Andrea Rich
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<p>Marina Reznik, MD, MS is Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a general pediatrician and a child health researcher at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). Her research focuses on development and evaluation of community-, clinic- and school-based interventions to improve the health care services and outcomes for children with chronic diseases such as asthma. Dr. Reznik teaches and mentors medical students, residents and post-doctoral students. Dr. Reznik’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, AHRQ, American Lung Association, New York State Health Foundation, and many private foundations. Dr. Reznik is an author of over 80 articles, book chapters and editorials and her research has been presented both nationally and internationally. </p>
Dr. Reznik is a general pediatrician. She provides clinical care to pediatric patients at the Family Care Center and has a special interest in management of asthma.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr. Reznik's research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of community, clinic, and school-based interventions to improve the health care services and outcomes for patients with asthma and other chronic diseases. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), AHRQ, American Lung Association, New York State Health Foundation, and many private foundations.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Marina Reznik, MD, MS, is Attending Physician at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on pediatrics.</p><p>In 1995, Dr. Reznik earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She then attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine in 2000. She continued at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for her postgraduate training, completing a three-year residency in Social Pediatrics in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she was a clinical research fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earning her Master of Science in Clinical Research in 2005.</p><p>Dr. Reznik’s research focuses on the development and evaluation of community-, clinic- and school-based interventions to improve the healthcare services and outcomes for children with asthma. She is an author of over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and editorials, and her research has been presented both nationally and internationally. </p><p>In 2019, Dr. Reznik was selected for the New York Super Doctors list in <em>New York Times Magazine</em>. She is board certified and is a member of several professional associations, including the Society for Pediatric Research and the Academic Pediatrics Association.</p>
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar completed a medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Meidcine and residency in Brown University's family practice program.</p>
<p><strong>Professional Background</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar was a staff physician from 1991 to 1999 at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care in Central Falls, RI, a one-mile square community of mostly Latino immigrants. There, he helped coordinate a newly established outpatient training site for one quarter of Brown's family medicine residents, and served as part-time clinical faculty and preceptor for the department. Additionally he served as medical director of the health center, a federally Section 330-funded organization, which included a school-based health center at a local high school. He joined Montefiore Einstein as a faculty member in 1999.</p>
<p><strong>Clinical Practice</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Mark Polisar is currently based at the Williamsbridge site, where he sees family medicine patients. He coordinates the Williamsbridge Task Force (an interdisciplinary group that helps with the oversight of processes and workflows at the health center).</p>
<p><strong>Teaching Activity</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar precepts residents and serves as the site coordinator for the 3rd-year family medicine medical student clerkship and 4th-year medical student family medicine ambulatory elective.</p>
<p>Dr. Polisar's teaching interests include:</p>
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<li>Primary Care</li>
<li>Clinical administration of community health centers</li>
<li>Integration of residency education into community health centers</li>
<li>Optimal use of the EMR for use in patient care in the outpatient setting</li>
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<p><strong>Community Health</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar coordinates the Williamsbridge CATCH Initiative (Collective Action to Transform Community Health), a community intervention in the Williamsbridge area with the intent to improve the health and nutritional options for patients at high risk for sequelae of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.</p>
<p><strong>Adminstrative Activity</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar is the chair of the Montefiore Medical Group Peer Review Committee, participates in related quality improvement for Montefiore Medical Group, and participates on several committees to help with the transition from cEMR to EPIC.</p>
<p><strong>Research Interests</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Polisar is interested in community intervention for patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.</p>
The clinical focus is on Quality improvement, Peer Review, administrative committee work,, community health, and medical student rotation oversight.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Oversee medical students whom that have an ongoing Quality Improvement project that is handed from group to group every six weeks, resulting in abstracts that can be presented at academic meetings. Most of the focus has been on practice changes related to COVID, including telehealth impacts and COVID vaccines.
<p>Providing pediatric primary care with an emphasis on preventive care, especially obesity. Interest in medical education and developing resident curicula.</p>
Dr. Parekh's clinical focus is caring for children in the Montefiore community, including preventative medicine, developmental and educational growth, mental health concerns and addressing acute and chronic illness. <quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Jillian Parekh, MD, is an Attending Physician in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is caring for children in the Montefiore community, including preventative medicine, developmental and educational growth, mental health concerns and addressing acute and chronic illness. Dr. Parekh joined Montefiore in 2011.</p><p>Dr. Parekh attended Brown University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Biomedical Ethics. In 2005, she received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at CHAM and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, becoming Chief Resident in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Parekh’s academic focus is on medical education. She has spoken at many presentations nationally, helping train and educate future pediatricians.</p><p>She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and a member of the Academic Pediatric Association.</p>
<p>Dr. Oyeku is Chief of the Division of Academic General Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). She is also Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Oyeku manages the clinical, research, advocacy and educational missions of the division in addition to being responsible for faculty and staff development. </p>
<p>Dr. Oyeku is a general pediatrician with expertise in health services research, implementation science and the use of quality improvement methods to disseminate effective care strategies and improve care and patient outcomes for children with chronic diseases such as sickle cell disease. Dr. Oyeku’s clinical activities are focused on providing pediatric primary care and inpatient care at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Oyeku also has expertise providing specialized care to children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.</p>
<p>Dr. Oyeku’ s research activities are focused on understanding health services utilization patterns and improving the quality of care for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Dr. Oyeku also serves as Medical Director for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program National Coordinating Center at the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ). (<a href="https://www.nichq.org/project/sickle-cell-disease-treatment-demonstrati…;)</p>
<p>On a regional and national level, Dr. Oyeku has also served on advisory panels and committees focused on sickle cell disease and improving healthcare quality for children and adolescents. She completed a three year term as the Treasurer for the Academic Pediatrics Association, a professional society representing 2,000 child health providers in the US.</p>
<p>She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biomedicine from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City College of New York. Dr. Oyeku received her medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency training at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Oyeku also completed fellowship training at the Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She received her Master’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in clinical effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a graduate of the <em>Hedwig van Ameringen </em>Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), a program of Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Oyeku is also actively engaged in community education activities and serves as an ordained deacon at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, NY.</p>
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<p>Dr. Oyeku, is a general pediatrician who has expertise in health services research. She has focused her career on improving care and outcomes for children with chronic diseases, such as sickle cell disease. Dr. Oyeku is actively engaged in community education and advocacy.</p>
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<p class="DataField11pt-Single"><strong>Selected List of Publications below:</strong></p>
<p>1. Grosse SD, Boulet SL, Amendah D, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>. Administrative Datasets and Health Services Research on Hemoglobinopathies. <em>American Journal of Preventive Medicine</em>. <em>2010; 38(4S) S557-S567</em></p>
<p>2. Raphael JL, Mueller BU. Mueller, Kowalkowski MA,<strong> Oyeku SO</strong>, Shorter Hospitalization Trends Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease. <em>Pediatr Blood Cancer</em><em>. 2012 Oct; 59(4):679-84. </em>Epub 2012 Jan 4.</p>
<p class="details">3<strong>. </strong>Wang Y,Kennedy J, Caggana M, Zimmerman R, Thomas S, Berninger J, Harris K, Green NS, <strong>Oyeku S</strong>, Hulihan M, Grant AM, Grosse SD. Sickle Cell Disease Incidence among Newborns in New York State by Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Nativity<strong>. </strong><em>Genet Med</em><em>. 2013 Mar; 15(3):222-8.Epub 2012 Sep 27. </em></p>
<p class="details">4.<strong> Oyeku SO, </strong>Driscoll MC, Cohen HW, Trachtman R, Pashankar F, Mullen C, Giardina PJ, Velazco N, Racine AD, Green NS<strong>. </strong>Parental and Other Factors Associated with Hydroxyurea Use for Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease.<em>Pediatr Blood Cancer</em><em>. </em>2013 Apr; 60(4):653-8. Epub <em>2012 Nov 5</em></p>
<p><em>5.</em>Wang WC, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>, Luo Z, Boulet SL, Miller ST, Casella JF, Fish B, Thompson BW, Grosse SD; for the BABY HUG Investigators. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23999955">Hydroxyurea Is Associated With Lower Costs of Care of Young Children With Sickle Cell Anemia.</a> <em>Pediatrics</em>.2013 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print]</p>
<p>6.Raphael JL, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24319216">Sickle cell disease pain management and the medical home.</a> Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2013; 2013:433-8.</p>
<p>7. Developing a Unified Approach for Sickle Cell Disease. Supplement to American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Guest Editors: <strong>Suzette O. Oyeku</strong>, Jean L. Raphael, Cynthia H. Cassell and Mary M. Hulihan. Volume 51(1) Supplement 1. July 2016 <a href="https://www.ajpmonline.org/issue/S0749-3797(16)X0014-1?code=amepre-site…;
<p>8. Faro EZ. Wang CJ. <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>. Quality of Care Indicator Development for Follow-up of Positive Screens for Sickle Cell Disease. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016 Jul; 51(1 Suppl 1):S48-54</p>
<p>9.Frost JR, Cherry RK, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>, Faro E, Crosby L, Britto M, Tuchman L, Horn I, Homer C, Jain A. Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health Information Technology. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016 Jul;51(1 Suppl 1): S17-23</p>
<p>10. Homer CJ, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>. Sickle Cell Disease: A Roadmap for Getting to Excellence Everywhere. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2016 Jul;51(1 Suppl 1): S3-4</p>
<p>11. Brown NM,Brown SN, Briggs RD, German M, Belamarich PF, <strong>Oyeku SO</strong>, <strong> </strong>Associations between adverse childhood experiences and ADHD diagnosis and severity. <em>Academic Pediatrics </em>2017 May - Jun; 17(4):349-355</p>
<p>12.Fuller A, Messito MJ, Mendelsohn AL, <strong>Oyeku SO,</strong> Gross RS. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29729425">Prenatal Material Hardships and Infant Regulatory Capacity at 10 Months Old in Low-Income Hispanic Mother-Infant Pairs.</a> Acad Pediatr. 2018 Nov-December; 18(8):897-904; Epub 2018 May 2.</p>
<p class="xmsonormal">13. Crosby, LE, Walton, A, Shook, LM, Ware, RE, Treadwell, M, Saving, KL, Britto, M, Peugh, J, McTate, E, <strong>Oyeku, S,</strong> Nwankwo, C, & Brinkman, WB. Development of a Hydroxyurea Decision Aid for Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Anemia<em>. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology</em>. 2018 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print] </p>
<p>Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician and health services researcher. She is Associate Division Chief for Academic Affairs within the division of general pediatrics at CHAM. In this capacity, she oversees a broad array of activities, including stewardship of divisional research initiatives and faculty development activities.</p><p>In addition to general pediatrics, Dr. Oyeku has particular interest in Quality Improvement, sickle cell disease, and faculty development and community education activities.</p><p>Since 2008, Dr. Oyeku has served as Co-Director of Pediatric Grand Rounds at CHAM.</p><p>Dr. Oyeku received her MD from NYU School of Medicine and her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center.</p><p>She also completed a Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program at Boston Children's Hospital.</p><p>Dr. Oyeku was a recipient of the Dean’s Award for Community Service from Harvard Medical School.</p>
Family Medicine
<p>Dr Chris Oh is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director for Recruitment for the family medicine residency in the Montefiore-Einstein Department of Family and Social Medicine. He serves as the Buprenoprhine Champion at Williamsbridge Family Practice which provides primary-care based buprenorphine maintenance therapy. He is involved in both inpatient and outpatient medical education including teaching outpatient primary care procedures. Dr Oh graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine and completed his residency training at Cleveland Clinic where he served as chief resident. </p>
Family Medicine
<p><strong>Education & Training</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School<br />Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Family Medicine)</p>
<p><strong>Professional Activity</strong></p>
<p>Health systems, evidence based medicine practice management, health care reform, ambulatory primary care.</p>
Family Medicine
Family Medicine
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<p>Dr. Mayers has been a Bronx pediatrician for many years. In 2011 she was recognized as one of New York City’s best primary care doctors by <em>New York Magazine</em> and one of the premier infectious diseases specialist by <em>New York Times Magazine</em>. She counts as her greatest achievement the relationships that she has developed with the children of the Bronx and their families, in some instances over two generations.</p>