The Department of Medicine News and Events

Dear Department of Medicine Community:

Dear Department of Medicine Community:

We are excited to introduce a new faculty member in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Chiung-Kuei Huang is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Liver Research in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. 

One of the most critical needs of the Stony Brook Cancer Center is annual funding support for the training of the next generation of outstanding cancer researchers. To help meet this need, Mark and Gloria Snyder have generously committed five years of support to allow the Stony Brook Cancer Center recruit and train two graduate students whose annual stipend will be partially covered by this gift. This year, the Leon and Betty Ajces Memorial gift will also help fund another seven students. 

Dear Department of Medicine Community:

The Division of Cardiology at Stony Brook Medicine is proud to publish ECG Companion for Beginning Experts, a practical, case-based guide created by a dynamic collaboration between cardiology faculty and fellows to make electrocardiography clear, accessible, and useful for healthcare providers and learners at every level. 

The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Smadar Kort, M.D., FACC, FASE, FAHA, Division of Cardiology, has been elected as a member of the American College of Cardiology Governance Committee for a 3-year term. 

Dear Department of Medicine Community:

We are excited to introduce a new addition to the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Ryan M. Williams, Ph.D., who joined Stony Brook as Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Director of Translation and Commercialization. 

The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of Edlira Tam, DO, MS, FACC, Division of Cardiology, to Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.

Dear DOM Members,

We write to inform you that Dr. Getu Teressa will be stepping away from his role as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship Oversight Program. He will continue to serve as the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director for medical students and as a teaching hospitalist for the general medicine floors. In his place, Dr. Imran Chaudhri, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, has graciously agreed to assume the role as the Scholarship Oversight APD.

Dear Department of Medicine Community,

I am thrilled to announce that Dr. Sneha Shrivastava has joined us as the new Primary Care Track Associate Program Director starting today.