Adit L. Tal
<p>Adit Tal, MD, is an Attending Physician at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) and an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Marrow and Blood Cell Transplantation at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, Dr. Tal’s clinical focus has been the treatment of pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, and the supportive care of children with cancer.</p><p>Dr. Tal received her Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University in 2008, followed by her Doctorate of Medicine at the Sackler School of Medicine. She began her postgraduate training in 2013 at CHAM and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, following her Pediatrics residency with a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship.</p><p>Building on her clinical practices, Dr. Tal’s research focuses on novel therapeutic targets for advanced treatments in metastatic osteosarcoma. She is examining a signaling pathway crucial to bone development and differentiation, and targeting this pathway to treat osteosarcoma. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed articles.</p><p>Dr. Tal is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of many professional societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Oncology Group, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is also a member of the Professional Development Committee with the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and is a volunteer pediatric oncologist at Happiness Is Camping, a residential camp for children with cancer and their families.</p>
Sharon R. Spitzer
<p>Dr. Spitzer is the Administrative Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at the Montefiore Medical Center's Moses Division. She is responsible for the development, implementation and supervision of the Klau-2 milieu treatment program and supervises behavioral management interventions for the milieu, including the management of crisis and individualized behavior plans for high-risk patients. Dr. Spitzer provides direct supervision of administrative staff, Social Workers, and the Creative Arts Therapy team. She conducts clinical supervision of Psychiatry Residents and Psychology Interns in individual and family therapy, and interpersonal group psychotherapy. </p>
<p>Dr. Spitzer has also developed the Montefiore Crisis Management (MCM) Program, a hospital-wide crisis intervention training protocol. She teaches this program to Dept of Psychiatry and MMC security staff, as well as hospital staff in med/surg, ED, ID Clinic, SATP and other clinical areas. She consults with medical units on the behavioral management of difficult patients utilizing MCM principles. Dr. Spitzer teaches didactic seminars in group psychotherapy, psychodynamic case presentations, inpatient behavioral treatment, behavioral management of crises and forensic psychology.</p>
Ruth E. K. Stein
Child and Adolescent mental health, behavior and development
Measurement of functioning and health status in children
Health Services Research
Psychosocial interventions
<p>Ruth E.K. Stein, MD, is an attending pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, child and adolescent mental health and chronic conditions in children.</p><p>A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, after receiving her Bachelor of Arts, Dr. Stein attended Einstein, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1966. She started her postgraduate training at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, completing two years of her pediatric residency there in 1968. She then went to Children’s Hospital of the District of Columbia, completed the third year as assistant chief resident and fellow in comprehensive care. She returned to the faculty at Einstein in 1970 and has been on the faculty ever since. In 1987 and 1988, she was a visiting scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Stein’s research focuses on improving outcomes for children and members of their families, especially those with a wide range of physical and behavioral conditions, as well as on measurement development. She has shared her work through more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, as well as four edited books, and innumerable chapters, abstracts, and presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Stein is a manuscript reviewer for several medical journals and has served on the editorial boards of the <em>Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics</em> and <em>Ambulatory Pediatrics</em>.</p><p>Dr. Stein is a Diplomate of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of many professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic (formerly Ambulatory) Pediatric Association (including as its president 1987-8), and the Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, among others. Throughout her career, she has been active on regional, national and international committees. Dr. Stein has received many accolades, receiving Einstein’s first award for outstanding mentorship in clinical research and its Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as research awards from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Victoria Lynn Shulman
Victoria Shulman, MD, is an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Shulman’s clinical focus is in pediatric emergency medicine, with a particular area of interest in resident and medical student education. <br /><br />After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from the City University of New York, Queens College in 1986, Dr. Shulman earned her Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1990. She completed her pediatrics internship and residency at Montefiore Einstein in 1994, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. <br /><br />Dr. Shulman’s research aligns with her clinical expertise. Her work has been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health and the Journal of Neurology, as well as chapters in scientific books. <br /><br />Dr. Shulman is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. In 1994, she received the Leo M. Davidoff Society Certificate of Distinction for the teaching of medical students. In 2023, Dr. Shulman was inducted as a member of the Leo M. Davidoff Society.<br />
Lisa H. Shulman
<p>Lisa Shulman, M.D., is a leading developmental pediatrician who specializes in diagnosing and treating children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental and learning disabilities.</p>
<p>Dr. Shulman serves as the director of Infant Toddler Services at Montefiore’s Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC), which provides family-based diagnostic assessment and treatment services for young children who have or are suspected of having developmental delays. She also directs CERC’s RELATE program, which offers evaluation and treatment for young children with autism and ASD.</p>
<p>Her research interests include early identification of autism, healthcare disparity in autism diagnosis and management, and the use of complementary and alternative medicine in treating autism.</p>
<p>Dr. Shulman recently led a study that characterized the residual learning and cognitive needs of school-aged children whose early ASD diagnosis resolved. The study showed that most children who outgrow their autism diagnosis still struggle with emotional, behavioral or leaning difficulties later in life.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Shulman is a developmental pediatrician and a neurodevelopmental pediatrician with special expertise in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and learning disabilities. Her research interests include early identification of autism, evidence-based treatments, healthcare disparities in autism diagnosis and management, and complementary and alternative medicine usage in autism.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Shulman is the Interim Director of the Children’s Evaluation & Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is the Director of Autism Services at the program which follows over 2,000 children with autism from early childhood through adulthood and provides appropriate medical and educational services in a “one-stop shopping” model. She is also the Director of the Infant Preschool Team which provides diagnostic assessment of young children who have or are suspected of having developmental delays. She is the Director of the nationally funded Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training program at the center. Dr. Shulman is on the Autism Executive Committee of the Council on Children with Disabilities of the National American Academy of Pediatrics. She is the Centers for Disease Control Act Early Ambassador Emeritus to New York state. </p>
Early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), long-term management and treatment of ASD, diagnostic clarification of developmental and behavioral issues manifesting in infants and toddlers, early intervention, idiopathic toe-walking
Practice Emphasis: Developmental pediatrics consultation; multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluation, treatment and medical management of young children with developmental delay and/or behavioral issues; particular expertise in the early diagnosis of ASD
<p>Lisa Heidi Shulman, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, her clinical focus has been on the early identification and long-term management of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as improving access to care for our community, identification and management of early motor delays and toe walking gait. </p><p>In 1983, Dr. Shulman received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics/Psychology at Brown University. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Shulman began her postgraduate training in 1987 with a 3-year internship and residency in Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center. In 1992, she completed a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Neurodevelopment at the Rose F. Kennedy Center, Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Aligning with her clinical interests, her research also focuses on other aspects of ASD, including early diagnosis, developmental outcomes in children with an early diagnosis, comorbid medical and developmental problems, parental stress and complementary and alternative medicine usage in ASD. Dr. Shulman is involved in numerous projects involving ASD, including one that began in 2019 that aims to identify the causes of ASD by carrying out genetic testing, phenotyping, and demographic profiles on the parents of children with ASD. Her work has been shared nationally at presentations and lectures and has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, books, review articles and abstracts. She is a featured contributor for Einstein’s blog, the Doctor’s Tablet (<a href="https://blogs.einsteinmed.edu/">https://blogs.einsteinmed.edu/</a>) and has produced popular videos demonstrating baby milestones (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZSjm0drIGM">https://www.youtube.com/wa… 2008 to 2019, Dr. Shulman has been named one of “<em>New York’s Super Doctors: Best Physicians as Chosen by Their Peers</em>.” She served as the Centers for Disease Control Act Early Ambassador to New York State from 2016-2019. Dr. Shulman is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics as well as Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She sits on the National Autism Subcommittee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and is a member of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and the International Society for Autism Research.</p>
Mark Shlomovich
Albumin Dialysis
Care of children before and after solid organ transplantation
<p>Mark Shlomovich, MD, is Director, Extracorporeal Liver Support and Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Shlomovich’s clinical focus is on the care of critically ill children with abdominal organ failure, transplantation and post-surgical care. He also focuses on the safe transportation of critically ill children.</p><p>In 2006, Dr. Shlomovich earned his Bachelor of Science in biology from Towson University. He then attended University of Connecticut School of Medicine earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2010. His postgraduate training began at SUNY Downstate Medical Center with a four-year pediatric residency, where he was Chief Pediatric Resident in his final year. He then came to Children's Hospital at Montefiore for a pediatric critical care fellowship, which he completed in 2017.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich’s research interests are in the use of artificial liver support technology, as well as the care of children in liver failure before and after transplantation. In addition, he investigates the safety and efficiency of the transportation of critically ill children. He has shared his research through peer-reviewed journals and abstracts, and is an ad hoc reviewer for BMC Nephrology.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Alan J. Shapiro
Scott H. Shaffer
<p><span>Scott Shaffer, MD is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult/Liaison Service at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and is the deputy training director of the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. </span></p>
<p>Dr. Shaffer is a board member of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also chair of the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society and is a member of the Arnold P Gold Foundation Board of Trustees. </p>
Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.
<p>Samuels A, Tuvia T, Patterson D, Briklin O, <strong>Shaffer S</strong>, Walker A. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31267759/">Characteristics of Conversion Disorder in an Urban Academic Children's Medical Center. </a>Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 Jul 3; [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31267759.</p>
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<p>Denysenko L, Sica N, Penders T, Philbrick K, Walker A, <strong>Shaffer S, </strong>Zimbrean P, Freudenreich O, Rex N, Carroll B, Francis A. Catatonia in the medically ill: Etiology, Diagnosis, and treatment. The Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Evidence-based Medicine Subcommittee Monograph. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 2018:30(2), 140-155.</p>
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<p><strong>Shaffer S</strong>., Fuentes J. On or off the “Spectrum”? The complexity of screening and diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). JAACAP Connect. Volume 1 Issue 2, Fall 2014.</p>
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<p>Philip NS, <strong>Shaffer S</strong>, Banik D, Johnson B: Supportive Psychotherapy- a Crash Course for Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry 2010: 34:1, 57-60.</p>
<p>Scott Shaffer, MD, is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult-Liaison Service and Deputy Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also an Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University in 2003, Dr. Shaffer continued his education at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006. He earned his first residency in General Psychiatry from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2010 and his second residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the New York University School of Medicine in 2012.
</p><p>Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.
</p><p>Dr. Shaffer is board certified and involved in a number of committees. He is Chair of the Nominating Committee and on the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Along with being a Board Member for the New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry he is also Co-Chair of their Medical Student Subcommittee. At the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Shaffer serves as a co-chair for the Committee on Admissions, and is a member of the Clinical Skills Assessment Subcommittee, and the Child Psychiatry Executive Training Committee.
</p><p>He is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Gold Humanism Honor Society.
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Theresa M. Serra
Pediatric Medicine
<p class="MsoNormal">Theresa Serra, MD, joined the CHAM hospitalist division in 2014 after working as a pediatric hospitalist at New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. Her interests include clinical research and medical education. She has conducted an IRB approved retrospective chart review examining readmission rates in pediatric patients diagnosed with osteomyelitis. Dr. Serra is currently developing a medical Spanish curriculum for faculty members in order to improve communication between patients, families and providers. Along with Courtney McNamara, MD, Dr. Serra is a co-leader of a multidisciplinary committee dedicated to standardizing and improving quality of care for patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of failure to thrive. Dr. Serra is also working on an initiative to identify vaccine delinquency in the inpatient setting through the use of SMART reports.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Serra is also collaborating with Lindsey Douglas, MD, MSCR, in an IRB approved quality improvement (QI) project to improve transition-of-care communication between hospitalists and primary care providers and to facilitate the establishment of medical homes. Dr. Serra is also a member of a subcommittee that leads monthly journal clubs/case conferences for pediatric hospitalists.</p>