Abalihi, Nnamdi, MD

Dr. Roskind is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician and a Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) on the Educator Track at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She has more than 15 years of experience caring for acutely ill and injured children. Dr. Roskind is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork- Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. She currently practices in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the NewYork Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.Dr. Roskind has served as the Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program since 2012. Her primary academic interests are improving graduate medical education, mentoring future Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians, and teaching evidenced based practice. She completed a certificate program in Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Education Scholars Program through the Academic Pediatric Association. She has published in the area of trainee assessment, and holds national education leadership roles in the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Emergency Medicine. Locally, she is the Co-Chair of the Department’s Faculty Development and Mentorship Committee. In addition to education scholarship, Dr. Roskind served as the site primary investigator for an NIH grant evaluating the use of probiotics in acute gastroenteritis and has published extensively in this area.

Eye Care Surgery is a premier eye surgical practice in New York City and Westchester County, specializing in advanced medical and surgical eye care. The practice offers an array of innovative services, including LASIK, cataract surgery, and treatment for various eye conditions, all delivered in a state-of-the-art environment. Led by experienced ophthalmologists Dr. Arthur and Dr. Jeremy Cotliar, the dedicated team at Eye Care Surgery is committed to providing personalized patient care in both English and Spanish. Their mission is to ensure a comfortable and efficient experience, while striving for optimal vision outcomes for all patients. Generated from the website

Dr. Carrie Ruzal-Shapiro is a board-certified radiologist with subspecialty training in pediatric radiology. She is a professor of radiology and vice chair of faculty mentoring and development for the Department of Radiology. Dr. Ruzal-Shapiro's primary focus is the clinical practice of pediatric radiology. She is an active fluoroscopist and participant in the interpretation of all imaging modalities related to pediatric radiology. Her insight and collaboration with her clinical colleagues shows how the radiologist can truly impact patient care. Dr. Ruzal-Shapiro is a passionate clinician-educator. She introduced radiology to the first, second, and third-year medical curriculum at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1992. She has precepted over 100 medical students in her fourth-year pediatric radiology elective and has served as program director of the Radiology Residency as well as the Pediatric Radiology Fellowship. In 2002, Dr. Ruzal-Shapiro was elected teacher of the year by the graduating medical school class. In 1995 she won the radiology residents' Teacher of the Year Award. In 2014, she won the Haller Award for Teaching Excellence from the Society of Pediatric Radiology; this award is granted yearly to an individual who has demonstrated evidence of outstanding ability to educate trainees (medical student, resident, and fellow) and who has shown sustained substantial excellence in mentorship skills. Dr. Ruzal-Shapiro's research interests are wide. Most recently she has been interested in radiation dose reduction and abdominal imaging, demonstrating how MRI can be substituted for CT in the evaluation of children with abdominal pain. As a member of the Department of Radiology's Diversity Committee, Dr. Ruzal-Shapiro has been actively striving to improve the environment for women in radiology and at Columbia University. She is a founding member of the Virginia Kneeland Frantz Society for Women Faculty at CUIMC, founder and leader of Women in Radiology at CUIMC, and she served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee on the status of women at CUIMC in 2018.