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Faculty & Residents

PRACTICE WITH PASSION.

The Institute’s Family Medicine Residency programs attract talented and diverse faculty and residents committed to high-quality family health services for medically underserved communities. The spotlights below highlight the compassion, dedication and skill that our faculty and residents bring to their practice. You can also view our complete lists of faculty and resident bios.

Goldie Alfasi

Victor Sta.Ana

"Family medicine is a marathon. This specialty teaches providers how to care for medically and socially vulnerable populations."

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Victor Sta.Ana

Director, Primary Care Scholars Program; Faculty

Albany Medical College, Albany, NY – MD
Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice, New York, NY – Residency

You completed residency training with the Institute for Family Health’s Beth Israel Residency program. What appealed to you about the program?

After graduating from medical school, I knew that I wanted to focus on primary care. The Beth Israel program was the perfect fit because I was able to stay in New York to complete residency training and practice medicine without having to leave my hometown. More importantly, the program matched my ideals and approach to expanded health care access appealed to me.

What sets family medicine apart from other specialties?

In Harlem, providers see patients who present with conditions that won’t be solved in a day. It takes trust and relationship building to address problems that our patients face.

Tell me about your role here in the Harlem Residency in Family Medicine.

I’m a faculty member and coordinate the residency program’s weekly lecture series. I also chair the curriculum committee.

As Director of the PCSP (Primary Care Scholars Program) I work with Dr. Calman and the Deans of Medical Education and Admissions at Mount Sinai on PCSP admissions, program development, implementation and assessment. I have a unique opportunity to promote family medicine before students choose a specialty. I also see about 20 patients a day for follow ups, new appointments and walk in services.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

We are a Teaching Health Center, which means that there’s a lot of training and hands on experience. I enjoy precepting and helping residents put medical knowledge together to make a diagnosis. I see a lot of growth among residents.

How do you overcome challenges?

When I’m faced with a complex medical case, I stay the course by thinking that person I’m treating is someone’s mom, dad, brother, sister or child. That person means something to someone, so I try very hard to help my patients improve their quality of life.

John Anderson

Guedy Arniella

Marek Balutowski

Augustus Bentsi-Barnes

Kathleen Bernard

Azmina Bhayani

Mindy Brittner

Yezmin Pena Brown

Maggie Carpenter

Michaela Frazier, LMSW, CCM

Cathy-Anne Charles

Jincy Cherian

Cheryl Clark

Andreas Cohrssen

Aashish Dadarwala

Dominique Delma

Julie Desch

Jennifer Eaton

Neil S. Calman, MD, FAAFP

Fern Roberson, FNP

Bridget Foy

"Teach, Practice, Collaborate"

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Bridget Foy

Osteopathic Residency Program Director; Osteopathic Director of Medical Education
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury NY – DO
NYCOM/Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program – Kingston, NY – Residency

Bridget Foy, DO, began her time with the Institute for Family Health as a medical student and continued on as a resident. After working in private practice, she returned to academic medicine with the Institute. She holds faculty status with New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and is clinical director for the BS/DO seven-year program at SUNY New Paltz. She practices and teaches osteopathic manipulation, and she also sees patients at the Family Health Center of New Paltz.

What is the most fulfilling part of your job?

Helping to develop our residents into independent, high-quality family doctors that serve our community and communities elsewhere.

How is family medicine different from other specialties?

Your family doctor is really interested in everything. This is why I think it is appealing to the osteopathic philosophy, in which we look at the mind, body and spirit all together. We look at the patient as a whole and consider all of the environmental factors that affect a patient’s health and how we can maintain that health. I think maintaining health and promoting prevention, as opposed to just treating disease, is how family medicine is set apart.

What makes the Institute’s dually accredited allopathic and osteopathic program unique?

At the Institute, our allopathic and osteopathic providers are very open to each other, which starts at the faculty level and trickles down to our residents. Our MD residents are very interested in what our DO residents are doing. I can see that this benefits the allopathic residents, who learn the osteopathic side of medicine, and it benefits the DO residents. There is a collegium there that is really great.

Who do you think is best suited for the residency program?

People who are interested in working as a team, helping each other, and being a part of the collaborative dynamic that we have here. We are looking for people who are interested in taking care of patients and serving the community as family physicians.

Faculty & Residents

PRACTICE WITH PASSION.

Goldie Alfasi

Goldie Alfasi, PhD

Victor Sta.Ana

Victor Sta.Ana, MD

Victor Sta.Ana

Director, Primary Care Scholars Program; Faculty

Albany Medical College, Albany, NY – MD Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice, New York, NY – Residency

John Anderson

John Anderson, MD

Guedy Arniella

Guedy Arniella, LCSW

Marek Balutowski

Marek Balutowski, MD

Augustus Bentsi-Barnes

Augustus Bentsi-Barnes, MD

Kathleen Bernard

Kathleen Bernard, MD

Azmina Bhayani

Azmina Bhayani, MD, MPH

Mindy Brittner

Mindy Brittner, MD, MS

Yezmin Pena Brown

Yezmin Pena Brown, AAS, BS, RDH

Maggie Carpenter

Maggie Carpenter, MD

Michaela Frazier, LMSW, CCM

Michaela Frazier, LMSW, CCM,

Cathy-Anne Charles

Cathy-Anne Charles, MD

Jincy Cherian

Jincy Cherian, DO

Cheryl Clark

Cheryl Clark, MD

Andreas Cohrssen

Andreas Cohrssen, MD

Aashish Dadarwala

Aashish Dadarwala, DO

Dominique Delma

Dominique Delma, MD

Julie Desch

Julie Desch,

Jennifer Eaton

Jennifer Eaton, DO

Neil S. Calman, MD, FAAFP

Neil S. Calman, MD, FAAFP,

Fern Roberson, FNP

Fern Roberson, FNP, MSN, RN-BC, FNP-BC

Bridget Foy

Bridget Foy, DO

Bridget Foy

Osteopathic Residency Program Director; Osteopathic Director of Medical Education New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury NY – DO NYCOM/Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program – Kingston, NY – Residency

Eric Gayle

Eric Gayle, MD

Ginger Gillespie

Ginger Gillespie, MD

Regina Ginzburg

Regina Ginzburg, PharmD

Lissa Goldstein

Lissa Goldstein, MD

Leila Hagshenas

Leila Hagshenas, MD, FAAFP

Albany Medical College, Albany, NY – MD
Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice, New York, NY – Residency

Osteopathic Residency Program Director; Osteopathic Director of Medical Education
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury NY – DO
NYCOM/Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program – Kingston, NY – Residency