Year of Residency Completion: 2017
Year of Fellowship Completion: 2019
State: New York
Facility/School: SUNY Downstate and Intensivist (Department of Surgery), Maimonides Medical Center
Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Years of Experience in Critical Care: 8
Areas of Interest: Valvular Disorders, ECMO, LVAD, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pre and Post Cardiac surgical care, Hemodynamics and resuscitation, Airway
Biography
Elias Wan, MD FAAEM completed medical school at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2014 and Emergency Medicine Residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 2017. He went on to finish a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center in 2019, of which he was the Chief Academic Fellow of the program in his second year. Elias Wan, MD currently is an attending intensivists for the Cardiothoracic ICU at Maimonides Medical Center and the Critical Care track director for the Emergency Medicine residency at Maimonides. He has served as a committee member in the Educational Committee at EMRA, MD calc fellow during residency and fellowship, and the Past Chair for the Critical Care Medicine Section Council at AAEM. He has lectured on ECMO, resuscitation, LVAD, cardiogenic shock and mechanical ventilation in regional and national conferences. He is passionate about educating on subjects regarding Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVAD, ECMO, impella), cardiogenic shock resuscitation, care of the dynamic post cardiac patients and hemodynamically unstable critically ill patients.
Speaking Engagements
2025 Speaking Engagements
- Pipe Dreams & How to Clog Leaky Valves: Managing Acute Valvular Disorders in the ED. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 8, 2025; Miami, FL.
- What Happens After Epi/Dobutamine for My Failing Cardiogenic Shock Patient. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Breve Dulce Lecture Session. Presenter. April 9, 2025; Miami, FL.
- When Meds are Not Enough for the Heart: LVAD and Mechanical Circulatory Support. St. Louis University School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds. Presenter. June 4, 2025; St. Louis, MO.
2024 Speaking Engagements
- RV Catastrophes in the ED. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 29, 2024; Austin, TX.
- Not All Cardiogenic Shock is Acute Heart Failure. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 30, 2024; Austin, TX.
- Taming the Crashing LVAD. How to Resuscitate Your Mechanical Patient. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 30, 2024; Austin, TX.
2023 Speaking Engagements
- When Norepinephrine Isn’t Working. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 23, 2023; New Orleans, LA.
- Preventing the Post-ROSC Arrest. American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly Lecture Session. Presenter. April 23, 2023; New Orleans, LA.
- Taming the LVAD: What You Need To Know. WellSpan York Hospital, Emergency Medicine Residency Vickrey Lecture Series. Guest Lecturer. July 20, 2023.
- Juggling Hemodynamics in the Sick Patients. WellSpan York Hospital, Emergency Medicine Residency Vickrey Lecture Series. Guest Lecturer. July 20, 2023.
- When Meds are not enough for the Heart. Nassau University Medical Center, Multidisciplinary Critical Care Conference. Guest Lecturer. November 15, 2023.
2022 Speaking Engagements
- Emergency Medicine Airway Day: Mechanical Ventilation Basics and troubleshoot for the ED/ICU. Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Airway Day. Presenter and Facilitator. June 8, 2022
2021 Speaking Engagements
- Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) – the Nitty-Gritty. St. Joseph’s Health Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. February 10, 2021
2020 Speaking Engagements
- Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds: ICU ventilation: Mechanical Ventilation Basics for the ED/ICU. Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. October 21/2020
2019 Speaking Engagements
- Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds: Best Practice when Patient Arrests: New Trends in Cardiac Resuscitations. Montefiore Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Department Grand Rounds. Presenter. January 16, 2019.