Dr. Gallagher is the founding chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and oversees operations of 300,000 visits annually at the Montefiore Medical Centers three emergency rooms. He also has academic oversight of three residency programs consisting of approximately 180 emergency medicine residents and fellows, and about 190 full-time faculty at Montefiore, Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. He has academic oversight of seven emergency departments all together, with a total of more than a half million visits annually. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, where he chairs one of the 12 sections of the IOM. Dr. Gallagher earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at Jacobi Hospital. From 1979 to 1996, Dr. Gallagher served as Director of Emergency Medicine at Jacobi. In 1996, he became the first University Chair of Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore.
Dr. E John Gallagher, MD
- Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine
- 53 years of experience
- Montefiore Wakefield Hospital 600 E 233rd St, Bronx, NY 10466
- (718) 920-9000
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Education Background
RESIDENCY
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania - 1972
Languages Spoken
- English
Location & Hours
- Montefiore Wakefield Hospital
- 600 E 233rd St, Bronx, NY 10466
Specialties Treated
- Emergency Medicine
- Internal Medicine
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