Carl L. Herndon, MD

Christopher Irobunda, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an Interventional Cardiologist. He also serves as Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine, with a focus on faculty advancement, health equity, and community engagement.Dr. Irobunda earned his MD/PhD through the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. His doctoral research in Molecular Pharmacology focused on the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)/beta-adrenergic signal transduction system. He went on to complete his internship and residency in internal medicine at New York University Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in General and Interventional Cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.A full-time faculty member at Columbia since 2003, Dr. Irobunda now dedicates his career to patient care, mentorship, and the education of future physicians. Dr. Irobunda is ardently dedicated to uncompromised patient care and teaching. His primary focus is individualized patient care and patient advocacy. Given his training as a medical scientist, it is hardly surprising that he is a keen diagnostician. He has a penchant for complex cardiac issues and other medical problems that can sometimes mask or aggravate the cardiac disease. His aptitude for unraveling these medical conundrums has led to medical diagnoses for patients who have come to him for second and even third opinions. However, above all else, his true genius is his ability to relate to his patients with intelligence, curiosity, patience, compassion, and humor. His ability to waylay even the most apprehensive of patients with his aura of reassurance and understanding has garnered him a continually growing medical practice. Again and again, individuals will refer family members and friends because of the empathy and level of care constantly provided. Indeed, his unceasing diligence has led him to become a physician member of Columbia University Medical Centers Patient Facilitated Services, an organization directed at patient satisfaction and outreach. Dr. Irobunda has also been the primary cardiologist for patients undergoing liver transplant evaluations at New York Presbyterian since 2004. When not in his private practice, he takes great pleasure in helping train the new influx of physicians in the only ethical way to practice medicine—patient-centered care. Dr. Irobunda has been a Supervisor and Attending Faculty for the Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine for First Year Medical Students at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons since 2011, a program that endeavors to instill exceptional patient-doctor communication and trust. He encourages future medical practitioners to listen to the patient and learn to interpret and analyze the information being imported; to realize that the seemingly insignificant details sometimes lead to the culprit of an individual's illness. He has been a lecturer with International Postgraduate Organization for Knowledgetransfer, Research, and Teaching Excellent Students (IPOKRaTES) in Europe. IPOKRaTES offers opportunities for physicians from a plethora of countries to observe and gain instruction regarding differing methods in patient care practices. Since the summer of 2012, Dr. Irobunda has become involved in New York Presbyterian Hospital's Lange Youth Program, which seeks to prepare and enumerate the rigors of medical school for high school students. Dr. Irobunda is active in numerous community outreach organizations-Abyssian Baptist Church (NY), JP Morgan Chase Employee Education Program, Riverside Church Seniors, and Sister to Sister: The Women's Heart Health Foundation, to name a few. He seeks to educate the public on cardiovascular issues and ways to make everyday lifestyle modifications to help reduce these risks. In addition to being an interventional cardiologist who can perform angioplasties and stent placements, he emphasizes the prevention and treatment of heart disease through diet, exercise, and medical therapy.

Lauren H. Redler, MD, specializes in operative and non-operative treatment of sports medicine injuries in pediatric, adolescent and adult patients. She utilizes advanced, minimally invasive arthroscopic surgical techniques to repair sports-related of injuries of the shoulder, elbow, and knee. She is committed to providing the highest quality medical care to achieve the best possible outcomes for her patients. As a former Division I college athlete she understands firsthand the athlete’s desire to recover quickly so they can get back in the game. Dr. Redler earned her undergraduate degree while playing 4 years of varsity lacrosse at nationally ranked Georgetown University, and completed her medical school training at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Her Orthopedic Surgery residency was completed at Columbia University Medical Center where she served as Administrative Chief Resident in her final year. She went on to complete two orthopedic subspecialty fellowships: one in Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery and the other in Pediatric Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. The recipient of several awards for outstanding research in the field of Sports Medicine, Dr. Redler continues to engage in rigorous research as she strives to further our understanding of pediatric ACL tears, injury prevention and performance enhancement, patellar instability, and shoulder conditions, such as glenohumeral instability, and improve their outcomes. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Mike. In her spare time, Dr. Redler enjoys running and being active. She has completed the Philadelphia, New York City, Marine Corps, and Chicago Marathons.