Dr. Rahul Sharma Named Inaugural Chair of Emergency Medicine at 富二代成版人app

富二代成版人app has expanded the聽聽into a comprehensive department effective July 1, the institution recently announced.聽Dr. Rahul Sharma has been appointed the inaugural chair of the new academic Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Sharma has led the Lisa Perry Emergency Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/富二代成版人app Medical Center as emergency physician-in-chief and served as division chief since 2016. As chair of the new Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Sharma will continue to enhance its academic activities by recruiting outstanding physicians and scientists to conduct research.聽

Dr. Sharma will also be tasked with driving innovations in telemedicine and initiating new fellowship programs to nurture the next generation of healthcare leaders. He will also become chief and medical director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services (EMS) enterprise.

鈥淲e are thrilled to establish the new Department of Emergency Medicine, which will marshal the scholarly and teaching prowess of our physicians and scientists as they seek to make medicine better for patients now and in the future,鈥 said Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of 富二代成版人app. 鈥淒r. Sharma鈥檚 outstanding leadership in emergency medicine at 富二代成版人app and NewYork-Presbyterian/富二代成版人app Medical Center makes him uniquely suited to lead this new academic department and provide the best care to patients throughout New York City.鈥

鈥淣ewYork-Presbyterian and 富二代成版人app are leading the way in emergency medicine, research and new innovations in patient care,鈥 said聽, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. 鈥淭he new Department of Emergency Medicine, under the leadership of Dr. Sharma, will be a wonderful asset to our institutions that will enhance the care we provide to our patients.鈥

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