Daniel Frank, MD

Program Director

Dr. Daniel Frank is an attending physician at South Shore University Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He completed both medical school and residency training in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University's Health Science Center. While there, he served as chief resident and conducted research on post-intubation care in the emergency department. After finishing residency training, Dr. Frank went on to complete a two-year fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at North Shore University Hospital of Northwell Health. He then joined the Core Faculty of the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he spent 3 years working closely with residents and developing his interest in graduate medical education. Since joining South Shore University Hospital, Dr. Frank has worked to build and establish our residency program, publish scholarly work, present at national conferences, and serve on various Graduate Medical Education Committees as well as the Student Advancement Committee at the Zucker School of Medicine.

Born and raised in New York City, Dr. Frank now lives on Long Island with his wife, son, and dog.

Research and Presentations

Daniel Frank MD, Andrew Mastanduono MD, Debby Yanes MD, Lauren Cooke-Sporing DO MS. Personal well-being and professional accountability: Cultural challenges for a new residency program. AEM Education and Training, 2024; 8:e10975. DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10975 Emily M. Sze, Jennifer Williams, Nilesh B. Shukla, Robert C. Lee, Daniel B. Frank, Edward Yamin, Richard Nierenberg. Abdominal compartment syndrome from sigmoid volvulus presenting as acute respiratory failure. JEM Reports, 2024, 100088, ISSN 2773-2320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemrpt.2024.100088 Frank, D., Perera, T., & Weizberg, M. (2023). COVID-lateral Damage: Impact of the Post-COVID-19 Era on Procedural Training in Emergency Medicine Residency. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 24(5). http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.59771 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/28x885gw Lauren Cooke-Sporing, MD, Andrew Mastanduono, MD, Debby Yanes MD, Daniel Frank, MD. Simulation relay is an effective educational modality to engage multiple resident learners. Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 21-24, 2023 William Apterbach MD, Andrew Mastanduono MD, Daniel Frank MD, Debby Yanes MD, Sanjey Gupta MD, Greg Garra DO. The Impact of Providing Pulse Oximeters and Outpatient Monitoring on Readmissions in Patients with COVID-19. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, May 10-13, 2022 William Apterbach MD, Andrew Mastanduono MD, Daniel Frank MD, Debby Yanes MD, Sanjey Gupta MD, Greg Garra DO. Factors Associated with Increased Emergency Department COVID Testing. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, May 10-13, 2022Video Production for Program Directors: Resident Recruitment in the COVID-19 Era. Frank, D. IGNITE! Oral. May 2021 - SAEM Annual Meeting. The Impact of a New Emergency Medicine Residency on the Performance of Procedures by Attending Physicians. Apterbach, W., Alazar, S., Mastanduono, A., Baranchuk, N., Apterbach, G., Frank, D., Garra, G., Gupta, S. ePoster Presentation. May 2021 - SAEM Annual Meeting. A Multi-center Evaluation of Procedural Practice Differences Amongst Tertiary and Community Emergency Physicians. Apterbach, W., Mastanduono, A., Baranchuk, N., Apterbach, G., Frank, D., Alazar, S., Garra, G., Gupta, S. ePoster Presentation. May 2021 - SAEM Annual Meeting. The Impact of the Post-COVID Era on Emergency Medicine Residency Procedural Training. Frank, D., Weizberg, M., Perera, T. Lightning Oral Abstract. May 2021 - SAEM Annual Meeting. Blue Print for Setting Up a New Program as Part of “Building an Academic Department within a Corporate Structure. Frank, D. SAEM Advanced EM Workshop. May 2021 - SAEM Annual Meeting. Daniel Frank MD, Timothy Huang MD, Sengal Alazar MD. Image in Emergency Medicine: Elderly Woman with Weakness and Fatigue. Journal of Emergency Medicine, X(Y): 1-3, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.12.008 Daniel Frank MD, Brandon Fumanti MD, Michael Grossman MD, Antonio Mendez, MD. Suicidal ingestion of household bleach resulting in total gastrectomy. Clinical Toxicology, 58(4):300-301, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1643469 Daniel Frank MD, Brian Neal MD, Andrew Jacobs MD. Iliopsoas abscess due to nephrolithiasis and pyelonephritis. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018; 2(3):264-265. Doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2018.4.38206 Frank D. Gastrointestinal pathology. In: Levy ZD, ed. Absolute Neurocritical Care Review. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2017. Daniel Frank, MD. Blue print for setting up a new program, as part of “Building an Academic Department within a Corporate Structure.” SAEM Advanced EM Workshop, Accepted for Presentation to Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 12, 2020. *Presentation postponed due to COVID-19