Brian D. Spund
Luke R. Sponholz
Sumeet Singh-Tan
Mark Shlomovich
Albumin Dialysis
Care of children before and after solid organ transplantation
<p>Mark Shlomovich, MD, is Director, Extracorporeal Liver Support and Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Shlomovich’s clinical focus is on the care of critically ill children with abdominal organ failure, transplantation and post-surgical care. He also focuses on the safe transportation of critically ill children.</p><p>In 2006, Dr. Shlomovich earned his Bachelor of Science in biology from Towson University. He then attended University of Connecticut School of Medicine earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2010. His postgraduate training began at SUNY Downstate Medical Center with a four-year pediatric residency, where he was Chief Pediatric Resident in his final year. He then came to Children's Hospital at Montefiore for a pediatric critical care fellowship, which he completed in 2017.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich’s research interests are in the use of artificial liver support technology, as well as the care of children in liver failure before and after transplantation. In addition, he investigates the safety and efficiency of the transportation of critically ill children. He has shared his research through peer-reviewed journals and abstracts, and is an ad hoc reviewer for BMC Nephrology.</p><p>Dr. Shlomovich is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Scott H. Shaffer
<p><span>Scott Shaffer, MD is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult/Liaison Service at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and is the deputy training director of the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. </span></p>
<p>Dr. Shaffer is a board member of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also chair of the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society and is a member of the Arnold P Gold Foundation Board of Trustees. </p>
Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.
<p>Samuels A, Tuvia T, Patterson D, Briklin O, <strong>Shaffer S</strong>, Walker A. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31267759/">Characteristics of Conversion Disorder in an Urban Academic Children's Medical Center. </a>Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 Jul 3; [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31267759.</p>
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<p>Denysenko L, Sica N, Penders T, Philbrick K, Walker A, <strong>Shaffer S, </strong>Zimbrean P, Freudenreich O, Rex N, Carroll B, Francis A. Catatonia in the medically ill: Etiology, Diagnosis, and treatment. The Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Evidence-based Medicine Subcommittee Monograph. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 2018:30(2), 140-155.</p>
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<p><strong>Shaffer S</strong>., Fuentes J. On or off the “Spectrum”? The complexity of screening and diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). JAACAP Connect. Volume 1 Issue 2, Fall 2014.</p>
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<p>Philip NS, <strong>Shaffer S</strong>, Banik D, Johnson B: Supportive Psychotherapy- a Crash Course for Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry 2010: 34:1, 57-60.</p>
<p>Scott Shaffer, MD, is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult-Liaison Service and Deputy Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also an Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University in 2003, Dr. Shaffer continued his education at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006. He earned his first residency in General Psychiatry from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2010 and his second residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the New York University School of Medicine in 2012.
</p><p>Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.
</p><p>Dr. Shaffer is board certified and involved in a number of committees. He is Chair of the Nominating Committee and on the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Along with being a Board Member for the New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry he is also Co-Chair of their Medical Student Subcommittee. At the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Shaffer serves as a co-chair for the Committee on Admissions, and is a member of the Clinical Skills Assessment Subcommittee, and the Child Psychiatry Executive Training Committee.
</p><p>He is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Gold Humanism Honor Society.
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