Faculty

The commitment demonstrated by the 20 full-time, board-certified attending physicians is unsurpassed. In addition to their dedication to educating residents, faculty serve as committee members, speakers, and leaders in societies such as the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) – including past Pennsylvania Chapter President – Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP), Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Medicine ( PaACEP).

All of the attendings hold academic faculty positions at the affiliated colleges. Through lectures and clinical training, residents develop a practice style shaped by the faculty's expertise in airway management, pediatric emergency medicine and trauma resuscitations. Faculty members become mentors of small resident groups, and senior residents assist in being mentors for their fellow junior residents, promoting camaraderie.

 AEMC Faculty

Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians & National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine; Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine & Annals of Emergency Medicine; Examiner, Oral Board Examination, American Board of Emergency Medicine; Emergency Department Categorization Taskforce and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; Diplomate, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians; Einstein Practice Plan, Inc., Fiscal Subcommittee. 

Dr. Chudnofsky Bio

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine

John J. Kelly, DO, FACEP

Associate Chairman and Director of Emergency Department Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann School of Medicine; adjunct faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; member, PaACEP Written Board Review Course; faculty, Freshman Course in Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; faculty, American College of Emergency Physicians, Education Committee; preceptor, Sophomore Fundamentals of Clinical Care, Temple University School of Medicine; manuscript reviewer, Journal of Emergency Medicine; manuscript reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine; CORD Question and Answer Bank, editor, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; member, American College of Emergency Physicians; member, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; Pennsylvania American College of Emergency Physicians, Education Committee, written board review course faculty; abstract reviewer: "W.H. Spivey Research Presentation"; Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, Visiting Professorship Program Coordinator; National Eagle Scout Association, life member.

He is Vice President of the Albert Einstein Medical Center (AEMC) Medical Staff Board, Chair of the Physician Advocacy Committee of the Medical Staff Board, and Chair of the AEMC Pneumonia Task Force. Also at AEMC he is a member of the Hospital Board's Finance/Mission Resources Committee, Medical Leadership Executive Committee, Performance Improvement Council, Cath Alert QA Group, Stroke Task Force, and Network Mission/Vision "Alignment" Leadership Group. He is President and a Board Member of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and is a Member of the Education Committee. Nationally, he is a member of the ACEP Quality and Performance Committee, and is Past Chair of the ACEP Academic Affairs Committee, Past Chair of the ACEP Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Section and appointed to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Membership Committee. Dr. Kelly has published on Quality of Emergency Care, Patient Safety, and Emergency Airway Safety/Assessment. He was awarded the AEMC Physician Partnership Award and the Albert Einstein Society Physician Leadership Award.

Residency: Emergency Medicine, LSU Charity Hospital

Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine

Academic and Clinical Interests: Improving STEMI, Pneumonia, Stroke, and suspected sepsis care and system process, Hospital and Emergency Department Quality Improvement, CMS National Core Measures in development, compliance with Joint Commission and Regulatory Agency standards, Medical Staff Leadership, State and National ACEP leadership.

Douglas McGee, DO, FACOEP, FACEP

Medical Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief Academic Officer for the Einstein Healthcare Network; Chair of the Graduate Education Committee and Continuing Medical Education Committee at Albert Einstein, and the Osteopathic Director of Medical Education. He is an Assistant Dean at Jefferson Medical College and is Past President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an ACEP Councilor and has served as and a member of the ACEP Council Steering Committee and chaired an ACEP Council Reference Committee. Dr. McGee is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine is a Board Advisor to the Society for Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants, and is active in the Pennsylvania Medical Society. He has served as a member of the Graduate Education Committee for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Editor of the SAEM Academic Career Guide, and Chair and Coordinator of the National Emergency Medicine Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) Competition sponsored by the Council of Residency Directors, ACEP, SAEM and EMRA. Dr. McGee has represented SAEM to the Emergency Medicine Model Review Task Force. Dr. McGee has received numerous awards including the PaACEP Chapter Meritorious Service Award, the Benjamin Field Mentorship Award given by the ACOEP, the John W. Becher Award for Outstanding Contributions to Emergency Medicine given by the AEMC Alumni Association, the National Faculty Teaching Award given by ACEP, and Excellence in Teaching Award given by the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine.  He is a frequent lecturer in local and national meetings and has lectured extensively on topics in trauma, diagnostic testing, CT scan interpretation, genitourinary emergencies, and residency administration. He is a graduate of the ACEP/EMF Teaching Fellowship and is now serving as a mentor for current fellows. Dr. McGee completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center, served as the Associate Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency from 1992-2000 and as the Residency Program Director from 2000-2008.

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine

Gerald O’Malley, DO, FACEP

Dr. O’Malley is Director of Research and a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a consultant for the Philadelphia Poison Control Center and Clinical Consultant in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. O’Malley completed his emergency medicine residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center and medical toxicology fellowship at the University of Colorado / Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver Colorado.  He spent 10 years serving his country in the medical core of the U.S. Navy, has published extensively in Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, among others, and is currently a highly-sought after, nationally recognized expert speaker and lecturer in the areas of toxicology and emergency medicine. 

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: New York University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Merle A. Carter, MD

Merle Carter's Bio

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine

Academic and Clinical Interests: Curriculum development, adult learning theory, and injury prevention

Andreia Marques-Baptista, MD

Attending Physician-Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Residency: Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's

Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Jason Becker, MD

Attending Physician-Emergency Medicine, Montgomery County Hospital

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Earl Bryant, DO

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Davis Clark, DO

Attending Physician-Emergency Medicine, Montgomery County Hospital

Residency: Emergency Medicine, State University of New York Upstate

Medical School: Philadelphia Osteopathic Medicine

Academic and Clinical Interests: Toxicology, Difficult Airways and Resident Education

Sonia Chacko, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship: EMS, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Washington University

Medical School: Dublin Medical School

Robert A. Czincila, DO, FACEP

Operations Director-Montgomery Hospital Medical Center; Assistant Professor Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Kenneth Deitch, DO

Associate Research Director, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

Joseph D'Orazio, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Member of the Emergency Medicine Division of Toxicology

Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

Clinical and Academic Interest: Medical Toxicology

Christine F.Giesa, DO, FACEP

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Maria Halluska-Handy, MD
Assistant Residency Program Director, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Handy's Bio

 

 

David Jaslow, MD, MPH, EMT-P

Chief, Division of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine; Medical Director, Center for Special Operations Training; Director, Emergency Medical Services Special Operations and Disaster Medicine Fellowship; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: EMS, Ronald Regan Institute of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Ishrat Khatri, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Ishrat Khatri's Bio

Anne Klimke

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Germantown Community Health Services, MossRehab at Elkins Park, Montgomery County Hospital

Fellowship in progress: EMS, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Scott Korvek, MD, FACEP

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Montgomery County Hospital

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Kenneth Lavelle, MD, NREMT-P

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Jonathon Leiser, MD, FACEP

Associate Director Department of Emergency Medicine Germantown Hospital; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Assistant Professor; Thomas Jefferson University. Adjunct Associate Professor; Philadelphia University. Fellow American College of Emergency Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Richard Levitan, MD

Director, Airway Laboratory Services, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Bellevue Hospital

Medical School: New York University School of Medicine

Julie O'Connor, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship: Ultrasound, Brown University School of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Christiana Health Care Center

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Rika O'Malley, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Fellowship in progress: Medical Toxicology, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Steven D. Morse, MD, FACEP

Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania

Dean Moore, II, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital

Medical School: University of Michigan, School of Medicine

Joshua E. Markowitz, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Lauren Morrell, DO

Attending Physician, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Daniel J. Morrissy, DO

Attending Physician, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Steven Parrillo, DO, FACOEP, FACEP

Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Germantown Community Health Services; Chairman, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Emergency Preparedness Committee; Medical Director of the Emergency Department at MossRehab and Einstein at Elkins Park; Site Director for the HRSA Bioterrorism Training and Education grant; Director, AEMC HAZMAT Program; Past-President, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians; Co-Chairman, Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians, Education Committee; Examiner, American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Residency: Internal Medicine, Tri-County Hospital

Medical Center: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

Clinical and Academic Interests: Disaster Medicine, EMS

Deborah Pierce, DO

Assistant Director-Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Deborah Pierce's Bio

 

Stephen A. Pulley, DO, FACOEP

Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine & Attending Physician, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

 

Shawn Radford, MD

Attending Physician, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Chicago Medical School

 

Adam Rowden, DO

Director of the Division of Medical Toxicology and Fellowship Director; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, University of Virginia

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Seton Hall University

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Matthew Salzman, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Member of the Emergency Medicine Division of Toxicology; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Jordan Spector, MD, MS

Associate Program Director-Resident Training; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Lynn Scherer, PA-C

Director of the Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Physician Assistant Manager, Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Physician Assistant, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Ira Sheldon, DO

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Serge-Emile Simpson, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Member of the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Fellowship: Medical Toxicology, Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Paul Vanderbeek, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Elkins Park and Germantown Hospital; Member of American College of Emergency Physicians; fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians.

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

L. Albert Villarin, Jr., MD, FACEP
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians; adjunct faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Emergency Medicine, Darnall Army Community Hospital

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

 

David Zlotowski, MD, MBA, ABFM

Attending Physician, Montgomery Hospital Medical Center

Residency: Family Medicine, Montgomery Hospital – Temple University affiliated

Medical School: The Medical College of Pennsylvania – Drexel University

Academic and Clinical Interests: Medical Economics, Sustainable Healthcare Systems, and Evidence-Based Care