Mikhail Elfond, DO
South Setauket, NY 11720
Tel: 631-***-****
Cell: 631-***-****
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Experience: Director of Palliative Medicine and Hospice Long Island Community Hospital
Patchogue, NY 11772
3/1/2020 - present (Hospice)
4/1/2021 - present (Palliative)
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Progressive Emergency Physicians
Good Samaritan Hospital
West Islip, NY
8/5/2019 - 2/13/2020
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
US Acute Care Solutions at
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
Director of QA
Port Jefferson, New York
9/2016 – 7/1/2018 Full time
7/1/2018 – present. Per-diem
Attending Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, New York
Osler Dispensary Teaching Attending Award 2009
7/1/2007 – 8/1/2016 Full time
Non-Clinical responsibilities:
- Associate Medical Director of Emergency Medicine Department, from 11/2011 to 4/2015
-Director of Academic Affairs of Emergency Department from 3/2011 to 4/2015
-Trauma QA,
-Lectures to Medical and PA students,
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-Lectures at Nassau County Paramedic Academy
-Lectures to Emergency Medicine, Family Practice Medicine, Pediatric and Internal Medicine Residents at NUMC
- “ABC of Trauma”-lecture at New York College of
Podiatric Medicine
Attending Physician
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
New Hyde Park, NY
7/1/2007 – 8/1/2008 Per-diem
Physician Assistant
St. John’s Queens Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery
Elmhurst, NY
12/11/1995 – 8/1/1999
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of
New York Institute of Technology
Fellowship Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica, NY
7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019
Residency & Emergency Medicine Residency
Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Izzy Segal Humanitarian Award 2007
7/1/2004 – 6/30/2007
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Traditional Rotating Internship
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
7/1/2003 – 6/30/2004
Education: NY College of Osteopathic Medicine
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Member of Psi Sigma Alpha –
National Osteopathic Scholastic Honor Society
According to the Dean’s letter,
ranked in the top 5% of the class of 2003
8/15/1999 – 5/30/2003
Health Science Center at Brooklyn
College of Health-Related Professions
State University of New York
Bachelor of Science, Physician Assistant
5/1/1993 – 8/1/1995
Military: Medical Battalion, Soviet Army
Afghanistan
Physician Assistant
Provided medical and surgical care to Soviet
soldiers and Afghan nationals
Decorated by President Gorbachev, Soviet
and Afghani Governments
4/26/1987 -3/30/1989
State Licenses: New York State Medical License
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Languages: Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian
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Publications: 1. M. Elfond, DO “Clinical Case: Perirectal Mass” EM RESIDENT, Newsletter of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association
Curarino syndrome.
August of 2006, Volume 33, Number 4, page 13
2. M. Peera, MD., M. Locurto, MD, M. Elfond, DO
“A case of Takayasu Arteritis causing Subclavian Steal and Presenting as Syncope”.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
May 13, 2008
3. Sassan Naderi, Richard Park
“Intensive Review for the Emergency Medicine
Qualifying Examination”
M. Elfond, DO, Contributor
Chapter 25, QA for CD
McGraw Hill, 2010
4. M. Elfond, DO, Christine Ahn, MD
“Not All Sore Throats Are Created Equal”
Emergency Physician Monthly
The case of pneumomediastinum and
pneumopericardium after orbital and maxillary sinus fractures.
July 2010, Volume 17, Number 7, page 6
5. M. Elfond, DO, David Edwards, MD.
Jefferson’s Fracture with Bilateral Occipital
Condyle Fractures”
Emergency Physician Monthly
October 2010, Volume 17, Number 10, page 8
6. Zimmerman D, DO, Kapoor T, MD, M. Elfond, DO
Spontaneous Compartment Syndrome of the
Extensor Compartment of the Upper Arm in a
Patient Receiving Anticoagulation Therapy for
Atrial Fibrillation.
Journal of Emergency Med, 2013 44(1):e53-6.
7. M. Elfond DO, F. Alagoa, MD
Gallstone Ileus
Emergency Physician Monthly
May 2012, Volume 19, Number 5, page 5-6
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8. M.Elfond, DO, Joseph V.M. Kelly MD, MBA
“Fournier’s Gangrene in Urgent Care Setting”
Jan. 2015
Emergency News Monthly
9. M.Elfond, DO, Esi Quayson, MD,
Joseph V.M. Kelly MD,MBA
“Otitis Media to Ostomastoiditis - Brain Abscess Presenting as Stroke Notification”
Jan 2015
Emergency News Monthly
10. Chris Barsi, MD; Peter Harris, MD;
Rich Menaik, MD; Nicholas C. Reis, DO;
Swapna Munnangi, PhD; Mikhail Elfond, DO.
Risk Factors and Mortality Associated with Undertriaged Patients at a Level I Safety-net Trauma Center: a Retrospective Study. Dec 2016
Open Access Emergency Medicine,
Dover Medical Press
Presentations: 1. M. Elfond, DO
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Lecture to Emergency Residency Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Jan 14th, 2015
2. Tammy Tavdy, BS; Chris Barsi, MD; Peter Harris, MD; Rich Menaik, MD; Nicholas C. Reis, DO;
Swapna Munnangi, PhD; Mikhail Elfond, DO.
Risk Factors and Mortality Associated with Undertriaged Patients at a Level I Safety-net Trauma Center: a Retrospective Study. NYACP Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Forum:
NYACP Poster Competition
November 14, 2015
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Institute for Human Performance (IHP)
505 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
3. M. Elfond. DO
Palliative care in Emergency Medicine
Lecture to Emergency Medicine Faculty
JT Mather Memorial Hospital
Port Jefferson, NY, Nov 2018
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4. M. Elfond. DO
Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine
Lecture to Emergency Medicine Faculty
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Queens, NY. March 19th 2019
5. M. Elfond. DO
Prognostication of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage secondary to a Ruptured Aneurysm in Palliative Care.
Lecture to Internal Medicine Residents
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Queens, NY April 5th 2019
6. M. Elfond, DO
Palliative Medicine in Trauma and Emergency Medicine Trauma Grand Rounds
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
West Islip, NY October 2019
References: Available upon request
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