Fellowships
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowship aims to train national leaders in the PEM subspecialty. The program is 2-3 years with fellows having received primary training in either Emergency Medicine or Pediatrics. Based at the Pediatric Emergency Department of Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital, the department was founded over 20 years ago, with the program currently. We have a long history of clinical and academic leadership in pediatric care in the central New York region, acting as an essential tertiary referral center for the region and as the only Level I Trauma Center and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in a 15-county region, thus guaranteeing exposure to a variety of acuity and pathology.
Erin Hanley, MD
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Toxicology
The Medical Toxicology Fellowship provides physicians with training in all aspects of the clinical practice of medical toxicology, including management of the critically ill poisoned patient, occupational and environmental exposures, and poison center management. The program is 2 years in length, and fellows will participate in regularly scheduled bedside rounds on hospitalized toxicology patients at Upstate University Hospital and Golisano Children's Hospital. Fellows also participate in many activities at the Upstate New York Poison Center, which provides service and consultation to all parts of New York north of Westchester and Orange Counties.
Ross Sullivan, MD
Fellowship Director
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship is located at the only 24/7 hyperbaric medicine facility in all of central and western New York. Upstate University Hospital is also the only Divers Alert Network facility in the region, treating all dive injuries from the second busiest dive location in New York State on the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, and the Fingerlakes. Fellows also gain experience in the management of problem wounds at the University Hospital Wound Care Center. The 1 year program includes an extensive didactic experience with weekly patient teaching rounds, lectures, journal club, research, and attendance at national conferences.
Marvin Heyboer III, MD, FACEP, FUHM, FACCWS
Fellowship Director, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine
Simulation and Teaching
The Simulation and Teaching Fellowship is a 1 year program and aims to prepare our emergency medicine-trained physicians to become leaders in emergency medicine education. The program focuses on preparing fellows to enter academic emergency medicine, learning to teach, design curriculum, and develop simulations for residents and medical students.
Matthew Sarsfield MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Fellowship Director
Emergency Ultrasound
The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship aims to provide our fellows with skills to become excellent sonographers and the experience to incorporate ultrasound into routine Emergency Medicine practice. The program is 1 year in length and provides ultrasound experience in our Emergency Department at Community Campus and the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments at the Downtown Campus. We use Zonare One Pro and Mindray ultrasound systems which transfer images to a web-based archival system (Q-path). Weekly QA sessions and bedside learning provide significant opportunities to hone your ultrasound skills.
EMS and Disaster Medicine
The EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellowship is a 1 year program and offers a wide range of clinical, research, and administrative opportunities and includes both ground and air medical transport training with a variety of different agencies. As a member of the Physician Response Team (run in conjunction with the New York State University Police), fellows have the opportunity to interact with multiple Fire and EMS agencies during MCIs and other challenging calls. Our tactical experience includes ongoing training with the Syracuse Police Department SWAT Team and operational missions 2-3 times per month. Fellows will also provide medical and operational support at special events and mass gatherings such as the Great New York State Fair, Ironman Syracuse, Syracuse University Carrier Dome, Empire State Marathon, and many other athletic events and concerts.
Jordan Holliday, MD
Fellowship Director, EMS & Disaster Medicine
International Emergency Medicine
The International Emergency Medicine Fellowship offers 1-year and 2-year tracks to prepare emergency medicine-trained physicians to serve in EMS development, humanitarian relief, disaster medicine, and travel and field medicine. The 1-year track offers a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Public Health (CASPH), while a 2-year track will offer a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Central New York Master of Public Health (CNYMPH) program, a joint venture of SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University.
Sports Medicine
Upstate Emergency Medicine sponsors a one-year, ACGME provisionally accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship. Out first fellow will graduate June 2023. There are three primary care sports medicine faculty - program director Paul Klawitter MD, PhD, Associate Program director Marissa Smith MD and Peter Christiano MD. The faculty have experience caring for athletes at the Olympic, professional (NFL, MLB) and D1 levels. The clinical experience includes training room and game coverage at Colgate University, which competes at the D1 level, as well as outpatient sports medicine clinics run by both the primary care and orthopedic sports medicine faculty. In addition, the fellow will spend ½ to 1 day per week in associated clinics (hand surgery, foot and ankle surgery, the Upstate Concussion Clinic, musculoskeletal radiology etc). There are didactic sessions on Wednesday AM, including MSK ultrasound training. The fellow will have the opportunity to attend the annual AMSSM conference and/or an MSK Ultrasound conference. Additional opportunities include, but are not limited to, coverage of US Ski and Snowboard events and the Syracuse Mets (AAA affiliate of the NY Mets).
Paul Klawitter, MD, PhD
Fellowship Director
Chief Resident in Quality and Safety (CQRS)
The (CRQS) position at the Syracuse VAMC is a one year chief residency position that provides recent EM graduates with the opportunity to develop additional knowledge and skills around the delivery and improvement of quality and safety issues in healthcare. It is intended to help train and develop future leaders in Emergency Medicine and High Reliability Organizations.
The Syracuse VAMC has CRQS positions in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine (2) and Family Medicine.
The CRQS resident is part of an innovative cadre of clinicians and through a hub and spoke model, the CQRS program provides each trainee with the opportunities to share the successes with other chief residents across the entire program.
Mary DiRubbo, MD, FACEP
VA Site Director for EM CQRS and Residency Program
​Emergency Medicine Fellowships
At SUNY Upstate, we offer many of the fellowships that emergency medicine residents can pursue after their three years of training. We believe that having these fellowship programs here for the residents benefits them greatly throughout their clinical training as it provides educators and faculty dedicated to the newest research, guidelines, and practices specific to each sub-specialty in emergency medicine.
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The following is a list of fellowship programs offered at our institution. Click the links below each program description to learn more about the program.
Matthew Camara, MD
Fellowship Director
Fellowship Director