Officers
Committees
Councilors
The Officers and Councilors of IDSNY are elected by the membership at large. They volunteer their time and energy and serve for a one, two or several year term. We welcome your nominations of IDSNY members to positions as officers or councilors. Contact the secretary for more information.
Councilors serve for a period of two years. They advise the officers on policies and support IDSNY activities. They are elected by the membership. To become a councilor, contact the secretary to have your name on the ballot. You may also nominate another member.
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President
Christina Coyle, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
President Elect
Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Secretary
Elizabeth V. Robilotti, MD, MPH
Division of Infectious Disease
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Past President
Rachel J. Gordon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Vice President
Gopi Patel MD, MS, FIDSA
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Treasurer
Anna Kaltsas, MD
Fellowship Director, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Second Year Councilors
Margaret L. Aldrich, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Pediatric Infection Control
Children's Hospital Montefiore
Sarah Schaefer, MD
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Disease
Mount Sinai Hospital
Stephanie Sterling, MD, MPH
Section Chief, Infectious Disease
Co-Leader, Brooklyn Hospital Vaccine Research Clinic of the NYU Langone Vaccine Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, Infectious Diseases
NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn
Sarah Taimur, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
1st Year Councilors
Benjamin Miko MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Columbia University Medical Center
Henry Donaghy MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell
Justin Laracy MD
Assistant Attending
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tessa Gomez MD
Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Advisory Committee
Marcia Epstein, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Jacqueline M. Achkar, MD, MSc, FIDSA
Co-Director, Global Health Center
Associate Director of Translational Research Training
Clinical Research Training Program Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Adam J. Ratner, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Josh Nosanchuk, MD, FIDSA
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bettina Fries, MD, FIDSA, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Natalie Neu, MD, MPH
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Tobias M. Hohl, MD, PhD
Chief, Infectious Diseases Service
Member, Dept of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center