Physician Directory

Upon admission to Sinai, patients are assigned an attending physician, physician assistant and case manager who coordinate care throughout the hospitalization. Under their guidance, individual treatment plans are developed for each patient based on his or her specific diagnosis with care provided by an interdisciplinary team which also is composed of nursing staff, therapy staff, social worker, dietitian and others, when indicated.

Sinai provides 24-hour on-site physician presence. Our medical staff, led by Lawrence S. Hotes, MD, Chief Medical Officer, includes hospital based and private practice attending physicians, a comprehensive consulting staff, and highly trained physician assistants. Sinai's affiliation with Tufts-University School of Medicine, enables residents and fellows from Tufts-New England Medical Center to be included as members of Sinai's Pulmonary and Rehabilitation team.

Sinai's hospital based and consulting staff hold degrees from the best medical schools and have received post doctorate and specialty training at prestigious medical centers throughout the country. Sinai's hospital based physicians includes specialists in: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Internal Medicine; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry); Endocrinology. Our consulting staff is composed of physicians representing more than 25 specialty areas including: Cardiology, Dermatology, Gynecology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Ophthalmology, Pain Management, Podiatry, Psychiatry and Psychology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, and Urology.

Chief Medical Officer

Lawrence S. Hotes, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.

Endocrinology

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Lecturer in Health Care Sciences, Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Medical Staff: New England Sinai, Brockton Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Caritas Carney Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital

Dr. Hotes has been a member of the Sinai medical staff since 1988, serving as Physician-in-Chief before being named as Chief Medical Officer. He is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, where he became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society. Dr. Hotes completed a medical internship and medical residency program at University Hospital, Boston. Dr. Hotes is Board certified in Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Endocrinology.

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Chief of Pulmonary Medicine

Alexander C. White, MD

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital; Tufts-New England Medical Center (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division)

Dr. White is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He completed an internship at Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin; an internal medicine residency program at Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals; and served as a clinical fellow and a research fellow at Tufts Medical Center, Pulmonary Division. Board certified in internal, critical care, pulmonary and sleep medicine, Dr. White has been the recipient of a Parker B. Francis Fellowship Award, An American Lung Assoc. Research Grant and recently completed an NIH K23 Research Career Award. As part of this award he received an MS Degree in Clinical Research at Tufts University, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences. Dr. White's most recently published article, Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: Review of Care Settings and an Update on Professional Reimbursement is in Chest, February 2008. Additionally, Dr. Whie is the Medical Director of the Rose Kalman Research Institute at Sinai.

Click here for most recent article by Dr. White in CHEST

Directors of Clinical Service

Outpatient Rehabilitation Medicine

Saroj Davé, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Director of Outpatient Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director of the Prosthetic and Orthotics Clinic, New England Sinai Hospital Associate Clinical Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital

Since 1980 Dr. Davé has been in practice at New England Sinai where she is a member of the following treatment teams: stroke, amputation, spinal cord injury, spasticity management, phenol block injection, fractures/joint replacement and musculskelatal pain rehabilitation. She completed a residency program in 1980 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center. She is American Board certified in Physician Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Clinical Neurology

Mazen Eneyni, MD

Clinical Neurology

Director of Clinical Neurology, New England Sinai Hospital
Founder/President, Angels Neurological Centers
Member, Northeast Advisory Board, Merck Pharmaceutical
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Brockton Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Morton Hospital, Faulkner Hospital/Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital, Director, Neuroscience Institute, New England Sinai Hospital

Dr. Eneyni is a graduate of Damascus Medical School, Syria. He completed externships at Liverpool Royal Hospital, Liverpool, England and the University of Pennsylvania Hospitals, Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia, where he also completed an internship program. He completed a residency program in neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and served a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami. Additionally, he completed mini-fellowships in neurovascular ultrasound and neurovascular interpretation at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. A Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and board eligible in neurosonology by the American Society of Neuroimaging, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.

Dr. Eneyni's listing on Angels Neurological Centers Website

Diabetes Center

Howard Fogel, MD, FACE

Internal Medicine and Endocrinology

Director, Medical Director, Richard Field Diabetes Center, New England Sinai Hospital
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical Staff: President, New England Sinai Hospital Medical Staff

Dr. Fogel holds a medical degree from Boston University. After completing an internship and residency program at University Hospital, Boston. He served a clinical fellowship in medicine (Diabetes) at the Joslin Diabetes Center and a clinical and research fellowship in medicine and endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Fogel is a Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and the subspecialty of endocrinology and metabolism. Also, he is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology. He earned a recognition with distinction citation from the Provider Recognition Program of the American Diabetes Association and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Nicholas S. Hill, MD

Internal, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division, Tufts Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Medical Director of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation, New England Sinai Hospital

Dr. Hill earned his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, completed an internship in medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center and an internal medicine residency program at Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center. His post-graduate work also includes a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and in pulmonary medicine at a Boston University School of Medicine. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha; and has received the Career Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health; and a Parker B. Francis Foundation Fellowship Award. He is the recipient of numerous awards and has received extensive grant awards for clinical research projects. Before his current appointment at Tufts-NEMC, Dr. Hill served as the Chief of the Pulmonary Division at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Cardiovascular Services

Andrew Kriegel, MD

Cardiology and Internal Medicine

Director, Cardiovascular Services, New England Sinai Hospital
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Brockton Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Member, Brockton Cardiology Associates
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Brockton Hospital, Boston University Medical Center

Dr. Kriegel is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University Hospital in Boston and a fellowship in cardiology at Boston University Medical Center. Board certified in internal medicine and cardiology, he is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners.

Vitreoretinal Services

J. Wallace McMeel, MD

Ophthalmology

Clinical Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute of the Retina Foundation
Associate Director of Clinical Research, Schepens Eye Research Institute
Director, Vitreoretinal Services, New England Sinai Hospital
Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Newton-Wellesley, Morton Hospital

Dr. McMeel earned his medical degree at George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC and completed an internship and residence program in internal medicine at George Washington University Hospital. He continued his studies with a residency in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Institute of the John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore and a vitreoretinal fellowship at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and ear Infirmary, Boston. Dr. McMeel is a clinical senior scientist at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of the Retina Foundation, Boston and a member of the Board of Ophthalmic Surgeons, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. He was awarded the Charles Schepens Award, American Society for Contemporary Ophthalmology in 1984 and the Senior Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology in 1985. He was awarded the George Washington University School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 1997.

Respiratory Therapy

Heidi O'Connor, MD, FCCP

Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, Internal Medicine

Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy , New England Sinai Hospital Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Tufts Medical Center

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Dr. O'Connor served as Chief Medical Resident during her medical residency program at Tufts Medical Center where she also completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and critical care. Dr. O'Connor is involved ini on-going pulmonary research with Dr. Alexander C. White at the Kalman Research Center at New England Sinai. She is a recipient of Tufts Medical Center Oliver Smith Award for Excellence in Patient Care and a 2009 nominee for the New England Sinai Milton W. Woolfson Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award. Since 2004, she has been a medical consultant for the popular CBS television series, "CSI Crime Scene Investigation."

Radiologic Services

John T. Ostheimer, MD

Radiology

Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, Radiologic Services, New England Sinai Hospital
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center

A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Ostheimer completed an internship in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and a residency in radiology at New England Medical Center. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners.

Foot Center

Barry I. Rosenblum, DPM

Podiatry

Medical Director, Foot Center, New England Sinai Hospital
Director of Podiatric Medical Education, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center
Attending Podiatrist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Consulting Podiatrist, Joslin Diabetes Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Brockton Hospital

A graduate of the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Dr. Rosenblum completed an internship and residency program in podiatric medicine and foot surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital. He additionally completed a clinical research fellowship in podiatry at New England Deaconess Hospital. Dr. Rosenblum is board certified in podiatry by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.

Outpatient Rheumatology Center

Burton Sack, MD

Rheumatology, Medicine

Medical Director, Outpatient Rheumatology Center, New England Sinai
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Brockton Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Jamaica Plain VA Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Morton Hospital

Dr. Sack is a graduate of the State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse. After finishing his medical internship at SUNY, Upstate Medical Center, he completed a medical residency at Boston City Hospital and a fellowship in rheumatology at Boston University Medical Center. He is certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in rheumatology by the American Board of Rheumatology. Dr. Sack is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and a member of the Council on Rheumatologic Care Physician Network.

Laboratory Services

Rohini Sakhuja, MD

Pathology

Chief, Clinical Pathology, New England Sinai Hospital
Chairman and Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center
Medical Director, Gateway Laboratory, Stoughton, MA
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center

Dr. Sakhuja is a graduate of the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. Her post graduate work includes a fellowship in anatomic and clinical pathology at Lahey Clinic. She trained at the Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston. Dr. Sakhuja is certified in clinical and anatomic pathology.

Continence Center

Robert Schlesinger, MD

Urology

Medical Director, Continence Center, New England Sinai Hospital
Clinical Instructor in Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor in Rehabilitation Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital

A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Schlesinger completed a surgical internship and residency program at Boston City Hospital where he additionally completed a urology residency program. He is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Schlesinger is a retired Colonel in the United States Army Medical Corps Reserves.

Wound Center

Aqeel Siddiqui, MD

Medical Staff: Signature Healthcare, New England Sinai
Medical Director:  Wound Center and Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, New England Sinai Hospital

Board certified vascular surgeon, Dr. Aqeel Siddiqui is the medical director of the Sinai Wound Center Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Program. He is a member of the Signature Healthcare-Bridgewater Goddard Park Medical Associates and a member of the medical staff of Signature Healthcare and New England Sinai Hospital. He is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Medical School; completed an internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center; a research fellowship in surgery at Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and a surgical residency at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston. Additionally he served a vascular surgery fellowship at North Shore/Long island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY. He is the recipient of the Samuel R. Gargano MD HOuse Officer Award in Surgery and was a finalist for the Shock Society, New Investigator Award.

Rehabilitation Medicine

Harry C. Webster, MD

Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Interim Chief, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tufts-New England Medical Center
Chief, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tufts-New England Medical Center
Chief, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tufts-New England Medical Center
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic for Rehabilitation Institute, Tufts-New England Medical Center
Medical Director, New England Pediatric Care, Billerica, MA
Medical Staff, Tufts-New England Medical Center; New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center

Dr. Webster earned his medical degree from the University of California School of Medicine and holds a master’s degree in public health from the School of Public Health, University of California. He served a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he went on to completed an ambulatory pediatric fellowship and a fellowship in pediatric rheumatology and rehabilitation. At Tufts-New England Medical Center, he completed a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, serving as Chief Resident and a fellowship in pediatric physiatry. Dr. Webster is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Pediatrics. His honors and distinctions during his tenure at Tufts-New England Medical Center include: the Resident Teaching Award, multiple Oliver Smith Awards, Michael Cronin Award, and the Residence Award, Department of PM&R. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a fellow of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and past president of the New England Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Director of Medical Education

Yaakov Weinreb, MD

Internal Medicine

Director of Medical Education, New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Member: Bridgewater Park Goddard Medical Associations
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation

Dr. Weinreb is a member of the Bridgewater Goddard Park Medical Associates primary care practice in the group's Stoughton office at New England Sinai Hospital. Board certified in internal medicine, he earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency program in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital West Campus, Boston.

Inpatient Medical Director of Rehabilitation

Heidi Wennemer, D.O., M.A.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Assistant Professor at Tufts Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Staff: Medical Director for Inpatient Rehabilitation, New England Sinai Hospital, Physiatrist, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, an assistant professor at Tufts Medical Center Department of PM&R

Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Dr. Wennemer is a graduate of University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and additionally holds a master’s degree in medical science from Boston University Medical School. She completed her internship at St Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Tufts-New England Medical Center, during which she served as associate chief resident. An accomplished physician with many published articles and national conference presentations on topics relating to physical medicine and rehabilitation, she received the Resident Writing Award from the American College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2006. Dr. Wennemer has a special interest in pain management, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders.

Director of Infectious Diseases

Laurence S. Wohl, MD, FACP

Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Clinical Assistant Professor in Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Infectious Diseases, New England Sinai Hospital
Chairman, Infection Control Committee and Hospital Epidemiologist, Brockton Hospital
Medical Staff: New England Sinai Hospital, Brockton Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center

After completing his undergraduate studies at the Long Island University where he received a bachelor of science cum laude, Dr. Wohl earned his medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital, a junior residency in medicine at Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, NYC and a senior residency at Boston University Medical Center. Additionally he completed a research fellowship in infectious disease at Boston University Medical Center. Certified and recertified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and American College of Physicians, Dr. Wohl is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is a Diplomate, Medical Board of Medical Examiners and American Board of Internal Medicine and member of the Infectious Disease Society of America.

Sinai Inpatient Satellite at Caritas Carney Hospital

Mark Berenberg, MD

Internal, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine

Medical Director, Sinai Inpatient Satellite at Caritas Carney Hospital Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Medical Staff: Caritas Carney Hospital, New England Sinai Hospital

Dr. Berenberg earned his medical degree from Boston Univeristy Medical School; completed an internal medicine internship and residency program at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI; and served a clinical fellowship in pulmonary/immunology at Boston University School of Medicine. Board certified in intrernal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary medicine, he is a past-president of the Carney Medical Group and member of the Caritas Carney Hospital Board of Trustees.

Sinai Inpatient Satellite at New England Medical Center

Katherine P. Hendra, MD

Pulmonary Disease, Internal Medicine

Medical Director, Sinai Inpatient Satellite at Tufts-New England Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine,
Medical Staff: Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center; New England Sinai Hospital, New England Medical Center.

Dr. Hendra is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine and served a medical residency and medical internship in Internal Medicine at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Additionally, she completed fellowship training at the Boston University School of Medicine. She served as a program director for the Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center from 2001-2006. She is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Hendra has been elected to the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society.

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