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Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty

EM Academic / Administrative Faculty

Dr. Stead

Latha Stead, MD
latha_stead@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine
Tenured Professor, Emergency Medicine & Neurosurgery

Fellowship: Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Graduate School

Residency: Jacobi-Montefiore Emergency Medicine Program, Bronx, NY

Medical School: Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Undergraduate: University of Rochester

Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Academic/research interests: Acute brain ischemia, intracranial hemorrhage, electrocardiography, anaphylaxis, syncope

 

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Colleen Davis, MD
colleen_davis@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics and Clinical Nursing
Interim-Division Chief - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

Medical School: SUNY Health Science Ctr. Syracuse, NY

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester

Certifications: Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests: Emergency medical services for children, resident/fellow education, evidence-based medicine

 

Nobay

Flavia Nobay, MD
flavia_nobay@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Rochester Early Medical Scholars Program

Residency: Alameda County Hospital, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA

Medical School: University of California at San Diego

Undergraduate: University of California at Berkeley

Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Academic Research Interests: EM Residency Education

 

Shah

Manish N. Shah, MD, FACEP
manish_shah@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Community and Preventive Medicine, and Geriatrics; Chief, Division of Prehospital Medicine; Monroe_livingston Regional EMS Medical Director.

Residency:  Ohio State University Emergency Medicine Program

Fellowship:  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Chicago

Medical School:  University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Undergraduate:  The University of Chicago

Board Certification:  Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests:  Improving and Evaluating the Emergency Medicine and EMS Care of Older Adult; Prehospital Screening to Identify and Refer Older Adults with Unmet Needs; Improving Patient Safety in the Emergency Department and in EMS; Use of Emergency Medical Dispatch Codes to Improve the Safety and Efficiency of EMS Systems

 

Spillane

 

Linda Spillane, MD
linda_spillane@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Dean for Medical Simulation

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Med Coll of Pennsylvania

Medical School: Med Coll of Pennsylvania

Undergraduate: Widener University

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests:
Residency Education, Simulation, team-building

 

 

Spencer

 

Matthew Spencer, MD
matthew_spencer@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Residency Director

Residency:  Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center

Medical School:  SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Undergraduate:  The Pennsylvania State University

Board Certification:  ABEM

Academic/Research Interests:  Simulation, Education, Sedation, Head Injury

 

EM Clinical / Academic Faculty

 

Adler

 

 

 

 

David Adler, MD, MPH
david_adler@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Residency: Alameda County Hospital / Highland General, Oakland, CA

MPH: University of California at Berkeley

Academic/Research Interests: International medicine, huminitarian crisis, refugee health care and technology in developing nations.


 

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Mohamed Badawy, M.D.
mohamed_badawy@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Assistant Professor,
Emergency Medicine

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester

Residency: Pediatrics,
New York Medical College, Manhattan

Medical School: University of Alexandria, Egypt

Undergraduate: Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests: Childhood Head Trauma, Asthma, Evidence-Based Medicine

 




Jeffrey J. Bazarian, M.D., MPH

jeff_bazarian@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology

Fellowship:  Masters in Public Health, University of Rochester

Residency:  Internal Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School:  University of Rochester
School of Medicine

Undergraduate:  Brown University

Board Certification:  Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine

Academic/Research Interests: 
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury



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Brian Blyth, MD

brian_blyth@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Medical School:

Academic/Research Interests:

 

 

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Anne Brayer, MD
anne_brayer@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Co-Director Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, 1994-1996

Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1986-1989

Medical School: University of Rochester, 1982-1986

Undergraduate: Amherst College, B.A., 1978-1982

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (through 2010)

Academic/Research Interests: Pediatric Injury Prevention


Cushman

 


Jeremy Cushman, MD
jeremy_cushman@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Associate Regional EMS Medical Director for Monroe & Livingston Counties: EMS Fellowship Director, Monroe Community College Paramedic Program Medical Director

Residency: University of Maryland

Medical School: University of Maryland

Undergraduate: Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests: Pre-hospital medicine education, operations and research

 

 

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Peter Crane, MD
peter_crane@urmc.rochester.edu

Residency: University of Rochester

Board Eligible





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Eric Davis, MD, FACEP

eric_davis@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine;

Fellowship: Ohio State University, Research
University of Pittsburgh, EMS Fellowship

Medical School: Ohio State University

Undergraduate: Kent State University

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests: Emergency Medical Services, Addiction Medicine

 


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Elizabeth Edwardsen, MD
elizabeth_edwardsen@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical Director of Urgent Care

Fellowship:None

Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School: University of Rochester

Undergraduate:
Colgate University
Board Certification:ABIM

Academic/Research Interests:
Intimate Partner Violence, Doctor-Patient relationship, Urgent care

 

Fairbanks



Rollin (Terry) J. Fairbanks, MD, MS, EMT-P
terry_fairbanks@urmc.rochester.edu

Position(s): 
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Chair, Monroe-Livingston REMAC (Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee); Associate Regional EMS Medical Director, Monroe and Livingston County Regional EMS

Fellowship: Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship, Health Research and Educational Trust/National Patient Safety Foundation, Chicago, IL

Residency:  Chief Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center; Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Medical School: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA

M.S., Human Factors Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering/Safety Option), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA.  December 1995.

Undergraduate:  Potsdam College of the State University of New York

Board Certification:  Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests:  Human Factors and Safety Engineering Applications in Medicine, Patient Safety, and EMS


 

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Madelyn Garcia, MD
madelyn_garcia@urmc.rochester.edu

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Internship / Post-Doctoral Training: Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

 


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Wendy Gelbard, MD
wendy_gelbard@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Senior Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Medical School: University of Miami


 

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Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH
sharon_humiston@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Fellowship:  General Pediatrics, University of Rochester

Residency:  Pediatrics, University of Iowa

Medical School:  Medical College of Ohio

Undergraduate:  Antioch College

Graduate:  Public Health, University of Rochester
Board Certification: Pediatrics

Academic/Research Interests:  Immunization, Use of patient navigators to assist inner city patients obtain quality health care


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Charlie Inboriboon, MD
charlie_inboriboon@urmc.rochester.edu
Position: Senior Instructor, Emergency Medicine and Assistant Residency Program Director

Residency: UIC

 

 

 

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Michael Kamali, MD
michael_kamali@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Medical School: New York Medical College

Certifications: Emergency Medicine



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Anne Lenane, MD
anne_lenane@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Medical Director of the REACH (Referral and Evaluation of Abused Children) Program

Fellowship: Emergency and Ambulatory Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati

Residency: Pediatrics, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

Medical School: Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

Undergraduate: University of Dayton

Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Emergency Pediatrics

Interests: child abuse, domestic and youth violence/community efforts at prevention

 

 

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Jonathan Markson, MD

jonathan_markson@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Senior Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Medical School: University of Rochester, NY

Certifications: Internal Medicine

 

 

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Joel May, MD
joel_may@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Senior Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY

Medical School: SUNY Syracuse

Certifications: Emergency Medicine

 


Ohanlon


Kate O'Hanlon, MD
katherine_ohanlon@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Assistant Professor, International Fellowship Director, Grand Rounds Coordinator 

Residency:  Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California  

Medical School:  University of Rochester 

Undergraduate:  Williams College 

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, ABEM 

Academic/Research Interests: global health, international emergency medicine, health systems, education 

 

 

 

Joel Pasternack, MD, PhD
joel_pasternack@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Professor of Emergency Medicine 

Residency:  Surgery, University of Rochester 

Medical School:  University of Rochester 

Undergraduate:  Brown University 

Board Certification:  Emergency Medicine 

Academic/Research Interests:  Resident/fellow education

 

 

Patrick

 

 

Paul Patrick, MD
paul_patrick@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Senior Instructor

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester

Undergraduate: University of Rochester

 

 

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Erik Rueckmann, MD
erik_rueckmann@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Senior Instructor, Emergency Medicine

Residency
: University of Rochester, NY

 

 

Schneider



Sandra M. Schneider, MD

sandra_schneider@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Professor of Emergency Medicine,

Residency:  Internal Medicine, Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh

Medical School:  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Undergraduate:  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Board Certification:  Internal Medicine; Emergency Medicine

Academic/Research Interests:  Crowding, Health Services, Toxicology, EMS

Svengsouk

Jefferson Svengsouk, MD, MBA,
RDMS, FACEP

jefferson_svengsouk@urmc.rochester.edu

Position:  Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Ulstrasound, Emergency Medicine

Residency:  Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester

Medical School:  Ohio State University College of Medicine

Undergraduate:  Columbia College

Board Certification:  Emergency Medicine, Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)—Specialty: Abdomen

Academic/Research Interests: Emergency Ultrasound

 

 

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Kenneth Veenema, MD

kenneth_veenema@urmc.rochester.edu

Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, EM Sports Medicine Fellowship Director

Medical School: Columbia University

Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, General Surgery

Fellowship: University of Rochester, Primary Care Sports Medicine

Certifications: Emergency Medcine and Sports Medicine

Interests: Sports Medicine

 

Yerman

 

 

 

Bryce Yerman, M.D.
bryce_yerman@urmc.rochester.edu

Residency: University of Rochester

Medical School: University of Utah

Undergraduate: Brigham Young University

Academic/Research Interests: Wilderness Medicine, Spanish

 


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