

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
Ultrasound Faculty
Devin Peuser, MD
Hometown: Rockland, MA
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​Medical School: Quinnipiac University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian - Brooklyn Methodist
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist

Medical Student Clerkship Director
Amy Sater, MD
Hometown: Glen Rock, NJ
Medical School: American University of Caribbean
Residencies: Brookdale Hospital (Surgery, IM , EM)
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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
Ultrasound Fellowship Program Director
Matthew Kessel, DO
Hometown: Hazlet, NJ
Medical School: Rowan SOM
Residency: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist
Fellowship: Ultrasound - NYP-Brooklyn Methodist

ED Quality Director
Ultrasound Faculty
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

Clinical Faculty
Molly Piccione, DO
Hometown: Babylon, NY
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Medical School: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: SUNY-Downstate / Kings County Combined IM/EM
Graduate School: SUNY-Downstate / Kings County Combined IM/EM

Clinical Faculty
Jeid Merritt, MD
Hometown: Brea, CA
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Medical School: Saba School of Medicine
Residency: Brookdale Hospital​