Medical Leaders

Location
Maimonides Infants & Children's Hospital
4802 10th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11219
Map Link

Phone: (718) 283-7500

Team Work

At the Maimonides Infants & Children's Hospital, our principal philosophy is the concept of collaboration. We have brought together individual areas and disciplines to form a team whose primary focus is the care of the individual child. We work in multidisciplinary groups which include physicians, nursing and administrative leadership, so that all the areas of the child's health can be discussed and the optimal care plan can be coordinated.

Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital Medical Leaders:

Laraque, Danielle MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Vice President, Maimonides
Infants & Children's Hospital
(718) 283-6150

Guarini, Ludovico MD
Vice Chair, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology
(718) 765-2671


Bhutada, Alok MD
Director, Neonatology
(718) 283-8853

Marcus, Michael
Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine & Allergy/Immunology
Vice Chair, Pediatric Ambulatory Network
AVP Marketing, Pediatrics 
(718) 283-8260

Friedman, Steven MD
Assistant Director, Pediatric Urology
(718) 283-7743

Pavlakis, Steven MD
Director, Pediatric Neurology
& Development
(718) 283-8260

Foltin, George MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Services
Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Services
(718) 283-6344

Pontrelli, Lucy MD
Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease
(718) 283-8260

Gaffoor, Mohamed MD
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PICU)
(718) 283-8854

Saffra, Norman MD
Director, Ophthalmology
(718) 283-8000
Hechtman, Daniel MD
Director, Pediatric Surgery
(718) 283-7384

 

Ten, Svetlana MD
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology
(718) 283-8260

Kupchik, Gabriel MD
Director, Pediatric Genetics
(718) 283-8260

Vastola, Anthony MD
Pediatric ENT
(718) 283-6260

Kupferman, Juan C. MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Nephrology
(718) 283-8260
Walker-Descartes, Ingrid MD
Director, Pediatric Residency Program
(718) 283-7503

 

Wetzler, Graciela MD
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
(718) 283-8260


Kaplovitz, Harry MD
Co-Director,
Pediatric Cardiology
(718) 283-7501

Ramaswamy, Prema MD
Co-Director, Pediatric Cardiology
(718) 283-7501

Odusi, Olatubosun MD
Co-Director, Primary Care
(718) 283-3640

Mayers, Gabrielle MD
Co-Director, Primary Care
(718) 283-3640