Department of Family and Social Medicine

Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Faculty & Staff

The Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program's core faculty members have extensive professional background experience including family medicine, internal medicine, nursing, bioethics, and social work. Faculty members are active in clinical, teaching, and research arenas, and a number are nationally recognized experts in their fields.

 

Palliative Care Team

Leadership and Program Administration

Peter A. Selwyn, M.D., M.P.H. Peter A. Selwyn, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Family & Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine Program
Tel. 718.920.8434 

E-mail: pselwyn@montefiore.org or peter.selwyn@einsteinmed.edu 

Serife Eti, M.D. Serife Eti, M.D.
Medical Director
Associate Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine Program  

Tel. 718.920.6378
Fax. 718.881.6054
E-mail: seti@montefiore.org 

 
 

Physician Faculty

Elizabeth J. Chuang, M.D. Elizabeth J. Chuang, M.D.
Associate Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Phone: 718.920.6378
E-mail: echuang@montefiore.org 

Leah Herbst, DOLeah Herbst, D.O.
Assistant Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine Program
Phone: 718.920.6378
Email: echuang@montefiore.org
 

 

Tara ShapiroTara Shapiro
Assistant Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Phone: 718.920.6378
Email: tashapiro@montefiore.org
 

 

Pouyan Namakydoust, MD Pouyan Namakydoust, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Phone: 718.920.6378
E-mail: pnamakydou@montefiore.org 

Tina Wexler, MD Tina Wexler, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Family and Social Medicine Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
Palliative Medicine Program
Phone: 718.920.6378
E-mail: twexler@montefiore.org 

Phanthira Christina Tamsukhin, MD Phanthira Christina Tamsukhin, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Family and Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine Program
Phone: 718.920.6378
Email: ptamsukhin@montefiore.org 

 
 

Non-Physician Faculty

Palliative Care Advanced Practice Nurses

Bernadette Huvane, MSN, FNP-BC, RNC-BC Bernadette Huvane, MSN, FNP-BC, RNC-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Montefiore Medical Center Department of Family and Social Medicine, Palliative Medicine
Phone: 718.920.6378 

E-mail: bhuvane@montefiore.org 

 

 

 
 

Palliative Care Social Workers

Carolyn Genereux, LM-SW Carolyn Genereux, LM-SW 
Tel: 718.920.6378 E-mail: cgenereu@montefiore.org 

Yolanda Jasmin Dore, LM-SW Yolanda Jazmin Dore, LM-SW 
Tel: 718.920.2817 
E-mail: yjdore@montefiore.org 

Michelle Hendrick, LMSW
Social Worker
Family & Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine Program
Office: 718.920.6378
Email: mihendri@montefiore.org 

 
 

Palliative Care Service Physician Assistants

Nicole Ferrara, Senior PA
Kimberly Bernstock, PA
Jong-Yi Chao, PA
Ada Izquierdo, PA
Felecia Slade, PA
Beverly Zabriskie, PA 

Inpatient Palliative Care Unit, Northwest 7, Moses Campus
Montefiore Medical Center 111E 210 St. Bronx, NY, 10467
Tel. 718.920.4076 or x7441

Palliative Care Chaplain

Rev Meghan Janssen, M Div
Phone: 718.920.6378
Email: mjanssen@montefiore.org 

Palliative Care Program Assistant

Gloria Negron
Program Assistant/Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Family and Social Medicine
Palliative Medicine
Tel: 718.920.6378
Fax: 718.881.6054
E-mail: gnegron@montefiore.org