Our Staff

Nyack Hospital's Emergency Department is one of a select few healthcare facilities staffed by personnel residency-trained and board certified/board eligible in emergency medicine.

Sachin J. Shah, MD, MBA, FAAEM
Medical Director
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical College of Philadelphia
Residency- Emergency Medicine Jacobi Medical Center/Montefiore Medical Center

James Dwyer, MD
Assistant Director
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo
Residency: University at Buffalo Medical/Dental Consortium

Jason Alejandro, MD
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: UMDNJ
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY

Vijay Akkapeddi, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
Residency: Harlem Hospital, Lincoln Hospital & Mental Health Center

Nava Bak, MD, ABEM
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center

John Bertolini, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Hartford Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital

Daniel Edwards, DO
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, AOBEM
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital

Bruce Henry, MD
Board Certifi ed, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, ABP
Medical School: SUNY Syracuse
Residency: UMDNJ-Newark

Miriam John, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center

Sasndyh Katz, MD
Board Certified - Pediatric  & Pediatric Emerency Medicine
Medical School - Bangalore Medical College
Residency - Nassau County Medical Center

Christopher Killion, MD
Board Certified - Pediatric  & Pediatric Medicine
Medical School - Hahnemann University, School of Medicine
Residency - New York University, School of Medicine

Brenda Liu, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: MCP-Hahnemann University Hospital

Gigi Madore , MD, FACEP
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School - Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY
Residency - New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center, NY, NY

Kevin McSherry, MD, FAAP
Board Certified - Pediatric - Emergency Medicine/ Pediatric-Hematology & Oncology Medicine
Medical School - SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency - Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Jamil Rizqalla, DO, ABEM
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University

Jonathan Schiffman, MD
Board Certified, Pediatrics & Pediatric Critical Care, ABP
Medical School: MD/PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Residency: Pediatrics, UMDNJ Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, NYPH/Weill Medical College

Aisha Stroop, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Emergency Room Associate Practitioners

Peter Evola, RPA-C
Chief Physician Assistant
Stony Brook University, Bachelor of Science,
Physician Assistant

Mary Rose Abplanalp, CFNP
College of New Rochelle,
Masters in Nursing

Nancy Aranious, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Mercy College Bachelor of Science

Cooney, Daniel RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Touro College Bachelor of Science

Danielle Ganger, PA
Physicians Assistant
Mercy College, Bachelor of Science

Frederick Garmone, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
University of Florida, Masters of Science

Tziporah Israel, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Touro College, Bachelor of Science

Rachel Katz-Appel, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Pace University/Lenox Hill, Bachelor of Science

Jessica O’Brien, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Touro College, Bachelor of Science,

Debra Pritzker, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Duke University, Masters of Health Science

Mona Salloum, NP-A
Columbia University Masters

Stefanie Sokoloff, RPA-C
Physicians Assistant
Bachelor of Science, SUNY Binghamton
Masters of Science, Mercy College

Hilsa Walters-Pelham, RPA-C
CUNY, Bachelor of Science, Medical Sciences
Physicians Assistant