Laura G. IavicoliDr. Laura Iavicoli, MD, MBA, FACEP, CHEP, is a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Chief Medical Officer for New York City Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst. As the Senior Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management for New York City Healt and Hospital System, she helped lead the health system through the COVID-19 Pandemic response. Dr. Iavicoli interfaced at the local, regional, national, and international level to assist with crafting and implementing Covid-19 response protocols during the Covid-19 pandemic response. She has served on numerous national, regional, and local committees devoted to emergency management. She presents and trains both nationally and regionally on topics pertaining to disaster preparedness. She served as a Disaster relief team member for >10 years for NYC and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and is well published in the field. Dr. Iavicoli has worked clinically and as Emergency Management clinical leadership at Elmhurst Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Mount Sinai Medical Center for 20 years, and trains and teaches Emergency Medicine Residents and Medical Students in Emergency Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians specializing in Emergency Management and is a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Read More Read Less