Our Staff
Martin G. Bialer, M.D., Ph.D.
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center at North Shore
B.A. Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, Ithaca, NY 1969-1973; Ph.D. (Pathology) Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 1973-1980; M.D. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 1980-1983; Internship & Residency in Pediatrics-North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 1983-1986; Fellowship in Pediatric Genetics-University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 1986-1989; Medical geneticist-North Shore University Hospital 1989-present; Chief, Divison of Medical Genetics 1999-present. Academic appointment-Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine. Accredited by the American Board of Pediatrics 1987, American Board of Medical Genetics 1990.
Joyce Fox, M.D.
Dr. Fox obtained her M.D. degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1980. She completed her pediatric training at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, in 1983. She then did a fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the Yale University School of Medicine. In July 1986 she joined the staff at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center and was appointed an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University. Subsequently she was appointed an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in July 1989. Dr. Fox was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics in July 1995. In 1989 she became the Acting Chief of the Division of Human Genetics at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center, and in 1995 she was appointed Chief of the Division. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Genetics).
Lakshmi Mehta, M.D.
Indian School Certificate-University of Cambridge 1969; Premedical-Punjab University 1970; MBBS-Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India 1976; Intern-Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India 1976; Residency in Pediatrics-Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarth, India 1977-1979; MD (Pediatrics) Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarth, India 1979; Senior Resident in Pediatrics-Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarth, India 1980-1981; SHO, Neonatal Pediatrics-St. James Hospital Leicester, UK 3-11/1982; SHO/Registrar, Pediatric Cardiology, Groby Road Hospital, Leicester, UK; Clinical Research Fellow in Genetics-Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK 1984-1986; Postgraduate student-School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London UK 7/1986-3/1987; Fellowship in Hemoglobinopathies-University College Hospital, London, UK 4-12/1988; Fellow In Medical Genetics-Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 7/1992-6/1994, Medical geneticist-North Shore University Hospital 1994-present; Academic appointment-Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine. Accredited by The American Board of Medical Genetics 1993.
Office
Suzanna Allan, MS, Genetic counselor
Jenna Antonelli, Genetic counselor
Donna Blumenthal, MS, Genetic counselor
Meredith Masiello, MS, Genetic counselor
Nina Sitron, MS, Genetic counselor