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
Program Assistant
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