Pediatric Faculty

Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Our faculty comes from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to provide an educational environment that nurtures while it educates. Faculty has appointments from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.


Joshua S. Rosenblatt, MD

Joshua S. Rosenblatt, MD, MS
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey
Vice President, Academic Affairs, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics since 2009, Dr. Rosenblatt is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He attended the Rutgers University--New Jersey Medical School in Newark and was a resident and chief pediatric resident at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and later served as residency program director. He has overseen medical education at NBIMC since 1997.

Dr. Rosenblatt is an academic general pediatrician with fellowship training in primary care faculty development at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He recently received a Master’s Degree in Population Health from Thomas Jefferson University and has a deep interest in decreasing health disparity and improving health outcomes for children.


Dennis Brenner, MD

Dennis Brenner, MD

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Dr. Brenner is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and currently the Chair who is a strong supporter of resident education.


The following is the listing of faculty instructors in the Pediatric Residency Program:

  • Adolescent Medicine

Rose, Ellie

  • Allergy-Immunology

Mendelson, Joel

  • Anesthesia

Blank, Jonathan
Fisher, Emery
Hausdorff, Mark
Patankar, Srikanth

  • CHNJ Cardiac Center

Bacha, Emile (Columbia University Pediatric CT Surgery)
Karamichalis, John
Michael, Mark
O’Connor, Brian
Peshkovsky, Courtney
Verma, Rajiv
Walsh, Rowan

  • Critical Care

Bergel, Maria
Kalyanaraman, Meena
Morparia, Kavita
McQueen, Derrick
Costello, Frank (CBMC)
Gertz, Shira (CBMC)

  • Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Beckwith, Malia
Matthews, Tara

  • Emergency Medicine

Amaefuna, Steven
Harris, Matt
Osei, Charles
Scarfi, Catherine
Shah, Vaishali
Sivitz, Adam
Tejani, Cena
Thamburaj, Ravi

  • Endocrinology

Jacob, Maryanne
Mamkin, Irene (CBMC)
Oppenheimer, Ellen (CBMC)
Verardo, Angela

  • Gastroenterology

Foglio, Jazmin
Sabel, Svetlana
Ton, Mimi

  • General Pediatrics (CHNJ)

Bang, Pavan
Bustillo, Jose (Med-Peds)
DaSilva, Poliana
Jaffery, Fatema
Kumta, Jayshree (Hospitalist)
Mendez, Jennifer
Orleans, Genevieve
Rosenblatt, Joshua
Sharret, Rachel
Sicat, Jon (Med-Peds)

  • General Pediatrics (CBMC)

Chu, Dorothy
Eccles, Shannon
Jawaharani, Shoba
Kelly, David
Lipstyn, Tatyana (CBMC Site Director)
Pang, James
Rahman, Amal
Ryan, Christina
Sivaprakasam, Prabha

  • General Pediatrics (Rutgers NJMS)

Alcindor-Sparman, Claudia
Schwab, Joseph
Tanuos, Hanan
Traba, Christin

  • Hematology and Oncology

Bhatla, Teena
Batra, Surabhi
Debenedictis, Mariana
Narang, Shalu
Rao, Harini

  • Human Genetics (Rutgers NJMS)

Pletcher, Beth
Shih, Ling Yu

  • Infectious Diseases

Hasan, Uzma (CBMC)
Wenger, Peter

  • Neonatology

Berman, Sarah
Cohen, Morris
Dermendjian, Mariette
Fisher, Joie
Irakam, Anitha
Pande, Sumati
Patel, Shalini
Purohit, Deepti
Quizon, Cecile
Rai, Bellipady
Tulsyan, Vasudha

  • Nephrology

Roberti, Isabel
Vyas, Shefali

  • Neurology

Hashim, Anjum
Salam, Misbah
Hayes-Rosen, Caroline (NJMS)
Ming, Xue (NJMS)

  • Ophthalmology

Wagner, Rudolph

  • Orthopedics

Chu, Alice
Edobor-Osula, Folorunsho
Kaushal, Neil

  • Otolaryngology

Levitt, Joel
Manzi, Brian

  • Psychiatry

Frederickson, Anne

  • Pulmonary

Al-Turki, Anas (CBMC)
Farri, Folashade
Zanadieh, Stephanie (CBMC)
Savary, Khalil (NJMS)

  • Radiology

Phatak, Tej

  • Regional Diagnostic Treatment Center (Child Abuse)

Groisberg, Shana
Weiner, Monica

  • Rheumatology

Chalom, Elizabeth

  • Surgery

Abdessalam, Shahab
Gitzelmann, Christopher

  • Toxicology

Calello, Diane

  • Urology

Barrone, Joseph
Harris, Ahmed


For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 973-926-7471.