Sheila Shaigany, MD

Dr. Garg is a Professor and the Founding Chair for the Department of Dermatology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell. He is a Professor in the Center for Health Innovation and Outcomes Research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Dr. Garg also serves as Chair of the Board of Governors for Northwell Health Physician Partners. He is board certified in Dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Garg earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in dermatology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has held faculty positions at University of Massachusetts and at Boston University Medical Center, where he directed the Residency Training Program in Dermatology as well as the undergraduate medical curricula in dermatology for the school of medicine. Dr. Garg's funded research interests include identification of comorbidities using Big Data, and development of disease and outcome measures in hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriasis. Through his grants, Dr. Garg has also developed innovative teaching strategies to improve training and education outcomes, including the development and validation of a skin cancer OSCE. He has published a number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature and has authored several book chapters. Dr. Garg has had leadership roles within prominent national professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Board of Dermatology, the Accreditation Counsel of Graduate Medical Education, the Association of Professors of Dermatology, the Medical Dermatological Society, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, and the CHORD COUSIN Collaboration (C3). Dr. Garg also serves on editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is editor-in-chief of the first edition book on Rheumatic Skin Diseases. Dr. Garg was awarded the 2016 Thomas G. Pearson, EdD Memorial Education Award by the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Garg has achieved international recognition as a skilled medical dermatologist and a medical educator. His subspecialty expertise is in interdisciplinary based care for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, lupus, dermatomyositis, and vasculitis.

Dr. Sarah J. Noor joined the dermatology faculty at Northwell in 2023 and serves as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Dermatology. She also is an Assistant Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Prior to joining the group at Northwell, she was on faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she primarily saw patients with cutaneous lymphomas and dermatologic adverse events to cancer therapies. During her time there, she served as an investigator on several clinical trials to develop novel treatment approaches to address symptoms from disease or disease treatment in cutaneous lymphomas and other malignancies. She also is interested in understanding racial differences in dermatologic adverse events to cancer therapies, and has been involved in efforts to increase patient diversity in clinical trials and community outreach initiatives. Dr. Noor continues to have a clinical and research interest in oncology and cutaneous lymphoma and participates in the multidisciplinary care of these patients. She also has a clinical interest in general and complex medical dermatology and enjoys serving a diverse adult and pediatric patient population. In her role as Director of Diversity and Inclusion, she will be leading several departmental initiatives including medical student and resident curricular efforts, improving patient access to dermatologic care, and community engagement. Dr. Noor earned her undergraduate and medical degree from the George Washington University. She completed her internship in Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and residency in Dermatology at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell where she served as chief resident in her final year. She is a member of several dermatology organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology in which she is active committee member, the Women s Dermatologic Society, the Skin of Color Society, and the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium.

Dr. Finelt is an Assistant Professor and Director of Pediatric Dermatology for the Department of Dermatology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell. She is board certified in Dermatology as well as Pediatric Dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.Dr. Finelt earned her medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine where she was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She completed her internship in pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center and residency in dermatology at Stony Brook University where she served as chief resident. She completed her pediatric dermatology fellowship at Lurie Children's Hospital at Northwestern University.Dr. Finelt has been awarded the Departmental Chairman's award in 2018 the Departmental Teacher of the Year award in 2019 and was one of the awardees of Northwell's Teacher of the Year award in 2020. She teaches medical students as well as pediatric and dermatology residents. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) Long Island Dermatology Society and American Academy of Dermatology.Dr. Finelt's subspecialty expertise is interdisciplinary based in caring for patients with a broad spectrum of pediatric dermatology needs including vascular growths (such as infantile hemangiomas) vascular malformations (such as port wine stains) eczema nevi and other birthmarks acne genetic skin disease psoriasis hidradenitis suppurativa alopecia vitiligo and other autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. She is a member of the multidisciplinary vascular anomalies team at Cohen Children's Hospital. Dr. Finelt has given regional national and international talks on these topics and others. She has published a number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature and has authored several book chapters.