EMS & Disaster Fellowship Rutgers Health / Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Program

Program Overview

Our ACGME approved EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship began in July 2012. This unique fellowship aligns with several state organizations and EMS systems to provide EMS leadership training that is truly outstanding. As part of a coordinated effort, the EMS fellow will support EMS operations for regional ALS units covering 4 million people and more than 240,000 911 requests, as well as both state and private helicopter systems. The fellow is supplied an official vehicle for operations and responses to entrapments/mass casualty incidents in the field.

Our fellowship is distinctive because it encompasses multiple aspects of prehospital care:

• State EMS Physician Field Response with MD1 program
• Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement
• Assistant Medical Director to one of the country’s largest hospital based EMS systems
• Direct Field Care of patients
• EMS specific research
• Disaster medicine opportunities
• Fixed wing Flight Physician experience
• Helicopter experience
• Rescue Task Force
• Research opportunities
• Direct Teaching to EMTs, Paramedics, Emergency Residents, and other healthcare providers
• Attending status in the Emergency room
• Statewide disaster preparedness systems
• Mass gathering / Event Medicine
• Tactical EMS with local, state & federal systems
• Inter-facility Specialty transport (ECMO, PICU, NICU)
• And much more!

Message from Dr. Navin – “I want each fellow to experience a little bit of everything in the pre-hospital environment then let them do a deep dive into the aspects that will provide them with the most rewarding career possible!”

For more information or to apply, contact Dr. Navin Ariyaprakai at Navin.Ariyaprakai@rwjbh.org; Navin.Ariyaprakai@gmail.com or the EMS Fellowship Administrative Coordinator at 973-926-6671.

Residency and fellowship programs training at RWJBarnabas Health benefit from the resources and interprofessional opportunities available through the Rutgers Health institutional sponsorship. Learn more about all of the Rutgers Health sponsored graduate medical education programs on our sponsoring institution webpage.