Our faculty comprises a wide range of backgrounds and interests with many holding dual certifications or other advanced degrees. In addition to providing hands-on, 24-hour department supervision and teaching, all faculty members share a commitment to creating an atmosphere that is conducive to the advancement of our specialty.
Faculty members also participate in regional and national professional organizations and research endeavors. Many also serve on national committees and organizations dedicated to the growth and development. Meet some of our faculty.
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Darius Adams, MD
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University
Medical School: University of Medicine/Dentistry of NJ, NJ Medical School
Pediatrics Residency: Mt. Sinai
Biochemical Genetics Fellowship: Mt. Sinai
Genetics Fellowship: Mt. Sinai
Professional Interests: Biochemical Genetics
Personal Interests: Computers and technology, skiing, traveling
Dennis Basila, MD
Undergraduate School: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: St. Georges University
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Nutrition, asthma
Personal Interests: Family, dogs, travel
James Betzhold, MD
Undergraduate School: Wisconsin State University
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Pediatrics Residency: University of Wisconsin
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of Wisconsin
Personal Interests: Gardening
Rebecca Butterfield, MD
Undergraduate School: Union College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: University of Rochester/Strong Memorial
Professional Interests: Asthma, obesity
Personal Interests: Reading, biking, politics
David Clark, MD
Undergraduate School: SUNY Binghamton
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Pediatrics Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Neonatology Fellowship: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland; SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Professional Interests: Gastroenterology/Nutrition, Advocacy
Personal Interests: Photography, softball, volleyball, fishing
Melinda Clark, MD
Undergraduate School: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Pediatric dentistry, teen pregnancy prevention, child abuse
Paul Comber, MD
Undergraduate School: Notre Dame
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Pediatrics Residency: Medical College of Virginia
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Professional Interests: Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis
Personal Interests: Books/Literature, family
Stephen de Waal Malefyt, MD
Undergraduate School: State University of New York at Albany
Medical School: Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Pediatrics Residency: Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Chief Resident: Department of Pediatrics, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Professional Interests: General Pediatrics, term newborn, medical education
Katherine Dougherty, MD
Undergraduate School: Siena College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: General Pediatrics; International Adoption
Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, reading, theater
Walter Edge, MD
Undergraduate School: SUNY Albany
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Medicine/Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Yes
Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship: Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Professional Interests: Ethics, end of life care
Personal Interests: Music, wilderness, good food
Marilyn Fisher, MD
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Medical School: Universidad del Noreste, Tampico, Mexico and SUNY Downstate
Pediatrics Residency: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland
Neonatology/Perinatology Fellowship: Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary pathology, ventilatory management, toxicology/teratology, ethics, informed consent
Personal Interests: Children, kickboxing, downhill skiing, swimming, bicycling
Patricia Hopkins, MD
Undergraduate School: Siena College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Hospital medicine, children with special health care needs, medical education
Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, reading, cooking
Michael Horgan, MD
Undergraduate School: Union College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Neonatology/Perinatology Fellowship: Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Neonatal sepsis, neonatal respiratory disorders and neonatal neurology
Zaheer Gill, MD
Undergraduate School: Forman Christian College, Lahore Pakistan
Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore Pakistan
Pediatrics Residency: Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York Medical College
Fellowship: Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center and Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Medical Center, UT Southwestern Dallas, TX
Professional Interests: Newborn resuscitation, Pediatric shock, Ventilation
Personal Interests: Cricket, Computers
Vikramjit S. Kanwar, MD, MBA
Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Royal College of Physicians (UK)
Pediatrics Residency: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and PL3 UCI Medical Center, Irvine, California.
Fellowship: Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Rubia Khalak, MD
Undergraduate School: University of Buffalo
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Pediatrics Residency: University of Rochester/Strong Memorial
Neonatology Fellowship: University of Rochester/Strong Memorial
Professional Interests: Working on studies involving diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux in pre-term infants using a new modality, identifying predictors for early surgical necrotizing enterocolitis, and neurodevelopmental follow-up in ex-pre-term infants treated with steroids for bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Personal Interests: Avid reader of fiction and non-fiction
Emily Knuth, MD, PhD
Undergraduate School: Xavier University of Louisiana
Graduate School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Professional Interests: Nutrition, pain control, resident education
Personal Interests: Puzzles, reading, politics
Martha Lepow, MD
Undergraduate School: Oberlin College, Ohio
Medical School: Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Pediatrics Residency: Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Chief Resident: Yes
Professional Interests: Infectious Diseases, vaccine development
Personal Interests: Swimming, gardening, music
Judith Lucas, MD
Undergraduate School: Siena College
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Pediatrics Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Chief Resident: Yes
Professional Interests: General Pediatrics
Personal Interests: Cooking, family, running
Upender Munshi, MD
Undergraduate School: Sri Partap Science College, Srinager, India
Medical School: Government Medical College, Srinager, India
Postgraduate Degree: MD in Pediatrics at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Pediatrics Residency: SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship: 1st year LSU Medical Center at New Orleans, LA 2nd and 3rd years at SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Professional Interests: RDS and chronic lung disease in pre-term infants, Patent ductus arteriosus, Necrotozing enterocolitis
Personal Interests: American and India history, listening to music, gardening
Anne Nepo, MD
Undergraduate School: University of Louisville
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pediatrics Residency: University of Illinois Hospital
Chief Resident: Yes, Administrative Chief Resident
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: University of Illinois Hospital
Professional Interests: Pediatric hematology and oncology, Particular interests: leukemias, hemaglobinopathies including sickle disease.
Personal Interests: Music (classical, opera, musicals, G& S), reading, gardening.
Philip Pan, MD
Undergraduate School: Brown University
Medical School: Brown University
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Neonatology Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Professional Interests: Perinatal and neonatal genetics, Schenectady County Medical Society
Personal Interests: Basset Hound Rescue
Jennifer Pearce, MD
Undergraduate School: The John Hopkins University
Medical School: University of Michigan
Pediatrics Residency: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professional Interests: Pediatric hematology and oncology, Pediatric Palliative and Hospice care
Personal Interests: Medical mission work in South Africa with kids, my own kids and their education/sports activity, needlework and textile arts, reading-mostly mysteries and Science Fiction
Joaquim Pinheiro, MD , MPH
Undergraduate School: Rutgers University
Medical School: NYU School of Medicine
Pediatrics Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Neonatology & Developmental Physiology Fellowship: Yale
Professional Interests: Neonatal Epidemiology, quality improvement, pulmonary hypertension, neonatal lung injury, neonatal hearing screening, family-centered care.
Personal Interests: Carpentry, soccer
Joanne Porter, MD
Undergraduate School: University of Massachusetts
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Medicine/Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Yes, Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professional Interests: Brain tumors, childhood cancer late effects
Personal Interests: Ballroom dancing, family, music
Cary Qualia, MD
Undergraduate School: SUNY Binghamton
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Pediatrics Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Gastroenterology Fellowship: University of Rochester/Strong Memorial
Professional Interests: IBD
Personal Interests: Running, mountain biking
Linda Riddick, MD
Undergraduate School: Oberlin College
Medical School: Pennsylvania University College of Medicine
Pediatrics Residency: Cornell University
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship: Cornell University
Professional Interests: Adrenal disorders, growth disorders
Personal Interests: Family, gardening
Angel Rios, MD
Undergraduate School: Fordham University
Medical School: Mt. Sinai and Universidad del Noreste Mexico
Pediatrics Residency: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Neonatology Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professional Interests: Medicine Education
Personal Interests: Baseball, basketball, bicycling
Javier Sanchez, MD
Undergraduate School: Manhattan College
Medical School: CETEC University of Santo Domingo
Pediatrics Residency: Westchester County Medical Center
Chief Resident: Yes
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Professional Interests: Medical Missions
Roberto Santos, MD
Undergraduate School: BS Biology with Honors, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Medical School: Doctor of Medicine, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Pediatrics Residency: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical University & Children's Medical Center Dallas, TX
Professional Interests: MRSA infection and molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics
Personal Interests: tennis, table tennis, volleyball; hiking
Carrin Schottler-Thal, MD
Undergraduate School: Siena College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Yes
Professional Interests: Currently completing MPH at SUNY Albany, Continuity Practice Residency Liaison
Personal Interests: Cross country skiing, traveling
Scott Schroeder, MD
Undergraduate School: University of California, Irvine, California
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
Pediatrics Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Shriners’ Burn Fellowship: Shriners’ Burn Institute
Daniela Sima, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Romania
Pediatrics Residency: St Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship: St Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
Professional Interests: growth/pituitary disorders, puberty, thyroid, adrenal, calcium abnormalities, as well as diabetes.
Elisabeth Simon, MD
Medical School: University of Aachen, Germany
Pediatrics Residency: Rusj Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship: Children’s Hospital, Boston
Professional Interests: Glomerulonephritis, chronic renal failure
Personal Interests: Foreign movies, foods and languages, skiing, classical music, museums.
Raymond Walsh, MD
Undergraduate School: Siena College
Medical School: University of Bologna Italy
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical College
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Professional Interests: Brain injury, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medical education
Personal Interests: Fishing, fly tying, photography, skiing
Abigail Watson, MD
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical College
Pediatrics Residency: Albany Medical Center
Chief Resident: Yes
Professional Interests: Obesity management in children, sports medicine
Personal Interests: Cross country skiing, running triathalons
