Katherine M. O'Connor

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Katherine

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O'Connor

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<p>1) Improve the quality of the patient experience at Montefiore, eg. new project to improve comfort during routine phlebotomy at CHAM.</p>

<p>2) Infant and toddler feeding patterns as windows into the origins of pediatric obesity; specifically encouraging breastfeeding and preventing excessive milk consumption.</p>

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<span style="background-color:#ffffff;"></span>Research and quality improvement efforts are focused on pain control, topical anesthetic use for venipuncture and improving the patient experience.<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;"></span>

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<p>Katherine O&rsquo;Connor, MD, is an Associate Director in the Division of Hospital Medicine and an Attending Pediatric Hospitalist at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. O&rsquo;Connor joined Montefiore in 2007.</p><p>Dr. O&rsquo;Connor received her Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Neuroscience in 1999 from Harvard University. In 2003, she received her Medical Doctorate from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. O&rsquo;Connor attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 2003 to 2007 where she completed an internship and residency in pediatrics.</p><p>Dr. O&rsquo;Connor is an advocate for patient and family comfort. Her research and quality improvement efforts are focused on pain control, topical anesthetic use for venipuncture and improving the patient experience. She is currently working on a study to help educate families about firearm injury prevention in the inpatient setting. Dr. O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s work has been published in multiple manuscripts and book chapters. </p><p>Dr. O&rsquo;Connor is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>

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Joanne M. Nazif

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Joanne

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Nazif

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1831277334

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11356

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<p>Pediatric hospital medicine.&#160;</p>

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Dr. Nazif&rsquo;s clinical research focuses on resource utilization in the inpatient management of pediatric respiratory illnesses.&nbsp;

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<p>Joanne M. Nazif, MD, is an Attending Physician in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Nazif leads hospital-wide initiatives that prioritize patient and family-centered care.</p><p>Dr. Nazif graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Nazif joined Montefiore in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Nazif&rsquo;s clinical research focuses on resource utilization in the inpatient management of pediatric respiratory illnesses. Her work has been published in multiple book chapters and reviewed journals. She has been invited to speak at presentations and workshops.</p><p>Dr. Nazif is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2006.</p>

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Courtney A. McNamara

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Courtney

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McNamara

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1265871008

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14288

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<p>Courtney McNamara, MD, is Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on pediatric hospital medicine, with a particular interest in resident education and mentorship.</p><p>In 2006, Dr. McNamara received her Bachelor of Science at James Madison University. She pursued her medical education at New York Medical College, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2010. She then came to CHAM for her postgraduate training, completing her pediatric residency in 2013.</p><p>Dr. McNamara&rsquo;s research focuses on improving the patient experience. She is a co-investigator in a grant funded project investigating communication with hospitalized patients with limited English proficiency, and her body of research includes quality improvement research studies focused on improving inpatient pediatric comfort and decreasing painful experiences. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, poster presentations and platform presentations.</p><p>Dr. McNamara is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2023, Dr. McNamara was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society.</p>

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John J. McGinley

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John

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McGinley

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<p>Dr. John McGinley is Assistant Professor in Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Director of Neuropsychology at the Montefiore Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.&nbsp; He is a Licensed Psychologist/Clinical Neuropsychologist in the Montefiore Department of Neurology.&nbsp; Dr. McGinley completed his clinical psychology internship in adult and pediatrics at St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center on Long Island and earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University where he annually guest lecturer's on the topics of Epilepsy.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Mandge V, Correa DJ, <strong>McGinley J</strong>, Boro A, Legatt AD, Haut SR. Factors associated with patients not proceeding with proposed resective epilepsy surgery.&nbsp;<em>Seizure</em>, 91:402-408. (2021)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #201f1e; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Dobrowolski C, <strong>McGinley J</strong>, Fazzari M, Su J, Bingham KS, Anderson N, Ruttan L, Beaton DE, Wither JE, Tartaglia MC, Kakvan M, Bonilla D, Choi MY, Fritzler MJ, Diaz-Martinez JP, Katz P, Green R, Putterman C, Touma Z. (First Published online 9/22/2022). &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #2a2a2a; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Association of mycophenolate and azathioprine use with cognitive function in systemic lupus.&nbsp; <em>Rheumatology, 62</em>(5): 1860-1869 (2023)</span></p>

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<p>John McGinley, PhD, FAES, is Director, Neuropsychology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Management Center at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. McGinley's clinical focus includes the presurgical neuropsychological assessment of adults and children with epilepsy, the multidisciplinary administration of the Wada procedure and the facilitation of intraoperative language mapping. He also performs presurgical neuropsychological evaluations of patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, such as dystonia and essential tremor to assist with the determination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) suitability. Dr. McGinley also conducts brief neuropsychological evaluations for the assessment of dementia at the Center for the Aging Brain (CAB) as part of a multidisciplinary team of Neurologists, Geriatricians and Neuropsychologists.</p><p>After he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Saint Peter's College in 1989, Dr. McGinley earned his Master of Science in applied psychology with a research concentration from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1992. He earned his Master of Social Work at the City University of New York in 1996 and combined his clinical and research interests through the attainment of a scientist-practitioner Doctor of Philosophy in clinical health psychology at Yeshiva University. in 2001. Dr. McGinley completed his psychology internship at St. Charles Hospital &amp; Rehabilitation Center in 2001, with postdoctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology at private practices in Long Island and New Jersey in 2007.</p><p>Dr. McGinley&rsquo;s research focuses on epilepsy surgery outcomes, the impact of deep brain stimulation, the identification of biomarkers for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), shared cognitive pathways in epilepsy and autism and the impact of medications on neurological diseases such as systemic lupus. Dr. McGinley is a co-investigator for the Montefiore Einstein research project, &ldquo;Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on Cognitive and Emotional Behaviors,&rdquo; and is a collaborator on another project titled &ldquo;Vocal Biomarker Discovery for Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection.&rdquo; He is also the developer of a modified Wada procedure for &ldquo;standard-of-care&rdquo; presurgical epilepsy assessment in persons with early-onset visual impairment/blindness (VI/B). His work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations.</p><p>Dr. McGinley is a Licensed Psychologist and a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES) and currently serves as a member of the AES Annual Conference&rsquo;s Pediatric Content Committee. He is also a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). In 2016, Dr. McGinley was selected to attend the inaugural &ldquo;International Training Course on Neuropsychology in Epilepsy&rdquo; at Ch&acirc;teau de Rosay, France, sponsored by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).</p>

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Eric J. Mariuma

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Eric

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Mariuma

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Dr. Mariuma has a special interest and specializes in neuromuscular neurology, electromyography and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring.

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Dr. Mariuma's research, similar to his clinical interests, focuses on the assessment of various neurological complications. He has been a part of numerous research projects with Montefiore.

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<p>Eric J. Mariuma, MD is an attending physician in the neurology department at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Mariuma practices general neurology and is highly involved in the education of medical students, interns and residents. Dr. Mariuma is the Chief of Neurology Clinic at Wakefield Hospital and he serves as a preceptor for neurology residents in the neurology clinic at Jacobi Medical Center. Dr. Mariuma has a special interest and specializes in neuromuscular neurology, electromyography and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring.</p><p>Dr. Mariuma graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian of Stony Brook University. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society when he was a medical student at New York University School of Medicine, and he was the recipient of the Hippolyte M. Wertheim Award as a medical student. After graduating medical school, Dr. Mariuma had an internal medicine internship at Winthrop University Hospital, during which he received the intern of the year award. In 2009, he completed the Neurology Residency Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Mariuma completed his postgraduate training in 2010 at Montefiore with a fellowship in neurophysiology.</p><p>His research, similar to his clinical interests, focuses on the assessment of various neurological complications. He has been a part of numerous research projects with Montefiore.</p><p>Dr. Mariuma is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. </p>

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Rishi Malhotra

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Rishi

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Malhotra

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<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>

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<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>

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<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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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>

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Jisoon Kim

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Jisoon

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Kim

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Nicole A. Hayde

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Nicole

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Hayde

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<p>Nicole Hayde, MD, MS, is a pediatric nephrologist at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM), Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program and Associate Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Hayde&rsquo;s clinical focus is pediatric renal transplantation, with a particular interest in the role of antibodies in allograft injury.</p><p>After earning her Doctor of Medicine from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 2003, Dr. Hayde completed her residency and chief residency in pediatrics at the University of Miami in 2009. She went on to complete her fellowship in pediatric nephrology at CHAM in 2012. During her fellowship, she was also enrolled in the clinical research training program at Einstein, earning her Master of Science in clinical research methods in 2012.</p><p>Dr. Hayde&rsquo;s research focus is on the role of donor-specific antibodies in pediatric kidney transplantation and methods to decrease antibody mediated injury. Her findings have been published in several peer-reviewed journals, and have been shared through book chapters, posters and presentations. She is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Pediatrics and is a peer reviewer for several journals including Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation and Human Immunology. She also serves as a research mentor for fellows interested in kidney transplant research.</p><p>Dr. Hayde is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology. She has several national roles including the associate councilor of region 9 of United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the executive committee of the pediatric community of practice of the American Society of Transplantation. She is also a member of several professional organizations including the ASPN and the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.</p>

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Lauren Gluck

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Lauren

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Gluck

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<p>After receiving her medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Dr. Gluck completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center and then her neuroimmunology fellowship at Yale University. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system.</p>

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Diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system

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Clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis

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<p>Lauren Gluck, MD, is the Director of the Montefiore Multiple Sclerosis Center and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on neuroimmunological diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord, including adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis and autoimmune encephalitis.</p><p>In 2010, Dr. Gluck received her Bachelor of Science in biology and community health at Tufts University. She went on to University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. She completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in 2018, followed by a clinical fellowship in neuroimmunology at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Gluck&rsquo;s research focus is on the clinical outcomes of multiple sclerosis as well as medical education. She has presented her work at several national and international meetings and has published original communications in many reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Gluck has received many recognitions, including the American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology in 2014, and becoming a Consortium of MS Centers Mentorship Forum Scholar in 2018. She is board certified in neurology and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Neurology and the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies.</p>

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Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

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<p>Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, the Director of the Child Neurology Residency Training Program and Director of Outpatient Child Neurology Services at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Union College and Cum Laude from Albany Medical College, in the 6 year combined B.S- M.D. program. Dr. Ballaban-Gil trained in general pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and trained in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received board certifications in pediatrics, neurology with special competence in child neurology , clinical neurophysiology and in epilepsy.</p>
<p><br />Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities. Her research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism, and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. In addition, she runs the Ketogenic Diet program for the management of intractable epilepsy at the Montefiore Medical Center - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet.</p>
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<p>Karen Ballaban-Gil, MD, is Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center and Deputy Director, Division of Child Neurology at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science at Union College in 1984, Dr. Ballaban-Gil earned her Doctor of Medicine in 1986 at the Albany Medical College. She began her postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, completing two years as an intern and assistant resident in pediatrics before coming to Einstein, where she completed a residency in child neurology, followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and electrophysiology in 1991.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil&rsquo;s research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders and the Ketogenic Diet. She has shared her work through national and international meetings, and has been a peer reviewer for a variety of medical journals, including <em>Epilepsia</em> and <em>Cephalgia</em>.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology and with Certification in Epilepsy.</p>

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