Fernand Bteich
<p>Fernand Bteich, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on gastrointestinal malignancies, hepatobiliary cancers, colorectal cancer and clinical trials.</p><p>After earning his Medical Doctorate at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon in 2015, Dr. Bteich completed his internship at HôteI-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut in 2017. Following this, he completed his internal medicine residency at Saint Louis University in 2020 before completing a hematology-oncology fellowship at Montefiore Einstein in 2023.</p><p>Dr. Bteich’s research focuses on hepatobiliary cancers, retrospective outcomes and clinical trials. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications and he has presented nationally and internationally.</p><p>Dr. Bteich is board certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. He is fluent in English, Arabic and French.</p>
Abhishek Kumar
Medical Economics,
Classical Hematology,
Gynecologic Oncology, &
Use of Big Data
<p>1) Sharma, A., Ng, H, Kumar, A, Teli, K., Randhawa, J., Record, J., Maroules, M. Colorectal Cancer: Histopathologic differences in tumor characteristics between patients with and without diabetes.</p>
<p>Clinical Colorectal Cancer, 2014 Mar; 13(1): 54-61.</p>
<p>2) Patel, H, Kumar, A, Shaaban, H., Nguyen, N, Baddoura, W, Maroules, M, Shaikh, S.. Synchronous metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma to the stomach and colon: a case report.</p>
<p>North American Journal of Medical Science. 2014 Mar; 6(3):152-4.</p>
<p>3) Mathew, M., Kumar, A., Awkar, N., Dhaliwal, D., Maroules, M.. Hypercalcemia in Advanced Prostatic Carcinoma: A rare event.</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015. Vol 3(3): 64-65.</p>
<p>4) Shaaban, H., Modi, T., Patel, H., Kumar, A., Maroules, M.. Superior vena cava syndrome due to metastasis from acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland.</p>
<p>Lung India 2015; 32: 87-88.</p>
<p>5) Patel, H., Shaaban, H., Kumar, A., Modi, T., Maroules, M.. A rare case of bilateral testicular masses as an initial manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis.</p>
<p>Urology Annals. 2015 March (Epub ahead of print). DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.152046.</p>
<p>6) Mathews, M., Parish, L., Kumar, A., Khan, N., Maroules, M.. Hepatocellular carcinoma in Acute intermittent porphyria: Incidental or expected?</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015. Vol 3(5):141-143.</p>
<p>7) Sen, P., Shabaan, H., Modi, T., Kumar, A., Guron, G.. A unique case of Hairy cell Leukemia presenting as duodenal involvement.</p>
<p>North American Journal Of Medical Science. 2015 Vol. 7: 288-290.</p>
<p>8) Mathews, M., Kumar, A., Awkar, N., Maroules, M.. Cystic presentation of Lung Adenocarcinoma: A rare presentation. Journal of Clinical & Medical Imaging. 2015. Vol. 2 (6).</p>
<p>9) Mathews, M., Kumar, A.. A Case of Lung Entrapment: Mesothelioma.</p>
<p>Journal of Clinical & Medical Imaging. 2015. Vol. 2 (6).</p>
<p>10) Sen, P., Kumar, A., Mathews, M., Macbruce, D., Miller, R.. Pulmonary Embolism: A rare initial manifestation of Multiple Myeloma.</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015 Vol. 3 (8): 244-246.</p>
<p>11) Patel, H., Kumar, A., Shah, N., Eris, E., Maroules, M., Baddoura, W., DeBari, V A.. Role of Non-selective beta blocker in Hepatocellular carcinoma: An analysis in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.</p>
<p>North American Journal of Medicine and Science. 2015,8(3): 109-112.</p>
<p>12) Kumar, M., Kumar, V., Abrina, V., Kaur, S., Kumar, A., Maroules, M.. Malignant Gastric PEComa: A Rare Malignancy.</p>
<p>American Journal of Cancer Case Reports. 2015 Vol. 3 (3):209-214.</p>
<p>13) Kumar, A.. Mea Culpa</p>
<p>Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2016. http://www.sgim.org/web-only/medical-humanities/mea-culpa</p>
<p>14) Kumar, M., Kumar, A., Maroules, M., Abrina, V., Kumar, V.. Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding as initial presentation of gastric cancer: a case report with literature review of prognostic factors and treatment of krukenberg tumor.</p>
<p>Ann Transl Med. 2016 Feb; 4(4): 84. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2016.02.01.</p>
<p>15) Kaur, S., Kumar, A., Aronow, W.. Reversal Agents of Non Vitamin K Dependent Anticoagulants: A Rapid Review of the Changing Horizon.</p>
<p>Archives of Medical Sciences. 2016; 12(5):1174-1178. doi:10.5114/aoms.2016.61920.</p>
<p>16) Kaur, S., Kumar, A., Maroules, M.. Fallacy of tumor markers and Ovarian Remnant Syndrome</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Sciences. Accepted.</p>
<p>17) Kumar, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Kaur, S., Maroules, M.. Hypercalcemia as initial presentation of metastatic Adenocarcinoma of Gastric origin: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Gastric Cancer. 2016 Sep;16 (3):191-194.</p>
<p>18) Mathews, M., Kumar, A., Fromowitz, A., Simonhoff, B., Maroules, M., Akmal, A.. Papillary Eccrine Adenoma: A Recent Review of Literature.</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Case Reports. Vol. 4, No.9, 2016, pp 304-309.</p>
<p>19) Kaur, S., Khatun, H., Kumar, A., Ellis, M., Mehta, M., Guron, G. Cetuximab Induced Aseptic Meningitis: A Rare Side Effect.</p>
<p>Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy. Vol. 10, No.8, 2018, pp 211-213.</p>
<p>20) Chen, X., Wang, X., Abadi, M., Kumar, A.. Colorectal large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report and literature review for potential novel therapeutic options.</p>
<p>Clinical colorectal Cancer. Vol. 19, No.1, 2019, pp 61-64.</p>
<p>21) Jayarangaiah, A., Kariyanna, PT., Chen, X., Jayarangaiah, A., Kumar, A.. COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy: An Exacerbated Immunothrombosis Response.</p>
<p>Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. Vol. 21, 2020, pp 1-11.</p>
<p>22) Veyseh, M., Pophali, P., Jayarangaiah, A., Kumar, A.. Left gonadal vein thrombosis in a patient with COVID-19-associated coagulopathy.</p>
<p>BMJ Case Report. 2020 Vol. 13: e236786.</p>
<p>23) Wang, S., Jayarangaiah, A., Malone, M., Elrafei, T., Steinberg, L., Kumar, A.. Risk Of Hepatitis B Reactivation and Cytomegalovirus Related Infections with Mogamulizumab: A Retrospective Study of International Pharmacovigilance Database.</p>
<p>EClinical Medicine. 2020 Oct 16; 28:100601. PMID: 33294815</p>
<p>24) Ghalib, N., Pophali, P., Pareja Chamorro, N., Jayarangaiah, A., Kumar, A.. Incidental Asymptomatic Splenic Infarct in a COVID-19 Patient.</p>
<p>Cureus 13(2): e13065. DOI 10.7759/cureus.13065</p>
<p>25) Singh, B., Kaur, P., Patel, P., Kumar, A., Kaur, S., Guragai, N., Rushdy, A., Bikkina, M., Shamoon, F.. COVID-19 and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Single Center Experience.</p>
<p>Cureus 13(1): e13000. DOI10.7759/cureus.13000</p>
<p>26) Alejos, D., Tregubenko, P., Jayarangaiah, A., Steinberg, L., Kumar, A.. We need to do better: Readability analysis of online patient information on cancer survivorship and fertility preservation.</p>
<p>Journal of Cancer Policy. 2021, Vol. 28, 100276.</p>
<p>27) Wang, S., Steinberg, L., Zhang, L., Harris, C., Kumar, A.. Triology of human herpesvirus type-8: A rare and fatal case report of primary effusion lymphoma, Kaposi sarcoma and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS),</p>
<p>Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports. Vol 4,2021, 100084.</p>
<p>28) Huang, W., Offor, O., Kaur, A., Steinberg, L., Kumar, A.. HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Metastatic to Small Bowel Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction – A Case Report and Systematic Review.</p>
<p>American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, 9(8), 420-423</p>
<p>29) Tregubenko, P, White, S, Zvonarev, V, Kumar, A.. Cardiac Metastasis in a Living Patient With Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.</p>
<p>Cureus 13(7): e16214. doi:10.7759/cureus.16214</p>
<p>30) Narvel, H, Kaur, A, Seo, J, Kumar, A.. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults or Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Clinical Conundrum in Fully Vaccinated Adults With Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections.</p>
<p>Cureus 14(2): e22123. doi:10.7759/cureus.22123</p>
<p>31) Neupane, K, Jayarangaiah, A, Zhang, Y, Kumar A.. VEXAS syndrome with progression of MDS to MDS/MPN overlap syndrome.</p>
<p>BMJ case reports, 15(12), e251089.</p>
<p>32) Kaur, A, Wang, S, Herbert, J, Steinberg, L, Kumar, A.. Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Survival in Patients With Functional Neuroendocrine Tumors of Gastrointestinal Origin.</p>
<p>Pancreas 51(9):p 1171-1178, October 2022.</p>
<p>Gynecologic Oncology. 2023 Mar 1;170:266-72.</p>
<p>34) Collichio, F., Gabbai-Saldate, P., Rosenstein, L., Kumar, A., Bollin, K., Im, A.. Subspecialty Milestones and F-CCC:A New Tool to Assess Faculty.</p>
<p>The American Journal of Medicine (2023), doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.07.001</p>