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Emergency Medicine Residency Program Faculty at UPMC Harrisburg

Erik Kochert, MD, FACEP

Title: Program Director
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Christiana Care
Interests: Education, Hospital operations, Evidence Based Medicine, Political Advocacy


Amy Wyatt, DO

Title: Associate Program Director
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Penn State Hershey Emergency Medicine
Interests: Resident education, Wellness, Curriculum development, Simulation


Tyler Hempel, MD

Title: Clerkship Director
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Penn State Hershey Emergency Medicine
Interests: Medical student education


Anthony Guarracino, DO, MHA, FACOEP, FACEP

Title: Chair of Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Grandview Hospital Medical Center
Interests: Evidence-based medicine, ED operations and observation medicine


Will Hensley, DO

Title: Core Faculty
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Interests: Medical Education, Infectious Disease, Population Health


Zinta Zapp, MD

Title: Core Faculty
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Cooper University Hospital
Interests: MAT/opioid epidemic, procedures


Courtney Devlin, MD

Title: Core Faculty
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: EVMS Emergency Medicine Residency
Interests: Simulation


Blake Isom, DO, FACEP

Title: Core Faculty
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia
Residency: Penn State Hershey Emergency Medicine
Interests: Resident Education, EKGs


Thomas Kehrl, MD

Title: Harrisburg Hospital ED site director
Medical School: University of Maryland SOM
Residency: University of Pittsburgh EM residency
Fellowship: MetroHealth Medical Center US fellowship
Interests: resident education, point-of-care ultrasound education, ED operations


Enrique Pena, MD

Title: EM Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: Long Island Jewish Hospital
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital POCUS Fellowship
Interests: Cardiac and Vascular ultrasound, Contrast enhanced Ultrasound, Quality Improvement.


Katie Fitzgibbon, MD

Title: Emergency Ultrasound Director
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Christiana Care Health System
Interests: Ultrasound, resident education


Dan Bledsoe, MD, MBA, FACEP

Title: EMS Medical Director
Medical School: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
Residency: York Hospital Emergency Medicine
Interests: EMS, disaster medicine, research


Greg Swartzentruber, MD, FACEP

Title: Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director, Division chief of medical toxicology and addiction medicine
Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine
Residency: Prisma Health Richland Columbia, SC
Interests: Addiction Medicine and toxicology


Julian Mapp, MD, MBA, MPH

Title: EM Research Director
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center
Fellowship: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (Military EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellowship)
Interests: Prehospital Care, Research, Military Medicine


Lindsay Papachristou, MD

Title: EM Wellness Champion
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Interests: Physician Wellness


April Snavely, DO

Title: Co-chair ED QA committee
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Wellspan York Hospital
Interests: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety


Andrea Tydir, DO

Title: Co-chair ED QA committee
Medical School: St. George’s University
Residency: Wellspan York Hospital
Interests: Quality Improvement, Physician Wellness, ED Operations & Throughput


Paul Modelewski, DO

Med School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine - Jefferson Northeast, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
Interests: ECMO, Echocardiography, Cardiogenic shock


Manuela Modelewski, DO

Med school: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency training: Jefferson Health Northeast
Fellowship training: Jefferson Health Northeast
Interests: Critical Care Medicine, Resident Education, Resuscitation


Claire Shaffer, MD

Med school: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Residency training: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship training: Emergency Ultrasound, Temple University Hospital
Interests: Bedside ultrasound teaching


Tarin Romich, DO, MPH

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Interests: Patient Safety, Quality Assurance


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