Leadership
Marc Kanter MD
Chair of the Department
Med School: New York Medical College
Internship: Internal Medicine @ Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich CT
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
I am honored to work in one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the U.S. in the largest public health system in the country. As a member of the department’s administrative leadership team, I serve as the Associate Chief of the ED with a focus on clinical operations, performance and quality improvement.
I was very lucky to join the faculty at Lincoln as a member of the residency leadership team following training and have been involved in resident & student education ever since. I have a passion for medical education and am actively involved in education and clinical research. I am a graduate of the ACEP teaching fellowship and a member of the ALLNYCEM steering committee.
I also have a background in EMS, working in a number of different systems throughout NY and continued with EM and EMS based research throughout medical school. I am a former member of the national ACEP EMS committee and have an interest in Tactical EMS.
Rui Domingues MD
Program Director
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Anthony Scoccimarro MD
Assistant Program Director
Director of Clinical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine
Undergrad: Seton Hall
Med School: UMDNJ - NJMS
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Medical Toxicology Fellowship: UPMC
Andaleeb Raja MD
Assistant Program Director
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Medical Toxicology Fellowship: UPMC
"I know one thing the gangsta's got.....that's Lincoln Hospital." - esteemed patient
Attending. Toxicologist. Professional resident beater. Game of Thrones. World traveler. East coast for life.
Recently married!
Akhila Reddy Mandadi MD
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Med School in India
Pediatric Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship: University of Florida College of Medicine: Jacksonville
Nicholas Caputo MD
Associate Chief & Physician Advisor to Care Management
Currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and also an attending emergency physician at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Caputo completed his internship in General Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, his residency training in Emergency Medicine at NYC H+H/Lincoln, where he served as a Chief Resident, and his Fellowship training in Critical Care/Retrieval Medicine at Royal Darwin Hospital/Careflight in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Dr. Caputo's research seeks to understand the evidence behind the conventional wisdom practiced in emergency departments across the world in order to determine the efficacy of current management strategies (such as preoxygenation in RSI, apneic oxygenation during intubation, non-invasive markers for occult shock) in order to improve safety and quality outcomes for patients. He focuses jointly on medical pathology and socioeconomic disparities in medicine. Dr. Caputo also serves as a Major in the United States Army Reserve, currently assigned to the 947th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Team based in West Hartford, CT.
Nail Cemalovic MD
Director of the Medical ICU
Med School: St. George’s University
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Critical Care Fellowship: Montefiore
Lee Donner MD
Interim Associate Chair - Quality, Safety & Operations
Undergrad: SUNY Binghamton
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Residency: UMDNJ
My career at Lincoln began in 2013 after completing my residency in the great state of NJ. I returned to New York to serve the people of the South Bronx, joining the most dedicated faculty around. Since coming on board I've developed a special interest in patient safety and good parenting and hope that the synergy between the two will reap untold benefits on emergency medicine residents for generations.
jennifer drouet MD
Director of Performance Improvement
Undergrad: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Med School: SUNY Downstate
Residency: Lincoln Medical Center
Fellowship: Health and Hospitals Clinical Leadership Fellowship
Born and raised in NY! Leading Quality Improvement in the ER. Passionate about mental/behavioral health and addiction issues as well as meditation and holistic medicine. I love music and like to think of myself as a great dancer so you will hear me sing on shift. Avid traveler and tarot reader.
Blase Ferraris MD
Clerkship Director
Undergrad: Rutgers New Brunswick
Med School: Rutgers NJMS Newark
Residency: Rutgers NJMS Newark
A Jersey boy through and through. Trained at Rutgers NJMS in Newark, 4th year spent as chief resident. Joined Lincoln faculty fall 2020.
Interests in Medicine: EKGs, Global health, resident/med student education, resuscitation
Interests outside of Medicine: pretending I can dance/sing, financial literacy/planning.
Moira McCarty MD
Director of Social EM and Director of Resident Wellness
Witness and participant in the exciting world of EM education at Lincoln. Committed to the patients of the South Bronx now and forever. Best place to work, unforgettable place to train.
Thomas Parry MD
Director of Simulation Medicine
Undergrad: Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Med School: UMDNJ – NJMS, Newark, NJ
Residency: UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Medical Simulation, Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning NYC H+H
Mary Ryan MD
Director of SART
Med School: University College of Dublin, Ireland
Residency: Mt. Sinai Beth Israel
Fellowship in Clinical Forensic Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
EM faculty at Lincoln since 1998.
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Daniel Singer MD
Director of Critical Care, US Director, US Fellowship Director
Undergrad: University of Michigan
Med School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowships: POCUS and Critical Care Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. University of Michigan alumni and huge supporter. Go Blue! Interests include Michigan football/basketball, eating sushi.
TALIA WALKER MD, MPH
Director of High Value Care & Clinical Process Improvement
2021-2022 NYC Health + Hospitals Clinical Leadership Fellow who works part-time clinically at Lincoln. Prior to joining HHC/Lincoln, Dr. Walker served as an Emergency Medicine Envoy Physician, traveling to multiple cities and states providing care at emergency departments with low supply of local physicians. She's a native New Yorker, and completed EM residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- New Orleans. She’s an avid reader, beach lover, snowboarder, and counted cross-stitcher.
Muhammed Waseem MBBS MS
Director of Research
I specialize in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. I provide acute care to a broad spectrum of critically ill and injured children. I am also the Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine and in that capacity I design, conduct, and publish research studies.
Jason West MD
Core Faculty and Clinical Researcher
Hometown: Branson, Missouri
Med School: Saint Louis University
Residency: Jacobi / Montefiore
Fenil Patel, MD
Assistant Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Undergraduate: University of Georgia
Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Ultrasound Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center
I've spent the majority of my life growing up in the Southeast and moved to NYC for fellowship training and have been in NYC since. My academic interests include advanced emergency ultrasound topics such as regional anesthesia and trans-esophageal echocardiography in the resuscitative setting. My hobbies outside of medicine include snowboarding, backpacking, golfing, cooking, and trying new restaurants around the city. And most importantly, I am a GEORGIA BULLDOG, so my Saturdays are spent watching the Dawgs as they climb towards another national college football title.