Puja Patel
<p>Puja Patel, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Patel's clinical focus is pediatric epilepsy, although she also sees patients with general pediatric neurological issues, including headaches, movement disorders, sleep concerns and developmental delay.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Barnard College in 2005, Dr. Patel earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2009. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2011. Following this, Dr. Patel came to Montefiore Einstein to continue her medical training, completing her pediatric neurology residency in 2014, a clinical neurophysiology fellowship in 2015 and a behavioral neurosciences fellowship in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Patel’s research focuses on clinical seizure prediction in the pediatric population. She has been co-investigator in several clinical drug trials investigating new anti-seizure medications. Her work has been shared through invited presentations and peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts. She is a reviewer for scientific journals, including <em>Epilepsy Research, the Journal of Neurological Sciences and Pediatric Neurology</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Patel is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology. She is a member of the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society.</p>
Raminder K. Parihar
Dr. Parihar is focused on expanding the DBS to improve the quality of life of patients with tremors, Parkinson's disease, and dystonia.
Dr. Parihar is interested in studying gait disorders and working to find advanced therapies to improve them.
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df15-2ae7-5b01-dfa6f02928ba">1. Parihar, R; Mahoney, JR; Verghese, J. Relationship of Gait and Cognition in the Elderly. Curr Transl Geriatr Exp Gerontol Rep. 2013 Sep 1;2(3)</span></p>
<p>2. Bakshi K, Parihar R, Goswami SK, Walsh M, Friedman E, Wang HY. Prenatal cocaine exposure uncouples mGluR1 from Homer1 and Gq proteins. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e91671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091671. eCollection 2014</p>
<p>3. <span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df16-5152-5f73-3dd4cf8c18ee">Parihar R, Alterman R, Papavassiliou E, Tarsy D, Shih LC. Comparison of VIM and STN DBS for Parkinsonian Resting and Postural/Action Tremor. Tremor Other Hyperkinetic Mov. 2015 July 6;5: 321</span></p>
<p>4. <span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df16-989c-b0c2-e768f5de3e9a">Tarsy, Daniel, and Raminder K. Parihar. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders. Cambridge, 2015. Print.</span></p>
<p>Raminder Parihar, MD, is Director, Neuromodulation at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Parihar evaluates and treats patients with different movement disorders. She is also largely involved in evaluating patients for candidacy for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for the treatment of different movement disorders and initiating and following up stimulation programming.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in biomedical sciences from the City College of New York in 2007, Dr. Parihar completed her Doctor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2009. She then came to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she completed an internship in medicine in 2010 and her residency in adult neurology in 2013, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Parihar completed a fellowship in movement disorders at Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2014.</p><p>Dr. Parihar’s research focuses on gait disorders and how they can predict cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease. She also studies the impact of deep brain stimulation in improving the quality of life in patients with movement disorders. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed book chapters and publications, and she has shared her work through lectures and platform and abstract presentations.</p><p>Dr. Parihar is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Movement Disorders Society and the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2023, Dr. Parihar was a recipient of the Marquis Who's Who in America Award.</p>
Joanne M. Nazif
<p>Pediatric hospital medicine. </p>
Pediatric Medicine
Dr. Nazif’s clinical research focuses on resource utilization in the inpatient management of pediatric respiratory illnesses.
<p>Joanne M. Nazif, MD, is an Attending Physician in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Nazif leads hospital-wide initiatives that prioritize patient and family-centered care.</p><p>Dr. Nazif graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Nazif joined Montefiore in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Nazif’s clinical research focuses on resource utilization in the inpatient management of pediatric respiratory illnesses. Her work has been published in multiple book chapters and reviewed journals. She has been invited to speak at presentations and workshops.</p><p>Dr. Nazif is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2006.</p>
Lisa Morrow
Mark J. Milstein
Dr. Milstein focuses on inpatient neurological consultation and outpatient neuromuscular evaluation with a special focus on myasthenia gravis.
Dr. Milstein’s research is focused on medical education, unique neurological presentations, and neuromuscular conditions, including myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
<p>Mark J. Milstein, MD, FAAN, is Director of the Adult Neurology Residency Training Program at Montefiore and Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical work focuses primarily on neurohospitalist and neuromuscular medicine / electromyography (EMG), as well as general neurology.</p><p>After earning a degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, Dr. Milstein attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Milstein completed five years of postgraduate training at Montefiore from 2001-2006, including his internship in medicine, residency in neurology and fellowship in clinical neurophysiology. Dr. Milstein was Chief Resident in the final year of his neurology training.</p><p>Dr. Milstein’s research focuses on medical education, inpatient neurology and neuromuscular medicine. His work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, and includes original research, review articles, and books. Dr. Milstein has been an invited speaker at a number of national lectures and presentations.</p><p>At the 15th Annual Doctors Recognition Day in 2018, Dr. Milstein received the Peer to Peer Excellence in Medicine Award from the Bronx County Medical Society. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the New York State Neurological Society. He holds leadership positions in the AAN and the New York County Medical Society (NYCMS).</p><p>Dr. Milstein is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.</p>
Courtney A. McNamara
<p>Courtney McNamara, MD, is Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM) and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on pediatric hospital medicine, with a particular interest in resident education and mentorship.</p><p>In 2006, Dr. McNamara received her Bachelor of Science at James Madison University. She pursued her medical education at New York Medical College, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2010. She then came to CHAM for her postgraduate training, completing her pediatric residency in 2013.</p><p>Dr. McNamara’s research focuses on improving the patient experience. She is a co-investigator in a grant funded project investigating communication with hospitalized patients with limited English proficiency, and her body of research includes quality improvement research studies focused on improving inpatient pediatric comfort and decreasing painful experiences. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, poster presentations and platform presentations.</p><p>Dr. McNamara is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2023, Dr. McNamara was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society.</p>
Jennifer M. McKenna
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Maria Y. Mazing
<p>My research interest is in internal medicine/hospital medicine.</p>
Eric J. Mariuma
Dr. Mariuma has a special interest and specializes in neuromuscular neurology, electromyography and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring.
Dr. Mariuma's research, similar to his clinical interests, focuses on the assessment of various neurological complications. He has been a part of numerous research projects with Montefiore.
<p>Eric J. Mariuma, MD is an attending physician in the neurology department at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Mariuma practices general neurology and is highly involved in the education of medical students, interns and residents. Dr. Mariuma is the Chief of Neurology Clinic at Wakefield Hospital and he serves as a preceptor for neurology residents in the neurology clinic at Jacobi Medical Center. Dr. Mariuma has a special interest and specializes in neuromuscular neurology, electromyography and intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring.</p><p>Dr. Mariuma graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian of Stony Brook University. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society when he was a medical student at New York University School of Medicine, and he was the recipient of the Hippolyte M. Wertheim Award as a medical student. After graduating medical school, Dr. Mariuma had an internal medicine internship at Winthrop University Hospital, during which he received the intern of the year award. In 2009, he completed the Neurology Residency Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Mariuma completed his postgraduate training in 2010 at Montefiore with a fellowship in neurophysiology.</p><p>His research, similar to his clinical interests, focuses on the assessment of various neurological complications. He has been a part of numerous research projects with Montefiore.</p><p>Dr. Mariuma is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. </p>