Alumni
Graduate and Post-graduate Students and Research Fellows
Wouter Hoogenboom, PhD
Wouter completed his PhD in Clinical Investigation in the lab as. Burroughs-Wellcome Fellow. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Radiology and then took a position in scientific publishing with Elsevier.
Todd Rubin, MD, PhD
Todd completed his Neuroscience PhD dissertation in the lab. He went on to a research-focused residency in neurology and Mount Sinai in New York.
Liane Hunter, MD, PhD
Liane completed her PhD in Clinical Investigation in the lab. She went on to residency in Neurology at Montefiore-Einstein and will complete a Fellowship in Cognitive Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Cara Levitch, PhD
Cara worked in the lab as part of her Psychology dissertation work at Fordham University. After earning her PhD, Cara went on to postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and then was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU.
Tiago Gil Oliveira, MD, PhD
Tiago was a visiting fellow in the lab during his Neuroradiology training at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, where he was subsequently appointed to the faculty.
Sloan Sheldon, PhD
Sloan worked in the lab while a PhD candidate at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. After completing her PhD, Sloan went on to complete postdoctoral training and took a position as Assistant Professor in Neurology at Mount Sinai New York.
Matthew Getzin, PhD
Matthew worked in the lab while completing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He went on to work in imaging science in industry.
Lauren Strainge, PhD
Lauren worked in the lab while a master’s student in psychology at Columbia. She subsequently earned her PhD from the University of Connecticut and went on to postdoctoral training in psychology.
Kristin Ashley Wright, PhD
Kristin was a graduate rotation student while completing her PhD in Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Nahmee Kim, PhD
Namhee is a biostatistician who came to work as a postdoctoral fellow and subsequently was appointed Assistant Professor of Radiology, working in the Lipton Lab. Namhee subsequently went on to a position as Assistant Professor in the Ruch University Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Amit Haboosheh, MD
Worked in the lab at Einstein while a NY State Psychiatry Neuroimaging Fellow supervised by Dr. Lipton.
Asif Suri, MD, PhD
Worked in the lab at Einstein while a NY State Psychiatry Neuroimaging Fellow supervised by Dr. Lipton.
Shugao Xia, PhD
Worked with the Lipton Lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
Hiba Ghanim, MD
Worked with the Lipton Lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
Clinical Residents and Fellows
Adam Siegel, MD
Adam worked on the third phase of implementation of MRImplant while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore.
Paul Armenta, MD
Paul worked on the third phase of implementation of MRImplant while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore.
Mohammed Mansouri, MD
Mo worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Neuroradiology.
Kapil Wattamwar, MD
Kapil was a key developer of the third phase of implementation of MRImplant while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore. He went on to train in Interventional Radiology and join the faculty at Einstein-Montefiore.
Shima Roknsharifi, MD
Shima worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in Breast Imaging and return to join the faculty at Einstein-Montefiore.
Russell Fullerton, MD
Russell worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Neuroradiology Fellow.
Amy Law, MD
Amy worked on the development of MRImplant in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in Abdominal Imaging.
Edward Mardakhaev, MD
Eddie was a key developer of the second phase of implementation of MRImplant while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore. He went on to train in Musculoskeletal Radiology and Informatics, before joining the faculty at Einstein-Montefiore.
Ke Xun Chen, MD
Kevin worked in the Lipton Lab at Einstein while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. As a resident, he was the First Prize winner at Montefiore Medical Center Radiology Research Day in 2019 for his work in the Lab. He went on to train in Neuroradiology
David Edasery, MD
David worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Neuroradiology and was appointed to the NYP-Cornell faculty.
Mera Herman, MD
Mera worked on the development of MRImplant in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in Interventional Radiology.
Mansi Shah, MD
Mansi worked on the development of MRImplant in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in
Hannah Milch, MD
Hannah worked on the development of MRImplant in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in Breast Imaging.
Atira Kaplan, MD
Atira worked on our studies of neck strength and biomechanics while a resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Einstein-Montefiore.
Adam Goldman-Yassen, MD, MSc
Adam worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Pediatric Neuroradiology and was appointed to the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine.
David Gutman, MD
David was a key developer of the initial implementation of MRImplant while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore. He went on to train in Neuroradiology and Informatics.
Jill Fay, MD
Hannah worked on the development of MRImplant in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. She went on to train in Breast Imaging.
Menachem E Gold, MD
Menachem worked in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology resident and Neuroradiology Fellow.
Susan Sotardi, MD, MS
Susan worked in the Lipton Lab at Einstein while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. As a resident, she was the Second Prize winner at Montefiore Medical Center Radiology Research Day in 2016 for her work in the Lab. She went on to train in Neuroradiology and was appointed to the faculty of The University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Andrew McClelland, MD PhD
Andy worked in the Lipton Lab at Einstein while as an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Neuroradiology and returned to join the Einstein-Montefiore faculty before moving to New York University.
Munish Chitkara, MD
Munish worked with the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Musculoskeletal Radiology.
Amit Raheja, MD
Amit worked with the Lipton Lab at Montefiore while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He went on to train in Neuroradiology.
Erik Gellella, MD
Erik worked in the lab while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He was Second prize winner, Montefiore Medical Center Young Investigators Symposium in 2008 and went on to train in Neuroradiology.
Calvin Lo, MD
Calvin worked in the lab while an Einstein-Montefiore Radiology Resident. He was Third prize winner, Montefiore Medical Center Young Investigators Symposium in 2007 and went on to train in Neuroradiology.
Andrew Bleicher, MD OBM
Ari worked with Dr. Lipton as a Radiology Research Resident while completing his training at Einstein-Montefiore. He went on to training in Neuroradiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was a member of the faculty until his tragic untimely death.
Joachim Farinhas, MD
Jack worked with the lab at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric research as a Radiology Research Resident while completing his training at Einstein-Montefiore. He went on to training in Neuroradiology at Einstein-Montefiore and was appointed to the faculty.
Medical Students
Jane Wee, BA
Jane was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Fahmida Rashid, MD
Fahmida was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Radiology.
Avinoam Levin, MD
Avinoam was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He went on to train in Radiology.
Sandie Worley, MD
Sandie was a Senior Research Fellow while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Neurology.
Jinyuan Liu, MD
Jin was a Senior Research Fellow while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating with Distinction in Research. She went on to train in Neurology.
Chin Lun “Hank” Lin, MD
Hank was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating with Distinction in Research. He went on to train in Neurology.
Henry Foster, MD
Henry was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He went on to train in Radiology.
Chaim Feigen, MS
Chaim began working with the lab while a medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He took a hiatus from medical school to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at Einstein.
Avital Meiri, MD
Avital worked with the lab prior to entering Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine.
Lisa B Mogil, MD
Was a summer research student while earning her MD at SUNY Buffalo. She went on to train in Radiology and Breast Imaging as well as joining the faculty at Mallinckrodt Institute of radiology in St. Louis.
Adam Z. Fink, MD
Avi was a research student in the lab while attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He trained in Radiology at Montefiore-Einstein and went on to train in Body Imaging.
Eva Catenaccio, MD
Eva was an Einstein Research Fellow and graduated with Distinction in Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Eva went on to train in Pediatric Neurology at Johns Hopkins and in Pediatric Epilepsy at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, where she was appointed to the faculty.
Oren Jaspan, MD
Oren was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to train in Radiology and Neuroradiology.
Brandon Giglio, MD
Was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He went on to train in Neurology and was appointed to the faculty of NYU.
Weiya Mu, MD
Weiya was an Einstein Research Fellow and graduated with Distinction in Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Neuroradiology and was appointed to the faculty at UCSF.
Elie Steinberg, MD
Elie worked with Dr. Lipton while a medical student at Tufts University.
Tamara Frieden, MD
Tamara was a summer student in lab while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Jackeline Urrutia, MD
Jackeline was a summer student in lab while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Sukhraj Kahlon, MD
Sukhraj was a summer student in lab while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Seth Avner, MD
Seth was a summer student in lab while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine who went on to train in Cardiology.
Hilana Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff, MD
Hilana was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to train in Anesthesiology.
Daniel Poliak, MD
Daniel was a Senior Research Fellow while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating with Distinction in Research. He went on to train in Diagnostic Radiology and Abdominal Imaging.
Sara B. Rosenbaum, MD
Sara Eva was an Einstein Research Fellow and graduated with Distinction in Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to residency in Radiology at Einstein-Montefiore where she was Chief Resident and won many awards for her research in the lab. Sara went on to train in Neuroradiology and was appointed to the faculty at NYP-Cornell.
Young Park, MD
Young was a research student in the lab during medical school at Einstein. He went on to train in Neuroradiology.
Jonathan Weinberger, MD
Jonathan was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to train in Gastroenterology.
Miriam Hulkower, MD
Miriam was a Senior Research Fellow while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to Diagnostic Radiology residency at Einstein-Montefiore and completed training in Abdominal Imaging at Mount Sinai in New York.
Anna Bader, MD, MSc
Anna was a research student in the lab while at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She matched at Montefiore-Einstein for Radiology. Anna earned a master’s in clinical research while a thoracic radiology fellow at Montefiore-Einstein and went on to become Section Chief for Thoracic Radiology at Yale.
Dieudonne M. Nonga, MD
Jonathan was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to train in Pediatrics.
Meredith Weiss, MD
Meredith worked in the lab while a student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to train Psychiatry.
Daniel Krieger, MD
Daniel worked in the lab as a Senior Research Fellow prior to graduating with distinction in research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He trained in Radiology at Einstein-Montefiore and went on to train in Neuroradiology. As a resident, Daniel was the First Prize winner at Montefiore Medical Center Radiology Research Day in 20011 for his work in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore.
Edwin Gulko, MD
Edwin worked in the lab as a Senior Research Fellow prior to graduating with distinction in research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Edwin continued work with the lab during his post-graduate training in Radiology and Neuroradiology at Einstein-Montefiore and was a NY State Psychiatry Neuroimaging Fellow. As a resident, Edwin was the First Prize winner at Montefiore Medical Center Radiology Research Day in 20013 for his work in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore. He joined the faculty of New York Medical College.
Sophia Rodriguez, MD
Sophia worked with Dr. Lipton while a student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Forensic Pathology.
Mark Liszewski, MD
Mark worked in the Lipton Lab at the Nathan S Kline Institute while a student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After graduating with Distinction in Research, He went on to train in Radiology and Pediatric Radiology before his appointment as Vice Chair and Chief of Pediatric Radiology at Einstein-Montefiore.
Richard Zampolin, MD
Richard worked in the Lipton Lab at the Nathan S Kline Institute while a student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He went on to train in Radiology, Neuroradiology and to join the Interventional Neuroradiology faculty at Einstein-Montefiore.
Rober J. Dym, MD
Josh worked with Dr. Lipton while a Radiology resident at Einstein-Montefiore.
Gail Yarmish, MD
Gail worked with Dr. Lipton while a student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Radiology at Einstein-Montefiore and in Abdominal Imaging.
Undergraduate Students
Shimon Garrel
Shimi worked on the Einstein Soccer Study while an undergraduate at Yeshiva University.
Rebecca Schiff
Rebecca worked in the lab as an undergraduate summer student while studying neuroscience at Tulane University. After graduation, she went on to teach English in Spain.
Andrew Weschler
Areeb Khan
Areeb worked in the lab as an undergraduate summer student while at the SUNY Binghamton. He went on to medical school at SUNY Upstate.
Carly Wolfer
Carly worked in the lab as an undergraduate summer student while at the Washington University in St. Louis. She went on to graduate studies in psychology.
Rachel Varon, RN
Rachel was a summer undergraduate student in the lab working on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study. She went on to become a nurse at Montefiore Medical Center.
Eli Rappaport
Eli was a summer student working with the lab while an undergraduate engineering student at Cooper Union in New York City.
Bryanna Gulotta
Bryanna was a student in the Einstein Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) while at Cornell. She subsequently earned her MD and trained in Neurology.
Anna Augustinos, MD
Anna worked in the lab as an undergraduate summer student while at the University of Rochester.
Rose Fluss, MD
Rose worked on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study while an undergraduate at Yeshiva University. Rose completed her MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to Neurosurgical residency at Einstein-Montefiore.
Adina Sperling, MD
Adina worked on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study while an undergraduate at New York University. She earned her MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and entered Radiology residency at Einstein-Montefiore.
Gabrielle Weinberg, DO
Gabrielle worked on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study while an undergraduate at Yeshiva University. She went on to study medicine and train in Psychiatry.
Aimee Krausz, MD
Aimee worked on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study while an undergraduate at Yeshiva University. She went on to complete her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and train in Dermatology.
Jordana Schneider, DO
Jordana worked on the Bronx Concussion Outcomes Study while an undergraduate at Yeshiva University. She went on to complete her medical degree and train in Vascular Neurology.
Alexander Papolos, MD
Worked in the lab while an undergraduate at Ithaca College. He went on to earn his MD and train in Cardiology and Critical Care.
High School Students
Delanie Bomar
Delanie worked in the lab while a student at Millenium High School in New York City.
Simone Glajchen
Simone worked in the lab while a student at Scarsdale High School and was accepted early decision to Columbia University
Staff
Shira Siegel, BA
Shira was a Research Coordinator who went on to medical school at SUNY Downstate.
Karinne Colon, BA
Karinne was a Research Coordinator who moved on to work for a CRO.
Isabella Shattenkirk, BS
Isabella was a Research Coordinator in the lab until COVID-19.
Shanshan Hu, MA
Shanshan was a Research Coordinator who went on to work in market research.
Priyanka Srinivasan, BS
Priyanka was a Research Coordinator who went on to graduate studies in statistics.
Naomi (Wakschlag) Lubin, BA
Naomi was a Research Coordinator who went on work in market research.
Chloé Ifrah, PhD
Chloé was Research Coordinator and completed her PhD and post graduate training in psychology.
Kyle Friedman, BA
Was a Research Coordinator who moved to Colorado to study the impact of cannabis legalization on public health.
Malka Zughaft Sears, PhD
Was a Research Coordinator who went on to graduate studies in psychology.
Ayelet Kahane, BA
Ayelet was a Research Coordinator who went to work for a non-profit.
Tamar Glattstein Bacharach, PsyD
Tamar a Research Coordinator who went onto graduate studies in psychology.
Margo Kahn Neuburger, PsyD
Margo was a Research Coordinator who went onto graduate studies in psychology.
Hannah Scholl, MEd
Hannah was a Research Coordinator who went into teaching and graduate studies in education.
Abby Bassalaley, MD
Abby was worked as a Research Coordinator in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore and subsequently was a research student while at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She went on to train in Pediatric Nephrology.
Tamar Gold Bassous, DMD
Tamar was a Research Coordinator in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore. She went on to earn her DMD from the University of Pennsylvania and train in pediatric dentistry.
Nina Ackerman, MD
Nina was a Research Coordinator in the Lipton Lab at Montefiore. She went on to earn her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and complete training in Emergency Medicine.