Directory
Dr. Kristie Busch is a board certified Osteopathic physician. Dr. Busch attended New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, NY.
Dr. Busch is actively involved in the Emergency Medicine Telehealth Program and the Center for Virtual Care. She has a strong passion for patient experience and education. She is also committed to expanding the use of telemedicine.
In addition to her clinical role, Dr. Busch is also an assistant professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Brock Daniels completed his M.D. degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois in 2010, and residency training in Emergency Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2014. Additionally, Dr. Daniels completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Quality, Safety and Comparative Effectiveness Training (QSCERT) at the University of California, Davis Center for Population Health Sciences in 2017.
Dr. Daniels is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Prior to this, he was a clinical instructor of emergency medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut. He has also held clinical appointments as an assistant attending physician at Kaiser Permanente North Valley Department of Emergency Medicine; University of California-Davis Medical Center and Yale-New Haven Hospital.
He currently practices emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.
Dr. Alexander Fortenko is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He currently serves as Director of Clinical Innovation and Associate Director of Telemedicine within the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is also an Assistant Attending Emergency Medicine Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition, Dr. Fortenko leads the Innovation Core at the WCM Center for Virtual Care. He graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine with a degree in medicine. He completed residency training in the NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia/Cornell Residency program. Dr. Fortenko currently practices emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital.
Dr. Peter Greenwald is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. He is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Health Science Center Brooklyn, completed his residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center and has received a master’s degree in biostatistics and research design from the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Greenwald is Vice Chair Clinical Strategy and Innovation within the Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director for the Center for Virtual Care.
Ji Won Kim, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Attending Physician at Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, Dr. Kim attended New York Medical College for her M.D. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Dr. Kim is also the Director of Pediatric Telemedicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Maria Lame is an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Lame is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine and practices pediatric emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY and completed her Pediatric residency training at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Dr. Lame subsequently completed a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center.
Dr. Lame also plays a key role in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine’s many diversity initiatives. She has served as a mentor for both WCM’s Diversity Center of Excellence Mentorship Cascades Program and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) pediatric residents.
Dr. Lame’s academic interests include medical education and simulation.
Dr. Neel Naik is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Naik earned both his bachelor’s degree and his medical degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. He completed his residency training in emergency medicine and a fellowship at New York University-Bellevue Hospital in New York City where he was chief resident in his final year.
Dr. Naik joined NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2015 and practices at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center and NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital. Previously, Dr. Naik was an attending physician in emergency medicine at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Kristen Ng earned her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed residency training at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, where she also served as chief resident, and a fellowship in Simulation Education at Stanford University. She earned a Master of Education in the Health Professions at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on simulation and the use of technology for deliberate practice, teaching, and assessment.
Dr. Junaid Razzak is joining the department as our new Vice Chair of Research. An accomplished researcher, he brings a wealth of research experience in emergency medicine, medical informatics and public health. Dr. Razzak received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University Medical College and completed his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. He also received a Ph.D. from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
Dr. Razzak is one of the few NIH funded researchers in the area of global emergency medicine, and has worked at the NIH as a visiting scientist. He also led the NIH’s Collaborative on Emergency Care Research (CLEER) in low-income and middle-income countries. As part of his current focus on global health, he is working with Aga Khan University to establish the Center of Excellence in Trauma and Emergencies.
Over his career, Dr. Razzak has published more than 130 peer reviewed manuscripts and served in several prominent leadership roles. He was the founding chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Aga Khan University, director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Emergency Medicine and Trauma in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and founder of the emergency medicine services for the City of Karachi, Pakistan, which has a population of more than 20 million.
Dr. Christopher Reisig is an Instructor in Clinical Emergency Medicine. He completed his residency at the NewYork-Presbyterian Cornell & Columbia Residency Program. Dr. Reisig earned his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Kaushal Shah is a professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and serves as vice chair of education for WCM Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shah is also a board-certified emergency physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Shah completed his emergency medicine residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Shah held positions as vice chair of Education and residency program director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
He is a national leader in Emergency Medicine education and has extensive experience in undergraduate education and faculty development. Dr. Shah has researched and published extensively on the subjects of trauma and education.
Dr. Rahul Sharma is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and serves as the Emergency Physician-in-Chief for New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. In addition, he is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Virtual Care at Weill Cornell Medicine. He holds dual faculty appointments as Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. As the academic Chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine, he leads all academic and operational activities for the four Weill Cornell affiliated Emergency Departments, which include NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center, NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital, NYP-Brooklyn Methodist and NYP-Queens. In total, these NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine affiliated Emergency Departments treat approximately 400,000 patients annually serving a diverse population in New York City. Dr. Sharma holds several other executive healthcare leadership roles, including Chief and Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for the NYP enterprise, Vice Chair of the Weill Cornell Physician Organization Finance Committee, and past president of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Medical Board. He also serves on the boards for the Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Fellows and the New York State Board for Medicine and is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.
He is a national leader in the fields of emergency medicine, healthcare operations, telemedicine and virtual healthcare and his operational and research focus has been on the development of novel care delivery models and the use of technology to improve patient experience, safety, and quality of care. In 2020, he helped to lead the system-wide COVID-19 pandemic response at New York Presbyterian Hospital and was instrumental in developing several initiatives to transform healthcare delivery and mitigate the effects of the pandemic. Dr. Sharma is widely published in peer reviewed publications and has been an invited guest speaker at several national and international programs, including the National Academy of Medicine. His accomplishments in innovation have been featured in several national media platforms and academic journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NEJM Catalyst, and JAMA. Dr. Sharma has received several awards including being named a Top 25 Innovator in the healthcare industry by Modern Healthcare, a Crain’s New York Business Notable in Healthcare, and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Innovative Change in Practice Management Award.
As the recipient of two national teaching awards and the founder of several innovative programs, Dr. Sharma has an established record as a medical educator. He has been awarded the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) National Excellence in Teaching Award and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Faculty Teaching Award. Dr. Sharma has devised and spearheaded numerous educational programs, including the first endowed Healthcare Leadership and Management (HLM) Scholars Program for medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine, the first Physician Assistant Residency Program at NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine, and several fellowships and training programs in Healthcare Leadership and Management, Simulation and Global Emergency Medicine.
He serves on several national committees including the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Emergency Medicine Practice Committee and National Quality and Patient Safety Committee. In addition, he is an Oral Boards Examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).
Dr. Sharma received a combined MD/MBA degree in Health Management from Tufts University School of Medicine and then completed his specialty training in Emergency Medicine at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital, where he was selected as Chief Resident.
Dr. Jonathan St. George is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell with academic, community, rural, and international clinical experience. A graduate of Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons and a resident at the NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia/Cornell program, he developed a sustainable clinic in rural Guatemala and was a leader in resident-driven education.
Dedicated to teaching and MedEd innovation, he is the creator and director of the Protected Airway Course, the MedEDge Lab for Innovation, and faculty for the Center for Virtual Care. Dr. St George has designed engaging curricula that merge digital and physical space for key portions of the NYPEM residency program, Weill Cornell Medical College, for the Center for Virtual Care and GME education.
Dr. Peter Steel earned a pre-clinical M.A. (Hons) at Oxford University and received his medical degree at University College London-Royal Free Medical School, England. He completed emergency medicine residency at NewYork-Presbyterian-University Hospitals of Columbia & Cornell, serving as chief resident in 2010-11. Dr. Steel has since practiced as a board-certified attending emergency medicine physician and an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
In his current role as vice chair of clinical services, Dr. Steel oversees clinical services and leads collaborative operational, quality and patient safety initiatives at both Weill Cornell Medical Center and Lower Manhattan Hospital Emergency Departments. Dr Steel’s areas of research interest include technological innovations in care delivery, post-ED care transitions and sepsis.
Ariel Sulcov is the program manager for the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Center for Virtual Care. Ariel holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and social sciences from the University at Buffalo, and a master's degree in public health from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. In her role, Ariel manages the day-to-day operations of the department's telemedicine programs and leads various educational initiatives through the Center for Virtual Care. Ariel is passionate about advancing access and the delivery of high-quality care through innovative technology and educational solutions.