Donnarumma named department chair of emergency medicine at Saratoga Hospital
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » Dr. Robert Donnarumma was named chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Saratoga Hospital, responsible for care at the hospital’s Alfred Z. Solomon Emergency Center and urgent care centers in Wilton and Queensbury.
He will continue to serve as medical director of Saratoga Hospital’s COVID-19 testing tent, a responsibility he took on in March when the hospital launched its pandemic-related testing services.
“Dr. Donnarumma has demonstrated the skill, dedication and leadership to head one of our most critical and visible service lines,” said Dr. Richard Falivena, vice president and chief medical and physician integration officer at Saratoga Hospital. “He is an asset to our hospital and our community.”
Donnarumma’s new responsibilities will also include serving as medical director of Saratoga Hospital’s stroke program. In addition, he will remain medical director of the hospital’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program and Saratoga Hospital’s representative on the Regional Medical Advisory Committee.
A graduate of Cornell University, Donnarumma earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where his clinical rotations included a regional trauma center, a children’s hospital, community hospitals and an inner-city tertiary care center.
He also has a Master of Public Health degree, with a specialization in health policy and management, from New York Medical College.
Donnarumma is board certified in emergency medicine. He joined Saratoga Hospital in 2013.