Meet Our Residency Leadership

  • Manish Garg, MD FAAEM FAIM CPE

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Garg is the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has been involved in medical student and resident education for 16 years and is a Professor of Emergency Medicine.

    Dr. Garg has been recognized with many teaching awards and honors which include the faculty teacher of the year and also a faculty inductee into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Garg has held several important national education leadership roles in the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) and has served as an Assistant Dean and Director of Global Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine.

  • Osman Sayan, MD

    ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Sayan is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center, and serves as an Associate Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian.

    Focus: ITE, Specialty Tracks and professional development, research, contracts, policies & procedures

  • Christie Lech, MD MHPE

    ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Lech is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and serves as an Associate Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency at NewYork-Presbyterian.

    Focus: Medical Student Education, Program Evaluation Committee Chair, Subcommittee Leadership, ops/QI, electives/selectives, moonlighting, policies & procedures, DEI, professional development/peer support

  • Trudi Cloyd, MD

    ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Cloyd is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and serves as an Assistant Program Director of the Emergency Residency at New-York Presbyterian Medicine.

    Focus: Education committee, conference planning, lecture/speaker development, simulation, DEI, interview season

  • Emmagene Worley, MD

    ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Worley is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and serves as Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Sub-Internship Director for the Medical Education Clerkship Program at NewYork-Presbyterian.

    Focus: Education, Operations, evaluations, oral boards, CCC chair, shiftadmin, interview season, scheduling

  • Janelle Lambert, MD

    ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Lambert is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and serves as an Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian.

    Focus: Scheduling, Duty hours, Education, Resident Evaluations and feedback, orientation, DEI

  • Christopher Reisig, MD

    ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Dr. Reisig is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and serves as an Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian.

    Focus: simulation, conference planning

  • Gail Fayanju

    PROGRAM MANAGER - COLUMBIA

    Gail Fayanju is the Program Manager for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Maria Yioupis

    PROGRAM MANAGER - CORNELL

    Maria Yioupis is the Program Manager for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Meet Our Department Leadership

  • Angela Mills, MD

    CHAIR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE - CUMC

    Dr. Mills is the J.E. Beaumont Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

  • Rahul Sharma, MD MBA FACEP

    CHAIR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE - WCMC

    Dr. Sharma is the Chair of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Emergency Physician-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is also a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Healthcare Policy & Research.

  • Tiffany Murano, MD FACEP RDMS

    VICE CHAIR OF EDUCATION - CUMC

    Dr. Murano is the Vice Chair of Education, Associate Designated Institutional Official and Professor of Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

  • Kaushal Shah, MD FACEP

    VICE CHAIR OF EDUCATION - WCMC

    Dr. Shah is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center and serves as Vice-Chair of Education for the WCM Department of Emergency Medicine