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.
President
Rachel J. Gordon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Columbia University Medical Center
President Elect
Christina Coyle, MD, MS
Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Secretary
Sarah Taimur, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Past President
Tobias M. Hohl, MD, PhD
Chief, Infectious Diseases Service
Member, Dept of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Vice President
Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Treasurer
Anna Kaltsas, MD
Fellowship Director, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Second Year Councilors
Kerry Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center
Vijaya Soma, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
Sutthichai Sae-Tia, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Transplant, Oncology Infectious Diseases
Division of Infectious Diseases,
Department of Medicine
Stony Brook University
Mirella Salvatore, MD, FIDSA
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine
First 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
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
Advisory Committee
Marcia Epstein, MD
Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases
Associate 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
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
New York University School of Medicine
Josh Nosanchuk, MD, FIDSA
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine