Changcheng Zhu

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Changcheng

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Zhu

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Thoracic pathology, Head &amp; Neck Pathology, Gynecological Pathology and Lung Transplant Pathology<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Lung cancer<br />

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Esperanza Villanueva-Siles

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Esperanza

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Villanueva-Siles

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Kristine E. Torres-Lockhart

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Kristine

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Torres-Lockhart

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kristine Torres-Lockhart, MD, FASAM is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as the founding director of the Addiction Consult Service at Montefiore's Weiler Hospital. She is Program Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship and Co-Director of the Addiction Medicine rotation for medical trainees. An addiction medicine and internal medicine physician, she leads the development and implementation of health system interventions to improve substance use disorder (SUD) care in acute care settings and transitions of care to post-acute and ambulatory care settings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br />Dr. Torres-Lockhart provides SUD treatment, HIV/AIDS care, hepatitis C treatment, and general internal medicine care at several sites across Montefiore Medical Center, including a community health care center. She also actively teaches and supervises medical students, residents, and fellows. She is double board certified in addiction medicine and internal medicine and credentialed as an HIV specialist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine.&nbsp;<br /><br />Dr. Torres-Lockhart completed her fellowship training in addiction medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. Prior to arriving at Montefiore, she completed her residency training in internal medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women&rsquo;s Hospital in Boston, MA, where she also served as primary care chief medicine resident at the West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. She received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is the PI for a HRSA training grant and co-PI for an OASAS training grant to lead the development of educational opportunities in building the addiction medicine workforce. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the New York Society of Addiction Medicine previously as Communication Chair and now as Secretary.&nbsp;</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Singh-Tan, S., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong>, Jakubowski, A., Lu, T., Starrels, J., De Lima, P., Arnsten, J., Nahvi, S., Southern, W. (2023). Addiction Consult Service and Inpatient Outcomes Among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder. &nbsp;/J Gen Intern Med/, 1-8. doi:10.1007/s11606-023-08202-7</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jakukowski, A., Singh-Tan, S., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K</strong>., Nahvi, S., Stein, M., Fox, A. D., &amp; Lu, T. (2023). Hospital-based clinicians lack knowledge and comfort in initiating medications for opioid use disorder: opportunities for training innovation. /Addict Sci Clin Pract, 18/(1), 31. doi:10.1186/s13722-023-00386-x</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Calcaterra, S. L., Bottner, R., Martin, M., Englander, H., Weinstein, Z. M., Weimer, M. B., Lambert, E., Ronan, M., Huerta, S., Zaman, T., Ullal, M., Peterkin, A., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong>, Buresh, M., O&rsquo;Brien, M., Synder, H., Herzig, S. J. (2022). Management of opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal, and opioid overdose prevention in hospitalized adults: A systematic review of existing guidelines. /J Hosp Med, 17(9),/679-692/./doi:10.1002/jhm.12908</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong> E., Lu, T. Y., Weimer, M. B., Stein, M. R., &amp; Cunningham, C. O. (2022). Clinical Management of Opioid Withdrawal. /Addiction, 117/(9), 2540-2550. doi:10.1111/add.15818</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Cunningham, C. O., Khalid, L., Deng, Y., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong>, Masyukova, M., Thomas, S., Zhang, C., Lu, T. (2022). A comparison of office-based buprenorphine treatment outcomes in Bronx community clinics before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic. /J Subst Abuse Treat, 135/, 108641. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108641</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Joseph, G., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong>, Stein, M. R., Mund, P. A., &amp; Nahvi, S. (2021). Reimagining patient-centered care in opioid treatment programs: Lessons from the Bronx during COVID-19. /J Subst Abuse Treat, 122/, 108219. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108219</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He, L., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K.</strong>, Forster, N., Ramakrishnan, S., Greninger, P., Garnett, M. J., McDermott, U., Rothenberg, S.M., Benes, C.H., Ellisen, L. W. (2013). Mcl-1 and FBW7 control a dominant survival pathway underlying HDAC and Bcl-2 inhibitor synergy in squamous cell carcinoma. /Cancer Discov, 3/(3), 324-337. doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-12-0417</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ibrahim, Y. H., Garcia-Garcia, C., Serra, V., He, L., <strong>Torres-Lockhart, K</strong>., Prat, A., Anton, P., Cozar, P., Guzman, M., Grueso, J., Rodriguez, O., Calvo, M.T., Aura, C., Diez, O., Rubio, I.T., Perez, J., Rodon, J., Cortes, J., Ellisen, L.W., Scaltriti, M., Baselga, J. (2012). PI3K inhibition impairs BRCA1/2 expression and sensitizes BRCA-proficient triple-negative breast cancer to PARP inhibition. /Cancer Discov, 2/(11), 1036-1047. doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0348</p>

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<p>Kristine E. Torres-Lockhart, MD, FASAM, is Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program at Montefiore Einstein, Founding Director, Addiction Consult Service at Weiler Hospital and Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Torres-Lockhart is a general internist, primary care provider and addiction medicine specialist. She focuses on caring for people who use substances and people with substance use disorders, providing care in hospital settings and in outpatient clinics.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in neuroscience from Dartmouth College in 2010, Dr. Torres-Lockhart earned her Doctor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2016. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women&rsquo;s Hospital in 2019. Following this, Dr. Torres-Lockhart completed a fellowship in addiction medicine at Montefiore Einstein in 2020.</p><p>Dr. Torres-Lockhart's research focuses on evidence-based and harm-reduction-oriented strategies for addressing substance use disorder care in acute care settings, integration of addiction medicine into medical education and optimizing transitions of care for people who use drugs. She has been principal investigator and co-investigator on funded research projects and her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Torres-Lockhart has also shared her work through numerous invited presentations, abstracts and poster presentations. She is a reviewer for scientific journals, including Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment and the Journal of Hospital Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Torres-Lockhart is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine with certification in Addiction Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, board member of the New York Society of Addiction Medicine and member of the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction. In 2022, Dr. Torres-Lockhart received the President&rsquo;s Award at the New York Society of Addiction Medicine&rsquo;s Annual Conference. In 2023, she received the Quality Improvement Champion honor at the United Hospital Fund's Tribute to Excellence in Health Care and was a Rising Star Nominee for the Department of Medicine&rsquo;s Physician Recognition Awards at Montefiore Einstein.</p>

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Peter L. Tenore

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Peter

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Tenore

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1316063027

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Dr. Tenore is a Medical Director in the Division of Substance Abuse and is a wekk known figure in this field, having published in several journals and providing education in substance abuse to local and state agencies. He is an advisor to the New York State Ofice of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. He is certified in Internal Medicine and by examination in Addiction Medicine and a New York State HIV Provider. His particular interests are management of cocaine and other addictions as well as providing hepatitis C and HIV treatment in the methadone clinic setting.

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DINO-VAMP: A Helpful Acronym in Determining Optimal Methadone Dosing and Brief review of Dosing Literature, Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions, Vol.2(4).

Guidance On Optimal Methadone Dosing, Addiction Treatment Forum, Vol.12 (2).

Methadone:A Medical Model in "Innovations in Substance Abuse Treatment and Policy," Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Yale Publicatinos, New Haven, CT.

Three Oral Formulations of Methadone: A Clinical and Pharmacodynamic Comparison, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol. 17(3), Gourevitch, Hartell, Tenore, et al.

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Melissa R. Stein

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Melissa

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Stein

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Martina Stehlikova

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Martina

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Stehlikova

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1033392493

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<p>In-patient internal medicine with a special interest in hematology. Anemia, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy in hospitalised patients.</p>

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Peter Kjeld Slotwiner-Nie

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Peter

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Slotwiner-Nie

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Howard I. Sherman

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Howard

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Sherman

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Colon cancer screening<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Colon cancer screening<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Howard I. Sherman, MD, is an attending physician and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Gastroenterology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on colon cancer screening.</p><p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine at Einstein in 1973, Dr. Sherman began his postdoctoral training at Emory University. There, he completed his medical internship in 1974, his internal medicine residency in 1976 and a digestive diseases fellowship in 1978.</p><p>Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Sherman&rsquo;s research is focused on colon cancer screening.</p><p>Dr. Sherman is board certified in Gastroenterology and is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease.</p>

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Sophia N. Palmer

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Sophia

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Palmer

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<p>Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery</p>
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<p>Individualized, Patient-Centered Care</p>
<p>Uterine Fibroids, Adenomyosis, Endometriosis, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Pelvic Pain, Myofascial Pain, Endometrial polyps, Abnormal PAP Smears, Cervical Dysplasia, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Infertiilty, Vulvar disorders.</p>
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<p><strong>Palmer S</strong>, Greenburg JA. Transcervical sterilization: A comparison of Essure permanent birth control system and Adiana permanent contraception system. Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Spring;2(2):84-92.</p>
<p><strong>Palmer S</strong>, Chudnoff S, Levie M. Knowledge of Basic Electrosurgical Principles: A Survey of Surgeons Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Resident Research Day June 2008</p>
<p>AAGL 38th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Nov 2009 Levie M, Chudnoff S, <strong>Palmer S</strong>. Hysteroscopic Placement of Essure Device in an Office Setting: A Critical Analysis</p>
<p>AAGL 37th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology Nov 2008 Blackwood A, Young M, Schuchter L , Guerry D, Dhulipala R , <strong>Palmer S</strong>, Ganguly A. Multiple Primary Melanoma, Family History, and Germline Mutations in CDKN2A. 1999 ASCO Annual Meeting</p>

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Moyses Niremberg

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Moyses

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Niremberg

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