FACULTY & LEADERSHIP
Jack DeHovitz, MD, MPH, MHCDS, FACP
Director
STAR Program
Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Medicine
Email: jack.dehovitz@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.1069
Jessica Yager, MD, MPH
Medical Director
STAR Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Email: jessica.yager@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.4180
Kaniz N. Banu, MD,
Attending Physician, STAR–Brookdale
Specialist, Infectious Disease
Email: Kbanu@BHMCNY.ORG
Phone: 718-240-8233
José E. Diaz, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Fellow, Translational Program of Health Disparities Research Training
Department of Medicine, STAR Program
Email: jose.diaz@downstate.edu
Conrad Fischer, MD
Attending Physician, STAR–Brookdale
Specialist, Infectious Disease
System Chair of Infectious Disease
Program Director of Medicine Residency
Email: CFischer@BHMCNY.ORG
Phone: 718-240-8233
Ashley Grosso, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine, STAR Program
Email: ashley.grosso@downstate.edu
Deborah Gustafson, PhD, MS
Professor
Department of Neurology
Section for NeuroEpidemiology
Guest Professor and Docent, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Sabina Hirschfield, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor
STAR Program
Department of Medicine
Email: sabina.hirshfield@downstate.edu Phone: 718.270.3341
Susan Holman, DrPH, MS, RN
HIV Projects Director
STAR Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Email: susan.holman@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.1819
Ellen Honey, LMSW
Administrator
STAR Program
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine
Email: ellen.honey@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.2690
Paul Lam, MD MPH DTM
Attending Physician, STAR–Brookdale
Specialist, Infectious Disease
Chairman, Department of Infection Prevention and Control
Chairman, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Email: Palam@bhmcny.org
Phone: 718-240-8233
Michelle Melendez, MS, LCSW
Behavioral Health Director
STAR Program
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine
Email: michelle.melendez@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.6391
Nkiruka (Kiki) Nwokoye, JD
Director of Development
STAR Program
Department of Medicine
Email: nkiruka.nwokoye@downstate.edu
Office: 718-613-8345
Rio O’Mary, MD
Attending Physician, STAR-Downstate
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Email: rio.omary@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.2330
David Odegaard, MPH
Director, Training and Education
STAR Program
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine
Email: david.odegaard@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.4752
Joseph K. Paul, MD
Medical Director, STAR–Brookdale
Specialist, Infectious Disease
Email: JPaul@kingsbrook.org
Phone: 718-240-8233
Adrienne Pierce, MS
Fiscal Director
STAR Program
Email: adrienne.pierce@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.2587
Christine Rucker, MA
Director, Adolescent Education Program
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine
Email: christine.rucker@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.3203
Weda Sen, MHA, ACHE
Operations Director, STAR-Downstate
Email: weda.sen@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.8363
Manisha Singh, MD
Attending Physician, STAR-Downstate
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Email: manisha.singh@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.2471
Tonya N. Taylor, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Co-Investigator, MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study
Co-Director, Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education (BRIDGE) and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP).
Email: tonya.taylor@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.6113
Tracey Wilson, PhD
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs & Research,
School of Public Health
Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-Principal Investigator,
MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study
Email: tracey.wilson@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.2105
Daniel Winetsky, MD, MS
Attending Physician, STAR-Downstate
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
Email: daniel.winetsky@downstate.edu
Phone: 718.270.6747
