Education

• Marina Catallozzi, MD, MSCE, Vice Chair for Education
• Linda Aponte-Patel, MD, Associate Vice Chair for Education and Diversity & Inclusion
• Hetty Cunningham, MD, Associate Vice Chair for Education and the Learning Environment
• Sarah Lusman, MD, Director, Fellowship Program and Fellows’ Academy

• Sumeet Banker, MD, MPH, Interim Program Co-Director
• Candace (Cece) Johnson, MD, Interim Program Co-Director
• Mariellen Lane, MD, Associate Program Director
• Shoshana Friedman, MD, Director of Resident as Teacher Program

• Karen Soren, MD, Adolescent Medicine
• Ramsay Fuleihan, MD, Allergy and Immunology
• Julie S. Glickstein, MD, Cardiology
• Alejandro Iglesias, MD, Clinical Genetics
• Patrick T. Wilson, MD, MPH, Critical Care Medicine
• Cindy Roskind, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Patricia Vuguin, MD, Endocrinology
• Sarah Lusman, MD, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
• Prakash Satwani, MD, Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation
• Steven Lobritto, MD, Hepatology
• Sumeet Banker, MD, MPH, Hospital Medicine
• Natalie Neu, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease
• Tina Leone, MD, Neonatology
• Natalie Uy, MD, Nephrology
• Melissa S. Stockwell, MD, MPH, Primary Care Clinician Research Fellowship in Community Health
• Aliva De, MD, Pulmonology

• Marguerite (Maggie) Costich, MD, MS, Pediatric Clerkship Director

• Kathleen Brennan, MD, MS, Associate Pediatric Clerkship Director

• Elizabeth (Beth) Prabhu, MD, Associate Pediatric Clerkship Director in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education

• Elaine Dinolfo, MD, Pediatric Clerkship Director at Harlem Hospital

• Steve Caddle, MD, MPH, Director, Pediatric Electives and Sub-Internships

• Joseph A. Picoraro, MD, Co-Director of the Foundations of Clinical Medicine Tutorials  

Members of the OMEDI team are commited to be both learners and leaders in medical education. Their innovations were recognized in 2021 in a number of areas, highlighted below:

Marina Catallozzi, MD

• Named Barnard College's inaugural Vice President of Health & Wellness, Chief Health Officer
• 2021 Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching in the Clinical Years
• 2021 Mailman School of Public Health Dean’s Excellence in Mentoring Award
• 2021 Columbia VP&S Nominee for Association of American Medical Colleges Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award

Linda Aponte-Patel, MD

• Co-founded SPARC (Sisterhood of Pediatricians Activated to Realize Change) with pediatric diversity leaders from Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia, Montefiore, NYU, and Mt. Sinai to share education and diversity initiatives through mentoring and scholarship

Hetty Cunningham, MD

• Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Sarah Lusman, MD

• 2021 NASPGHAN Foundation Teri Li Young Educator Award Winner
• Elected to Virginia Apgar Academy

Sumeet Banker, MD, MPH

• Elected to Virginia Apgar Academy
• Appointed interim co-director of the Residency Program
• INF Advocacy Program Award (with Dodi Meyer MD): “Piloting a LatinX Family Advocate for Hospitalized LEP Children and Families”

Candace (Cece) Johnson, MD

• Appointed interim co-director of the Residency Program

Prakash Satwani, MD

• Co-developed and implemented v-SYMPHONY, a tri-state (NY/NJ/CT) collaborative educational series for pediatric hematology/oncology trainees

Shoshana Friedman, MD

• Accepted into 2022 Academic Pediatric Association Educational Scholars Program (ESP)

Marguerite Costich, MD

• Accepted to the APEX Teaching Program for 2022-2023

Kathleen Brennan, MD

• INF Education Program Award: “Novel Interdisciplinary Curriculum to Teach Antenatal Counseling at the Edge of Viability”

Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez, MD

• INF Education Program – Faculty Award: “NextGen Chefs: Building Culinary Connoisseurs for Healthy Future Societies through Delicious Wholesome Home Cooking”