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Upstate University Hospital
  • Hospital Medicine at UH Downtown
  • Hospital Medicine at UH Downtown
  • Hospital Medicine at UH Downtown

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

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

Ali Khan CHCQM

Ali Khan, MD
Associate Medical Director of Hospital Medicine

Emily L Albert, MD, MPH
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
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

 

Joshua D Beckler, MD
Joshua D Beckler, MD
315 464-8668
Jamie Bunting, NP
Jamie Bunting, NP
315 464-8668
Brian A Changlai Jr, MD
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
Ilona Chepak, MD
315 464-5774
Timothy M Creamer, MD
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
Ian F Dargon, MD
315 464-5774
Parth D Desai, MD
Parth D Desai, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Amit S Dhamoon, MD, PhD
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
Carolee R Dornau, MSN, ANP, FNP
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
Sakshi Dutta, MD
315 464-5774
Vincent E Frechette, MD
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
Harvir Singh Gambhir, MD
315 464-5774
Education: Santosh Medical College, Uttar Prasdesh, India
Sindhuri Gayam, MBBS
Sindhuri Gayam, MBBS
315 464-5774
Tanya George, MD, FACP, CHCQM
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
Matthew G Glidden, MD
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, CHCQM, CCDS
Abha Harish, MD, MPH, CHCQM, CCDS
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Nephrology; Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Hospital Medicine; Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients; Acute Kidney Failure; more
Education: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Hayas Haseer Koya, MBBS
Hayas Haseer Koya, MBBS
315 464-8668
Housam Hegazy, MD, MBA, MLS, CPE, SFHM, FACP, CHCQM
Housam Hegazy, MD, MBA, MLS, CPE, 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; Society of Hospital Medicine, Senior Fellow
Matthew J Hess, MD
Matthew J Hess, MD
315 464-5774
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Acute & Chronic Diseases and Conditions in Adult Patients
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Ali Khan, MD
Ali Khan, MD
315 464-8668
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
Susi Koshy, FNP, DNP-C
315 415-5979
Michael D Kuhn, MD
Michael D Kuhn, MD
315 464-8668
Jivan Lamichhane, MD
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
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
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
Eposi S Mbame, MD
315 464-5774
Amitpal S Nat, MD
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
Lauren E Nickels, NP
Lauren E Nickels, NP
315 464-8668
Zaher M Oueida, MBCHB
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
Erik P Rufa, MD, FACP
Erik P Rufa, MD, FACP
315 464-3825
Zachary J Shepherd, MD, FACP
Zachary J Shepherd, MD, FACP
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)
Adaora S Udekwu, MD
Adaora S Udekwu, MD
315 464-5774
Jessica L Wagenblatt, FNP-C
Jessica L Wagenblatt, FNP-C
315 464-5910
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine
Catherine White, MD
Catherine White, MD
315 464-6527
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Internal Medicine
Associations/Memberships: American College of Physicians (ACP)
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