Paul Karagiannis, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. After graduating from Villanova University with a degree in chemistry and a minor in political science, he earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He went on to complete his emergency medicine residency at Cooper University Hospital and he joined as a faculty member at Cooper immediately after residency.  He also works at Inspira Medical Center Mannington and serves as the Medical Director.  

Steven T. Kaufman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), is the Division Head of Endocrinology at Cooper University Health Care. Dr. Kaufman graduated with honors from Rutgers University with his bachelor of arts. He received his medical degree from Temple University before completing his residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and his fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Kaufman's urban health efforts are focused on decreasing the disparities in the management of chronic illness, specifically diabetes. His early work in urban health with the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers focused on practice-level innovations in diabetes care within primary care offices in the resource-poor community of Camden, NJ. He is now the Medical Director of Cooper University Health Care’s Urban Health Institute. He heads an interdisciplinary team implementing innovative health care delivery through open access scheduling, shared medical visits, and improved clinical efficiency across 23 medical and surgical specialties. Dr. Kaufman’s additional roles include Medical Director of the hospital’s Inpatient Glycemic Control Task Force and Co-Course Director for the CMSRU Interdisciplinary Chronic Care Clerkship.

Dr. Kaufman and his wife have been married for more than 22 years, and have two children: Samuel (21) and Isabel (18). He enjoys long-distance running and hiking.