Current Faculty

A Supportive and Diverse Team to Lead Your Learning

Our Faculty take pride in teaching and leading by example in the department. Though we hail from different backgrounds and education, we all have one goal: to help our residents be the best doctors they can be!

Core Faculty

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Meredith Sanchez, M.D.

Residency Program Director

Hometown: Babylon, NY
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: St. Georges University
Residency: Lincoln Hospital, NY
Email: Mejones@bhmcny.org

John Morrison, M.D.

Associate Prgram Director/Alumnus

Hometown: West Plains, Missouri
Undergraduate: University of Missouri
Medical School: University of Missouri, MO
Residency: Washington University, MO; Brookdale Hospital, NY
Email: johmorri@bhmcny.org

Alanna O'Connell, D.O.

Assistant Program Director/ Medical Education Fellowship Director

Undergraduate: Hood College, MD

Graduate: Teacher's College Columbia
Medical School: TouroCOM-NY Harlem
Residency: Einstein Philadelphia

Fellowship: Medical Education (2yr) Jefferson
Email: aoconnel@bhmcny.org

Devin Peuser, M.D.

Assistant Program Director

Undergraduate: Boston University - Boston, MA

Medical School: Quinnipiac University - North Haven, CT
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian - Brooklyn Methodist - Brooklyn NY

Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
Email: dpeuser@bhmcny.org

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Amy Sater, M.D.

Clerkship Director/Alumnus

Hometown: Glen Rock, NJ
Undergraduate: Duke University, BA Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, BS Psychology
Medical School: American University of Caribbean

Residencies: Brookdale Hospital (Surgery, IM , EM)

Email: aplasenc@bhmcny.org

Raymond Beyda, M.D.

EM Critical Care Director

Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles, BS in Anthropology

Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Residency: SUNY Downstate/Kings County Combined Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Downstate/Kings County

Email: raymond.beyda@obhny.org

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Aluko Gift, M.D.

Associate Director of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound

Hometown: Trinidad & Tobago, Brooklyn NY

Undergraduate: Hampton University

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Residency: LIJ Northshore/Northwell

Fellowship: Ultrasound at NYP Brooklyn Methodist

Nazey Gulec, M.D.

ED Quality Director

Wellness Director

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine

Residency: NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Jenya Kaminski, M.D.

Faculty, Ultrasound

Fellowship: Clinical Ultrasound, Brookdale Hospital

Matthew Kessel, D.O.

Director of ED Ultrasound

Ultrasound Fellowship Director

Hometown: Hazlet, NJ
Undergraduate: Richard Stockton College of NJ
Medical School: Rowan SOM
Residency: NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NY
Fellowship: Ultrasound @ NYP Brooklyn Methodist, NY