Meet Our Faculty

Samit Desai, M.D.
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

Christopher Mapa, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship; Associate Director, Infection Prevention; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center & Hines VA Medical Center
Research/Clinical Interests:

Cristina Cicogna, M.D.
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

Bindu Anand Balani, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
Fellowship: RobertWood Johnson University Hospital, Infectious Disease
Research/Clinical Interests: COVID-19, viral hepatitis, solid organ transplant, Post Lyme disease syndrome, influenza and clostridium vaccine trials

Joseph Glowacki, D.O., MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hackensack University School of Medicine
Residency: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Research/Clinical Interests: Medical education, multi-drug resistant infections, left ventricular assist device infections, and the intersection of infectious diseases and substance use disorders.