Faculty & Fellows
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: NYU
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Favorite antibiotic: Penicillin
Favorite activity: Going to Broadway shows
Favorite restaurant: J.G. Melon
Areas of clinical/research interest: Medical education research (focused on scholarly activity training) and health services research (healthcare utilization, safety)
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: North Carolina
Medical school: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Residency: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
Favorite antibiotic: Cephalexin
Favorite restaurant: Jacob's Pickles
Areas of clinical/research interest: Medical education, global/public health, evidence-based medicine and pathways
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: Stony Brook
Residency: New York Hospital
Favorite past travel destination: Tuscany or Paris
Favorite restaurant: Maya
Areas of clinical/research interest: Medical education, clinical informatics
Tina Desai, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: Zambia
Medical school: Ross University
Residency: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Favorite activity: Shakespeare in the Park or any summertime activity in the parks
Favorite restaurant: Dirt Candy
Areas of clinical/research interest: Global healthcare
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital
Favorite antibiotic: Immunizing against vaccine-preventable infections
Favorite restaurant: El Paso Taqueria
Areas of clinical/research interest: Maternal-infant health, breastfeeding, vaccines, healthcare advocacy, and writing
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New Jersey
Medical school: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Favorite activity: Exploring farmers’ markets
Favorite restaurant (lunch spot): Sweetgreen
Areas of clinical/research interest: Newborn medicine, education
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: Yugoslavia
Medical school: Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: UCSF/Columbia
Favorite antibiotic: Cefazolin
Favorite restaurant: Per se
Areas of clinical/research interest: Peri-operative care
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: Illinois
Medical school: Rush University Medical School
Residency: Rush University
Favorite past travel destination: Croatia
Favorite restaurant: Faun, Brooklyn
Areas of clinical/research interest: Integrating mental health into pediatric care
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: California
Medical school: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Favorite activity: Spending time in New York City parks
Favorite restaurant: Too many but in our neighborhood of the Upper West Side, it would be Sushi Yasaka
Areas of clinical/research interest: Global Health, Medical Education
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: University of Virginia
Residency: University of Virginia
Favorite past travel destination: St. John, US Virgin Islands
Favorite restaurant: Pier i
Areas of clinical/research interest: Medical education
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: Illinois
Medical school: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Favorite antibiotic: Azithromycin
Favorite restaurant: The Milling Room
Areas of clinical/research interest: Health IT, transitions of care
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: Thailand
Medical school: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital Center
Favorite antibiotic: Please ask me in person
Favorite restaurant: Please ask me in person
Areas of clinical/research interest: Medical education
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: NYU
Residency: NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Favorite antibiotic: Amoxicillin-clavulanate
Favorite restaurant (lunch spot): L’artusi
Areas of clinical/research interest: Transitions of care, palliative care, complex care
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Favorite antibiotic: Amoxicillin-clavulanate
Favorite restaurant: Halal Guys
Areas of clinical/research interest: Quality improvement, pathways, patient flow, hospital operations
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Babies Hospital (now NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital)
Favorite antibiotic: Cefadroxil
Favorite restaurant: Patricia’s of Morris Park
Areas of clinical/research interest: Family-centered care, hospital readmissions, patient flow
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: University at Buffalo, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Favorite activity: concerts/shows, restaurants, central park
Favorite restaurant: ROKC
Areas of clinical/research interest: Childhood asthma; mechanisms of biologic susceptibility and clinical characteristics which contribute towards exacerbations/ increased health care use
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: Serbia
Medical school: University of Belgrade Medical School
Residency: The New York Hospital
Favorite past travel destination: Dubrovnik
Favorite restaurant: Fiorello
Areas of clinical/research interest: Quality and patient safety
Birthplace: Utah
Medical school: American University of the Caribbean
Residency: UCSF Fresno
Favorite antibiotic: Ampicillin
Favorite restaurant: Sushi Seki
Areas of clinical/research interest: QI project in Improving Hypoglycemia Surveillance In high risk term infants in the Community Hospital Setting
NewYorkPresbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Birthplace: Kentucky
Medical school: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Favorite antibiotic: Clindamycin
Favorite restaurant: Cookshop
Areas of clinical/research interest: Patient experience, health economics
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center
Birthplace: New York
Medical school: New York Medical College
Residency: NewYorkPresbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Favorite past travel destination: Kyoto, Japan
Favorite restaurant (lunch spot): Tanoshi and Flex Mussels
Areas of clinical/research interest: Undergraduate and graduate medical education
Fellows
Nicole Kelly, MD
Second-year fellows
Allison Pressimone, DO
Second-year fellows
Residency and Chief Residency at Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai
Nicole Meyers, MD
First-year fellows
Residency and Chief Residency at NewYork Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital – Columbia
Alex Ramirez, MD
First-year fellows
Residency and Chief Residency at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital