Emergency Medicine
Interim Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
Carlo L. Rosen, MD
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Carlo L. Rosen, MD, was named interim chair July 1, 2025. He has served as executive vice chair of the BIDMC Emergency Department, overseeing the HMFP Emergency Medicine Network, which includes eight emergency departments and five urgent care centers that care for more than 350,000 patients annually. He is the founding program director of the BIDMC Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, earning national recognition. He has also served as vice chair of Education in the department and associate graduate medical director at BIDMC.
His research focuses on trauma care in the ED, diagnostic imaging, care for older trauma patients, and pathways for managing mild traumatic brain injury. He has also studied diagnostic error and malpractice risk in emergency medicine and is dedicated to improving quality and safety in the field. He earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Columbia University and is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
Carlo L. Rosen, MD, was named interim chair July 1, 2025. He has served as executive vice chair of the BIDMC Emergency Department, overseeing the HMFP Emergency Medicine Network, which includes eight emergency departments and five urgent care centers that care for more than 350,000 patients annually. He is the founding program director of the BIDMC Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, earning national recognition. He has also served as vice chair of Education in the department and associate graduate medical director at BIDMC.
His research focuses on trauma care in the ED, diagnostic imaging, care for older trauma patients, and pathways for managing mild traumatic brain injury. He has also studied diagnostic error and malpractice risk in emergency medicine and is dedicated to improving quality and safety in the field. He earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Columbia University and is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
About Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (HMFP) Department of Emergency Medicine's mission is to serve our patients with clinical excellence and to expand the fund of knowledge of our specialty through research, teaching, and education. We seek to advance the quality of emergency healthcare through outreach, collaboration, and innovation. Our mission is driven by our commitment to personalized, excellent care for our diverse patient populations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island; the partnership between academic and community providers; our role as a major Harvard teaching hospital and residency program; and our recruitment of the best physicians, scientists, and allied health providers to support these activities.
We are the largest employer of emergency physicians and allied health providers in Massachusetts, with more than 200 board-certified, attending physicians. Many of our physicians are also faculty at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and academically focused on scientific and translational research, population health, and education. Our HMS-affiliated emergency residency program is nationally ranked for training future generations of emergency physicians.
Emergency Medicine
Rich Wolfe, MD, stepping down as chief of Emergency Medicine; Carlo L. Rosen, MD, named interim chief
After more than 25 years of visionary leadership, Rich Wolfe, MD, has stepped down as chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC. We are deeply grateful for Dr. Wolfe’s inspiring commitment to innovation, education, and advancing the practice of emergency medicine. We look forward to his continued contributions to the department through research, collaboration, and clinical work. We are pleased to share that Carlo L. Rosen, MD, has been named interim chief of Emergency Medicine. Click the header to read more.
Emergency Medicine
HMFP Emergency Physicians Staff New Watertown Urgent Care
The new Beth Israel Lahey Health Urgent Care Center in Watertown at 480 Pleasant St. is now open and staffed with board-certified Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians. Receive excellent, timely care for everything from sprains and fractures to flu and infections. Our physicians provide expert care close to home. Click to learn more.
Emergency Medicine
2025 NMETC EMS Summit March 25 & 26
This year's theme is Advancing Excellence in Pre-Hospital Care, and the summit is a must-attend event for EMTs, paramedics, and EMS educators. Presenters include Gregory Ciottone, MD, founding director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine. Click to learn more about the summit and the fellowship.
About
Emergency Medicine Leadership
An overview of the leadership team within the emergency medicine network, including our Chief, Chairs and Executive Vice Chair
Departments
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) includes 13 specialty clinical departments. HMFP has more than 2,200 specialty physicians and advanced practice professionals, providing services across the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) system, and other hospitals across eastern Massachusetts. To learn more about a specific department, click below.
