PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY / EM
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SURGERY
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
Alice Ruscica, MD
BASE Camp Associate Director: Columbia University
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Associate Director: 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Fellow: 2012
Justin Jeffers, MD
BASE Camp Associate Director: Johns Hopkins University
John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine
John’s Hopkins Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, HOPE, Johns Hopkins Simulation Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Associate Director: 2017
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016
Michael Alfonzo, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine-Global Health Fellowship Track
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Fellow: 2012
Marc Auerbach, MD, MSc
Yale University School of Medicine, BASE Camp Co-Founder
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Co-Chair, INSPIRE
Director, Pediatric Simulation, Yale Center for Medical Simulation
Associate Director of Pediatric Simulation, Department of Pediatrics
Co-chair International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSSW), Webinar series
Co-Founder of BASE Camp
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Adetunbi Ayeni, MD
New York Methodist Hospital
New York Methodist Hospital
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
Biren Bhatt, MD
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2015, 2016
Michelle Buontempo, BSN, RN, CCRN
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Nurse: 2013
Walter Cholewczynski, MD, ABPM/UHM
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Director, Surgical Critical Care, Bridgeport Hospital
Chief, Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine
Chief, Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine
Trauma Surgery
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Michael Falk, MD
George Washington School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, BASE Camp Co-Founder
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Children’s National Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Co-Founder
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BASE Camp Co-Chair: 2010
Brenna Farmer, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016
Daniel Fein, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Fellow: 2010
Daniel Fenster, MD
Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Associate Director of Clinical Simulation, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Co-Chair: 2014
BASE Camp Fellow: 2010
Robert Finkelstein, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Fellow: 2011
Marleny Franco, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Junior Faculty Instructor: 2014
BASE Camp Fellow: 2013
Ilana Harwayne-Gidansky, MD
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
Dennis Heon, MD
New York University School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
NYU, Bellevue Hospital Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resident Education
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Catherine Hicks, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Joy Howell, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Diversity
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
David Kessler, MD, MSc
Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, BASE Camp Co-Founder
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Research Director, INSPIRE
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound
BASE Camp Co-Founder
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
BASE Camp Co-Chair: 2011
Nicole Kurtiss, MS, RN, CPNP
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
Melissa Langhan, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016
Megan Lavoie, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Co-Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
Demetri Merianos, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery & Pediatric Trauma
Pediatric Surgery
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Manoj K. Mittal, MBBS
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2016
Michael Mojica, MD
New York University School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
NYU, Bellevue Hospital Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Mariann Nocera, MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2017
BASE Camp Junior Faculty Instructor: 2015
BASE Camp Fellow: 2013
Stephen Oh, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery & Pediatric Trauma
Pediatric Surgery
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016
Joshua Rocker, MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine/Cohen Children's Medical Center
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Cohen Children’s Medical Center/Northwell Health
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Rosalinda Salva, BSN, RN, CPEN
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016
Jonathan St. George, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
Director, Protected Airway Course ™
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016, 2017
Jenny Sanders, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2017
Jacques Scharoun, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesia
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2017
Carisa Schneider, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jacobi Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2017
Nikhil Shah, MD
PM Pediatrics
PM Pediatrics
Medical Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Associate Director: 2013
Aarti Sharma, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Co-Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Pediatric Anesthesia
BASE Camp Faculty: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jeremy Sperling, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jacobi Medical Center
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chairman of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
David Stein, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Medical Co-Director, SAIL (Skills Acquisition and Innovations Laboratory) Simulation Center
Pediatric Anesthesia
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016
Christopher Strother, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medical Education
Director, Simulation Program
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015
Yen E. Tay, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Co-Director, Innovations in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2015, 2016
Shari Torres, MS, RN, CEN, FNP-C
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Nurse Practitioner, Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Shiu-Lin Tsai, MD
Columbia University Medical Center/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Yaffa Vitberg, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BASE Camp Fellow: 2011
Anju Wagh, MD
Columbia University Medical Center/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Ambrose Wong, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Hilary Woodward, MS, CCLS
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Adjunct Faculty, Bank Street College of Education, Child Life Program
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2018
BASE Camp Child Life Pilot Program: Founder & Co-Leader 2017
Jessica Kirsch, RN, BSN, CPEN, NYSAFE
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2016, 2018
BASE Camp Child Life Pilot Program: Founder & Co-Leader 2017
BASE Camp Nurse: 2015
Shannon Meland, MS, CCLS
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care and Pediatric Intensive Care
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2018
BASE Camp Child Life Pilot Program: Founder & Co-Leader 2017
Jan Moskowitz, LCSW, CCLS
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BASE Camp Faculty: 2018
BASE Camp Child Life Pilot Program: 2017