Administrative Leadership
Manish Sharma, DO, MBA
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Chair Medical Board
Hometown: Queens, NY
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Center
Richard Shin, MD
Vice-Chief of Clinical Services
Director of Simulation and Medical Library
Hometown: Flushing, NY
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Residency: SUNY Downstate/Kings County
Fellowship: Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning (HHC)/SUNY Downstate — Simulation
Saumil Parikh, MD
Vice-Chief of Education
Residency Director
Hometown: Laurel, MD
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Ameer Hassoun, MD
Vice-Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Hometown: Baghdad, Iraq
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences –
University of Sana’a — Yemen
Residency: Harlem Hospital/Columbia University — Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University — Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Kallie Desmond Combs, DO
Medical Director, Adult ED
Director, EM QPS
Hometown: Brewerton, NY
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens — Simulation
KeriAnne Brady, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric ED
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore — Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Alla Bardash, MD
Associate Director, EM QPS
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Jerry Frenkel, MD FPD-AEMUS
Ultrasound Division Director & EM Director of Health Information Management (HIM)
Hometown: Monsey, NY
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency/Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens — Ultrasound
Mitchell Melikhov-Sosin, MD
Healthcare Leadership and Management (HLM) Fellow
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergrad: SUNY Binghamton
Med School: Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens