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Department Chairs

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine academic chairs listed below are categorized by their respective basic science and clinical departments.

Basic Science Departments

Steven C. Almo

Chair, Department of Biochemistry

Jonathan M. Backer, M.D.

Chair, Department of Molecular Pharmacology

Aviv Bergman, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Systems & Computational Biology

Teresa V. Bowman, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Adam Kohn, Ph.D.

Chair, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Steven A. Porcelli, M.D.

Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Thomas E. Rohan, D.H.Sc., M.B.,B.S., Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

Clinical Departments

Jonathan E. Alpert, M.D., Ph.D.

Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry

Matthew N. Bartels, M.D.

Chair, The Arthur S. Abramson Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Michael D. Cabana, M.D., M.P.H.

Michael I. Cohen, M.D., University Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Roy S. Chuck, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Neil J. Cobelli, M.D.

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Mark H. Einstein, M.D., M.S.

Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Emad N. Eskandar, M.D.

Chair, The Leo M. Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery

Michelle Gong, M.D.

Interim Chair, Department of Medicine

Michael Jones, M.D.

Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Shalom Kalnicki, M.D.

Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

Mark F. Mehler, M.D.

Chair, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Robert E. Michler, M.D.

Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery

Peter A. Selwyn, M.D., M.P.H.

Chair, Department of Family and Social Medicine

Richard V. Smith, M.D.

Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery