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Educational Leadership
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William Bernstein, M.D.
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Education
Chief Residency: North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical School
Pediatric Residency: North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical
School
Medical School: Cornell University Medical School
Undergraduate: The Johns Hopkins University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1993
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, ambulatory
pediatrics, practice management, patient safety, immunizations, school health, preventive
health care, child advocacy
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Bipin Patel, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital
Vice President, New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
Residency: SUNY Downstate and Rutgers Medical School
Medical School: Baroda Medical College, India
Undergraduate: Faculty of Sciences, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1979
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, general pediatrics,
medical ethics, craniofacial abnormalities, lead poisoning, child advocacy, child
abuse, practice management, systems-based practice
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Frances Rhoads, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
General Pediatrics
Fellowship: Child Development, Honolulu Kauikeolani Children's Hospital
Residency: Philadelphia General Hospital
Medical School: Oxford University, England
Undergraduate: Cambridge University, England
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1989
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, resident curriculum
development and revision, child development, child advocacy, child literacy, clinical
research, maternal-infant HIV treatment and prevention, inpatient pediatrics, preventive
health care, faculty advising
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Michael Lucas, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
General Pediatrics
Chief Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1995
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, craniofacial
abnormalities, preventive healthcare, faculty advising, pediatric informatics, child
advocacy, continuity clinic
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Brian Lurie, M.D.
Assistant Residency Program Director
General Pediatrics
Residency: North Shore University Hospital-New York University Medical School
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine, Israel
Undergraduate: Tufts University
At The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital since
2007
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education and mentoring,
inpatient pediatrics, practice-based learning, public health, health services management
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Division of Adolescent
Medicine
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Susan R. Brill, M.D.
Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Residency: North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset
New York Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
New York Undergraduate: The Johns Hopkins University
Joined The Children's Hospital November 2006.
Special interests: polycystic ovarian syndrome; menstrual disorders; gynecology;
causes of and treatments for overweight and obesity; diet, exercise and weight loss;
substance abuse; adolescent development; psychosomatic illness
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Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious
Diseases
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Robert Tolan, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: Saint Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri
Undergraduate: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interests: pediatric infectious diseases, central nervous system infections,
meningococcal disease, fever of unknown origin, sepsis, pneumonia, parasitic infections,
toxic shock syndrome influenza
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Kristina Feja, M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital
Residency: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Ohio
Medical School: Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Hungary
Graduate: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
At The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital since
2005
Special interests: pediatric infectious diseases, infection control, enteroviral
infections, cytomegalovirus, tuberculosis, candidal infections, pediatric residency
and medical student education, clinical research, faculty advising
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Hemant Kesarwala, M.D.
Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School
Residency: Lincoln Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Postgraduate: Columbia University School of Public Health
Medical School: University of Bombay, India
Undergraduate: University of Bombay, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1977
Special interests: pediatric allergy and immunology and infectious diseases
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Gary Zuckerman, M.D.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Fellowship: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: SUNY Downstate
Medical School: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interest: pediatric infectious diseases
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Pediatric Cardiology
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Cheryl Kurer, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Residency: Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York
Medical School: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Vassar College
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interests: heart murmurs, congenital heart disease, pediatric arrhythmias,
syncope, mitral valve prolapse
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Sumekala Nadaraj, M.D.
Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship: Schneider Children’s Hospital-Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Residency: Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, Staten Island, New York
Medical School: Coimbatore Medical College, India
Graduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2005
Special interests: heart murmurs, congenital heart disease, fetal echocardiography,
chest pain, pediatric arrhythmias, syncope
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Child Psychiatry
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Suzanne Lind, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Psychiatry
Fellowship: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Lehigh University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: mood disorders, ADHD, psychosis, eating disorders
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Richard Worth, M.D.
Pediatric Psychiatry
Fellowship: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Yale University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interest: child psychiatry
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Pediatric Critical Care
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Siva Jonna, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center
Residency: Howard University Hospital
Medical School: S.V. Medical College, India
Undergraduate: S.V. Agricultural College, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1998
Special interests: pediatric critical care, pediatric transport, ventilator management
and pulmonary mechanics, pediatric resuscitation, pediatric board review
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Bhavani Chalikonda, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
Fellowship: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Illinois
Fellowship: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Illinois
Medical School: Rangaraya Medical College, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interests: pediatric critical care, shock, sepsis, ventilator management
and pulmonary mechanics, pediatric resuscitation, pediatric board review, pediatric
resident and medical student education, faculty advising
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Christoph Ohngemach, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
Fellowship: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chief Residency: Maine Medical Center
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Medical School: Medical School of Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1999
Special interests: pediatric critical care, pediatric transport, plueral effusions
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Tiong The, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital-University of Miami
Residency: Howard University Hospital
Medical School: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of the West Indies Faculty of Natural Sciences
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: pediatric critical care, medical informatics
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Developmental Pediatrics
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David Atkin, M.D.
Developmental Pediatrics
Residency: Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Tufts University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2005
Special interests: developmental pediatrics, developmental disabilities, ADHD, child
advocacy, medical acupuncture
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Michele Willems-Plakyda, M.D.
Developmental Pediatrics
Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Chief Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2005
Special interests: developmental pediatrics, developmental disabilities, ADHD, child
advocacy
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Pediatric Emergency
Medicine
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Frank Cunningham, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chief Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergraduate: Saint Peter's College
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: emergency medical services for children, disaster preparedness,
faculty advising, systems-based practice, clinical research, pediatric life support
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Khoshnood Ahmad, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: New York Medical College
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center-Cornell University Medical College
Medical School: Nishtar Medical College, Pakistan
Undergraduate: Government Forman Christian College, Pakistan
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: pediatric emergency medicine, clinical research, toxicology
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Prashant Chutke, M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chief Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Medical School: Topiwala National Medical College, India
Postgraduate: University of Alabama School of Public Health
Undergraduate: B.N. Bandodkar College, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: pediatric emergency medicine, clinical research
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Kyon Hood, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Harvard University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interest: pediatric emergency medicine
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Noah Kondamundi, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center
Medical School: Osmania University, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: pediatric emergency medicine, clinical research, asthma
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John Lopez, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh
Chief Residency: Atlantic Health System
Residency: Atlantic Health System
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Undergraduate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interests: pediatric emergency medicine, clinical research
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Grace Ponce, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Medical School: University of Santo Thomas, Philippines
Undergraduate: University of Santo Thomas, Philippines
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2002
Special interests: pediatric emergency medicine, clinical research
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Pediatric Endocrinology
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Max Salas, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Residency: Children's Hospital of Sheffield, England
Medical School: National University of Mexico School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Centro Universitario Mexico and Saint Mary's College
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1980
Special interests: pediatric growth disorders, diabetes, thyroid disorders, pubertal
delay
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Kathryn Skuza, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinology
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Children's Hospital of New Jersey
Residency: UMDNJ-Children's Hospital of New Jersey
Medical School: Warsaw Medical School, Poland
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2001
Special interests: precocious puberty, pediatric growth disorders, diabetes, thyroid
disorders
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Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Jay Dadhania, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Chief Residency: Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York
Residency: Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York
Medical School: Baroda Medical College, India
Undergraduate: M.S. University, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1990
Special interests: inflammatory bowel disease, dysphagia, hepatitis, feeding disorders
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General Pediatrics
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William Bernstein, M.D.
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Education
Chief Residency: North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical School
Pediatric Residency: North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical
School
Medical School: Cornell University Medical School
Undergraduate: The Johns Hopkins University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1993
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, ambulatory
pediatrics, practice management, patient safety, immunizations, school health, preventive
health care, child advocacy
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Elizabeth Hodgson, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1997
Special interests: child abuse, child advocacy, ambulatory pediatrics, preventive
health care, quality assurance, health care financing
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Vaidehi Jonna, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Residency: Howard University Hospital
Medical School: S.V. Medical College, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2005
Special interest: ambulatory pediatrics
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Roxanne Kendall, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Tufts University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1989
Special interests: ambulatory pediatrics, child advocacy, public health, lead poisoning,
community pediatrics, faculty advising
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Samantha Leib, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1999
Special interests: ambulatory pediatrics, child advocacy, preventive health care,
faculty advising
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Michael Lucas, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
General Pediatrics
Chief Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1995
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, craniofacial
abnormalities, preventive health care, faculty advising, pediatric informatics,
child advocacy, continuity clinic
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Gladibel Medina, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1995
Special interests: child abuse, ambulatory pediatrics, child advocacy, newborn nursery,
faculty advising
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Frances Rhoads, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
General Pediatrics
Fellowship: Child Development, Honolulu Kauikeolani Children's Hospital
Residency: Philadelphia General Hospital
Medical School: Oxford University, England
Undergraduate: Cambridge University, England
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1989
Special interests: pediatric residency and medical student education, resident curriculum
development and revision, child development, child advocacy, child literacy, clinical
research, maternal-infant HIV treatment and prevention, inpatient pediatrics, preventive
health care, faculty advising
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Linda Shaw, M.D.
General Pediatrics
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Maryland
Undergraduate: DePauw University, Indiana
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1995
Special interests: child abuse, child advocacy, ambulatory pediatrics, faculty advising
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Genetics
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Debra-Lynn Day-Salvatore, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Genetic Medicine
Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Medical School: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Post Graduate: New York University
Undergraduate: Harvard University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1990
Special interests: perinatal genetics, Pompe disease, Gaucher disease
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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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Doug Cipkala, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Fellowship: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Undergraduate: Stanford University
At The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital since
2006
Special interests: leukemia, solid tumors, clinical research, faculty advising,
pediatric residency medical student education
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Division of Pediatric Hospitalist
Medicine
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Shobha Amara, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Residency: Bronx Lebanon Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College of Osmania University, India
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2003
Special interest: inpatient pediatrics
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Farhat Nageen, M.D.
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Residency: Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2004
Special interest: inpatient pediatrics
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Theresa Oey, M.D.
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Residency: Rutgers Medical School
Medical School: Diponegoro University School of Medicine, Indonesia
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2003
Special interest: inpatient pediatrics
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Altagracia Trinidad, M.D.
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Brown University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 2003
Special interest: inpatient pediatrics
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Neonatology
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Mark Hiatt, M.D.
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Fellowship: Babies Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Undergraduate: Cornell University
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1980
Special interests: neonatology, clinical research, practice management, patient
safety, newborn screening
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Mujahid Anwar, M.D.
Neonatology
Fellowship: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency: Lincoln Hospital, New York Infirmary
Medical School: Nishtar Medical College, Pakistan
Undergraduate: Government College Gulberg, Pakistan
At The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital since 1977
Special interests: neonatology, intraventricular hemorrhage, cerebral blood flow
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