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.