Core and Adjunct Faculty
Leadership
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Gregory Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FIBODM
Founder and Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
President Emeritus, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
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Amalia Voskanyan, RN
Co-Director
Director of International Relations, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Core Faculty and Administration
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Fadi Issa, MD, JBEM, EMDM
Director of Education
Co-Chair, Counter-Terrorism Medicine Interest Group, World Association For Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
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Christina Woodward, MD
Associate Director of Education
Emergency Physician, Cambridge Health Alliance
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Katie Vear, MPA, RN, EMT, CEN, CFRN, NHDP-BC, CHEC
Director of Emergency Management
Associate Director of Disaster Nursing
Team Lead, AMR/Baystate Health Critical Care Transport Team
Registered Nurse, NDMS MA-2 DMAT
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Ashley Kane, MD
Pediatric Disaster Medicine
Co-Chair, Pediatric Disaster Medicine Interest Group, WADEM
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children’s Hospital
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Attila J. Hertelendy, PhD
Director of Research
Adjunct Professor, Emergency and Disaster Management, Georgetown University
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business, Florida International University
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Robert G. Ciottone, BA
Project Manager
Division of Disaster Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Education
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Abdullah Alhadhira, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAAEM, CHE
Industrial Disaster Medicine and Business Continuity
Director, Office of Emergency Management and Continuity
Manager, Emergency Planning and Preparedness Unit
Johns Hopkins ARAMCO Healthcare, Saudi ARAMCO, Dhahran. KSA, Saudi Arabia
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Dr. Todd Benham, PsyD, ABPP
Director of Psychosocial Preparedness and Response
Chief, Department of Behavioral Health, USA MEDDAC
Installation Director of Psychological Health, Fort Drum, NY
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Declan Carbery
Associate Director, Emergency Management
Director of Emergency Management, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Donald. A. Donahue, Jr., DHEd, MBA, MSJ, FACHE, FRSPH, FICDM
Disaster Medicine Education
Professor, Global Health, University of Maryland Baltimore
Board of Directors, WADEM
Board of Governors, American Academy of Disaster Medicine
Co-Chair, Medical and Health Programming Board. World Humanitarian Forum
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Eric Goralnick, MD, MPH
Education, Mass Gathering Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Alex Hart, MD
Disaster Research
Co-Chair Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section
Instructor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Emergency Physician, Hartford Hospital
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Ritu Sarin, MD, EMDM, FACEP
Disaster Medicine Education
Co-Chair (former) Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section
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Cara Taubman, MD, MPH
Disaster Medicine Education
Clinical Director of Emergency Management, Harlem Hospital
New York City
Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear (CBRN)
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Dr. Gregory Ciottone, MD, FIBODM, FACEP
Founder and Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
President Emeritus, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
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Shane Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM
CBRNE Education
Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Medical Director, Emergency Management
Medical Director, Bio-Containment Unit, Georgetown University, MedStar-Washington Hospital Center
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David DiGregorio, PA, MSEM, MSPAS
Disaster Operations, HAZMAT Response
Director (ret), Hazardous Materials Emergency Response and Special Operations
Massachusetts Department of Fire Services
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
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Dr. Derrick Tin, MD
Director of Counter-Terrorism Medicine
Co-Chair, Counter-Terrorism Medicine Special Interest Group World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care University of Melbourne
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Dr. Duane Caneva, MD, MS
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, US Department of Homeland Security (2018-2021)
Director of Medical Preparedness (fmr), White House National Security Council
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Prof. Roberto Mugavero
Counter-Terrorism Medicine
President, Observatory on Security and CBRNe Defence (OSDIFE)
Director of the Center for Security Training and Education, University of San Marino, Italy
Complex Humanitarian Disaster Response
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Dr. Lina Echevveri, MD, EMDM
CRIMEDIM
WHO/PAHO
Geneva, Switzerland
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Kobi Peleg, MD, PhD
WHO Consultant
Head of Emergency Management Ramat Gan Academic College
Israel
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Luca Ragazzoni, MD, PhD
Director, European Master in Disaster Medicine
Scientific Coordinator, CRIMEDIM
Italy
Climate Change and Human Health
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Dr. Satchit Balsari, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Climate and Human Health fellowship at Harvard
Faculty, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University
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Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH
Director of Healthcare Solutions at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment
Assistant Director, Climate and Human Health fellowship at Harvard
Pediatric Disaster Medicine
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Deborah Weiner, MD, PhD
Director, Pediatric Disaster Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending, Boston Children's Hospital
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Lea Sarna Cahan, MD
Pediatric Disaster Medicine
Co-Chair, Pediatric Disaster Medicine Interest Group, WADEM
Pediatric Emergency Physician, Hadassa Medical Center, Israel
Mass Gathering Medicine
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Mick Molloy, MD, DIP SP MED, MCEM MFSEM(RCSI & RCPI) MFSEM(UK) EMDM
Mass Gathering Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor UCD School of Medicine
Consultant Emergency Physician, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Disaster Policy and Regulation
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Saleh Fares MD, PhD
Director, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Health-Abu Dhabi
Founder and Director (former), Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM)
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Flavio Salio, PhD
Network Lead, Emergency Medical Teams
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
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Craig Fugate
Emergency Management Education
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during Obama administration (2009-2017)
Director, Florida Emergency Management for Gov Jeb Bush (2001-2007)
EMS Disaster Operations
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Mathew Bivens, MD
EMS Disaster Operations
SouthCoast EMS
Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, St. Luke's Hospital
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Michelangelo Bortolin, MD
International EMS
Adjunct Professor, Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele-Milano
Servizio Emergenza Territoriale, Torino, Italy
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Vincent Bounes, MD, PhD
International EMS, Chief of EMS-Toulouse (SAMU)
Professor of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, University of Toulouse
Director Center of Disaster Response, France
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Colby C. Fiske, EMT-P, I/C
EMS Disaster Operations
Lieutenant, Paramedic, EMS Coordinator West Boylston Fire Department
President, Central Mass. EMS Corporation
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Fredrik Granholm, MD
International EMS, Tactical and Operational Medicine
EMS Director, Northern Sweden
Lt (fmr), Swedish Amphibious Corps., Sweden
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Selwyn Mahon, MD
Director, EMS Disaster Operations
Emergency Medicine Chairman and EMS Director (former), US Virgin Islands
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Brad Newbury, MPA, NRP I/C
Associate Director, EMS Disaster Operations
President and CEO, National Medical Education and Training Center
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Michael Rubin, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
EMS Disaster Operations
Emergency Physician, University of Ottawa, Canada
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Kevin Ryan, MD
EMS Disaster Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Boston EMS
Disaster Operations
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Robert Obernier
Director, Disaster Operations
Team Rubicon US
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Killiam Argote, MD, FIBODM
Conflict-Zone Disaster Operations,
Humanitarian Disaster Operations
Emergency Department Specialist International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Gabriel Benmoussa, MS, CFO
Disaster Operations, Emergency Management
Fire Chief, Milton Fire Department
City of Milton, Georgia, USA
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Srihari Cattamanchi, MBBS, MD, MPH
Director of Humanitarian Disaster Operations
Conflict Zone Disaster Operations
Regional Coordinator, Asia-Pacific International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Bangladesh
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Dave Fortier
Disaster Operations, Disaster Recovery
President, One World Strong
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Alok Gupta, MD, FACS
Disaster Surgical Operations
Trauma Surgeon and Surgical Intensivist, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Wael Al-Husami, MD
Refugee Medicine
Medical Director, International Medical Health and Medical Education, Lahey Hospital
Assistant Professor, Tufts School of Medicine
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Matt Marietta, PhD, CEM, EFO
Disaster Operations, Emergency Management
Deputy Fire Chief, Emergency Manager
City of Milton, Georgia, USA
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Valerio Mogini, MD
Disaster Operations
Emergency Physician, Italian Red Cross, Italy
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Grigor Simonyan, MA
Disaster Operations, Humanitarian Crisis Response
MSF country Director Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan (former)
Program Officer, UNICEF, Armenia
Disaster Nursing
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Col. John Groves, CNS
Director of Disaster Nursing
U.S. Army (ret)
Chief Nursing Officer, Madigan Army Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Civilian-Military Coordination
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Major Michael J. Court, MD
Civilian-Military Coordination
Chief Executive Officer, Global Support and Development
Major (ret.) United Kingdom Military
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Col. Christian Meko, MD
Civilian-Military Coordination
Defense Health Agency, US Army Medical Command (ret)
Command Surgeon (fmr), Combined Joint Task Force-10/Regional
Command-East (fmr), Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
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Capt. David Polatty, MA
Civilian-Military Coordination
Captain (Retired) US Navy
Senior Fellow, Brown University Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs
Senior Advisor for Innovation & Impact, Global Support and Development
Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine
(DEAPMED)
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Robert G. Darling, MD, FACEP, FFSEM
Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine
White House Physician (former)
Chief Medical Officer, Patronus Medical Private Health Services
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Mobarak AlMulhim, MD, MBA, FRCPC(EM-CCM)
Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine
Personal Physician (former), The Royal Clinic, Saudi Arabia
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Amado Alejandro Baez, MD, PhD, MPH
Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine
Ambassador and Director of Health Diplomacy, Dominican Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs