Our faculty members are nationally renowned for delivering exceptional clinical care, conducting groundbreaking research, mentoring tomorrow's medical pioneers and transforming local communities. Their unwavering dedication and transformative accomplishments embody our mission to improve the health and well-being of children in our local communities and throughout the world.
Click on the videos below to meet our faculty:
Meet Susan Coupey, MD
Dr. Coupey was an early leader in developing the subspecialty of adolescent medicine. Her focus has been on adolescent mental health, chronic health conditions and reproductive health. After fellowship, Dr. Coupey joined the Montefiore Einstein faculty and rose to the rank of Professor of Pediatrics in 1993. She has received the Harry F. Gordon Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching, and the William Obrinsky Award for Excellence in Student Teaching.
From 2002 to 2018, Dr. Coupey served as Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine. During this time she oversaw a doubling of the faculty in the Division and developed new clinical programs including the Long-acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Program, the Eating Disorder Program, and the Gender Care Program. From 1989 through 2007 Dr. Coupey was Director of the Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Program and as course leader for three required medical school courses, teaching medical interviewing, doctor/patient relationship, and physical diagnosis skills.
Dr. Coupey served on the Board of Directors of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and as President of the Board of Directors of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. In 2005, she was honored with the Adele Dellenbaugh Hofman Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society, elected to Alpha Omega Alpha by Einstein students and selected by the Board of Governors of the Alumni Association as Honorary Alumna of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Coupey has trained many leaders in the field of adolescent medicine, who are now educating the next generation of adolescent medicine specialists across the United States, as well as abroad.
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Coupey Recipient of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein 2024 Career Achievement Award!
Meet Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH
Meet Suzette O. Oyeku, MD, MPH, Chief, Academic General Pediatrics; General Pediatrician, Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor of Pediatrics; Clinician-Investigator, Child Health Advocate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Since 2016, Dr. Oyeku has served as Chief of the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, which has 63 faculty. The Division staffs over 35,000 outpatient visits and over 3,000 inpatient admissions each year. Dr. Oyeku is a clinician investigator with expertise in health services research and implementation science. Her work focuses on improving patient outcomes for children with chronic diseases such as sickle cell disease and also reducing health inequities.
Dr. Oyeku is an ordained deacon at Grace Baptist Church (Mount Vernon, NY). Working with the Conference of National Black Churches/Institute of Church Administration and Management, Dr. Oyeku trained faith-based leaders across the US to help increase vaccine confidence and acceptance in diverse communities.
She was a founding member and co-leader of the Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy and Diversity Education and Residency (LEADER) Program at CHAM, which received the 2023 Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Education Award.
Dr. Oyeku is frequently featured in local and national news media, sharing health information about child health wellness and health care issues. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Oyeku & Dr. Miguelina German, organized and raised funds to secure basic items such as diapers, formula and clothes for families who were financially struggling in the Bronx.
Meet Daphne Hsu, MD
Daphne T. Hsu, MD, one of the nation's leading experts in children's heart failure and heart transplant. From 2007 to 2021, Dr. Hsu served as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. She expanded the Division's clinical programs and developed multi-disciplinary clinics for the care of pediatric and adult congenital heart disease. In 2009, the Division established its ACGME-accredited pediatric cardiology fellowship program. She was responsible for the training for dozens of future pediatric cardiologists.
Dr. Hsu has served as Past-president and board member of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group, the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Committee for the American Heart Association. She served on the Sub Board of Pediatric Cardiology of the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Hsu has treated more than 600 children with heart failure and more than 250 children undergoing heart transplant.
Meet Steve Shelov, MD
Steve Shelov, MD, was instrumental in the founding of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. In 19 years as Director of Resident Education and Program Directorship, Dr. Shelov was responsible for training approximately 800 pediatric residents at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Shelov was responsible for overseeing the pediatric education of 4000 Albert Einstein College of Medicine medical students.
Dr. Shelov authored two books, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, (five million copies in circulation) and The First Year of Life (one million copies in circulation) which received awards for lay education by numerous magazines, national surveys, and parent organizations. From 1983 to 1987, Dr. Shelov was the Pediatrician for The Today Show, a nationally televised news program. Dr. Shelov educated the public on a variety of issues concerning children's health and wellness.
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Shelov Recipient of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore 2023 Alumni Career Achievement Award!