Timothy H. Tong
Ayush Sutaria
Erica Bang
Besher Kabak
William J. Sauer
Christopher W. Tam
Yasir Saeed
Heyi Li
<p>Heyi Li, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the management of acute and chronic disorders of the lung and breathing, such as chronic obstructive lung diseases, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, infectious lung diseases and lung nodules. She performs airway and chest procedures including bronchoscopies and thoracentesis, and also provides consultations on smoking cessation and respiratory rehabilitation.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Engineering degree at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2011, she continued her education with the institution’s School of Medicine, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2015. Dr Li’s postdoctoral training brought her to the United States, completing a three-year residency in internal medicine at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in 2019 and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota in 2022.</p><p>Dr. Li’s clinical research focuses on care delivery research and implementation science. Her goal is to develop a mature line of inquiry in implementation science, focused on both conceptual frameworks and pragmatic implementation strategies. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals and has presented it at regional and national conferences. Dr. Li has also been a periodic reviewer for <em>Critical Care Medicine</em> and the <em>American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Li is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.</p>
Veronika Blinder
Dr. Veronika Blinder's practice is focused on mostly Medical ICU's, with a special interest in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal and its treatment.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Research has been mostly focused on Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome with an emphasis on Phenobarbital use. She is also interested in pursuing an ED-ICU at Weiler.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Veronika Blinder, DO, is Associate Program Director, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Associate Director, Weiler MICU and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Blinder's practice focuses on medical ICUs, with a special interest in severe alcohol withdrawal and its treatment.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Wellesley College in 2010, Dr. Blinder earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017. She then completed her emergency medicine residency, where she was chief resident at Northwell Health in 2020, before completing a critical care fellowship at Montefiore in 2022.</p><p>Dr. Blinder’s research mainly focuses on alcohol withdrawal syndrome with an emphasis on phenobarbital use.</p>