Meet Our Faculty
Jamie M. Pinto, M.D., FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Residency: Hasbro Children’s Hospital of the Brown Alpert Medical School
Fellowship: PHM; board certified through the practice pathway
Research/Clinical Interests: Graduate medical education, feedback, antibiotic stewardship, value-based care, family-centered care, probiotics, bronchiolitis, asthma
Srividya Naganathan, M.D., FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Pediatric Education
Residency: Metro Health Medical Center
Fellowship: PHM; board certified through the practice pathway
Research/Clinical Interests: Graduate medical education, antibiotic stewardship, dermatologic conditions, high value care, physician wellness
Harpreet Pall, M.D., MBA, CPE
Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Residency: Memorial University in Canada
Fellowship: Gastroenterology; Boston Children’s Hospital of the Harvard Medical School
Research/Clinical Interests: Liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and endoscopy
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Faculty
Cathleen Ballance, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of Quality and Safety, Attending Hospitalist
Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Fellowship: PHM; board certified through the practice pathway
Research/Clinical Interests: Quality improvement, minimizing hospital-acquired infections, pediatric dental health
Rose St. Fleur, M.D., FAAP, IBCLC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of the Center for Breastfeeding, Attending Hospitalist
Residency: NYU Winthrop Hospital
Fellowship: PHM; board eligible through the practice pathway
Research/Clinical Interests: Breast feeding medicine, baby-friendly initiative, newborn nutrition, resident as teacher, global health
Steven Kairys, M.D., MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Founding Chairman of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Attending Hospitalist, Child abuse specialist, Adolescent medicine specialist
Director of fellowship quality improvement curriculum
Residency: Dartmouth Medical School
Fellowships: Child abuse pediatrics; board certified through the practice pathway. Adolescent medicine; board certified through practice pathway
Research/Clinical Interests: Child abuse & neglect, quality improvement, adolescent medicine, improving access to pediatric mental health services, advocacy, graduate medical education, pediatric curriculum development
Nickolas E. Dawlabani, MD, FACHE, CPE, FAAP
Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Residency: The Children's Hospital at St. Peter's University Hospital
Research/Clinical Interests: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Patient Experience, Graduate Medical Education, Evidence Based Medicine
Hadassa Leader, M.D., FAAP
Associate Chair for Faculty Development
Attending, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Residency: New York University School of Medicine
Research/Clinical Interests: Asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, dehydration, bullying and its impact on hospitalized children, challenging cases in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, faculty development, hypertension in children, intra-abdominal infections, Kawasaki disease, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, Quality Improvement and QI training in medical education.
Ghazalah Malik, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chair of Health Equity and Advocacy
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, NY
Research/Clinical Interests: Advocacy, community outreach, resident education, pediatric mental health, global health
Ranbir Kaur, D.O., FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Fellowship Community Site Director, JFK Medical Center
Associate Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, JFK Medical Center
Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
Research/Clinical Interests: Graduate medical education, antibiotic stewardship, process improvement, asthma
Additional Faculty
Zelda Ghersin, M.D. - Pediatric Intensivist, Director of Pediatric Simulation
Sarah Rawstron, M.D. -- Attending hospitalist, Infectious disease specialist
Janet Schairer, M.D. – Nursery hospitalist
Alan Cabasso, M.D.—Nursery hospitalist
Usha Thomas, M.D. – Nursery hospitalist
Christine Powers, APN – Inpatient
Sarah Sochaczewsky, APN – Nursery