Jennifer M. McKenna
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<p>My research interest is in internal medicine/hospital medicine.</p>
<p>Allison M. Martin, MD, is an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Martin’s clinical focus centers on pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Bryn Mawr College in 2001, Dr. Martin earned her Doctor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in 2007. She completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010, followed by a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health in 2013. Following this, Dr. Martin completed an additional fellowship in pediatric neuro-oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2014.</p><p>Dr. Martin’s research focuses on high-risk group 3 and refractory medulloblastoma. Her research program focuses on uncovering new ways to harness the immune system to treat this disease. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, case reports and invited talks and panels. She has also been principal investigator and co-investigator on several funded research projects and is a reviewer for <em>Cancers</em>.</p><p>Dr. Martin is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. She is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) and the Society of Immunotherapy and Cancer (SITC). In 2021, Dr. Martin received the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellows Teaching Award from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein. She was named a “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly in 2024.</p>
<span style="caret-color:#000000;font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-size-adjust:auto;background-color:#ffffff;">Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke, Status Epilepticus, Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure, CNS Infections</span>
<span style="caret-color:#000000;font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-size-adjust:auto;background-color:#ffffff;">Intracerebral Hemorrhage</span>
<p>Rishi Malhotra, MD, is Director of Neurocritical Care, Director of the Neuroscience ICU and Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship, as well as Associate Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Neurological Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Malhotra’s clinical focus includes the critical care management of subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, acute spinal cord injury, ischemic stroke, status epilepticus, brain tumors, neuromuscular respiratory failure and central nervous system infections.</p><p>A graduate of the combined BA/MD program at Brooklyn College, Dr. Malhotra completed his Doctor of Medicine with State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center in 2004. After completing his internal medicine internship at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in 2005, Dr. Malhotra completed his three-year neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center in 2008. He then pursued a neurocritical care fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, which he completed in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Malhotra’s scholarly interests include intracerebral hemorrhage, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and status epilepticus. He has shared his work through peer-reviewed journals, books, abstracts and poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Malhotra is board certified in Neurology and Neurocritical Care. He is a member of the Neurocritical Care Society.</p>
<p>Dr. Rita J. Louard is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Director of the Clinical Diabetes Program at Montefiore Medical Center (Moses Campus), and Director of the Montefiore Diabetes Clinic. She is actively involved in clinical endocrinology—particularly diabetes—and educational programs for students, residents and fellows, and has created and participated in many educational programs on a local and national level.</p>
<p>Dr. Louard’s volunteer activities reflect her belief that communities need to work together to improve the care of people with diabetes. She was inaugural chair of the Diabetes Advisory Council, a part of the CDC-funded Georgia Diabetes Program whose mission is to reduce the burden of diabetes in Georgia, and past president of the South Coastal Regional Board of the American Diabetes Association.</p>
<p>Dr. Louard has received numerous awards for her community service, including the 2003 American Legacy Healthcare Award and JB Johnson Award for contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine by the National Medical Association. She is board certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism.</p>
<p>Dr. Louard earned a bachelor’s degree at Bryn Mawr College and a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at Yale University School of Medicine. She then joined the faculty at Yale, where she conducted research in protein metabolism and pursued a clinical interest in diabetes. She was recruited to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta to build a program in diabetes. While there, she served as Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Care Center for Medical College of Georgia. Prior to coming to Einstein, she was a faculty member of the Atlanta Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Residency Program and director of the Diabetes Metabolic Center.</p>
<p>Pediatric Endocrinology</p>
Pediatric endocrinology and thyroidology
Pediatric diabetes, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric thyroidology
<p>As a pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Lam manages and cares for children and adolescents in many areas of clinical endocrinology, including growth disorders, premature pubertal advancement or delay, diabetes, adrenal disorders, and calcium and vitamin D abnormalities, with particular interest in pediatric thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer. Besides his clinical work, Dr. Lam is actively involved in the teaching of pediatric house staff, fellows and medical students in both the hospital and the outpatient clinic settings.??? </p><p>As a clinical research scientist, Dr. Lam is actively engaged in research concerning the role of hormonal disorders in children. He has particular interest in thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer as they pertain to the pediatric population and is involved in several projects examining the methods by which thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer are generally evaluated and treated.</p>