Faculty

Chair

Sally Radovick, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Chancellor Scholar
Phone: 732-235-7900
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Vice Chair for Academic Development

Lawrence C. Kleinman, MD, MPH, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Academic Development
Director, Division of Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7906
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Executive Vice Chair

M. Douglas Baker, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Adolescent Medicine

Sari Bentsianov, MD

Section Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7896
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Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Patricia Whitley-Williams, MD

Aswine Bal, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894

Barrie Cohen, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894

Sunanda Gaur, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894
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Amisha Malhotra, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894
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Roseann Marone, RN, BS, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone: 732-235-7894
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The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhD

Executive Director, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9326
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Caroline Coffield, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9329
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Margaret Gilbride, JD, CT

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-2109

Sharon Lohrmann, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Positive Behavior Support in School
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9306
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Philip Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Phone: 732-235-9328
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Cardiology

Joseph Gaffney, MD

Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905
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Monica Chugh, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905
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Benjamin Lentzner, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905
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Robert Manduley, MD

Director, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of New Jersey
Phone: 732-235-7905
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Critical Care Medicine

Simon Li, MD

Steven Horwitz, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Michael Kelly, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-3380
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Cassandra Louis, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Maureen Madden, MSN, PCCNP

Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Kalgi Mody, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Manette Ness-Cochinwala, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887

Jennifer Owensby, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Transport Services
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Hariprem Rajasekhar, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Natalie Torres-Feliz, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Sirisha Yalamanchi, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7887
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Immunobiology

Arnold Rabson, MD

Director, Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology; Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine; and Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9523
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Derek Sant'Angelo, PhD

Director, Immunology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9394
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David Comoletti, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-9466

Amale Laouar, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-6014

Chi Wei Lu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-2870

Zhiping Pang, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-8074

Kenneth Paradiso, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9523

Yufang Shi, DVM, PhD

University Professor of Pharmacology
Developmental Biology
Phone: 732-235-4501

Qi Yang, PhD

Immunology
Resident Scientist
Phone: 732-235-9523

Lisa Denzin, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Immunobiology
Phone: 732-235-9604
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Education

Joann Carlson, MD

Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Resident Education and Nephrology
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Student Education

Elizabeth Goodman, MD

Pediatric Student Education Director
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7883

Emergency Medicine

Ernest Leva, MD

Division Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Uchechi Azubuine, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893

M. Douglas Baker, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Richard Brodsky, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Minh-Tu Do, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893

Rachael Grieco, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Kathryn Kean, MD

RBHS Instructor
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893

James Luckey, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Niel Miele, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Matthew Pepper, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Prerna Trivedy, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7893
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Endocrinology

Ian Marshall, MD

Director, Pediatric Endocrinology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9378
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Andy Babwah, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-9206

Mariam Gangat, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-9378
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Ahmed Khattab, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-9378
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Sally Radovick, MD

Professor and Henry Rutgers Term Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Chancellor Scholar
Pediatric Endocrinology
Phone: 732-235-7900
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Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Soula Koniaris, MD

Division Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885
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Kristin Capone, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885

Yen Ping Chen, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885
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Sherry Huang, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885
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Diane Hsu, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885

Elizaveta Iofel, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885
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Melissa Weidner, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Phone: 732-235-7885
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Hematology / Oncology

Peter Cole, MD

Richard A. Drachtman, MD

Section Chief Clinical Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5437
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Karen Long-Traynor, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437
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Advaitha Madireddy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437

Margaret Masterson, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437
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Scott Moerdler, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437

Susan Murphy, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437
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Archana Sharma, DO

Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Phone: 732-235-5437
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Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

Dalya Chefitz, MD

Janice Cato-Varlack, MD

Susan Dibs, MD

Elizabeth Goodman, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Associate Program Director Residency Program
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Aazim Hussain, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Fahmida Islam, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine 
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Aimee Lariviere, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Akreeti Maskey-Pagodin, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine 
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Paula Lucuara Revelo, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Alan Weller, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044
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Sarah Yavelberg, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Phone: 732-235-7044

Institute for the Study of Child Development

Michael Lewis, PhD, Director

University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Institute for the Study of Child Development
Phone: 732-235-7700
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Jason Gold, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Institute for the Study of Child Development
Phone: 732-235-7903
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Barbie Zimmerman-Bier, MD

Medical Genetics

Milen Velinov, MD

Division Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9386

Christina Botti, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-9386
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Neonatology

Vadim Ten, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Division Director,  Neonatology
Phone: 732-235-5699

Mayoor Bhatt, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864

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Swapna Borole, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864
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Sharath Chowdowarapu, MD

Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864
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Alexander Feldman, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7760 
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Rajiv Goel, MD

Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864
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Thomas Hegyi, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-8958
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Deepak Jain, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7760

Leela Josyula, MD

Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-685-2864 
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Arun Kashyap, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7334
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Rajeev Mehta, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7063
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Joseph Napolitano, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699

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Barbara Ostfeld, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-6974
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Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5691
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Jayshree Savla, MBBS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864

Manan Shah, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699
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Anatoly  Starkov, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699

Jeffrey Suell, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-5699
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Anjali Verma, MD

Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Phone: 908-685-2864
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Nephrology and Hypertension

Joann Carlson, MD

Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology
Program Director Pediatric Residency Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology
Phone: 732-235-7880
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Valeriya Feygina, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7880
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Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Vikram Bhise, MD

Division Director, Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875
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Anna Beckwith, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875
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Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875
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Abdolreza Esfahanizadeh, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875
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Genevieve Gabriel, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875

Karishma Parikh, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875

Amanda Spinner, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7875

Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)

Lawrence Kleinman, MD, MPH

Professor and Vice Chair Academic Development
Division Director for Pediatric Population Health, Quality and Implementation Sciences (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7906
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Susan Dibs, MD

Manuel Jimenez, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-6188
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Emanuel Lerner, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Mary O'Connor, MD

Shilpa Pai, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-6700
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Anna Petrova, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7319

Usha Ramachandran, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Eric B. Chandler Health Center
Phone: 732-235-9030
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Nancy Reichman, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-235-7977
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Elsie Roca-Piccini, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Kristine Schmitz, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Esha Shah, MD

RBHS Instructor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Michele Takyi, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Dawn Thompson, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
Phone: 908-743-5437
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Shoshanna Zitter, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Science (PopQuIS)
One Worlds Fair Drive
Phone: 732-743-5437
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Pulmonary Medicine

Thomas Scanlin, MD

Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899
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Maya Ramagopal, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899
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Lakshmi Uppaluri, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-7899
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Rheumatology

Nandini Moorthy, MD, MS, FAAP

Director, Pediatric Rheumatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 732-235-4980
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Daniel Horton, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Phone:732-235-4980 
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Cynthia Salvant, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Phone:732-235-4980 
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