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Gregory Ciottone, MD, Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA

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Emergency Medicine Boston, MA

Editor-in-Chief, Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 2nd ed., Elsevier

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  • Office

    1 Deaconess Rd
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Boston, MA 02215
    Phone+1 617-754-2323
    Fax+1 617-754-2350

Summary

  • Dr. Ciottone is a U.S. board certified Emergency Physician with more than 20 years’ experience in academic, clinical, and global medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in Disaster Medicine, and has served as a consultant in more than 30 countries around the world. Dr. Ciottone has a vast amount of field experience, including serving as Commander of one of the first federal Disaster Medical Teams into Ground Zero during the World Trade Center disaster on 9/11/2001, and more recently leading a team into Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. He also has 10 years’ experience as a flight surgeon on a LifeFlight helicopter system, having flown over 200 missions. Dr. Ciottone is Editor-in Chief of Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine by Elsevier-Mosby 2nd, which was released in November 2016. In addition to his textbook, he has written over 100 scholarly articles, chapters, and educational materials, including his recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled Toxidrome Recognition in Chemical Weapons Attacks.

    Dr. Ciottone is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is the Director of the Division of Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is the Founder and Director of the first-ever Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program at a Harvard teaching hospital. He also serves as the Director of Medical Preparedness at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (https://npli.sph.harvard.edu/). In addition to these appointments, Dr. Ciottone has held the position of Visiting Professor of Disaster Medicine at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and the Universita del Piemonte Orientale in Italy, and serves as an emergency management consultant to the White House Medical Unit. He has appeared on CNN and Sky News as a subject matter expert, and has been quoted in the Boston Globe, Washington Times, and on ABC news, CBS news, and National Public Radio. He has also given a TEDx talk on Crisis Leadership.
  • BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine

Education & Training

  • UMass Chan Medical School
    UMass Chan Medical SchoolResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1991 - 1994
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
    University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 1991
  • Colby College
    Colby CollegeB.A., Biochemistry, Biology, Cum Laude, 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2012 - 2014
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
  • HI State Medical License
    HI State Medical License 1994 - 1996
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Outstanding Achievement In Support Of The White House Medical Unit And The President Of The United States White House Medical Unit
  • Chief Resident, Department of Emergency University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1993-1994
  • Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1994
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Fit to deploy or deployment fitness; The Chester Step test (CST) a reliable, reproducible method of assessing disaster deployment personnel physical fitness  
    Molloy MS, Robertson, CM, Ciottone GR, South Med J, 1/1/2017
  • Disaster Education: A Survey Study To Analyze Disaster Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States  
    Sarin RR, Cattamanchi S, Alqahtani A, Aljohani M, Keim M, Ciottone GR, Prehosp Disaster Med, 1/1/2017
  • Earthquake-Related Orthopedic Injuries in Adult Population: A Systematic Review  
    Bortolin M, Morelli I, Voskanyan A, Joyce NR, Ciottone GR, Prehosp Disaster Med, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Hurricane Preparedness Readiness: Assessment of Healthcare Workers
    Alghenaim, A., Alsulami, A., Femino, M., Molloy, M., Ciottone, GR, International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/1/2016
  • The Paramedic Factor: What Flavour is Your Life Saver
    Mahon S., Molloy MS., Rifino J., Sarin R., Ciottone GR, World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Annual conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/1/2015
  • Analysis of State-Level Guidance on the Implementation of Crisis Standards of Care in Hospitals in the United States
    Sarin R., Molloy MS., Ciottone GR, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting; World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Annual conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015; San Diego, CA, 2015, 1/1/2015
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Lectures

  • Urban Search and Rescue Workshop 
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1/1/2017
  • Re-Thinking Disasters in the Wake of Global Threats 
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1/1/2017
  • Impact of disaster on communities and the challenge of sustainable development in disaster-prone areas 
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1/1/2017
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Other

  • Complex Humanitarian Crises, Disaster Medicine Curriculum, Health and Safety Institute EMS training program. Video Lecture 
    Ciottone GR
    Eugene, OR - 1/1/2017
  • Hazmat Event: Decontamination, Disaster Medicine Curriculum, Health and Safety Institute EMS training program. Video Lecture 
    Ciottone GR
    Eugene, OR - 1/1/2017
  • Post Disaster Infectious Disease Outbreak, Disaster Medicine Curriculum, Health and Safety Institute EMS training program. Video Lecture 
    Ciottone GR
    Eugene, OR - 1/1/2017
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Press Mentions

  • How Mass. Doctors and Tech Companies Are Helping Ukraine via Telemedicine
    How Mass. Doctors and Tech Companies Are Helping Ukraine via TelemedicineMay 16th, 2022
  • Milton to Train Harvard Disaster Medicine Program Students
    Milton to Train Harvard Disaster Medicine Program StudentsApril 13th, 2021
  • B.A.A. Postpones Registration for 2021 Boston Marathon
    B.A.A. Postpones Registration for 2021 Boston MarathonSeptember 3rd, 2020
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