About
Michael E. Ford, MD
Dr. Ford is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of the American College of Physicians. He has been practicing as an internist for over a decade and worked in research prior to becoming a physician. He has published his research in bacteriology in various medical journals* and has presented his findings at annual medical meetings. He earned his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in 2008 and completed his residency training in internal medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center in 2011. Dr. Ford worked as an internist at Weill Cornell Medicine in Manhattan prior to joining New York-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley in April 2019 and is happy to be able to spend more time with his patients now that he is practicing concierge medicine. He enjoys running, outdoor activities, creating plant-based diet meals, and lives in Dobbs Ferry with his family.
*Publications are listed at the bottom of this page
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYP Medical Group Hudson Valley
Sleepy Hollow, NY
2019-2022
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
2011-2019
Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYP Medical Group Hudson Valley
Sleepy Hollow, NY
2014-2022
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
NYP Medical Group Hudson Valley
New York, NY
2001-2004
Clinical Instructor in Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
2001-2004
Research Specialist II-IV
University of Pittsburgh
1995-2001
Kristina Morales
Hi, my name is Kristina Morales. I am a national certified Medical Assistant. I have been working in the medical field since 2011. I gave birth to a beautiful son on Christmas Day 2014. Since then, I have worked in Ob/Gyn, BCHP Peds Gastroenterology, and Internal Medicine where I met Dr. Ford, at New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Medical Group.
I love my job, it is my passion to help people and make patients happy. I’ve always been told that I have a good heart and good hands when it comes to drawing blood. I will always go above and beyond for my patients to make sure they’re well taken care of with the upmost respect!
Rivertowns Medicine will be considered family as I will be dedicated to our patients and the practice. I take pride in all that I offer as a Mom, Office Manager, Medical Assistant, and overall as a person. My time and dedication to do what I love most on a day to day basis will be felt by all.
As soon as you walk into the beautiful new office space you’re greeted by Kristina, the medical assistant. She is kind, warm, knowledgeable, and professional. Not only that, but I am always told that I am a “hard stick” when trying to get blood, but she is able to do it effortlessly and painlessly. Dr. Ford is also kind, warm, and professional. He provides the type of care every patient deserves and is hard to find in health care today. He is extremely diligent and genuinely cares about providing high-quality and individualized care to his patients. I do not think there is a better practice out there!
Publications:
Dr. Ford has been published
in the following:
Stewart CR, Casjens SR, Cresawn SG, Houtz JM, Smith AL, Ford ME, Peebles CL, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW, Huang WM, Pedulla ML
(2009) The genome of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPO1. J Mol
Biol. 388, 48-70.
Pope WH, Weigele PR, Chang J, Pedulla ML, Ford ME, Houtz JM, Jiang W, Chiu W, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW, King J (2007) Genome sequence, structural proteins, and capsid organization of the cyanophage Syn5: a “horned” bacteriophage of marine
Synechococcus. J Mol Biol. 368, 966-981.
Ford ME, Yerramalla U, Chin A, Edelberg JM “Reactive Oxygen Species and PDGF-B Induction in Rat Cardiac Endothelial Cells” Presented in the Presidential Poster Session at the American Geriatrics Society annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois (May 2006).
Hatfull GF, Pedulla ML, Jacobs-Sera D, Cichon PM, Foley A, Ford ME, Gonda RM, Houtz JM, Hryckowian AJ, Kelchner VA, Namburi S, Pajcini KV, Popovich MG, Schleicher DT, Simanek BZ, Smith AL, Zdanowicz GM, Kumar V, Peebles CL, Jacobs WR Jr,
Lawrence JG, Hendrix RW (2006) Exploring the mycobacteriophage metaproteome: phage genomics as an educational platform. PLoS Genet. 2:e92.
Casjens SR, Gilcrease EB, Winn-Stapley DA, Schicklmaier P, Schmieger H, Pedulla ML, Ford ME, Houtz JM, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW (2005) The generalized transducing Salmonella bacteriophage ES18: complete genome sequence and DNA packaging strategy. J Bacteriol. 187, 1091-1104.
Dobbins AT, George M Jr, Basham DA, Ford ME, Houtz JM, Pedulla ML, Lawrence JG, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW (2004) Complete genomic sequence of the virulent Salmonella bacteriophage SP6. J Bacteriol. 186, 1933-1944.
Casjens SR, Gilcrease EB, Huang WM, Bunny KL, Pedulla ML, Ford ME, Houtz JM, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW (2004) The pKO2 linear plasmid prophage of Klebsiella oxytoca. J Bacteriol. 186, 1818-1832.
Pedulla ML, Ford ME, Houtz JM, Karthikeyan T, Wadsworth C, Lewis JA, Jacobs-Sera D, Falbo J, Gross J, Pannunzio NR, Brucker W, Kumar V, Kandasamy J, Keenan L, Bardarov S, Kriakov J, Lawrence JG, Jacobs WR, Hendrix RW, Hatfull GF (2003) Origins of highly mosaic mycobacteriophage genomes. Cell 113, 171-182.
Pedulla ML, Ford ME, Karthikeyan T, Houtz JM, Hendrix RW, Hatfull GF, Poteete AR, Gilcrease EB, Winn-Stapley DA, Casjens SR (2003) Corrected sequence of the bacteriophage p22 genome. J Bacteriol. 185, 1475-1477.
Pfützer RH, Tadic SD, Li HS, Thompson BS, Zhang JY, Ford ME, Eagon PK, Whitcomb DC (2002) Pancreatic cholesterol esterase, ES-10, and fatty acid ethyl ester synthase III gene expression are increased in the pancreas and liver but not in the brain or heart with long-term ethanol feeding in rats. Pancreas 25, 101-106.
Li HS, Zhang JY, Thompson BS, Deng XY, Ford ME, Wood PG, Stolz DB, Eagon PG, Whitcomb DC (2001) Rat mitochondrial ATP synthase ATP5G3: cloning and upregulation in pancreas after chronic ethanol feeding. Physiol Genomics 6, 91-98.
Ravin V, Ravin N, Casjens S, Ford ME, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW (2000) Genomic sequence and analysis of the atypical temperate bacteriophage N15. J Mol Biol 299, 53-73.
Juhala RJ, Ford ME, Duda RL, Youlton A, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW (2000) Genomic sequences of bacteriophages HK97 and HK022: pervasive genetic mosaicism in the lambdoid bacteriophages. J Mol Biol 299, 27-51.
Ford ME, Whitcomb, DC (1999) Analysis of the hereditary pancreatitis-associated cationic trypsinogen gene mutations in exons 2 and 3 by enzymatic mutation detection from a single 2.2- kb polymerase chain reaction product. Mol Diagn 4, 211-218.
Hendrix RW, Smith MC, Burns RN, Ford ME, Hatfull GF (1999) Evolutionary relationships among diverse bacteriophages and prophages: all the world’s a phage. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96, 2192-2197.
Mediavilla J, Jain S, Kriakov J, Ford ME, Duda RL, Jacobs WR Jr.,
Hendrix RW, Hatfull GF (2000) Genome organization and characterization of mycobacteriophage Bxb1. Mol Microbiol 38, 955-970.
Ford ME, Stenstrom, C, Hendrix RW, Hatfull GF (1998) Mycobacteriophage TM4: genome structure and gene expression. Tuber Lung Dis 79, 63-73.
Ford ME, Sarkis GJ, Belanger AE, Hendrix RW, Hatfull GF (1998) Genome structure of mycobacteriophage D29: implications for phage evolution. J Mol Biol 279, 143-164.
Belanger AE, Besra GS, Ford ME, Mikusova K, Belisle JT, Brennan PJ, Inamine JM (1996) The embAB genes of Mycobacterium avium encode an arabinosyl transferase involved in cell wall arabinan biosynthesis that is the target for the antimycobacterial drug ethambutol. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93,
11,919-11,924.