Chairs

Brendan Carr, MD

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Professor and Endowed Chair

Yvette Calderon, MD, MS

Site Chair, Mount Sinai Downtown Professor Dr. Brendan G. Carr is Professor and System Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and for the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Carr is committed to aligning emergency medicine’s research, education, and clinical portfolio across the enterprise. Dr. Carr’s academic work has focused on building regional systems of emergency care by developing system solutions that improve access to acute care delivery. He trained in emergency medicine and then completed fellowships in surgical critical care as well as in health policy research. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since training, has authored 150 publications, and previously served as a Senior Advisor on emergency care within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Yvette Calderon is Professor and the Site Chair for Mount Sinai Downtown for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Health System. She is also Co-Chair of the Faculty Diversity Council. Dr. Calderon is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and mentor. She developed the first multimedia-based HIV testing and counseling program. Her clinical research at Mount Sinai Beth Israel focuses on screening interventions, best practices, and linkage to care models targeting patients with hepatitis C and HIV infection. She has received funding from NYCDOH and the NIH. Dr. Calderon has previously served in various leadership roles as the Chief of Emergency Services and the Interim Chief Medical Officer at NBHN. Dr. Calderon is a board member of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and chair of their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee.

Dr. Eric Legome is Professor and the Site Chair for Mount Sinai West and Morningside for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Legome leads the EM system Academic Affairs portfolio. Dr. Legome’s career has focused on education, mentorship, and leadership in large academic programs. His scholarship covers clinical operations and traumatic emergencies. He has led EDs at Kings County Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, and formerly served as residency director at NYU/Bellevue and APD of the Harvard MGH/BWH EM residency. Dr. Legome is active nationally in emergency medicine, including serving as Chair of the ACEP Continuous Certification Committee. He has spoken and written extensively on the care of the injured patient. He is an editor of multiple texts focusing on the interdisciplinary response to traumatic injuries.

Eric Legome, MD

Site Chair, Mount Sinai Morningside and West Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Professor

Andy Jagoda, MD Chair Emeritus Chief Academic Officer Professor Andy Jagoda, MD, FACEP, is Professor and Chair Emeritus of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine. He trained at Georgetown University; he spent 13 years in the Navy serving in Desert Shield / Desert Storm for which he received a Navy Commendation Medal for “meritorious service”. He came to Mount Sinai in 1995 and is internationally recognized for his involvement in EM education, and for his work in the area of neurologic emergencies and practice guideline development. He has co-edited or authored 20 books including Rosen’s Textbook; he is the Editor-in-chief of a NLM indexed monthly publication, Emergency Medicine Practice. Dr. Jagoda is a member of the Executive Committee of the Brain Attack Coalition at the NINDS and on the Advisory Board of the Brain Trauma Foundation. Dr. Jagoda was inducted as a “Master Educator” into the Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education in 2009; received the 2011 Mount Sinai Alumni Association “Achievement in Medical Education” award; in 2011 he was presented with the NYACEP “Physician of the Year Award”; in 2015 he received a Mount Sinai Alumni Jacobi Medallion; in 2017 he received the “Distinguished Service Award” from AACEM, and in 2018 he received the “Philanthrophy Award” from SAEMF. In 2021, Dr. Jagoda received the Mount Sinai Alumni “Lifetime Achievement Award”, and in 2022 he received the NYACEP “Leadership Award”.

Dr. Lynne D. Richardson is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Population Health Science and Policy, and founding Co-Director of the Institute for Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Richardson is a practicing emergency physician and a nationally recognized expert in health services research, focusing on access to care and health care disparities. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, Chair of the Health Services: Quality and Effectiveness Study Section at the NIH, and a member of the New York City Board of Health. A native of Harlem, New York, Dr. Richardson attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and she completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Jacobi Hospital.

Lynne Richardson, MD Co-Director, Institute for Health Equity Professor