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Department of Emergency Medicine, UMMS-Baystate

Administration

759 Chestnut Street, Springfield 5
Springfield, MA 01199
Phone: 413-794-5375

Chairs

Niels Kumar Rathlev, MD, Department Chair
Joseph C. Schmidt, MD, Executive Vice Chair and Chief
Benjamin Osborne, MD, Vice Chair for Education
Elizabeth Schoenfeld, MD, MS, Vice Chair for Research

Division Chiefs

Benjamin Osborne, MD, Division of Education
Gerald Beltran, DO, Division of Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine
Joeli Hettler, MD, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Gavin Budhram, MD, MS, Division of Ultrasound
Benjamin Church, DO, Division of Wilderness

Education Programs

Residency

Emergency Medicine Residency

Fellowships

4th Year Electives for Medical Students

Scholarly Activity

Research

The research of the Department of Emergency Medicine is clinical and focuses on:

Cardiac arrest resuscitation
Congestive heart failure
Simulation
Acute coronary syndrome
Emergency medical services
Ischemia/reperfusion injury
Patient safety and health services
Emergency ultrasound

The department, as well as the institution, has grant monies available on a competitive basis for educational and research projects.

Publications

View recent Department of Emergency Medicine publications in the Scholarly Commons database.

Faculty

Vanna Albert, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Robert H Baevsky, MD

Specialties: Medical Toxicology, Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Gerald W. Beltran, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Gavin R Budhram, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Benjamin J. Church, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Jeffrey A Dan, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Nicholas J Daniel, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Ashley L. Deutsch, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Tala R Elia, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Richard Gabor, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Seth R. Gemme, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Julien D. Ginsberg-Peltz, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Ian S. Goodman, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Darius K. Greenbacher, MD

Specialties: Sports Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Joeli Hettler, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Aaron Hexdall, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Jocelyn R. Jensen, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Adam R Kellogg, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Kathleen A. Kerrigan, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Tae-Hyong Kim, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Instructor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Krista T. Kitchen, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Kenneth J. Knowles, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Daniel F. Leiva, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Instructor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Michael J Lemanski, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Timothy J Mader, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Benjamin B Mattingly, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Benjamin W Osborne, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Holly Elaine Perry, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Kenneth P. Platt, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
James H. Pope, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Kimball A. Prentiss, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Niels Rathlev, MD

Specialties: Medical Toxicology, Sports Medicine
- Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
John P Santoro, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Joseph C Schmidt, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Elizabeth M Schoenfeld, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Michele Ml Schroeder, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Sundeep M. Shukla, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Liza Gonen Smith, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Howard A Smithline, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
William E Soares, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Blake A. Spirko, MD

Specialties: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Carla R. Sterling, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Zachary M. Testo, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Susan P Torrey, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Nadia A. Villarroel, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Lauren M. Westafer, DO

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Jeannette M Wolfe, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
Alexander B. Zozula, MD

Specialties: Emergency Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate