Lauren Gluck

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Lauren

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Gluck

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<p>After receiving her medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Dr. Gluck completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center and then her neuroimmunology fellowship at Yale University. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system.</p>

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Diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system

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Clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis

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<p>Lauren Gluck, MD, is the Director of the Montefiore Multiple Sclerosis Center and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on neuroimmunological diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord, including adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis and autoimmune encephalitis.</p><p>In 2010, Dr. Gluck received her Bachelor of Science in biology and community health at Tufts University. She went on to University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. She completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in 2018, followed by a clinical fellowship in neuroimmunology at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Gluck&rsquo;s research focus is on the clinical outcomes of multiple sclerosis as well as medical education. She has presented her work at several national and international meetings and has published original communications in many reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Gluck has received many recognitions, including the American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology in 2014, and becoming a Consortium of MS Centers Mentorship Forum Scholar in 2018. She is board certified in neurology and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Neurology and the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies.</p>

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Purnima Garg

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Purnima

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Garg

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1639107816

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<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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Antonio C. Fojas, Jr.

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Antonio

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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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Sameen Farooq

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Sameen

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Farooq

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Ruffaida Diwan

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Ruffaida

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Diwan

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1598058851

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Gina N. Cassel

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Gina

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Cassel

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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<p>Gina Cassel-Choudhury, DO, is Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Quality &amp; Safety Council, Assistant Medical Director, Patient Safety, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Montefiore Einstein. Her focus at CHAM is a multidisciplinary approach to the introduction and maintenance of quality improvement initiatives which promote patient safety.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science in 2003, Dr. Cassel-Choudhury attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Osteopathy in 2007. She began her postgraduate training with an internship and residency at North Shore-LIJ, Cohen Children&rsquo;s Hospital from 2007 to 2010. Following this, she came to CHAM for a three-year fellowship in pediatric critical care, which she completed in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury&rsquo;s research focus revolves around the standardization, implementation and maintenance of guidelines to optimize patient safety. Such work has included a protocol for enteral feeding of patients on high-flow nasal cannula, a standardized algorithm to prevent iatrogenic drug withdrawal and protocol-driven management of convulsive status epilepticus. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care, Section on Pediatrics. She is also a member of the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) network.</p>

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Anthony J. Carlese

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Anthony

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Carlese

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<p>Dr. Carlese is the Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit on the Moses campus.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998.</p>
<p>Dr. Carlese is board-certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine as well as neurocritical care and Internal Medicine.&nbsp; He has over 10 years of experience as an intensivist, primarily in cardiothoracic Critical Care.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society, and is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.</p>
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<li><em>Medical Director of the Montefiore/Einstein adult Extracorporeal Life Support Program</em> (ECMO).&nbsp; Dr. Carlese has lectured extensively on the use of ECMO for patients with both cardiac and respiratory failure (ARDS) throughout the metro NYC area.&nbsp;</li>
<li><em>Medical Director of the Adult Critical Care Physician Assistant Program</em>.</li>
<li><em>Co-Director of K608</em>, the medical student elective in Critical Care Medicine for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</li>
<li><em>Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy</em>, Moses Campus.</li>
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<li>care of patients after coronary bypass surgery and complex valvular procedures.</li>
<li>care of patients with newest generation of mechanical assist devices.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Complex hemodynamic monitoring, both invasive and non-invasive.&nbsp;</li>
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Dr. Carlese's clinical focus is cardiac surgery intensive care, ECMO support and ARDS.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Carlese's research focus is clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery and ECMO support programs, along with the use of advanced technologies such as virtual reality devices in managing post operative pain and delerium prevention.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Anthony Carlese, DO, is Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is cardiac surgery intensive care, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Villanova University in 1987, Dr. Carlese earned his Doctor of Osteopathy at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991. He then completed an internship at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in 1992. Following this, Dr. Carlese completed a categorical internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in 1995. He completed a pulmonary fellowship at Albany Medical Center in 1997 before finishing a critical care medicine fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 1998.</p><p>Dr. Carlese&rsquo;s research focuses on clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery and ECMO support programs, along with the use of advanced technologies such as virtual reality devices in managing postoperative pain and delirium prevention. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters and review articles. He has also presented his work across the country.</p><p>Dr Carlese is board certified in Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Specialties. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and member of the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.</p>

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Irida Balili

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Irida

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Balili

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Christopher P. Avanzato

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Daniel Antoniello

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Daniel

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<p>Dr. Antoniello is a board-certified vascular neurologist and behavioral neurologist. He is director of the vascular neurology training fellowship. He completed his vascular neurology training at Columbia University, and cognitive neurology at the University of Florida. He completed his neurology training at Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Antoniello specializes in the clinical care of stroke patients and disorders of cognition. His research interest concentrates on the overlap between stroke and cognition.</p>

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<p><strong>Antoniello D</strong>, Patel NR, Ladsaria SS. Three-Dimensional Vascular Maps of the Anterior Choroidal Artery Territory. Stroke 2023</p>
<p><strong>Antoniello D</strong>, Fernandez-Torres J. Three-Dimensional Vascular Maps of the Thalamus. Stroke 2023.</p>
<p>Nelson EA, Ghosh D, Pineda DM, <strong>Antoniello D</strong>. Auditory Hallucinations Associated With an Arteriovenous Malformation of the Brain. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2022 Winter;34(1):89-92.</p>
<p><strong>Antoniello D</strong>, Milstein MJ, Dardick J, Fernandez-Torres J, Lu J, Patel, Esenwa C. Altered mental status in COVID-19. J Neurol 2022 Jan;269(1):12-18.</p>
<p><strong>Antonello D</strong>, Gottesmen R. The phenomenology of anosognosia for hemiplegia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019. Summer; 32(3):259-265.</p>
<p><strong>Antoniello D</strong>, Gottessman R. Limb Misidentification: A Clinical-Anatomical Prospective Study.&nbsp; J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017 Summer;29 (3): 284-288</p>
<p>Jablonski K, <strong>Antoniello</strong>. Teaching video neuroimages: callosal apraxia: a straightforward model of ideomotor apraxia. Neurology. 2013 May 28;80 (22):e239<br /><br /><strong>Antoniello D</strong>, Kluger BM, Sahlein DH, Heilman KM.&nbsp; Phantom limb after stroke: an underreported phenomenon.&nbsp; Cortex, 2009 Oct Epub.<br /><br />Lazar RM, <strong>Antoniello D</strong>. Variability in recovery from aphasia. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2008 Nov;8(6):497-5</p>
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<p>Antonello D, Gottesmen. The phenomenology of anosognosia for hemiplegia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019. Summer (in press)</p>
<p>Antoniello D, Gottessman R. Limb Misidentification: A Clinical-Anatomical Prospective Study.&nbsp; J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017 Summer;29 (3): 284-288</p>
<p>Jablonski K, Antoniello. Teaching video neuroimages: callosal apraxia: a straightforward model of ideomotor apraxia. Neurology. 2013 May 28;80 (22):e239<br /><br />Antoniello D, Kluger BM, Sahlein DH, Heilman KM.&nbsp; Phantom limb after stroke: an underreported phenomenon.&nbsp; Cortex, 2009 Oct Epub.<br /><br />Lazar RM, Antoniello D. Variability in recovery from aphasia. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2008 Nov;8(6):497-5</p>

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