Cache M. Giacalone

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Giacalone

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Howard Geyer

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Howard

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<p>Dr. Howard Geyer is Director, Division of Movement Disorders, Montefiore, and Assistant Professor, Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.&nbsp;He received his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;He was chief resident in Neurology at Montefiore, where he also completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology.&nbsp;He completed an additional fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center.&nbsp;Dr. Geyer regularly lectures and contributes to book chapters and journal articles on a variety of neurologic topics.</p>

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Purnima Garg

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Purnima

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Garg

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<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<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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Benjamin T. Galen

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Benjamin

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Galen

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<p>Dr. Galen graduated from Brown University with honors in the biological sciences and earned an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. &nbsp;He trained in internal medicine at Yale University where he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was the class speaker at residency graduation. &nbsp;He joined Montefiore and Einstein in 2013 as a teaching attending in Hospital Medicine</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is an Associate Program Director in The Einstein/Montefiore Internal Medicine Residency Program, the Director of Firm 3 and the Director of ultrasound and procedure training. &nbsp;In 2015 Dr. Galen received the Sharon R. Silbiger Faculty Teaching Award from the Einstein residents. &nbsp;He has led hundreds of resident teaching conferences and has worked to formalize curricula for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and bedside procedures, such as lumbar puncture and paracentesis. &nbsp;Dr. Galen has taught in the EPHEM, Microbiology, and PDC classes at Einstein. &nbsp;He has led translational research on recurrent meningitis, collaborting with members of Betsy Herold's laboratory. He has co-authored over 20 original research studies. &nbsp;Dr. Galen is passionate about medical case reports and he has mentored residents and junior faculty in the process of publishing cases in a variety of venues. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is the editor-in-chief of <em>POCUS Journal (</em><a href="https://pocusjournal.com/">https://pocusjournal.com/)</a>, the world's leading peer-reviewed, open-access publication for point-of-care ultrasound. &nbsp;He teaches POCUS nationally at a variety of workshops and conferences.&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Shankar, N., Kuo, L., Krugliak Cleveland, N., Galen, B., Samel, N. S., Perez-Sanchez, A., Nathanson, R., Coss, E., Echavarria, J., Rubin, D. T., &amp; Soni, N. J. (2025). Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. <em>Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040</a></li&gt;
<li>Cool, J. A., Galen, B. T., &amp; Dancel, R. (2025). Point-counterpoint: Should hospitalists perform their own bedside procedures? <em>J Hosp Med</em>,<em> 20</em>(1), 89-93. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545</a></li&gt;
<li>Schechter, M. S., Baron, S. W., Gohari, A., Southern, W. N., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2024). Midline Catheter-Associated Thrombosis (MCAT): Does Tip Location in the Axillary Vein Increase Risk? <em>J Infus Nurs</em>,<em> 47</em>(6), 363-368. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558</a></li&gt;
<li>Singh, J., Oliver-Krasinski, J., Tauras, J., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). Systemic Amyloidosis: Is It ATTR or AL? <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 652-654. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009</a></li&gt;
<li>Johri, A. M., Glass, C., Hill, B., Jensen, T., Puentes, W., Olusanya, O., Capizzano, J. N., Dancel, R., Reierson, K., Reisinger, N., Liblik, K., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). The Evolution of Cardiovascular Ultrasound: A Review of Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Across Specialties. <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 621-628. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020</a></li&gt;
<li>Eman, G., Synn, S., Galen, B., Shah, R., Nauka, P., Hope, A. A., Congdon, S., &amp; Islam, M. (2023). Thoracic Ultrasound in COVID-19: Use of Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound in Evaluating Dyspnea in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome from COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Post-ICU Clinic. <em>Lung</em>,<em> 201</em>(2), 149-157. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., LeFrancois, D., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2022). An Introductory Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns in Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 7</em>(2), 185-186. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937</a></li&gt;
<li>Varrias, D., Palaiodimos, L., Balasubramanian, P., Barrera, C. A., Nauka, P., Melainis, A. A., Zamora, C., Zavras, P., Napolitano, M., Gulani, P., Ntaios, G., Faillace, R. T., &amp; Galen, B. (2021). The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>J Clin Med</em>,<em> 10</em>(17). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903</a></li&gt;
<li>Shah, R., Zhang, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2021). A 73-Year-Old Woman With Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest. <em>Chest</em>,<em> 160</em>(6), e665-e667. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075</a></li&gt;
<li>Koleilat, I., Galen, B., Choinski, K., Hatch, A. N., Jones, D. B., Billett, H., Indes, J., &amp; Lipsitz, E. (2021). Clinical characteristics of acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis diagnosed by duplex in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019. <em>J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord</em>,<em> 9</em>(1), 36-46. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC) Examination. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 5</em>(2), 42-45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428</a></li&gt;
<li>Merkin, R., Kruger, A., Bhardwaj, G., Kajita, G. R., Shapiro, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). Internal Medicine Resident Work Absence During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Large Academic Medical Center in New York City. <em>J Grad Med Educ</em>,<em> 12</em>(6), 682-685. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1</a></li&gt;
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Antonio C. 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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Danielle M. Fernandes

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<p>Dr. Danielle Fernandes is an assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Prior to joining Einstein, she served as the Site Director for the pediatrics clerkship at New York Medical College/Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. She joined the Einstein faculty in 2019 and in 2022, she became Course Director for the Bioethics course for medical students. She also co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at CHAM. She is interested in curriculum development and keeping our curriculum up to date with the ethical issues around us. Dr. Fernandes is a graduate of Cornell University and received her medical degree from Columbia University. She completed her residency training at New York Presbyterian at Columbia. Dr. Fernandes is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and member of the AAP Section on Bioethics subgroup.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 13pt;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chao, JY, Sugarman A, Kimura A,&nbsp;Flamer S, Jing TT,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Khine H, Shinnar S, Lo Y, Cabana MD.&nbsp; &ldquo;Factors Associated with Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.&ldquo;&nbsp;<em>Clinical Pediatrics</em>, in press.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM,&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oliveira CR, Guerguis S et al. &ldquo;Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>, 2020,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016"><span style="color: black;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Hametz PA. 50 Years Ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: Efficiency in the Pediatric Hospital Setting.&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>. 2020;220:100.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LaRosa JM,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Morris MC. The Impact of Parental Presence on Trainee Education During PICU Rounds: A Brief Report.&nbsp;<em>Hospital Pediatrics.</em>&nbsp;2019; 9(5):389-392.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Pantangi V, Azam M, Salomao M, Iuga AC, Lefkowitch JH, Gill J, Morotti R, Lavine JE, Mencin AA. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in New York City</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Journal of Pediatrics. </span></em><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2018; 200: 174-180. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Roland AR, Morris MC. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parental Opinions Regarding Waiver of Consent for Prospective Observational Research. <em>Pragmatic and Observational Research</em></span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2017; 8: 1-8. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2147%2FPOR.S126509&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">10.2147/POR.S126509</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Danielle M. Fernandes, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Fernandes is a pediatric hospitalist committed to providing patient-focused and family-centered care to children admitted to the pediatric hospital medicine service.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in human biology, health and society from Cornell University in 2010, Dr. Fernandes earned her Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University in 2014. Following this, she completed her pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University in 2017. Given her interest in bioethics, Dr. Fernandes later earned a certificate in bioethics at Montefiore Einstein in 2023.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. Her research is focused on curriculum development and medical education. She also teaches Bioethics to medical students at the medical school. Dr. Fernandes has served as Interim Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency program and has focused on efforts to improve social determinants of health screening in the inpatient hospital setting. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.</p>

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Nicole Feirsen

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<p>Nicole Feirsen, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological assessments of individuals across the lifespan. She evaluates cognitive and emotional functioning in individuals with a variety of neurological, medical, and psychiatric disorders, including dementia, stroke, cancers, autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, mood disorders, and attention disorders. Her current research is focused on the development and validation of a screening measure designed to efficiently identify cognitive impairment in a wide variety of patient populations. She earned her doctorate in clinical neuropsychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and then completed her internship in clinical neuropsychology at Northwell Health. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Montefiore Medical Center. &nbsp;</p>

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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Freilich, B. M., <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong>, Welton, E. I., Mowrey, W. B., &amp; Rubinstein, T. B. (2019). Validation of the Attention, Memory, and Frontal Abilities Screening Test (AMFAST).&nbsp;<em>Assessment</em>.&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118822734"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118822734</span></a></p&gt;
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Chacko, A., Bedard, A., Marks, D., Gopalan, G., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Uderman, J., Chimiklis, A.,Rajwan, E., Cornwell, M., Anderson, L., Zwilling, A. &amp; Ramon, M.&nbsp; (2018). Sequenced neurocognitive and behavioral parent training for the treatment of ADHD in school-age children. <em>Child Neuropsychology</em>, 24(4), 427-450. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2017.1282450 </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., Wymbs, B. T., Rajwan, E., Wymbs, F., &amp; <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong> (2017). Characteristics of parents of children with ADHD who never attend, drop out, and complete behavioral parent training. <em>Journal of Child and Family Studies</em>, 26(3), 950-960. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0618-z</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A.,Bedard, A., Marks, D., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Uderman, J., Chimiklis, A., Rajwan, E., Cornwell, M., Anderson, L., Zwilling, A. &amp; Ramon, M.&nbsp;(2014). A randomized clinical trial of Cogmed Working Memory Training in school-age children with ADHD: A replication in a diverse sample using a control condition. <em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em>, 55(3), 247-55. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12146</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., Uderman, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Bedard, AC, &amp; Marks, D. (2013). Learning and Cognitive Disorders: Multidiscipline Treatment Approaches. <em>Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America</em>, 22(3), 457-477.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong>, Bedard, A.C., Marks, D., Uderman, J., &amp; Chimiklis, A. (2013).&nbsp; Cogmed Working Memory Training for Youth with ADHD: A Closer Examination of Efficacy Utilizing Evidence Based Criteria. <em>Journal of Clinical Child &amp; Adolescent Psychology</em>, 0(0), 1-15.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Anagnostou, E., Chaplin, W., Watner, D., Silverman, J., Smith, C., Zagursky, K., Kryzak, L., Corwin, T., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Tanel, N., &amp; Hollander, E.&nbsp; (2011).&nbsp; Factor analysis of repetitive behaviors in autism as measured by the Y-BOCS.&nbsp; <em>Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience</em>, 23(3), 332-339. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Chacko, A., Newcorn, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., &amp; Uderman, J. (2010). Improving medication adherence in pediatric health conditions: A focus on ADHD in youth.&nbsp; <em>Current Pharmaceutical Design</em>. 2416 &ndash; 2423.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Hollander, E., Chaplin, W., Soorya, L., Wasserman, S., Novotny, S., Rusoff, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Pepa, L., &amp; Anagnostou, L. (2009).&nbsp; Divalproex Sodium vs. placebo for the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.&nbsp; <em>Neuropharmacology</em>.&nbsp; 1-9.</span></p>

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Sameen Farooq

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Sameen

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<p>Dr. Farooq is board certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Palliative and Hospice Medicine and Obesity Medicine. He works as a direct care Internal Medicine hospitalist at Moses campus.</p>

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Ronda L. Facchini

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Ronda

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<p>Ronda Facchini, PhD, is Director, Neuropsychology Externship Training Program at Montefiore Einstein and Instructor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Facchini's clinical focus is on clinical neuropsychology across the lifespan with a particular focus on pediatric neuropsychology.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in medical psychology from Bridgewater State College in 1983, Dr. Facchini completed medical sciences courses including physiology and chemistry at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences in 1984. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in health psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in 1995. Dr. Facchini completed an internship and post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at Montefiore in 1997.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Facchini&rsquo;s research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and neuropsychological components of medical conditions. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications and poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Facchini is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (AAPdN), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) and the New York State Association of Neuropsychology (NYSAN).</p>

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Ali Ezzati

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Ezzati

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<p>Dr. Ezzati is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. His research interest is in epidemiology, clinical trial design and development of digital health technology.&nbsp; Dr. Ezzati is the recipient of Alzheimer&rsquo;s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship (AACSF) award.&nbsp; In his research, Dr. Ezzati uses big-data from cohorts and clinical trials, and apply advanced statistical methods and Machine Learning techniques to develop predictive and diagnostic tools to improve prognosis prediction and make early diagnosis more accurate for chronic Neurological diseases such as dementia.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p>For a complete list of publications please see Dr. Ezzati's&nbsp;<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschol…; target="new">Google Scholar page</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

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