Karen F Brudney, MD

Megan Kuhlmey is the Director of Cochlear Implants and Pediatric Audiology at Columbia University Medical Center and serves as Assistant Professor of Audiology. Dr. Kuhlmey received her Masters of Science Degree from Brooklyn College and her Clinical Doctorate in Audiology from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences. Dr. Kuhlmey holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Kuhlmey is well respected in the field of cochlear Implants and pediatric audiology and has practiced in New York City for over sixteen years. She has worked at Beth Israel Medical Center, and most recently The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai where she served as a Supervisor of Audiology for seven years. Dr. Kuhlmey has a clinical focus on pediatric audiology, pediatric amplification, and cochlear implants. She specializes in early intervention of hearing loss and works with other professionals for a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment.

Dr. Magdalena Sobieszczyk is the Harold Neu Professor of Infectious Diseases (in Medicine) at the Columbia University Medical Center. She is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. Dr. Sobieszczyk is a clinical virologist and the principal investigator of the NIH-funded Columbia Collaborative Clinical Trials Unit which has been advancing the science of HIV and emerging infections like SARS-CoV-2.

Arezou Heshmati, MD is an associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the CUIMC, in the Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Heshmati completed medical school at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. She underwent pediatric neurology residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and fellowship training in Sleep Medicine at Wayne State University. Previoulsy, Dr. Heshmati practiced pediatric neurology and sleep medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where she developed a clinical and research interest in pediatric sleep disorders and narcolepsy patients. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine, and Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology. Dr. Heshmati sees both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients, and is developing and expanding a Pediatric Neurology Sleep Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.