Faculty

Department Chair

Jeff Cheung, MD

Medical Director

Morombaye Mbaidjol , MD
Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland
Undergraduate: Carlton University, Ottawa
Medical School: Wayne State University SOM
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Email: Mmbaidjo@bhmcny.org

Residency Program Director

Meredith Jones-Sanchez, MD
Hometown: Babylon, NY
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: St. Georges University
Residency: Lincoln Hospital, NY
Email: Mejones@bhmcny.org

Assistant Program Director

John Morrison MD

Hometown: West Plains, Missouri
Undergraduate: University of Missouri
Medical School: University of Missouri, MO
Residency: Washington University, MO; Brookdale Hospital, NY
Email: johmorri@bhmcny.org

Hello future fam! My name is John, JMo, Jomo, or Dr. Morrison- whichever makes you more comfortable. I am a midwest transplant and Brookdale’s first EM graduate after transferring here for my last year of residency. My EM interests are critical care/resus, simulation, resiliency developement, and all things “camp-give-a-darn” (I cuss in real life). Outside of work I am a unrepentant nerd, spicy food aficionado, appreciator of the subtle cocktail, and live music seeker.

Assistant Program Director

Hello! I’m passionate about adult learning and growth, on shift teaching, curriculum development as well as promoting scholarly activity. I’m an avid nerd and semi-reformed emo kid.

Program Coordinator

Ultrasound Director

EJ Grewal, MD
Hometown: Marlboro, NJ
Undergraduate: Rutgers University, NJ
Medical School: Hofstra Northwell SOM
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Ultrasound, Mt Sinai – Morningside/West
Email: EGrewal@bhmcny.org

Ultrasound Fellowship Director

Matt Kessel, DO
Director, Ultrasound Fellowship

Hometown: Hazlet, NJ
Undergraduate: Richard Stockton College of NJ
Medical School: Rowan SOM
Residency: NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NY
Fellowship: Ultrasound @ NYP Brooklyn Methodist, NY

Wellness Director

Michelle Sachet, MD

Hometown: Portland, OR

Undergraduate: Gonzaga University

Graduate: University of Oregon

Medical School: New York Medical College

Residency: Jacobi/Montefiore

Email: msachet@bhmcny.org

Residency Simulation Director

Jeremy Riekena, MD

Hometown: Madison. Wisconsin. Undergrad: University of Wisconsin. Medical school: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Residency: New York Presbyterian Queens.

Fellowship: Simulation Based Medical Education at UT Southwestern.

email: jrieken@bhmcny.org.

Hospital Simulation Director

Kareen Thompson-Holcomb, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: NYU/Bellevue

Amira Faour, MD
Hometown: Dubai, UAE
Undergrad: University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Medical School: American University of Antigua 
Residency: Brookdale Hospital, NY
Email: AFaour@bhmcny.org

Magalie Alfred, MD
Medical School: Universite d’Etat d’Haiti Faculte de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Residency: St. Vincent Hospital Medical Center (Pediatrics), NY
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Pediatric Nephrology)
Specialty: Pediatrics

Carolyn Gichinga, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Residency: SUNY Downstate / Kings County

Elizabeth Stachtiaris, MD

Inaugural Class of 2019
Former Chief Resident, 2018-19
Continued as an Attending physician while pursing a Juris Doctorate at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where she earned a full merit scholarship and Dean’s List for three consecutive semesters and is an Associate editor for Hofstra Law Review, a fellow within the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy, and completed the Health Law Concentration.

Collie Oudkerk, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate: Hamilton, Clinton, NY
Medical School: Howard, DC
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital, NY

Walter Raza, MD
Hometown: Southampton, NY
Undergraduate: Arcadia University, Canada
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: Boston Children’s (Harvard)
Specialty: Pediatrics