Nyack Hospital's Emergency Department is one of a select few healthcare facilities staffed by personnel residency-trained and board certified/board eligible in emergency medicine.
Oscar A. Marcilla, MD Director
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Mount Sinai
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
Daniel Edwards, DO Associate Director
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, AOBEM
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University
Residency: Morristown Memorial Hospital
James Dwyer, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo
Residency: University at Buffalo Medical/Dental Consortium
Jason Alejandro, MD
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: UMDNJ
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY
Dr. Vijay Akkapeddi
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College
Residency: Harlem Hospital, Lincoln Hospital & Mental Health Center
Nava Bak, MD, ABEM
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
Dr. John Bertolini, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Hartford Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital
Jeffrey Goldstein, DO
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: NY College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Bruce Henry, MD
Board Certifi ed, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, ABP
Medical School: SUNY Syracuse
Residency: UMDNJ-Newark
Frederick Huie, MD
Board Certified, ACS General Surgery
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Staten Island University, Chief Resident
Miriam John, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Douglas Kaiden, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
Brenda Liu, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: MCP-Hahnemann University Hospital
Jamil Rizqalla, DO,ABEM
Board Eligible, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University
Claes Rymond, MD
Board Certified, Internal Medicine, ABIM
Medical School: New York University
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Chief Resident
Jonathan Schiffman, MD
Board Certified, Pediatrics & Pediatric Critical Care, ABP
Medical School: MD/PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Residency: Pediatrics, UMDNJ Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, NYPH/Weill Medical College
Sachin Shah, MD
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine, ABEM
Medical School: Medical College of Philadelphia
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Hospital
Dr. Aisha Stroop
Board Certified, Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Emergency Room Associate Practitioners
Peter Evola, RPA-C Chief Physician Assistant
Stony Brook University, Bachelor of Science,
Physician Assistant
Mary Rose Abplanalp, CFNP
College of New Rochelle,
Masters in Nursing
Frederick Garmone, RPA-C
University of Florida, Masters of Science,
Physician Assistant
Rachel Katz-Appel, RPA-C
Pace University/Lenox Hill, Bachelor of Science,
Physician Assistant
Jessica O’Brien, RPA-C
Touro College, Bachelor of Science,
Physician Assistant
Debra Pritzker, RPA-C
Duke University, Masters of Health Science
Stefanie Sokoloff, RPA-C
Bachelor of Science, SUNY Binghamton
Masters of Science, Mercy College
Stephanie Spear, RPA-C
St. John’s University, Bachelor of Science,
Physician Assistant
Hilsa Walters-Pelham, RPA-C
CUNY, Bachelor of Science, Medical Sciences
