Meet Your Thoracic Anesthesiology Team

Our thoracic anesthesiologists provide the latest, clinically proven care for patients undergoing advanced thoracic and esophageal surgeries, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Our team collaborates closely with Montefiore Einstein’s Thoracic Surgery and Invasive Pulmonology teams to ensure a comprehensive, safe and comfortable anesthesia plan for each patient.

Team Leader / Division Director

Jay S. Berger, MD, PhD

Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Division

Physicians

Vilma A. Joseph, MD, MPH

Site Director for Anesthesia Services at Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology

Tomer Kotek, MD

Senior Medical Director for the Department of Anesthesiology

William J. Sauer, MD

Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Division

Bilal Tufail, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

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