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Institute For Trauma Emergency Care (ITEC)

• Founded: 1981
• Purpose: To promote research, education, outreach, injury prevention, and improvement of patient care, in both pre-hospital and hospital settings, in the areas of trauma, emergency care, disaster preparedness, and care of the critically injured patient.
• Objectives: To research epidemiology, prevention, clinical, and basic science related to trauma, emergency, medicine, and critical care; and to provide Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses to residents and interested physicians.
• Current research: Include creation of trauma and patient database repository containing refined data for research studies, and research by NYMC medical students in trauma, EMS, critical care, and injury prevention.
• Contact: Rifat Latifi, M.D., Director, (914) 493-8729