Past & Upcoming Projects
Drill Design and Implementation
Waterworks 2011, pediatric Surge
Capacity full scale exercise, toxic chemical exposure to chlorine
April, 2011
New York City Office of the Medical Examiner Tabletop exercise Mass fatality due to
influenza outbreak.
April 2011
Assessment of Hospital Disaster Preparedness for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
June 2010
Long Distance Table Top Exercise 9 Hospitals, Western Cape, South Africa In preparation
for the FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP.
May 2009 – September 2009
Do Not Pass Go
Kings County Hospital Center Quarantine Working Group
Full Scale Exercise Evaluating Hospital Response to Activation of Quarantine Unit
– 15 patients, 36 hours
April 2009 and 2010
Cover Your Cough Scale Exercise
University Hospital at Downstate, Downstate Medical Center, Kings County Hospital
Center, Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, NYPD, OEM,
FDNY, American Red Cross, Major Triage and Isolation Drill, 345 patient/actors
July 20, 2008
Water Interruption Table Top Exercise
University Hospital at Downstate, Downstate Medical Center, Joint Commission preparation
and training drill
January 1, 2008
Clean Baby Full Scale Exercise
4 Hospital Radiation Event with Decontamination Drill with Special Attention to Pediatric
Decontamination protocols, Center for Biological Preparedness and Planning
July 18, 2007
Dialysis Center Drill
Parkside Dialysis Center University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County and Hospital
Center
May 31, 2007
“Having A Blast” Full Blast Exercise
Largest Hospital based bomb blast full scale exercise in the City of New York. Event
involved triage of 146 patients/victims (Children and Adults)
December 10, 2006
Point of Distribution (POD) for Biological Outbreak for prophylactic treatment of
staff of at 3 hospitals
July 2006
Plague Tabletop Exercise
Kings County Hospital Center
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
May 17, 2006
Surge Capacity Table Top Drill
Biological Hazard of Respiratory Infection
11 Health and Hospital Center Hospitals, New York City Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, New York State Department Health, New York City Office of Emergency Management
and the Health and Hospital Center Central Office
November 29, 2005
Hospital Drill, DECON
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
July 13, 2005
Slippery Slope SARS, Full Scale Exercise
4 Hospital Drill
Identification of initial outbreak case of SARS
Center for Biological Preparedness and Planning (CBPP)
Brooklyn, New York
January 19, 2005
Plague Tabletop Drill
Centers for Biological Preparedness and Planning (CBPP)
University Hospital at Downstate
Brooklyn, New York
December 18, 2004
Planning/Surge Capacity Drill – Mass Casualty Event Operational Exercise
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center, Kingsboro Psychiatric
Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
December 12, 2003
Smallpox
Smallpox Tabletop Drill
Centers for Biological Preparedness and Planning (CBPP)
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center, Kingsboro Psychiatric
Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
February 2004
Surgery Tabletop Drill
2 Hospital Drill – Mass Casualty Event
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
June 2, 2003
Citywide Drill, Mass Casualty at a Sports Stadium (Shea Stadium) Limited Operational
Exercise
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Management,
New York City Fire Department
March 10, 2003
Drill, DECON
2 Hospitals
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
July 26, 2002
Mass Casualty with optional Decon of 108 victims, Full Scale Exercise
Using 6 hospitals in Brooklyn and local voluntary EMS, 130 participants with inter-hospital
transfer
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center, Brookdale Hospital,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn Veterans Hospital, Methodist Hospital
May 10, 2003
Mass Casualty Operational Exercise with local EMS testing Joint Triage System
Developed for Kings County/University Hospital at Downstate 2 Hospital Drill,
University Hospital at Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
April 3, 2002