Allergy / Immunology / Rheumatology

Faculty

Internal Medicine:

Andrew R. Berman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Dr. Berman trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following training, he joined the faculty at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he also served as the fellowship training program director. In 2011, Dr. Berman was recruited to NJMS to be the Division Director of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine. Soon after, he started the first combined division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine / Allergy and Immunologic Diseases at NJMS.

Dr. Berman is the Past-President of the New Jersey Thoracic Society and lectures and serves on committees for the American College of Chest Physicians,the American Thoracic Society and the American Lung Association. Dr. Berman directs the Pulmonary Course for medical students at NJMS and has been recognized for his teaching with awards from NJMS and the New Jersey Health Foundation. He has been a visiting professor at the University KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and periodically works with Project Medishare in Port-au-Prince and the Central Plateau of Haiti. His research interests include health care disparities and clinical outcomes research. Dr. Berman sees patients in his office with a wide variety of lung diseases, and has a special interest in the management of patients with sarcoidosis, COPD, and advanced lung diseases.

Eugenio Capitle, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Eugenio Capitle received his medical training at Manila Central University, Philippines. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Nassau University Medical Center and then went on to complete a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at New Jersey Medical School, followed by additional fellowship training in Rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Capitle is a board-certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy/Immunology, and Rheumatology and he has been an Assistant Professor at NJMS since 2009. His clinical interests include: Asthma; autoimmune diseases of the skin, lung, nose and eyes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus; spondyloarthopathy; Inflammatory muscle diseases; Sjogren's Syndrome and Vasculitis.

Steven Schutzer, MD

Professor of Medicine

Faculty Profile

Steven Schutzer, MD is a physician-scientist who trained and was on the faculty at Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital, and Rockefeller University, before joining New Jersey Medical School. His research has focused on the interface of the immune system and microbes. Particular areas of research interest are Lyme and Tick diseases, neuroimmunology, and immunology. Dr. Schutzer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Clinical Laboratory Immunology.

Dr. Schutzer’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and other organizations.

Reena Khianey, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Rheumatology Fellowship

Faculty Profile

Dr. Reena Khianey received her medical training at Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical College of Virginia, Richmond VA.  She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College/NY Presbyterian Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at NJMS.  She then completed an additional fellowship in Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery, NY.

Dr. Khianey is board certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology and has been at NJMS since 2015 educating allergy and rheumatology fellows.  She is also treasurer of the NJ Rheumatology Association and the program director of the Rheumatology fellowship program at NJMS.  Her research interests include contraceptive care in woman with rheumatic disease and drug allergy management in acute inpatient hospital setting.

Alan Wolff, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program

Faculty Profile

Dr. Alan H. Wolff is the Director of Allergy & Immunology Training Program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Chief of the Allergy & Immunology Section at the Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, N.J. Dr. Wolff received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York. He completed fellowship training in Allergy & Immunology at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, N.Y. His research interests include venom hypersensitivity, asthma, non-allergic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis.

Pediatrics:

James M. Oleske, MD, MPH

Faculty Profile