Dennis A. Laird MD

Summary

• Dennis Laird, MD, is a specialist in Pediatric Emergency Medicine based in Newark, NJ and Charleston, WV. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut from 2000 to 2002, following a 3-year residency in Emergency Medicine at Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center from 1997 to 2000 where he also served as Chief Resident. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, class of 1996, and completed an internship in General Surgery as a categorical resident at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center previously affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons but now affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside) from 1996 to 1997. His career has taken him across the country from Connecticut to Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsylvania and West Virginia before returning to where it all began in New Jersey. Dr. Laird has taken on greater administrative roles over his career ascending to Site and Regional Medical Director at a contract management company and currently serving as Chairman of Emergency Medicine in New Jersey. He has held academic appointments including Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.