Meet Our Faculty

Keith Brenner, M.D.
Pulmonary Section Chief
Fellowship Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests:  Asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung nodule assessment, pleural disease management, advanced bronchoscopy

Sean Sadikot, M.D.
Associate Fellowship Director, Hackensack University Medical Center for the Pulmonary, Critical Care 
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pulmonary  Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical education, post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis

Keith Rose, M.D.
Division Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine /  Director of Critical Care Services 
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education, Advanced Airways in the ICU, vvECMO

Karan Omidvari, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship: Tulane University, Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Critical Care Outcomes

Ronak Shah, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Northwell – LIJ/NS, Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Critical Care US, ARDS, ECMO

Bisma Alam, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Fellowship: Rutgers NJMS, Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Morbidity and Mortality, Quality Improvement

Guido Barmaimon, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Mt. Sinai St. Lukes/West Medical Center
Fellowship: Mt. Sinai St. Lukes/West Medical Center,  Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Simulation, Difficult Airway Management, ARDS, End of life Care, ECMO

Andre Sotelo, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center of New York
Fellowship: St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center of New York, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education, Medical Simulation, ARDS, Difficult Airway Management, Bronchoscopy, ICU Family Communication

Taaran Ballachanda, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Rutgers NJMS, Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education, ARDS, ECMO, Critical Care US, Advanced Bronchoscopy, ACLS

Weekon Choi, M.D., MPH, FCCP
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Bergen Pines Country Hospital
Fellowship:  UMDNJ, Pulmonary Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education – Physiology to the Residents and Fellows

Robert Lee, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Brookdale Hospital 
Fellowship:  Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Critical Care
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education – Physiology to the Residents and Fellows

Anuja Pradhan, M.D.
Critical Care Faculty
Residency: Harlem Hospital Center/ Columbia University
Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center, Infectious Disease/ Mount Sinai Hospital, Critical Care Medicine
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical Education, Sepsis, Quality improvement projects for ICU infections & antibiotic usage in the ICU