Tannaz Iranpour Boroujeni
Joseph J. Hong
Patricia A. Hametz
Dr. Hametz's clinical focus is on providing family-centered care for all hospitalized children and on developing and implementing systems of care for children with medical complexities.
Dr. Hametz’s research focuses on improving care and the systems in which care is provided to hospitalized children and adolescents, and their families.
<p>Patricia A. Hametz, MD, MPH, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM). As Chief, she oversees the care of children admitted to the general pediatrics service, consultation service and co-management of patients on the pediatric surgery and surgical subspecialty services. She is also an Attending Physician at CHAM and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on providing family-centered care for all hospitalized children and on developing and implementing systems of care for children with medical complexities.</p><p>Dr. Hametz received her Doctor of Medicine in 1995 from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. In 2008, she received her Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Hametz completed an internship and residency in Pediatrics at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York from 1995 to 1999 and became Chief Resident in 1998.</p><p>Dr. Hametz’s research focuses on improving care and the systems in which care is provided to hospitalized children and adolescents, and their families. Her original communications have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, as well as invited publications. She has been an invited speaker to regional and local presentations.</p><p>Dr. Hametz has been recognized as an outstanding teacher, was nominated for the Attending Teacher of the Year Award several times and also won the Pediatric Residency Appreciation Award in 2015. Dr. Hametz is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Resident Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Valentyna Goloborodko
Purnima Garg
<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>
Mamta Fuloria
<p>Critically ill neonates, mechanical ventilation, meconium aspiration pulmonary vascualr biology, oxidative stress.</p>
Neonatology; critically ill neonates
Optimizing respiratory management of infants in order to prevent chronic lung disease and management of pulmonary hypertension in neonates; neonatal nutrition; necrotizing enterocolitis; fetal programming of adult diseases
<p>Dr. Fuloria, Associate Program Director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, obtained her medical degree from King George’s Medical College in Lucknow, India, and then did her pediatric residency and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. Upon completion of her fellowship, she joined the faculty at Wake Forest University. In 2006 she took a two-year sabbatical, during which she was a Visiting Scientist at the prestigious National Institute of Biological Sciences (of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) in Bangalore, India. In 2010 Dr. Fuloria joined the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore. </p><p>Dr. Fuloria is a recipient of the 2000 Physician Scientist Award from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the 2002 C. Scott Venable Research Award in Respiratory Diseases awarded by the American Lung Association. She has been a member of the SPR Communications Committee and the SPR Fellows Basic Research Award (and the David G. Nathan Award) Selection Committee since 2010.</p>
Antonio C. Fojas, Jr.
<p>Dr. Antonio Fojas obtained his MD from De La Salle University College of Medicine in the Philippines. He 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>
Sameen Farooq
<p>Dr. Farooq is board certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Palliative and Hospice Medicine and Obesity Medicine. He works as a direct care Internal Medicine hospitalist at Moses campus.</p>