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Martina Stehlikova

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Martina Stehlikova
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Charles University, Prague
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Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
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Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
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UHS Wilson Medical Center
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<p>In-patient internal medicine with a special interest in hematology. Anemia, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy in hospitalised patients.</p>

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Joanna L. Starrels

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Joanna L. Starrels
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Jefferson Medical College
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Dr. Starrels is Professor of Medicine (with tenure) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Associate Chief of Research in the <a title="Division of General Internal Medicine" href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/medicine/generalinternalmedicine"><s… style="color: #3b5b98; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Division of General Internal Medicine</span></a>, and Director of the IMPOWR-ME Research Center. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine.&nbsp;Dr. Starrels is nationally recognized for her expertise in research, clinical care, education, and health policy to address the opioid crisis. Her research focuses on&nbsp;opioid management for patients with chronic pain with or without opioid use disorder. In particular, she studies the benefits and harms of opioid tapering, treatment agreements,&nbsp;urine drug testing,&nbsp;prescription monitoring programs, and medical cannabis use. She also studies the impact of opioid use&nbsp;on HIV outcomes, collaborative care models for integrating behavioral health care and pain management, treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care, and integrated treatment for opioid use disorder and chronic pain.&nbsp;Her work has been funded by&nbsp;grants from&nbsp;the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Society of General Internal Medicine,&nbsp;the New York Community Trust, and the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research. Her expertise has been recognized </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">by invitations to serve as</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> expert consultant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York State Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for developing guidelines and initiatives to improve opioid prescribing.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Dr. Starrels joined the Einstein/Montefiore faculty in 2008. Her teaching and clinical care activities also focus on chronic pain and substance use. She is faculty in the Center on Comparative Effectiveness Research, leads a number of opioid and pain related initiatives, is teaching faculty in the Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine residency training programs, and is attending physician at the Montefiore Family Care Center where she focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain and who use opioids and/or medical cannabis.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Before joining Einstein/Montefiore, Dr. Starrels received her BA from Wesleyan University, where she majored in the Science in Society Program, and her MD from Jefferson Medical College. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a MS in Health Policy Research. </span></span></span></p>
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Research Areas
Opioid management for patients with chronic pain, opioid tapering, treatment agreements, urine drug testing, medical cannabis, collaborative care models, opioid use disorder, opioid use in HIV care.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Starrels is a physician, teacher and researcher who focuses on the safety and effectiveness of opioids for the management of chronic pain. Her research centers on&nbsp;defining best practices for&nbsp;managing chronic pain in&nbsp;primary care and HIV-treatment settings.&nbsp;She studies the benefits and harms of using treatment agreements,&nbsp;urine drug testing,&nbsp;and prescription monitoring programs in pain management; the effectiveness of&nbsp;collaborative care models for integrating behavioral health care and pain management; treatment of opioid use disorders in primary care settings; and the impact of opioid analgesic use,&nbsp;misuse and disorders&nbsp;on HIV outcomes.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Her work has been funded by&nbsp;grants from&nbsp;the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Society of General Internal Medicine,&nbsp;the New York Community Trust, and the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Starrels also works to improve policies and guidelines to improve the safety of opioid prescribing. She serves as consultant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on several initiatives to reduce prescription drug abuse, addiction and overdose in New York City. She was a field reviewer for the Federation of State Medical Board&rsquo;s 2013 Model Policy on the Use of Opioid Analgesics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain, and served as a core expert for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016 opioid prescribing guidelines. She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<li><strong><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, </strong>Becker WC, Alford DP, Kapoor, A, Williams AR, Turner BJ. Treatment Agreements and Urine Drug Testing to Reduce Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review. Annals of Internal Medicine.2010;152:712-720.</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Becker WC, Weiner MG, Li X, Heo M, Turner, BJ. Low Use of Opioid Risk Reduction Strategies for Even High Risk Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011;26(9);958-64.</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Fox AD, Kunins HV, Cunningham CO. They Don&rsquo;t Know What They Don&rsquo;t Know: Internal Medicine Residents&rsquo; Knowledge and Confidence in Urine Drug Test Interpretation for Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2012;27(11):1521-1527.</li>
<li>Bachhuber MA, Hennesy S, Cunningham CO, <strong>Starrels JL</strong>. Increasing benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose mortality in the United States, 1996-2013. American Journal of Public Health. 2016;106(4):686-8.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Peyser D, Haughton L, Fox AD, Merlin J, Arnsten JH, Cunningham CO. When HIV treatment goals conflict with guideline-based opioid prescribing: A qualitative study of HIV treatment providers. Substance Abuse. 2016;37(1):148-53.</li>
<li>Buonora M, Perez H, Heo M, Ning Y, Cunningham CO, <strong>Starrels JL</strong>. Race and gender are associated with opioid dose reduction among patients receiving chronic opioid therapy. Pain Medicine. 2018.&nbsp;</li>
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Michele St. Louis

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Montefiore Medical Center
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New York University School of Medicine
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Montefiore Medical Center
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Michele St Louis received her MD from New York University School Of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. She completed fellowships in Developmental Disabilities and Faculty Development in the Department of Family Medicine at Montefiore. She is director of the Montefiore School Health Program and sees patients at the school-based health center in Theodore Roosevelt High School. Her clinical and research interests include health promotion and reproductive health care, including access to and satisfaction with long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in adolescents. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Family Medicine.</span></p>
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Undergraduate: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Biomedical Science, Cum Laude<br />Medical School: New York University School of Medicine<br />Residency: Montefiore Medical Center (Family Medicine, Social Medicine)<br />Fellowships: Montefiore Medical Center (Developmental Disabilities Fellowship Program, Faculty Development Program)</p>
<p><strong>Professional Activity</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Michele St. Louis is Director of the Medical Division of the Montefiore School Health Program, and supervises residents and fellows in school-based health settings.</p>
<p>Her research focuses on teens' access to and acceptability of intrauterine devices in school-based health centers.</p>

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<p>Patient Satisfaction with IUD Services in a School Based Health Center: A Pilot Study. Tara B Stein, MD, MPH, Aleza K Summit, MPH, Michele St Louis, MD, Marji Gold, MD Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Vol 33, Issue 4, p 388-392 Jan 2020</p>

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Brian D. Spund

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Luke R. Sponholz

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Olena Slinchenkova

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Deepika E. Slawek

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Bronx
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NY
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10467
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Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
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Texas A&M University College of Medicine
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New York University Medical Center
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Professional Interests

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #212121; color: #212121;">Deepika Slawek, MD, MPH, MS is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Health Systems and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is board certified in Infectious Diseases, Addiction Medicine, and Internal Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Montefiore Medical Cannabis Program. Dr. Slawek &nbsp;studies how to reduce morbidity and mortality in people with HIV (PWH) and people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction framework. She aims to study solutions for PWH and PWUD informed by her clinical experiences and patient&rsquo;s experiences. Dr. Slawek is the recipient of a K23 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to test how different formulations of medical cannabis effect neuropathic pain and inflammation in PLWH in an innovative quasi-experimental study. She is leading groundbreaking foundation-funded research to determine whether medical cannabis is effective in reducing opioid analgesic use in people with pain.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #212121; color: #212121;">Prior to joining Montefiore-Einstein, Dr. Slawek completed her residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital and her Infectious Diseases Fellowship at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center. She holds a Masters of Science in Clinical Research Methods from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p>

Research Areas
I study how to reduce morbidity and mortality in people with HIV (PWH) and people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction framework. I aim to study solutions for PWH and PWUD informed by my experiences as a clinician and by my patient's experiences.
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Selected Publications

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;"><a name="_GoBack"></a>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Arnsten J, Zhang C, Grossberg R, Stein M, Cunningham CO. Daily and near-daily cannabis use is associated with HIV viral load suppression in people living with HIV who use cocaine.&nbsp;AIDS Care.&nbsp;Vol 32, 2020.&nbsp;Doi:&nbsp;<a title="https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1799922&quot; href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1799922">10.1080/09540121.2020.17… />2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Merlin JS, Owens MA, Long DM, Gonzalez CE, White DM, Lopez SA, Heath SL, Goodin BR. Increasing age is associated with elevated circulating interleukin-6 and enhanced temporal summation of mechanical pain in people living with HIV and chronic pain.&nbsp;Pain Reports. 2020; 5(6):p e859.&nbsp;doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000859<br />3. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Althouse AD, Feldman RF, &hellip; Merlin JS. Cannabis dispensary staff approaches to counseling on potential contraindications to cannabis use: Insights from a national self-report survey.&nbsp;BMC Primary Care. 2023 Jul 14;24(1):145. PMID: 37442944, PMCID: PMC10347704.<br /><!-- [if !supportLists]-->4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->Ross J,&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Yamada J, Starrels J, Arnsten JH. Increasing access to medical cannabis: establishment of a medical cannabis program in a safety-net academic medical center.&nbsp;NEJM Catalyst. 2022 January; 3(2):CAT.21.0373.doi:10.1056/CAT.21.0373&nbsp;<br />5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->Zolotov Y, Lomba J, Ghiroli M, Masyukova M, Arnsten JH, Starrels JL, Ross J, Cunningham CO,&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t make any sense to even try&rdquo;: the disruptive impact of COVID-19&rsquo;s first wave on people with chronic pain using medical cannabis in New York.&nbsp;Journal of Cannabis Research. 2023 March 29;5(1):10.&nbsp;doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00180-1. PubMed PMID: 36978185; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10049907.<br />6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]--><strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Arnsten JH (2023). Medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids in adults.&nbsp;UpToDate. 2023 Jul 31.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/medical-use-of-cannabis-and-cannabino…;

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6361
Biography

<p>Deepika E. Slawek, MD, MS, MPH, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical expertise lies in HIV care and addiction treatment. She provides primary care for HIV patients and management of subsequent chronic conditions, as well as consulting on the management of substance use disorders.</p><p>After completing her Bachelor of Science in human biology at the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, Dr. Slawek earned her Master of Public Health at George Washington University in 2008. She earned her Doctor of Medicine at Texas A&M School of Medicine in 2012, then pursued postdoctoral training in internal medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, completing an internship in 2013 and her internal medicine residency in 2015. She completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at New York University in 2017 before coming to Montefiore Einstein, where she pursued a fellowship in general internal medicine and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods, completing both in 2019.</p><p>Building on her clinical expertise, Dr. Slawek&rsquo;s research focuses on improving outcomes in people living with HIV (PLWH). She is currently studying how medical cannabis affects pain in PLWH and is receiving funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She has been principal investigator on a number of funded research projects, and she has given national and international presentations. Dr. Slawek&rsquo;s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and review articles, and she is a reviewer for scientific journals including <em>Annals of Internal Medicine</em>, the <em>Journal of General Internal Medicine</em>, <em>AIDS and Behaviour</em> and <em>AIDS Care</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Slawek is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine. She is a member of the Society for General Internal Medicine, the American Society for Addiction Medicine and The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction.</p>

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Sumeet Singh-Tan

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Female
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ssinght@montefiore.org
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718-920-5057
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Montefiore Medical Center
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A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Health Sciences
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Rush University Medical Center
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Victoria Lynn Shulman

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Montefiore Medical Center
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Montefiore Medical Center
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M.D.
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3853
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Victoria Shulman, MD, is an attending physician at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Shulman&rsquo;s clinical focus is in pediatric emergency medicine, with a particular area of interest in resident and medical student education. <br /><br />After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from the City University of New York, Queens College in 1986, Dr. Shulman earned her Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1990. She completed her pediatrics internship and residency at Montefiore Einstein in 1994, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. <br /><br />Dr. Shulman&rsquo;s research aligns with her clinical expertise. Her work has been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health and the Journal of Neurology, as well as chapters in scientific books. <br /><br />Dr. Shulman is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. In 1994, she received the Leo M. Davidoff Society Certificate of Distinction for the teaching of medical students. In 2023, Dr. Shulman was inducted as a member of the Leo M. Davidoff Society.<br />

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Melinda S. Sharkey

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msharkey@montefiore.org
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NY
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Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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White Plains
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10601
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West Nyack
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NY
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10994
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Montefiore Medical Center
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University of Chicago
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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University of California San Francisco
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She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Sharkey&rsquo;s research focuses on orthopedic surgery and the practice of academic medicine.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

EMR ID
15108
Biography

<p>Melinda S. Sharkey, MD, is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Montefiore. She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders. Her practice particularly focuses on the surgical treatment of bone deformities, foot deformities, limb length discrepancies, and metabolic bone diseases. </p><p>Dr. Sharkey received her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1999 at Wellesley College. In 2004, she received her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Sharkey completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California San Francisco from 2004 to 2009. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia.</p><p>Dr. Sharkey&rsquo;s research focuses on orthopedic surgery, and the practice of academic medicine. Her work has been published in a number of reviewed journals and abstracts, and also presented nationally. </p><p>Dr. Sharkey is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery and the American Orthopedic Association.</p>

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