Faculty

The core faculty of the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine Program are key educators in the Department of Medicine. They have built careers in medical education and are committed to improving healthcare in the Bronx community.

The variety of faculty interests serves to enrich the program’s innovative curriculum. Our faculty has expertise in clinical epidemiology, clinical reasoning, evidence-based medicine, screening and prevention, musculoskeletal medicine, community-oriented primary care, liberation medicine, physical diagnosis, addiction medicine, pain medicine and more.

All faculty members act as clinical preceptors, with the ratio of residents to full-time preceptors in clinic less than 4:1.

Program Leadership

Shwetha V. Iyer, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

David S. Edelman, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Matthew D. Shaines, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Joseph P. DeLuca, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Sejal Shah, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Josephine Byfield

Josephine Byfield

Program Assistant
Aida Issaka

Aida Issaka

Program Manager

Clinician Educators

Robert S. Beil, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Erin J. Goss, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Musaub Khan, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Rebecca D. Lichtin, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Sarah Mallik, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Felise B. Milan, M.D.

Assistant Dean for Learner Assessment and Simulation

Marc F. Shi, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Deborah M. Swiderski, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Jeremy P. Ziring, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Global Health Faculty

Shombit R. Chaudhuri, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Gloria Fung Chaw, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Gerald A. Paccione, Jr., M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Kenneth J. Schaefle, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Joseph H. Stephens, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Kristen Welch, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Research Faculty

Aaron D. Fox, M.D., M.S.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Benjamin T. Hayes, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.W.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Shadi Nahvi, M.D., M.S.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Viraj V. Patel, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Hector R. Perez, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Jonathan Ross, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Joanna L. Starrels, M.D., M.S.

Professor, Department of Medicine