Vafa Tabatabaie

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Endocrinology
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Director, Fracture Liaison Service
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Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Interim Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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Fellowship
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Montefiore Medical Center
Professional Interests

<p>Dr. Vafa Tabatabaie received her medical degree from Shahid Beheshti Medical University in Tehran, Iran. After several years of research on thyroid cancer in Toronto, Canada, she came to Montefiore in 2007, initially as a clinical observer and then as a researcher in the Division of Endocrinology under the direction of Drs. Norman Fleischer and Martin Surks. She graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2011, during which her enthusiasm and teaching skills were recognized with the Award for Outstanding House Officer in Internal Medicine. She then completed her Endocrinology Fellowship in 2013 and joined the Einstein Montefiore Division of Endocrinology faculty later that year.</p>
<p>Dr. Tabatabaie is the Clinical Director for Division of Endocrinology.&nbsp;She is also the Director of Fracture Liaison Services, a multi-disciplinary team of Endocrinologist, Geriatricians and Orthopedic Surgeons focused on secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures. &nbsp;Dr Tabatabaie is one of the founding members of Transgender Interest Group at Montefiore/Einstein. Her clinical research interests include endocrine issues in the elderly, especially metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis, as well as thyroid cancer. She has contributed to the field of endocrinology by writing journal articles, presenting posters at national endocrine meetings, and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows. In recognition of her contributions to medical education, she was accepted into Leo M Davidoff Society in 2019. She also received Department of Medicine's Humanism Award in 2018.</p>

Research Areas
Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, thyroid disease including thyroid cancer, pituitary disorders
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Selected Publications

<p><strong>Thyroid Dysfunction in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs): Outcomes in a Multiethnic Urban Cohort</strong></p>
<p>Cancers,&nbsp;<span style="caret-color: #5b616b; color: #5b616b; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2021 Mar 23;13(6):1464</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Are We Responding Effectively to Bone Mineral Density Loss and Fracture Risk in People with Epilepsy?</strong></p>
<p>Epilepsia Open, 2020 Apr 14;5(2): 240-247</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Changes in Bone Mineral Density During 5 Years of Adjuvant Treatment in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients</strong></p>
<p>Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2020 Feb 19</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis and The Weekend Effect at an Urban Tertiary-Care Center</strong></p>
<p>Endocrine Practice,&nbsp;<span style="caret-color: #5b616b; color: #5b616b; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2020 Jun 2;26(6):634-641</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Thyroid Storm Presenting as Psychosis</strong></p>
<p>Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, May 2018</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Medical Optimization of Lumbar Fusion in the Osteoporotic Patient</strong></p>
<p>Archives of Osteoporosis, 2018 March 14: 13 (1): 26</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Testosterone Treatment and Sexual Function in Older Men With Low Testosterone Levels</strong></p>
<p>Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2016 Aug; 101 (8): 3096-104</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men</strong></p>
<p>New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Feb 18: 374 (7): 611-24</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Recruitment and Screening for the Testosterone Trials</strong></p>
<p>The Journals of Gerontology, 2015 Sep, 70(9): 1105-11</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Association of Sex Hormones with Sexual Function, Vitality, and Physical Function of Symptomatic Older Men with Low Testosterone Levels at Baseline in the Testosterone Trials</strong></p>
<p>Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015 Mar, 100(3):1146-55</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Exceptional Longevity is Associated with Decreased Reproduction</strong></p>
<p>Aging, 2011 Dec, 3(12):1202-5</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Influence of Age and Primary Tumor Size on the Risk for Residual/Recurrent Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma</strong></p>
<p>Head and Neck, 2009 Jun; 31(6):782-8</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Post-Challenge Hyperglycemia in Older Adults is Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk Profile</strong></p>
<p>Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2009 May, 94(5):1595-601</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Prognostic Value of Postsurgical Stimulated Thyroglobulin Levels after Initial Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma</strong></p>
<p>Head and Neck, 2008 Jun; 30(6):693-700</p>

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<p>Dr. Vafa Tabatabaie received her medical degree from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. After several years of research on thyroid cancer in Toronto, Canada, she came to Montefiore in 2007 as a researcher in the Division of Endocrinology under the direction of Drs. Norman Fleischer and Martin Surks. She graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2011, during which her enthusiasm and teaching skills were recognized with the Award for Outstanding House Officer in Internal Medicine, and she completed the Endocrinology Fellowship Program in 2013. She joined the Einstein Montefiore Division of Endocrinology faculty later that year.</p><p>Dr. Tabatabaie is Director of the Fracture Liaison Service at Montefiore Medical Center. Her clinical research interests include endocrine issues in the elderly, especially metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis, as well as thyroid cancer.</p>

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Deborah M. Swiderski

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Montefiore Medical Center
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Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons <br />Residency: Montefiore Health System (Internal Medicine)</p>
<p><strong>Professional Activity</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Deborah Swiderski co-leads the psychosocial curriculum for residents in the Social Medicine Program (with Dr. Jennifer Egert of the Psychosocial Unit).&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Swiderski has been a clinician-educator for over twenty-five years with a teaching and research focus on the patient-physician relationship, bioethics and the professional development of physicians. Her other areas of interest include spirituality in medicine and the role of women in medicine. She is a member of the Ethics Committee for the Montefiore Medical Center, and an active member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, The American Academy of Communication in Health Care, and American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.</p>
<p>In addition to leading the psychosocial curriculum for Social Medicine residents, Dr. Swiderski precepts Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine residents and sees patients in her continuity practice at the Comprehensive Health Care Center (CHCC).</p>

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<p>Deborah M. Swiderski, MD, is an attending physician and Professor, Medicine and Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on primary care internal medicine.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College, Dr. Swiderski attended Columbia University, earning her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Medical Studies followed by her Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Swiderski came to Einstein to complete her internship and residency in internal medicine. She continued her medical education, completing a certificate in Bioethics at New York University/Montefiore Medical Center, as well as a certificate as a Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Trainer from Northwestern University.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Swiderski&rsquo;s research interests include communication skills, end-of-life care, health disparities and Bioethics. These are synthesized in her work leading the Serious Illness Conversation Project at Montefiore. She has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on a number of funded research projects, and she has given invited presentations nationally and internationally. Dr. Swiderski&rsquo;s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts. She has been a peer reviewer for scientific journals, including the <em>Journal of General Internal Medicine</em> and <em>Annals of Internal Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Swiderski is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, the American Academy of Physician and Patient, the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. In 2007, Dr. Swiderski won the Leo M. Davidoff Society Award for Teaching Excellence.</p>

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Martin I. Surks

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Montefiore Medical Center
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New York University School of Medicine
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Veterans Administration Medical Center
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Montefiore Medical Center
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<p><strong>Current Activities:</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Program Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine</li>
<li>Director of the Endocrinology Clinic, Montefiore Medical Center</li>
<li>Consultant in thyroid disease and general endocrinology</li>
<li>Research Mentor</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>Clinical Practice:</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Surks restricts his consultative practice to disorders of the thyroid gland, and to other disorders of general endocrinology such as diseases of the pituitary, parathyroid glands, gonads, adrenal glands, and to metabolic bone disease.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>Research Interests:</strong></p>
<p>Historical Summary:&nbsp;Major contributions from thyroid research at Montefiore Medical Center began nearly 100 years ago with findings of Dr. David Marine, Chairman of Pathology, that deficiency of iodine was associated with development of goiter and iodine deficiency diseases that affected hundreds of millions of people around the world His studies initiated iodine supplementation to salt in the US, and elimination of this major health problem. A Medical Physics laboratory, the progenitor of Nuclear Medicine Departments, was established in 1945 and was widely known for the earliest studies of radioactive iodine use to treat hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. From 1960 to 1976, Dr. Jack Oppenheimer published widely on thyroid hormone measurements and metabolism, discovered the nuclear receptor for thyroid hormone and studied its effects on different gene products</p>
<p>Most of Dr. Surks&rsquo; research has focused on thyroid physiology, pathophysiology and diseases. For the last five years, he has studied subclinical thyroid diseases, and the characterization of the reference range for serum TSH in human beings.&nbsp;</p>

Areas of Expertise
Endocrinology (thyroid)
Expert Summary

<p>Dr. Surks is a thyroid disease expert with 40 years of experience in basic and clinical research, education and patient care. In addition to thyroid disorders, his clinical practice focuses on conditions of the pituitary, parathyroid and adrenal glands and on metabolic bone disease. His recent research has involved subclinical thyroid diseases and determining a reference range for TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) levels in people.&nbsp;</p>
<p>A noted educator, Dr. Surks led a collaborative project that culminated in a generic &ldquo;gold standard&rdquo; curriculum for endocrinology training programs that is used nationwide. He is author of <em>The Thyroid Book</em> and editor of the <em>Atlas of Clinical Endocrinology Volume I: Thyroid Diseases</em>. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including <em>Endocrinology</em> and the<em> Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism</em>, and currently is on the editorial board of <em>Thyroid</em>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Surks is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He is a former president of the American Thyroid Association and the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. His awards include the American Thyroid Association&rsquo;s Distinguished Service Award and the Van Meter Award, and the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award of the Endocrine Society. He was also awarded a Mastership by the American College of Physicians in recognition of his contributions to research, education, and teaching.</p>

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Selected Publications

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<li>Cases, J.A., Wenig, B.M., Silver, C.E., Surks, M.I. Recurrent acute suppurative thyroiditis in an adult due to a pyriform-sinus (4th branchial pouch) fistula. J Clin Endocrinol &amp; Metab 85:953-956, 2000.</li>
<li>Cases, J.A., Surks, M.I. Changing role of scintigraphy in the evaluation of thyroid nodules; Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, Volume 30:81-87, 2000.</li>
<li>Surks, M.I., &lsquo;Hyperthyroidism&rsquo;; &lsquo;Hypothyroidism&rsquo;; &lsquo;Goiter&rsquo;; &lsquo;Iodine&rsquo;;;Thyroid Disorders&rsquo;; &lsquo;Thyroid Function Tests&rsquo;; in Encyclopedia of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief, Breslow, L., McMillan Reference USA, New York, 2002</li>
<li>Surks, M.I., Hyperthyroidism, Conn&rsquo;s Current Therapy, 2003 Eds Rakel and Bope; Elsevier Science (USA) 717-720.</li>
<li>Dubenko, M., Breining, W., Surks, M.I. &nbsp; Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis of the breast &nbsp; in a patient with Graves&rsquo; disease. &nbsp;2003 &nbsp;THYROID 13:309-311.</li>
<li>Rizza RA, Vigersky RA, Rodbard HW, Ladenson PW, Young WF Jr, Surks MI, Kahn R, Hogan PF. 2003. A model to determine workforce needs for endocrinologists in the United &nbsp;States until 2020. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88: 1979-1987.</li>
<li>Surks MI, Ortiz E, Daniels GH, Sawin CT, Col NF, Cobin RH, Franklyn JA, Hershman JM, Burman KD, Denke MA, Gorman C, Cooper RS, Weissman NJ. &nbsp;Subclinical thyroid disease: Scientific Review and Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management. JAMA, 2004; 291: 228-238.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Col, NF, Surks MI. and Daniels GH: Subclinical thyroid disease: Clinical Applications. &nbsp; JAMA &nbsp;2004; 291: 239 &ndash; 243.</li>
<li>Senzel L, Surks MI, and Buettner C: Polyuria and abdominal pain in a &nbsp; young &nbsp; Jamaican woman. Laboratory Medicine, 2004; 35: 100 &ndash; 103.</li>
<li>Surks MI: Response: to &lsquo;Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction: A joint statement on management from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Thyroid Association and The Endocrine Society&rsquo; THYROID, 2005,15:32-33. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Surks MI: COMMENTARY: Subclinical Thyroid dysfunction: A joint statement on Management from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American &nbsp;Thyroid &nbsp; &nbsp;Association, and The Endocrine society. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005, 90: 586-. 588</li>
<li>Surks, MI, Goswami G, Daniels GH: &nbsp;CONTROVERSY IN CLINICAL &nbsp;ENDOCRINOLOGY: The thyrotropin reference range should remain unchanged. J ClinEndcrinol Metab 2005; 5489 &ndash; 5496.</li>
<li>Surks, MI &nbsp;Hypothyroidism: New issues and controversies. The Endocrinologist. 2006.16: 203-208.</li>
<li>Meyerovitch J, Rotman-Pikiely P, Sherf M, Battat E, Levy Y, Surks MI: Serum &nbsp; &nbsp;thyrotropin (TSH) measurements in the community: 5-year follow-up in a large network of primary care physicians. Archives Internal Med &nbsp; 2007; 167: 1533 &ndash; 1538</li>
<li>Surks MI, Hollowell JG. &nbsp;Age-specific distribution of serum TSH and antithyroid antibodies in the United States population; Implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol &amp; Metab &nbsp;2007; 92: 4575-4582</li>
<li>Surks MI, Hollowell JG: &nbsp;Age-specific distribution of serum TSH and antithyroid antibodies in the United States Population; Implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol and Metab 2007; 92: 4575-4582.</li>
<li>Surks, MI. 2008. Should the upper limit of the normal reference range for TSH be lowered? Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology and Metabolism 4: 370-371</li>
<li>Surks MI &nbsp;2008 Concise Review: TSH reference limits: Emerging concepts and implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. Clin Thyroidology 20:4-5.</li>
<li>Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Hollowell JG, Surks MI, Gabriely I: 2009 Extreme longevity is associated with increased serum thyrotropin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:1251-1254.</li>
<li>Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Surks MI, Gabriely I &nbsp;2009 &nbsp; Genetic Predisposition to Elevated &nbsp;Serum Thyrotropin is Associated with Exceptional Longevity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab &nbsp;94: 4768-4775</li>
<li>Surks MI &nbsp; &nbsp;2011 &nbsp; Milestones in Thyroid Research at Montefiore Medical Center: 1920 &ndash; 2011: History and Personal Reflections--in press</li>
<li>Cases, J.A., Wenig, B.M., Silver, C.E., Surks, M.I. Recurrent acute suppurative thyroiditis in an adult due to a pyriform-sinus (4th branchial pouch) fistula. J Clin Endocrinol &amp; Metab 85:953-956, 2000.</li>
<li>Cases, J.A., Surks, M.I. Changing role of scintigraphy in the evaluation of thyroid nodules; Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, Volume 30:81-87, 2000.</li>
<li>Surks, M.I., &lsquo;Hyperthyroidism&rsquo;; &lsquo;Hypothyroidism&rsquo;; &lsquo;Goiter&rsquo;; &lsquo;Iodine&rsquo;;;Thyroid Disorders&rsquo;; &lsquo;Thyroid Function Tests&rsquo;; in Encyclopedia of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief, Breslow, L., McMillan Reference USA, New York, 2002</li>
<li>Surks, M.I., Hyperthyroidism, Conn&rsquo;s Current Therapy, 2003 Eds Rakel and Bope; Elsevier Science (USA) 717-720.</li>
<li>Dubenko, M., Breining, W., Surks, M.I. &nbsp; Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis of the breast &nbsp; in a patient with Graves&rsquo; disease. &nbsp;2003 &nbsp;THYROID 13:309-311.</li>
<li>Rizza RA, Vigersky RA, Rodbard HW, Ladenson PW, Young WF Jr, Surks MI, Kahn R, Hogan PF. 2003. A model to determine workforce needs for endocrinologists in the United &nbsp;States until 2020. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88: 1979-1987.</li>
<li>Surks MI, Ortiz E, Daniels GH, Sawin CT, Col NF, Cobin RH, Franklyn JA, Hershman JM, Burman KD, Denke MA, Gorman C, Cooper RS, Weissman NJ. &nbsp;Subclinical thyroid disease: Scientific Review and Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management. JAMA, 2004; 291: 228-238.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Col, NF, Surks MI. and Daniels GH: Subclinical thyroid disease: Clinical Applications. &nbsp; JAMA &nbsp;2004; 291: 239 &ndash; 243.</li>
<li>Senzel L, Surks MI, and Buettner C: Polyuria and abdominal pain in a &nbsp; young &nbsp; Jamaican woman. Laboratory Medicine, 2004; 35: 100 &ndash; 103.</li>
<li>Surks MI: Response: to &lsquo;Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction: A joint statement on management from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Thyroid Association and The Endocrine Society&rsquo; THYROID, 2005,15:32-33. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Surks MI: COMMENTARY: Subclinical Thyroid dysfunction: A joint statement on Management from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American &nbsp;Thyroid &nbsp; &nbsp;Association, and The Endocrine society. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005, 90: 586-. 588</li>
<li>Surks, MI, Goswami G, Daniels GH: &nbsp;CONTROVERSY IN CLINICAL &nbsp;ENDOCRINOLOGY: The thyrotropin reference range should remain unchanged. J ClinEndcrinol Metab 2005; 5489 &ndash; 5496.</li>
<li>Surks, MI &nbsp;Hypothyroidism: New issues and controversies. The Endocrinologist. 2006.16: 203-208.</li>
<li>Meyerovitch J, Rotman-Pikiely P, Sherf M, Battat E, Levy Y, Surks MI: Serum &nbsp; &nbsp;thyrotropin (TSH) measurements in the community: 5-year follow-up in a large network of primary care physicians. Archives Internal Med &nbsp; 2007; 167: 1533 &ndash; 1538</li>
<li>Surks MI, Hollowell JG. &nbsp;Age-specific distribution of serum TSH and antithyroid antibodies in the United States population; Implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol &amp; Metab &nbsp;2007; 92: 4575-4582</li>
<li>Surks MI, Hollowell JG: &nbsp;Age-specific distribution of serum TSH and antithyroid antibodies in the United States Population; Implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol and Metab 2007; 92: 4575-4582.</li>
<li>Surks, MI. 2008. Should the upper limit of the normal reference range for TSH be lowered? Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology and Metabolism 4: 370-371</li>
<li>Surks MI. 2008 Editorial: New evidence against lowering the thyrotropin reference limits. Clin Thyroidology 20: 8</li>
<li>Surks MI &nbsp;2008 Concise Review: TSH reference limits: Emerging concepts and implications for the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. Clin Thyroidology 20:4-5.</li>
<li>Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Hollowell JG, Surks MI, Gabriely I: 2009 Extreme longevity is associated with increased serum thyrotropin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:1251-1254.</li>
<li>Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Surks MI, Gabriely I &nbsp;2009 &nbsp; Genetic Predisposition to Elevated &nbsp;Serum Thyrotropin is Associated with Exceptional Longevity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab &nbsp;94: 4768-4775</li>
<li>Surks MI &nbsp; &nbsp;2011 &nbsp; Milestones in Thyroid Research at Montefiore Medical Center: 1920 &ndash; 2011: History and Personal Reflections--in press</li>
</ol>

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<p>Martin I. Surks, MD, MACP, is an attending physician, Professor, Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Program Director Emeritus, Endocrines Clinic (1976-2018) at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Surks&rsquo; clinical practice focuses on disorders of the thyroid gland and other disorders of general endocrinology such as diseases of the pituitary, parathyroid glands, gonads and adrenal glands, and metabolic bone disease.</p><p>After completing his Bachelor of Arts at Columbia College in 1956, Dr. Surks pursued his medical education at New York University - Bellevue College, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1960. He began his postdoctoral training at Montefiore and completed it at Veterans Administration Hospital in 1963. Dr. Surks then returned to Montefiore to complete a postdoctoral research fellowship in arthritis and metabolic diseases in 1964.</p><p>The majority of Dr. Surks&rsquo; research focuses on thyroid physiology, pathophysiology and diseases. Most recently, he has studied subclinical thyroid diseases and the characterization of the reference range for serum TSH in human beings. He has shared his research in major peer-reviewed journals, and through editorials, abstracts, books and letters, having published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and 2 books. He has also served on the editorial boards of several medical journals including <em>Endocrine Research, Thyroid</em> and the <em>Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism</em>.</p><p>Dr. Surks is a Master of the American College of Physicians, a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He is past President of the American Thyroid Association and the Association of Program Directors of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Surks has earned many accolades throughout his career, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Thyroid Association, the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award from the Endocrine Society and the Physician Recognition Award from the American Medical Association.</p>

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Dr. Suda's&nbsp;clinical focus has been on the treatment of patients with metabolic dysfunctions, including pituitary and neuroendocrine disorders, osteoporosis and metabolic calcium and phosphate diseases, diabetes, weight management, thyroid hormone dysfunction, infertility, hypogonadism, and polycystic ovary syndrome.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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As a researcher, Dr. Suda focuses on quality improvement projects related to glycemic management in inpatient and outpatient settings.

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<p>Nisha Suda, MD, MHA, is an Attending Physician at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team in 2018, her clinical focus has been on the treatment of patients with metabolic dysfunctions, including pituitary and neuroendocrine disorders, osteoporosis and metabolic calcium and phosphate diseases, diabetes, weight management, thyroid hormone dysfunction, infertility, hypogonadism, and polycystic ovary syndrome.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Suda received her Bachelor of Arts in biology at Cornell University College of Arts &amp; Sciences. She continued her education at Cornell University and received her Master of Health Administration in 2009. Following this, she attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Suda began her postgraduate training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School with a residency in internal medicine, which she completed in 2016. From 2016 to 2018, Dr. Suda completed a fellowship in clinical endocrinology and metabolism at Yale University.</p><p>As a researcher, Dr. Suda focuses on quality improvement projects that relate to glycemic management in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Suda is an experienced researcher, having worked with a number of teams at Cornell and Yale. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, articles, and books.</p><p>Dr. Suda is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism, and is also a member of the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists&rsquo;, and the American Thyroid Association.</p>

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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;">Joseph Stephens is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a member of the Global Health and Clinical Skills Faculty at Montefiore Medical Center. He is a graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine Residency Program at Montefiore. He enjoys practicing medicine in primary care and inpatient settings both in the Bronx and Kisoro, Uganda. His interests include helping learners to interpret and apply clinical research to patient care, teaching clinical reasoning, and promoting community oriented primary care. Sepp has worked with the NGO Doctor&rsquo;s for Global Health since 2016, supporting and strengthening their village health worker program and related community health initiatives in Kisoro. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;">His research has focused on hypertension and other chronic diseases in rural Uganda, from household level universal screening to community and hospital-based management.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Dr. Starrels is Professor of Medicine (with tenure) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Associate Chief of Research in the <a title="Division of General Internal Medicine" href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/medicine/generalinternalmedicine"><s… style="color: #3b5b98; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Division of General Internal Medicine</span></a>, and Director of the IMPOWR-ME Research Center. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine.&nbsp;Dr. Starrels is nationally recognized for her expertise in research, clinical care, education, and health policy to address the opioid crisis. Her research focuses on&nbsp;opioid management for patients with chronic pain with or without opioid use disorder. In particular, she studies the benefits and harms of opioid tapering, treatment agreements,&nbsp;urine drug testing,&nbsp;prescription monitoring programs, and medical cannabis use. She also studies the impact of opioid use&nbsp;on HIV outcomes, collaborative care models for integrating behavioral health care and pain management, treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care, and integrated treatment for opioid use disorder and chronic pain.&nbsp;Her work has been funded by&nbsp;grants from&nbsp;the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Society of General Internal Medicine,&nbsp;the New York Community Trust, and the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research. Her expertise has been recognized </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">by invitations to serve as</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> expert consultant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York State Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for developing guidelines and initiatives to improve opioid prescribing.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Dr. Starrels joined the Einstein/Montefiore faculty in 2008. Her teaching and clinical care activities also focus on chronic pain and substance use. She is faculty in the Center on Comparative Effectiveness Research, leads a number of opioid and pain related initiatives, is teaching faculty in the Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine residency training programs, and is attending physician at the Montefiore Family Care Center where she focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain and who use opioids and/or medical cannabis.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Before joining Einstein/Montefiore, Dr. Starrels received her BA from Wesleyan University, where she majored in the Science in Society Program, and her MD from Jefferson Medical College. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a MS in Health Policy Research. </span></span></span></p>
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Opioid management for patients with chronic pain, opioid tapering, treatment agreements, urine drug testing, medical cannabis, collaborative care models, opioid use disorder, opioid use in HIV care.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Dr. Starrels is a physician, teacher and researcher who focuses on the safety and effectiveness of opioids for the management of chronic pain. Her research centers on&nbsp;defining best practices for&nbsp;managing chronic pain in&nbsp;primary care and HIV-treatment settings.&nbsp;She studies the benefits and harms of using treatment agreements,&nbsp;urine drug testing,&nbsp;and prescription monitoring programs in pain management; the effectiveness of&nbsp;collaborative care models for integrating behavioral health care and pain management; treatment of opioid use disorders in primary care settings; and the impact of opioid analgesic use,&nbsp;misuse and disorders&nbsp;on HIV outcomes.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 15.6pt;">Her work has been funded by&nbsp;grants from&nbsp;the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Society of General Internal Medicine,&nbsp;the New York Community Trust, and the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Starrels also works to improve policies and guidelines to improve the safety of opioid prescribing. She serves as consultant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on several initiatives to reduce prescription drug abuse, addiction and overdose in New York City. She was a field reviewer for the Federation of State Medical Board&rsquo;s 2013 Model Policy on the Use of Opioid Analgesics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain, and served as a core expert for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016 opioid prescribing guidelines. She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<li><strong><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, </strong>Becker WC, Alford DP, Kapoor, A, Williams AR, Turner BJ. Treatment Agreements and Urine Drug Testing to Reduce Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review. Annals of Internal Medicine.2010;152:712-720.</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Becker WC, Weiner MG, Li X, Heo M, Turner, BJ. Low Use of Opioid Risk Reduction Strategies for Even High Risk Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011;26(9);958-64.</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Fox AD, Kunins HV, Cunningham CO. They Don&rsquo;t Know What They Don&rsquo;t Know: Internal Medicine Residents&rsquo; Knowledge and Confidence in Urine Drug Test Interpretation for Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2012;27(11):1521-1527.</li>
<li>Bachhuber MA, Hennesy S, Cunningham CO, <strong>Starrels JL</strong>. Increasing benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose mortality in the United States, 1996-2013. American Journal of Public Health. 2016;106(4):686-8.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Starrels JL</strong>, Peyser D, Haughton L, Fox AD, Merlin J, Arnsten JH, Cunningham CO. When HIV treatment goals conflict with guideline-based opioid prescribing: A qualitative study of HIV treatment providers. Substance Abuse. 2016;37(1):148-53.</li>
<li>Buonora M, Perez H, Heo M, Ning Y, Cunningham CO, <strong>Starrels JL</strong>. Race and gender are associated with opioid dose reduction among patients receiving chronic opioid therapy. Pain Medicine. 2018.&nbsp;</li>
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Deepika E. Slawek

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #212121; color: #212121;">Deepika Slawek, MD, MPH, MS is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Health Systems and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is board certified in Infectious Diseases, Addiction Medicine, and Internal Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Montefiore Medical Cannabis Program. Dr. Slawek &nbsp;studies how to reduce morbidity and mortality in people with HIV (PWH) and people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction framework. She aims to study solutions for PWH and PWUD informed by her clinical experiences and patient&rsquo;s experiences. Dr. Slawek is the recipient of a K23 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to test how different formulations of medical cannabis effect neuropathic pain and inflammation in PLWH in an innovative quasi-experimental study. She is leading groundbreaking foundation-funded research to determine whether medical cannabis is effective in reducing opioid analgesic use in people with pain.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #212121; color: #212121;">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #212121; color: #212121;">Prior to joining Montefiore-Einstein, Dr. Slawek completed her residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital and her Infectious Diseases Fellowship at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center. She holds a Masters of Science in Clinical Research Methods from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p>

Research Areas
I study how to reduce morbidity and mortality in people with HIV (PWH) and people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction framework. I aim to study solutions for PWH and PWUD informed by my experiences as a clinician and by my patient's experiences.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;"><a name="_GoBack"></a>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Arnsten J, Zhang C, Grossberg R, Stein M, Cunningham CO. Daily and near-daily cannabis use is associated with HIV viral load suppression in people living with HIV who use cocaine.&nbsp;AIDS Care.&nbsp;Vol 32, 2020.&nbsp;Doi:&nbsp;<a title="https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1799922&quot; href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1799922">10.1080/09540121.2020.17… />2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Merlin JS, Owens MA, Long DM, Gonzalez CE, White DM, Lopez SA, Heath SL, Goodin BR. Increasing age is associated with elevated circulating interleukin-6 and enhanced temporal summation of mechanical pain in people living with HIV and chronic pain.&nbsp;Pain Reports. 2020; 5(6):p e859.&nbsp;doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000859<br />3. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Althouse AD, Feldman RF, &hellip; Merlin JS. Cannabis dispensary staff approaches to counseling on potential contraindications to cannabis use: Insights from a national self-report survey.&nbsp;BMC Primary Care. 2023 Jul 14;24(1):145. PMID: 37442944, PMCID: PMC10347704.<br /><!-- [if !supportLists]-->4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->Ross J,&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Yamada J, Starrels J, Arnsten JH. Increasing access to medical cannabis: establishment of a medical cannabis program in a safety-net academic medical center.&nbsp;NEJM Catalyst. 2022 January; 3(2):CAT.21.0373.doi:10.1056/CAT.21.0373&nbsp;<br />5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->Zolotov Y, Lomba J, Ghiroli M, Masyukova M, Arnsten JH, Starrels JL, Ross J, Cunningham CO,&nbsp;<strong>Slawek DE</strong>. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t make any sense to even try&rdquo;: the disruptive impact of COVID-19&rsquo;s first wave on people with chronic pain using medical cannabis in New York.&nbsp;Journal of Cannabis Research. 2023 March 29;5(1):10.&nbsp;doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00180-1. PubMed PMID: 36978185; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10049907.<br />6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!--[endif]--><strong>Slawek DE</strong>, Arnsten JH (2023). Medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids in adults.&nbsp;UpToDate. 2023 Jul 31.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/medical-use-of-cannabis-and-cannabino…;

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Biography

<p>Deepika E. Slawek, MD, MS, MPH, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical expertise lies in HIV care and addiction treatment. She provides primary care for HIV patients and management of subsequent chronic conditions, as well as consulting on the management of substance use disorders.</p><p>After completing her Bachelor of Science in human biology at the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, Dr. Slawek earned her Master of Public Health at George Washington University in 2008. She earned her Doctor of Medicine at Texas A&M School of Medicine in 2012, then pursued postdoctoral training in internal medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, completing an internship in 2013 and her internal medicine residency in 2015. She completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at New York University in 2017 before coming to Montefiore Einstein, where she pursued a fellowship in general internal medicine and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods, completing both in 2019.</p><p>Building on her clinical expertise, Dr. Slawek&rsquo;s research focuses on improving outcomes in people living with HIV (PLWH). She is currently studying how medical cannabis affects pain in PLWH and is receiving funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She has been principal investigator on a number of funded research projects, and she has given national and international presentations. Dr. Slawek&rsquo;s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and review articles, and she is a reviewer for scientific journals including <em>Annals of Internal Medicine</em>, the <em>Journal of General Internal Medicine</em>, <em>AIDS and Behaviour</em> and <em>AIDS Care</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Slawek is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine. She is a member of the Society for General Internal Medicine, the American Society for Addiction Medicine and The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction.</p>

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Peter A. Selwyn

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Peter A. Selwyn
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Male
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Primary Care
Email
pselwyn@montefiore.org
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718-920-8434
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Department of Family and Social Medicine
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Professor
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Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
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Health Behavior Research & Implementation Science
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Department of Medicine
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Chair, Department of Family and Social Medicine
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Director, Palliative Care Program at Montefiore Einstein
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Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Health Behavior Research & Implementation Science)
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Chair, Department of Family and Social Medicine
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Director, Palliative Care Program at Montefiore Medical Center
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1 Fordham Plaza, 5th Floor
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Bronx
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10458-5870
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Montefiore Medical Group-Family Health Center (FHC)
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Bronx
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Harvard Medical School
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Family Medicine

Selected Publications

<p><strong>Recent Publications (selected)</strong></p>
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<li>Selwyn PA. Skin deep. JAMA. 2015;313(1):33.</li>
<li>Chambers E, Wong BC, Riley RW, Hollingsworth N, Blank AE, Myers C, Bedell J, Selwyn PA. Combining clinical and population&shy;level data to understand the health of neighborhoods. Am J Public Health, in press, 2015.</li>
<li>Pahuja M, Merlin JS, Selwyn PA. HIV/AIDS. In The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 5th Edition (Cherny N et al, editors). Oxford University Press, 2015.</li>
<li>Liggett A, Sharma M, Nakamura Y, Villar R, Selwyn PA. Results of a voter registration project at 2 family medicine residency clinics in the Bronx, New York. Ann Fam Med 2014&#894; 12: 466&shy;469.</li>
<li>Chu C, Umanski G, Blank A, Grossberg R, Selwyn PA. HIV&shy;infected patients and treatment outcomes: an equivalence study of community&shy;located, primary care&shy;based HIV treatment vs. hospital&shy;based specialty care in the Bronx, New York. AIDS Care, 2010 Dec&#894;22(12):1522&shy;9</li>
<li>Chu C, Selwyn PA. Complications of HIV Infection: A systems-based approach. Am Fam Physician. 2011;83(4):395-406.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Chu C, Selwyn PA. An epidemic in the evolution: the need for new models of HIV care in the chronic disease era. J Urban Health, 2011&#894; 88(3): 556&shy;566.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA. The Island. Ann Family Med 2008;6:78-9.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Selwyn PA. Palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS. J Palliative Med 2005; 8:1248-68.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Forstein M. Comprehensive care for late-stage HIV/AIDS: Overcoming the false dichotomy of &ldquo;curative&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;palliative&rdquo; care. JAMA 2003;290:806-14.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Rivard M. Overview of clinical issues. In O&rsquo;Neill J, Selwyn PA, Schietinger, H, eds., A Clinical Guide To Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 2003.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Arnold R. From fate to tragedy: the changing meanings of life, death, and AIDS. Annals of Internal Medicine 1998; 129:899-902</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Pumerantz AS, Durante A, Alcabes PG, Gourevitch MN, Boiselle PM, Elmore J. Clinical predictors of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, and tuberculosis in hospitalized patients with HIV infection. AIDS 1998;12:885-93.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA. Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.</li>
<li>Frankel R, Selwyn PA, Mezger J, Andrews S. High prevalence of gynecologic disease among hospitalized women with HIV infection. Clinical Infect Dis 1997; 25:700-12</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Alcabes PA, Hartel D, et al. Clinical manifestations and predictors of disease progression in a cohort of injecting drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection, 1985-1990. N Engl J Med, 1992;327:1697-1703.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Feingold AR, Iezza A, et al. Primary care for human immunodeficiency virus infection in a methadone maintenance treatment program. Ann Intern Med 1989;111:761-63.</li>
<li>Schoenbaum EE, Hartel D, Selwyn PA, et al. Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection in intravenous drug users. N Engl J Med 1989;321:874-79.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Hartel D, Lewis VA, et al. A prospective study of the risk of tuberculosis in intravenous drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med 1989;320:1649-54.</li>
<li>Selwyn PA, Carter RJ, Schoenbaum EE, et al. Knowledge of HIV antibody status and decisions to continue or terminate pregnancies among intravenous drug users. JAMA 1989; 261:3567-71.</li>
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Shani R. Scott

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Female
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Primary Care
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shanscot@montefiore.org
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718-920-5394
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Academic
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Department of Medicine
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Assistant Professor
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General Internal Medicine
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Montefiore Urgent Care Center
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10461-2301
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10467
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Medical Education
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Howard University College of Medicine
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Residency
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New York Presbyterian Hospital
Professional Interests

<p><span>Dr. Shani R. Scott received her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine, and subsequently completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital. While training, she served as chair of the Minority House Staff Committee.</span></p>
<p><span>Dr. Scott was recruited to Montefiore Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine in 2018, and currently serves in several roles. As a clinical educator, she teaches medical students and medical house staff on chronic disease management in primary care. Dr. Scott also is the Firm 1 Assistant Program Director in the Internal Medicine Residency Program. In this role she&nbsp;leads medical resident teaching conferences and provides career guidance. Furthermore, Dr. Scott aids in spearheading program development on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee within the Department of Medicine.</span></p>
<p><span>Her clinical and educational interests center around utilizing motivational interviewing and evidence-based medicine to improve the health outcomes of chronic diseases such as Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, and primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. </span></p>

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