David S. Markenson, M.D., M.B.A., co-founded the Center for Disaster Medicine (CDM) at New York Medical College (NYMC) in 2005. He serves as the deputy editor-in-chief for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, the premier Medline indexed journal in the field of disaster medicine. Over the course of his extensive career in pediatric emergency medicine and critical care, disaster medicine, emergency management, EMS and public health, Dr. Markenson has become an internationally recognized expert in all aspects of disaster medicine, public health preparedness, and operational medicine — with unique expertise in the areas of pediatric considerations, healthcare planning and education and planning for persons with disabilities. In addition to these roles, he serves as senior advisor and former chair of the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Red Cross and chair of the Evidence-Based Group for Health for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Prior to returning to CDM as the director, Dr. Markenson was vice president of graduate medical education for the Continental, Mid-America, and Mountain Divisions at Hospital Corporation of America Physician Services Group. He served as the chief medical officer at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado. Before joining Sky Ridge Medical Center, Dr. Markenson was based at NYMC and Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) on the Valhalla campus as the medical director for disaster medicine and regional emergency services and director of partnership for patients, quality data and special projects. During the same period, Dr. Markenson held the titles professor of pediatrics and clinical public health and director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at NYMC.

Dr. Markenson's career has been dedicated to improving hospital and health system quality, improving the approach to pediatric care, disaster medicine and healthcare emergency management and advancing EMS and emergency medicine. He is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medical Service and Clinical Informatics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Medicine, the College of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has been the principal investigator on multiple federal, state, regional and local grants, authored key texts in his area of expertise, and given more than 250 presentations nationally and abroad.

Education

• B.A., Economics-Biology, Union College
• M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• M.B.A., Health/Health Care Administration/Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Residency, General Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, FACEP, American College of Emergency Physicians

Publications

• Contreras GW, Burcescu B, Dang T, et. al. "Drawing Parallels Among Past Public Health Crises and COVID-19." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, (), (2021) 1-7. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.202
• Singletary EM, Zideman DA, Bendall JC, et. al. "2020 International Consensus on First Aid Science With Treatment Recommendations." Resuscitation, 156(), (2020) A240-A282. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.016
• Singletary EM, Zideman DA, Bendall JC, et. al. "2020 International Consensus on First Aid Science With Treatment Recommendations." Circulation, 142(16_suppl_1), (2020) S284-S334. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000897
• De Brier N, O D, Borra V, et. al. "Storage of an avulsed tooth prior to replantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology, 36(5), (2020) 453-476. doi: 10.1111/edt.12564
• Douma MJ, Aves T, Allan KS, et. al. "First aid cooling techniques for heat stroke and exertional hyperthermia: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Resuscitation, 148(), (2020) 173-190. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.01.007
• Zideman DA, Singletary EM, De Buck ED, et. al. "Part 9: First aid: 2015 International Consensus on First Aid Science with Treatment Recommendations." Resuscitation, 95(), (2015) e225-61. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.07.047
• Singletary EM, Zideman DA, De Buck ED, et. al. "Part 9: First Aid: 2015 International Consensus on First Aid Science With Treatment Recommendations." Circulation, 132(16 Suppl 1), (2015) S269-311. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000278

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Memberships and Affiliations

• American Medical Association
• American Red Cross
• New York Academy of Medicine
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Arapahoe Douglass Ebert Medical Society

Teaching Responsibilities

• Course Leader, Advanced Epidemiology
• Lecturer, Introduction to Health Policy and Management
• Preceptor and Lecturer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Course Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Course Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine Summer Fellowship Program
• Preceptor and Lecturer, Pediatric Rotation Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
• Preceptor and Lecturer, Pediatric Rotation Flushing Hospital
• Preceptor, Pediatric Critical Care Elective Harlem Hospital
• Preceptor and Lecturer, Pediatric Rotation NYU/Bellevue