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Emergency Room at Albany Med
Map | (518) 262-3131
Always Open

 

URGENT CARE

Malta Medical Arts
2388 Rt 9
Map | (518) 289-2024
Open 7 Days a Week

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The doctors of Albany Medical Center’s Emergency Department are among the finest around. They are board certified in emergency medicine and specially trained to treat patients of all ages with a wide variety of highly complex and routine medical emergencies.

Our team of physicians includes:

Christopher King, MD
Chair, Emergency Medicine
  • Specializes in pediatric emergency medicine
  • Leads curriculum development in pediatric emergency medicine
  • Lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to pediatric emergency medicine
  • Teaches practicing physicians, fellows, residents, and medical students in various forums
  • Participates in research efforts related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) – focus on improving pre-clinical models

Shellie Asher, MD
Director, Residency Program

  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Timothy Barcomb, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine
  • Participates in simulation training with the use of mannequins and technology to simulate medical condition




Joel Bartfield, MD
Associate Dean of GME,
Albany Medical College
  • Specializes in wounds and pain management

Chame Blackburn, MD
Director, Sexual Assault
Forensic Examiner Program

  • Specializes in emergency medicine

 

Beth Cadigan, MD
Ultrasound Director
  • Specializes in emergency ultrasounds

Jason Cohen, DO
Emergency Medicine and
Critical Care Services
  • Specializes in disaster medicine

Michael W Dailey, MD
Director, Pre-hospital Care
Services and Education
  • Specializes in emergency medicine
  • Works with community emergency medical services
  • Works as the medical director for numerous local agencies including the Regional Emergency Management Organization

Dorothy Damore, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Specializes in pediatric emergency medicine
     

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah Funk, MD
Medical Director, LifeNet
Helicopter Transport Service
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Hassett, MD

 
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Kathryn Hogan, MD
Director, Clerkship Program
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Kevin Jones, MD
Emergency Medicine and
Critical Care Services
  • Specializes in surgical critical care

Benjamin Katz, MD
Assistant Director, 
Residency Program
  • Specializes in emergency medicine with special interest in wilderness medicine

Heather Long, MD
Director, Medical Toxicology
  • Specializes in emergency medicine with special interest in toxicology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Mayer, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine
  • Teaches and studies evidence based medicine

Dennis McKenna, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Medical Director
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Andrew Meister, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Joshua Pacheco, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Daniel Pauze, MD
Director, Operations
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Denis Pauze, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Specializes in pediatric emergency medicine

Jeffrey Rea, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine, intensive care unit

Julie Stein, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Howard Snyder, MD 
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Taylor Spencer, MD MPH
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Lorraine Thibodeau, MD
Director, Undergraduate
Medical Education
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Claudwardyne Thevenin, DO
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Peter Tilney, DO
Assistant Director, LifeNet Helicopter Transport Service
  • Specializes in emergency medicine

Wayne Triner, DO
Director, Research
  • Specializes in emergency medicine with special interest in studying the flu
  • Earned a masters degree in public health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Waterman, Jr., MD
Director, Pediatrics,
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Specializes in pediatric emergency medicine

Michael Waxman, MD
  • Specializes in emergency medicine with special interest in HIV research

Bret Wood, DO
  • Specializes in emergency medicine with special interest in wilderness medicine and critical care transport

Wendy Woolley, DO
Assistant Director,
Residency Program
  • Specializes in emergency medicine