Thomas J Starc, MD - ColumbiaDoctors-15 North Broadway

Dr. Quittell is a Special Lecturer in the Pediatric Pulmonary Division. She is the former Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center and has served on multiple national committees including the ATS Planning Committee and the Cystic Fibrosis Center Director's Committee. She is the Associate Director of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for the CF Foundation. Dr. Quittell has participated in the development of new treatment guidelines for the Cystic Fibrosis community and is actively involved in clinical research. The Cystic Fibrosis Center provides multidisciplinary care for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis including participation in clinical trials for novel therapies.

Dr. Zuckerman joined the Columbia faculty as assistant clinical professor of pediatrics in July of 2011 after spending seven years as a pediatrics resident and pediatric cardiology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. In 2009, Dr. Zuckerman was chosen as one of the chief fellows in the division of pediatric cardiology. His research interests include pediatric cardiomyopathies, donor- and recipient-related issues surrounding pediatric heart transplantation, and drug therapies for prevention and treatment of graft rejection following heart transplantation. He is part of the faculty with the Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, and Transplantation, and was named associate director of the fellowship in the division of pediatric cardiology in July of 2015.

Dr. Anne Ferris is the medical director of the Center for Single Ventricle care at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital, which she co-founded in 2014. She is also medical director of the cardiology/neurology inpatient unit at the hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University in the division of Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Ferris received her medical degree from St. Johns Medical College in Bangalore, India, did her residency and chief residency in pediatrics at New York Medical College, and stayed on as a faculty member at Columbia after completing her fellowship in pediatric cardiology.During the course of her career Dr. Ferris has volunteered extensively, including at Mother Theresas Orphanage, teaching Braille at the Blind School, and working with Afghan refugees under the aegis of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee Relief. She has been on international disaster medical response teams to countries in South Asia and has worked and lived with tribal and primitive societies for several years in rural India.Dr. Ferris has won several awards for excellence in teaching. As chief resident she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, signifying a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. The department of nursing at NewYork-Presbyterian recently honored her with the physician of the year award in acknowledgement of her commitment to providing a collaborative, collegial environment that supports the highest standards of patient care.