December 17, 2025
A packed house of clinicians, researchers, and technology leaders gathered on November 7, 2025, for the 8th Annual Virtual Healthcare in the Mainstream Symposium & Research Forum, underscoring the growing momentum behind virtual care. The event featured thought-provoking discussions on artificial intelligence, wearable technology, telehealth platforms, and governance frameworks, all aimed at making healthcare more accessible, proactive, and patient-centered.“Technology should help us...
May 30, 2023
The Department of Emergency Medicine and the Center for Virtual Care (CVC) have received two grants from the
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The grants were awarded for the Department and CVC’s efforts to advance and accelerate innovation and competency-based medical education in telehealth.
March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022Now in its seventh year, our Healthcare Leadership and Management (HLM) Scholars Program prepares medical students for future leadership roles in Emergency Medicine. The program offers medical students an opportunity to experience various aspects of healthcare management, including hospital administration and finance, clinical quality and patient safety, policy-making, and clinical operations management. Throughout their time in the program, the scholars will foster close...
December 20, 2021
MedEd FellowshipThe Medical Education Fellowship is designed to prepare the fellow for an academic career in medical education. The fellowship is 2 years and entails a Masters in Medical Education. Our fellowship is tailored to the specific interests (administration, research, curriculum design, bedside teaching, medical student education, etc.) of the fellow. Thank you to Dr. Kaushal Shah and Dr. Christie Lech for leading the recruitment effort!Dr. Janelle LambertDr. Janelle Lambert graduated...
September 24, 2019
Dr. Yaffa VitbergNewYork-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine has appointed Dr. Yaffa Vitberg, assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine and clinical pediatrics, as program director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Vitberg joined NYP/WCM in 2014 and has served as associate program director since July 2017. Throughout her tenure, Dr. Vitberg has been instrumental in advancing the scholarship of the training program....
