Faculty Media Experts
Faculty experts at Touro University can respond to media queries and serve as resources on a wide variety of topics, ranging from health, medicine and psychology to ethics, education and AI. See our faculty profiles below or contact us at communications@touro.edu.
Business & Economics
Business Management, Entrepreneurial Process, Organizational Leadership: Corrado Amato
Personal Finance, Stock Market, World and U.S. Economy: Angelo DeCandia
Business Law: Meredith R. Miller
Business Strategy, Tax: Shulem Rosenbaum
Careers
Job Market Trends, Resume and Interview Preparation: Maksim Paliyev
Career Planning, Maximizing Use of LinkedIn: Chaim Shapiro
Career Counseling, College Career Services: Jodi Smolen
Dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry, Infection Prevention: Ronnie Myers
Periodontics, Dental Implantology, Gum Disease: Jay Rubin
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental Treatment of Patients in Underserved Rural Communities: Aaron Yancoskie
Orofacial Pain, Sleep Apnea: Lauren Levi
Education
Art Education: Timothy Bellavia
Learning Disabilities: Susan Courey
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education: Shlomo Engelson Argamon
Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, First-Generation Students in Higher Education, Academic Self-Regulation: Pola Ham
Higher Education, Education Policy: Alan Kadish
Special Education: Jeff Lichtman, Susan Courey
Teacher Training, Jewish Education: Jeff Lichtman
Early Childhood and Elementary Level Teaching, Educational Program Design: Lena Richardson
Health and Medicine
Health Policy, Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention: Robert W. Amler
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical Sciences: Paramita Basu
Nutrition: Nathalie Bergeron, Harold Sirota, Niket Sonpal
Vaccination: Mary Flanagan, Stephen Jones
Healthy Living/Disease Prevention: Harold Sirota, Niket Sonpal
Infectious Disease: Mary Flanagan, Allen Dozor, Kathleen DiCaprio, Niket Sonpal, Gary P. Wormser
Genetics, Stem Cell Biology: Mitchell Cairo
Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Science Education: Brian Chiswell
Public Health: Robert W. Amler, Kathleen DiCaprio
Pediatrics: Allen Dozor, Edward C. Halperin, Mitchell Cairo
Primary Care: Mary Flanagan, Kenneth Steier
Medical Ethics, Organ Transplantation: Edward C. Halperin
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Diseases, Gerontology: Stephen Jones
DNA Testing, Medicine, Jewish Law: Zvi Loewy
Bioethics, Jewish Medical Ethics: John Loike
Vaccines and Preclinical Testing: Alison McCormick
Patient Safety/Medication Safety: Batoul Senhaji-Tomza
Depression: Harold Sirota
Osteopathic Medicine, Performance Enhancing Drugs: Kenneth Steier
Lyme Disease, Bio-Threats: Gary P. Wormser
Jewish Studies/Jewish Community
The Holocaust: Natalia Aleksiun, Karen Sutton, Anne Bayefsky
Eastern European Jews: Natalia Aleksiun
Modern Day Middle East, Human Rights: Anne Bayefsky
Jewish Law: Rabbi Moshe Krupka, Samuel Levine, Rabbi Yonason Sacks
Jewish Community: Rabbi Moshe Krupka
Bioethics, Jewish Medical Ethics: John Loike
Middle East, U.S. and Israeli Relations, Local and Israel Politics: David Luchins
Jewish History and Law, Universalism and Particularism in Judaism as Reflected in Classical Jewish Texts: Moshe Miller
Talmud and Bible Study: Rabbi Yonason Sacks
Contemporary Judaism: Israel Singer
Ethics, Jewish Studies: Rabbi Moshe Sokol
Sociology of Religion, Contemporary American and Israeli Jewry: Mervin Verbit
Ethics
Bioethics, Jewish Medical Ethics: John Loike
General Ethics: Rabbi Moshe Sokol
Legal Ethics: Samuel Levine
Government Ethics: Patricia E. Salkin
Medical Ethics: Edward C. Halperin
Law
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Human Rights: Richard Klein
Legal Ethics, Jewish Law, Law and Religion: Samuel Levine
Contract and Employment Law, Business Law: Meredith R. Miller
Constitutional Law, Public Administration, Political Theory: Tom Rozinski
Land Use, Government Ethics, Legal Education: Patricia E. Salkin
Mental Health
General Mental Health: Jeffrey Gardere, Naomi Klapper
Trauma, Clinical Mental Health Education: Kimberly Asner-Self
Geriatric Social Work: Susan Brot
Parenting: Nancy Gallina, Naomi Klapper, Faye Walkenfeld, Jeffrey Gardere
Anxiety: Jeffrey Gardere, Steven Pirutinsky
Relationships, Addiction: Naomi Klapper
Forensic Psychology: Alan Perry
Mental Health and Religion: Steven Pirutinsky
Depression, Suicidology, Cognitive Therapy, Veterans’ Mental Health: Yosef Sokol
Cognitive Development, Religious and Cultural Identity: Faye Walkenfeld
Politics
International Relations, Contemporary Issues in Global Politics, American History: Brooks Ishler
Middle East, U.S. and Israeli Relations, Local and Israel Politics: David Luchins
Presidential Power, Constitutional Law, Political Theory: Tom Rozinski
Government Ethics: Patricia E. Salkin
Political Theory: Israel Singer
Rehabilitation
Exercise for Aging Adults, Oncology Physical Therapy Rehabilitation and Inpatient Rehabilitation: Mark Apostol
Motor Learning, Children with Disabilities: Bhavini Surana
Pediatric Physical Therapy: Yocheved Bensinger-Brody, Bhavini Surana
Rehabilitation for Patients with Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease: Ted Marks
Hand Therapy: Eileen Meehan, Rob Troiano
Cognitive Rehabilitation, Adult Rehabilitation: Rivka Molinsky
Transition to Adulthood for Students with Developmental Disabilities, School-Based Occupational Therapy: Meira Orentlicher
Women’s Health, Pelvic Rehabilitation, Incontinence: Reema Thakkar
Prosthetics: Rob Troiano
Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Shlomo Engelson Argamon, Jeremy Rambarran
Machine Learning, Forensic Linguistics, Technology in Higher Education: Shlomo Engelson Argamon
Network and Cybersecurity, Software-as-a-Service: Behrooz Khorsandi, Jeremy Rambarran
Cloud Computing: Behrooz Khorsandi, Jeremy Rambarran
Visual Storytelling, User Experience, Web Design: Valerie Taylor
Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Online Learning: Holly Owens
