Bonnie Arquilla DO FACEP FAIM
Professor Emergency Medicine
Director Emergency Preparedness
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Director of Emergency Preparedness, University Hospital Brooklyn
Dr. Arquilla completed medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and her Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Hospital and Mental Health Center, Bronx New York. She board certified in Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care. She joined the Emergency Department at SUNY Downstate in 2000. Since then she has been active in the SUNY Downstate residency educational mission. Her area of interest has been in Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness. Dr. Arquilla is the Medical Director of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine at University Hospital.
Dr. Bonnie Arquilla and Dr. Michael Augenbraun started the New York Institute, All Hazards Preparedness (NYIAHP) at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in 2003. 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. 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 was president of Academic College of International Medicine from 2017-2018.
