Deborah V. York

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Deborah

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York

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Julia K. Gittler

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Julia

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Gittler

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Julia K. Gittler, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Gittler&rsquo;s clinical areas of focus include all areas of pediatric dermatology, including eczema, vascular and other birthmarks, acne, genetic skin disorders and other pediatric dermatologic conditions.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Gittler earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and graduated summa cum laude. From 2008 to 2013, she attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine and earning distinction in dermatology research through a research fellowship at the Rockefeller University. Her training also includes completion of a yearlong pediatrics internship at Cohen Children&rsquo;s Medical Center in 2014, a three-year dermatology residency at New York University in 2017 and a yearlong pediatric dermatology fellowship at Columbia University in 2018.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Following her clinical interests, Dr. Gittler&rsquo;s research focus is on pediatric dermatology. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals. She has also shared her research through poster presentations and lectures at regional and national conferences.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Dr. Gittler is certified in pediatric dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. She is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society of Pediatric Dermatology.</p>

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Lisa A. Marrero

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Lisa

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Marrero

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Margaret Levitt

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Margaret

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Levitt

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Benedict C. Wu

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Benedict

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Wu

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<p>Benedict (Benny) Wu, DO, PhD, is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Wu&rsquo;s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</p>
<p>After earning his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Wu attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning his Master of Biomedical Sciences. He later attended Rowan University, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2014 and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. His postdoctoral training began with an internship in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Northwestern University. In 2021, he completed his Dermatology residency at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.</p>

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<span style="color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">&nbsp;Dr. Wu&rsquo;s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</span>

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<span style="color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu&rsquo;s research investigates several questions. His research focus spans from his work in the clinic to the basic sciences. For example, does physical and/or emotional stress significantly exacerbate complex medical dermatoses? In the future, he hopes to examine neutrophil dysfunction at the cellular and molecular level from tissue and blood samples from neutrophil-predominant dermatoses.</span>

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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">Hopkins ZH, Wu BC, Nousari CH. Rituximab versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pemphigus Vulgaris.&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">N Engl J Med</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">. 2021;385(11):1055-1056. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2111763</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">Nousari Y, Wu BC, Tausk F. From the Caravels to the Wards: Scurvy and Schizophrenia [published online ahead of print, 2021 Jun 8].&nbsp;<em>J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry</em>. 2021;S2667-2960(21)00097-5. doi:10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.05.006</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Nousari Y, Wu BC, Valenzuela G. Successful use of baricitinib in the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis-associated Sweet syndrome [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 29].&nbsp;<span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Clin Exp Dermatol</span></span></em></span>. 2021;10.1111/ced.14712. doi:10.1111/ced.14712</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Erickson, T. R., Murphrey, M. B., Abu-Zayed, H., Wu, B., Ibler, E., Rangel, S. M., &amp; Paller, A. S. (2020). Transepidermal water loss in the orphan forms of ichthyosis.&nbsp;<span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Pediatric dermatology</span></span></em></span>,&nbsp;<span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">37</span></span></em></span>(4), 771&ndash;773. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14221</span></p&gt;

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<p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Benedict (Benny) Wu, DO, PhD, is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Wu&rsquo;s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">After earning his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, in 2006, Dr. Wu attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning his Master of Biomedical Sciences in 2007. He later attended Rowan University, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2014 and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. His postdoctoral training began with an internship in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2017, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Northwestern University in 2018. In 2021, he completed a three-year dermatology residency at Broward Health.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu&rsquo;s research investigates several questions. His research focus spans from his work in the clinic to the basic sciences. For example, does physical and/or emotional stress significantly exacerbate complex medical dermatoses? In the future, he hopes to examine neutrophil dysfunction at the cellular and molecular level from tissue and blood samples from neutrophil-predominant dermatoses. He has shared his research in many oral and poster presentations, as well as in peer-reviewed publications.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu is a member of several professional societies, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Medical Dermatology Society, the Society for Dermatological Hospitalists, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology.</p>

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Richard L. Weiner

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<p>Pediatrician, Montefiore Medical Group 2300 Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10462 718-829-1900</p>

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Karen L. Warman

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Karen

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Warman

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<p class="MsoNormal">Karen Warman, MD, MSc, provides general pediatric care for children from infancy through adolescence and teaches medical students and residents.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Warman is the founder and director of the Pediatric Preventive Asthma Care Program at Montefiore&rsquo;s Comprehensive Family Care Center. Regionally, she serves on the New York City Asthma Partnership (NYCAP) Steering Committee and co-chairs NYCAP&rsquo;s Environment Group, which focuses on attaining habitable housing for children with asthma to reduce asthma morbidity. She also serves as a consultant for the American Lung Association-Northeast and the NYC Department of Health. In the latter capacity, she trains school nurses in New York City to manage asthma in the schools.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Warman has taken a leadership role in several asthma programs. These include: serving as site leader for a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored, multi-state replication of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study (NCICAS); conducting the Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) training program; and creating, implementing and evaluating the Asthma Passport Program.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Warman graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical School and completed her residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, which is now part of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.</p>

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Dawn M. Wahezi

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Dawn

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Wahezi

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<p>Dr. Wahezi attended medical school at the University of Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore, where she stayed on as the inaugural fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology. She subsequently joined the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore and completed a Master&rsquo;s Degree in clinical research through the Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Program. Dr. Wahezi is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves as the Program Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi has a special interest in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and was awarded the Cure JM Foundation Early Investigator Award for her research in premature atherosclerosis. She has additionally established a pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Cohort and participates in a dedicated, multi-disciplinary pediatric Lupus Nephritis Clinic. Dr. Wahezi is currently engaged in several research projects within the domains of JDM and SLE, contributing to over 40 peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews and scientific abstracts.</p>
<p>Dr. Wahezi is an active member of both the JDM subcommittee and SLE subcommittee within the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and has participated in numerous observational and comparative&nbsp;effectiveness research protocols through this research consortium. &nbsp;</p>

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Dr. Wahezi has a particular research interest in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and was awarded the Cure JM Foundation Early Investigator Award for her research in premature atherosclerosis.

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<p></p>Dawn Wahezi, MD, MS, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.<br /><br />Dr. Wahezi received her Bachelor of Science from Loyola College and earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and did her residency and fellowship training at CHAM.<br /><br />Dr. Wahezi&rsquo;s clinical and research interests include juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). At CHAM, she established an interdisciplinary clinic and comprehensive patient registry for children with JDM and SLE.. Dr. Wahezi is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Rheumatology Advisory Board and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA).<p></p>

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Bernice M. Vicil

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Bernice

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Vicil

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<p>Bernice M. Vicil, MD, FAAP, is an attending physician and Instructor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Vicil&rsquo;s clinical focus is in pediatric care.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 2000, Dr. Vicil completed the Post Baccalaureate Program at State University of New York at Buffalo in 2001. She then pursued her medical education at Einstein, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2005. In 2008, she completed her pediatric internship and residency at Einstein.</p><p>Dr. Vicil is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>

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Ellen D. Teplitz

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Ellen

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Teplitz

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