Faculty

“Dr. Dave” is a field responding EMS Physician, serving as the EMS Chief of the Point Lookout Lido Fire Department. He is dual board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services.  He has spent much of his career working in trauma centers in NY and PA and is currently an Attending Physician of Emergency Services at NYU Winthrop Hospital, a level 1 trauma center in Nassau County, NY. He has 23 years of experience in EMS and previously served as the Deputy Regional Medical Director for the Montgomery County PA Department of Public Safety. Dr. Dave was honored in 2009 as the “Emergency Physician of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Systems Council. He received tactical medicine training from the International School of Tactical Medicine in Palm Springs, CA, and provides medical consulting for federal law enforcement agencies. He also serves within the federal Disaster Medical System as a medical officer on DMAT NY-4.  He staffed the night shift at a field hospital in Long Beach, NY, as part of the response after Hurricane Sandy, and was the Chief Medical Officer at the Dickinson, TX, DMAT facility after Hurricane Harvey.