Dr. Alice Ruscica is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University. She has interests in medical education as well as global health. She serves as the general emergency medicine resident pediatric coordinator and leader of the pediatric interest track, working to improve pediatric knowledge and clinical care. She is involved with pediatric emergency medicine fellowship education as a clinical mentor, member of the simulation committee, fellowship selection committee, fellowship program evaluation committee, and co-director of BASE Camp a simulation based educational conference. She also has interests in global health, working to improve pediatric medical education in Haiti.

Dr. Ruscica received her BS from Villanova University, MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical Center Philadelphia, PA. Completed pediatric residency at Childrens National medical Center in Washington, D.C. and completed Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Columbia New York Presbyterian. Received post graduate diploma in global health from the University of Manchester.

She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Dr. Kerrin DePeter is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physician/ Assistant Professor under the Department of Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons where she has been faculty for 6 years. Dr. DePeter is currently the PEM co-director of the education (curriculum) and rotation for the NYP/Columbia Emergency Medicine residents. Dr. DePeter is also the liaison for the PEM rotation/education of the NYP/Columbia Family Medicine and In- Rotator residents. In addition, she is actively involved in clinical research related to pain/sedation management in the pediatric emergency medicine population. She is a member of the NYP Telehealth (Virtual Care) Leadership team, acting as an instructor and facilitator for the NYP Virtual Care Clinic and scribe education programs. Her responsibilities include providing formal instruction/education on managing adult and pediatric patients on NYP Telehealth utilizing the EPIC EMR services to pediatric and general emergency medicine providers. She has been active in the development and implementation of the NYP Telehealth provider trainings and of the virtual Telehealth scribe program. Dr. DePeter is invested in the education, academic and scholarly achievements, and clinical training of the residents rotating in the Pediatric Emergency department.

Dr. DePeter graduated with a BA in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology from Connecticut College. She graduated with a Medical Degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Dr. DePeter completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Jacobi Medical Center.

Dr. DePeter is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Yaffa M. Vitberg, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Additionally, she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She serves as the Program Director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Vitberg received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University in 2003 where she received the merit-based Justice Brandeis Scholarship. During her undergraduate sophomore year, she was selected for early admission to Tufts University School of Medicine, where she earned her medical degree in 2007. Upon graduation, Dr. Vitberg was awarded the Sydney S. Gellis Award in Pediatrics for outstanding achievement in the field of Pediatrics. Her pediatric internship and residency training were completed at NewYork Presbyterian - Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, where she served an additional year as Chief Resident. Dr. Vitberg went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork Presbyterian - Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center in 2014.

Dr. Vitberg has presented her research at numerous scientific conferences throughout the United States. She is a dedicated teacher and has taught in numerous capacities for the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Vitberg has volunteered in Uganda as a health education instructor while seeing patients in Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. She has also spent time in the emergency room setting in Jerusalem, Israel.

Dr. Vitberg plays the cello in both the Cornell Music and Medicine Orchestra and the Columbia University Medical Center Symphony Orchestra.