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
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
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:
Associations/Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)Air Medical Transport-critical care, Post incident stress management, Member of Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association, Emergency Nurses Association.
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
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:
Associations/Memberships: American Medical Association; Society of Hospital MedicinePublic Health
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amit S Dhamoon, MD, PhD
315 464-6527
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
315 464-6527
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
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:
Associations/Memberships: Syracuse Nurse Practitioner Association; Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter (International Honor Society of Nursing); Society of Hospital MedicineTravel Medicine
Military Health and Combat Injuries
Vincent E Frechette, MD
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Education: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Education: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
Research Interests:
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)Hypertension; diabetes; hypercholesterolemia; depression; coronary artery disease; obstructive lung diease/asthma; arthritis; headache; gastroesophageal reflux disease; sinusitis; bronchitis
Tanya George, MD, FACP, CHCQM
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Internal Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Maulana Azad Medical College
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Internal 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
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
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
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
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, MBA, MLS, CPE, SFHM, FACP, CHCQM
315 464-7020
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Internal Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: University of Damascus, Syria
315 464-7020
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Hospital Medicine; Internal 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; Society of Hospital Medicine, Senior Fellow
Matthew J Hess, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University
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
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
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
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
Jivan Lamichhane, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute Illness & Injury Management; Chronic Disease Management
Education: Nepal Medical College
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:
Associations/Memberships: American Medical Informatics Association; Society of Hospital MedicinePulmoanry Ultrasound and POCUS
High Altitude 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)
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: Internal Medicine; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider; 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)
315 492-5205
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider; 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)
Amitpal S Nat, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: Medical University of Lublin, Poland
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Clinical Interests:
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP); American Medical AssociationInfluenza, Sepsis, Anticoagulation
Zaher M Oueida, MBCHB
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Clinical Interests:
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP); American Medical Association- Pulmonary Medicine
- Critical Care
Jessica L Wagenblatt, FNP-C
315 464-5910
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine
315 464-5910
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine
Catherine White, MD
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)