Part-time Faculty

Dr. Kimel has been actively practicing medicine since 2003. He was awarded his Doctorate in Medicine from The University of The State of New York after completion of his schooling at New York Medical College.  He completed his internship and residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine at Jersey City Medical Center in Internal Medicine. He also served as chief medical resident at the same institution where he worked under Dr. Robert G. Lahita, a world renowned Lupus and Autoimmune Disease expert and author.  He completed a rigorous fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in Rheumatology and Connective tissue diseases. He is an active member of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American Medical Association (AMA), and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

Dr. Kimel continues to be active in the American College of Rheumatology at the Fellows Mentoring session and in various committees with assisting in the fellows transitioning into private practice. He has published several papers regarding rheumatological diagnosis and care.  His primary interests are the inflammatory myopathies, rheumatoid arthritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, vasculitis and gout.

He presently teaches medical students at New York Medical College and is an Instructor of Medicine at Columbia College of physician and Surgeons and an Assistant Attending at New York Presbyterian Hospital and works directly with the rheumatology fellows. He has been awarded various teaching and accomplishment awards from his past and present institutions and has been awarded Top Physician for the past several years.

His private office in in Teaneck, New Jersey and has admitting privileges at Hackensack University Medical Center and Holy Name Medical Center.

Dr. Kimel was born and raised in Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Romanian.

Education

• MD: New York Medical College
• Residency: (Internal Medicine) Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Jersey City
• Chief Resident: (Internal Medicine) Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Jersey City
• Fellowship: (Rheumatology) Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine - UMDNJ

Allison J. Beitler, MD, is a rheumatologist with ColumbiaDoctors, the faculty practice of Columbia University Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester in Eastchester. She is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. After graduating from Yale University, Dr. Beitler earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She completed her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in rheumatology at Montefiore Medical Center. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Beitler diagnoses and treats patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, scleroderma, Sjogren’s syndrome, myositis, spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, vasculitis and gout. She partners with her patients to help them understand the latest research and treatments so that they can actively articipate in their own care. Dr. Beitler is board certified in rheumatology and a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. She has been a resident of Westchester for more than 25 years.