Dr. Pestell received an M.B.B.S. from the University of Western Australia, an F.R.A.C.P. (Endocrinology and Oncology training), an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, an F.A.C.P. (Fellow American College of Physicians), and an M.B.A. from New York University. He has been in executive leadership at USA Universities and Medical Centers since 2002.
He completed Post Doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He was subsequently faculty at Northwestern University Medical School, Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Chairman of the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University and Associate Vice President at Georgetown University Medical School. He has previously Executive Vice President of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. He has served as Director of two NCI-designated Cancer Centers (Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 2002-2015), founded two biotechnology companies and is the author of multiple issued patents.
He is concurrently Distinguished Professor, Translational Medical Research, and the President of the Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute.
He has received a number of awards for his work in clinical activity, research and education in Medicine including elected membership to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Western Australia, Doctorus Honorus Causa Medical Science from University of Melbourne, RD Wright Medallion, and the Eric Sussman Prize.
Dr Pestell’s work has more than 56,700 citations and an H-index of 129, i10 index 413 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RYlsfBQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao). He is top ranked by Google Scholar for his areas of research including: cell cycle (#1), prostate cancer (#1), Oncology (#6) and Breast cancer (#7)
Dr. Shawn Cannon is the Chief Academic Officer, Stony Brook Medicine at Southampton Hospital. He started his medical studies at NYIT-College of Osteopathic Medicine, in an accelerated program. He earned his B.S and D.O. degrees in seven years. From there he studied medicine at the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center in the City of New York. At Montefiore, he served as chief resident in the Department of Social Internal Medicine. He is a board certified osteopathic internist with sub-specialty boards in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Cannon is currently studying at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec in the International Master’s for Health Leadership (IMHL). He is expected to finish his master’s curriculum in August 2018. He is also and active member of the American Osteopathic Association of Addiction Medicine and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is currently serving on the Board of the American Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education (AODME) as it transitions into an assembly of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). He founded the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Southmpton to ensure medial students and residents were being educated in the fields of medicine that are acutely affecting citizens of the United States.
Dr. Michael Light qualified at Guy’s Hospital, London in 1967. Following residency he spent 3 years in Europe in adult medicine in 4 countries before joining the Brompton Chest Hospital, London. There he did the equivalent of a fellowship in pediatric pulmonary and critical care. In 1973 he was invited to develop a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University of Hawaii and inherited at the same time the Neonatal ICU. The next 16 years in Hawaii he was a pediatric pulmonologist.
In 1989 he joined the University of California, San Diego and for 8 years directed the pediatric pulmonary program. He was director of the cystic fibrosis center and managed both pediatric and adult CF patients.
The next 11 years from the year 2000 were spent at the University of Miami, 8 years in the pediatric pulmonary and 3 years in the adult pulmonary division. He continued his interest in clinical research particularly in the development of aerosolized antibiotics and other inhaled agents in cystic fibrosis. He was a member of the lung transplant team at UCSD, and this interest continued at the University of Miami.
Dr. Light was chairperson of the pulmonary section of the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2004 to 2006 and one of the tasks of the committee was to develop a Handbook of Pediatric Pulmonology. This was published in 2011 and Dr. Light was editor-in-chief. He also authored “Clinician’s Guide to Pediatric Chronic Illness” which was published in 2001.
In 2011 Dr. Light joined Ross University Medical School (RUSM) in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies and was asked to improve the student health services on campus. For the next 3 years he was medical director of the student health clinic which involved upgrading the clinic and developing emergency services on campus.
Dr. Light joined the faculty of the University of Florida (UF) in July 2015 in the division of Pediatric Pulmonology. From April 2016 to the present he has been chief of pediatric pulmonology at UF. During his time with UF the division has improved 11 places to 22nd nationally in the World News medical school rankings.
Dr. Ahmad graduated from Aleppo University School of Medicine in 2004. After that he became the Assistant Medical Director at Carolina Medical Lab before he started a family medicine residency in Wichita Falls, Texas in 2007. During his last year he was Chief Resident. Upon completion of his residency, he became core faculty. At that time he was the Vice Chairman and then the Family Medicine Department Chairman at United Regional Health Care System. In 2016, he and his family moved to New York so his wife could begin her OB residency. He has practiced as a hospitalist in LIJ Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, and practiced urgent care in Brooklyn. His passion for academia led him to start a geriatric fellowship at State University of New York, Downstate Brooklyn.
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Dr. Vijayshankar earned his MD in Pharmacology from Manipur University. He has given a number of presentations and participated in many workshops and conferences. His MD thesis is titled “Evaluation of Anti Gastric Ulcer and Anti Microbial Property of Impatiens Balsamina Linn.”
Dr. Apacible earned his B.S. in Preparatory Medicine (1967-1971) in the Institute of Arts & Sciences, Far Eastern University, and graduated “cum laude.” He continued his medical education in the Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Far Eastern University, and graduated in 1975.
Dr. Apacible II earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1994 in Pre-Dental Sciences from Centro Escolar University in the Philippines. He went on to graduate from the same University in 1998 as a Doctor of Dental Medicine.
Dr. John Anthony Glynn hails from the west coast of Ireland; He has a Ph.D. in Clinical psychology. To date, he has lectured in South Korea and Thailand, teaching subjects like sleep science, cognitive psychology, social psychology & judgment and decision making. His research interests include evolution and culture, especially the evolution of complex language and humor, as well as cultural interpretations of humor.
Dr. Shawn Cannon is the Chief Academic Officer, Stony Brook Medicine at Southampton Hospital. He started his medical studies at NYIT-College of Osteopathic Medicine, in an accelerated program. He earned his B.S and D.O. degrees in seven years. From there he studied medicine at the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center in the City of New York. At Montefiore, he served as chief resident in the Department of Social Internal Medicine. He is a board certified osteopathic internist with sub-specialty boards in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Cannon is currently studying at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec in the International Master’s for Health Leadership (IMHL). He is expected to finish his master’s curriculum in August 2018. He is also and active member of the American Osteopathic Association of Addiction Medicine and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is currently serving on the Board of the American Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education (AODME) as it transitions into an assembly of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). He founded the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Southmpton to ensure medial students and residents were being educated in the fields of medicine that are acutely affecting citizens of the United States.
Dr. Michael Light qualified at Guy’s Hospital, London in 1967. Following residency he spent 3 years in Europe in adult medicine in 4 countries before joining the Brompton Chest Hospital, London. There he did the equivalent of a fellowship in pediatric pulmonary and critical care. In 1973 he was invited to develop a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University of Hawaii and inherited at the same time the Neonatal ICU. The next 16 years in Hawaii he was a pediatric pulmonologist.
In 1989 he joined the University of California, San Diego and for 8 years directed the pediatric pulmonary program. He was director of the cystic fibrosis center and managed both pediatric and adult CF patients.
The next 11 years from the year 2000 were spent at the University of Miami, 8 years in the pediatric pulmonary and 3 years in the adult pulmonary division. He continued his interest in clinical research particularly in the development of aerosolized antibiotics and other inhaled agents in cystic fibrosis. He was a member of the lung transplant team at UCSD, and this interest continued at the University of Miami.
Dr. Light was chairperson of the pulmonary section of the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2004 to 2006 and one of the tasks of the committee was to develop a Handbook of Pediatric Pulmonology. This was published in 2011 and Dr. Light was editor-in-chief. He also authored “Clinician’s Guide to Pediatric Chronic Illness” which was published in 2001.
In 2011 Dr. Light joined Ross University Medical School (RUSM) in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies and was asked to improve the student health services on campus. For the next 3 years he was medical director of the student health clinic which involved upgrading the clinic and developing emergency services on campus.
Dr. Light joined the faculty of the University of Florida (UF) in July 2015 in the division of Pediatric Pulmonology. From April 2016 to the present he has been chief of pediatric pulmonology at UF. During his time with UF the division has improved 11 places to 22nd nationally in the World News medical school rankings.
Medical Director
Jackson Park Hospital
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Medical Staff
Weiss Memorial Hospital
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Director of Medical Education
St. Agnes Hospital
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Dean of Family Medicine Residency and Medical Students
Jackson Park Hospital
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Director of Surgery
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
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Director Pulmonary CC
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
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Director of Gynecologic Oncology
Nassau University Medical Center
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Director of Medical Education
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
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Program Director, Medical Education
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
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Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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Chief Academic Officer
Stony Brook Medicine at Southampton
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Chief of Behavioral Health Service Line for the Catholic Health System
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
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Director of Medical Education
Mercy Hospital Center
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Chairman Department of Medicine
St. Agnes Hospital
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Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
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Chief of Surgery
Jackson Park Hospital
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Teaching Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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Chair, Department of Medical Education
Northwest Hospital Center
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Attending Surgeon
Jackson Park Hospital
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Jackson Park Hospital
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Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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General and Bariatric Surgery
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
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Jackson Park Hospital
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Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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Program Director
Jackson Park Hospital
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Director of Department of Pediatrics
Jackson Park Hospital
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Director Medical Education
Jackson Park Hospital
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Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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Jackson Park Hospital
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Attending Physician
Jackson Park Hospital
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Private Practice
Jackson Park Hospital
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Attending Physician: Colon and Rectal Surgery/General Surgery
Motefiore New Rochelle Hospital
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Jackson Park Hospital
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Director of Bariatric Surgery
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
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Dr. Harvey received her M.S. in Health Promotion and Health Education from the University of Tennessee. She then went on to obtain her Dr. PH from the University of South Carolina. She has served as an International Educational Consultant in a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan. She has worked as a professor at a number of institutions around the world, and has been a part of numerous publications.
Dr. Dwivedi is a trained Surgical Ophthalmologist. After finishing her M.B.B.S. at Jhansi Medical College in India, she completed her two-year Diploma in Ophthalmology at Manipal Academy of Higher Education. She went on further to complete three years of residency training at Icare EYE Hospital.
Dr. Jonkhoff graduated from Vrije University in Amsterdam in 1983. He currently works at the Horacio Oduber Hospital, located on the island of Aruba. His work has been published in over 30 different publications in the medical field. Dr. Jonkhoff is a member of numerous medical associations, including the American Association of Hematology, American Association of Clinical Oncology, and Hematological Clinical Sciences in the Netherlands (HOVON), Netherlands Society of Hematology, and Nederlandse Internisten Verenging (NIV).
Dr.Lubbes graduated from Amsterdam University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. She also has graduated from Twente University with a Bachelor’s degree in Technical Medicine and Gronigen University with a degree in Medicine. She is a medical doctor at Horacio Oduber hospital in Aruba in the Emergency Medicine department.
Dr. Rahim attended Leiden University Medical school. She worked at Kabul University since 2014 as a clinical skills trainer for Medical students. Currently Dr.Rahim works at Horacio Oduber Hospital in Aruba as a Junior Doctor in the department of emergency medicine. Dr. Rahim is a part of the KEIHAN Foundation which is a platform for students and young professionals to support and implement projects in the field of education, integration and development cooperation in the Netherlands and Afghanistan.
Dr. Blanchette received her Bachelors and Masters in Medicine from Maastricht University. Currently she works at Horacio Oduber Hospital in Aruba in the Acute care department. Dr. Blanchette has knowledge in 5 different languages: Dutch, English, German, French, and Spanish.
Dr. Croes graduated from the Universidad De Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED), Costa Rica in 2016. Her medical internships includes Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics and OB-Gyn. She also did Plastic Surgery rotation in 2012. Dr. Croes is currently a General Practitioner on the island of Aruba.
Dr. Nwachukwu received his Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences from the University of Nigeria and then went on to obtain and M.D. from All Saints University College of Medicine in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Recently, he completed his M.Sc in Clinical Pharmacology at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria. During his time at All Saints he was awarded Best Graduating Student in Basic Medical Sciences. Later, he was conferred an Outstanding Performance Award from the Nigerian Medical Association.
Dr. Patricia Brumley earned her M.A. in Library and Information Studies at Florida State University. She has also earned her B.S in special education, M.S in elementary education and Ph.D in higher education administration at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Over the last 20 years she has worked with schools and their staffs to develop supervise and evaluate Library media programs. She has been an adjunct professor at Nova University for over 15 years teaching Library Educational Media Courses. At her time there she sponsored reading readiness projects, and developed educational policies for the library. She was also selected and served on the committee to evaluate the on-line databases for library media services for all public schools in Miami-Dade.
Dr. Patricia Brumley earned her M.A. in Library and Information Studies at Florida State University. She has also earned her B.S in special education, M.S in elementary education and Ph.D in higher education administration at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Over the last 20 years she has worked with schools and their staffs to develop supervise and evaluate Library media programs. She has been an adjunct professor at Nova University for over 15 years teaching Library Educational Media Courses. At her time there she sponsored reading readiness projects, and developed educational policies for the library. She was also selected and served on the committee to evaluate the on-line databases for library media services for all public schools in Miami-Dade.
Dr. Tulika Mishra received her Ph.D in Life Sciences from Punjabi University, Punjab, India in 2009. She has12 years of experience in administration and academics, including guiding M.Sc Dissertations and Ph.D students. She previously worked as Director at India Life Technologies, as well as Professor at Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. She has won “Best Teacher” awards and multiple Universities and has 27 publications.
Dr. Vishal Saxena received his M.D. (Pathology) from Armed Forces Medical College, University of Pune, India. He has served as the Assistant Dean of Academics and Student Affairs at American University of Barbados, as well as Chair & Course Director of Department of Pathology. Prior to that, he was a Professor in the Department of Pathology at Medical University of the Americas, St. Kitts & Nevis, West Indies. He has vast global teaching, clinical practice, and administrative experience. He has held key positions as Chief of the Laboratory Services at Aga Khan Hospital, and Medical Superintendent at the International Medical and Technological University, Tanzania. He was the Chief of Laboratory Medicine Department and Blood Bank, Moolchand Medcity Hospital, (India’s First JCI and Comprehensive NABH Accredited Hospital), in New Delhi, India. He has been bestowed with “Most Outstanding Professor” award in recognition of superior teaching and commitment to quality medical education at various medical universities across the world. He is an accomplished orator par excellence, and has graced White Coat Graduation Ceremonies at medical universities as the keynote speaker on multiple occasions.
Dr. Arun Kumar Dubey is a Physician, Clinical Pharmacologist and an Administrator by training. After completing his MBBS degree from Guwahati Medical College in India, Dr. Dubey completed three years of Residency in Clinical Pharmacology at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
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Dr. Vijayshankar earned his MD in Pharmacology from Manipur University. He has given a number of presentations and participated in many workshops and conferences. His MD thesis is titled “Evaluation of Anti Gastric Ulcer and Anti Microbial Property of Impatiens Balsamina Linn.”
Dr. Sheetal Naik is a physician and physiologist by training. After completing her MBBS degree from JJMMC Davangere, India, Dr. Naik completed three years of residency in physiology at KIMS, Bangalore, India. Her MD thesis is titled “Birth weight and its effect on cognition in children aged 5-6 years”. She has given a number of presentations and participated in many CME, workshops and conferences. She has undergone training in exercise physiology and neurophysiology.
Dr. Nwachukwu received his Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences from the University of Nigeria and then went on to obtain and M.D. from All Saints University College of Medicine in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Recently, he completed his M.Sc in Clinical Pharmacology at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria. During his time at All Saints he was awarded Best Graduating Student in Basic Medical Sciences. Later, he was conferred an Outstanding Performance Award from the Nigerian Medical Association.
Special Assistant to the President of XUSOM
Diagnostic Radiology Specialist
President and Founder
CardiaGen Life Sciences
Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Senior Neonatal Pediatrician
Chairman and MD
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
Director, Pediatric Aero-digestive Center, Children’s Hospital Boston
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director of Simulation Education
Christiana Care Health System
Professor of Medicine
Downstate Medical Center, New York
Director, Pediatric Aero-digestive Center, Children’s Hospital Boston
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
