Mark A. Merlin DO, EMT-P, FACEP

Present Title:
Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
5/06- Present

Emergency Medical Services Medical Director
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
5/06-Present

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

Undergraduate Education:
University of Pittsburgh
BS Cum Laude
1984-1989

Graduate Education:
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 1990-1994

Post Graduate Training:

• Graduate Hospital Philadelphia
  Medical Internship, 1994-1995
  
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/Geisinger Medical Center
  Medical Residency, 1995-1996
  
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
  Emergency Medicine Residency, 1996-1999

Academic Appointment:
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mt. Sinai Medical Center , New York
1999-2001

Hospital Appointments:

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Attending Physician
  May 2006- Present
• St. Barnabas Attending Physician Emergency Department
  1999-2006
  
• Newark Beth Israel Attending Physician Emergency Department
  1999-2002
  
• Morristown Memorial Hospital Attending Physician Emergency Department
  2003-2006
  
• St. Michael's Medical Center/Seton Hall University Hospital
  Attending Physician Emergency Department
  2003-2004

Licensure:
State of New Jersey

Certification:
American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine 2002

Professional Organizations:

• American College of Emergency Physicians
  
• Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
  
• American Academy Emergency Physicians
  
• National Association Emergency Medical Services Physicians
  
• American Medical Association
  
• New Jersey Medical Society
  
• American Osteopathic Association

Sercice on RWJMS Committees:
Graduate Medical Education committee

Service on RWJMS Affiliated Hospitals Committees:

• RWJUH-Trauma Committee
• RWJUH-Special Care Transport Unit Committee
• RWJUH-EMS Operations Committee

Honors and Awards:

• EMS Physician of the Year – New Jersey 2005-2006
• Attending of the Year- Morristown Memorial Hospital-Emergency Medicine 2005-2006
• Award from Rutgers

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Medical Resident education and supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
  
• Physician Assistant student clinical education UMDNJ-RWJMS
  
• Medical student clinical supervision UMDNJ-RWJMS
  
• Paramedic teaching Union County College

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Medical Director NJ EMS Task Force
• Emergency Department Physician at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
• Director of EMS Physician Response Program
• Director New Jersey EMS/Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program

Research Interests:

• Pre-hospital Vehicle
• Infections in the Emergency Department
• Evidence Based Medicine