World class radiological expertise sets Dove Open MRI apart from other imaging offices when you need confidence and accuracy in the care you are receiving. Dove Open MRI engages the experience of more than 100 fellowship trained subspecialty radiologists for the interpretation of MRI exams and delivery of its imaging services. Our radiologists are Board Certified professionals, affiliated with Beth Israel Medical Center, who provide on-site supervision of MRI procedures and are readily available for consultation with referring physicians. Utilization of the most current digital archiving and image transmission technology (PACS), give our radiologists the ability to interpret cases within their subspecialty promptly and efficiently.
We are proud to introduce the primary Radiologists for Dove Open MRI:
Our Medical Directors:
KEVIN R. MATH, MD
Medical Director, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Union Square Diagnostic Imaging and East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging PC, Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY. Medical School: State University of New York, Health Science Center at Syracuse, MD. 1988; Internship: Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, 1989; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1993; Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship: The Hospital for Special Surgery and The New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical College, NY, 1994; Academic Faculty Appointment: Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ABR Board Certification: 1993.
RICHARD S. PINTO, MD
Associate Medical Director, East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging, PC, Section Chief of Neuroradiolgy Beth Israel Medical Center,; Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1968; Internship: St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, 1969; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, 1973; Neuroradiology Fellowship: New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, 1974; ABR Board Certification: June 1975.
Our Attending Radiologists:
ROBERT J. BURGESS, MD
Attending Radiologist, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, West Side Radiology Associates, PC. Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1988; Internship: Internal medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1989; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1993 ABR Board Certification: 1993; ABR Certificate of Added Qualifications: Neuroradiology 1996; Academic Faculty Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, State University of New York Health Science Center.
FRANCISCO A. DELARA, JR., MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging, Medical School: Columbia University-College of Physicians and Surgeons,1989; Transitional Internship: Overlook Hospital, Columbia University-College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1990; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Chief Resident, June 1994; Neuroradiology Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, June 1996; Academic Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; ABR Board Certification: June 1994, ABR Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology: November 1996; MOC certification in Neuroradiology : passed on 1/06
Special Interest: Neuroradiology.
GORDON D. HELLER, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Medical School: SUNY-Health Science Center at Syracuse College of Medicine, May 1991; Internship: Surgical Internship; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Long Island College Hospital; Neuroradiology Fellowships: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Academic Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NYC. Emergency Room Attending, Methodist Hospital, NYC; ABR Board Certification: November 1998. Special Interest: Neuroradiology.
ROY ANDREW HOLLIDAY, MD
Site Director, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center-Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, NY, 1982, Internship: Pathology, New York University Medical Center, 1983; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: New York University Medical Center, NY, 1986; Neuroradiology Fellowship: New York University Medical Center, NY 1987; ABR Board Certification: 1986, Professional Memberships: Radiological Society of North America, American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, New York Otologic Society, New York Head and Neck Society.
MITCHELL HOROWTZ, M.D.
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center-Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1983, Internship: Internal Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, 1984; Research Fellowship: Nuclear Medicine, National Institute of Health,1985; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: New York University/Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY, 1989; ABR Board Certified: 1989, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship: New York University/Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY,1987;
Angiography/Interventional Radiology Fellowship: New England Deaconess Hospital, 1990
ROBERT D. IRISH, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center-Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1990; Internship: Transitional internship, Brockton Hospital-Boston University affiliate 1991; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Radiology, NY, 1995; Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship: Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute, NY, 1996l ABR Board Certification: June 1995; Special Interest: General Diagnostic Radiology.
STEPHEN NEAL KAHN, M.D.
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center-Phillips Ambulatory Care Center; East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging, Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997; Internship: Internal Medicine, 1998; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, 2002; Abdominal Imaging Fellowship: New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2003; ABR Board Certified: 2002.
KAREN KODSI, MD
Attending Radiologist, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center, West Side Radiology Associates, PC. Medical School: SUNY- Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY June 1995; Internship: Transitional Year, St. Vincent’s Hospital NY, June 1996; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Chief Resident, 2000; Body Imaging Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY August 2001; ABR Board Certification: May 2000.
DANIEL RUSSELL LEFTON, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging, Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, May 1988; Internship: Internal Medicine, Boston VA Medical Center, Boston MA, 1989; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Chief Resident, 1993; Neuroradiology Fellowship: NYU Medical Center, NY, 1995; Pediatric Neuroradiology Visiting Fellow: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1995, Academic Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1996, Associate Adjunct Surgeon, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY, 2001; ABR Board Certification: 1993, Certificate of added qualification in Neuroradiology: 1995 - recertified in 2005.
STEPHEN A. OKON, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging, Union Square Diagnostic Imaging, New York Radiology Associates.
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 1994, Internship: Preliminary Medicine Program, Faulkner Hospital, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1995; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1999; Abdominal Imaging Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2000; ABR Board Certification: June 1999.
H. CHARLES PFAFF, MD
Medical Director New York Radiology Associates; Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 1987; Internship: Internal Medicine: University of North Caroline School of Medicine Assistant, 1988; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Columbia University, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, 1992; Neuroradiology Fellowship: Columbia University, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, July 1993; Academic Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NYC, 2000; Associate Adjunct in the Department of Radiology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 2004; ABR Board Certification: June 1992.
GUSTAV SELIGER, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York Radiology Associates. Medical School: SUNY-School of Medicine, Buffalo, June 1962; Internship: Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, July 1963; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: 1st year-St. Vincent’s Hospital, NY, July 1966; 2nd & 3rd year- New York University Medical Center, NY July 1968; ABR Board Certification: 1969; American Board of Nuclear Medicine: 1978.
RAJANI SURAPANENI, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, East Manhattan Diagnostic Imaging. Medical School: Andhra University, India, December 1969; Internship: Straight Medical Internship, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, June 1974; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: 1st year, Harlem Hospital Center, NY, June 1979, 2nd & 3rd Long Island College Hospital, Chief Resident, June 1982; ABR Board Certification: June 1984.
BARBARA ZEIFER, MD
Attending Radiologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Union Square Diagnostic Imaging.
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1982; Internship: Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 1983; Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1986; Neuroradiology/Head & Neck Radiology Fellowship: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1988; ABR Board Certification: June 1986; Certificate of Added Qualification: Neuroradiology, 1998.