Robert M. Eisenstein MD, FACEP

Department Chair of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
11/2011– present

 

 

 

Chief Ambulatory Services
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
7/2005 – present

Office Address:
One Robert Wood Johnson Place
MEB Room 104
New Brunswick , NJ 08901
Tel: 732-235-8717

Undergraduate Education:
Trenton State College Trenton , NJ
BS in Biology 9/84 – 6/88

Graduate Education:
University of Health Sciences-The Chicago Medical School
MD, 1992

Post Graduate Training:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Emergency Medicine Residency
7/92 – 6/95
Chief Resident: 7/94 – 6/95

Academic Appointments:

• Associate Professor
  UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  7/05 – present
• Clinical Assistant Professor
  UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  5/03 – 6/05
• Clinical Instructor in Surgery
  Jefferson Medical College
  1995 – 2004

Hospital Appointments:

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
  Attending Physician
  March 2001- Present
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
  Associate Director, Emergency Department,
  8/01 to 6/05
• Capital Health System 2001 – 2005
• West Jersey Health System 1996 – 2005
• Methodist Hospital Emergency Department
  CQI Director
  Philadelphia , PA
  7/99 – 3/01
• Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  Emergency Department Attending
  Philadelphia , PA
  7/95 – 3/01

Licensure: State Of New Jersey

Certification:
Diplomate of American Board of Emergency Medicine 1996 (2006 results pending)
Fellow American College of Emergency Physicians 2006

Professional Organizations:
American College of Emergency Physicians
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine

Service on RWJMS Committees:

• Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Board of Governors
• Managed Care Committee
• Clinical Care Committee
• Participated in the internal review of the Cardiology fellowship and General surgery residency.

Service on RWJMS Affiliated Hospitals Committees:

• RWJUH – Outcome Steering Committee
• RWJUH – Performance Improvement Committee
• RWJUH – Code MI committee
• RWJUH – Physician Advisory Committee for Eclipsys
• RWJUH – Stroke Steering Committee
• RWJUH – Throughput Committee

Teaching Responsibilities:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital :

• Organized the Emergency Medicine electives for third and fourth year medical students and physician assistant students.
  8/01 – 7/06
• Coordinate the Emergency Department rotation for the Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Practice Residents. 8/01- 7/06
• Supervising Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Practice Residents as well as Medical and Physician Assistant students rotating in the Emergency Department
• Organized Emergency Medicine Lecture series for Medical Students and Residents
• Designed current Emergency Department computer order sets.
• 6/06 Revised order sets for implementation in SCM.
• Supervised Emergency Medicine residents and Medical Students from Thomas Jefferson University rotating through the Methodist hospital Emergency Department 7/95 – 3/01

Clinical Responsibilities: 
Emergency department physician at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Research Interests:
Patient Throughput
Emergency Department Administration
Emergency Preparedness