Neurology Residency Faculty

Neurology

Tarek Zakaria, MD

Medical Director, Division of Neurology
Neurology, Epilepsy
Board Certification: Neurology, Neurophysiology, Epilepsy
Medical Degree: Damascus University-Faculty of Medicine
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic

Noureldin Abdelhamid, MD

Neurology
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Suny at Buffalo School of Medicine
Fellowship: Houston Methodist Hospital

Maike Blaya, MD

Neurology, Headache
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: Pontificia Universidade Catolica
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital; Tulane Hospital and Clinics/Tulane University

Madiley Broz, PsyD

Clinical Neuropsychology, Licensed Psychologist
Medical Degree: Carlos Albizu University
Internship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Shirley Chen, DO

Neurology, Critical Care
Board Certification: Neurology, Neurocritical Care
Medical Degree: Nova Southeastern University
Residency: University of South Florida College Of Medicine
Fellowship: California Pacific Medical Center

George Diaz, MD

Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Vascular Neurology
Board Certification: Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Vascular Neurology
Medical Degree: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Sean Kenniff, MD

Neurology, Neurohospitalist
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: New York Medical College
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Brijesh Mehta MD

Neuro-Interventional, Neurosurgery
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: University of North Carolina
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Program
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Program

Karim Salame, MD

Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: American University of Beirut
Residency: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Fellowship: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Jada Santos, PsyD

Clinical Psychology
Medical Degree: Carlos Albizu University
Residency: South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, The Watershed Addiction Treatment Program

Seth Tarras, MD

Neurology, Neuromuscular
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Mohammed Qureshi, MD

Neurology
Board Certification: Neurology
Medical Degree: St. Matthew's University School of Medicine
Residency: Ochsner Clinic Foundation Program

Pediatric Neurology

Monica Arroyo, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Board Certification: Pediatrics, Child Neurology
Medical Degree: University of Puerto Rico
Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Areeba Basit, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Medical Degree: Kasturba Medical College
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine

Stefanie Berry, MD

Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy
Board Certification: Child Neurology
Medical Degree: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Schneider Children's Hospital-Long Island Jewish
Fellowship: Schneider Children's Hospital-Long Island Jewish, Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University

Tatyana Dubrovsky, MD

Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy
Board Certification: Child Neurology, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Medical Degree: Kursk State Medical Institute
Residency: Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Diana Martinez, MD

Medical Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Board Certification: Pediatrics, Child Neurology
Medical Degree: Universidad Central Del Este Dominican Republic
Residency: Shands University Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Sima Parikh, MD

Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy
Board Certification: Child Neurology
Medical Degree: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Heidi Torocsik, DO

Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy
Board Certification: Child Neurology
Medical Degree: Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Neurosurgery

Daniel Aghion, MD

Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: Tel Aviv University
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Clinton Burkett, MD

Neurosurgery
Board Certification: Neurological Surgery
Medical Degree: University of Texas, San Antonio
Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine, University Of South Florida
Fellowship: University Of South Florida, University Of Virginia Medical Center

Brandon Davis, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery, Neuro-Interventional
Medical Degree: Univ Of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Christopher DeMassi, MD

Neurosurgery, Spine, Epilepsy
Board Certification: Neurological Surgery
Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Neuro-Radiology

Bruce Braffman, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology, Neuroradiology
Medical Degree: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Pennsylvania Hospital-University of Pennsylvania

Stanley Chang, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine

Neelmini Emmanuel, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency: Usc University Hospital
Fellowship: Usc University Hospital

Alan Holz, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology, Neuroradiology
Medical School: New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Mt Sinai School Of Medicine, Suny Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital

Charles Myers, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: New York Medical College
Fellowship: University Of Southern California

Daniel Rozenberg, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: University Of Southern California
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital

Peter Sullivan, MD

Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Board Certification: Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital

Neuropathology

Gerald Reis, MD, PhD

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Board Certification: Anatomic Pathology, Neuropathology
Medical Degree: University of California
Residency: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Psychiatry

Jorge Luis Sotelo, MD, FACLP, FAPA

Inpatient Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Neuropsychiatry Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Gil Abramovici, MD

Inpatient Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Celine Hamilton, MD

Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York NY
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Zina Meriden, MD

Inpatient Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry
Medical Degree: University of Pennsylvania
Internships: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
University of Virginia Medical Center
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Rhian Purdy, MD

Inpatient/Emergency
Medical Degree: Medical University of Americas, Nevis
Residency: Medical College of Georgia

David M. Rube, MD, CPE, FAPA

Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Board Certification: Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Diego
Fellowship: Columbia College of Physician and Surgeons/NY State Psychiatric Institute

Medicine & Subspecialties

Himangi Kaushal, MD, FACP

Internal Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: Government Medical College, Amritsar, India
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Minaba Wariboko, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Rotation Director
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Walif Aji, MD

Cardiology
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: Damascus University Medical School
Residency: Atlantic City Medical Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: Westchester County Medical Center

Michael Entenberg, MD

Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: New York Medical College
Residency: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Daniel Mayer, MD

Rotation Director
Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine
Medical Degree: University of the Witwatersrand School of Medicine
Residency: St. Mary's Health Center Program
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital Center

Seth Hoffman, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease
Medical Degree: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania

Samir Nader, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: Critical Care Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
Medical Degree: Universidad Del Norte
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital & Miami VA Medical Center

Aharon Sareli, MD

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine
Medical Degree: University of the Witwatersrand School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania

Stefanie Torres Ramirez, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine
Medical Degree: Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital