The Emergency Preparedness division is committed to pediatric specific preparedness and research. Opportunities that are available for pediatric emergency medicine fellows include elective rotations, disaster research training & clinical work, writing & implementing protocols specific to pediatric disaster management and attending conferences specific to disaster medicine. The department also offers a Disaster Preparedness Fellowship, which includes a Masters in Public Health degree from SUNY Downstate.
Working in the heart of Brooklyn can often feel like an international experience with our many recent immigrants! Although we see malaria, dengue and typhoid in our own ED… the department is supportive of fellows having an international experience if desired. There is 1 block in the final year of training that is allotted as “call free” to encourage this. We have established elective opportunities in El Salvador, Jamaica, Lesotho, Haiti, Brazil, Turkey and India. The department also has an established International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, with faculty that can help promote an interest in humanitarian work, education, training and research in global health.
