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Faculty

Core Faculty

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Program Director

Meredith Sanchez, MD

Hometown: Babylon, NY

Medical School: St. Georges University
Residency: Lincoln Hospital - Bronx,  NY

 

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Associate Program Director

John Morrison, MD

Hometown: West Plains, Missouri

 

Medical School: University of Missouri

Residency: Washington University, MO; Brookdale Hospital, NY

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Assistant Program Director

Natalie Diers, MD

Hometown: Commack, NY

 

Medical School: St. George's University

Residency: UCF/HCA Florida Healthcare (Greater Orlando/Osceola) 

Fellowship: Medical Education/Simulation - UCF/HCA Florida Healthcare (Greater Orlando/Osceola)

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Assistant Program Director

Clerkship Director

Rutmi Goradia, MD

Hometown: Edison, NJ

Medical School: New York Medical College

Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital

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EM-Critical Care Director

Raymond Beyda, MD

Medical School: Stonybrook University

Residency: SUNY Downstate/Kings County Combined Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Downstate/Kings County

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Medical Director

Ultrasound Faculty

Aluko Gift, MD

Hometown: Trinidad & Tobago, Brooklyn NY

Residency: LIJ Northshore/Northwell

Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP -Brooklyn Methodist

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ED Ultrasound Director

Matthew Kessel, DO, FAEMUS

Hometown: Hazlet, NJ


Medical School: Rowan SOM
Residency: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist 
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist

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ED Quality Director

Nazey Gulec, MD

Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine

Residency: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist

Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist

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EM Director of Research

Austin Parish, MD

Medical School: University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Residency: Lincoln Hospital - Bronx, NY

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EM Director of Simulation

Rasheeda Rickman, MD

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Residency: Brookdale Hospital

Fellowship: Simulation - Maimonides Hospital

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EMS Director

Jennifer Wolin, MD

Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Residency: Maimonides Medical Center

Fellowship: EMS - Maimonides Medical Center

Clinical Faculty

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Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Millicent Okereke, MD

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Residency: Pediatrics - Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Maimonides Medical Center

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Ultrasound Faculty

Victor Bernal, DO

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Medical School: NYIT-COM

Residency: NYP-Queens

Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP Queens

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Clinical Faculty

Philip McPherson, MD, MSc

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Graduate School: Master of Science at University of Michigan 

Medical School: SUNY-Downstate

Residency: LIJ

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Director of Social EM and Community Engagement

Junaid Chaudhry, MD

Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan and Jersey City, NJ


Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Jacobi/Montefiore

 

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Chair of Emergency Medicine, One Brooklyn Health

Nicholas Vaccari, MD

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY


Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: New York Methodist Hospital

 

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Clinical Faculty

Elizabeth Stachtiaris, DO, JD

Medical School: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Brookdale Hospital

Graduate School: Hofstra Law  -Concentration in Health Law

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Ultrasound Core Faculty

Jessie Chen, DO

Hometown: Sunnyside, NY

Medical School: NYIT-COM

Residency: NYP-Queens

Fellowship: Ultrasound - Maimonides

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Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Faculty

Elizabeth Ogusanya, MD

Hometown: Nigeria and Maryland

Medical School: George Washington University

Residency: Combined Dual Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics - University of Maryland Medical Center

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Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

Department of Emergency Medicine

One Brookdale Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11212

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