 EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship
The EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical University offers a wide range of clinical, research and administrative opportunities. Our fellowship includes both ground and air medical transport training with a variety of different agencies. The University operates an Air Medical program in cooperation with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department. Four of our faculty members have completed EMS Fellowship training and the CNY Regional Medical Director is also a member of the faculty. The faculty have varying areas of focus allowing the fellows to explore various facets of out of hospital care.
 The SUNY Upstate EMS Physician Response Program will provide the fellows with the opportunity to interact with multiple Fire and EMS agencies. The fellows will work directly with SUNY Upstate faculty to prepare for challenging prehospital scenarios, including training to provide important field surgical techniques.
Unique elective opportunities exist for those who are interested. We offer an optional international component through our department's missions in several locations across the globe, including St. Lucia, China, India and Australia. Some of our special event / mass gathering sites include the New York State Fair, Syracuse University Carrier Dome and the K-Rockathon. Our EMSTAT Center houses a state of the art simulation center and our own paramedic training program. The fellows are given a University appointment as Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at the Dean's discretion and are provided excellent benefits.
The fellows are provided support staff to enable them to reach their administrative, clinical and research goals. The fellows can work with a full time research support staff and the department has an EMS & Disaster Medicine research group that meets regularly. Salary is competitive and additional benefits include access to a response car, tuition to educational courses, national and local meetings, books and equipment.
- Fellowship Length: 1 year
- Number of positions: 1
- Salary: Up to $80,000 + benefits
- Shifts/hours per week: 6 (8 hour) shifts/month / 576 hours/yr
- Access to response car, books, educational meetings/courses
- Unique elective opportunities
- Office and support staff
- Advanced Degree: EMT certification may be obtained
- Deadline for Applications: December 1st, however we will accept applications early and may fill our positions before the application deadline
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Contact information: Lisa Williams, Fellowship Coordinator (315) 464-4851 (williaml@upstate.edu)
We invite you to contact us with any questions you may have regarding our program and to discuss SUNY Upstate Emergency Medicine and life in Central New York. Please feel free to download the Word/pdf files below that contain more detailed information about our program and our current curriculum. In order to initiate the application process, please send a copy of your letter of interest and your current CV to:
EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship
c/o Lisa Williams
550 East Genesee / EMSTAT Center
Syracuse, NY 13202
Fellowship Description  text and Curriculum text
 Program Director:
Derek R. Cooney, MD, NREMT-P, FACEP
Department of Emergency Medicine
EMSTAT Center, 550 East Genesee
Syracuse, New York 13202
(315) 464-4851
cooneyd@upstate.edu
EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship Core Faculty:
Derek R. Cooney, MD, NREMT-P, FACEP
Timothy Fortuna, DO
Christopher J. Fullagar, MD, EMT-P, FACEP
Christian Knutsen, MD
Daniel Olsson, DO, FACOEP
N. Heramba Prasad, MD, FACEP
Lalainia Secreti, MD
Research & Education:
William D. Grant, Ed.D.
Jay M. Scott, BS, NREMT-P
EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship Adjunct Faculty:
David Landsberg, MD, EMT-P, FCCP
Joseph Markham, MD, FACEP
David P. Thompson, MS, MD, FACEP
Recent Fellows:
Naveen Seth, MD, MBA 2010
John Lyng, MD, NREMT-P 2009
Lani Secreti, MD 2005
Peter Cuenca, MD 2005
Christopher J. Fullagar, MD 2004
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