Norah E. Li

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Norah

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Li

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<p>Norah Li , MD, is Assistant Medical Director, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Li provides comprehensive, inclusive and empathetic care to school-aged and adolescent children in the Bronx.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Columbia University in 2006, Dr. Li earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2011. She then came to Montefiore Einstein to complete her social pediatrics residency in 2015, where she was Chief Resident in her final year.</p><p>Dr. Li is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).</p>

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Jonathan Jong-Jin Lee

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Jonathan

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Lee

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<p> Jonathan H. Lee, MD is board certified orthopaedic and specializes in general orthopaedics and non-operative management of musculoskeletal conditions. </p><p> Dr. Lee obtained his medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. After completing his residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital, he completed fellowship in adult reconstruction and joint replacement at Hospital for Special Surgery. </p><p> Prior to joining Montefiore, Dr. Lee focused his research onthe causes and early stages of arthritis, causes at early stages as well as robotic and gps navigation techniquesfor joint replacement. At Einstein, he will continue his arthritis research including a collaboration with John Hardin, MD in rheumatology. </p>

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Julie R. Kaplan

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Julie

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Kaplan

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<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Kaplan has a special interest in prenatal care, contraception and colposcopy.</span>

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<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Kaplan's research interests include simulation model research and researching the long-term outcome of estrogenized endometrium in postmenopausal women.</span>

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<p>Julie Kaplan, MD is an attending physician, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology and Women's Health and Medical Student OBGYN Associate Clerkship Director at Montefiore Einstein. She has a special interest in prenatal care, contraception and colposcopy.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in 2008 from Cornell University, Dr. Kaplan earned her Doctor of Medicine in 2012 at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. She then came to Montefiore Einstein to complete an internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2016.</p><p>Her research interests include simulation model research and researching the long-term outcome of estrogenized endometrium in postmenopausal women. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.</p><p>Dr. Kaplan is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.</p>

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Giliane Joseph

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Giliane

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Joseph

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Boguslawa D. Gela

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Boguslawa

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Gela

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Monica T. Foreman-Hyacinthe

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Monica

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Foreman-Hyacinthe

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General Obstetrics and Gynecology<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Monica Foreman-Hyacinthe, MD, is Medical Site Director, Scarsdale Women's Center and Assistant Professor, Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on general obstetrics and gynecology.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in psychobiology from Yale University in 1984, Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe earned her Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1988. She then completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1992.</p><p>Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe is a Diplomate of The American Board of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the National Medical Association. In 2022, Dr. Foreman-Hyacinthe was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for excellence in the teaching of medical students. She has served as a panelist for health topics on breast cancer, cervical cancer, fibroids, menopause and preventive healthcare.</p>

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Wei Cheng

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Wei

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Cheng

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James C.M. Brust

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Brust

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<p>Dr. Brust is a Professor of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He graduated from the College of Physicians &amp; Surgeons at Columbia University and completed both a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Columbia University Medical Center.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Brust's research is focused on the dual epidemics of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and HIV in South Africa. With multiple US and international collaborators, his multidisciplinary research group is studying treatment outcomes of MDR TB/HIV co-infected patients, transmission patterns of drug-resistant TB, pharmacology of new and repurposed TB medications, and genetic mechanisms of drug-resistance. He has funding from NIAID to examinine the emergence of resistance to the new TB medication bedaquiline in patients with MDR and XDR TB.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><strong><strong>Brust JCM</strong></strong>, Gandhi NR, Carrara H, Osburn G and Padayatchi N.&nbsp;<em>High Treatment Failure and Default Rates for Patients with MDR TB in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2000-2003.&nbsp;</em>Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(4):413-9</p>
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<p><strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Shah NS, Scott M, Chaiyachati K, Lygizos M, van der Merwe TL, Bamber S, Radebe Z, Loveday M, Moll AP, Margot B, Lalloo UG, Friedland GH, Gandhi NR. <em>Integrated, home-based treatment for MDR-TB and HIV in rural South Africa: an alternate model of care</em>. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis&nbsp;2012; 16:998-1004.</p>
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<p><strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Shah NS, van der Merwe TL, Bamber S, Ning Y, Heo M, Moll AP, Loveday M, Lalloo UG, Friedland GH, Gandhi NR. <em>Adverse events in an integrated, home-based treatment program for MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.</em> J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2013; 62:436-440.</p>
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<p><strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Berman AR, Zalta B, Haramati LB, Ning Y, Heo H, van der Merwe TL, Bamber S, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Shah NS, Gandhi NR.<em>Chest radiograph findings and time to culture conversion in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in Tugela Ferry, South Africa<strong>.</strong></em>PLoS One 2013; 8(9): e73975. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073975</p>
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<p>Gandhi NR, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Moodley P, Weissman D, Heo M, Ning Y, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Sturm W, Shah NS. <em>Low M. tuberculosis strain diversity among multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis isolates from Tugela Ferry, South Africa, 2005-2006</em>. Emerg Infect Dis 2014; 20(3):394-401.</p>
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<p>Loveday M, Wallengren K, <strong>Brust J</strong>, Roberts J, Voce A, Margot B, Ngozo J, Master I, Cassell G, Padayatchi N. <em>Community-based care vs. centralised hospitalisation for MDR-TB patients, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.</em> Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Feb;19(2):163-71.</p>
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<p>Niehaus AJ, Gandhi NR, Mathema B, Mlisana K, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>. High prevalence of inhA promoter mutations among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One 2015; 10(9):e0135003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135003</p>
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<p>Shah NS, Auld S, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Mathema B, Ismail N, Moodley P, Mlisana K, Allana S, Campbell A, Mthiyane T, Morris N, Mpangase P, Vally Omar S, Brown T, Narenchania A, Shaskina E, Kapwata T, Kreiswirth B, Gandhi NR. <em>Transmission of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa</em>. N Engl J Med 2017; 376(3):243-253</p>
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<p><strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Shah NS, Mlisana K, Moodley P, Allana S, Campbell A, Johnson BA, Master I, Mthiyane T, Lachman S, Larkan L-M, Ning Y, Malik A, Smith JP, Gandhi NR. <em>Improved survival and cure rates with concurrent treatment for MDR-TB/HIV co-infection in South Africa.</em> Clin Infect Dis. 2018; 66(8):1246-1253.</p>
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<p>Wasserman S, Denti P, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Abdelwahab M, Hlungulu S, Wiesner L, Norman J, Sirgel FA, Warren RM, Esmail A, Dheda K, Gandhi NR, Meintjes G, Maartens G. <em>Linezolid pharmacokinetics in South African patients with drug resistant tuberculosis and a high prevalence of HIV co-infection.</em> Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019 63(3):e02164-18</p>
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<p>Meintjes G, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>, Nutall J, Maartens G. <em>Management of active tuberculosis in adults with HIV</em>. Lancet HIV 2019; 6: e463&ndash;74</p>
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<p>Smith JP, Gandhi NR, Shah NS, Mlisana K, Moodley P, Johnson BA, Allana S, Campbell A, Nelson KN, Master I, <strong>Brust JCM</strong>. <em>The impact of concurrent antiretroviral therapy and MDR-TB treatment on adverse events</em>. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2020; 83(1):47-55</p>
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<p>Ngwalero P*, <strong>Brust JCM*</strong>, van Beek SW, Wasserman S, Maartens G, Meintjes G, Joubert A, Norman J, Castel S, Gandhi NR, Denti P, McIlleron H, Svensson EM, Wiesner L. Relationship between plasma and intracellular concentrations of bedaquiline and its M2 metabolite in South African patients with rifampin-resistant TB. Antmicrob Agents Chemother. 2021; 65(11):e0239920. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02399-20</p>
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<p><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Brust JCM</strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">, Gandhi NR, Wasserman S, Maartens G, Omar SV, Ismail NA, Campbell A, Joseph L, Hahn A, Allana S, Hernandez-Romieu AC, Zhang C, Mlisana K, Viljoen CA, Zalta B, Ebrahim I, Franczek M, Master I, Ramangoaela L, Te Riele J, Meintjes G; PROBeX Study Team. </span><em style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Effectiveness and cardiac safety of bedaquiline-based therapy for drug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study. </em><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Clin Infect Dis. 2021; 73(11):2083-2092</span></p>
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Steven Ira Berk

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Imran M. Ahmed

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Imran

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<p>Dr. Imran M. Ahmed is an Associate Professor of Neurology at AECOM and the Program Director of the Sleep Medicine Training Fellowship.&nbsp; He received his M.D. at SUNY at Stony Brook: School of Medicine and then completed a Neurology residency as well as an Epilepsy and a Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center.&nbsp; He is interested in parasomnias as well as seizures associated with sleep.</p>
<p>Subspecialties in: Sleep Medicine and Epilepsy/EEG</p>

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Dr. Ahmed focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, including but not limited to parasomnias, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy.

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Dr. Ahmed&rsquo;s research interests involve Innovations for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

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