Mission Statement

As a leading health care provider, the emergency department of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is committed to improving global health.  We improve patient care and promote physician excellence through education and international collaboration.

Our international emergency medicine programs:

• Will enhance the quality of international emergency medical care thus contributing to the improved health of the global community.

• Raise global public awareness of the scope of emergency medical services.

• Enhance and optimize Emergency disaster preparedness and response globally.

Disaster Drill in Ahmedabad

Background

In recent years, urbanization, aging, economic changes and worsening health system problems have led to an increased awareness and need for emergency medical care throughout the world. Many of the countries in the early stages of developing EM as a specialty are reaching out for guidance from more mature systems.

For over 15 years, we have had significant impact on the growth of international emergency medicine.  Our physicians have had success assisting the development of emergency healthcare systems, curriculum, faculty training, and residency education internationally. We support the promotion of international distance learning and the establishment of clinical rotations here in the United States and abroad. We also participate in the development of international emergency medicine as an academic fellowships and coordinate and conduct international research projects.

Areas of Involvement

• International conferences.
  NS-LIJ has sponsored over 11 international conferences in the past 5 years in NYC, India and the Caribbean. In May of 2009, NS-LIJ will be sponsoring the next NY Symposium on International on Emergency Medicine in New York
• Resident international rotations
  These rotations have been supported by the Emergency Medicine Department. Residents have traveled for 2 to 6 weeks to over 20 countries. Their roles have ranged from providing medical care in rural areas to development of systems in regional Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Emergency departments (ED).
• Resident, student and attending rotations to the United States
  Numerous students and clinicians from various counties have spent time in our ED learning departmental processes. Over the past decade, we have had individuals from Argentina, Barbados, India, UK, Germany, and Australia, just to name a few.
• International projects.
  Numerous projects have led to research opportunities and publications. These projects have led to collaboration with the development of future prospective trials.

  • Malaysia

    • The Emergency Medicine Department of the North Shore-LIJ Health System will be collaborating the Global Doctors group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and collaborating with the training of EMTs in Malaysia.
  • India 

The Emergency Medicine Department of the North Shore-LIJ Health System is running a Post Graduate Masters program in Emergency Medicine at the Mission Hospital in Durgapur, West Bengal.

The Emergency Medicine Department of the North Shore-LIJ Health System will be collaborating with Sundaram Medical Foundation (SMF) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and will be running a Post Graduate Fellowship training program in Emergency Medicine at (SMF).   For over 11 years, this community teaching hospital has over 120,000 visits per year with 10,000 admissions.