Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine | NYU Langone Health

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Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Pediatric hospitalists in NYU Langone’s Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine provide compassionate, family-centered and evidence-based care to children hospitalized at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital—34th Street and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.

Pediatric hospitalist attendings are experts in the medical diagnoses managed on the acute care pediatric unit (also known as medical–surgical or floor unit), including the management of children with complex care needs. They coordinate and oversee the care of children admitted to the hospital with medical illnesses and collaborate with surgical subspecialists in postoperative management. The pediatric hospitalist attendings facilitate a team-based interdisciplinary approach throughout the hospital stay and ensure close communication with the patient and family on the plan of care. They also provide well-newborn care at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital, collaborating with obstetric colleagues to provide high-quality care and a positive birthing experience on the Family Care Suite.

Pediatric hospital medicine faculty have a major role in the education of medical students and pediatric residents, both as part of their curriculum and as supervising physicians in the newborn nursery and acute care pediatric units. Faculty serve as preceptors and lecturers for medical students throughout their didactic courses and clinical clerkships. They participate in various educational activities within the Pediatric Residency, including simulation-based learning, journal clubs, unit-specific teaching, and morning conferences. Pediatric hospitalist medicine faculty also mentor trainees in research and quality improvement and assist in career development and exploration.

Division members engage actively and hold leadership positions with the national professional societies, such as Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Academic Pediatric Association.

NYU Langone pediatric hospitalists also conduct research and quality improvement initiatives focusing on safe transitions of care, postoperative management, family-centered care, equity in healthcare, drug development, medical education, newborn medicine, and many other important areas.

Division Leadership

Valeriy Chorny, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Lauren Z. Foster, MD
Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Karla Aguiar, MPA
Division Administrator

Division Faculty

N.S. Freda Auyeung, MD, MPH
Chanda M. Bradshaw, MD
Valeriy Chorny, MD
Liliana M. Cruz, MD
Hannah S. Famiglietti, MD
Jon Farkas, MD
Lauren Z. Foster, MD
Alexander F. Glick, MD
Bonnie Hawkins, MD
Laura Nell Hodo, MD
Kathryn Henschel, MD
Allison Lai, MD
Devon Lawrence, MD
Lucy Li, MD
Katherine J. Rakoczy, MD
Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD
Annica B. Tehim, MD
Varvara Yarotskaya, MD