EMS
Academic Practice Track
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Welcome to the EMS Advanced Practice Track! The goals of this pathway is to provide an immersive experience in prehospital medical care beyond the requirements of the emergency residency program. This track is inclusive of all levels of EMS experience, the only requirement is a desire to enhance your understanding of prehospital emergency medical services and the role of the physician.
This track will provide residents with an opportunity to have first hand EMS experience but while improving didactic understanding of the function and structure of emergency medical services and how widely they can differ based upon community.
Residents will come to better understand the role of the physician in prehospital emergency care through the provision of on scene and telemetry medical control in conjunction with FDNY and review of EMS charts for quality assurance. Residents will also work directly with prehospital providers to bolster communication and teamwork within the multi-disciplinary prehospital care team, to provide education for the improvement of medical care to our communities and to improve medical charting.
Other topics of education will include air-medical transport, tactical medicine, mass casualty care, special operations, wilderness medicine and journal club articles. The goal of this track is to learn while having fun and being engaged deeper into your medical education.
Future intentions of this course are currently unavailable due to circumstances, however, the opportunity for residents to provide assistance at major events such as the NYC Marathon, Madison Square Garden Special Events and the 5-Borough Bike tour remain part of the mission of this track.
Track Directors
Track Directors
Dr Mark Curato
Dr Mark Curato
Dr Mark Curato is the Assistant Residency Director at NYP Columbia/Cornell, the interim clerkship director at Cornell, and the director of the NYP Columbia/Cornell Sub-Internship. He is also the director of the ALLNYC Medical Education Leadership Fellowship Program. He earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University his medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx. He has completed the CORD Residency Administration Fellowship and is a Cornell Scholar in Health Equity.
He began as a volunteer EMT in 1996, and in 2000 became a paramedic. He worked in EMS full-time for several years, then part-time through college and medical school. As a physician, he has been the director of EMS at SBH Hospital, Bronx, has served as medical director for Fordham University EMS, has served as instructor and the medical director at the Union (NJ) County College Paramedic training program, and the Bergen (NJ) Community College Paramedic Program.
Dr Ross McCormack
Dr Ross McCormack
Dr. Ross McCormack is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh where he served as chief resident. Dr. McCormack is at attending physician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian--Lawrence Hospital.
During residency he served as a Medical Command Physician for the City of Pittsburgh. His roles at that time included providing medical command via radio as well on scene command to cardiac arrest, respiratory arrests, and mass casualty incidents. He also served as a Flight Physician with STATMedevac during that time. He then continued his role as a Medical Command Physician for his next two years out of residency in the City of Pittsburgh working for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Since working at New York Presbyterian he has helped out with the EMS advance track for residents and is involved with EMS in the Hudson Valley as part of the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee. In addition, he has spent time doing event medicine including University of Pittsburgh football games, Pittsburgh Steelers games, concerts, and motocross racing events.
Track Faculty
Track Faculty
Dr. Wallace Carter
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