Divisions

Medical subspecialties include:

• Allergy and Immunology
  David Rosenstreich, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Genetic control and cellular basis of susceptibility to immunological and inflammatory disease.
• Dermatology
  Steven Cohen, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Psoriasis; occupational skin diseases. 
• Endocrinology and Metabolism
  Norman Fleischer, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Biochemistry of polypeptide hormone secretion; autoimmune mechanisms in the etiology of diabetes; hypothalamic hormone action.
• Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases
  Alan Wolkoff, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
• General Internal Medicine
  Julia H. Arnsten, MD, MPH, Division Head and Professor, Departments of Medicine/Epidemiology and Psychiatry
• Geriatric Medicine
  Amy Ehrlich, MD, Interim Division Head and Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine
  Research Interests: Urinary tract infections in the elderly.
• Hematology
  Michael Stemerman, MD, Interim Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
• Infectious Disease
  Liise-anne Pirofski, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
  Research Interests: Mechanisms of virulence in fungal infections and development of antibody-based therapies.
• Nephrology
  Thomas Hostetter, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis therapies.
• Oncology
  Roman Perez-Soler, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology
  Research Interests: Lung cancer; Experimental cancer therapies.
• Pulmonary Disease
  Simon D. Spivack, MD, MPH, Division Head and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Early lung cancer detection; lung nodule evaluation; lung cancer prevention; interstitial lung disease; environmental lung disease; phytoprevention; gene expression and regulation; epigenetics.
• Rheumatology
  Chaim Putterman, MD, Division Head and Professor, Department of Medicine
  Research Interests: Mechanisms of immunologic self-tolerance and autoimmune disease.

Clinical Expertise
In addition to high competence in all sub-specialties of Internal Medicine, the Department has special clinical expertise in the following areas:

• Gene therapy for arteriosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular disease;
• Cardiac arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death;
• Novel approaches to the treatment of congestive heart failure;
• Diabetes education for patients;
• Care of the difficult diabetes patient;
• Special team approaches to the geriatric patient;
• Hospice end of life care;
• Care of sickle cell crisis and sickle cell chest syndrome;
• Care of patients with refractory asthma;
• Inflammatory bowel disease;
• Disorders of gastrointestinal motility;
• Special treatment for hepatitis c disease;
• Bowel disorders of the aged;
• Treatment of HIV disease;
• Treatment of tropical and parasitic diseases;
• Treatment of fungal diseases;
• Treatment of lupus erythematosis;
• Care of patients with end stage renal disease and patient with renal transplants.