Michael Yee
Jacqueline Weingarten-Arams
Nutrition
Pulmonary hypertension
Sepsis
<p>Jacqueline Weingarten-Arams, MD, is an attending physician and Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Weingarten-Arams’ pediatric critical care expertise focuses on cardiac critical care, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, nutrition in critical illness and energy expenditure, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (quality CPR) and extracorporeal life support (ECMO).</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University in 1982, Dr. Weingarten-Arams earned her Doctor of Medicine at the same institution in 1986. She then completed her pediatric residency at Columbia University in 1990, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Following this, Dr. Weingarten-Arams completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at New York Hospital Cornell University Medical College in 1996.</p><p>Dr. Weingarten-Arams research focus includes the use of deliberate simulated practice in improving outcomes in pediatric critical illness, pediatric resuscitation and pediatric airway management. Her other projects involve chronic critical illness, bioethics in pediatric critical care and oxidative injury in respiratory failure. She has been principal investigator and co-investigator on several research projects, and her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations.</p><p>Dr. Weingarten-Arams is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Chest Physicians. She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Weingarten-Arams has been named in Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors: New York Metro Area” for multiple years. In 2006, she was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society and in 2019, Dr. Weingarten-Arams won the William Obrinsky Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education.</p>
Ivy Tam
Pediatric Medicine
Dr. Tam’s research aims to improve care and communication for patients with limited English proficiency, as well as standardizing pain practices for children.
<p>Ivy Tam, MD, FAAP, is an Attending Physician and a Non-neonatal Emergency Transport Coordinator at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. </p><p>In 2009, Dr. Tam received her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences at Cornell University. She then attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Tam began her postgraduate training with a residency in pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hospital medicine in 2018 at the University of California San Diego. </p><p>Dr. Tam’s research aims to improve care and communication for patients with limited English proficiency, as well as standardizing pain practices for children. She has shared her work through presentations in academic forums and scientific meetings, and is currently in the process of being submitted for publication. </p><p>2017, Dr. Tam received the CARES Award from hospital staff at Rady Children’s Hospital for her support during the medical director’s absence. Dr. Tam is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. </p>
Luke R. Sponholz
Olena Slinchenkova
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>
Matthew D. Shaines
<p>Dr. Matthew Shaines completed a medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Brooklyn and an internal medicine residency at Montefiore/Einstein. He was then recruited to the Einstein faculty at Montefiore and became one of the initial group of hospitalists who founded the Teaching Hospitalist Program at Montefiore in 2004.</p>
<p>Dr. Shaines has served as Assistant Director of the Hospitalist Service, managing the Moses Teaching Hospitalist Program; founding Director of the Medicine Consult Service, creating a dedicated medicine consult rotation for the housestaff, with a mission of high quality service and education on topics pertaining to consultative and perioperative medicine; Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as a liaison between the program and the Division of Hospital Medicine. In 2018 he was appointed as the Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine for Education.</p>
<p>His teaching and academic interests are in clinical reasoning, quality improvement and faculty development. He serves as the lead vignette reviewer for Montefiore’s annual Division of General Internal Medicine/Division of Hospital Medicine SGIM/SHM scholarly review process, which helps to review and critique abstracts, posters and oral presentations prior to submission.</p>
Evelyn M. Rondinel
Marjan Rahmanian
<p><span>Dr. Marjan Rahmanian is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurology. She is an Associate Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at Montefiore Medical Center. She is also Medical Director of Physician Assistant Critical Care Residency program. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. After completing her training, she joined the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where she served as an Associate Director of Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU at Montefiore Medical center. As a cardiac intensivist, Dr. Rahmanian focuses on the management of post heart surgery like CABG, valve replacemant, Mechanical Circulatory Support like,ECMO, LVAD,Impella, heart and lung transplant.</p>
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<li>Maintaining Hemodynamic and Metabolic Homeostasis in Anheptaic Critically Ill Patients. Khan R, Go R, Kapoor S, Dharshan A, <strong>Marjan</strong> <strong>Rahmanian </strong>, Manasia A, Bassily-Marcus A, Kohli-Seth R, Oropello J, Benjamin E. CHEST. October 2012;142:390A-390A</li>
<li>The Heart Point Sign: An Ultrasonographic Confirmation Of Pneumothorax. R. Khan, M. <strong>Marjan</strong> <strong>Rahmanian</strong>, M. Kaufman, A. Bassily Marcus, J. Oropello. ajrccm-conference.2013.187.1 MeetingAbstracts.A1539</li>
<li>Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU Boot Camp can improve cardiovascular critical care knowledge among trainees. <strong>Marjan Rahmanian, </strong>MD; Lewis Eisen, MD; Adam Keene, MD; Rosemarie Conigliaro, MD; Anthony Carlese, DO ATS2018 Poster Presentation </li>
<li>Midodrine: Breaking New Ground in The Treament of Chylothorax: Dolly Patel, DO; <strong>Marjan Rahmanian, </strong>MD; Javed Iqbal, MD; Scott Scheinin, MD; Joshoua Lee, MD; Harish Seethamraju, MD Chest 2019 Poster Presentation</li>
<li>Lactate Dehydrogenase is Associated with Hemorrhagic Stroke During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Saeed, O.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Uehara, M.</a>; <strong>Marjan</strong> <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank"><strong>Rahmanian</strong>.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Chen, J. T.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Carlese, A.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Mohamed, A.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Ashley, J.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Mellas, N.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Forest, S.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Goldstein, D.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Jorde, U.</a>.<em>ASAIO Journal ; 68(Supplement 3):19, 2022.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/hiv-dr-heartkidney-t…; target="_blank">HIV D+/R+ heart/kidney transplantation: First case report</a> <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/vagish-s-hemmige" target="_blank">Hemmige, V.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/omar-saeed" target="_blank">Saeed, O.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/yoram-a-puius" target="_blank">Puius, Y. A.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/yorg-al-azzi" target="_blank">Azzi, Y.</a>, Colovai, A., Borgi, J., <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/daniel-j-goldstein" target="_blank">Goldstein, D. J.</a>, Marjan Rahmanian, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/anthony-j-carlese" target="_blank">Carlese, A.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/ulrich-p-jorde" target="_blank">Jorde, U. P.</a> & <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/snehal-r-patel" target="_blank">Patel, S. R.</a>, Mar 2023, In: <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/anthony-j-carlese" target="_blank">Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.</a> 42, 3, p. 406-408 3 p. </li>
<li>Chest Tube Insertion, Needle Thoracostomy, And Pericardiocentesis During In-hospital Cardiac Arrest <a title="Luke Andrea" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Luke Andrea</a>, Marjan Rahmanian, <a title="Anthony Carlese" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Anthony Carlese</a>, <a title="Ariel Shiloh" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Ariel Shiloh</a>, <a title="Rithvik Balakrishnan" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Rithvik Balakrishnan</a>, <a title="Aron Soleiman" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Aron Soleiman</a>, <a title="Michelle Gong" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Michelle Gong</a> and <a title="Ari Moskowitz" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Ari Moskowitz</a> Circulation. 2022;146:A247</li>
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