Julia K. Gittler
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Julia K. Gittler, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Gittler’s clinical areas of focus include all areas of pediatric dermatology, including eczema, vascular and other birthmarks, acne, genetic skin disorders and other pediatric dermatologic conditions.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Gittler earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and graduated summa cum laude. From 2008 to 2013, she attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine and earning distinction in dermatology research through a research fellowship at the Rockefeller University. Her training also includes completion of a yearlong pediatrics internship at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in 2014, a three-year dermatology residency at New York University in 2017 and a yearlong pediatric dermatology fellowship at Columbia University in 2018.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Following her clinical interests, Dr. Gittler’s research focus is on pediatric dermatology. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals. She has also shared her research through poster presentations and lectures at regional and national conferences.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">Dr. Gittler is certified in pediatric dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. She is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society of Pediatric Dermatology.</p>
Benedict C. Wu
<p>Benedict (Benny) Wu, DO, PhD, is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Wu’s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</p>
<p>After earning his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Wu attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning his Master of Biomedical Sciences. He later attended Rowan University, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2014 and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. His postdoctoral training began with an internship in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Northwestern University. In 2021, he completed his Dermatology residency at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.</p>
Increasing the diagnostic accuracy of autoantibody-mediated skin diseases.
Prognostic factors in complex medical dermatologic diseases.
<span style="color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;"> Dr. Wu’s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</span>
<span style="color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu’s research investigates several questions. His research focus spans from his work in the clinic to the basic sciences. For example, does physical and/or emotional stress significantly exacerbate complex medical dermatoses? In the future, he hopes to examine neutrophil dysfunction at the cellular and molecular level from tissue and blood samples from neutrophil-predominant dermatoses.</span>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">Hopkins ZH, Wu BC, Nousari CH. Rituximab versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pemphigus Vulgaris. </span><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">N Engl J Med</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">. 2021;385(11):1055-1056. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2111763</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: #212121;">Nousari Y, Wu BC, Tausk F. From the Caravels to the Wards: Scurvy and Schizophrenia [published online ahead of print, 2021 Jun 8]. <em>J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry</em>. 2021;S2667-2960(21)00097-5. doi:10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.05.006</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Nousari Y, Wu BC, Valenzuela G. Successful use of baricitinib in the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis-associated Sweet syndrome [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 29]. <span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Clin Exp Dermatol</span></span></em></span>. 2021;10.1111/ced.14712. doi:10.1111/ced.14712</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Erickson, T. R., Murphrey, M. B., Abu-Zayed, H., Wu, B., Ibler, E., Rangel, S. M., & Paller, A. S. (2020). Transepidermal water loss in the orphan forms of ichthyosis. <span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">Pediatric dermatology</span></span></em></span>, <span class="em" style="border: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">37</span></span></em></span>(4), 771–773. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14221</span></p>
<p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Benedict (Benny) Wu, DO, PhD, is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Wu’s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">After earning his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, in 2006, Dr. Wu attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning his Master of Biomedical Sciences in 2007. He later attended Rowan University, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2014 and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. His postdoctoral training began with an internship in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2017, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Northwestern University in 2018. In 2021, he completed a three-year dermatology residency at Broward Health.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu’s research investigates several questions. His research focus spans from his work in the clinic to the basic sciences. For example, does physical and/or emotional stress significantly exacerbate complex medical dermatoses? In the future, he hopes to examine neutrophil dysfunction at the cellular and molecular level from tissue and blood samples from neutrophil-predominant dermatoses. He has shared his research in many oral and poster presentations, as well as in peer-reviewed publications.</p><p style="padding-top:0px;color:#525458;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Wu is a member of several professional societies, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Medical Dermatology Society, the Society for Dermatological Hospitalists, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology.</p>
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>
Ellen D. Teplitz
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>
Martina Stehlikova
<p>In-patient internal medicine with a special interest in hematology. Anemia, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy in hospitalised patients.</p>