All Faculty Experts
Our faculty experts are available to speak to the media. To schedule an interview please contact our communications office.
Harold K. Sirota, DO, FACOFP
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem
Area of Expertise
Nutrition, healthy living/disease prevention, and depression
Jodi Smolen, MPA, BFA
Lander College for Men
Area of Expertise
Career counseling, college career services, resume writing, and communication skills/emotional intelligence
Yosef Sokol, PhD
School of Health Sciences
Area of Expertise
Depression, suicidology, cognitive therapy, and veterans’ mental health
Niket Sonpal, MD
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem
Area of Expertise
Infectious disease, healthy living/disease prevention, and nutrition
Kenneth Steier, DO, MBA, MPH, MHA, MGH
School of Health Sciences, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Area of Expertise
Primary care, osteopathic medicine, anabolic steroids, Ground Zero, healthy living, steroids/performance enhancing drugs
Bhavini Surana, PT, EdD
School of Health Sciences
Area of Expertise
Pediatric Physical Therapy, Motor Learning, and Control, Evidence-Based Practice, Children With Disabilities
Karen Sutton, Ph.D.
Lander College for Women / The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School
Area of Expertise
Holocaust studies
Valerie Taylor, MS
Graduate School of Technology
Area of Expertise
Visual storytelling, user experience, and web design
Reema Thakkar, PT, DPT
School of Health Sciences
Area of Expertise
Women’s health, physical therapy including pelvic rehabilitation, pre- and post-partum management, symptom management post-op and post-radiation, incontinence, and pelvic pain.
Robert Troiano, PT, DPT, CHT
School of Health Sciences
Area of Expertise
Prosthetics, both upper and lower extremities, lower extremity limb loss and hand therapy
Mervin Verbit, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Jewish Studies
Area of Expertise
Sociology of Religion, Contemporary American and Israeli Jewry
Faye Walkenfeld, PhD
School of Health Sciences
Area of Expertise
Development, parenting, attachment, memory, cognitive development, and religious and cultural identity
Gary P. Wormser, M.D.
New York Medical College
Area of Expertise
Infectious disease, Lyme disease, bio-threats, medicine, pharmacology, microbiology and immunology, lyme disease, babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis
Aaron Yancoskie, DDS
New York Medical College, Touro College of Dental Medicine
Area of Expertise
Oral and maxillofacial pathology, non-dental oral disease, and dental treatment of patients in underserved rural communities
