2024 Steering Committee

Symposium Chair

​Rahul Sharma, MD, MBA, CPE, FACEP
Professor and Chairman 
Department of Emergency Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Emergency Physician in Chief
​NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
Chief and Medical Director, NYP EMS
Executive Director, Center for Virtual Care
Weill Cornell Medicine

Symposium Co-Directors

Kaushal Shah, MD
Vice Chair, Education
​Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

Alex Fortenko, MD, MPH
Director of Clinical Innovation 
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
​Assistant Professor of ​​Clinical Emergency Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Research Forum Chair

Junaid Razzak, MD
Vice Chair, Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
​NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
​Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine (Interim)​

Research Director

Walid Farooqi, MBBS
Research Manager
​Department of Emergency Medicine
Research Division
Weill Cornell Medicine

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Symposium Advisors
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Michael Nochomowitz, MD
Chief Clinical Partnerships Officer, Devoted Health
Former Chief Clinical Integr., Network Dev.,
NewYork Presbyterian

​Shari Platt, MD, FAAP
Vice Chair, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
​NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

​Symposium Communications
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Beth Chunn
​Marketing Manager
Department of Emergency Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Lead Symposium Coordinator
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Ariel Sulcov
Program Manager
​Department of Emergency Medicine
Center for Virtual Care
Weill Cornell Medicine

​Lead Research Coordinator
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Samara Benitez
Research Associate Program Manager
Research Coordinator
​Department of Emergency Medicine
Research Division
Weill Cornell Medicine