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Colleen M. Donovan, MD, CHSE-A, FACEP

Fellowship Director

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Colleen M. Donovan, MD, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Simulation Director at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  She is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, subspecialty board-certified in


Chris DelMaestro, DO

Associate Program Director - Community Medical Center (CMC) Campus

Christopher DelMaestro is Jersey born and raised. Growing up in central Jersey, he attended college at Drew University in Madison, NJ where he majored in Neuroscience and played baseball for


Cena Tejani, MD

Associate Program Director - Newark Beth Israel (NBI) Medical Center Campus

Dr. Tejani completed Medical School at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.  She completed a pediatric residency at NYU Langone Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth


Emerson Franke, MD

Simulation Faculty

Dr. Franke is originally from Connecticut graduating from Quinnipiac University before becoming a proud alumni of Ross University School of Medicine. He completed residency at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center


Garrett Norman, MD

Simulation Faculty

Garrett Norman is from Lavallette, NJ, where he attended Monmouth University for undergraduate and La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara for medical school. He completed a year of general surgery at


Michael Jong, MD

Simulation Faculty

Michael Jong emigrated from Brazil when he was five years old and spent his formative years in Florida before moving to the northeast to begin his journey in emergency medicine.


Les Barta, EdD(c)

Director of Simulation - EMSOP

Les Barta, EdD(c), MPA, NRP, CHSE lesbarta@rutgers.edu Director, Simulation Technology Program Co-chair, Rutgers Health HEALS Simulation Workgroup Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 160