INTERNAL MEDICINE

Professors
Clinical Professors
Associate Professors
Adjunct Associate Professors
Clinical Associate Professors

Assistant Professors
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Clinical Assistant Professors
Instructors
Clinical Instructors
Adjunct Associate Professors

Professors

STEPHEN WEITZMAN, MD
Dean, St. George’s University School of Medicine

DANIEL D. RICCIARDI, MD
Dean of Clinical Studies, United States, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Director of Medical Education, The Brooklyn Hospital Center

JOHN W. SENSAKOVIC, MD, PhD
Chair, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Director of Medical Education, St. Michael’s Medical Center

JOHN A. GIBSON, MD, FRCP
Associate Chair, St. George’s University School of Medicine

BERNARD BERCU, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital

STANLEY BERNSTEIN, MD
Associate Chair, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

HARRY BIENENSTOCK, MD
Coney Island Hospital

TIMOTHY SHELDON BRANNAN, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

JEFFREY BRENSILVER, MD
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester

MICHAEL CLEMENTS, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Watford General Hospital

SANTI RANJAN DHAR, MD
Clerkship Director, Coney Island Hospital

HARVEY DOSIK, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

MATTHEW S. DRYDEN, MD, MBBS
Director of Medical Education, Royal Hampshire County Hospital

VAN H. DUNN, MD
Interim Chair, St. George’s University School of Medicine

ADEL EL-HENNAWY, MD
Coney Island Hospital

GLORIA I. FERNANDEZ, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MICHAEL D. FLYNN, MBBS, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

EDMUND W. GIEGERICH, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MARTINE GUEZ, MD
Coney Island Hospital

KANCHAN GUPTA, MD
Coney Island Hospital

JACOB HAFT, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

BRIAN HARRISON, MBBChir, MRCP, FRCP, FCCP, ILTM
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

HAFKAT HUSSAIN, MBBS
Coney Island Hospital

FARIDA KHAN, MD
Clerkship Director, New York Methodist Hospital

ROBERT G. LAHITA, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

EDGAR LICHSTEIN, MD
Clerkship Director, Maimonides Medical Center

KRISHNAN PADMANABHAN, MBBS
Coney Island Hospital

RICHARD S. PANUSH, MD
Saint Barnabas Medical Center

GEORGE PEREZ, MD
Clerkship Director, St. Michael’s Medical Center

PUNIT S. RAMRAKHA, BMBCh, MRCP
Stoke Mandeville Hospital

IAN RAMSAY, MD, MBChB, FRCP
Director of Education, United Kingdom, St. George’s University School of Medicine

BETH G. RAUCHER, MD
Director of Medical Education, Lutheran Medical Center

ROSE RECCO, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MALCOLM R. ROSE, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Maimonides Medical Center

THEODORE G. ROSE, MD
Director of Medical Education, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus

HENRY ROSENBERG, MD
Director of Medical Education, Saint Barnabas Medical Center

CALUM N. ROSS, MBChB, MRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

JOHN SENSAKOVIC, MD
Director of Medical Education, St. Michael’s Medical Center

STANLEY SHERBELL, MD
Director of Medical Education, New York Methodist Hospital

LEON SMITH, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

FRANCIS STEINHEBER, MD
Coney Island Hospital

BARRY WEINER, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

Clinical Professors

DAVID HAMILTON, MA, MBBChir, MRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

THOMAS SANTUCCI, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

STEPHEN J. WILLIAMS, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP, MBA
Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Associate Professors

RICHARD SUMMERFIELD, MB, MA, BCHIR, FFARCS
Associate Dean of Clinical Studies, United Kingdom, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Royal Hampshire County Hospital

NASIR ABBAS, MBBS, MRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

MICHAEL AMOASHIY, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

ROBERT AMORUSO, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

SYED M. ATHAR, MBBS, FRCP, CCST
Russells Hall Hospital

MATTHEW J. BANKS, MBChB, MRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

NICHOLAS BARANETSKY, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

SEBASTIAN BARTON, MBChir, MD, MRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

MICHAEL J. BERNSTEIN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

STEVEN BLOBSTEIN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

GLENN M. BRADY, MD
Associate Advisor, Office of Career Guidance and Student Development, St. George’s University School of Medicine

EVAN A. BRATHWAITE, MD
Coney Island Hospital

DEBRA J. BRENNESSEL, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

TITA D. CASTOR, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

TERENCE C. CHAN, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

SEGUNDINA CHUA, MD
Clerkship Director, Coney Island Hospital

DENNIS J. CLERI, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, St. Francis Medical Center

JEFFREY I. COCHIUS, MBBS
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

ANNE MARGARET COOPER, MBChB, DRCOG, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Royal Hampshire County Hospital

DAVID COPPINI, MD, FRCP
Poole General Hospital

TOM CRAKE, MD, MBBS, FESC, MRCP, FRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

SIMON D. CROWTHER, MRCP
Poole General Hospital

ROBERT CUCCO, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Coney Island Hospital

PETER R. DAGGETT, MBBS, MRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Stafford Hospital

MICHAEL DELANEY, MBBS, MRCP, MD
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

MARCIA DIETZ, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MARTIN J. DOHERTY, MBBS, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

RASHMIKANT DOSHI, MD
Coney Island Hospital

CHRISTOPHER J. DURKIN, MBB, MRCP, FRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

SALLY E. EDMONDS, MBBS, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Stoke Mandeville Hospital

HOSSAM OUDA ELFARRA, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

CHRISTOPHER K. T. FARMER, MBBS, MRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

IAN W. FELLOWS, MBBS, FRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

TAREK M. FIAD, MD, MBCH, MRCP, FRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

NEIL C. FISHER, MD, MBBS, MRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

DAVID FLORES, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

JANA GALAN, MD
Clerkship Director, Glen Cove Hospital

JENNIFER J. GARIOCH, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

JEREMIAH M. GELLES, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

REBECCA A. GRIFFITH, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, Morristown Memorial Hospital

ADRIANA GRIGORIU, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

PHILIPPE GRUNSTEIN, MD
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

ADRIAN HAMLYN, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP
Clerkship Director, Russells Hall Hospital

PETER HANSON, MD, MA, MBBS, MRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, The Great Western Hospital

ADEL EL-HENNAWY, MD
Coney Island Hospital

IAN K. HOSEIN, MD, FCAP, FRCPath
North Middlesex University Hospital

LIAM O. HUGHES, MBBS
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

TOM HYDE, MBBS, MRCP, MD
The Great Western Hospital

GARY ISHKANIAN, MD
Director of Primary Care, Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Mount Vernon Hospital

ANDREW J. JOHNSON, MBChB, FRCP
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Kent and Canterbury Hospital

BARRY JONES, MBBS, MD, FRCP, MRCS
Russells Hall Hospital

SHEELA KAPRE, MD
Clerkship Director, San Joaquin General Hospital

MICHAEL KESSELBRENNER, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

GEORGE D. KITAS, MD, PhD, MRCP, FRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

VASANTHA KONDAMUDI, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

THURAISAMY O. KUMARAN, MBBS, FRCP, PhD
North Middlesex University Hospital

DAVID KUO, MD
Clerkship Director, Morristown Memorial Hospital

GINA LA CAPRA, MD
Overlook Hospital

ROBERT L. LEVEY, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Long Island College Hospital

NICK J. LEVELL, MBChB, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

MICHAEL LEWKO, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

STEPHAN LOZEWICZ, MD, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

HIMENDER K. MAKKER, MRCP, DM
Clerkship Director, North Middlesex University Hospital

VICTOR MANALOTO, MD
Coney Island Hospital

WILLIAM MCCREA, MBBCh, MRCP
The Great Western Hospital

PETER MERRY, MBBS, MRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

RAO S. MIKKILINENI, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Jersey City Medical Center

ANDREW D. MILLAR, MBBS, MD, MRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

STEVEN E. MINNICK, MD
Director of Medical Education, St. John Hospital and Medical Center

NATASHA MITHAL, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, FRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

JAMES MITTELBERGER, MD
Alameda County Hospital, Highland Campus

SURESH MODY, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

IAIN D. MORRISON, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

ANTHONY NATELLI, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

MONICA NICOLA, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital

SELVANAYAGAM NIRANJAN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

EDUARDO C. OLIVEIRA, MD
Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Florida

JAMES K. ONWUBALILI, MD, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

ANTONY J. F. PAGE, MBBS, FRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

ASHISH D. PARIKH, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, Saint Barnabas Medical Center

JEFFREY M. PASSICK, MD
Coney Island Hospital

RICHARD PINSKER, MD
Clerkship Director, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

CHRISTOPHER F. E. POCOCK, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

JOHN POWELL-JACKSON, MA, MBBChir, MRCP, FRCP
Associate Director, Office of Career Guidance and Student Development, United Kingdom, St. George’s University
School of Medicine

DENIS RADIX, MBBCH, BAO
Grenada General Hospital

F. FRANCK RAHAGHI, MD
Cleveland Clinic Florida

JEYACHANDRAN RAJASEKARAN, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

SABIHA RAOOF, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

GERRARD RAYMAN, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Director of Medical Education, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

MICHELLE R. REISNER, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

HILLEL S. RIBNER, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

NICHOLAS T. F. RIDLEY, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP
The Great Western Hospital

JOHN A. ROBERTS, MBChB, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Clerkship Director, Royal Hampshire County Hospital

GREGORY J. ROKOSZ, DO
Saint Barnabas Medical Center

ALFA SA’ADU, MBBS, MRCP
Watford General Hospital

ROBERT SAPORITO, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

JOSEPH SCHIANODICOLA, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

FAYEZ SHAMOON, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

AJEYA SHETTY, MD
The Great Western Hospital

TODD L. SIMON, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

PRADIP SINGH, MBBS, MD, MRCP
Stafford Hospital

JIHAD SLIM, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

LAURENCE A. SMOLLEY, MD
Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Florida

JONATHAN SNOOK, MBBCh, MRCP, FRCP
Clerkship Director, Poole General Hospital

THOMAS G. STAUNTON, MD
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

RANJITH W. SUMATHIPALA, MBBS, FRCP, MRCP
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

AVRAHAM TAL, MD
Coney Island Hospital

DAVID TARVER, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
Poole General Hospital

FURQAN H. TEJANI, MD
Long Island College Hospital

MOHAN R. THOMAS, MBBS, MD, MRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

HILARY TINDALL, MD, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

AMAN A. VAZIR, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

SARA L. WALLACH, MD
Clerkship Director, Monmouth Medical Center

FREDERICK WEISBROT, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

MICHAEL J. WELDON, MD, MRCP
Stoke Mandeville Hospital

LYN WILLIAMSON, MBBCh, MRCP
The Great Western Hospital

JENNIFER Z. WIMPERIS, MBBS, DM, FRCPath, FRCP
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

ROBIN WINTER, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, JFK Medical Center

PAUL A. WOODMANSEY, MBChB, MRCP
Stafford Hospital

CHI YUEN YAU, MA, MBBChir, MRCP
Stoke Mandeville Hospital

FRANK YUPPA, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

SUSAN C. ZONIA, PhD
Director of Medical Education, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital

DEMITRIS ZOUZIAS, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

Adjunct Associate Professors

DEBRA J. BRENNESSEL, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

RAND DAVID, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

JOSEPH FARRAYE, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

Clinical Associate Professors

WALID BADDOURA, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

LYN BERRY, MD
Alameda County Hospital, Highland Campus

RUDOLF L. BORGSTEIN, MBBS, FRCP
North Middlesex University Hospital

KATHLEEN CLANON, MD
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus

JOHN FARKAS, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

COLIN FEENEY, MD
Alameda County Hospital, Highland Campus

GARTH O. GEORGE, MD
Grenada General Hospital

LISANDRO IRIZARRY, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

MICHAEL KNEE, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

STANLEY KNEP, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

NARINDER M. KUKAR, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

STEVE LEQUERICA, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

ANTONIO MORGADO, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

GEORGE PAVLOU, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

JAMES PRUDEN, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

FERIDOUN REZAI, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

STEVEN SIEGEL, MD
Coney Island Hospital

ROBERT SOLIS, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

STEPHEN D. YEE, MD
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus

Assistant Professors

MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH, MD
Coney Island Hospital

VASANTHI ARUMUGAM, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

MUHAMMED G. AYUB, MD
Clerkship Director, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

ANOMADARSHI BARUA, MD
Coney Island Hospital

ANDREW M. BEALE, MD
The Great Western Hospital

DUTSI BEHM, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

WILLIAM J. BENNETT, MD
Director of Medical Education, Glen Cove Hospital

BRUCE BIRNBERG, MSW
JFK Medical Center

JACK BOGGOSIAN, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

RICHARD J. BONANNO, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Southside Hospital

SUDHEER S. CHAUHAN, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

WILLIAM CHENITZ, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

JOSEPH P. CLEARY, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Norwalk Hospital

RICHARD CONWAY, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MATTHEW K. COULSON, MD
Associate Advisor, Office of Career Guidance and Student Development, St. George’s University School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Orange County

MICHAEL D. DELISI, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

F. SANTI DI FRANCO, MD
Clerkship Director, Flushing Medical Center

VIHREN G. DIMITROV, MD
Clerkship Director, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

ANDRE FEDIDA, MD
St. Michael’s Medical Center

E. JANE FLINT, MD, MBChB, MRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

FERDINAND A. GAROFALO, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

DANIEL J. GIACCIO, MD
Clerkship Director, Lutheran Medical Center

EDDIE SIM GO, MD
Coney Island Hospital

GREGORY GOIKHBERG, MD
Coney Island Hospital

PAUL HARRISON, MBBS, FRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

MINDY HOUNG, MD
Saint Barnabas Medical Center

JOSEPH JAEGER, MPH
Director of Medical Education, Monmouth Medical Center

STEPHEN JESMAJIAN, MD
Clerkship Director, Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester

AVIR KAGAN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

LAKSHMI KAPADIA, MD
Coney Island Hospital

MUHAMMAD NADEEM KHAN, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital

DORIS A. KODUAH, MD
Clerkship Director, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

JOHN B. LATHAM, MBChB, FRCR
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

ANGEL A. LAZO, JR., MD
Jersey City Medical Center

JEFFREY L. LEVINE, PhD
Director of Medical Education, Atlantic Health System

DONNA MARIE LOSCO, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

ABU SALEH MATIN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

JYOTI MATTA, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

MARC E. MELINCOFF, DO
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

CHARLENE MILNE, MD
JFK Medical Center

SUNITA R. MISTRY, MD
Clerkship Director, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus

MAHENDRA R. MODI, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

GONTLE T. MOLEELE, MBChB, MRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

PLACIDO MORANO, MD
Coney Island Hospital

STEPHEN M. MULROONEY, MD
Coney Island Hospital

KRISTOFF NABEREZNY, MD
Director of Medical Education, Clerkship Director, Cleveland Clinic, Florida

CHALAPATHY NARISETY, MD
Jersey City Medical Center
 
MARYANN NICASTRO, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

ANJU OHRI, MD
Coney Island Hospital

AVANI A. PATEL, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

SANGITA PATEL, MBChB, MRCP
Stafford Hospital

S. PATHMANANDAM, DMRD, FRCR
North Middlesex University Hospital

ANNE PICCIANO, MD
JFK Medical Center

ALAN S. RAGLAND, DO
Clerkship Director, Kern Medical Center

BARRY RAPIER, MD
Grenada General Hospital

JAMES SAFFIER, MD
Director of Medical Education, San Joaquin General Hospital

SUNIL SAPRU, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, Saint Barnabas Medical Center

KUNIGAL SHIVAKUMAR, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCP
Russells Hall Hospital

DARBY SIDER, MD
Cleveland Clinic Hospital

SUNDARA R. SRIDHAR, MD
Coney Island Hospital

JUDY WOFSY, MD
Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Campus

ANDREW C. YACHT, MD, MS
Clerkship Director, Maimonides Medical Center

LINUS M. YOE, MD
Clerkship Director, The Brooklyn Hospital Center

MUHAMMAD M. ZAMAN, MD
Coney Island Hospital

Adjunct Assistant Professors

VASANTHI ARUMUGAM, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

ROBERT THOMPSON, MD
Co-Clerkship Director, The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

Clinical Assistant Professors

SUNG Y. SON CHAE, MD
JFK Medical Center

GARY KOSC, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

CHRISTOPHER J. MAGNIFICO, MD
Southside Hospital

JOHN P. METZ, MD
JFK Medical Center

STEVE SACKRIN, MD
Alameda County Hospital, Highland Campus

PADMARAJ SAMARENDRA, MBBS, MD, DRMD
Long Island College Hospital

DEEPAK SHRISVASTAVA, MD
San Joaquin General Hospital

ALAN LLOYD ST. BERNARD, MBBS
Grenada General Hospital

LEONCIO J. TACSA, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

HITENDRA C. UPADHYAYA, MD
Jersey City Medical Center

RICHARD S. ZITO, MD
Southside Hospital

Instructors

SHAREN ANGHEL, MD
Clerkship Director, Overlook Hospital

JACK KATRI, MD
Long Island College Hospital

MICHAEL MARTINO, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center

Clinical Instructors

SURYANARAYAN ANAND, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center

MURALI B. MOHAN, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Adjunct Professors

BAQUAR BASHEY, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

JOSEPH BOVE, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

MUTHUSWAMY KRISHNAMURTHY, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

PAUL J. LEO, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

GERARD T. LOMBARDO, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

KOTRESHA NEELAKANTAPPA, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

FERNANDO A. PUJOL-MORATO, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

C. V. R. REDDY, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

MIRAN W. SALGADO, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

HOSNY SELIM, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

CHARLES TWORT, MD, FRCP
St. George’s University School of Medicine

STEVEN J. WALERSTEIN, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

DAVID C. YANG, MD
New York Methodist Hospital

Adjunct Associate Professors

JEAN K. FLEISCHMAN, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center

ISSAC SACHMECHI, MD
The Queens Hospital Network, Elmhurst Hospital Center