Faculty

Lorraine Giordano, MD
Program Medical Director.

Dr. Giordano, has been an active Emergency Physician for over 30 years. Board certified in both Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Dr. Giordano has practiced in suburban, rural, military, urban and academic environments and has had a longstanding presence in the Emergency Medicine and EMS communities in New York City.  Dr. Giordano has taught both paramedics and fire fighters at various institutions locally and internationally, ranging from Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, the Fire Department of New York City, various Universities throughout the Caribbean, and in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Italy.  She served as Chairperson of the Emergency Department at Jamaica Hospital Queens, NY, and then became Medical Director of New York City EMS in 1989.  Dr. Giordano was the first woman recipient of the AMA'a Medal of Valor.   

 Arthur Cooper, M.D. teaches pediatrics.

Doctor Cooper obtained his baccalaureate at Harvard College and his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He was trained in general surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and in pediatric surgery and surgical critical care at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – and is certified by the American Board of Surgery in all three specialties. He is currently Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons – from which he also holds a master’s degree in human nutrition – and is Director of Pediatric Surgical Services and Director of the Trauma Center for the Columbia University Affiliation at Harlem Hospital Center. He is a member of numerous professional and academic societies, has edited six books and written more than one hundred fifty scientific articles, textbook chapters, and policy statements, serves on a variety of national and regional expert and advisory committees, and is a recognized authority in the fields of pediatric surgical nutrition, critical care, trauma, and emergency medical services for children – particularly pre-hospital emergency care and trauma systems development – as well as physical child abuse, and the surgical care of children with human immunodeficiency virus infection. 

Steven Kanarian, MPH, EMT-P, CIC is the Senior Instructor.

Mr. Kanarian is currently an EMS Supervisor with the Fire Department of New York, a position he has held for the past 13 years. He is a member of the Urban Search and Rescue Team for FEMA and has participated in this endeavor for the past 14 years. Mr. Kanarian has 24 years of experience as a field paramedic.  He received his Masters in Public Health from New York Medical College School of Public Health in 2004.  He is an EMS Certified Instructor Coordinator through the NYS Department of Health and serves as the Senior Instructor for the LaGuardia Community College Paramedic Program.  He is the Chairperson of the National Association of EMS Educators Research Committee and has authored several national articles in prehospital care journals.  

James Kelly, EMT-P, PA-C, MPAS is the Clinical Coordinator.

Mr. Kelly has been working with the paramedic program since Class I in 1996.  His original Paramedic training was completed in August 1985 (Jacobi Hospital Paramedic Class XVI). He worked for both Long Island College Hospital and New York City EMS as a field paramedic.  He obtained his Associate Degree from the original LaGuardia Community College Paramedic Program in 1987.  A graduate of the Harlem Hospital Physician Assistant program in 1989, he has been working in emergency and primary care medicine.  He earned his Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree in 2002.  

Reynold L. Trowers, M.D. teaches neurology.

Dr. Trowers is the Director of Emergency Services at Harlem Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  He is also a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has authored many articles including “Implementation of a Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program in a Public Hospital Emergency Department “,  Annals of Emergency Medicine , Volume 28 , Issue 5. Dr. Trowers recently wrote “24-7: On the Front Line: African Americans and the Emergency Department Experience” as part of The Handbook of Black American Health.  He graduated from Brown University with his baccalaureate in Biology in 1975 and his doctorate in medicine 1979.

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