We are proud to announce the addition of Gerardo Chiricolo, MD, FACEP, to the Community Medical Center team, part of RWJBarnabas Health. Dr. Chiricolo will serve as the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Core Faculty for the Emergency Medicine Graduate Medical Education Program at Community Medical Center, as well as the Director of Emergency Ultrasound for RWJBarnabas Health Emergency Medicine Health Services. Dr. Chiricolo is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Joining us from New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York, Dr. Chiricolo served as Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Chief of the Clinical Ultrasound Division. Under his leadership, Emergency Department throughput times were significantly improved with innovative process changes and “leave without being seen” rates decreased. Dr. Chiricolo has held national leadership positions, including Chair of the Ultrasound Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Chair of the Board of Governors for the Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program for the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has also served as an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York since 2013 and has served as a consultant to a variety of professional organizations.
He graduated from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara and completed the Fifth Pathway Program at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York. Dr. Chiricolo completed his Emergency Medicine Residency North Shore University Hospital and his Fellowship in Ultrasound at North Shore University Hospital.
Dr. Chiricolo was named Teaching Faculty of the Year at New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2012, 2014, and 2015, and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care in 2012. He has spoken nationally and internationally at both Emergency Medicine and Ultrasound-related conferences and been published in multiple peer-reviewed medical publications.
Dr. Chiricolo will join the Emergency Medical team at The Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Emergency Pavilion at Community Medical Center, located at 99 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ.