Academic Catalog

Internal Medicine

Office:
University Health Center
4201 St. Antoine, 2E
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: 313-993-7835
https://intmed.med.wayne.edu/

Chairperson: M. Safwan Badr

The major objective of the educational program in internal medicine is to establish a firm conceptual basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment of disease. The exposure to clinical disciplines is graduated throughout each M.D. four year curriculum. During the early years in the M.D. program emphasis is placed on the application of knowledge gained in the basic science courses to an understanding of the biological disorders which accompany human disease. In M.D. Year I, students work with the Department of Internal Medicine through participation in several clinical conferences. During M.D. Year II, the student’s attention is directed toward the study of pathophysiologic mechanisms of disease, the principles of clinical diagnosis and the scientific basis of therapeutics. An internal medicine forum is available for students interested in internal medicine as a career. In M.D. Year III and IV emphasis is placed on the student’s direct participation in patient care as a member of the health-care team. In Year III the student gains clinical experience through assignment to Wayne State University teaching hospitals; this insures acquaintance with several members of the faculty and to a wide spectrum of medical problems. During Year IV, the student spends a month as an acting intern and a month in an outpatient clinic to gain experience with ambulatory medicine. Elective courses in subspecialities are offered. Students may also choose to pursue laboratory investigative programs under the tutelage of members of the faculty. In addition to formal course work, the student may elect more intensive study as a student-fellow in either clinical or laboratory medicine during the summer recesses. With the expansion of the Internal Medicine faculty, a number of research experiences supported by a variety of national funding agencies are available.

ADDEPALI, ARADHANA: M.B.B.S., Osmania Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

AFONSO, LUIS: M.B.B.S., Goa Medical College; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

AL-KATIB, AYAD: M.D., Mosul Medical College; Professor Emeritus

ALWARD, ABDO: M.D., Ross University School of Medicine; B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor

ANTAKI, FADI: M.D., University of Aleppo; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

BADR, SAFWAN M.: M.D., Damascus University Medical School; Professor

BARAWI, MOHAMMED: M.D., University of Damascus; Clinical Assistant Professor

BELGIANO, NEIL J.: D.O., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; B.S., Siena College; Clinical Assistant Professor

BENCHAALA, ILLYES: M.D., Algiers Medical School; Clinical Assistant Professor

BROWN, PATRICIA D.: M.D., Saint Louis University; B.S., University of California, Davis; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

BURACK, ROBERT: M.D., B.S., University of Michigan; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

CADNAPAPHORNCHAI, PRAVIT: M.D., Mahidol University; Associate Professor Emeritus

CHALASANI, VIDYA: M.D., B.S., Andhra University; Clinical Assistant Professor

CHANDRASEKAR, PRANATHARTHI: M.B.B.S., Christian Medical College; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

CHOPRA, TEENA: M.B.B.S., Dayanand Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

COHN, JONATHAN A.: M.D., B.S., State University of New York; M.S., University of Maryland; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

CRAIG, CHARLES: M.D., University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; Clinical Professor

CRETU, NICHOLAS: M.D., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor

DEOL, BIBBANBANT: M.D., Government Medical College of Amristar; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

EHRINPREIS, MURRAY: M.D., New York University; B.A., University of Michigan; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

FERNANDEZ-MADRID, FELIX: M.D., University of Buenos Aires; Ph.D., University of Miami; Bachiller, Colegio Nacional de San Isidro; Professor

FRANK, ROBERT R.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.A., Brandeis University; Professor Emeritus

GAPPY, MUSIB: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Assistant Professor (Clinical)

GLAZIER, JAMES: M.D., University College of Dublin Medical School; Clinical Professor

GRADY, KEVIN J.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor

HANNA-JOHNSON, MELANIE: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

HENSON, JEREMY: M.D., University of the Caribbean; B.S., University of North Alabama; Clinical Assistant Professor

IQBAL, AMIR: M.D., Sindh Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinical Educator)

KABBANI, SARAH: M.D., B.S., American University of Beirut; Assistant Professor

KAHN, JOEL K.: M.D., B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor

KANG, MOHAMMAD: M.D., Punjab Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

KISSNER, DANA G.: M.D., University of Michigan; M.A.T, Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Barnard College; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator) Emeritus

KOTTAM, ANUPAMA: M.D., Gandhi Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

KRELL, WILLANE S.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)

LERNER, STEPHEN A.: M.D., A.B., Harvard University; Professor Emeritus

LEVINE, DIANE: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)

LI, LI: Ph.D., University of Texas; B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Professor

MAJUMDAR, ADHIP N.: D.Sc., University of Aarhus; Ph.D., M.S., University of London; B.S., University of Kalyani; Professor Emeritus

MIGDAL, STEPHAN D.: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Professor (Clinician-Educator) Emeritus

MURPHY, KATHLEEN: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor

MURRAY, WILLIAM: M.D., American University of the Caribbean; B.S., Wayne State University; Clinical Assistant Professor

MUTCHNICK, MILTON G.: M.D., B.S., Wayne State University; Professor

OSMAN, YAHYA: M.B.B.S., University of Khartoum; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

PAJE, DAVID: M.D., University of the Philippines; Clinical Associate Professor

PATEL, PRAGNESH: M.D., Wayne State University; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

REVANKAR, SANJAY: M.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

REYES, MILAGROS P.: M.D., University of the Philippines; Professor Emeritus

ROJAS, GRACIELA: M.D., Northwestern University; B.S., University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

ROWLEY, JAMES A.: M.D., New York University; B.A., Swarthmore College; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

SAMANTRAY, JULIE: M.B.B.S., Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Utkal University; Clinical Assistant Professor

SAMAVATI, LOBELIA: M.D., University of Cologne; Associate Professor

SAYDAIN, GHULAM: M.B.B.S., Govt. Medical College; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

SEYOUM, BERHANE: M.D., Addis Ababa University; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)

SHAIKH, NAVEED: M.B.B.S., Liaquat Medical College; Clinical Assistant Professor

SONDHEIMER, JAMES H.: M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; M.A., City University of New York; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)

SOUBANI, AYMAN: M.B.B.S., University of Jordan; Professor (Clinician-Educator)

STEINBERG, JOEL D.: M.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Michigan; Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator) Emeritus

TAHA, WAEL: M.D., Aleppo University, Syria; Clinical Assistant Professor

TOUMA, RABIH: M.D., Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences; Clinical Associate Professor

TURLO, GERALD E.: M.D., B.A., Wayne State University; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

WEINBERGER, JARRETT: M.D., Wayne State University; Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)

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