Our Faculty
Allergy and Immunology
Cardiology
Valentin Fuster, MD
is Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiology, the Director of Mount Sinai Heart and the Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital. He is an internationally renowned clinician and researcher. He is former President of the American Heart Association and the only cardiologist to receive all four major research awards from the four major cardiovascular organizations. He is the lead editor of two major cardiovascular textbooks, Hurst’s The Heart and Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease.
Jonathan Halperin, MD
is Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Cardiology Services. He was a principal researcher on the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) clinical trials. He sits on national panels that issue clinical guidelines for management of patients with various cardiovascular diseases including atrial fibrillation and peripheral arterial disease.
Vivek Reddy, MD
is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service. He is one of the nation’s leading cardioelectrophysiologists. He has performed cutting-edge research on treatment of arrhythmias including the seminal SMASH-VT trial and the first use of balloon cryoablation in atrial fibrillation.
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
David C. Thomas, MD, MHPE
is Professor of Medicine, Medical Education and Rehabilitation Medicine and Human Performance, along with Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Thomas is an expert in muscular-skeletal medicine. He presents internationally on medical education topics as they relate to residency training.
Data Driven Medicine
Girish Nadkarni, MD, MPH
is the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. As an expert physician-scientist, Dr. Nadkarni bridges the gap between comprehensive clinical care and innovative research. He is the System Chief of the Division of Data Driven and Digital Medicine (D3M), the Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Clinical Intelligence Center (MSCIC) and the Director of Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine.
Geriatrics/Palliative Care
Diane Meier, MD
is Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and one of the leaders in the field of palliative care. She is Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), a national organization dedicated to increasing quality of palliative care services. She has received numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and Alexander Richman Commemorative Award for Humanism in Medicine.
Albert Siu, MD
is Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Siu conducts research on functional status and disability in aging. He is Chair of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and is a Director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Hematology/Oncology
Liver Medicine
Scott Friedman, MD
is Professor and Chief of the Division of Liver Diseases (one of the few free-standing Hepatology divisions in the nation), as well as Dean for Therapeutic Discovery. Dr. Friedman performed pioneering research that first isolated hepatic stellate cells, which are key for scar production in liver. He is former President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
Hospital Medicine
Andrew Dunn, MD
is Professor and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Dunn’s research interests are in anticoagulation and thrombosis, most specifically in venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation, and the perioperative management of warfarin. He was until recently Chair of the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians and is chair of the Board of Regents of the ACP.
Infectious Diseases
Judith Aberg, MD
is the George Baehr Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. Her research focus is HIV-associated co-morbidities and coinfections. She has been actively involved in the development of national, state and local guidelines regarding HIV prevention and treatment.
Nephrology
Cijiang He, MD, PhD
is Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology. His major research areas include podocyte biology and pathology, signaling networks in kidney cells, systems biology of kidney disease, and kidney fibrosis. His major clinical interest includes diabetic kidney disease, viral-induced kidney disease, and primary glomerular disease.
Pulmonology
Monica Kraft, MD
is the Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine and System Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Kraft is an outstanding scientist and medical leader who is internationally renowned for her work in asthma and airway disease. She is also an accomplished and sought-after clinician caring for patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and complex airway disease, and receives statewide and national referrals.
Rheumatology
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