Faculty
Last Name Beginning with S
- Ronald Saletsky, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Adaptation to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in childhood, Children and foster care, Emotional development in children
- Robbi Saletsky, PhD
Associate Professor - Pamela Salisbury, NP
Nurse Practitioner - Jean Sanger, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Analysis of the assembly of the actin/myosin cytoskeleton in muscle and non-muscle cells.
- Joseph Sanger, PhD
Professor and ChairResearch Interests:Cellular analysis of the formation of myofibrils, stress fibers, and cleavage furrows in living cells.
- Matthew Sarsfield, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Assistant Professor - Muhammad Sarwar, MD
Associate Professor - Usha Satish, PhD
Professor - Dana Savici, MD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Respiratory Bronchiolitis-The Diagnostic Significance of Pigmented Macrophages in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Ernest Scalzetti, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:- Percutaneous image-guided interventions for improved diagnosis and treat ment of lung cancer.
- Observer performance in thoracic imaging.
- Physiologic implications of CT and MRI of the chest, particularly CT scans made to diagnose pulmonary embolism.
- Joyce Scarpinato, DNP,PPCNP-BC,FNP-C
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:DNP Education
NP / patient communication using EMR
Computerized Electronic Medical Record and the effect on nonverbal communication
- Mark Schmitt, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Ribonucleoprotein assembly and biogenesis; mitochondrial RNA import, mRNA degradation, cell cycle control
- Thomas Schwartz, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:One aspect of academic psychiatry and teaching is to cultivate medical students and residents and to steer them towards understanding and conducting clinical research. In the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Schwartz and his colleagues James Megna, M.D., Adekola Alao, M.D., and others, have strong track records of involving students and residents in research. Students and residents routinely present posters at national meetings and have their work published in reputable journals. Students and residents learn how to write case histories, case series, create and conduct surveys, analyze datasets collected by faculty, and occasionally conduct prospective trials. We feel these fundamental research experiences are the gateway to launching careers in more in-depth and formal clinical research for our students and residents. Fortunately, these research experiences can be developed for a fraction of the cost of starting a new research project, but nevertheless funding for such experiences cannot be easily obtained from typical funding streams, such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- Bruce Searles, MS, CCP
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of high fidelity simulation in perfusioin education
Myocardial perfusion territories
Clinical Perfusion (outocomes, techniques and technolgies)
Professional demographics - Rahul Seth, DO
Assistant Professor - James Sexton, MD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Cystic Fibrosis, bronchiectasis, infections of the lung, Critical Care and pulmonary hypertension.
- Paul Shanley, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Kidney and transplant pathology; vasculitis
- Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Clinical Therapeutics of ALS and other motor neuron disorders. Animals models of the physiology and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Peripheral nerve physiology.
- M Saeed Sheikh, MD, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Apoptotic signal transduction and cancer biology.
- Edward Shillitoe, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Gene therapy for cancer; Bacterial causes of obesity, diabetes and periodontal disease
- Antony Shrimpton, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Mapping human genetic disease mutations
- Irene Sills, MD
EmeritusResearch Interests:Type 1 Diabetes
- Jody Sima, MD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Late Effects of Childhood Cancer
Primary care and cancer survivorship
- Laura Simionescu, MD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Vladimir Sirotkin, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Mechanisms of the actin cytoskeleton assembly and role of myosin-1 during endocytosis in fission yeast.
- Abirami Sivapiragasam, MD
Assistant Professor - Bettina Smallman, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Pediatric anesthesia
- Harold Smulyan, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Arterial & aortic distensibility; Hypertension
- Eduardo Solessio, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Using electrophysiological and pharmacological tools we are assessing the strength of calcium-dependent feedback loops in rods and cones of Xenopus at various stages of development.
- Telisa Stewart, DrPH
Assistant Professor - Christine Stork-Medicis, PHARMD, DABAT, FAACT
ProfessorResearch Interests:Overdose; Poisoning; Toxicity; Emergency medicine
- Susan Stred, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:
- Robert Sunheimer, MS, MT(ASCP)SC, SLS
Adjunct Instructor - Tamas Szombathy, MD
Associate Professor - Ronald Szyjkowski, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Barrett's esophagus and endoluminal therapy of Barrett's esophagus, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Diagnostic and therapeutic.
More About Upstate Research and Faculty
David Amberg, PhD
Vice President for Research
Research Administration Organization

Jennifer A. Rudes, Director, Sponsored Programs Pre-Award
Office of Sponsored Programs
Holly Chanatry, MS
Director
Strategic Research Initiatives
Research Development

Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, PhD
Division Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Clinical Research Unit
Robert H. Quinn, DVM, PhD
Interim Associate Vice President for Research Integrity
Research Integrity Office
Robin Cerro
QAIP Coordinator
Research Compliance: IRB, IBC & QAIP

Marti Benedict
Chief Compliance Officer for Research
Research Compliance: IRB, IBC & QAIP

Steven Ziemba
Administrative Director
Center for Research & Evaluation (CRE)

Gina McMahon
Director, Post-Award Services
Scott Macfarlane
Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Office of Technology Transfer
