Clinical Advisory Team
In addition to the core team, the following clinicians are recognized emergency medicine subject matter experts who are often called upon to guide and assist with engagements.
Raymond Iannaccone, MD, FACEP
Dr. Iannaccone is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) and a member of its Board of Directors. He was previously the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, New York. In this role, Dr. Iannaccone helped to develop a "no wait" emergency department which reduced time to bed by greater than 50% and valuted patient satisfaction to the 99th percentile.
Dr. Iannaccone is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a professional society member of the New York Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He received his undergraduate degree at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York and his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. He completed his first residency in Internal Medicine at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA. He received specialized training in diving, hyperbaric and submarine medicine at the Naval Undersea Medical Institute, Groton, CT. He is currently in the US Navy Reserve, Fleet Hospital, Fort Dix, NJ, as Commander, Casualty Receiving.
Dr. Iannaccone's areas of expertise are in: physician management strategies, ED operations, physician productivity and emergency medicine clinical practice.
John Fontanetta, MD, FACEP
Dr. Fontanetta has nearly 20 years of clinical and management experience in Emergency Medicine and currently serves as the Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey, which sees 54,000 visits/year.
He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty of Pulmonary Medicine). He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York, New York and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and fellowship in Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, New York.
Dr. Fontanetta is an expert in ED revenue cycle strategies, efficient ED operations/process design, physician productivity, and use of emergency department information systems (EDIS).
Michael Gerardi, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Dr. Gerardi is an expert in pediatric emergency medicine as well as risk management/malpractice. In addition to his 15 years of clinical experience, he is the Vice-Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey, which sees 70,000 patients/year as well as the Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine for Atlantic HealthCare Systems. He has received numerous awards and distinctions for his commitment to teaching, is a regular author of clinical research and is actively involved in the governance of the American College of Emergency Physicians at a national level.
He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Gerardi also holds a subspecialty certification in Pediatric Emergency Medicine by ABP/ABEM.
Dr. Gerardi received his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. and his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C. He completed his residency in Pediatric and Internal Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
William Dalsey, MD, MBA, FACEP
Dr. Dalsey is the Emergency Department Medical Director at Kimball Medical Center (KMC) in Lakewood, New Jersey, which sees 54,000 patients/year. KMC has experienced significant growth in patient volume and has still sustained patient satisfaction scores that place them in the 99th percentile of all hospitals (Press Ganey).
He is a professional society member of American Medical Association, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Council of Residency Directors, National Association of EMS Physicians, Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine, and the National Committee for Cardiac Care.
Dr. Dalsey received his undergraduate degree at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and his medical degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
His areas of expertise include: patient satisfaction, ED operations and business decision making in emergency medicine.
