Alanna O’Connell
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Collaborative physician possessing excellent multitasking, analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Bringing 3 years of comprehensive post fellowship experience in residency administration and education. Well-versed in providing guidance to multilevel-member team and developing project scopes and requirements. Currently seeking a non academic job to switch gears to a more clinical based position.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Feedback Director
Foundations Of EM
02.2024 - Current
- Assisted leading a team reviewing content to ensure accuracy and effective learning modalities for the national Emergency Medicine Curriculum.
- Created and administered the yearly survey to residents and program directors across the country.
Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
08.2021 - Current
- Currently serving as Assistant Program Director at Brookdale University Hospital
- Primary role was directing and implementing residency conference, onshift educational initiatives, recruitment, social media management, and promotion of scholarly activity
Medical Education Fellow/Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Two-year Medical Education Fellow with rotations in GME, UME, faculty development, simulation, and point of care ultrasound
- Second year of fellowship focused on graduate medical education in the residency program and worked closely with GME leadership.
Emergency Medicine Resident /Chief Resident
Albert Einstein Medical Center
07.2016 - 07.2019
- Emergency Medicine Resident at a 4-year program in one of Philadelphia’s busiest Level 1 Emergency Rooms with over 110,000 patients per year including over 1,100 major trauma patients
- Outside rotations including community hospital experience, Burn ICU at Temple University Hospital, and several months at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the PICU and the ED.
Traditional Rotating Intern
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
07.2014 - 07.2016
- Traditional rotating intern at a Level 3 trauma hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens.
Skills
- OBH Brookdale ED Attending of the Year 2023
- OBH Teaching Attending Award 2022
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College Honor Roll Educator 2021
- Frank Sivitz Memorial Award- Awarded to staff member who promotes sense of community at Einstein 2019
- Clinical Excellence Award 2019
Certification
- ABEM Oral Boards Passed 2021
- ABEM Written Boards Passed 2019
- NY State Medical License 2021-Current
References
- Dimitrios Papanagnou MD, MPH, Fellowship Director Medical Education Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 215-955-6844, Dimitrios.Papanagnou@jefferson.edu
- Deborah Pierce, DO, Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 215-456-3834, pierced@einstein.edu
- Megan Stobart Gallagher, DO, Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 215-955-6844, megan.stobart-gallagher@jefferson.edu
Publications
Abbreviated List, See Teaching Portfolio for full list of publications
- Diagnostic accuracy of the transthoracic echocardiography for the identification of proximal aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta analysis, Scientific Reports, 4/11/2023, Sutarjono B, Ahmed A, O’Connell A, Grewal E
- Management of Poisoned Patients: Implementing a Blended Toxicology Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents, Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, April 2022, Dwyer M, O’Connell A., https://doi.org/10.21980/J8C937
- Enhancing a Medical Education Fellowship Curriculum with a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Rotation, POCUS Journal, Vol 7 Issue 1 Apr 2022, O’Connell A, Resa E. Lewiss et al., https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i1.14745
- Extinguishing Burnout Before It Happens: Measuring the Impact of an Executive Coaching Program on a Cohort of Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty, West JEM CORD Abstracts, 2020, Papanagnou D, McKnight R, White J, O’Connell A et al., 21(4), S41
- A Workshop to Reflect on Personal Resilience in Emergency Medicine Residents: Applying the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale, Visual Explorer, and the Critical Incident Questionnaire to Support Introspection, Cureus, Pub 6/13/20, O’Connell A, Sielicki A, Papanagnou D, et al., 10.7759/cureus.9587
Timeline
Associate Feedback Director
Foundations Of EM
02.2024 - Current
Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
08.2021 - Current
Medical Education Fellow/Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
07.2019 - 07.2021
Emergency Medicine Resident /Chief Resident
Albert Einstein Medical Center
07.2016 - 07.2019
Traditional Rotating Intern
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
07.2014 - 07.2016