Our Faculty
Executive Leadership
Dennis McKenna, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
President and Chief Executive Officer Albany Med Health System
Denis Pauze, MD
Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Dan Pauze, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Albany Medical Center
Ashley Telisky, DO MBA
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair of System Integration, Albany Medical Center
Shellie Asher, MD FACEP
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Dean, Graduate Medical Education
David Afienko, DO
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
EMS Fellow
Iman Aly, MD
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Resuscitation and Critical Care Fellow
Shellie Asher, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Designated Institutional Official Graduate Medical Education
Associate Dean Graduate Medical Education
Molly Boyd-Smith, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Alexander Bracey, MD FACEP
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care Fellowship
Director, Resuscitation Clerkship
Division of Emergency Critical Care
Beth Cadigan, MD FACEP FPD-AEMU
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Program Director, Ultrasound Fellowship
Co-Director, Medical School Ultrasound Curricular Thread
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Andrew Chang, MD MS FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vincent P. Verdile, M.D., ’84 Endowed Chair for Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair, Research and Academic Affairs
Kevin Collins, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
Heidi Cordi, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
Michael W. Dailey, MD FACEP FAEMS
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division Chief, Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
Carrie Danziger, MD
Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Director Quality Improvement Pediatric Emergency Department
Medical Director Pediatric Emergency Department
Luke Duncan, MD FAAEM
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care
Assistant Program Director, Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care Fellowship
Extracorporeal Life Support Medical Director
Division Chief, Emergency Critical Care
Division of Emergency Trauma Services
David Feingold, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Molly Fillion, DO
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Sean Geary, MD
Residency Program Director Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Surgical Critical Care and Neuro Critical Care
Division of Emergency Critical Care
Melissa Gerfin, DO
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Sports Medicine Fellow
Geoffry Gillespie, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Residency Assistant Program Director
Annette Grajny, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Patient Safety and Clinical Competency Center (Simulation Center)
Associate Dean for Simulation Education
Gretchen Gunn-Konduru, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Medical Director Dept of EM
Associate Observation Unit Director Dept of EM
Medical Director of EM Telemedicine: DOCCS
Christopher Hanowitz, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Surgical Critical Care and Neuro Critical Care
Division of Emergency Critical Care
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Warren Hayashi, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
Megan Hodges, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
Kathryn Hogan, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean, Clinical Skills Education
Thomas Holman, MD
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
MacKenzie LaPorte, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Rachel Leavitt, DO
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Resuscitation and Critical Care Fellow
Heather Long, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Director, Emergency Medicine
Division Chief Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Christopher Malabanan, MD FAAP
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Clerkship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Rishi Malik, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Simulation
James Mantas, MD
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Resuscitation and Critical Care Fellow
Dennis McKenna, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Chief Executive Officer, Albany Medical Center
Kirsten Morrissey, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program
Division Chief Division of Forensic Medicine
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Jess Noonan, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Residency Program Director Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Director of Well Being
Timothy Palmieri, MD
Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine
Associate Course Director, LaGrange Evidence Based Health Care
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Dan Pauzé, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Albany Medical Center
Denis Pauzé, MD
Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Kelsie Phelan, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Palliative and Hospice Medicine
Dorcas Boahema Pinto, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Division Chief Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Adam Rowden, DO
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Howard Snyder, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Chief, Division of Emergency Trauma Services
Ashley Telisky, DO MBA
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Chief Logistics Officer Albany Medical Center
Vice Chair of System Integration, Albany Medical Center
Lorraine Thibodeau, MD FACEP
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director Undergraduate Medical Education in EM
Chair Student Progress Review Committee
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical Health System
Alicia Tudor, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Director, Medical Toxicology Clerkship
Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Cameron Waldman, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Critical Care
Michael Waldrop, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Prehospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
George Waterman, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Caleb Watkins, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Michael Waxman, MD MPH FACEP
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Research
Christopher Woll, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Gregory Wu, MD FAAEM FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Associate Program Director, Resuscitation and Emergency Critical Care Fellowship
Director, Critical Care Clerkship
Division of Emergency Critical Care and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Michael Zampi, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Division of Emergency Ultrasound
