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CORE FACULTY

Dr. John Broach, Disaster Medicine Division Director

Dr. Broach attended undergraduate and medical school, as well as receiving his MPH from Northwestern University in Chicago before his emergency medicine residency training at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Broach completed the UMaSs DM fellowship. He serves on several hospital-wide disaster preparedness committees, as well as being a member of the Massachusetts DMAT-MA2. Dr. Broach has been instrumental in preparing UMass for emerging infectious diseases such as H1N1 and Ebola.

Dr. Andrew Milsten, Disaster Medicine Fellowship Director

Dr. Milsten received his MD from George Washington University and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Lincoln Medical Center in New York City. He completed an EMS Fellowship in addition to a MAsters of Science in Emergency Health Services at the University of Maryland. He has been active as a clinician and researcher since 2000 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. His research has primarily focused on mass gathering medicine while he was the director for special events & Ravens stadium fan operations. He joined the UMass Emergency Medicine Program and faculty in 2009  and is the fellowship director of Disaster Medicine and Emergency MAnagement. Dr. Milsten coordinates and runs the NDLSF training programs at UMass, specifically BDLS and ADLS. He was also instrumental in organizing and founding the New England Society of Disaster Medicine (NESDM).

CURRENT FELLLOWS

Jordan Hitchens, DO

Dr. Hitchens grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. She attended undergraduate at University of California, Davis where she studied International Relations and African Studies. During her junior year, she studied abroad at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. After graduation, she redirected her career path by retgurning to school for a Premedical Post Bac at American University. She was accepted for matriculation at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine where she graduated in 2017. During her time in MEdical school, she served on the National Board with the STudent Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), and sat on the Board of Trustees of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as the student representative. She completed a one-year traditional rotating internship with University Hospitals Regionals and from there matched into Emergency Medicine with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where she served as Resident Assistant Medical Director. She begins her Disaster Medicine Fellowship at UMass in July 2021. She has interests in large-scale disaster planning and disaster response. She enjoys trying new restaurants, birkenstocks and tie-dye, planning her next trip, and anything involving a large body of water. She is looking forward to exploring the Northeast with her dog, Rooney.

Michael J. Weiner, MD

Dr. Weiner grew up in Winchester, MA. He attended undergraduate at Quinnipiac University and received his MD at Tufts University. Dr Weiner completed his Residency at UMass and will be our inaugural sequential EMS/DM fellow. He will work towards completing 2 years of fellowship, while getting a Master's degree. His first year will be an EMS fellowship and the second year will be the Disaster Medicine fellowhsip. His hobbies include spending time with his wife, dogs, and family, video games, cooking and gardening.

EMS FACULTY

AFFILIATED DM FACULTY

Kevin Chason, DO
Assistant Professror, Emergency Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC

Richard T. Ellison III, MD,
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Associate Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Hospital Epidemiologist
Deputy Editor, Journal Watch for Infectious Diseases
President, Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society
Clinical interests: infection control, mass immunization

Romolo J. Gaspari, MD, MSc, RDMS
Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Emergency Medicine
Senior Member of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Interests: Ultrasound, research

Jeff Grange, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University Medical Center
President & CEO, Symons Ambulance
Medical director, San Bernardino Sheriff's Air Rescue

Christina H. Hernon, MD
Board Certified EM; Board Eligible Toxicology
Clinical interests: toxicology, radiation exposure
Dr. Hernon is frequently involved in the training of resident physicians, emergency nurses, paramedics/EMTs and medical students.  She has had over fifteen years experience working in Emergency Medical Services, has worked as a flight physician for UMassMemorial LifeFlight, and has publications in topics of toxicology and radiation exposure.

Michael Hirsh, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Surgery and Trauma
Associate Surgical Director of the Trauma Center and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Co-Director, Injury Free Worcester, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Worcester
Board Certified: General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Critical Care
2006 Worcester District Medical Society and Massachusetts Medical Society Clinician of the Year Award

Michael J. Hunter EMT-P
Deputy Chief of EMS for Worcester EMS at UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC)
Mr. Hunter has served on the Massachusetts Committee of Trauma’s Trauma Registry Sub-Committee and is an active member of the UMMHC Emergency Medicine/Trauma Committee. Member of NAEMT and has been active in PHTLS since the late 1980s. In addition to his involvement on the PHTLS Executive Council, he is the Massachusetts PHTLS State Coordinator and an active member of the PHTLS International Faculty

Hillary Irons, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Hillary Irons is a graduate of Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Sparrow Hospital and Health System and her Fellowship at Mass General Hospital.

Debra Heitmann, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Michael Kelleher, EMTP
Deputy Fire Chief  
Foxborough Fire & Rescue
Deputy Chief Kelleher has been a member of Foxborough Fire & Rescue for 20 years and is currently assigned as Deputy Chief of Operations which oversees major event planning and logistics for Gillette Stadium. Deputy Chief Kelleher serves on The Massachusetts State Hazardous Materials Team as The Team Coordinator for Hazmat District 1 which covers 91 Cities and Towns in Southeastern Massachusetts including the Cape and Islands. Outside of the Fire Service Deputy Kelleher has served in the role of Hospital Safety Officer and Emergency Management Coordinator in various hospitals in and around Metro-Boston.

Ira Nemeth, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS
Associate medical director of UMass EMS and Lifeflight at Umass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester Massachusetts.  Dr. Nemeth has had a varied career that has included being the Medical Director of Preparedness for Dallas County Public Health in Dallas, Texas and establishing the EMS fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas.  Dr. Nemeth is currently the chair of the Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians, a member of Institute of Medicine Preparedness Forum, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Red Cross.  He also is on the Board of Directors for the National Disaster Life Support Foundation and is co-editor of the upcoming revision of the National Disaster Life Support textbook.  Dr. Nemeth earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Tulane University and his MD from George Washington University School of Medicine.  He did his residency in emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and his fellowship in governmental emergency medical security services with Dr. Paul Pepe at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Joseph Sabato, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Carl H. Schultz, MD, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health
Director of Research, Center for Disaster Medical Sciences
Director, EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Stacy N Weisberg, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Medical Director, Worcester EMS & Life Flight
Director, EMS/Disaster Fellowship
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Physician member of MA-2 DMAT team.
Dr Weisberg has authored several chapters on disaster medicine topics in an emergency medicine textbook:
Aghababian, R. V. (2006). Essentials of Emergency Medicine. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Clinical Interests: Emergency Medical Service, Disaster Medicine