Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine

Dr. Ben Abo is an emergency medicine and EMS physician in Florida with subspecialty experience in toxinology and wilderness/austere medicine. He is the Medical Director of Venom Two and active with Venom One Venom Response teams of Lake County Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in Florida as well as various disaster and EMS systems. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and took time off between medical school and residency to start a non-profit in Africa aimed at decreasing maternal and neonatal mortality and trauma. Having recently left the University of Florida where he was Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, he has joined the clinical team as EMS faculty for Florida State University in Sarasota, Florida while still remaining active in the Toxicology Education service at the University of Florida as an envenomation expert.

Executive Medical Director
New Jersey Poison Information and Education System

Second Year Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Associate Vice President, School Mental Health
Director of Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine

Board certifications

Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry / Neurology-Psychiatry

Child / Adolescent Psych – American Board of Psychiatry / Neurology-Psychiatry

Academic titles

Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residencies

Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division

Fellowships

Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division

Dr. Lyng has extensive EMS experience across the U.S. and internationally. In addition to being one of the first physicians in the U.S. to achieve board certification in EMS medicine, a new subspecialty certification established in 2013, Dr. Lyng is also board certified in Emergency Medicine and is a nationally registered EMT-Paramedic.

Dr. Lyng has special interests in pediatric emergency medicine, trauma management and international emergency medicine.

Pediatric Hospitalist
Coordinator, Pediatric Residency Global Health Pathway

Third Year Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, NYU/Bellevue 

Second Year Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Cohen Children’s Medical Center

Dr. Shari L. Platt is the Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Vice Chair of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Platt also serves as Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship program, and Medical Director of the American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

After receiving her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Platt entered medical school at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, earning her medical degree (M.D.). She completed her residency in pediatrics at New York Hospital and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Platt is a dedicated teacher and has taught in numerous venues for the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She is committed to fellow and resident education and research. She has a dedicated interest in Evidence Based Medicine and in teaching this tool to residents and fellows. Dr. Platt is also involved in numerous administrative activities, including membership in hospital and departmental committees, such as trauma, quality assurance, operations, and division chiefs. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine Section member as well as a member of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association.

Chethan Sathya, MD, MSc, is a pediatric trauma surgeon and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded firearm injury prevention researcher. He serves as director of Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention and oversees the health system’s expansive approach to firearm injury prevention. The largest health system in New York, Northwell has taken a public health approach to gun violence prevention, focusing on key areas such as research, medical education, clinical screening, advocacy and community engagement. Under Dr. Sathya’s leadership, the center has leveraged the health system’s diverse patient population and wide reach to implement ground breaking preventative strategies and perform high-level research.

Dr. Sathya was recently awarded $1.4 million from the NIH to study gun violence prevention and implement a first-of-its-kind protocol to universally screen among those at risk of firearm injury. The grant is part of the health system’s “We Ask Everyone. Firearm Safety is a Health Issue” research study, which aims to shift the paradigm to view gun violence as a public health issue and approach firearm injury risk similarly to other health risk factors that are part of routine care, like smoking, substance use and motor vehicle accidents. Furthermore, Dr. Sathya spearheaded the formation of the National Gun Violence Prevention Learning Collaborative for Hospitals and Health Systems, which is a multi-year multi-phase platform in which hospitals and integrated health systems can learn about gun violence prevention from experts, engage in open dialogue, develop best practices through an iterative process, and implement and evaluate strategies for the prevention of firearm related injuries and deaths.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Emergency Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center