Preeti Viswanathan
Dr. Viswanathan received her Medical training at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, India. She then completed her Pediatric Residency at Miami Children?s Hospital and her fellowship at The Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She has presented her research at national meetings and has received the Best Research Award at Pediatric Research Day Children?s Hospital at Montefiore 2011.
Audrey M. Uong
Dr. Uong's clinical focus has been in pediatrics.
The care of hospitalized pediatric patients with asthma has been a main focus of research for Dr. Uong. She is also interested in researching the improvement of transitions of care in hospitalized pediatric patients.
<p>Audrey M. Uong, MD, is an Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team in 2019, her clinical focus has been in pediatrics.</p><p>In 2008, Dr. Uong received her Bachelor of Arts in Asian Languages and Civilizations from Amherst College. Her studies continued at New York Medical College, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. Following this, Dr. Uong continued her studies at Albert Einstein Medical College and received her Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods in 2019. She began her postgraduate training in 2014 with a 3-year internship and residency at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at CHAM in 2019.</p><p>The care of hospitalized pediatric patients with asthma has been a main focus of research for Dr. Uong. She is also interested in researching the improvement of transitions of care in hospitalized pediatric patients. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and review articles, and has been presented nationally.</p><p>In 2019, Dr. Uong received the CHAM Research Day Oral Presentation Award, given to her from faculty judges for receiving top scores. Dr. Uong is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academic Pediatric Association.</p>
Alecia M. Thompson
Dr. Thompson-Branch's research has focused on the role of cytokines in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and use of ultrasound to diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis.
<p>With an emphasis on general pediatrics and neonatology, Dr. Thompson completed her residency at NYU Medical Center in 2007 and fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2010. During her fellowship, Dr. Thompson also audited the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, with an interest in performing clinical research. Her research has focused on the role of cytokines in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and use of ultrasound to diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis. She plans to conduct research on the use of near-infrared spectroscopy to delineate central nervous system pathology in preterm infants and predict short-term neurologic outcomes.</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>
Hina J. Talib
<p>Dr. Hina J. Talib, a Brown University <em>summa cum laude</em> graduate, earned her <em>Bachelor of Science</em> in Neuroscience. She attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY where she served as vice-president of her class. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at New York Presbyterian- Weill Cornell and her Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.</p>
<p>Dr. Talib completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Adolescent Medicine in June 2013 at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Talib joined CHAM as Assistant Medical Director for the Michael I. Cohen, MD Adolescent Inpatient Floor where she serves as a teaching hospitalist and chaired the Quality Improvement Committee. In 2015, Dr. Talib was appointed as Associate Director of the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Training Program. In 2018, Dr. Talib was appointed Medical Director of the Adolescent Inpatient floor. </p>
<p>In addition to providing outpatient sub-specialty care at CHAM, Dr. Talib also cared for youth in foster care at the Children's Aid Society's Bronx Family Health Center. Dr. Talib offers Nexplanon dermal implants, as a method of long acting hormonal contraception, for teen pregnancy prevention at both sites. Her clinical interests include adolescent health, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, contraception, mental health, care of children in foster care, and care of the hospitalized adolescent.</p>
<p>Dr. Talib is board-certified in Pediatrics and in Adolescent Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and a member of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). She serves as Associate Editor of the <em>Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology</em>, the official journal of NASPAG, and as a co-chair of the NASPAG resident education committee. In addition, Dr. Talib is a recent past President of the Executive Board of the New York chapter of SAHM.</p>
<p>Dr Talib currently provies pediatric and adolescent medicine care at the Atria Institute. </p>
<p>Connect with Dr. Talib at her website drhinatalib.com or follow Dr. Talib at her instagram @teenhealthdoc. </p>
Dr. Talib's clinical focus is adolescent health, pediatrics and adolescent gynecology, contraception, mental health, care of children in foster care and care of hospitalized adolescents.
Dr. Talib has been studying the effects of Vitamin D deficiency in the adolescent age group since 2012. In 2013, she published a study on influences of partner and relationship factors in HIV testing in Bronx youth. Through her work on the CHAM HIV Testing Task Force, she is currently conducting a quality improvement intervention to increase HIV testing in hospitalized adolescents.
<p><strong>Talib HJ,</strong> Coupey SM. Excessive Uterine Bleeding. <em>Adolesc Med</em> 2012; 23:53-72</p>
<p><strong>Talib HJ</strong>, Alderman EM.Gynecologic and Reproductive Health Concerns of Adolescents Using Selected Psychotropic Medications. <em>J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol </em>2013; 26(1):7-15</p>
<p><strong>Talib HJ,</strong> Silver EJ, Coupey SM, Bauman LJ. The influence of individual, partner, and relationship factors in HIV testing in adolescents. <em>AIDS Patient Care STDs</em> 2013; 27(11): 637-4</p>
<p><strong>Talib HJ</strong>, Ponnapakkam T, Gensure R, Cohen HW, Coupey SM. Treatment of vitamin D deficiency in predominantly Hispanic and black adolescents: a randomized clinical trial. <em>J Pediatr</em> 2016; 170:266-72. PMID: 26707619</p>
<p><strong>Talib HJ</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span> Silver EJ, Alderman EM. Challenges to adolescent confidentiality in a children’s hospital. <em>Hosp Pediatr</em> 2016; 6(8):490-5. PMID: 27461762</p>
<p>Fleming N, Aimes-Oeschlager A, Browner-Elhanan KJ, Kaul P, <strong>Talib HJ</strong>, Wheeler C, Loveless M. Resident Education Curriculum in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: The Short Curriculum. <em>J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol </em>2014; 27(2):117-20</p>
<p><strong>Talib HJ</strong>, Karjane N, Teelin K, Abraham M, Holt S, Chelvakumar G, Dumont T, Huguelet PS, Connor L, Wheeler C, Fleming N. Resident education curriculum in pediatric and adolescent gynecology: the short curriculum 2.0. <em>J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol</em> 2018; 31(2):71-76</p>
<p>Bhalakia AM, <strong>Talib HJ</strong>, Choi J, Watnick D, Bochner R, Futterman D, Gross E. Acceptance of routine HIV testing by hospitalized adolescents and young adults. <em>Hospital Pediatr</em> 2018; 8(4):187-193. PMID:29599198</p>
<p>Hina J. Talib, MD, is Director of the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program and an Attending Physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Talib is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is adolescent health, pediatrics and adolescent gynecology, contraception, mental health, care of children in foster care and care of hospitalized adolescents. She joined the Montefiore team in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Talib received her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience in 2001 from Brown University. In 2006, she received her Doctor of Medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. In 2009, Dr. Talib completed a residency in pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health – Weill Cornell Medical Center. She became Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that same year. Dr. Talib went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at CHAM in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Talib has been studying the effects of Vitamin D deficiency in the adolescent age group since 2012. In 2013, she published a study on influences of partner and relationship factors in HIV testing in Bronx youth. Through her work on the CHAM HIV Testing Task Force, she is currently conducting a quality improvement intervention to increase HIV testing in hospitalized adolescents. Her work has been published numerous times in peer reviewed journals, review articles, and books and has been presented at national meetings.</p><p>In 2014, Dr. Talib won Best Platform Presentation for her work, “Randomized Clinical Trial of Two High-dose vs. Low-dose Treatment Regimens for Vitamin D Deficiency in Minority Adolescents Living in a Northeast City” at Pediatric Research Day at CHAM.</p><p>Dr. Talib is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section in Adolescent Health.</p>
Sumeet Singh-Tan
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>