Instructional Faculty

In addition to our core and full-time faculty members, we have many outstanding members of our instructional faculty who are lead instructors for courses offered by the Program in Public Health.

Héctor E. Alcalá, Ph.D, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Olga Aroniadis, MD, MSc, FACG
MS in Epidemiology and Clinical Research Program Director
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine & Director of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine

Blake Benz, MHA
HPA 507 Health Systems Performance
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Director, Project Management, St. Joseph Hospital

Christopher Berner, Esq.
HPA 508 Human Resources Management in the Health Sector 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Vice President, Human Resources, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Paolo Boffetta, MD
Associate Director for Population Sciences, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Family, Population & Family Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine

Bob Chaloner, MS, MBA, MPH, FACHE
HPA 564 Health Quality and Information Systems Management 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Health Technology and Management
Chief Administrative Officer, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Ernest Conforti, MS, MBA, CPC, CPHQ, FACHE
HPA 510 Health Finance & Accounting 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Associate Director of Operations, The Heart Institute, Stony Brook Medicine 

Amitava Das, MIDS, MBA
HPH 534 Spatial Analysis: Health Applications
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Chief Technology Officer, VICOM Computer Services, Inc.

Lawrence E. Eisenstein, MD, MPH, FACP
HPA 507 Health Systems Performance 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Commissioner of Health, Nassau County Department of Health

Carol Gomes, MS, FACHE, CPHQ
HPA 564 Health Quality and Information Systems Management 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Assistant Professor, School of Health Technology and Management
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Stony Brook Medicine

Jean Gordon, RN, DBA
HPA 529 Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Clinical Practice, Westcare LLC

Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH 
HPH 501 Introduction to the Research Process
HPH 562 Population Health Analytics
HPH 535 Clinical and Community Preventive Medicine

Generalist Concentration Head, Master of Public Health Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Associate Program Director of Preventive Medicine Residency

Kerri Mahoney, MPH, CHES
HPH 554 Principles of Health Education & Promotion
Assistant Director, Center for Prevention and Outreach, Stony Brook University
Senior Advisor, National Risk Management Center/CISA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Christine Migliaro, MBA
HPA 599 Physician Practice Management
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Vice President, Revenue Cycle Operations, Northwell Health System

Alyeah Ramjit, MS, MHA 
HPA 530 Health Operations Management
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
System Vice President, Department of Medicine, One Brooklyn Health

A. Laurie W. Shroyer, PhD, MSHA
Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair for Research
Assistant Dean for Educational Research, Stony Brook Medicine

Maggie Sidarous, MHA, LNHA 
HPA 575 Long-Term Care in the Health Sector
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Administrator, St. Mary’s Health Care System for Children

Alexander Slade, MD, PhD, MHA
HPA 527: Health Economics and Policy
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Renaissance School of Medicine

Priscilla Thomas-Keith, JD, MS
HPA 536 Health Law and Compliance
HPA 586 Health Management Professionalism and Ethics

PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Director, Program Management, RIP Medical Debt

Evelio Velis, MD, PhD, MS
HPA 585 Introduction to Biostatistics & Epidemiology 
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Barry University 

Ricky Wallace, DSc, FACHE
HPA 527: Health Economics and Policy
PPH Subject Matter Expert
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Chief Executive Officer, Western Plains Medical Complex