Meet Our Faculty

Samit Desai, MD
Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: University Hospital
Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Research/Clinical Interests: HIV disease, multi-drug resistant bacteria

Cristina Cicogna, MD
Interim Chief, Division of Infectious Disease; Hospital Epidemiologist; Chair, Infection Control and Antibiotic Management Committee; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering, Infectious Disease
Research/Clinical Interests: Infection prevention, infectious diseases epidemiology, infections in oncology/transplant recipients/immunosuppressed hosts

Rani Sebti, MD
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Section Chief, Immune Suppressed Section, Infectious Disease; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: New York Presbyterian- Lower Manhattan Hospital
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering, Infectious Disease
Research/Clinical Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, infections in oncology/transplant recipients/immunosuppressed hosts

Bindu Anand Balani, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
Fellowship: University Hospital, Infectious Disease
Research/Clinical Interests: COVID-19, viral hepatitis, solid organ transplant recipients