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Clinical Services
Carolyn Bauer, MD
Dr. Carolyn Bauer is the Director of the Montefiore Kidney Care Program and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is board certified in both Nephrology and Internal Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from Oberlin College and her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She then completed residency at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center and subsequently served as a chief resident at NYU- Downtown Hospital. Dr. Bauer completed her fellowship training in Nephrology and Hypertension at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center where she studied the effect of prostaglandin transport on the developing kidney. Her current research interests include the management of chronic kidney disease.
Dina M. Began, MD
Dr. Dina Began, an Assistant Professor and board-certified dermatologist, completed her dermatology residency at Indiana University Medical Center, where she was named Chief Dermatology Resident. After a fellowship at New York University School of Medicine (NYU), she served on the dermatology faculties of NYU, the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and the medical staff of St. Vincent's Medical Center. She has contributed to various publications on subjects ranging from blistering disorders to gout and calcinosis cutis (calcium deposit skin disorder) and amyloidosis.
Areas of Expertise
Adult Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology, General Dermatology, Medical Dermatology
Eric Epstein, MD
Dr. Eric Epstein received his Bachelor of Science in Nutrition at Cornell University and received his medical degree from the University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine. He then completed his internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. During residency he studied glucose metabolism at Rockefeller University and was also the Assistant Chief Resident at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Canter Center. He completed his fellowship training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine- Montefiore Medical Center where he studied the effects of bariatric surgery on weight loss and diabetes. Dr. Epstein is currently active in clinical research and serves as a Contributing Editor for The Medical Letter.
Areas of Expertise
Thyroid Disorders, Thyroid Cancer, Adrenal Disease, Pituitary Disease, Diabetes (18yrs or older), Weight-related Disorders
Dr. Pamela Jakubowicz is an assistant clinical professor and board certified Dermatologist by the American Board of Dermatology. She earned her medical degree from the elite Union College/ Albany Medical School where she graduated summa cum laude. She then completed her dermatology residency at the New York Medical College, where she was chief resident. Dr. Jakubowicz is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the National Rosacea Society, and the International Hyperhidrosis Society. In addition, she has been published in numerous journals and has given presentations to The New York Academy of Medicine and The American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Jakubowicz specializes in a wide-range of skin disorders and performs cosmetic dermatology procedures, including laser therapy, sclerotherapy, chemical peels, Botox®, Restylane® and Juvederm® treatments. She also treats hair and nail disorders and conducts patch testing.
Areas of Expertise:
Cosmetic dermatology, hair disorders, pediatric, allergic, and female dermatological conditions
Elina Jerschow, MD
Dr. Elina Jerschow earned her medical degree from the University of Vienna Medical School in Austria and went on to complete a research fellowship in Immunological disorders of the skin at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Allergy/Immunology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. During her training, she studied the effects of environmental mercury on the immune system and conducted research on the role of the immune system in aging and obesity. Dr. Jerschow has a record in drug development and assessing drug-induced reactions as an Associate Director in the Division of Clinical Immunology at Merck. She also served as Attending Physician at St. Vincent's Hospital. Dr. Jerschow co-authored a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters.
Areas of Expertise
Allergic Conditions, Asthma, Immune Deficiency, Drug-Induced Diseases
Simon Spivack, MD
Dr. Simon Spivack is Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Montefiore, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been in practice for 17 years, practicing all aspects of Pulmonary Medicine. He holds an MD from SUNY-Syracuse and an MPH from Harvard University. Dr. Spivack clinically trained in Internal Medicine at University of Massachusetts, in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at University of Vermont, and practiced on faculty for 15 years at Albany Medical College, while pursuing novel approaches to lung disease detection in his laboratory at the NYS Department of Health. At Montefiore Medical Center, in addition to leading a very active and talented group of clinician-teachers in Pulmonary Medicine, he has pursued extensive NIH-funded research activities in detecting lung cancer risk, devising strategies for lung cancer prevention, and developing new non-invasive strategies for early detection of lung disease in general.
Areas of Expertise
Lung Nodule Evaluation, Lung Cancer Risk Reduction; Interstitial Lung Diseases; Environmental Lung Diseases; Asthma; COPD
Susan Wallis, MD
Dr. Susan Wallis, is a Clinical Educator in Rheumatology at Montefiore Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital, who also oversees a clinic at Montefiore's Westchester County facility in Scarsdale, New York. During medical school at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Medical School for International Health in Beer Sheva, Israel, she conducted clinical research in Ethiopia on leprosy. Upon earning her medical degree, she completed her residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Jacobi Medical Center and her fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Michigan, where she studied the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Areas of Expertise
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathy, Scleroderma
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