BRONX-LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center’s Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ID) provides pediatric and adolescent HIV testing and counseling; testing of newborns born to HIV infected women; comprehensive care to uninfected children born to HIV-infected women; comprehensive primary and specialty care for HIV-infected children and adolescents; family centered case management; and access to NIH and pharmaceutical industry sponsored clinical trials.  We also provide infectious disease diagnostic and treatment services for newborns to adolescents; an international travel medicine clinic; and a clinic for children and adolescents with tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis infection.

The staff consists of Murli Purswani, MD, Chief, Pediatric ID and HIV Specialist and Principal Investigator; Stefan Hagmann, MD, Attending Pediatrician, Pediatric ID and HIV Specialist, Diane Strom, CSW, Administrator of Pediatric Asthma and ID Programs; Caroline Nubel, Study Coordinator/Data Manager; Emma Stuard, MD, Research Associate, Mavis Dummitt, RN, Research Nurse; Aida Matias, RN, Research Nurse; Anantha Kallury, RPh, Research Pharmacist; Mildred Maldonado, RD, MPH, Nutrition Coordinator, Dottie Golson, BSW Social Worker and Case Manager; Lillian Cruz, CSW, Social Worker and Case Manager; Denise DeJesus, BSW, Social Worker and Case Manager; Neimatou Keita, BA, African Services Case Planner; Donell Clark, Medical Information Analyst; Claudia Alvarado, MD, Research Assistant, Mirza Baig, MD, Research Assistant, Namrata Reddy, MD, Research Assistant and Cyndi Rivera, Secretary.

Office – 1650 Selwyn Ave, #2C, Bronx, NY

Clinic – 1650 Selwyn Ave, 9^th Floor, Bronx, NY

Telephone – 718-960-1010