Divisions

Medical subspecialties include:

• Allergy & Immunology
  David Rosenstreich, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Genetic control and cellular basis of susceptibility to immunological and inflammatory disease.
• Dermatology
  Steven Cohen, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Psoriasis; occupational skin diseases. 

• Endocrinology & Metabolism
  Norman Fleischer MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Biochemistry of polypeptide hormone secretion; autoimmune mechanisms in the etiology of diabetes; hypothalamic hormone action.

• Gastroenterology-Liver Disease-Nutrition
  Lawrence Brandt, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Geriatric gastroenterology; ischemic bowel.

• Geriatric Medicine
  Laurie Jacobs, MD, Division Head, Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Research Interests: Urinary tract infections in the elderly.

• Hematology
  Ronald Nagel, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Red cell pathology, hemoglobinopathies; sickle cell diseases; malaria/host relationship.

• Infectious Disease
  Liise-anne Pirofski, MD,Division Head, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
  Research Interests: Mechanisms of virulence in fungal infections and development of antibody-based therapies.

• Nephrology
  Thomas Hostetter, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis therapies.

• Oncology
  Roman Perez-Soler, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology
  Research Interests: Lung cancer; Experimental cancer therapies.

• Pulmonary Disease
  Simon D. Spivack, MD, MPH, Division Head, Associate Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Early lung cancer detection; lung nodule evaluation; lung cancer prevention; interstitial lung disease; environmental lung disease; phytoprevention; gene expression and regulation; epigenetics.

• Rheumatology
  Chaim Putterman, MD, Division Head, Professor of Medicine
  Research Interests: Mechanisms of immunologic self-tolerance and autoimmune disease.

Clinical Expertise
In addition to high competence in all sub-specialties of Internal Medicine, the Department has special clinical expertise in the following areas:

• Gene therapy for arteriosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular disease;
• Cardiac arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death;
• Novel approaches to the treatment of congestive heart failure;
• Diabetes education for patients;
• Care of the difficult diabetes patient;
• Special team approaches to the geriatric patient;
• Hospice end of life care;
• Care of sickle cell crisis and sickle cell chest syndrome;
• Care of patients with refractory asthma;
• Inflammatory bowel disease;
• Disorders of gastrointestinal motility;
• Special treatment for hepatitis c disease;
• Bowel disorders of the aged;
• Treatment of HIV disease;
• Treatment of tropical and parasitic diseases;
• Treatment of fungal diseases;
• Treatment of lupus erythematosis;
• Care of patients with end stage renal disease and patient with renal transplants.