Bio
A nationally recognized authority on Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Joseph Marcellino is the expert at Coney Island Hospital. When Hurricane Sandy hit, the hospital was flooded. It had no power or electricity and a raging fire on the campus. Mr. Marcellino oversaw the safe and smooth evacuation of all 250 patients, each with an evacuation kit with personal information, diagnosis, medical conditions and medications. The hospital was out of operation for six months, so Mr. Marcellino helped establish urgent care centers and a pharmacy in south Brooklyn as the hospital worked toward reopening. Dr. Mark Kindschuh, Chairman of Emergency Medicine says, “Our emergency room cannot function without him. We rely on him for large-scale emergencies and for smaller ones like flu surges or multiple-injury car accidents. He saves lives, pure and simple.”
