Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Faculty

Emergency Medicine Faculty

Dr. Eric J. Wasserman, MD, FACEPEric J. Wasserman, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Emergency Medicine Department

Dr. Wasserman is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.  He completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at Mount Sinai as the chief resident in 2000. Over the next ten years, Dr. Wasserman was the Residency Site Director and, for the last five years, Associate Director at Jersey City Medical Center, a level II trauma facility in Hudson County, New Jersey. In July of 2008, Dr. Wasserman joined Emergency Medical Associates as the Director of Medical Education before accepting the position of Vice Chairman and Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in February 2010. His interests include trauma care, airway management, therapeutic hypothermia, patient quality and safety, and ED administration.
Dr. Jill RipperJill Ripper, MD, MS, FACEP
Program Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Faculty Since: 2003
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Emergency medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Fellowship: forensics, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Nicole Maguire, DO - Osteopathic Program Director and Clerkship Director
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department, medical student rotation director
Faculty Since: 2007
Medical School:
Residency: Emergency medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
Dr. Patrick HinfeyPatrick Hinfey, MD, FACEP, FAAEM - Associate Program Director and Research Director

Faculty Since: 2002
Medical School: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Shelley Jones-Dillon, MDShelley Jones-Dillon, MD - Assistant Program Director
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department
Faculty Since: 2005
Medical School: State University of New York - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Residency: Emergency medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY
Sandra Ugras-Rey, DO - Associate Director, Emergency Department
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department

Dr. Ugras Rey is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry, Osteopathic, in Stratford, NJ.  She completed her dual residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital in Bronx, NY in 2006.  Since that time, she has worked full time at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.  Initially she worked full time in a clinical capacity, later became CQI director and is currently the Associate Medical Director of the ED since 2008.  She has published a chapter in Rosen's textbook and is a Member of the Board of Health in Paramus, NJ.  Her interests include trauma care, cardiac care, patient quality and safety, and ED administration.

Dr. Frederick Waldron, MDFrederick Waldron, MD, MS - Assistant Director - Emergency Department

Medical School: UMDNJ 1994-1998
Residency: SUNY Downstate 1998-2002
NBIMC: 2002 Teaching Attending/Per Diem
2010 Asst Director

Trevor Dixon, MD, RDMS - Ultrasound Director
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department
Faculty Since: 2006
Medical School: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Residency: Emergency medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
John Matjucha, MD, FAAEM John Matjucha, MD, FAAEM
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department
Faculty Since: 1997
Medical School: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Residency: Emergency medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Mark Watson, MD Mark Watson, MD
Teaching Attending, Adult Emergency Department
Faculty Since: 2001
Medical School: State University of New York-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Residency: Emergency medicine / internal medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
John Brennan, MD, FACEP, FAAPJohn Brennan, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Executive Director, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Faculty Since: 1998
Medical School: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Residency: Emergency Medicine: LA County/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Member, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sub-Board
Instructor Faculty, ACEP
Examiner, American Board of Emergency Medicine
Member, New Jersey MICU Advisory Committee
Sheena John, DOSheena John, DO

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Emergency Medicine
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center