Gerardo Chiricolo

Dynamic Healthcare Professional with extensive experience in Medical Administration and Clinical Oversight. Proven ability to drive healthcare initiatives and enhance patient care through effective communication and multidisciplinary collaboration. Skilled in Clinical Operations, Staff Mentorship, and Strategic Decision-Making, fostering a culture of excellence in team environments.

• Achieved month over month improvement of mortality rate and decreased readmission rates by giving structure in multidisciplinary disease specific groups, implementing evidence based protocols, and analyzing clinical data.
• Decreased hospital length of stay by revising our case management practices, utilizing EPIC artificial intelligence tools, and holding physicians accountable to established benchmarks with monthly physician scorecards as a tool.
• Actively working on decreasing inpatient MRI and Echocardiography overutilization
• Significant culture change by accountability for bad behavior enforcing the Vanderbilt model for professionalism

• PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PHYSICIANS SOCIETY (PSPS)
• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE (AAEM)
• AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE (ABEM)
• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS (ACEP)
• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE (AIUM)
• SOCIETY OF ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE (SAEM)

• Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (F.A.C.E.P.), 2007 - Present
• Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (F.A.A.E.M.), 2006 - 2009
• Member, Professional Soccer Physician's Society, 2020 - Present
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

• Teaching Faculty of the Year, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, NYP-BMH, 2018
• Teaching Faculty of the Year, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYPBMH
• 2015
• 2014
• 2012
• Chief Resident, North Shore University Hospital, 2003
• Intern of the Year, North Shore University Hospital, 2001
• Salutatorian, Autonomous University of Guadalajara, 1999
• Beta Beta Beta National Honor Society, 1994

• Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2022 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 2013 - 2022
• Assistant Professor, New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2005 - 2010

Nationally recognized within the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) having led one of the largest sections of over 1,000 physicians with the responsibility for strategic planning and direction of the ultrasound section, organizational management and integrity of the community, marketing, multidisciplinary collaboration, political lobbying, fundraising and meeting/conference facilitation for the specialty organization. Roles include:

• Chair, Board of Governors Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program (2013 - 2018)

• American College of Emergency Physicians Corporate Council member (2012 - 2019)

• Chair, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Committee (2010 - 2012)

• Chair, Ultrasound Section (2009 - 2010)

• Chair, Subcommittee on Accreditation of Ultrasound Practices (2007 - 2009)

Sports Medicine

· New York Red Bulls (2017 – present) Chief Medical Officer and Team Physician

• Staff Physician 2016-2022
• Preseason physicals and health screening
• Collaborative work with non-operative and operative physicians, athletic trainers,
• physical therapists, strength and conditioning staff, nutritionists, coaches and front office
• Management of a wide range of illnesses and injuries
• Emergency Action Plan development and education
• League issued protocols including COVID management
• Game day coverage
• Exit physicals

· INTERNATIONAL SOCCER EXPERIENCE

o Red Bull Arena

• Venue Medical Director Concacaf Gold Cup July 2023
• Venue Medical Director She Believes Cup March 2020
• Venue Medical Director International Champions Cup July 2019
• Venue Medical Director Concacaf Gold Cup June 2019
• Venue Medical Director She Believes Cup March 2018
• MetLife Stadium
• Venue Medical Director Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid July 2019

· MONTRAL IMPACT (2021) Covering Team Physician

• COVID year while at Red Bull Arena
• Game day coverage throughout the season
• Venue Medical Director for games at Red Bull Arena
• Managed a variety of illnesses and injuries

· NY/NJ Gotham FC (2021) Team Physician

• Preseason physicals and health screening
• Game day coverage throughout the season
• Collaborative work with non-operative and operative physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, strength and conditioning staff, nutritionists, coaches and front office
• Managed a wide range illnesses and injuries
• COVID and league protocols
• Concussion evaluations
• Exit physicals

· Brooklyn Nets (2015 – 12/2023) Covering Team Physician

• Preseason physicals and health screening
• Game day coverage throughout season
• Covid protocol assistance and management
• Concussion evaluations
• Exit physicals

· Metropolitan Riveters NWHL (2021 – 2023) Team Physician

• Preseason Physicals
• Game Day coverage
• Diagnosis and management of a wide range of illnesses and injuries

· Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament (ACC) 2018

• Barclays Center Brooklyn
• Organized Medical, Orthopedic, Athletic trainer, and Physical Therapy coverage
• Game day medical coverage
• Managed local care for the players and staff

Point of Care Ultrasound in the Perioperative Patient, Grand Rounds Robert Wood Johnson Department of Anesthesia January 2021

• ‘Spreading the Gospel: Leading your institutional POCUS efforts' Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington DC 2017

•  ‘What else is there? Surprises when scanning bowel' Annual Convention of AIUM, Orlando, FL 2017

• Invited speaker, The 10th European Congress of Emergency Medicine, European Society of Emergency Medicine, Athens, Greece, 2017.

• ‘Emergency Ultrasound of the Pediatric Abdomen,' Grand Rounds Lecturer, New York Presbyterian-Queens, December 2016.

• ‘Ultrasound in the crashing patient,' Critical Care Conference, New York Presbyterian Hospital, November 2016.

• ‘Thoracic Ultrasound in the Emergency Department,' The 10th European Congress of Emergency Medicine, European Society of Emergency Medicine, Vienna, Austria, October 2016. Invited speaker and proctor for an international and multidisciplinary conference with 2,200 participants, 180 exhibitors from 79 countries.

• ‘Just Images: Point of Care;' ‘Case-Based Approach to Sonographic Bowel Assessment;' and ‘Developing a Successful Business Plan to Grow POCUS,' Annual Convention at AIUM, Orlando, FL, 2016.

• ‘Just Images: Point of Care;' Annual Convention at AIUM, Manhattan, NY, 2015.

• ‘Time to Life Saving Ultrasounds in the Emergency Department,' Emergency Medicine ‘Faster, Stronger, Better,' Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2015.

• ‘Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in the Management of the Hypotensive Patient,' April 2014.

• ‘Head and Neck Ultrasound,' American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention, April 2014.

• ‘Implementing Point of Care Ultrasound Institution-Wide,' Ultrasound Management Course, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, April 2013.

• ‘Expert Film Panel Difficult Diagnosis in the ER - Can Ultrasound Help?,' American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention, April 2013.

• ‘Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course,' American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention, April 2012.

• ‘Ultrasound in the Critically Ill and Hypotensive Patient, Putting in All Together,' American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention, April 2012.

• ‘Ultrasound - Technology in Point-of-Care Ultrasound,' American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention Portable, April 2012.

• ‘Involvement in National Organizations,' NYC Regional Emergency Ultrasound Grand Rounds, March 2012.

• ‘Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course,' Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention, April 2011.

• ‘Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department,' Grand Rounds Good Samaritan Hospital, August 2007.

• ‘Credentialing Emergency Ultrasonographers,' NYC Regional Emergency Ultrasound Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, December 2006.

• ‘Life as an Emergency Medicine Resident,' New York Academy of Medicine for the Emergency Medicine Resident Association, April 2004

• No Learner Left Behind: How Medical Students' Background Characteristics and Psychomotor/Visual-Spatial Abilities Correspond to Aptitude in Learning How to Perform Clinical Ultrasounds., Emergency Care and Medicine, 06/25/25, 10.3390/ecm2030031
• Comparing contamination rates of sterile-covered and uncovered transducers for ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous lines., The Ultrasound Journal, 2024, online
• Evaluation Pathway for Patients with Possible COVID-19, Edward H. Suh, MD†, Liliya Abrukin, MD, MPH†, David Bodnar, MD‡, Gerardo Chiricolo, MD§, Nicholas Gavin, MD, MBA, MS†, Johnathon LeBaron, DO||, Laura Melville, MD, MS§, Marie-Laure Romney, MD, MBA†, Manish Sharma, DO, MBA||, Amos J. Shemesh, MD‡, Peter A.D. Steel, MA, MBBS‡, Brenna M. Farmer, MD, MBA, MS‡, NYACEP, 03/2020
• Conscious proning: An introduction of a proning protocol for non-intubated, awake, hypoxic Emergency Department COVID-19 patients, Lynn G. Jiang MD, Johnathon LeBaron DO, David Bodnar MD, Nicholas D. Caputo MD, Bernard P. Chang MD PhD, Gerardo Chiricolo MD, Stefan Flores MD, James Kenny MD, Laura Melville MD, Osman R. Sayan MD, Manish Sharma DO MBA, Amos Shemesh MD, Edward Suh MD, Brenna Farmer MD, 05/27/20, 10.1111/acem.14035

• Ryan Giorgetti, Gerardo Chiricolo, Lawrence Melniker, Carlos   Calaf, Theodore Gaeta RESCUE transesophageal echocardiography for monitoring   of mechanical chest compressions and guidance for extracorporeal   cardiopulmonary resuscitation cannulation in refractory cardiac arrest   Journal of Clinical Ultrasound: JCU 2020, 48 (3): 184-187

• Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert   Concensus Model Strony R, Marin JR, Bailitz J, Dean AJ, Blaivas M, Tayal V,   Raio C, Liu R, Woods A, Zwank M, Fields M, Abo A, Wu S, Kang T, Liu T, Leo M,   Smalley C, Chiricolo J, Chilstrom M, Lewiss   RE.West J Emerg Med. 2018 Jul;19(4):649-653. doi:   10.5811/westjem.2018.4.37152. Epub 2018 Jun

5.PMID: 30013699

• Raio C, Elspermann R, Kittisarapong N, Stankard B, Bajaj T, Modayil   V, Nelson

• Chricolo GC., Noble Vicki, MD. Book Chapter   3: Institutional Clinical Ultrasound. Clinical Ultrasonography Program   Management.  published by Springer Science. 2017

M, ChiricoloG, Wie B, Snock A, Mackay   M, Ash A Prospective feasibility trial of a novel catheter system with a   retractable coil tipped guidewire in difficult intravascular access patients   (DIVA) in the Emergency Department Internal and Emergency Medicine 2017 Sept   14 doi: 10.1007/s11739-017-1747-0

• Thakkar J, Raio C, Chiricolo G, Tayal V. Response to   Commentary on “Bedside Ultrasound Education in Primary Care J Ultrasound Med.   2017 Apr;36(4):841-842. doi: 10.1002/jum.14196

• Chiricolo G, Balk A, Raio C, Wen W,   Mihailos A, Ayala S. Higher success rates and satisfaction in difficult   venous access patients with a guide wire-associated peripheral venous   catheter. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Dec;33(12):1742-4. doi:   10.1016/j.ajem.2015.08.005.

• Stolz LA, Stolz U, Fields JM, Saul T, Secko M, Flannigan MJ, Sheele   JM, Rifenburg RP, Weekes AJ, Josephson EB, Bedolla J, Resop DM, Dela Cruz J,   Boysen-Osborn M, Caffery T, Derr C, Bengiamin R, Chiricolo G, Backlund B, Heer J,   Hyde RJ, Adhikari S. Emergency Medicine Resident Assessment of the Emergency   Ultrasound Milestones and Current Training Recommendations. Acad Emerg Med.   2016 Oct 14. doi: 10.1111/acem.13113. PMID:27739636.

• Prokofieva A, Modayil V, Chiricolo G, Ash A, Raio C. Ultrasound-guided   drainage of peritonsillar   abscess: shoot with your hockey-stick. Intern Emerg Med. 2016   Sep;11(6):883-4. doi: 10.1007/s11739-015-1343-0. No abstract available. PMID   26543001

• Raio CC, Chiricolo GC, Geria R, Sierzenski P,   Blaivas M. Credentialing for emergency ultrasonography. Ann EmergMed. 2014   Sep;64(3):331-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.05.024

• Ayala, S, Chiricolo, G Assessing Medical   Student Background Characteristics, Psychomotor (PM) and Visuospatial (VS)   Abilities and How They Correspond Towards Aptitude in Learning Medical   Ultrasound Oral Presentation at
 WCUME (World Congress Ultrasound on MedicalEducation; WINFOCUS) October 10th,   2014 (Portland, Oregon); Poster presentation at national SAEM, San Diego CA,   2015.

• Behan, L, Chiricolo, G Can an “Ultrasound   First” policy reduce incidence of CT scan use and radiation exposure in   pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department for Evaluation of   Abdominal Pain? Annals of Emergency Medicine 2015 October 66 (4).

• Chiricolo G, Balk A, Raio C, Wen W,   Mihailos A, Ayala S. Higher success rates and satisfaction in difficult   venous access patients with a guide wire-associated peripheral venous   catheter Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Aug 7. pii: S0735-6757(15)00671-3. doi:   10.1016/j.ajem.2015.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26458532.

• Mendoza, C, Chiricolo, G Survey of Emergency   Ultrasound Fellowships on their QA Process and Feedback Loop Poster   presentation at national SAEM, San Diego CA, and St. Luke's Ultrasound   Symposium, April 22, 2015 (New York) & NYACEP in July 2015.

• Aviles, N, Chiricolo, G. Assessing Incidental   Findings in Focused Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasound1. Oral Presentation at   St. Luke's Ultrasound Symposium April 22, 2015 (New York) 2. E-Poster at SAEM   Conference May 15, 2015 (San Diego, CA).

• Behan, L, Chiricolo, G. Prognostic   significance of visualization and characteristics of a corpus luteum in   symptomatic first trimester pregnancies presenting to the Emergency   Department Oral Presentation at St. Luke's Ultrasound Symposium April 22,   2015 (New York).

• Fernandez, C, Chiricolo, G Identification of   Subchorionic Hemorrhage (SCH) in Point of Care First Trimester Pelvic   Ultrasound Performed by Ultrasound Fellowship Trained Emergency Physicians   Oral Presentation at Regional SAEM at Georgetown, DC (Feb. 28th, 2015).   Poster Presentation at St. Luke's April 22, 2015.

• Milan S, Pramil V, Chiricolo G, Keerthana K, et al.   Lung Ultrasonography Compared to Computed Tomography Scan in the Detection of   Pulmonary Pathology In Noncritically-Ill Medical/Surgical Patients Chest   Journal Imaging Volume 146 Issue 4 579A DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.1994938

• M. Felicetta, MD, G. Chiricolo, MD Assessing Disparities   Among Emergency Medicine Residents and Emergency Medicine Attending   Physicians in Interpreting and Performing the Fast Exam, poster presentation   abstract, 2014 National SAEM conference, Dallas, Texas.

• Raio CC, ChiricoloGC, Geria R, Sierzenski P,   Blaivas M. Credentialing for emergency ultrasonography.Ann Emerg Med. 2014   Sep;64(3):331-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.05.024. No   abstractavailable. PMID 25149969.

• Dulani, T, Chiricolo, G. Assessing Competency   of Emergency Medicine Residents in Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Ultrasound 1.   Poster at SAEM Regional March 26, 2014 (New England, NERDS at Yale. 2. Poster   at ACEP October 28th, 2014 (Chicago) 3. Poster at WCUME (World Congress Ultrasound   on Medical Education; WINFOCUS) October 10th, 2014 (Portland, Oregon).

• G. Chiricolo, MD, T. Mooney, MD, K.   O'Rourke, MD. ‘Does 3D/4D Ultrasound improve the diagnostic accuracy of acute   appendicitis when performed by Emergency Physicians at the point of care?'   2013 submitted for publication.

• Andrew Balk, MD, Athena Mihailos, MD, Lawrence Melniker, MD, Gerardo   Chiricolo, MD Predicting Fluid   Responsiveness in Sepsis by Echocardiographic Evaluation, 2013 in data   collection, Presented as an abstract, American College of Emergency   Physicians Scientific Assembly.

• G. Chiricolo, MD, K. O'Rourke, MD, T.   Mooney, MD. ‘Can spectral Doppler analysis of the SMA in febrile patients   predict who develops severe sepsis and multi-organ system failure?' 2013 in   data collection. Presented as an abstract Society of Academic Emergency   Medicine National Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2012.

• Chris Moore, Michael Blaivas, Gerardo Chiricolo, Beatrice Hoffmann, Resa   Lewis, Vicki Noble, Nova Panebianco, Michael B Stone, Vivek Tayal. Re: "A   survey of emergency physician-performed   ultrasound: implications for academic radiology departments.' 81-2; author reply 82. In   Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR 9 (1). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22. (2012).

• E. Haines, MD, G. Chiricolo, MD, T. Mooney, MD, K.   O'Rourke, MD. ‘IVC diameter and Aorta/IVC ratio curves in healthy euvolemic   pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department,' Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 May 28;4(1):12. doi:   10.1186/2036-7902-4-12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22871083.

• G. Chiricolo, A. Laudenbach, T. Mooney,   K. O'Rourke T. Gaeta, J. Willett. ‘The Effect on CT utilization in Patients   Who Have Undergone Appendectomy After Emergency Ultrasound of the Appendix   was Introduced to an Emergency Department,' Oral Presentation at the Society   of Academic Emergency Medicine National Meeting, Chicago, IL 2011.

• Vicki E Noble, Michael Blaivas, Robert Blankenship, Gerardo Chiricolo, Anthony Dean, J Christian   Fox, Romolo Gaspari, Beatrice Hoffmann, Robert Jones, Christopher Moore, Paul   Sierzenski, Vivek Tayal, Robert Tillotson. ‘Decision   rule for imaging utilization in blunt abdominal   traumawhere is ultrasound?,' 487-9; author reply   489-90. In Annals of emergency medicine 55 (5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20. 2010.

• N. Young MD, S. Kinsella, Gerardo Chiricolo, MD, Chris Raio MD, Matt   Nelson MD, Ashley Johnson MD, George Malcolm MD, Andrew Sama MD. ‘Economic   Impact of additional radiographic studies after registered diagnostic medical   sonographer (RDMS) certified emergency physician performed identification of   cholecystitis by ultrasound,' J Emergency Medicine 2010, June;38 (5): 645-51   J Emerg Med. 2010 Jun; 38(5):645-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.10.016.   E-pub 2009 Feb 28. PMID: 19251389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1925138

· Chiricolo, G, Raio, C, et al. ‘Can   Emergency Medical Services Personnel Identify Pneumothorax on Focused   Ultrasound examinations?' Critical Ultrasound Journal 2009 Volume 1, Number   2, 65-68, DOI: 10.1007/s13089-009-0016-5.

• Chiricolo, G., Malcom, G, Raio, C,   Perham A. ‘Difficult Central Line Placement Due to Variant Internal Jugular   Anatomy,' a case report. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2008:35(2): 289-291.

• B.C. Drumheller, A.B. Johnson, G. Chiricolo, D.C. Lee, A. Bahl, M.   Nelson,J.Chen, C.C. Raio, A.E. Sama. ‘Pericardial Effusions Diagnosed by   Bedside Emergency Department Ultrasound,' Annals of Emergency Medicine.   September 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 3, Page S120).

• V. Modayil, M.E. Dubon, G. Chiricolo, J. Patel, T. Shah, M.   Cassara, M. Nelson, J. Goertz, A.E. Sama, C.C. Raio. ‘Can Emergency Medical   Services Personnel Identify Pneumothorax on Focused Ultrasound Examinations?'   Annals of Emergency Medicine. September 2007 (Vol. 50, Issue 3, Page S86).

• Chiricolo, G, D'Amore, J., Lee, D.   et al. ‘Does a 90 Minute Enzyme Set Increase the Yield for Detecting Cardiac   Ischemia?' Annals of Emergency Medicine 2006:48(4): S374.

• Raio CC, Theodoro D, Ko P, Nelson MJ, ChiricoloG, Ferguson K. ‘Do Patients   Who Have Had Negative Focused Emergency Department Lower Extremity   Ultrasounds to Rule Out Deep Venous Thrombosis Receive Their Necessary Repeat   Ultrasounds in 5-7 Days?' Acad. Emerg. Med; 2006 13: S116-a.

• Nelson MJ, Raio CC, Chiricolo GC, Theodoro DL, Chun P.   ‘Can Emergency Physicians Utilize the S.I.N. Phenomenon (Stone Impacted in   Gallbladder Neck) to Accurately Diagnose Cholecystitis?' Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2005;46(3): S80.

• Theodoro DL, Goertz JK, Raio CC, Chiricolo GC, Nelson MJ, Patel M.   ‘Performance Characteristics of Independent Sonographers in Gallbladder,   FAST, and DVT Studies.' Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2005;46(3): S78.

• Raio CC, Johnson AB, Nelson MJ, Chiricolo GC, Theodoro DL, Baker A.   ‘Can Emergency Ultrasonographers Utilize a Water Bath to More Accurately   Identify Superficial Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies?' Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2005;46(3): S28.

• Nelson MJ, Chiricolo GC, Raio CC, Theodoro DL,   Patel T, Johnson AB. ‘Can Emergency Physicians Positively Predict Acute   Appendicitis on Focused Right Lower Quadrant Ultrasound?' Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2005;46(3): S27-28.

• Patel J, Lee DC, Nelson MJ, Chiricolo GC. ‘Can the urinalysis   predict urinary tract infections patients with renal colic caused by kidney   stones?' Annals of Emergency Medicine 2004:44(4): S56.

• Lee DC, Theodoro D, Chiricolo GC, Nelson MJ. ‘An   evaluation of bedside ultrasound to detect pills in the stomach.' Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology 2004;42(5):794.

• Patel JH, Lee DC, Nelson MJ, Chiricolo G, Kesten SS, Rahilly TJ.   ‘Does degree of initial visual analogue scale (VAS) scores in patients with   renal colic correlate with degree of hydronephrosis or kidney stone size?' Academic Emergency Medicine2004;11(5):490.

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