Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Attending Physician and Hospitalist, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Steinberg trained here at Beth Israel and served as a Chief Medical Resident, finishing his training in 2002. He returned to Beth Israel in 2006 after spending four years at the University of Pennsylvania as an Academic Hospitalist, where he ran the resident journal club and was a full-time ward attending. He also worked in Africa in 2006, providing medical care in urban and remote areas of Botswana. Dr. Steinberg publishes regularly on evidence-based medicine and clinical application of biostatistics and is the Editor of the textbook Evidence-Based Medical Consultation (Saunders, 2007). He serves on the Education Committee of the Society of Hospital Medicine and on the Ethics, Humanism and Professionalism Committee of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He speaks reguarly on communication skills and professionalism. In 2009, Dr Steinberg was among the first 500 of the nation's approximately 20,000 hospitalists elected to Fellowship status in the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr Steinberg has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Society of Hospital Medicine to deliver the plenary lecture, "Update in Hospital Medicine", at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Adrienne M. Fleckman, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Fleckman was formerly Chief of Service at Kings County Hospital and trained in endocrinology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Fleckman is dedicated to the continued development of all aspects of the training program, and to supporting house officers in the achievement of personal, educational, research and career goals.
Jose Cortes, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Cortes joined Beth Israel in 2008. An experienced educator with a professional interest in communication skills and in teaching trainees how to be better teachers themselves, Dr Cortes has brought innovation with him from Cabrini Medical Center, where he was Program Director for many years. He runs frequent, highly praised workshops for the house staff on teaching skills, communcation skills and other topics. He is also an active member of the Division of Infectious Disease.
Alfred Burger, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Burger joined Beth Israel in 2009. Dr Burger completed his medical residency at The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. Dr Burger has served as an associate program director in other institutions, and we are very proud to have him as the newest addition to our team. Dr. Burger has collaborated extensively with house staff, having produced many posters and abstracts that were presented by trainees under his charge at national meetings. Dr. Burger is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the leading academic primary care society in the US. Dr. Burger has numerous leadership and committee roles at SGIM, and sits on their 2010 Annual Meeting Planning Committee.
