Faculty

Peter Shearer, MD

Residency Director

I have been in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine over 10 years: first at Elmhurst Hospital Center and now at the Mount Sinai Medical Center as the Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program since 2006.  It’s really the only job I’ve had since finishing residency at Boston University and it’s the best.  In the past 5 years I have helped the program grow to a four year training program with 60 residents.  I have also brought change to the program by adding more critical care focus and progressive responsibility.  I have a particular interest in Medical Education.

I grew up in rural Massachusetts but was always meant to live in NYC. My personal interests are family, running, swimming and triathlons. Despite living in NYC I keep up with my swimming and I swam AROUND Manhattan for the 3rd time this past July with another Mount Sinai doctor who was celebrating his 80th birthday. Last fall I was proud to  run the NYC Marathon in 3:27 which was 10 minutes faster than when I last did it 6 years ago. It’s still not as fast as the 2:58 marathon I did when I was a resident but that seems like a long time ago now.

Elaine Rabin, MD

Associate Residency Director

Hometown: Amherst, MA

Undergraduate: Brown University

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College

Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Health Policy, Hospital Crowding

Kaushal Shah, MD

Associate Residency Director

Hometown: New Hyde Park, NY

Undergraduate: Brown University

Medical School: Dartmouth Medical school

Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Academic Interests: Trauma, Imaging, Procedures, Neurology

Other Interests: Tennis, photography, family

David Cherkas, MD

Assistant Residency Director

Hometown: New York City, NY

Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Residency: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital

Academic Interests: Resident Education, Trauma and Critical care

Assistant Residency Director

Hometown: Houston, TX

Undergraduate: UT Austin

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School

Residency: McGill University

Academic Interests: Cardiac Arrest, Common Cold, Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation, Septic Shock, Trauma