Esperanza Villanueva-Siles
Ivy Tam
Pediatric Medicine
Dr. Tam’s research aims to improve care and communication for patients with limited English proficiency, as well as standardizing pain practices for children.
<p>Ivy Tam, MD, FAAP, is an Attending Physician and a Non-neonatal Emergency Transport Coordinator at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. </p><p>In 2009, Dr. Tam received her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences at Cornell University. She then attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Tam began her postgraduate training with a residency in pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hospital medicine in 2018 at the University of California San Diego. </p><p>Dr. Tam’s research aims to improve care and communication for patients with limited English proficiency, as well as standardizing pain practices for children. She has shared her work through presentations in academic forums and scientific meetings, and is currently in the process of being submitted for publication. </p><p>2017, Dr. Tam received the CARES Award from hospital staff at Rady Children’s Hospital for her support during the medical director’s absence. Dr. Tam is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. </p>
Brian D. Spund
James M. Pullman
Advanced microscopy technology including computational microscopy
Jennifer M. Oliver-Krasinski
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>
Rouzan G. Karabakhtsian
Editor, “Selected Abstracts in Anatomic Pathology†section of CAP Today, the College of American Pathologists monthly pathology news magazine.
Laura J. Hodges
Women’s interventional procedures, specifically uterine artery embolization for fibroid disease.
Women’s interventional procedures, specifically uterine artery embolization for fibroid disease.
<p>Laura J. Hodges, MD, is Attending Physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her practice specialty is breast imaging and interventional radiology, with a clinical focus on women’s interventional procedures, specifically uterine artery embolization for fibroid disease.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts from University of Connecticut in 1985 and her Bachelor of Science from George Washington University in 1987, Dr. Hodges earned her Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1994. Upon graduation, she then pursued postdoctoral training at Yale New Haven Hospital, completing a Radiology residency in 1999. She then attended Cornell Medical Center/Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center where she completed a fellowship in Interventional Radiology in 2000.</p><p>Dr. Hodges’s research interests build on her clinical focus. She has published a case study on preoperative transcatheter embolization of abdominal pregnancy, as well as a number of abstracts on women’s interventional procedures.</p><p>Dr. Hodges is board certified and is a member of several professional societies, including the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American College of Radiology and the American Roentgen Ray Society.</p>