Robert Foronjy, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Areas of Special Expertise:
Pulmonary Critical Care
COPD, Asthma, Pneumonia
Translation Research
Board Certifi ed in Pulmonary Disease
Board Certifi ed in Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Foronjy is profi cient in Spanish
Phone Number: 718-270-3777 or 718-270-1821
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
Savanna Thor, DO
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Area of Interest
Pelvic fl oor dysfunction, constipation, fecal incontinence,
swallowing disorders, and gastroesophageal
refl ux disease
Clinical Focus
Gastroesophageal refl ux disease, swallowing disorders,
pelvic fl oor dysfunction, GI motility disorder/
functional GI disease, and anorectal disease
Phone Number: 718-270-4772
Lillian Chow, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Areas of Special Expertise:
COPD/Emphysema
Asthma
Pulmonary Hypertension
Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
Board Certifi ed in Pulmonary Disease
Board Certifi ed in Critical Care Medicine
Phone Number: 718-270-3777 or 718-270-1821
Prameela Rao, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Area of Interest
General GI, colon cancer screening, treatment of
hepatitis and other disorders of the liver, and capsule
endoscopy
CLINICAL FOCUS
Hepatitis and liver disease
Phone Number: 718-270-4772
Michael Augenbraun, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Board Certifi ed in Internal Medicine and Infectious
Diseases
Chief of Infectious Diseases Division
Areas of Special Expertise:
Travel Medicine
STI’s, Gynecologic Infections
Other Infectious Disease Conditions
Phone Number: 718-270-1432
Iuliana Shapira, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Chief of Hematology and Oncology
Areas of Special Expertise:
Cancer Genetics
Breast
Colorectal
Prostate Cancer
Sarcoma
Myeloma
Hospital Affiliations:
University Hospital of Brooklyn
Phone Number: 718-270-3777
Yamen Homsi, MD, MPH
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Board Certifi ed Rheumatologist
Areas of Special Expertise:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic Lupus erythematosus
Infl ammatory myositis
Bay Ridge Office -92nd Street & 7th Ave.
Speaks Fluent English and Arabic
Phone Number: 718-270-3777 or 718-567-1403
Rauno Joks, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Board Certifi ed in Allergy & Immunology
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief and Program Director Division of
Allergy & Immunology
Areas of Special Interest:
Development of Allergic Disease which Target
Production of IGE
Biomarkers of Allergic Infl ammation
Flatlands Allergy and Asthma Center
3839 Flatlands Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11234
Phone Number: 718-270-3777
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