Faculty
Core Faculty
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
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)
EM-Critcal 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​
Medical Director
Ultrasound Faculty
Aluko Gift, MD
Hometown: Trinidad & Tobago, Brooklyn NY
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Residency: LIJ Northshore/Northwell
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP -Brooklyn Methodist
ED Ultrasound Director
Matthew Kessel, DO, FAEMUS
Hometown: Hazlet, NJ
Medical School: Rowan SOM
Residency: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
ED Quality Director
Nazey Gulec, MD
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
Ultrasound Faculty
Jenya Kaminski, MD
Residency: Nazareth Hospital
Fellowship: Ultrasound - Brookdale Hospital
ED Research Director
Austin Parish, MD
Medical School: University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Residency: Lincoln Hospital - Bronx, NY
Associate Director of Simulation
Rasheeda Rickman, MD
Medical School: University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Residency: Brookdale Hospital
Fellowship: Simulation - Maimonides Hospital
Clinical Faculty
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​
Ultrasound Faculty
Victor Bernal, DO
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
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Medical School: NYIT-COM
Residency: NYP-Queens
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP Queens​
Clinical Faculty
Philip McPherson, MD, MSc
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
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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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Chief of Emergency Medicine
Nicholas Vaccari, MD
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: New York Methodist Hospital
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Clinical Faculty
Zachary Pope, MD, MPH
Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL
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Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
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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
Ultrasound Core Faculty
Jessie Chen, DO
Hometown: Sunnyside, NY
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Medical School: NYIT-COM
Residency: NYP-Queens
Fellowship: Ultrasound - Maimonides
Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Faculty
Elizabeth Ogusanya, MD
Hometown: Nigeria and Maryland
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Medical School: George Washington University
Residency: Combined Dual Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics - University of Maryland Medical Center
EMS Director
Jennifer Wolin, MD
Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ
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Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Fellowship: EMS - Maimonides Medical Center