WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS

Tim Hendrick Trauma Registrar

Tim started working at Upstate in June 2018 as a medical records clerk at the Pediatric and Adolescent Center. After that, he joined the health information Release of Information team at Upstate before joining the Trauma program as a registrar. He graduated from SUNY OCC with associate degrees in liberal arts and health Information technology before getting his Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management at SUNY Polytechnic. In January 2018 he became certified as a registered health information administrator. He has since joined the Upstate Trauma team as a trauma registrar and has grown tremendously in this role.

Allison Rondenelli Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator

Allison comes to the trauma program with more than ten years of experience caring for trauma patients. She started as an RN at Upstate in 2012 on the Trauma/Medical/Surgical floor, where her passion for working with trauma patients began. Most recently she has worked in the Surgical-Trauma ICU caring for our region's most critically injured patients. She received her MSN from Keuka College in 2021. She is an active member of the Society of Trauma Nurses and American Trauma Society.

Emily Ducey Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator

Emily has been a registered nurse for more than 10 years. She received her associate degree from Fairmont State University and her BS in Nursing from West Virginia University.

Emily began her nursing career caring for trauma patients at West Virginia University Hospital, an ACS Verified Level 1 Adult Trauma Center. She discovered her passion for caring for Trauma patients while working on the Trauma/Medical/Surgical floor. In 2018, Emily joined Upstate as a nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, where she cared for some of the most critically injured patients in the region. Emily is an active member of the Society of Trauma Nurses and American Trauma Society. She brings with her expert clinical knowledge and a commitment to delivering high quality care to our community.

Anthony Scalise Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator

Anthony has worked as a registered nurse in the Adult Emergency Department and the ICU Support Pool. In the Support Pool he worked in all six of our Intensive Care Units. He is dually board certified in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing. For the past nine years, Anthony has volunteered as a firefighter and EMT. While obtaining dual bachelor's degrees in biology and nursing, he founded Utica

University Emergency Medical Services. For the last four years he has worked as the Deputy EMS Coordinator for Oneida County Emergency Services. In this role he taught Stop the Bleed at nursing homes, fire departments and various community organizations. Additionally, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic he worked as a public health nurse supervisor helping facilitate vaccinations across Oneida County. At Upstate, Anthony teaches Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). He also serves as a member of Upstate University Hospital’s Emergency Management Team.

Alex Helkin, MD

Trauma Surgeon

Alex Helkin, MD, joined SUNY Upstate Medical University faculty in October 2022. He received his MD from the Stony Brook School of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Helkin completed his general surgery residency at Upstate Medical University his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship in 2020 at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine before joining the Trauma and Critical Care faculty at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He received his board certification for General Surgery in 2020 and Surgical Critical Care in 2021. Dr. Helkin came to SUNY Upstate Medical University as assistant professor of Surgery and the director for the Surgery clerkship. In his free time Dr. Helkin enjoys cooking and spending time with his wife and three children.