Dr. Rahul Sharma Named Inaugural Chair of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine has expanded the Division of Emergency Medicine into a comprehensive department effective July 1, the institution recently announced. Dr. Rahul Sharma has been appointed the inaugural chair of the new academic Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Sharma has led the Lisa Perry Emergency Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center as emergency physician-in-chief and served as division chief since 2016. As chair of the new Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Sharma will continue to enhance its academic activities by recruiting outstanding physicians and scientists to conduct research.
Dr. Sharma will also be tasked with driving innovations in telemedicine and initiating new fellowship programs to nurture the next generation of healthcare leaders. He will also become chief and medical director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services (EMS) enterprise.
“We are thrilled to establish the new Department of Emergency Medicine, which will marshal the scholarly and teaching prowess of our physicians and scientists as they seek to make medicine better for patients now and in the future,” said Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine. “Dr. Sharma’s outstanding leadership in emergency medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center makes him uniquely suited to lead this new academic department and provide the best care to patients throughout New York City.”
“NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine are leading the way in emergency medicine, research and new innovations in patient care,” said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. “The new Department of Emergency Medicine, under the leadership of Dr. Sharma, will be a wonderful asset to our institutions that will enhance the care we provide to our patients.”