Dr. Rahul Sharma is the Emergency Physician-in-Chief for New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. He oversees all activities for the Division of Emergency Medicine at the NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center and the NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital Emergency Departments, which see over 140,000 annual patient visits.

In his talk at Future of Care 2017, he explains how telemedicine has entered the emergency room at New York Presbyterian to improve patient experience while maintaining quality of care.

Dr. Sharma is a national leader in the field of telemedicine and virtual healthcare, launching the first Emergency Department based telehealth Express Care Service in the nation at NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Sharma’s accomplishments in innovation have been featured in several national media platforms and academic journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NEJM Catalyst, and JAMA. In 2017, he was the recipient of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award.

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