Ross, Rena, NP

Marina Kurman, RN ANP-BC is a board certified Adult Nurse Practitioner with the focus In primary care, disease screening, and prevention in adult population. Marina is board certified through the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC).Her journey into nursing started in Ukraine, where she graduated from Chernivtsi Medical College (BSMU), prior to immigrating to the United States. Marina continued her pursuit in nursing studies in New York where she attended Hunter College Bellevue School of Nursing and obtained her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) and, later, a Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN). Becoming a nurse was always her dream and when the opportunity presented itself, she did not hesitate to make it into reality. Marina has been a Nurse Practitioner for over 20 years providing care to adult population in Brooklyn, New York. She is constantly updating her skills and learning new ways to diagnose and treat medical conditions, taking care of patient's needs by working in collaboration with other health care providers and creating a network of multiple specialities. She is part of a team at NYP with the common goal to make a patient feel valued, confident, and satisfied with care received. Marina Is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian and English languages.

Dr. Nikitina is a conscientious, thorough and compassionate doctor who creates a modern comprehensive patient-first approach for treatment of complex and chronic illness for every patient. Dr. Nikitina is a physician who pays particular attention to her patient's lifestyles and the impact on his/her cardiac ailments. As a natural nutritionist and an active runner, Dr. Nikitina is particularly effective at helping patients live healthy lifestyles. Dr. Nikitina completed her residency in internal medicine in 2004 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Following her residency, Dr. Nikitina completed her fellowship in Cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital in 2007. Dr. Nikitina is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac CT angiography. Additionally, Dr. Nikitina serves as a Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. For patients seeking a cardiologist who speaks Russian, Dr. Nikitina is fluent in Russian.