April 16, 2019
Dr. Wallace Carter, associate professor of clinical emergency medicine, has been appointed director of Clinical and Faculty Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He will assume the position on July 1st, 2019.In his new role, Dr. Carter will oversee several clinical and faculty affairs matters for the department, including participating in the newly formed Emergency Medicine Promotion and Appointment Review Committee (PARC), and also collaborate with the Department Chair, Vice Chair...
February 13, 2019
Dr. Kevin Ching is the recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Teaching Award for Junior Faculty. Dr. Ching is currently an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Medical Director of the Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork Presbyterian Simulation Center. As Director, Dr. Ching oversees the development and...
February 4, 2019
Dr. Rahul Sharma, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been appointed to the State Board for Medicine by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The regents are responsible for the general supervision of all educational activities within the state, presiding over the university and the New York State Education Department. Dr. Sharma will serve a five year appointment term.
January 22, 2019
Dr. Radhika Sundararajan, assistant professor of emergency medicine, is a recipient of a 2018 Kellen Junior Faculty Fellowship. The one-time $50,000 award will be used to support a pilot study of community-based HIV testing with traditional healers in Mwanza, Tanzania.The Kellen Fellowship Award provides research support to exceptional junior female faculty to help them establish a scientific track record, succeed in research and gain promotion to a higher academic rank at Weill Cornell...
January 22, 2019
Dr. David Bodnar, attending physician in the Emergency Department, is the 2018 NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital Physician of the Year. The annual award, presented by the Nursing Department, celebrates collegiality, collaboration and the physician’s contributions to nursing practice across NYP’s various campuses. The Award recognizes physicians, fellows, housestaff, and medical students who show competence and compassion in the clinical setting, and work together with nurses to attain the highest...
December 10, 2018
NEW YORK (December 7, 2018). The Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Adam E. Vella as the new site Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Dr. Vella will also serve as Director of Quality Assurance for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at both NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine and NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital campuses.In his new role, Dr. Vella will oversee daily operations at NYP-LMH including...
December 3, 2018
The Department of Emergency Medicine has announced the promotion and appointment of several faculty members. Drs. Antonio Dajer, Brenna Farmer, Peter Steel and Robert Tanouye all have been appointed to new leadership positions, effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Brenna Farmer appointed Site Director for NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital Emergency Department
November 15, 2018
Dr. Shah will oversee, lead and develop all educational programs for the Department of Emergency Medicine and will work closely with the Residency Program Director to ensure compliance with GME requirements and oversee all CME-related educational conferences in the department.
October 4, 2018
Bronx resident Andrea Ablack and her family are longtime patients of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Not only do they come to the hospital for routine care, but she was born there—as were her four sisters—and she gave birth to her own daughter there four years ago. So when the 28-year-old childcare worker stopped by the emergency department for treatment of some flu-like symptoms in early March, she thought she knew what to expect—including the fact that because her illness...
June 4, 2018
NEW YORK (June 4, 2018)—Recognizing the increasing importance of emergency medicine as an academic discipline, Weill Cornell Medicine has expanded the
Division of Emergency Medicine into a comprehensive department effective July 1, the institution announced today.
Dr. Rahul Sharma, who has led the Lisa Perry Emergency Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell...
