Tirsit S. Asfaw, MD, FACOG

Steven Pon, MD is Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and Associate Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. He is board certified in pediatric critical care medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, and general pediatrics but devotes his entire clinical practice caring for critically ill and injured children in the pediatric intensive care unit at the Weill Cornell campus of the New York Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Pon received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, concentrating in biology. He completed his medical school training, pediatric residency, and fellowship training in pediatric emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center. He received his fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine at the Cornell University Medical Center - New York Hospital, now known as New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.Dr. Pon is the Associate Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Medical Director of Respiratory Care at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and serves on several hospital committees.He is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He belongs to the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators, a research consortium of seventy institutions across the United States and Canada that has conducted numerous important multi-center clinical research projects. He was a founding member and a former president of the New York Society for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He also helped found the Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and was co-editor of the PedsCCM.org website that was widely recognized as a valuable web-based resource for pediatric intensivists. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Dr. Mehrin Islam is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, an Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, and a liaison for ED Informatics & Analytics. After completing her bachelor’s degree in Global Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she earned her medical degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She completed her Pediatrics residency at University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health in Dallas, followed by her Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Islam’s academic interests focus on bioinformatics, global health, community advocacy, and physician wellness. She is fluent in Bangla and proficient in Spanish.

Dr. Leroy Lindsay received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College. He obtained his M.D. from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers-NJMS/Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, finishing his training in 2014. After his residency, he completed a fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine and Neurorehabilitation at Georgetown University/MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital.