Meet Our New Healthcare Providers

A talented group of healthcare professionals joined St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals during the past year, including various primary care doctors and specialists. Many of them see patients in Manhattan practice sites through University Medical Practice Associates (UMPA), the department’s faculty practice. Others specialize in inpatient care.

Following is a list of the new UMPA professionals as well as the new Director of the Cardiovascular Service Line at Continuum, Dr. Gary S. Roubin.

Primary Care and Geriatrics

Saiera Babaeva, MD
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Bettina Y. Baiduc, MD
Specialties: Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine

Sandeep Bhat, MD
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Roy Cohen, MD
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Jenny Gerner, MD
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Ranjan Ginde, DO
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Joshua Raufman, NP-C
Specialty: Adult Primary Care

Natalya Tkachenko, MD
Specialty: General Internal Medicine

Allergy

Vahid Rahimian, DO
Specialty: Allergy and Immunology

Cardiology

Randy E. Cohen, MD, MS, FACC
Specialties: General Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging, Preventive Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology

Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD, FACC
Director, Continuum Cardiovascular Centers of New York
Specialties: Complex Coronary Interventions, Carotid Artery Stenting, Peripheral Vascular and Renal Interventions

Endocrinology

Ashita Gupta, MD, MPH
Specialty: Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Il Joon Paik, MD
Specialties: Geriatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Ivonne Ramirez, MD
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Infectious Diseases

Robert S. Klein, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Specialties: Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS

Pulmonary Medicine

Veronica Palmero, MD
Specialty: Pulmonary Medicine

Nephrology

Amy Garland, RN, MS, ANP, GNP
Specialties: Nephrology, Adult Primary Care, Geriatrics, Palliative Care

Rheumatology

Melissa LaRusso, DO
Specialty: Rheumatology

New Inpatient Care Professionals

In addition to the providers listed above, various new hospitalists and a critical care specialist joined the Department of Medicine during the past year. They practice at both St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals.

Shiv Kumar Agarwal, MBBS
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine

Yvonne E. Bedward, MS, ANP, GNP
Specialties: Hospital-Based Medicine, Adult Primary Care, Geriatrics, Palliative Care

Addi M. Feinstein, MD
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine

Susannah L. Kurtz, MD
Specialty: Critical Care Medicine

Melissa B. Lesko, DO
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine

Rishi Malhan, MBBS
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine

Hetal Makwana, MBBS
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine

Monaa Zafar, MBBS
Specialty: Hospital-Based Medicine