NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine Recognized with National Emergency Medicine Wellness Center Excellence Award

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine have received the Emergency Medicine Wellness Center of Excellence Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians for their commitment to the personal wellness and resilience of their emergency medicine department staff. The award was presented at the college’s annual scientific assembly on Sept. 29 in Las Vegas.

“We are honored to be recognized by the American College of Emergency Physicians for our efforts to address burnout and to promote wellness among our emergency medicine staff,” said Dr. Rahul Sharma, emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. “Our emergency medicine teams inspire us every day with their commitment to delivering the very best care to our patients, and it is incumbent upon us to help them thrive.”

Every year, the American College of Emergency Physicians presents the Emergency Medicine Wellness Center Excellence Award to an emergency medicine group, department or clinical site that incorporates wellness and resilience on an institutional level, and the information gathered during the nomination process is used to develop best practices.

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