udit.chaddha@mssm.edu

Alexander Davidovich, DO
Mount Sinai Morningside
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Alexander.davidovich@mountsinai.org

Edward Eden, MD
Director, Physiology and Pulmonary Function Lab, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Professor of Medicine
Edward.eden@mountsinai.org 

Jason Filopei, MD
Mount Sinai Beth Israel 
Associate Medical Intensive Care Unit Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
jason.filopei@mountsinai.org 

Jennifer Fung, MD
Mount Sinai Morningside
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jennifer.fung@mountsinai.org

Joseph Ghassibi, MD
Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Joseph.Ghassibi@mountsinai.org   

Jay Guevarra, MD
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
jay.guevarra@mountsinai.org

Raymonde Jean, MD
Director, Sleep Clinic, Mount Sinai West
Associate Director, Mount Sinai West Medical Intensive Care Unit
Professor of Medicine
raymonde.jean@mountsinai.org  

Boram Kim, DO|
Assistant Program Director 
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Boram.kim@mountsinai.org

Susannah Kurtz, MD
Director, Center for Advanced Medical Simulation  
Associate Professor of Medicine
Susannah.Kurtz@mountsinai.org

Albert Miller, MD
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Albert.Miller@mountsinai.org

Gopal Narayanswami, MD
Associate Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Morningside
Co-Director, Ultrasound Program Mount Sinai Morningside/West
Assistant Professor
Gopal.Narayanswami@mountsinai.org

Avinash Singh
Assistant Program Director  
Mount Sinai Morningside
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Avinash.Singh2@mountsinai.org

Ahmed Sheikh
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ahmed.Shaikh@mountsinai.org

Mary O’Sullivan, MD
Director, Pulmonary Ambulatory Care Clinics, Mount Sinai Morningside and West
Director, Smoking Cessation Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
mary.O’sullivan@mountsinai.org 

Adam Rothman, MD
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
adam.rothman@mountsinai.org

James Salonia, MD
Mount Sinai West
Assistant Professor of Medicine
james.salonia@mountsinai.org

Janet Shapiro, MD
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Morningside
Associate Professor of Medicine
janet.shapiro@mountsinai.org  

Adil Shujaat, MD
Director of Inpatient Pulmonary Services, Mount Sinai Morningside West
Associate Professor of Medicine
Adil.shujaat@mountinai.org  

Gerard Turino, MD
Founding Director, James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease
John H. Keating Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Professor
gerald.turino@mountsinai.org 

Patricia Walker, MD 
Co-Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Patricia.Walker@mountsinai.org