 Alan
N. Schulman, M.D. graduated from Harvard College and Harvard
Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at
Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, a Harvard teaching hospital.
Dr. Schulman participated in two years of hepatitis research
at the National Institutes of Health followed by postgraduate
training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UCLA and the Center
for Ulcer Research at the Wadsworth V.A. Hospital in Los Angeles,
California. While in Los Angeles, Dr. Schulman did further research
in viral hepatitis, Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Dr.
Schulman is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
Dr. Schulman is past Chairman of the Gastroenterology sub-section
at Shady Grove Hospital, past Chairman of the Department of Medicine
and past President of the Medical Staff also at Shady Grove Adventist
Hospital. Dr. Schulman has four times been listed in the Washingtonian
Magazine's "Best Doctors" list. |
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 Sheila
G. Levin, M.D. graduated from Brandeis University with
a BA in psychology and has a Masters Degree in mathematics. She
graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed
her internship and residency in Gastroenterology at the New England
Medical Center Hospital in Boston Massachusetts. Prior to joining
the practice in 1987, Dr. Levin was Chief of Gastroenterology
for the Greater D.C. area Kaiser Permanente Health Plan. Dr.
Levin is Board Certified in both Gastroenterology and Internal
Medicine. She is the past Chair of the Gastroenterology Division
at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and has served on the active
staff at both Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Suburban Hospital.
Dr. Levin has three times been named to Washingtonian Magazine's "Best
Doctor" list. |
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 Robert
M. Eisdorfer, M.D. graduated from Washington and Lee University
and the New York State Program at the Sackler School of Medicine
in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dr. Eisdorfer did his internship, residency
and was Chief Medical Resident at the State University of New
York Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, where he stayed on
as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the
V.A. Hospital Emergency Department. Dr. Eisdorfer completed his
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center in New York City. He is Board Certified in Gastroenterology
and Internal Medicine. He joined Dr. Schulman and Dr. Levin in
1991. Dr. Eisdorfer is on the active staff at Shady Grove Adventist
Hospital. He is past Chairman of the Gastroenterology Division
at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and current Executive Committee
Member. Dr. Eisdorfer has twice been named to the Washingtonian
Magazine's "Best Doctor" list. |
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 Julia
C. Korenman, M.D. is a graduate of Princeton University
and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She
completed her internship and residency in the New York University
Hospital system. She completed her Gastroenterology Fellowship
at Georgetown University Hospital/ Washington V.A. Medical Center.
Dr. Korenman also completed a two-year Hepatology Fellowship
at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Korenman is Board Certified
in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. She served for
eight years as a specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
at Kaiser Permanente prior to joining our practice in 1998. |
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 Lawrence A. Bassin, M.D. is a graduate of Howard
University College of Medicine. He completed his residency
program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard teaching
hospital, and is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
Dr Bassin completed his Gastroenterology and Hepatitis Fellowship
at Yale University. |
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 Colleen M. Kennedy-Smith, C.R.N.P., graduated from Indiana University with a BS in Nursing and went on to receive her MS as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Kentucky. Before joining Digestive Disease Consultants in 2005, she worked as a nurse practitioner for primary care physicians, Jan Bachowski, M.D. (1997 – 1999) and Paul T. Wielebinski, M.D. (1999-2001). Prior to her private practice experience, Ms. Kennedy-Smith held a nurse practitioner’s position at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. |
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 Marie
Parlato, R.N., Clinical Manager received her nursing degree
in 1968 from Long Island University and New York Methodist Hospital
in Brooklyn, NY. She worked as a recovery room nurse at Georgetown
University Hospital and NIH. In 1981 she joined the nursing staff
at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, where she was a recovery room
and endoscopy nurse. She started with Digestive Disease Consultants
in 1992 and became a certified gastroenterology nurse in 1994. |
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 Susan
Gray Sellers, R.N. received her BSN from the University
of Maryland in 1995 where she previously had received a BS in
Education. Shortly after graduation she began her career in medical/surgical
nursing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was
hired by Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in 1997 where she worked
in the ER, and, subsequently, in 2002, Susan joined Digestive
Disease Consultants. |
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 Evelyn Friedel Pyrdol, Practice Administrator
[Email] has worked in healthcare
administration since graduating with a BS in Education from the
University of Maryland in 1972. She began her career as an administrator
and office manager in medical offices specializing in orthopedics
and mental health. She went on to develop and run a medical billing
and consulting business (Professional Billing Associates, Inc.).
In 1998, Mrs. Pyrdol was hired as the Director of Patient Financial
Services for Baltimore Medical System where she directed the billing
and staff education of 6 Community Health Centers in East Baltimore.
In 2000, she was hired by a national practice management organization,
Medical Management Professionals. As Operations Manager, she directed
the billing and client support for both the University of Md. Radiology
Department and their Radiation Oncology Division. In June of 2002,
she was hired as the Practice Administrator for Digestive Disease
Consultants. |
