
Eric L Legome, MD
About Me
Dr. Eric Legome is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chair of Emergency Medicine of the Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospital’s Departments of Emergency Medicine and the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine System. He trained in emergency medicine at the Denver Affiliated Residency after completing an internship in general surgery at Emory University Hospitals in Atlanta. He completed college at Emory University and medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Dr. Legome has held multiple clinical and administrative leadership positions in Emergency Medicine, including Chief of Service at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, Chair of Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, residency director of the NYU/Bellevue Emergency Medical Residency and associate residency director of the Harvard MGH/BWH Emergency Medicine Training Program.
A noted author and lecturer, Dr. Legome is active in leadership roles in national emergency medicine societies and has spoken nationally and internationally regarding the emergency medical perspective on traumatic emergencies. He has authored multiple publications on trauma, administration, and public health as related to Emergency Medicine. He has been devoted to resident and student education and mentoring throughout his career. He sits on the editorial and review boards of multiple journals and specialty publications, is the Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press multidisciplinary trauma textbook, Trauma: A Comprehensive Emergency Medicine Approach, and is a section editor for a trauma column in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Language
English
Position
SITE CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE MOUNT SINAI ST. LUKES | Mount Sinai West, PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Education
BA, Emory University
MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications
- The MOST (Mortality Score for TBI): A novel prediction model beyond CRASH-Basic and IMPACT-Core for isolated traumatic brain injury. Mert Karabacak, Pemla Jagtiani, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Eric Legome, Zachary L. Hickman, Konstantinos Margetis. Injury
- Unraveling key determinants of cranial decompression in isolated severe traumatic brain injury: insights from a national trauma database. Stavros Matsoukas, Sean Inzerillo, Raymond V. Wedderburn, Eric L. Legome, Konstantinos Margetis, Divaldo Camara. Brain Injury
- Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in operative traumatic brain injury. Jacques Lara-Reyna, Pemla Jagtiani, Mert Karabacak, Gijong Paik, Eric Legome, Konstantinos Margetis. Surgical Neurology International