Core and Adjunct Faculty

Leadership

  • 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)

  • Amalia Voskanyan, RN

    Co-Director

    Director of International Relations, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Core Faculty and Administration

  • Fadi Issa, MD, JBEM, EMDM

    Director of Education

    Co-Chair, Counter-Terrorism Medicine Interest Group and Board Member

    World Association For Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)

  • Christina Woodward, MD

    Associate Director of Education

    Emergency Physician, Cambridge Health Alliance

  • 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

  • Ashley Kane, MD

    Pediatric Disaster Medicine

    Co-Chair, Pediatric Disaster Medicine Interest Group, WADEM

    Instructor, Harvard Medical School

    Pediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children’s Hospital

  • 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

  • Robert G. Ciottone, BA

    Project Manager

    Division of Disaster Medicine

    Department of Emergency Medicine

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Education

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ritu Sarin, MD, EMDM, FACEP

    Disaster Medicine Education

    Co-Chair (former) Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Disaster Medicine Section

  • Cara Taubman, MD, MPH

    Disaster Medicine Education

    Clinical Director of Emergency Management, Harlem Hospital

    New York City

  • Dezheen Zebari, DO

    Disaster Medicine Education

    Chief Medical Officer

    AMI Expeditionary Healthcare

Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear (CBRN)

  • Dr. Gregory Ciottone, MD, FIBODM, FACEP, FFSEM

    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)

  • David DiGregorio, PA, MSEM, MSPAS

    Disaster Operations, HAZMAT Response

    Director (ret), Hazardous Materials Emergency Response and Special Operations

    Massachusetts Department of Fire Services

  • Shane Kappler, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM

    CBRN Education

    Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

    Medical Director, Emergency Management

    Medical Director, Bio-Containment Unit, Georgetown University, MedStar-Washington Hospital Center

Counter-Terrorism Medicine

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dr. Derrick Tin, MD

    Counter-Terrorism Medicine

    Co-Chair, Counter-Terrorism Medicine Special Interest Group and Board Member

    World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

    Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care University of Melbourne

Complex Humanitarian Disaster Operations

  • Dr. Lina Echevveri, MD, EMDM

    Complex Humanitarian Disaster Operations

    CRIMEDIM

    WHO/PAHO

    Geneva, Switzerland

  • Kobi Peleg, MD, PhD

    Complex Humanitarian Disaster Operations

    WHO Consultant

    Head of Emergency Management Ramat Gan Academic College

    Israel

  • Luca Ragazzoni, MD, PhD

    Complex Humanitarian Disaster Operations

    Director, European Master in Disaster Medicine

    Scientific Coordinator, CRIMEDIM

    Italy

Climate Change and Human Health

  • Dr. Satchit Balsari, MD, MPH

    Climate Change and Human Health

    Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

    Director, Climate and Human Health fellowship at Harvard

    Faculty, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University

  • Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH

    Climate Change and Human Health

    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

  • Deborah Weiner, MD, PhD

    Director, Pediatric Disaster Medicine

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

    Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending, Boston Children's Hospital

  • Patricia Frost RN, PHN, MS, PNP

    Pediatric Disaster Medicine

    Vice Chair National Pediatric Disaster Coalition

    Adjunct Faculty, TEEX Texas A & M Engineering Extension Service

    Consultant, Region V for Kids Education and Pediatric Pandemic Network

  • Zane Grodman, MD

    Pediatric Disaster Medicine

  • 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

  • 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

  • Saleh Fares MD, PhD

    Disaster Medicine Regulation

    Director, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Health-Abu Dhabi

    Founder and Director (former), Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM)

  • Flavio Salio, PhD

    Disaster Medicine Policy

    Network Lead, Emergency Medical Teams

    World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

  • 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

  • Mathew Bivens, MD

    EMS Disaster Operations

    SouthCoast EMS

    Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, St. Luke's Hospital

  • Michelangelo Bortolin, MD

    International EMS

    Adjunct Professor, Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele-Milano

    Servizio Emergenza Territoriale, Torino, Italy

  • 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

  • Colby C. Fiske, EMT-P, I/C

    EMS Disaster Operations

    Lieutenant, Paramedic, EMS Coordinator West Boylston Fire Department

    President, Central Mass. EMS Corporation

  • Fredrik Granholm, MD

    International EMS, Tactical and Operational Medicine​

    EMS Director, Northern Sweden

    Lt (fmr), Swedish Amphibious Corps., Sweden

  • Selwyn Mahon, MD

    Director, EMS Disaster Operations

    Emergency Medicine Chairman and EMS Director (former), US Virgin Islands

  • Brad Newbury, MPA, NRP I/C

    Associate Director, EMS Disaster Operations

    President and CEO, National Medical Education and Training Center

  • Michael Rubin, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

    EMS Disaster Operations

    Emergency Physician, University of Ottawa, Canada

  • Kevin Ryan, MD

    EMS Disaster Operations

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

    Associate Medical Director, Boston EMS

Disaster Operations

  • Robert Obernier

    Director, Disaster Operations

    Team Rubicon US

  • Retired Colonel Michael W. Smith

    Disaster Operations

    Former Director, National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

  • Killiam Argote, MD, FIBODM

    Conflict-Zone Disaster Operations,

    Humanitarian Disaster Operations

    Emergency Department Specialist International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

  • Gabriel Benmoussa, MS, CFO

    Disaster Operations, Emergency Management

    Fire Chief, Milton Fire Department

    City of Milton, Georgia, USA

  • 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

  • Dave Fortier

    Disaster Operations, Disaster Recovery

    President, One World Strong

  • 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

  • Wael Al-Husami, MD

    Refugee Medicine

    Medical Director, International Medical Health and Medical Education, Lahey Hospital

    Assistant Professor, Tufts School of Medicine

  • Grigor Simonyan, MA

    Disaster Operations, Humanitarian Crisis Response

    MSF country Director Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan (former)

    Program Officer, UNICEF, Armenia

Disaster Nursing

  • Col. John Groves, CNS

    Director of Disaster Nursing

    U.S. Army (ret)

    Chief Nursing Officer, Madigan Army Medical Center, Seattle, WA

  • LT. Jamla Rizek, DNPc, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NHDP-BC, NRP

    Disaster Nursing

    Executive Assistant to the Deputy Surgeon General

    Commissioned Corps, U.S. Public Health Service

    (Lt Rizek is serving in her own capacity)

Civilian-Military Coordination

  • Major Michael J. Court, MD

    Civilian-Military Coordination

    Chief Executive Officer, Global Support and Development

    Major (ret.) United Kingdom Military

  • 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

  • Major Terri Davis, MD

    Civilian-Military Coordination

    Major, US Army

    Emergency Medicine

  • 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)

  • Robert G. Darling, MD, FACEP, FFSEM

    Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine

    White House Physician (former)

    Chief Medical Officer, Patronus Medical Private Health Services

  • Mobarak AlMulhim, MD, MBA, FRCPC(EM-CCM)

    Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine

    Personal Physician (former), The Royal Clinic, Saudi Arabia

  • Amado Alejandro Baez, MD, PhD, MPH

    Dignitary Emergency & Protective Medicine

    Ambassador and Director of Health Diplomacy, Dominican Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs