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Andrew Racine, MD, PhD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Professor and Division Chief of General Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Racine is a well-known advocate on the importance of well-baby care and of vaccination for children. He has a doctorate in Medical Economics and is expert at explaining why it is important to make the investment in health care for children, to prevent greater expense later. He has been interviewed on network television on numerous occasions.

Areas of Expertise

  • Infant and child development
  • Well baby care
  • Vaccination
  • Economics of disease prevention in children
  • Humanitarian missions and medical education in developing countries

Selected Media Coverage

WebMD, USA Today

Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD

Chief of Pediatric Neurology, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Kaskel is an internationally acclaimed researcher and clinician in children’s kidney disease. His Pediatric Hypertension Clinic is the only one of its kind in New York City. Dr. Kaskel has broad experience in network and local media interviews.

Areas of Expertise

  • Prevention of kidney disease progression
  • End-stage kidney replacement therapy and transplantation

Selected Media Coverage

WebMD, USA Today

Norman Ilowite, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Ilowite is an internationally recognized pediatric rheumatologist with a special expertise in children’s arthritis. He has broadcast and print media experience.

Areas of Expertise

  • Juvenile arthritis
  • Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Juvenile dermatomyositis
  • Scleroderma in children
  • Vasculitis in children
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Pain syndromes in children

Selected Media Coverage

WebMD, PubMed

Robert Marion, MD

Chief of Genetics and Developmental Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Director, Children’s Evaluation and Research Center, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for CardioGenetics

Professor, Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ruth L. Gottesman Professor of Developmental Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Marion, one of “America’s Top Doctors,” is widely known as an expert in genetics and congenital disorders. He is the Director of Montefiore’s Center for Congenital Disorders and Co-Director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cardiogenetics. He has wide experience in national media.

Areas of Expertise

  • Pediatric genetics
  • Medical genetics
  • Genetics of autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities
  • Cardiogenetic disorders
  • Spina bifida
  • Down syndrome and other chromosome abnormalities
  • Williams syndrome
  • Natural history and genetic basis of multiple malformation syndromes
  • Velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Selected Media Coverage

PubMed, ABC News

Deepa Rastogi, MD

Attending in Division of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Director, Pediatric Asthma Working Group, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Rastogi’s specialty is Pediatric Pulmonology. She is certified by American Board of Pediatrics and board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology. She is a member of American Academy of Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society and The New York City Asthma Partnership (NYCAP). Dr. Rastogi can speak to the topic of asthma in children.

Areas of Expertise

  • Pediatric Pulmonology

Selected Media Coverage

http://blogs.parenthood.com/healthe/2012/05/many-obese-children-with-asthma-held-back-by-weight-not-breath/