Bonnie Arquilla DO FACEP FAIM
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director of Emergency Preparedness Downstate Medical Center
New York Institute all Hazard Preparedness
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Dr. Arquilla completed medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Hospital and Mental Health Center, Bronx New York. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care.
She joined the Emergency Department at SUNY Downstate in 2000 and is active in the SUNY Downstate educational mission. Her area of interest is Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness and she is the Medical Director of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
The New York Institute, All Hazards Preparedness (NYIAHP), was started in 2003 by Dr. Bonnie Arquilla and Dr. Michael Augenbraun. NYIAHP and has been grant funded since its inception. She works collaboratively with The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, The Greater New York Hospital Association, and the New York City Emergency Management. Dr. Arquilla has extensive national and international experience in Emergency Management and Education where she provides consultation on system problems and disaster readiness to local and national governments. Dr. Arquilla is the founder and director of the Disaster Preparedness Fellowship Program at SUNY Downstate, a non GME fellowship. Additionally, Dr. Arquilla has been both a primary and secondary grant reviewer the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Arquilla is a founding member of American College of Academic International Medicine and she is a past president of the organization. In addition, Dr. Arquilla has been an instructor since its inception in 2010 and director since 2012 of the NEMBRIC Emergency Medicine Board Review and the course in India.
