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Joseph P. Ornato :: Department Chairman, Medical Director of Richmond Ambulance Authority
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Dr. Ornato obtained his M.D. degree at Boston University. He trained in Internal Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital and went on to a Cardiology fellowship at Cornell University. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Michael Gonzales :: Vice-Chairman, Director of Clinical Operations
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Dr. Gonzales obtained his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. He completed a Family Practice residency through the Naval Hospital in Florida and went on to an Emergency Medicine residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Timothy Evans :: Residency Director
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Dr. Evans obtained his M.D. degree from New Jersey Medical School and completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at Allegheny General Hospital. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Lee Marks :: Associate Residency Director
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Dr. Marks obtained his M.D. degree at Case Western Reserve and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. He also has a Master of Science in applied physics through Johns Hopkins University. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Doug Franzen :: Assistant Residency Director |
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Dr. Franzen obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan. He trained in the Emergency Medicine residency here at the Virginia Commonwealth University. BIO |
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Robin Foster :: Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Foster recieved her M.D. degree and completed a Pediatrics residency at the Medical College of Virginia (Virgina Commonwealth University). She is fellowship trained in Pediatric Emergency Medicine from St. Christophers Hospital for Children. BIO |
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Kevin Ward :: Director of Research
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Dr. Ward received his M.D. degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and trained in Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Pittsburg. He competed an Emergency Medicine Research fellowship at Ohio State University. BIO
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R. Wayne Barbee :: Assistant Director of Research
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Dr. Barbee completed his M.S. degree in Physiology at the University of Florida and his PhD degree in Physiology at Louisiana State University. He has completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Hypertension Unit at Oschner Medical Institutions. BIO |
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Greg Christiansen :: Director of Medical Education
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Dr. Christiansen obtained his D.O. degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to intern at the Hospital of Philadelphia. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center. BIO |
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Scott Whitlow :: Medical Director, Virginia Poison Center
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Dr. Whitlow obtained his D.O. degree from Western University of Health Sciences and completed an internship in Obstetrics/Gynecology at Kern Medical Center. He trained in an Emergency Medicine residency at the Brooklyn Hospital/Cornell University. He completed a Toxicology Fellowship at Emory University in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and the Georgia Poison Center. BIO |
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Rutherfoord Rose :: Director, Virginia Poison Center
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Dr. Rose obtained his PharmD from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He completed a fellowship in Clinical Toxicology at the Maryland Poison Center/University of Maryland and is board certified in Toxicology. BIO |
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Imoigele Aisiku
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Dr. Aisiku obtained his M.D. degree and trained in an Emergency Medicine residency from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Critical Care through Emory's Department of Medicine/Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care. In addition he has garnered Masters degrees from Emory's Rollins School of Public health and School of Business. BIO |
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Taruna Aurora :: Co-Director, Clinical Decisions Unit
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Dr. Aurora obtained her M.D. degree from the Christian Medical College in India and completed an combined Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. BIO |
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Matt Bartholomew
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Dr. Bartholomew obtained his M.D. degree here at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University and trained in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University. BIO |
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Samuel Bartle
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Dr. Bartle obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Alabama. He completed a Pediatrics residency from the University of Tenessee and a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship through the Universiy of Alabama/Children's Hospital of Alabama. BIO |
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Francis Chuidian
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Dr. Chuidian obtained his M.D. degree from the University of the East College of Medicine, Philippines and completed an Internal Medicine residency at UMDNJ. He went on to train in Emergency Medicine at the Brooklyn Hospital Center/New York University Medical Center. BIO |
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Jason Cillo
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Dr. Cillo obtained his M.D. degree here at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commwealth University. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency at University of Pittsburg. BIO |
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Bryan Clark
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Dr. Clark completed his D.O. degree from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and trained in Emergency Medicine here at the Virginia Commonwealth University. BIO |
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Kirk Cumpston :: Assistant Medical Director, Virginia Poison Center
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Dr. Cumpton was born in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"....South St. Paul, Minnesota. In short order he was obtaining his D.O. degree from the University of Des Moines. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency and Toxicology Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was the Medical Director of the New Mexico Poison and Drug information center before joining us here at VCU. BIO |
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Harinder Dhindsa :: EMS Coordinator/Aero-Medical Operational Medical Director
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Dr. Dhindsa obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Public Health from George Washington University. He trained in an Emergency Medicine Residency and completed an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fellowship through Georgetown and George Washington University. BIO |
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Edward Dillon
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Dr. Dillon obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital/University of Pennsylvania. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Jamal Farran
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Dr. Farran obtained his M.D. degree and internship from the King Abdulazin University Hospital and Allied Sciences in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He completed an internship and an Emergency Medicine residency at George Washington University in Washington, DC. BIO |
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Ramana Feeser
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Dr. Feeser obtained her M.D. degree from George Washington University and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. BIO |
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Kyle Gunnerson
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Dr. Gunnerson obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Kansas and then trained in a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency through Henry Ford Hospital. He completed a fellowship in a mulitdisciplinary Critical Care training program at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center. BIO |
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Scott Hickey
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Dr. Hickey obtained his M.D. degree and completed an Emergency Medicine residency here at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. BIO |
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Christopher Hogan
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Dr. Hogan obtained his M.D. degree at Georgetown University and trained in an Emergency Medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital/Medical College of Pennsylvania. He completed a Critical Care fellowship the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center. BIO |
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Mark Kostic :: Associate Medical Director, Virginia Poison Center
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Dr. Kostic obtained his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He fellowship trained in Toxicology at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver, Colorado. He headed the Division of Medical Toxicology at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth prior to joining us here at the Virginia Poison Center. BIO |
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Michael Kurz
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Dr. Kurz obtained his M.D. degree and an M.S. in Health Evaluation Sciences through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Chicago where he served as chief resident. He recently pioneered the the Emergent Cardiac Care fellowship here at Virginia Commonwealth University. BIO |
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Steve Liner
:: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Liner obtained his M.D. degree from the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed his residency in Pediatrics here at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. BIO |
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Zach Malachias
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Dr. Malachias obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Pittsburg and completed an Obestrics/Gynecology internship at Wayne State University. He trained in an Emergency Medicine residency at Wayne State University. BIO |
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Julie Mayglothling
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Dr. Mayglothling obtained her M.D. degree from MCP Hahnemann SOM and completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center. She is fellowship trained in Trauma/Critical Care through R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center. BIO |
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Nathan Menke :: Research Fellow
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Dr. Menke obtained his M.D. degree from Ohio State University and trained in the Emergency Medicine residency here at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is currently completing an Emergency Medicine Research fellowship and a PhD degree here at Virginia Commonwealth University. He looks very studious. BIO |
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Hani Mowafi
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Dr. Mowafi obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine here at VCU, serving as Chief Resident. He went on to complete his Master's of Public Health candidate with a concentration in International Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed a certificate in Humanitarian Studies from Harvard/Tufts/MIT and holds a post as Fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health. BIO |
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Edward Read, Jr
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Dr. Read obtained his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College/University of Delaware. He completed a Family Practice residency through the Naval Regional Medical Center in Florida. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine. BIO |
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Renee Reid :: Quality Improvement Director
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Dr. Reid obtained her M.D. degree at Case Western Reserve University and completed an Emergency Medicine residency through Georgetown and George Washington Universities. BIO |
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Pawan Suri :: Co-Director, Clinical Decisions Unit
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Dr. Suri obtained his medical degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Dehli, India. He completed an internship at Southern Illinois University SOM and a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency through at the University of Michigan's Henry Ford Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident. BIO |
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Christopher Woleban :: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Woleban obtained his M.D. degree and completed a Pediatrics residency here at the Virginia Commwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. BIO |
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Allen Yee
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Dr. Yee obtained his M.D. degree from the Health Sciences Center at Stonybrook, New York. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency through State University at Buffalo, New York. BIO |
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Halleh Akbarnia |
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Dr. Akbarnia received her M.D. degree at the University of Vermont School of Medicine and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at VCU/Medical College of Virginia where she served as chief resident. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Akbarnia recently moved to be closer to family in Chicago, however, she has not moved far from our hearts. She made a great impact on this residency program and will be missed by all! |
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