NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Brooklyn - Pediatrics - Park Slope

Boris Dubrovsky, Ph.D., earned his degree in Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2006, specializing in cognitive neuroscience and sleep. He completed his clinical post-doctoral training in sleep at Weill Cornell Medical College and at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and is certified in behavioral sleep medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He has served as a consultant and data analyst at Rockefeller University and New York University for research projects on circadian rhythms and on sleep in women with a chronic pain condition. He authored and co-authored articles and chapters on sleep and circadian rhythms in peer-reviewed publications, including Chest, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, and Contemporary Sleep Medicine for Physicians. He is currently the associate director at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Center for Sleep Disorders, where he provides cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders, reviews clinical sleep studies and conducts research projects on pain experience and quality of life in children and adults with obstructive sleep apnea.

Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, is an award-winning neurosurgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Brooklyn and the chief of neurosurgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He is an associate professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he also directs the Brain Metastases Clinic. He specializes in the treatment of brain tumors and other central nervous system tumors. Dr. Ramakrishna treats patients with gliomas, metastatic disease, skull base lesions, and pituitary disorders. He employs advanced awake mapping, imaging techniques, and microsurgery to ensure maximal tumor removal and achieve the safest possible surgical outcomes. Furthermore, Dr. Ramakrishna works with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the best possible treatment strategies are offered to his patients. He sees patients at the Brain Tumor Center at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center as part of the surgical neuro-oncology team. TrainingDr. Ramakrishna received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Biology and Philosophy, and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society upon graduation. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ramakrishna completed his neurosurgery residency and served as chief resident at the University of Washington. He then went on to complete a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.ResearchDr. Ramakrishna’s research interests include novel drug delivery strategies to treat malignant brain and skull base tumors using advanced polymer and nanoparticle technology. Additionally, Dr. Ramakrishna is interested in developing new vaccine-based therapies for glioma and in helping to develop new clinical trials and outcome measures to advance the care of brain tumors. He has published and spoken extensively on these topics and has received multiple awards, including prestigious training and research grants from the NIH and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Consortium.

Nicholas Brown, MD, is an interventional gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester, affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures utilizing minimally invasive approaches to treat pancreatic, biliary and esophageal diseases in addition to other digestive disorders. Dr. Brown performs general gastroenterology procedures including upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, and he is also experienced in ERCP with biliary and pancreatic stent placement , diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration and Barrett’s Esophagus therapy. In addition, he is skilled in enteric stent placement and removal of complex polyps. After graduating from University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Brown completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado Hospital and later served as an academic hospitalist at the Denver VA Medical Center teaching internal medicine trainees. He pursued fellowship training in general gastroenterology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio. Dr. Brown finished his training as an advanced endoscopy fellow at Columbia University Medical Center in New York and is now the Director of Interventional Endoscopy at Lawrence Hospital. His research interests are pancreaticobiliary diseases and he is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Medical Association.