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Welcome the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division
at Elmhurst Hospital Center

The purpose of our fellowship program is to train the next generation of clinical and academic leaders in pulmonary and critical care. Our fellows train in America’s largest municipal healthcare system – New York City Health and Hospitals - serving one of the most diverse patient populations in the world. Elmhurst Hospital Center is closely affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and we are proud to provide safety net care in partnership with this world class institution.

Meet Our Staff

Division Attendings

Glen Granati

Alfredo Astua, MD

Chief of Division

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, NYC

Contact: astuaa@nychhc.org

Elizabeth Awerbuch, DO,
FCCP

Program Director

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC

Contact: awerbuce@nychhc.org

Glen Granati, MD

Associate Program Director

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

Montefiore Medical Center, NYC

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Muhammad Perwaiz, MD

Director of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology

Pulmonary/CCM Training:
Brown University, RI

Sean Zajac, MD

Assistant Program Director

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC

Dawn Maldonado, MD

Attending

Nephrology Training:

Elmhurst Hospital, NYC

CCM Training:

Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC

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Martin Warshawsky

Rahul Nair, MD

Attending

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

Montefiore, NYC

Jey Jayakumaran, MD

Attending

Pulmonary/CCM Training:

Stonybrook, NY

Martin Warshawsky, MD,FCCP, FACP

Director of ICU

Pulmonary/CCM Training:Cornell, NYC

Division Staff

Sandra McDonald

Program Coordinator

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Donna McLenan

Clinical Coordinator

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Fellows

Third Years

Varun Tej Gonuguntla, MD

Residency: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Victor Perez Gutierrez, MD

Residency: Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Second Years

Varun Bhalla, MD

Residency: Rochester General Hospital, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY

Amnah Khalid, MD

Residency: Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, NY

First Years

Nitin Pendyala, MD

Residency: South Brooklyn Health (previously Coney Island Hospital) Brooklyn, NY

Alla Uts, DO

Residency: Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital, Oceanside, NY

Anesha White, MD

Residency: Hackensack University Medical Center/ Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, NJ

Curriculum

Fellow Rotation Schedule

By Month

Conferences

Didactics

Typical weekly conference schedule.

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