Orna Rosen
Yolanda Rivas
Dr. Rivas graduated from the University of Carabobo School of Medicine in Valencia, Venezuela, where she also spent her internship. After serving as a surgery assistant at Guerra Mendez Medical Center in Valencia, Dr. Rivas completed her Pediatric Residency at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship at Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She directs the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship Program at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
Kimberly J. Reidy
<p>Kimberly J. Reidy, MD, is Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Associate Professor at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the treatment of hypertension and childhood-onset kidney disease. She has particular interest in nephrotic syndrome and glomerular diseases, congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract, and genetic kidney diseases.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Arts in chemistry at Princeton University in 1997, Dr. Reidy attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2002. Her postdoctoral training began with a pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital of New York, NewYork-Presbyterian from 2002 to 2005. She then pursued a three-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported fellowship in pediatric nephrology at CHAM, completing it in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Reidy’s clinical research focuses on children with glomerular and chronic kidney disease, including NIH funded Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) and Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) studies of children with nephrotic syndrome. Her translational research focuses on the effect of APOL1 risk variants on preeclampsia and perinatal outcomes. Her bench research focuses on effects of developmental genes on kidney repair and fibrosis after injury. She has shared her work through many peer-reviewed journals, invited presentations, book chapters and abstracts. Dr. Reidy is also an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including <em>Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney International and the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology</em>.</p><p>Dr. Reidy is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology. She is an active member of several professional organizations including the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Section of Nephrology for the AAP. From 2016 through 2021, she has been listed among Castle Connolly Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. In 2021, she was elected to membership in the Leo M. Davidoff Society, recognizing her long-term commitment to excellence in teaching medical students.</p>
Molly O. Regelmann
Pediatric Endocrinology
<p>Dr. Regelmann is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She formerly held the same position at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she established herself for clinical excellence, being named a New York Rising Stars Super Doctor and Castle Connolly Top Doctor.</p><p>Dr. Regelmann graduated magna cum laude with high honors in research from Cornell University. She received her medical education at New York University. She completed residency training in general pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.</p>
Samuel J. Rednor
Nephrology and Critical Care.
Dr. Rednor’s research focus is in acute kidney injury (AKI), cardiac arrest, and intubation.
<p>Samuel J. Rednor, DO, is Director of Wellness, Critical Care and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is nephrology and critical care.</p><p>After earning his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013, Dr. Rednor completed his residency in internal medicine at Southampton Hospital in 2016, where he was Chief Resident for one year. He then completed his renal fellowship at Montefiore in 2018, where he was Chief Renal Fellow during his last year. Dr. Rednor went on to complete an additional fellowship at Montefiore in critical care, which he completed in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Rednor’s research focus is in acute kidney injury (AKI), cardiac arrest, and intubation. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and he has given multiple lectures and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Rednor is board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). In 2018, Dr. Rednor won the Sharon R. Silbiger Teaching Award for excellence in teaching and in recognition as Outstanding Fellow of the Year from Einstein.</p>
Amanda C. Raff
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Raff is a Professor of Medicine and the Associate Chair of Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Education. She has been the Course Director for the Einstein first year medical student Renal System Course since 2007 and the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Acting Internship Director since 2012.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Cambria;">Dr. Raff’s contributions in the field of Medical Education include serving as a Case Editor for Aquifer Internal Medicine, contributing author and reviewer for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) curriculum revision and MKSAP 19 Nephrology section committee member.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 15.6pt;">She has been recognized for her teaching excellence at Einstein with the Samuel M. Rosen Outstanding Teacher Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching, the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching, the Harry H. Gordon Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching and membership in the Leo M. Davidoff Society.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Raff received a bachelor's degree in biology from Indiana University and a MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital and a chief resident year at NYU Downtown Hospital. She returned to Einstein/Montefiore for a Nephrology Fellowship and joined the Einstein Division of Nephrology faculty in 2004.</p>
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)<br />Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)<br />End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD, ESRD)<br />Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)<br />Glomerular diseases<br />Hypertension<br />Electrolyte Disorders<br />Kidney Stones<br />
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<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">1. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: #212121;">Fitz M, Adams W, Haist S, Hauer K, Ross P, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Agarwal G, Vu T, Appelbaum J, Lang V, Miller C, Grum C and the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine – National Board of Medical Examiners EXPRESS Study Group. Which Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics Are Associated With Students' Performance on the NBME Medicine Subject Exam? A Multi-Institutional Analysis. <em>Acad Med</em>. 2020;10.1097/ACM.0000000000003322 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 17]. </span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: #212121;">2. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">Brien K (Author), Calvo L (Associate editor), <strong>Raff A</strong> (Case editor). <em>Aquifer Internal Medicine Case 33: 49-year-old woman with confusion</em>. 2019 </span><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: #3366ff;">https://www.aquifer.org</span></u></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: #212121;">3. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">Khan M, Gil N, Lin W, Fiter R, Kenawy D, Burton W, <strong>Raff A</strong>. The impact of Step 1 scores on medical students’ residency specialty choice. <em>Med Sci Educ.</em> 28(4): 699-705. 2018.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">4. Ludwig A, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Lin J, Schoenbaum E. Group Observed Structured Encounter (GOSCE) for third year medical students improves self-assessment of clinical communication. <em>Medical Teacher</em> 39(9): 931-5. 2017.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">5. Golestaneh L, Neugarten J, Southern W, Kargoli F, <strong>Raff A</strong>. Improving the diagnostic workup of hyponatremia in the setting of kidney disease: a continuing medical education (CME) initiative. <em>Int Urol Nephrol</em> 49(3): 491-7. 2017</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">6. Czapka M, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Risley M. Safe Transitions: An active learning module for discharge summaries and interprofessional care. <em>MedEdPORTAL iCollaborative</em>. 2017</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">7. Tanenbaum, E, Johnson J, Jordan, E, Cottral J, Tenore C, Burton W, McGinn A<strong>, Raff A</strong>. An effective evidence-based student run near-peer support group for the USMLE Step 1 Exam. <em>Med Sci Educ</em>. 26(4): 691-9. 2016</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">8. Ludwig A, Lee R, Parish S, <strong>Raff A</strong>. Four-station group observed structured clinical encounter for formative assessment of communication skills for internal medicine clerks. <em>MedEdPORTAL Publications</em>. 12:10444. 2016 </span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">9. Chen W, Melamed M, Hostetter T, Bauer C, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Almudevar A, Lalonde A, Messing S, Abramowitz M. Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate on fibroblast growth factor-23 in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study. <em>BMC Nephrol</em>. 17(1): 114. doi: 10.1186/s12882-016-0331-6. 2016</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">10. Jion Y, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Grosberg B, Evans R. The risk and management of kidney stones from the use of topiramate and zonisamide in migraine and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. <em>Headache</em>. 55(1): 161-6. 2015</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">11. Jion Y, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Grosberg B, Evans R. Topiramate and nephrolithiasis: a response. <em>Headache</em>. 55(5): 710-2. 2015</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">12. Abramowitz, M, Melamed M, Bauer C, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Hostetter T. Effects of oral sodium bicarbonate in patients with CKD. <em>Clin J Am Soc Nephrol</em>. 8(5): 714-20. 2013</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">13. Berman N, Lectura M, Thurman J, Reinecke J, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Melamed M, Quan Z, Evans T, Meyer T, Hostetter T. A zebrafish model for uremic toxicity: role of the complement pathway. <em>Blood Purif</em>. 35(4): 265-9. 2013</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">14. Bomback A, <strong>Raff A</strong>. Olfactory function in dialysis patients: a potential key to understanding the uremic state. <em>Kidney Int</em>. 80(8): 803-5. 2011</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">15. Ponda M, Quan Z, Melamed M, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Meyer T, Hostetter T. Methylamine clearance by haemodialysis is low. <em>Nephrol Dial Transplant</em>. 25(5): 1608-13. 2010</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">16. <strong>Raff A</strong>, Lieu S, Melamed M, Quan Z, Ponda M, Meyer T, Hostetter T. Relationship of Impaired Olfactory Function in ESRD to Malnutrition and Retained Uremic Molecules. <em>Am J Kidney Dis</em>. 52(1): 102-10. 2008</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">17. <strong>Raff A</strong>, Meyer T, Hostetter T. New Insights into uremic toxicity. <em>Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens</em>. 17(6): 560-5. 2008</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">18. Susztak K, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Schiffer M, Bottinger E. Glucose – induced reactive oxygen species cause apoptosis of podocytes and podocyte depletion at the onset of diabetic nephropathy. <em>Diabetes</em>. 55(1): 225-33. 2006</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">19. Schiffer M. Susztak K, Ranalletta M, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Bottinger E, Charron M. Localization of the GLUT8 transporter in murine kidney and regulation in vivo in non-diabetic and diabetic conditions. <em>Am J Physiol Renal Physiol</em>, 289(1): F186-193. 2005</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">20. <strong>Raff A</strong>, Hebert T, Pullman J, Coco M. Crescentic post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome in the adult: is aggressive therapy warranted? <em>Clinical Nephrology</em>, 63(5): 375-380. 2005</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">21. Spector M, <strong>Raff A</strong>, DeSilva H, Lee K, Osley M. Hir1p and Hir2p function as transcriptional corepressors to regulate histone gene transcription in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae </em>cell cycle. <em> Molecular and Cellular Biology</em>, 17(2): 545-552. 1997</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">22. Recht J, Dunn B, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Osley M. Functional analysis of histone H2A and H2B in transcriptional repression in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology</em>, 16(6): 2545-2553<em>.</em> 1996</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">23. Kopczynski J, <strong>Raff A</strong>, Bonner J. Translational readthrough at nonsense mutations in the <em>HSF1</em> gene of <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae. </em> <em>Molecular and General Genetics</em>, 234: 369-378. 1992</span></p>
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<p>Amanda C. Raff, MD, is Attending Physician, Professor and Associate Chair of Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Education at Montefiore-Einstein. She is also the co-director of the Montefiore-Einstein Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Program. Dr. Raff’s clinical focus is on dialysis and the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science in biology at Indiana University, Dr. Raff completed her Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earning her degree in 1998. Her postdoctoral training began at New York Presbyterian Hospital with an internship and residency in internal medicine from 1998 through 2001. She was assistant chief resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2000 and chief resident at New York University Downtown Hospital from 2001 to 2002. She then returned to Montefiore-Einstein to complete a two-year fellowship in nephrology in 2004.</p><p>Dr. Raff’s research focuses on medical education. She has been the Course Director for the Einstein medical student Renal Course since 2007 and the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Acting Internship Director since 2012. Dr. Raff’s contributions in the field of Medical Education include serving as a Nephrology section committee member for the American College of Physicians’ Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 and 20 as well as prior work as a Case Editor for Aquifer Internal Medicine and contributing author and reviewer for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) curriculum revision.</p><p>An enthusiastic medical educator, Dr. Raff has received several awards for her teaching and in 2010 was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students. She is board certified and is a member the American Society of Nephrology and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.</p>
Jonathan L. Panitch
Deborah Orsi
Sarah E. Norris
Pediatrics Hospice & Palliative Medicine<span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:#252525;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:#ffffff;"></span>
Dr. Norris's research focus is on primary palliative care education and family decision making regarding medical technology.
<p>Sarah Evans Norris, MD, MEd, is Director of the Quality in Life Team and Director of Pediatric Palliative Care at Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. </p><p>Dr. Norris earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Loyola University Chicago in 1993 receiving the Gladys Kinnery Clinical Excellence award. As a nurse she worked around the globe including as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco before pursuing medical school at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. She completed the Fifth Pathway Program through New York Medical College and embarked on her pediatrics internship at the University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey. She finished her residency at the Medical College of Georgia where she was named Resident of the Year. Following residency she completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine and a masters in medical education at Cincinnati Children?s Medical Center. After several years in practice she returned to Cincinnati Children?s to complete a second fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Norris is Board Certified in General Pediatrics and in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.</p> <p>Dr. Norris? research focus is on primary palliative care education and family decision making regarding medical technology. She has given numerous presentations nationally and has a wide range of teaching experience with both adults and children internationally. In 2018 she received the Lewis Fraad Excellence in Resident Teaching Award. When she is not at CHAM you can find her running.</p>