Mahsa Kanzali

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Mahsa

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Kanzali

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Tannaz Iranpour Boroujeni

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Tannaz

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Iranpour Boroujeni

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Joseph J. Hong

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Joseph

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Hong

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Maria F. Gomez

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Maria

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Gomez

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<p>Mar&iacute;a Fernanda G&oacute;mez, M.D. is Associate Director of Psychosomatic Medicine, Associate Director of Residency Training, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.</p>
<p>Dr. G&oacute;mez received her medical degree from the University of Salamanca, Spain and completed her residency at New York Medical College/Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. She was awarded the American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology fellowship and the Linda Pollin Foundation Fellowship in Medical Crisis Counseling during her fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Nancy C. A. Roske, M.D. Certificate of Excellence in Medical Student Education. &nbsp;She has successfully completed multiple subspecialty board certifications, including Psychosomatic Medicine, Geriatric, Addiction, and Forensic psychiatry and is one of the very few psychiatrists to be certified in Pain Medicine.</p>

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Purnima Garg

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Purnima

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Garg

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<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India<br />Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Family Medicine)</p>

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Benjamin T. Galen

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Benjamin

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Galen

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<p>Dr. Galen graduated from Brown University with honors in the biological sciences and earned an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. &nbsp;He trained in internal medicine at Yale University where he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was the class speaker at residency graduation. &nbsp;He joined Montefiore and Einstein in 2013 as a teaching attending in Hospital Medicine</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is an Associate Program Director in The Einstein/Montefiore Internal Medicine Residency Program, the Director of Firm 3 and the Director of ultrasound and procedure training. &nbsp;In 2015 Dr. Galen received the Sharon R. Silbiger Faculty Teaching Award from the Einstein residents. &nbsp;He has led hundreds of resident teaching conferences and has worked to formalize curricula for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and bedside procedures, such as lumbar puncture and paracentesis. &nbsp;Dr. Galen has taught in the EPHEM, Microbiology, and PDC classes at Einstein. &nbsp;He has led translational research on recurrent meningitis, collaborting with members of Betsy Herold's laboratory. He has co-authored over 20 original research studies. &nbsp;Dr. Galen is passionate about medical case reports and he has mentored residents and junior faculty in the process of publishing cases in a variety of venues. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is the editor-in-chief of <em>POCUS Journal (</em><a href="https://pocusjournal.com/">https://pocusjournal.com/)</a>, the world's leading peer-reviewed, open-access publication for point-of-care ultrasound. &nbsp;He teaches POCUS nationally at a variety of workshops and conferences.&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Shankar, N., Kuo, L., Krugliak Cleveland, N., Galen, B., Samel, N. S., Perez-Sanchez, A., Nathanson, R., Coss, E., Echavarria, J., Rubin, D. T., &amp; Soni, N. J. (2025). Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. <em>Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040</a></li&gt;
<li>Cool, J. A., Galen, B. T., &amp; Dancel, R. (2025). Point-counterpoint: Should hospitalists perform their own bedside procedures? <em>J Hosp Med</em>,<em> 20</em>(1), 89-93. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545</a></li&gt;
<li>Schechter, M. S., Baron, S. W., Gohari, A., Southern, W. N., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2024). Midline Catheter-Associated Thrombosis (MCAT): Does Tip Location in the Axillary Vein Increase Risk? <em>J Infus Nurs</em>,<em> 47</em>(6), 363-368. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558</a></li&gt;
<li>Singh, J., Oliver-Krasinski, J., Tauras, J., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). Systemic Amyloidosis: Is It ATTR or AL? <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 652-654. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009</a></li&gt;
<li>Johri, A. M., Glass, C., Hill, B., Jensen, T., Puentes, W., Olusanya, O., Capizzano, J. N., Dancel, R., Reierson, K., Reisinger, N., Liblik, K., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). The Evolution of Cardiovascular Ultrasound: A Review of Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Across Specialties. <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 621-628. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020</a></li&gt;
<li>Eman, G., Synn, S., Galen, B., Shah, R., Nauka, P., Hope, A. A., Congdon, S., &amp; Islam, M. (2023). Thoracic Ultrasound in COVID-19: Use of Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound in Evaluating Dyspnea in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome from COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Post-ICU Clinic. <em>Lung</em>,<em> 201</em>(2), 149-157. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., LeFrancois, D., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2022). An Introductory Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns in Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 7</em>(2), 185-186. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937</a></li&gt;
<li>Varrias, D., Palaiodimos, L., Balasubramanian, P., Barrera, C. A., Nauka, P., Melainis, A. A., Zamora, C., Zavras, P., Napolitano, M., Gulani, P., Ntaios, G., Faillace, R. T., &amp; Galen, B. (2021). The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>J Clin Med</em>,<em> 10</em>(17). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903</a></li&gt;
<li>Shah, R., Zhang, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2021). A 73-Year-Old Woman With Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest. <em>Chest</em>,<em> 160</em>(6), e665-e667. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075</a></li&gt;
<li>Koleilat, I., Galen, B., Choinski, K., Hatch, A. N., Jones, D. B., Billett, H., Indes, J., &amp; Lipsitz, E. (2021). Clinical characteristics of acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis diagnosed by duplex in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019. <em>J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord</em>,<em> 9</em>(1), 36-46. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC) Examination. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 5</em>(2), 42-45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428</a></li&gt;
<li>Merkin, R., Kruger, A., Bhardwaj, G., Kajita, G. R., Shapiro, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). Internal Medicine Resident Work Absence During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Large Academic Medical Center in New York City. <em>J Grad Med Educ</em>,<em> 12</em>(6), 682-685. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1</a></li&gt;
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Howard L. Forman

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<h2 class="title"><a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/evidence-for-greater…; rel="ContributionToJournal">Evidence for greater forensic education of all psychiatry residents</a></h2>
<p><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H. L.</span></a><span>&nbsp;&amp; Preven, D. W.&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Dec 1 2016</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">44</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">4</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 422-424</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">3 p.</span></p>
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<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Aloezos, C., Wai, J. M., Bluth, M. H. &amp;&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H.</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Dec 1 2016</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Clinics in Laboratory Medicine.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">36</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">4</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 777-793</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">17 p.</span><br /></span></p>
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<h2 class="title remoteorigin"><a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/23-yo-female-with-dy…; rel="ContributionToJournal"><span>23 y/o female with dysphagia--Evaluation, intervention and resolution of symptoms in the Psychiatry consultation setting</span></a></h2>
<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Santos-Cubi&ntilde;&aacute;, J.,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H. L.</span></a><span>,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/maria-f-gomez&quot; rel="Person"><span>Gomez, M. F.</span></a><span>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/mary-a-odowd&quot; rel="Person"><span>O'Dowd, M. A. L.</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Apr 1 2015</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Bolet&iacute;n de la Asociaci&oacute;n M&eacute;dica de Puerto Rico.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">107</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">2</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 71-72</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">2 p.</span><br /></span></p>
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<h2 class="title"><a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/comparison-of-childh…; rel="ContributionToJournal"><span>Comparison of childhood sexual histories in subjects with pedophilia or opiate addiction and healthy controls: Is childhood sexual abuse a risk factor for addictions?</span></a></h2>
<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Cohen, L. J.,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H.</span></a><span>, Steinfeld, M., Fradkin, Y., Frenda, S. &amp; Galynker, I.&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Nov 2010</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Journal of Psychiatric Practice.</span></a></span><span class="volume">16</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">6</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 394-404</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">11 p.</span></span></p>
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<p>Howard L. Forman, MD, is Director of Addiction Consultation Service at Montefiore and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical interests focus on the intersection of addiction, mental health and physical illness. Dr. Forman is also a leading forensic expert who has been retained by state prosecutors, federal prosecutors, leading law firms across the country.</p><p>Dr. Forman earned his Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and environmental science at Columbia University in 2001, followed by his Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2008. After interning in psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center from 2008 to 2009, Dr. Forman returned to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completing a residency in psychiatry in 2012, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry in 2013.</p><p>In addition to his areas of clinical focus, he is a nationally sought-after lecturer, and his research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts. He is also co-author of <em>Prescription Drug Abuse</em>, a book exploring the risks and controversies surrounding the issue of prescription drug abuse and misuse.&nbsp; He is the book review editor for the <em>Psychiatric Times </em>and his opinions have been featured in outlets as varied as the Rolling Stone Magazine and the New York Times.&nbsp; For several years, he was a columnist for US News and World Report.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>Dr. Forman has been honored by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine with the Samuel Rosen Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching and is a member of the Leo Davidoff Society for excellence in medical student education. He has served as co-Chair for the American Medical Association Action Team on Alcohol and Health, and as President of the Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association. He is board certified in psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and addiction medicine. Dr. Forman is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and serves on their Council for Medical Education and Lifelong Learning.</p>

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Antonio C. Fojas, Jr.

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<p>Dr. Antonio Fojas obtained his MD from De La Salle University College of Medicine in the Philippines. He&nbsp;completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx and was a General Medicine Fellow and Chief Medical Resident at the same institution.</p><p>After completing his fellowship, Dr. Fojas was appointed Chief of General Medicine Ambulatory Clinic until 2003. Since December 2006 he has been an Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Program at Our lady of Mercy Medical Center and now Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Campus.</p><p>Dr. Fojas' major interest is Primary Care Medicine both in-patient and out-patient.</p>

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Ruffaida Diwan

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Suma Chandrasekaran

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