Leonardo Liberman, MD

Dr. Naikhoba Munabi graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Human Biology. She then obtained her MD at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons where she was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. After medical school, Dr. Munabi completed her integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency training at the University of Southern California (USC). She went on to complete a fellowship in craniomaxillofacial and pediatric plastic surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, one of the largest craniofacial surgery programs in the country. In addition to learning advanced surgical techniques across 9 different clinical sites in Los Angeles, Dr. Munabi spent an additional two years during residency earning a MPH from USC and working as a Global Surgery Fellow with Operation Smile. During that two-year period, she initiated programs to improve surgical education and conducted research on surgical capacity building and health systems strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa. She helped develop a landmark Women in Medicine surgical program for the non-profit, which was featured in an editorial by Forbes. Dr. Munabi is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications and has presented her research at numerous national and international plastic surgery conferences. She was awarded the Peter J. Gingrass Memorial Award for the best research presentation by a trainee at the Plastic Surgery Research Council and the Warren L. Garner, MD Resident Research Award for excellence in research and scholarly activity from USC. Dr. Munabi is well trained in the full breadth of plastic and reconstructive surgery, with a particular interest in cleft lip, cleft palate, craniosynostosis, hypertelorism, frontal facial advancement, orthognathic surgery, rhinoplasty, and MEDPOR ear reconstruction for microtia. She also specializes in adult aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. Her current research interests include cleft and craniofacial surgical outcomes, improving disparities in access to craniofacial surgery, and global surgical education and capacity building.

Christina P. Carpenter, M.D., M.S., is Assistant Professor of Urology and Interim Chief of Pediatric Urology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). She specializes in pediatric urology, seeing patients from before birth to 18 years. She has a particular expertise in robotic and reconstructive surgery. She also has a strong interest in outcomes research, as she believes that analyzing past experiences is critical to optimizing future care. Dr. Carpenter graduated Cum Laude with Bachelors of Science in Chemistry and Minor in Hispanic Studies from The College of William and Mary. She completed her medical degree, internship and residency at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School. She simultaneously completed her fellowship and Masters of Science in Epidemiology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Carpenter is accepting new patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital on 3959 Broadway (between 165th Street and Broadway).

Dr. Krishnareddy completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, and went on to complete her fellowship in Digestive and Liver diseases at Columbia University, during which time she obtained a Masters in Clinical Research Methods and Biostatistics from the Mailman School of Public Health. She was a post-doctoral fellow in a NIH-funded training program during her training under the mentorship of Sankar Ghosh. She then completed an advanced fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and returned to join the faculty of Digestive and Liver Diseases at Columbia University Medical Center in 2014. Dr. Krishnareddy's clinical interest include a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis celiac disease, autoimmune enteropathy, microscopic colitis, collagenous colitis, lymphocytic colitis and other autoimmune disorders of the gut. Dr Krishnareddy is actively recruiting for participation in clinical trials for management of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr. Krishnareddy is collaborating with the Department of Immunology and Microbiology in the study of the microbiome and the effect on disease pathogenesis in celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease. She is also the studying the role of the microbiome in immune development and regulation.