I'm Dr. Mark Ramzy
I began my career in EMS, working my way up to paramedic before entering medical school. I continued to work throughout medical school to apply what I was learning to my patients in the back of the ambulance.
My prior work experience helped paved the way for me to land a residency in emergency medicine. Working as an emergency physician in downtown Philadelphia is already an interesting and exciting job. However, it was in my second year of training that my whole world got flipped upside down...
The Death of Hahnemann University Hospital
When a private-equity firm bought a Philadelphia institution, the most vulnerable patients bore the cost.
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Coaching BlogBrooklyn Here we Come
Following, my residency program's closure. I had to juggle between applying for critical care fellowship, warding off aggressive job recruiters and figure out where I was going to finish my training. (Not to mention, begging to get out of my apartment's lease and updating family/friends in the area)
After interviewing at 5 NY/NJ programs in two days, I was accepted as a third year resident at Maimonides Medical Center. So now my family and I had to suddenly relocate to Brooklyn to complete the rest of my training in emergency medicine.
It was a great time until March 2020...
"We're putting you in charge of the COVID ICU..."
"I'm sorry, what?!" Was my immediate response. Since I had been accepted to a very reputable critical care fellowship by this point. I was delegated to helping run the COVID ICU since so many of my colleagues were out on quarantine.
I had to manage teams of providers who were treating an unknown disease. The sudden death of multiple (young) patients rattled our healthcare team. Instead of focusing on the medicine, I shifted my focus to the provider. Building up the physician meant health benefits for the innumerable patients and families they interacted with. From hospital closure to epicenter of a global pandemic with a new-born, 2019 - 2020 was a year that taught me resiliency.
The aftermath
After my time in Brooklyn during the pandemic, I moved on to Pittsburgh for fellowship to complete my critical care training. I was fortunate enough to also complete a second simultaneous fellowship in Point-of-Care Ultrasonography with a focus on adult learning and medical education.
Additional higher education courses at the University of Pittsburgh combined with my medical education background has now suited me well to focus on professional and faculty development. A "teach-the-teacher" model directed at providers in leadership positions lead to physician and executive coaching.
