Roberto Alejandro Sica
Dr. Sica’s clinical focus has been on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies, immunotherapies and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas and HIV, ATLL and gene therapy for malignant and nonmalignant hematologic disorders.
Dr. Sica’s research focuses on novel cellular therapies, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for malignant and nonmalignant hematologic disorders, and combination immunotherapy and cancer vaccine.
<p>Roberto Alejandro Sica, MD, is an Attending Physician at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, Dr. Sica’s clinical focus has been on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies, immunotherapies and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas and HIV, ATLL and gene therapy for malignant and nonmalignant hematologic disorders. Dr. Sica is a member of the Bone Marrow Transplant team at Montefiore.</p><p>Dr. Sica attended the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, where he received his Medical Degree. During his time there, he also served as an instructor of immunology, virology, pharmacology, and physical diagnosis. Dr. Sica began his postgraduate training with a residency in Internal Medicine at the Carney Hospital/Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. Following this, he completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received the E. Donnall Thomas Achievement in Medicine Award for his academic performance and the Edward Jenner Innovation in Medicine Award in recognition of his innovative contributions to the design of clinical protocols and trials. Later, he completed a fellowship in Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies at Stanford University. At that institution, he performed research with Dr. Sally Arai on Hodgkin's lymphoma using the Stanford-pioneered GN-BVC regimen (Gemcitabine, Vinorelbine-BCNU. Etoposide and Cyclophosphamide) which resulted in decreased toxicity and improved overall survival in patients. His work has been published in various review journals and abstracts.</p><p>Dr. Sica’s research focuses on novel cellular therapies, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for malignant and nonmalignant hematologic disorders, and combination immunotherapy and cancer vaccine.</p><p>Dr. Sica is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.</p>
Mark Shlomovich
Albumin Dialysis
Care of children before and after solid organ transplantation
<p>Mark Shlomovich, MD, is Director, Extracorporeal Liver Support and Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Shlomovich’s clinical focus is on the care of critically ill children with abdominal organ failure, transplantation and post-surgical care. He also focuses on the safe transportation of critically ill children.</p><p>In 2006, Dr. Shlomovich earned his Bachelor of Science in biology from Towson University. He then attended University of Connecticut School of Medicine earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2010. His postgraduate training began at SUNY Downstate Medical Center with a four-year pediatric residency, where he was Chief Pediatric Resident in his final year. He then came to Children's Hospital at Montefiore for a pediatric critical care fellowship, which he completed in 2017.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich’s research interests are in the use of artificial liver support technology, as well as the care of children in liver failure before and after transplantation. In addition, he investigates the safety and efficiency of the transportation of critically ill children. He has shared his research through peer-reviewed journals and abstracts, and is an ad hoc reviewer for BMC Nephrology.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Yang Shi
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<li>Jui Choudhuri, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong> (2019). Skin Nodules in a 40-year-old Caribbean Man: What Can We Learn about Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in the United States? <strong>American Society for Clinical Pathology Case Reports. </strong>April 2019.</li>
<li>Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>(2018). Duodenal-type Follicular Lymphoma: A Clinicopathologic Review. <strong>Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine </strong>142 (4): 542-547.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Evan Kulbacki, Endi Wang (2018). Delayed diagnosis of Type B Niemann-Pick Disease in a 31-year-old Caucasian woman. <strong>Hematopathology.</strong>1-4</li>
<li>Evan Himchak, Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Yanhua Wang (2018). Did I miss it? Discovering Hidden Co-existing Hematological Neoplasms: A Single Institutional Review of 100 Collision Tumors. <strong>International Journal of Surgical Pathology.</strong> 26(4):296-305</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong> (2018). Chronic myeloid leukemia blast phase with erythroid differentiation in a twenty-year-old male patient presented with hematemesis. <strong>American Society for Clinical Pathology Case Reports. </strong>April 2018.</li>
<li>Etan Marks, Yanhua Wang, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Joseph Susa, Mark Jacobson, D. Yitzchak Goldstein (2018). Specific TCR Gene Rearrangements in Mycosis Fungoides: Does Advanced Clinical Stage Show A Preference? <strong>Journal of Clinical Pathology.</strong> 2018;71:1072-1077</li>
<li>Urvi Shah, Sengotuvel Viswanathan, Beamon Agarwal, Aditi Shastri, Ioannis Mantzaris, Murali Janakiram, Noah Kornblum, Ira Braunschweig, Amit K. Verma, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, John F. Reinus, Olga Derman (2018). Sinusoidal-Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) in Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure. <strong>Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, </strong>Published online Dec 3, 2018 </li>
<li>Etan Marks, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Yanhua Wang (2017). CD117 (KIT) is a Useful Marker in The Diagnosis of Plasmablastic Plasma Cell Myeloma. <strong>Histopathology.</strong> 71(1):81-88.</li>
<li>Zhonghua Li, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, John G. Pizzolo, and Yanhua Wang (2017). Utilization of Cytospin Slides in Flow Cytometry Laboratory: A Tool for Correlation of Morphology and Immunophenotype. <strong>Journal of Hematopathology.</strong> 10(2): 55-63.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Xiaoxian Zhao, Lisa Durkin, Heesun Joyce Rogers, Eric D Hsi (2016). Aberrant activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression in Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. <strong>Human Pathology.</strong> 52:173-8</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Andrew J Rand, Jennifer H Crow, Joseph O Moore, Anand S Lagoo (2015). Blast phase in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is skewed towards unusual blast types in patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs): a comparative study of 67 cases. <strong>American Journal of Clinical Pathology. </strong>143(1):105-19. </li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Endi Wang (2014). Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a clinicopathologic review. <strong>Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine</strong>. 138(4):564-9.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Yang Shi</strong></span>, Endi Wang (2015). Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Clinicopathologic Review with an Emphasis on Diagnostic Differentiation from Other T-Cell/Natural Killer-Cell Neoplasms. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 139(9):1173-80. </li>
<li>Miglena Komforti, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Maggie Stocker, Endi Wang (2014). Suspicious mammographic masses in the breast of a 65-year-old female: Splenosis in an unusual body site due to a remote ballistic trauma. <strong>British Journal of Haematology</strong>. 167(2):148</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yang Shi</span></strong>, Evan Kulbacki, David H.K. Chui, Endi Wang (2013). Gigantic splenomegaly in a 27-year-old male of South-East Asian descent with concurrent diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm and hemoglobin H disease. <strong>European Journal of Haematology.</strong> 91(3):284-5.</li>
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Aditi Shastri
<p>I am a board certified hematologist and medical oncologist. I specialize in caring for patients with hematologic malignancies and specifically myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and aplastic anemia (AA).</p>
<p>I have a strong interest in exploring novel treatment approaches for myelodysplatic syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) after the failure of therapy with hypomethylating agents. I specifically focus on therapeutically targetting the transcription factor STAT3 in MDS and AML.</p>
<p>My research was previously funded through the NIH Paul Calabresi Career Development Award (K12) & currently through the Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS)-TRP Award & MDS Foundation Gilbert Bruce Smith Young Investigator Award.</p>
<p>My original research and reviews have been published in leading peer reviewed journals that include Blood, JCI, Nature Reviews Cancer & Lancet Hematology. I have been an invited speaker at several conferences and forums nationally as well as internationally.</p>
Jillian L. Rosengard
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Jillian L. Rosengard, MD, is an attending physician and Associate Professor of Neurology at Montefiore Einstein. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of seizures and epilepsy. She has a particular interest in treating patients with intractable epilepsy and caring for women with epilepsy during their pregnancies, as well as medical education.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts at Harvard in 2008, Dr. Rosengard earned her Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2012. She completed an internship in internal medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center in 2013 before completing her residency in neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2016, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Rosengard then completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Einstein in 2017.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Dr. Rosengard's research focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on patients with epilepsy as well as seizure prediction. She also participates in drug trials for new anti-seizure medications through Montefiore’s Clinical Research Center. She has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on several research projects, and her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Dr. Rosengard has given national presentations and has been a reviewer for scientific journals including <em>Neurology, Epilepsy & Behavior </em>and the<em> Journal of the Neurological Sciences.</em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Dr. Rosengard is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. In 2023, Dr. Rosengard was elected into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students, and she has been named a New York Super Doctors Rising Star for several years.</p>
Dr. Rosengard specializes in the diagnosis and management of seizures and epilepsy. She has a particular interest in treating women with epilepsy during their pregnancies as well as medical education.<br />
Dr. Rosengard's research focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic's inpatient on patients with epilepsy as well as seizure prediction. She also participates in drug trials for new anti-seizure medications through Montefiore Clinical Research Center.<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Norman L. Rosen
Molly O. Regelmann
Pediatric Endocrinology
<p>Dr. Regelmann is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She formerly held the same position at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she established herself for clinical excellence, being named a New York Rising Stars Super Doctor and Castle Connolly Top Doctor.</p><p>Dr. Regelmann graduated magna cum laude with high honors in research from Cornell University. She received her medical education at New York University. She completed residency training in general pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.</p>
Mark A. Ramirez
Debra H. Pan
<!--Dr. Pan graduated from Soochow University School of Medicine in China, and completed her Pediatric Residency at Long Island College Hospital, and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She specializes in viral hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, acid reflux, celiac disease, tube feeding, nutrition and endoscopies.--><p>Debra H. Pan, MD, MS, is an Attending Physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on pediatric gastrointestinal and liver conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, acid reflux, Helicobacter pylori gastritis, tube feeding, endoscopy, cholestasis, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, and liver transplant. </p><p>A graduate from Soochow University School of Medicine in China in 1983, Dr. Pan received her Master of Science in Cardiac Electrophysiology from the same institute in 1989. From 1991 to 2000, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology at Michigan State University for 2 years and then continued gastrointestinal research at Columbia University. She completed her Pediatric residency at Long Island College Hospital in 2003, and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 2005.</p><p>Dr. Pan's recent research focuses on the treatment outcomes of Helicobacter pylori infection and the natural history of the hepatitis B virus infection. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books and review articles, and she is also an active journal reviewer for multiple journals.</p><p>Dr. Pan is a member of leading professional societies including North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN), and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.</p>