Elena Gorokhovsky, MD

Dr. Liliya Drukman graduated from the Central Asian Medical School (Former Soviet Union) with honors. She worked as a General Pediatrician and Infectious Disease specialist for 10 years before immigrating to the United States. After completing a residency in General Pediatrics at Methodist Hospital, Dr. Liliya Drukman has worked for 24 years at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital as a General Pediatrician in the Outpatient Department. Her focus has been on care of children from newborn to 19 years of age, with an emphasis on providing timely, high-quality care centered on incorporating family and cultural beliefs with evidence-based medicine and staying up to date with the latest medical research and recommendations.

Dr. Kenny Castro is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She is board certified in Pediatrics. Dr. Castro obtained her medical degree (M.D.) from the Central University of Venezuela. After receiving her M.D., she worked as a community doctor in her home country, Venezuela, providing medical care to low-income and minority populations. Seeking further expertise, she immigrated to the United States and pursued her medical training at Lincoln Medical Center, completing a three-year residency in pediatrics. Following that, she accomplished a three-year fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, where she was also inducted as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. During her fellowship training, Dr. Castro actively engaged in various research projects, focusing on clinical research and quality improvement. She contributed to studies exploring the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inflammatory Bowel Disease presentation in pediatric patients in the New York City area and enhancing patient experience during colonoscopy procedures. Dr. Castro is fluent in English and Spanish, and her clinical interests include abdominal pain, constipation, inflammatory bowel disease, gastroesophageal reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, celiac disease, poor weight gain, obesity, nausea, and vomiting.

Charles Tyshkov, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and Attending Child Neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and finished his residency in Child Neurology at New York Presbyterian Columbia Medical Center. Dr. Tyshkov continued his training at New York University Langone Medical Center, where he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis.In addition to General Child Neurology, his clinical and research interests include Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammation, and the various autoimmune syndromes affecting the nervous system (ADEM, MS, NMO, etc.).Dr. Tyshkov is an active member of the Weill Cornell Medicine research community, where he is working with colleagues at the MS Center on investigating neuroradiological correlates of cognitive performance.