Welcome to Core IM, a virtual medical community! We strive to empower our colleagues of all levels and backgrounds with clinically applicable information as well as inspire curiosity and critical thinking. We promote our mission through podcasts and other multimodal dialogues.
Our Team
Interested in joining our community? We are always looking for new potential contributors (educators, writers, editors, artists, social media enthusiasts, or roles we haven’t even thought of yet)— if you have a passion for inspiring curiosity and critical thinking, click here for more details!
Dr. Shreya P. Trivedi
Editor-in-Chief
Shreya is a founding member of Core IM Podcast. She produces and co-hosts various segments for Core IM, and leads all aspects of the organization. She is an internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dr. Martin Fried
Vice Executive Producer
Marty is a founding member of Core IM Podcast. He produces and co-hosts various segments for Core IM. He is a primary care physician at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Marissa LoCastro
Chief Outreach Director
Marissa leads Core IM's outreach efforts and web and social media presence. She oversees Byte production and posting, outreach team development, coordination with the podcast team, and engagement of the virtual Core IM community. She is currently a medical student at The University of Rochester.
Executive Producers
Dr. Cindy Fang
Producer (Hoofbeats)
Cindy is a producer and co-host for Hoofbeats. She is currently a clinical assistant professor and hospitalist at NYU.
Dr. Margot Hedlin
Producer (At The Bedside)
Margot is a producer and co-host for At The Bedside. She is a hospitalist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. John Hwang
Producer (Hoofbeats)
John is a producer and co-host of Hoofbeats. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU, and an attending physician at Bellevue Medical Center.
Dr. Janine Knudsen
Producer (Mind the Gap)
Janine is a producer and co-host for Mind the Gap. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU, an attending physician at Bellevue Medical Center, and the Medical Director of the Health + Hospitals Office of Population Health
Dr. Steve Liu
Producer (Mind the Gap)
Steve is a producer, co-host, and audio editor for Mind the Gap. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU.
Dr. Shira Sachs
Producer (Hoofbeats)
Shira is a producer and co-host of Hoofbeats. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell.
Dr. Tamar Schiff
Producer (At The Bedside)
Tamar is a producer and co-host for At The Bedside. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Langone Department of Population Health.
Directors
Dr. Kelsey Grossman
Co-Director (12 Lead Thursday)
Kelsey is co-director of 12 Lead Thursdays. She is currently an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Dr. Dena Hayes
Co-Director
Dena is content creator for a variety of bytes including 12 Lead Thursdays and Stats with Core IM. She is currently an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Dr. Greg Katz
Co-Director (12 Lead Thursday)
Greg is co-director of 12 Lead Thursdays. He is currently an attending cardiologist at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
Dr. Clem Lee
Director (Trivia Tuesday)
Clem the director of Trivia Tuesday. He is currently a med-peds resident at Penn/CHOP.
Dr. Sam Maidman
Co-Director (12 Lead Thursday)
Sam is co-director of 12 Lead Thursdays. He is currently an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Dr. Nick Mark
Director (Focus POCUS)
Nick is the director of Focus POCUS. He is a pulmonary/critical care physician in Seattle.
Dr. Tom Mulvey
Director (Reading Room)
Tom is the director of Reading Room. He is currently a radiology resident Emory University School of Medicine.
Sheila Okere
Director (Holidays)
Sheila directs Core IM's holiday posts. She is currently a medical student at OSUMC.
Dr. Robert Wharton
Director (Stats With Core IM)
Robert is director of Stats With Core IM. He is currently an internal medicine resident at Mt. Sinai.
Team
Dr. Vickie Kassapidis
Podcast Copy Editor
Vickie helps copy edit podcast show notes, double checking formatting and references. She is an internal medicine resident at NYU Brooklyn.
Dr. Sean Burke
Operations Officer
Sean leads Core IM's operations and assists with the production of podcasts for publication. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Indiana University and a hospitalist at Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital.
Kira Garry
Social Media Contributor
Kira helps manage and contributes to Core IM's social media accounts. She is currently a medical student at Penn State University.
Dr. Charlie Gillihan
Social Media Contributor
Charlie helps manage and contributes to Core IM's social media accounts. He is currently an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Ruby Guo
Digital Artist
Ruby produces graphics for Core IM. She is currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School.
Lizzie Holland
Digital Artist
Lizzie produce graphics for Core IM. She is currently a medical student at LSU New Orleans.
Elise Huppert
Social Media Contributor
Elise helps manage and contributes to Core IM's social media accounts. She is currently a medical student at NYU.
Dr. Logan Jones
Educational Consultant
Logan writes and reviews content across our Bytes segments, ensuring digestibility and accuracy of our content. He is an Assistant Professor and hospitalist at OHSU.
Matthew Leupold
Digital Artist
Matt produces graphics for Core IM. He is currently a medical student at OSUMC.
Dr. Rahul Maheshwari
Digital Artist
Rahul produces graphics for Core IM. He is an internal medicine resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dr. Salim Najjar
Digital Artist
Salim produces graphics for Core IM. He is currently an internal medicine resident at Baylor.
Preeyal Patel
Digital Artist
Preeyal produces graphics for Core IM. She is currently a medical student at Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Vorada Sakulsaengprapha
Digital Artist
Vorada produces graphics for Core IM. She is currently an internal medicine resident at Stanford
Dr. Mike Shen
Digital Artist
Mike produces graphics for Core IM. He is currently an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Ivanna Tang
Digital Artist
Ivanna produces graphics for Core IM. She is currently a medical student at Creighton University School of Medicine.
Dr. Stefan Tigges
Content Contributor
Stefan contributes content to Reading Room bytes. He is currently a professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine.
Dr. Abhishek Verma
Content Contributor
Shake contributes content to Trivia Tuesday Bytes. He is an internal medicine resident at NYU.
Yichi Zhang
Content Contributor
Yichi produces content for Mind the Gap and various bytes. He is currently a medical student at Tulane.
Members at Large
- Marissa Alsaloum - Marissa contributed to Motivation Monday. She is currently a medical student at NYU.
- Dr. Cary Blum - Cary contributed to several 5 Pearls episodes, and helped launch the Trivia Tuesday feature. He is currently a primary care physician at Mt. Sinai.
- Dr. Stephanie London - Stephanie contributed to Core IM's social media posts. She is currently a psychiatry resident at MGH.
- Dr. Izzy Marshall - Izzy produced Core IM flashcards. She is Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF.
- Dr. Amy Ou - Amy served as Core IM's inaugural Chief Outreach Director, and in that role grew the Outreach Team and developed Byte production workflows and oversaw Core IM's social media and web presence. She is currently an Assistant Professor at UCSF and a hospitalist at San Francisco General Hospital.
- Dr. David Rhee - Dave helped launch the 12 Lead Thursdays feature. He is currently a cardiology fellow at NYU.
- Dr. Neil Shapiro - Neil served as an advisor to Core IM at its inception, providing organizational guidance and support. He is currently the Associate Chief of the Medical Service of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, and Associate Program Director for the NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program, and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Correlations.
- Dr. Caroline Srisarajivakul-Klein - Caroline produced graphics for Core IM. She is an Assistant Professor at NYU and a hospitalist and Inpatient Site Director at Bellevue Hospital Center.
- Dr. Anand Swaminathan - Anand serves as an advisor for Core IM.
- Dr. Alice Tang - Alice serves as an advisor for Core IM. She is a hospitalist at NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center.