Alex B. Theventhiran
<p>Medical and surgical management of glaucoma, anterior segment surgery and complex cataracts.</p>
<p>Focus on optimization of diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma; analyzing and optimizing patient outcomes post surgery; analysis of post-operative treatment modalities; minimally invasive glaucoma surgery outcomes and analysis of post surgical findings/complication.</p>
Anurag Shrivastava
<p>Glaucoma/Anterior Segment</p>
<p>Dr. Shrivastava is fellowship trained in glaucoma, and provides comprehensive eyecare for patients primarily with anterior segment disease.</p>
<p><span style="color:red;"> </span></p><p>Dr. Shrivastava’s clinical research is primarily focused on structural and functional deficits in glaucoma, along with advancements in drug delivery and trials involving novel molecules and therapeutic targets. As the former Program Director for the Ophthalmology Residency Program, and as the current Assistant Dean for Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Shrivastava is additionally very active in developing and researching advancements in medical educational resources.</p>
<p>Anurag Shrivastava, MD serves as Assistant Dean, Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Designated Institutional Officer, Graduate Medical Education. He is an attending physician, Glaucoma and Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Shrivastava is fellowship trained in glaucoma, and provides comprehensive eye care for patients primarily with anterior segment disease.</p><p>In 1996, Dr. Shrivastava received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology and his Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from University of Rochester with high honors. He later pursued his medical education at State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2003. After completing a transitional year internship at Weill Cornell New York Hospital Queens, Dr. Shrivastava completed his ophthalmology residency at Einstein in 2007, acting as Chief Resident in his final year. He continued his medical training with a yearlong glaucoma and advanced surgical technique fellowship at Stanford University, completing it in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Shrivastava’s clinical research is primarily focused on structural and functional deficits in glaucoma, along with the interplay between cataract surgery and glaucoma management and advancements in drug delivery and trials involving novel molecules and therapeutic targets. He is very active in developing and researching advancements in medical educational resources. Dr. Shrivastava is active in the Office for Clinical Trials, and has been highly involved in cutting edge clinical trials at the forefront of glaucoma management, including early phase drug and device trials along with sustained release drug delivery technologies.</p><p>Dr. Shrivastava has been recognized many times for his contributions to excellence at Montefiore Einstein, receiving the Montefiore Annual President’s Award in 2015 and being inducted into Leo M. Davidoff Einstein Society for highest tier of medical educators at the College of Medicine in 2022. He is a member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the American Glaucoma Society.</p>
Dovelet T. Shashou
Jamie B. Rosenberg
<p>Dr. Rosenberg is a pediatric ophthalmologist, professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and specialist in strabismus. She earned a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Harvard University with the honor of cum laude. She completed her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Ophthalmology. Then, she worked as a fellow in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Children's National Medical Center of Washington, DC. Dr. Rosenberg provides our team with valuable expertise in disorders of infants' and childrens' eyes and ocular motor imbalances in both children and adults.</p>
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<p>Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus: The care of children and teenagers with eye diseases, as well as management of ocular misalignment in children and adults.</p>
<p>Innovations in and the advancement of medical student and resident education in ophthalmology.</p>
<p>Jamie Rosenberg, MD, is a pediatric ophthalmologist and Professor, Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. She is also Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program and Co-director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division. Her clinical focus is in the care of children and teenagers with eye diseases, as well as management of ocular misalignment in children and adults.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Harvard University, Dr Rosenberg pursued her medical education at Einstein, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2005. She completed her internal medicine internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in 2006, followed by a three-year ophthalmology residency at Einstein, completing it in 2009. She then pursued her pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, completing it in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Rosenberg’s research focuses on innovations in and the advancement of medical student and resident education in ophthalmology. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, posters and regional, national and international presentations, She is a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus).</p><p>Dr. Rosenberg is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology and the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Dr. Rosenberg was awarded the Excellence in Medical Student Education Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology in 2020, the Harry H. Gordon Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching from Einstein in 2021, and a Secretariat Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2022.</p>
Sunju Park
<p><span>Dr. Park provides comprehensive pediatric ophthalmic care, including the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia, strabismus, childhood cataracts, and retinopathy of prematurity. She also has a special interest in complex adult strabismus.</span></p>
<p>Dr. Park’s research interests include investigating health literacy, access to care, and assessing education of medical trainees. She is also interested in better understanding the obstacles that children with systemic disorders face in obtaining the multi-disciplinary care they need. </p>
<p>Sunju Park, MD, is an attending physician, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus and Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Park provides comprehensive pediatric ophthalmic care, including the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia, strabismus, childhood cataracts and retinopathy of prematurity. She also has a special interest in complex adult strabismus.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Amherst College in 2006, Dr. Park graduated from Einstein with her Doctor of Medicine in 2011. She completed her Ophthalmology Residency at Montefiore, where she was elected Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Park pursued further specialized training with a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus, and ocular genetics at Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute.</p><p>Dr. Park’s research interests include investigating health literacy, access to care, and assessing education of medical trainees. She is also interested in better understanding the obstacles that children with systemic disorders face in obtaining the multi-disciplinary care they need. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, papers and poster presentations. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for several medical journals including the <em>Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Ophthalmic Genetics</em>, the <em>Journal of Academic Ophthalmology</em> and the <em>Journal of Pediatric Genetics</em>.</p><p>Dr. Park is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of several professional societies including the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.</p>
Richard J. Lucariello
<p>Clinic Cardiology, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology</p>
<p>Dr. Lucariello is a member of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart &Vascular Care Research Board.</p>
<p>Richard Lucariello, MD, is Clinical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology at the Wakefield Campus of Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical interests include clinical cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.</p><p>Dr. Lucariello earned his Bachelor of Science in biology at Fordham University in 1979, followed by his Doctor of Medicine at New York Medical College in 1984. He began his postdoctoral training at Westchester County Medical Center, completing a medicine internship in 1985 and a two-year medicine residency in 1987. He then completed a cardiology fellowship at St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center in 1989 before returning to Westchester County Medical Center to complete a nuclear cardiology fellowship in 1990.</p><p>Following his clinical interests, Dr. Lucariello’s research focuses primarily on echocardiography. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts.</p><p>Dr. Lucariello is actively involved in educating medical residents and cardiology fellows at the Wakefield campus, and was awarded the Program Director’s Training Award for Cardiology for the 2011–2012 academic year. He is board certified and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography.</p>
Alan D. Legatt
<p>Dr. Legatt's clinical activities include intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring, EEG-CCTV monitoring for epilepsy, and clinical EEG and evoked potential studies. His research interests include the analysis of EEG monitoring data, the subcomponent structure and generators of evoked potentials, new methods for analysis of evoked potential studies, evoked potential changes in patients with epilepsy, and techniques for intraoperative monitoring of the nervous system.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Haut SR, Shinnar S, Legatt AD, O'Dell C, Moshe SL. The association between seizure clustering and status epilepticus in patients with intractable complex partial seizures. Epilepsia, 1999;40:1832-1834.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Kader A. Topography of the initial cortical component of the median nerve somatosensory evoked potential: relationship to central sulcus anatomy. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2000;17:321-325.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Lado FA, Legatt AD, LaSala PA, Shinnar S. Alteration of the cortical motor map in a patient with intractable focal seizures. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 2002;72:811-814.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Emerson RG. Motor evoked potential monitoring - It's about time (editorial). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:383-386.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Mechanisms of intraoperative brainstem auditory evoked potential changes. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:396-408.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Current practice of motor evoked potential monitoring: Results of a survey. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:454-460.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Ellen R. Grass Lecture: Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring. Amer J Electroneurodiagnostic Technol, 2004;44:222-243. Legatt AD.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Pathways of Hearing and Balance. In: Van De Water T, Staecker H (Eds.), Basic Science Review for Otolaryngology. Thieme, New York, 2006:350-360.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Lefebvre PP, Legatt AD. Assessment of Central Auditory Function. In: Van De Water T, Staecker H (Eds.), Basic Science Review for Otolaryngology. Thieme, New York, 2006:361-367.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. BAEPs in Surgery. In: Nuwer, M (Ed.) Intraoperative Monitoring of Neural Function. Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 8; Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008:334-349.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Cherian K, Weidenheim K, Legatt A, Shifteh K, Abbott IR, Moshe <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SL. Extensive apoptosis in a case of intractable infantile status epilepticus. Epilepsy Research, 2009;85:305-310.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Nuwer MR, Emerson RG, Galloway G, Legatt AD, Lopez J, Minahan R, Yamada T, Goodin DS, Armon C, Chaudhry V, Gronseth GS, Harden CL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evidence-based guideline update: Intraoperative spinal monitoring with somatosensory and transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Neurology, 2012; 78:585-589.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Fried SJ, Smith DM, Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Median nerve somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during carotid surgery: Does reference choice matter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J Clin Neurophysiol, 2014;31:55-57.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs). In: Aminoff M, Daroff R (Eds.),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2014, volume 1, pp. 505-508.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intraoperative Neurophysiology: Interactive Case Studies, (digital learning program on DVD-ROM), Demos Medical, New York, 2015.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brainstem auditory evoked potentials. In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Husain AM (Ed.), A Practical Approach to Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring, 2nd Edition. Demos Medical, New York, 2015:46-54.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Electrophysiologic auditory tests. In: Celesia GG, Hickock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G (Eds.), The Human Auditory System: Fundamental Organization And Clinical Disorders. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 3rd Series, Volume 129. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2015:289-311.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Nuwer MR, Emerson RG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intraoperative monitoring of central neurophysiology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schomer DL, Lopes da Silva, FH (Eds.) Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fields, 7th Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2018:833-866.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, Legatt AD. Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schomer DL, Lopes da Silva, FH (Eds.) Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fields, 7th Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2018:723-738.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Emerson RG, Epstein CM, MacDonald DB, Deletis V, Bravo RJ, López JR. ACNS Guideline: Transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potential monitoring. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2016;33:42-50.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Electrophysiology of cranial nerve testing: Auditory nerve. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2018;35:25-38.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><!--[endif]--></p>
Yu Hyon Kim
<p>All Aspects of Vitreoretinal Diseases evaluation, treatment and surgery. Special interest in retinovascular disease, Diabetes, macular degenerations, sickle cell and vascular occlusions.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;">Diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity.</span></p>
<p>Yu Hyon Kim, MD, is an attending physician, Retina and Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is in all aspects of vitreoretinal diseases evaluation, treatment and surgery, with a special interest in retinovascular disease, diabetes, macular degeneration, sickle cell and vascular occlusions.</p><p>A graduate of the Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Kim earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. After completing a medical transitional internship at the Brooke Army Medical Center in 2006, he pursued a three-year Ophthalmology residency at San Antonio Uniformed Health Services. In 2009, Dr. Kim went on to the Casey Eye Institute, where he completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery.</p><p>Dr. Kim’s research focuses on diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. He’s shared his work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Kim is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists and the Society of Military Ophthalmologists.</p>
Gene Kim
<p>Medical and surgical management of glaucoma, including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS),</p><p>Cataract surgery, including premium intraocular lenses.</p><p>Glaucoma laser procedures.</p>
<p>Safety and efficacy of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS).</p><p>Post-operative outcomes after phacoemulsification cataract surgery.</p><p>Ocular coherence tomography (OCT) imaging in glaucoma management.</p>
<p>Gene Kim, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology at Montefiore Einstein. A board-certified ophthalmologist with a clinical specialty in the treatment of glaucoma and cataracts, Dr. Kim’s focus is on the medical and surgical management of glaucoma, including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), cataract surgery, including premium intraocular lenses, and glaucoma laser procedures</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Science in biology and psychology from Duke University in 2008, Dr. Kim attended University of Michigan Medical School, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2012. His postdoctoral training began with a transitional year internship at Oakwood Hospital, followed by ophthalmology residency training at the Baylor College of Medicine Cullen Eye Institute from 2013 to 2016. He went on to complete a yearlong glaucoma fellowship at the Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute in 2017.</p><p>Dr. Kim’s research focuses on safety and efficacy of MIGS, post-operative outcomes after phacoemulsification cataract surgery and ocular coherence tomography (OCT) imaging in glaucoma management. He has shared his research through peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and regional and national presentations. He is also a reviewer for the <em>Journal of Glaucoma</em>.</p><p>Dr. Kim is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is a member of the American Glaucoma Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.</p>