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Dr. Peter Greenwald
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Peter Greenwald on being named the recipient of the 2022 Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine. The award recognizes an outstanding emergency medicine faculty member who has demonstrated clinical excellence, professional achievement, innovation, and dedication to the field of Emergency Medicine. It is one of ten prizes, from the endowments of WCM Overseer Herbert J. Siegel and his wife, Jeanne, that’s awarded annually to...
hlm scholars announcement 2022
Now 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 relationships with...
Q1 Newsletter
Welcome to the latest issue of the Department of Emergency Medicine’s newsletter. The arrival of spring, just a few weeks away, heralds a time of renewal, rebirth and new beginnings. It’s a time of hope and new plans and projects for the future. The symbolism of spring is not lost on us; having confronted the recent Omicron surge and staffing shortages during the busy holiday season. Increasingly, there are budding signs of a return to normalcy. COVID-19...
Dr. Neel Naik
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Neel Naik on his appointment as Vice President of Social Media & Communication for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Simulation Academy Executive Committee for 2022-2023.SAEM's Simulation Academy Executive Committee acts on behalf of the general membership to further the mission of the Simulation Academy and conduct its business activities. As Vice President of Social Media & Communication, Dr. Naik will be responsible for promoting...
Dr. Tony Rosen
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Anthony Rosen on his promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.Dr. Rosen is a nationally recognized expert in geriatric emergency medicine. He currently serves on the Board of Governors for the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) recently launched Geriatric ED Accreditation process. He is a core faculty member of the Geriatric ED Collaborative and is a contributor to the NIH-funded Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR)...
Dr. Adam Vella
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Adam Vella on being named the 2022 Physician of the Year at New York-Presbyterian (NYP) Lower Manhattan Hospital. The annual award is presented by Departments of Nursing across all of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s main campuses. It celebrates collegiality, collaboration, and physicians’ contributions to NYP’s nursing practice. The award is given to physicians who show competence and compassion in the clinical setting and cooperate with Nursing to attain...
Dr. Shari Platt
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shari L. Platt on her promotion to Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine. She is the first female faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine to accomplish this milestone. Dr. Platt is the Vice Chair of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine (NYP/WCM).   After receiving her Bachelor of...
Dr. Junaid Razzak
Congratulations to Dr. Junaid Razzak, Vice Chair of Research, who was recently awarded $1.16 million from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award will be used for a study to assess the feasibility of implementing an ambulance-based teleconsultation (ABT) process in Karachi, Pakistan.Dr. Razzak and his team of collaborators from the Aga Khan University, the Childlife Foundation, and Aman Health...
Dr. Brenna Farmer
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Dr. Brenna Farmer, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, has been appointed the new Vice Chief of Clinical Services for the Department of Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, effective April 1, 2022. She will be working alongside leadership on clinical services, including quality and patient safety, as Brooklyn Methodist Hospital integrates into the NYP enterprise. Dr. Farmer will be leaving her...
Dr. Rachel Kowalsky
Dr. Rachel Kowalsky, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, was recently appointed to the leadership team for the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) LEAP (Longitudinal Educational Experience Advancing Patient Partnerships) Program. LEAP is an innovative program that allows students to participate in the healthcare experiences of assigned patients who reside in their community, from the beginning of their medical school experience and continuing throughout their four years...