Deputy Chief Medical Officer NYCHH/ Elmhurst; Associate Professor Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai Health System, New York, United States
Laura Iavicoli, MD, is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician and recently transitioned from Senior Assistant Vice President of Emergency Management at the New York City Health + Hospitals Corporation to Deputy Chief Medical Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst l with special expertise in Emergency Management.
A board certified Emergency Medicine physician with special expertise in Emergency Management, Dr. Iavicoli’s professional career includes twenty years as an Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai physician working at Elmhurst Hospital in the borough of Queens, a teaching affiliate of the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Her service to Elmhurst and the larger profession has included participation on numerous hospital, local and national committees devoted to emergency management issues; with publications, trainings and seminars pertaining to disaster preparedness, including pandemic response, terrorism, mass casualties, blast injuries, psychiatric effects, decontamination, protective equipment, et al. She has been a disaster relief team member for more than 10 years for NYC and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Her service also includes participation on multiple committees of the American College of Emergency Physicians; Bioterrorism Coordinator, NYC Department of Health; Chair of the Emergency Management Council for NYC Health and Hospitals; and Senior Medical Advisor, Global Health Center for Special Pathogens, NYC Health and Hospitals. Since 2017, Dr. Iavicoli has given over 20 invited lectures or presentations on emergency management and authored or co-authored some 17 journal articles related to her field of expertise. November 27th Dr. Iavicoli received the 25th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award from the Haddonfield Alumni Society.
Her emergency medicine experience had previously brought her face to face with several earlier crises including SARS, H1N1, and Ebola but none that matched the scale of Covid-19 pandemic. In July, 2021 she was “recognized for heroic contributions to the five boroughs during the COVID-19 pandemic with tireless dedication to New York City” and was given the Hometown Hero Essential Worker Award. In September, 2020, she was honored with the Schneps Media Healthcare Heroes Award “for dedication and service to the healthcare community providing healthcare services at Elmhurst Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The NYC Health and Hospitals, Elmhurst Emergency Department, Healthcare Hero Award, June 2020 was presented to Dr. Iavicoli for dedication and leadership at Elmhurst Hospital during the COVID pandemic and the Media Marketing and Media Healthcare Hero Award in September of 2021.
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