Division of Hospital Medicine

Hospital Medicine, Downtown Campus
Campus West Building (CWB) - Room 320
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
Map & directions
Phone: 315 464-5774
Fax: 315 464-5378
Name: Anika Kaiser Wahidi
Email: KaiserWA@upstate.edu

A hospitalist is a physician dedicated to the care of the hospitalized patient. The hospitalist program at SUNY Upstate Medical University has full time hospitalists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who are responsible for general medicine teams and the medicine consultation service. Duties include direct patient care, student/resident education and quality improvement initiatives.

Our Team

Housam Hegazy, MD, FACP
Chief of Hospital Medicine,
Medical Director of Utilization Management,
Medical Director of Hospital Medicine

Ali Khan, MD
Associate Medical Director of Hospital Medicine

Rebecca L Akers, NP-C
315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Primary Care

Research Interests:

Effect of repeated trauma on EMS service personelle

Clinical Interests:

Air Medical Transport-critical care, Post incident stress management, Member of Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association, Emergency Nurses Association.

Associations/Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

Emily L Albert, MD, MPH
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Medical Emergencies
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Clinical Interests:

Public Health

Associations/Memberships: American Medical Association; Society of Hospital Medicine

Kathryn B Anderson, MD/PhD
315 464-5815
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Primary Care
Education: Emory University School of Nursing

Research Interests:

Field epidemiology

Arboviral disease pathogenesis and transmission

Respiratory viral disease pathogenesis and transmission

Clinical Interests:

Internal Medicine

Global Health

Traveler and Immigrant Health

Adil S Bhutta, MD
315 464-8668

Brian A Changlai Jr, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
Associations/Memberships: American Medical Association

Ilona Chepak, MD
315 464-5774

Timothy M Creamer, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: New York Medical College
Associations/Memberships: Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM); Onondaga County Medical Society; Medical Society of The State of New York; New York State Society of Internal Medicine

Ian F Dargon, MD
315 464-5774

Parth D Desai, MD
315 464-5774

Amit S Dhamoon, MD, PhD
315 464-1775
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Carolee R Dornau, MSN, ANP, FNP
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Family Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Chronic Disease Management; Health Maintenance & Clinical Prevention; Primary Care

Research Interests:

Evaluation of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Army National Guard Soldiers Returning From Iraq. Co-investigator in collaboration with Syracuse VA. Study in progress.

Clinical Interests:

Travel Medicine

Military Health and Combat Injuries

Associations/Memberships: Syracuse Nurse Practitioner Association; Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter (International Honor Society of Nursing); Society of Hospital Medicine

Sakshi Dutta, MD
315 464-5774

Vincent E Frechette, MD
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Education: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse

Research Interests:

Hypertension; diabetes; hypercholesterolemia; depression; coronary artery disease; obstructive lung diease/asthma; arthritis; headache; gastroesophageal reflux disease; sinusitis; bronchitis

Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)

Harvir Singh Gambhir, MD
315 464-5774
Education: Santosh Medical College, Uttar Prasdesh, India

Sindhuri Gayam, MBBS
315 464-5774

Tanya George, MD, FACP, CHCQM
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Maulana Azad Medical College

Aart Geurtsen, MD
315 492-5305
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Family Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Ghanshyam Ghelani, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Matthew G Glidden, MD
315 492-5551
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Abha Harish, MD, MPH
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Medical Emergencies
Education: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Housam Hegazy, MD, MLS, SFHM, FACP, CHCQM
315 464-7020
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: University of Damascus, Syria

Research Interests:

Coronary Artery Disease

Clinical Interests: Heart disease; Hypertension; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; COPD/Asthma; Arthritis; Headache; Preventive medicine.

Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow

Matthew J Hess, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Geetanjali Johri, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients

Ciara Kazakis, DO
315 464-8668

Ali Khan, MD
315 492-5305
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Ross University School of Medicine

Susi Koshy, FNP, DNP-C
315 415-5979

Michael D Kuhn, MD
315 464-8668

Jivan Lamichhane, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Nepal Medical College

Education Interests:

Artficial Interlligence.

Medical Informatics

Clinical Interests:

Pulmoanry Ultrasound and POCUS

High Altitude Medicine

Associations/Memberships: American Medical Informatics Association; Society of Hospital Medicine

Aisha Lubega, FNP-C, MSN
315 464-6579
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Associations/Memberships: Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter (International Honor Society of Nursing)

Anupa Mandava, MBBS
315 492-5205
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider; Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)

Eposi S Mbame, MD
315 464-5774

Amitpal S Nat, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Clinical Interests:

Influenza, Sepsis, Anticoagulation

Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP); American Medical Association

Zaher M Oueida, MBCHB
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients

Clinical Interests:

Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care

Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP); American Medical Association

Sanchit Panda, MBBS, MD
315 464-5774

Hammad U Rahman, MD
315 464-5774

Diana M Ramirez, PA
315 492-5305
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients

Erik P Rufa, MD, FACP
315 464-3825

Rachel L Samardak, PA
315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine

Zachary J Shepherd, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Medical Emergencies
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)

Dinesh Subedi, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Research Interests:

Clinical Informatics

Education Interests:

Bedside teaching pearls with humor

Clinical Interests:

Perioperative Medicine

High Altitude Medicine

Associations/Memberships: American Medical Association