Leadership
Mount Sinai Brooklyn is led by a distinguished staff of physicians and hospital administrators, committed to providing the Brooklyn community with the safest and highest quality of care.
Our leaders adhere to the Mount Sinai tradition of excellence, inspiring physicians, nurses and staff to strive for safe, quality, and compassionate patient care. Our leadership team is comprised of the following hospital professionals.
Hospital Leadership
Scott Lorin, MD, MBA
President and Chief Operating Officer
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Peter Shearer, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Claudia Garcenot, MSN, MHA, RN
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Nursing and Patient Care Services
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Marisa Ognibene
Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Vadim Leyko, MSA, RRT
Vice President, Hospital Operations
Director, Respiratory Care
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Medical Executive Committee Leadership
Jack Braha, DO
President, Medical Staff
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Barry Huppert, MD
Vice President, Medical Staff
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Anthony Maniscalco, MD
Vice President, Medical Staff
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Clinical Leadership
- Anesthesiology: Harinath Pillalamarri, MD
- Emergency Medicine: Deborah Dean, MD
- Mammography: Frimmit Leah Forman, MD
Medicine Division Chiefs
- Cardiology: Barry Huppert, MD
- Critical Care: Adam Brenner, MD
- Gastroenterology/Herpetology: Jack Braha, DO
- Hematology/Oncology: Arvind Kamthan, MD
- Hospitalist Medicine: Radfan Gazali, MD
- Infectious Disease: Richard Cofsky, MD
- Nephrology: Eliezer Parnes, MD
Neurology
OB/GYN
Pathology
Radiation Oncology
Radiology and Interventional Radiology
Rehabilitation Medicine
Surgery Division Chiefs
- Breast Surgery: Michael Zeidman, MD
- Colorectal Surgery: Julia Zakhaleva, MD
- ENT: Sam Huh, MD
- General Surgery: Daniel Sherwinter, MD, FACS
- Thoracic Surgery: Ardeshir Hakami, MD
- Urology: Igor Ryndin, MD
- Vascular Surgery: Gary Gwertzman, MD