Academics

Conference & Didactics

2024-25 AY Conference Modules

July - Resuscitation

August - Neurology

September - GI

October - Environmental

November - Pulmonary

December - Infectious Disease

January - Orthopedics

February - Cardiology

March - Toxicology

April - Trauma

May - OB/GYN

June - ENT & Ophthalmology

Conference Attendance

In order to comply with RRC requirements, every resident is required to achieve an annual didactic attendance rate of 70%.  This is 70% of the total offered conferences annually and is not reduced for vacation, off-service, overnights, or elective time.

  • Ultrasound and PEM division weekly conferences may be added for conference credit. Please send an email to the Chiefs and copy appropriate division leadership for confirmation.

  • External regional and national conferences may be eligible for additional conference credit. In order to obtain credit for the outside conference, residents must provide a list of attended lectures with associated dates and times. Residents may claim up to 15 hours of conference credit per academic year.  

Attendance will be reported at the end of each quarter. Failure to achieve the expected annual attendance rate may result in
1) ineligibility for moonlighting opportunities
2) disciplinary action
3) in severe cases, the resident not being advanced to the next academic level.  

Asynchronous Curriculum (I3)

Residents may complete 20% of their required didactic education via an asynchronous curriculum. This is referred to as Individualized Interactive Instruction (I3). For this year, the maximum amount of asynchronous hours available is 44 hours.

The asynchronous curriculum primarily consists of ALiEM AIR courses and ECG Stampede. Additional asynchronous credit opportunities are listed below.

Credit should be logged via the Google Form.

Please log asynchronously within 30 days of completion. Asynchronous completion data will be available on a quarterly basis to ensure you are meeting residency and ACGME expectations with respect to conference attendance

    • 25 hours maximum

    • Residents will receive specified hours of credit for each completed unit, which entails post-assessments. 

    • Residency leadership will monitor individualized learning reports and respond to learner feedback

    • Add Chris Reisig as your assigned coach to receive credit (chr2019@med.cornell.edu)

    • 25 hours maximum

    • Residents will receive 2.5 hours of credit for each completed unit, which entails completion of pre- and post-assessments. 

    • Residency leadership will monitor individualized learning reports and respond to learner feedback

    • You should have received an email invitation from ECG Stampede to your nyp.org email. Please accept this invite!  

    • 2 hours maximum

    • Residents will work with an EM faculty mentor to develop a unique lecture to be presented at resident conference on an emergency medicine topic

    • Faculty advisor(s) must be listed as a contributor

    • 2 hours maximum

    • Residents will work with an EM faculty mentor to develop a CORD style Clinical Pathologic Case competition presentation to be presented at resident conference.

    • Faculty advisor must be listed as a contributor

    • 2 hours maximum

    • Residents will work with an EM faculty mentor to develop a core content lecture to be presented at residency conference.

    • Faculty advisor must be listed as a contributor

    • 2 hours maximum

    • Residents will work with the EM QA committee members to review cases, research and then present the monthly QA conference.

    • 2 hour per lecture/lab, 12 hours maximum 

    • Residents may receive credit for preparing and developing medical student didactics when directly mentored by EM faculty. 

    • Resident teaching of medical students must additionally be supervised by emergency medicine faculty for credit.

    • The faculty supervisor’s name must be submitted for credit to be given.

    • ATLS Certification: 8 hours maximum

    • PALS Recertification: 4 hours maximum

    • ACLS Recertification: 4 hours maximum

    • 1-4 hour per competition, 8 hours maximum 

    • Residents may receive credit for preparing and participating in SimWars and SonoWars competitions.  These competitions must occur separate from residency conference activities (i.e. NYPEM SonoOlympics counts only for standard conference credit.)  

    • The faculty supervisor’s name must be submitted for credit to be given.

    • 8 hours maximum

    • The resident must work with a faculty mentor who will supervise, answer questions, and provide feedback for work done in preparation for submitting scholarly work.

    • The activity needs to be pre-approved by residency leadership.

    • Time logged on the asynchronous activity log must coincide with time spent on the activity and may not exceed 2 hours per activity.  Each activity must be logged separately.

    • Faculty advisor(s) must be listed

Resident-Led Didactics

Resident Conference Lectures

PGY2: Core Content (30 min)
PGY3: M&M (60 min)
PGY4: PGY4 Grand Rounds (30 min)

You will receive notification of when you are scheduled for these lectures 8+ weeks in advance.

The tentative resident lecture schedule for AY 24-25 can be found here. Please note this schedule is subject to change.

Theme Days

PGY2, PGY3, and PGY4 residents will each be responsible for working with a group to organize a resident conference focused on a topic of their choosing.

The Education Chiefs will assign your Theme Day group and date, which can be found on the Resident Lecture Schedule.

The Theme Day Roadmap can be found here.

Morning Reports

Senior residents will give 1-2 morning report lectures per EM block (designated with a ^ on the block schedule).

Senior residents should contact their faculty mentor at least 3-4 days in advance to discuss the topic and teaching style for the session.

Cornell MR is 9am-10am in the Res Room
Columbia MR is 9am-10am in the Res Room

Selectives & Electives

PGY2 Selectives

PGY2 residents will be scheduled for a total of 4 weeks of Selective (two 2-week blocks). One of these selective blocks will have sick call responsibilities (see annual schedule).

See below for Selective options and contact information. More information may be found in the Resident Handbook.

The Selective Request Form must be submitted 30 days prior to the start date of your selective.

  • This two week rotation is designed for PGY-2 residents to improve their evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of acute orthopedic injuries including fractures and dislocations. Residents will work with the orthopedics consults team and assist with closed fracture reductions, splinting, casting, joint aspirations, and other acute interventions. One day of each week will consist of working in a sports medicine clinic to become more familiar with management of largely non-interventional diagnoses. Resources will be provided to augment learning regarding ED-based orthopedic interventions and diseases. Residents will not participate in orthopedics call or inpatient responsibilities.

    Contact:
    Abdul-Aziz Ahmed
    aba9034@med.cornell.edu

    Steve B. Behrens
    behrenss@hss.edu

  • This rotation is designed to allow residents to further hone their ultrasound skills. During this rotation, you will participate in QA of your images based on the following metrics:
    1) Technically adequate EUS images
    2) Ultrasound study interpretation
    3) Practice-based learning and improvement

    It is preferable that you not select US as a selective when on sick call.

    Contact:
    Andres Arredondo-Santana
    aa5235@cumc.columbia.edu

    Munaza Rizvi 
    mr4053@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Residents during this course will learn how to do a full eye examination including fundoscopic and slit lamp examinations. The focus of the course will be on diagnosing and caring for ophthalmologic cases commonly found in the Emergency Department, including corneal ulcers, abrasions, uveitis, retinal pathology, CRAO/CRVO and glaucoma. During the rotation, the residents will be assigned to, and directly supervised by, faculty advisors and residents in the Department of Ophthalmology.

    Contact:
    Kyle J Godfrey, MD
    kyg9004@med.cornell.edu

    Megi Zeku
    mez2004@med.cornell.edu

  • The second-year emergency medicine (EM) resident will learn how to interpret basic emergency radiology modalities such as x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MR imaging under the instruction of board-certified radiologists at NYP.  Emphasis will be placed on key emergency medicine diagnoses, such as neurologic emergencies (including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke), pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, acute abdominal diseases, bowel obstruction, pneumonia, cholecystitis, ovarian pathology, cord compression and unstable cervical fractures.

    Contact:
    J. Jacob Kazam, MD
    jjk9004@med.cornell.edu

Senior Resident Electives

PGY3 residents will be scheduled for a total of 4 weeks of Elective (two 2-week blocks, or one 4-week block). There are no sick call responsibilities during the PGY3 Elective block.

PGY4 residents will be scheduled for a total of 8 weeks of Elective (scheduled in 2-week blocks or 4-week blocks). PGY4s are responsible for a total of 4 weeks of sick call coverage during their Elective blocks. Residents will be given the opportunity to request which elective block they want to be designated for sick call.

Your elective may be clinical, administrative, research, or education-oriented, and must be focused on strengthening Core Competencies. All away electives require presentation and approval by the NYP GME Committee.

Elective options may be found in the Elective Catalog.

The Elective Request Form must be submitted 60 days prior to the start date for home electives, and 120 days prior to the start date for away electives.

Exam Preparation

In-Training Examination

All residents will take the Emergency Medicine In-Training Exam in February each academic year.

Residents receive free access to Rosh Review. Each month a question set will be assigned. Completion of the assigned monthly question set is required for PGY1 residents.

Wednesday evening ITE Review sessions will be held via Zoom from November to mid-February. Recordings of prior ITE Reviews can be found on the YouTube channel.

Board Certification

In order to become Board-Certified in Emergency Medicine, ABEM requires Board Eligible physicians to take a Qualifying Exam. RoshReview is commonly used to prepare for the Qualifying Exam. You can view NEMBR slides here.

Historically, the Qualifying Exam has been followed by the Oral Board Examination. However, for 2025 onward, ABEM is retiring the Oral Board Exam and initiating the Certifying Exam. More information can be found here and here.

Academic Practice Tracks

Academic practice tracks (APTs) represent the various areas of sub-specialization within emergency medicine. Similar to ‘mini fellowships’ the APTs exist to support faculty and residents to mutually benefit one another as they pursue work and enhance their expertise within specific niches of EM. The faculty at both Columbia and Weill Cornell are talented leaders in the various subspecialities and niches of EM, and resident engagement in the APTs serves to foster interest, accomplishment, and career advancement in the various areas.

  • EMS

    Ross McCormack
    rm3732@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Medical Education

    Christie Lech (WCMC)
    chl9247@med.cornell.edu

    Jonathan Giordano (CUMC)
    jag2308@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Administration

    John Riggins (CUMC)
    jr4139@cumc.columbia.edu

    Eli Madden (WCMC)
    rht9011@med.cornell.edu

  • Disaster / Wilderness

    Chris Tedeschi
    ct2122@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Research

    Lynn Jiang (WCMC)
    lgj7001@med.cornell.edu

    Marc Probst (CUMC)
    mp4013@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Pediatric EM

    Kerrin DePeter (CHONY)
    kcd2126@cumc.columbia.edu

    Susan Fraymovitch (WCMC PEM)
    suf9030@med.cornell.edu

  • Toxicology

    Elissa Moore (WCMC)
    ecm9016@med.cornell.edu

    Jason Chu (CUMC)
    jc2415@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Geriatrics

    Michael Stern
    mestern@med.cornell.edu

  • Ultrasound

    Sophia Lin (WCMC)
    sol9005@med.cornell.edu

  • Sports Medicine

    Justine Ko
    gis9056@med.cornell.edu

    Abdul-Aziz Ahmed
    aba9034@med.cornell.edu

  • Critical Care

    Angela Barskaya
    ab5045@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Medical Humanities

    Rachel Kowalsky (WCMC)
    rak9043@med.cornell.edu

    Rishi Goyal (CUMC)
    rkg6@cumc.columbia.edu

  • Innovation/ Telemedicine

    Erica Olsen (CUMC)
    elo2117@cumc.columbia.edu

    Peter Greenwald (WCMC)
    peg9002@med.cornell.edu

  • Social EM

    Jordan Foster
    jf166@cumc.columbia.edu

Cornell Scheduling Chief:
Barbara Magid

Columbia Scheduling Chief:
Christian Davidson

Cornell Education Chief:
Reena Sheth

Columbia Education Chief:
Shriman Balasubramanian