Please join us in congratulating Dr. Christie Lech on her appointment as Assistant Program Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Emergency Medicine Program. The bi-campus Weill Cornell and Columbia Emergency Medicine residency program is led by Dr. Manish Garg, Program Director, and the Associate/Assistant Program Directors, Osman Sayan (Columbia), Anne Katz (Cornell), Trudi Cloyd (Columbia), and Adria Simon (Columbia).
As assistant program director, Dr. Lech will oversee didactic and clinical education, resident scholarly and professional development, resident evaluation and selection, resident advocacy, and patient management. Dr. Lech will be assuming the role from Dr. Mark Curato, who will be taking on a new role on the Weill Cornell Medicine Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) leadership team. We would like to extend a sincere thank you to Dr. Mark Curato for his wonderful service as Assistant Program Director. and congratulate him on his new role.
Dr. Christie Lech received her undergraduate degree from CUNY Honors College at Queens College, and earned her medical degree from New York Medical College. Dr. Lech completed her residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was Chief Resident. During her time there, she continued her medical school research into looking at barriers into HIV testing in emergency departments both locally and abroad.
After her residency, Dr. Lech joined the NYU Langone Department of Emergency Medicine at Bellevue Hospital. For three years, she served as the assistant residency director and then as the interim residency program director. While there, she completed her master’s in health professions education (MHPE). Her thesis focused on the design, implementation and evaluation of a novel debriefing program in the emergency department.
