Dr. Diego Ponieman was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he completed a degree in Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. He came to the New York area where he completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein / Montefiore Medical Center. He later completed an academic fellowship in general internal medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he remained as a part-time professor. His areas of interest include chronic disease treatment, health disparities and minorities, and access to care.