Agitation
Marjan Rahmanian
<p><span>Dr. Marjan Rahmanian is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurology. She is an Associate Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at Montefiore Medical Center. She is also Medical Director of Physician Assistant Critical Care Residency program. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. After completing her training, she joined the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where she served as an Associate Director of Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU at Montefiore Medical center. As a cardiac intensivist, Dr. Rahmanian focuses on the management of post heart surgery like CABG, valve replacemant, Mechanical Circulatory Support like,ECMO, LVAD,Impella, heart and lung transplant.</p>
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<li>Maintaining Hemodynamic and Metabolic Homeostasis in Anheptaic Critically Ill Patients. Khan R, Go R, Kapoor S, Dharshan A, <strong>Marjan</strong> <strong>Rahmanian </strong>, Manasia A, Bassily-Marcus A, Kohli-Seth R, Oropello J, Benjamin E. CHEST. October 2012;142:390A-390A</li>
<li>The Heart Point Sign: An Ultrasonographic Confirmation Of Pneumothorax. R. Khan, M. <strong>Marjan</strong> <strong>Rahmanian</strong>, M. Kaufman, A. Bassily Marcus, J. Oropello. ajrccm-conference.2013.187.1 MeetingAbstracts.A1539</li>
<li>Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU Boot Camp can improve cardiovascular critical care knowledge among trainees. <strong>Marjan Rahmanian, </strong>MD; Lewis Eisen, MD; Adam Keene, MD; Rosemarie Conigliaro, MD; Anthony Carlese, DO ATS2018 Poster Presentation </li>
<li>Midodrine: Breaking New Ground in The Treament of Chylothorax: Dolly Patel, DO; <strong>Marjan Rahmanian, </strong>MD; Javed Iqbal, MD; Scott Scheinin, MD; Joshoua Lee, MD; Harish Seethamraju, MD Chest 2019 Poster Presentation</li>
<li>Lactate Dehydrogenase is Associated with Hemorrhagic Stroke During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Saeed, O.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Uehara, M.</a>; <strong>Marjan</strong> <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank"><strong>Rahmanian</strong>.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Chen, J. T.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Carlese, A.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Mohamed, A.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Ashley, J.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Mellas, N.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Forest, S.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Goldstein, D.</a>; <a href="https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-201…; target="_blank">Jorde, U.</a>.<em>ASAIO Journal ; 68(Supplement 3):19, 2022.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/hiv-dr-heartkidney-t…; target="_blank">HIV D+/R+ heart/kidney transplantation: First case report</a> <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/vagish-s-hemmige" target="_blank">Hemmige, V.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/omar-saeed" target="_blank">Saeed, O.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/yoram-a-puius" target="_blank">Puius, Y. A.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/yorg-al-azzi" target="_blank">Azzi, Y.</a>, Colovai, A., Borgi, J., <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/daniel-j-goldstein" target="_blank">Goldstein, D. J.</a>, Marjan Rahmanian, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/anthony-j-carlese" target="_blank">Carlese, A.</a>, <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/ulrich-p-jorde" target="_blank">Jorde, U. P.</a> & <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/snehal-r-patel" target="_blank">Patel, S. R.</a>, Mar 2023, In: <a href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/anthony-j-carlese" target="_blank">Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.</a> 42, 3, p. 406-408 3 p. </li>
<li>Chest Tube Insertion, Needle Thoracostomy, And Pericardiocentesis During In-hospital Cardiac Arrest <a title="Luke Andrea" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Luke Andrea</a>, Marjan Rahmanian, <a title="Anthony Carlese" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Anthony Carlese</a>, <a title="Ariel Shiloh" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Ariel Shiloh</a>, <a title="Rithvik Balakrishnan" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Rithvik Balakrishnan</a>, <a title="Aron Soleiman" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Aron Soleiman</a>, <a title="Michelle Gong" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Michelle Gong</a> and <a title="Ari Moskowitz" href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.247" target="_blank">Ari Moskowitz</a> Circulation. 2022;146:A247</li>
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Jessica Pacifico
Katherine M. O'Connor
<p>1) Improve the quality of the patient experience at Montefiore, eg. new project to improve comfort during routine phlebotomy at CHAM.</p>
<p>2) Infant and toddler feeding patterns as windows into the origins of pediatric obesity; specifically encouraging breastfeeding and preventing excessive milk consumption.</p>
Pediatric Medicine
<span style="background-color:#ffffff;"></span>Research and quality improvement efforts are focused on pain control, topical anesthetic use for venipuncture and improving the patient experience.<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;"></span>
<p>Katherine O’Connor, MD, is an Associate Director in the Division of Hospital Medicine and an Attending Pediatric Hospitalist at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. O’Connor joined Montefiore in 2007.</p><p>Dr. O’Connor received her Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Neuroscience in 1999 from Harvard University. In 2003, she received her Medical Doctorate from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. O’Connor attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 2003 to 2007 where she completed an internship and residency in pediatrics.</p><p>Dr. O’Connor is an advocate for patient and family comfort. Her research and quality improvement efforts are focused on pain control, topical anesthetic use for venipuncture and improving the patient experience. She is currently working on a study to help educate families about firearm injury prevention in the inpatient setting. Dr. O’Connor’s work has been published in multiple manuscripts and book chapters. </p><p>Dr. O’Connor is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>
Sarah E. Norris
Pediatrics Hospice & Palliative Medicine<span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:#252525;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:#ffffff;"></span>
Dr. Norris's research focus is on primary palliative care education and family decision making regarding medical technology.
<p>Sarah Evans Norris, MD, MEd, is Director of the Quality in Life Team and Director of Pediatric Palliative Care at Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. </p><p>Dr. Norris earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Loyola University Chicago in 1993 receiving the Gladys Kinnery Clinical Excellence award. As a nurse she worked around the globe including as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco before pursuing medical school at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. She completed the Fifth Pathway Program through New York Medical College and embarked on her pediatrics internship at the University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey. She finished her residency at the Medical College of Georgia where she was named Resident of the Year. Following residency she completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine and a masters in medical education at Cincinnati Children?s Medical Center. After several years in practice she returned to Cincinnati Children?s to complete a second fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Norris is Board Certified in General Pediatrics and in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.</p> <p>Dr. Norris? research focus is on primary palliative care education and family decision making regarding medical technology. She has given numerous presentations nationally and has a wide range of teaching experience with both adults and children internationally. In 2018 she received the Lewis Fraad Excellence in Resident Teaching Award. When she is not at CHAM you can find her running.</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>
Andrei Y. Nagorny
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 110%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Dr. Andrei Nagorny is a psychiatrist working on the inpatient psychiatric unit at Montefiore Hospital, Wakefield Division. His interests are in Inpatient Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, and Substance Abuse. As a clinician, educator, and Assistant Professor on the faculty at Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Nagorny has been involved in the training of medical students, residents, and fellows. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 110%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Dr. Nagorny is currently Director of inpatient psychiatry services at Montefiore Hospital Center, Wakefiled Division. He is dually board certified in both Adult and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Nagorny completed his Adult Psychiatry Residency and Child Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Social Work from Columbia University, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. </span></p>
Shrivatsa Nadiger
Kerry A. Morrone
<p>Anemia, hospitalist medicine, general pediatrics</p>
Dr. Morrone focuses on classical hematology, particularly sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, platelet disorders, thrombosis, and bone marrow failure syndromes.
Dr. Morrone is committed to improving quality of care and health care utilization in chronic illness, particularly sickle cell disease, and thalassemia through her research
<p>Kerry Morrone, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Director of the Sickle Cell Program and the Director of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program at Montefiore. Dr. Morrone focuses on classical hematology, particularly sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, platelet disorders, thrombosis, and bone marrow failure syndromes.</p><p>Dr. Morrone graduated from New York University, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 2003. She then attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 2007 and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Morrone completed her pediatric residency, chief residency, and pediatric hematology oncology fellowship all at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also been recognized for her teaching efforts many times and won the Leo M. Davidoff Society – Albert Einstein College of Medicine Teaching Award in 2010 and 2015.</p><p>Dr. Morrone is committed to improving quality of care and health care utilization in chronic illness, particularly sickle cell disease, and thalassemia through her research. Other current research interests include pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease particularly asthma and acute chest syndrome, in addition to infectious complications and thrombotic complications of sickle cell disease.</p>