YHEM Residency

Dr. Bryan Wexler joined YHEM in 2013 after completing his fellowship in Disaster Medicine at UMass. He is the Medical Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response of WellSpan Health and leads our Disaster Medicine Interest Track.  In his system role, Dr. Wexler provides strategic oversight and guidance to WellSpan’s Emergency Management and Business Continuity programs.  Dr. Wexler serves on disaster preparedness committees and task forces at the local, regional, and national level.  He supports the Keystone Healthcare Coalition as physician advisor and is chairman of the York-Adams Metropolitan Medical Response System.  Dr. Wexler led the ACEP task force in developing the 2023 Model Core Curriculum of Disaster Medicine. He is part of the ABEM task force responsible for developing the Disaster Medicine subspecialty application, and currently serves as the chair-elect of ACEP’s Disaster Medicine Section, the vice-chair of ACEP’s Disaster Medicine Committee, and is the associate editor for the upcoming third edition of the Koenig & Schultz’s Disaster Medicine textbook. 

The Disaster Medicine Interest track provides opportunities for a customized approach based on the level of resident interest.  Participants have ranged from those with passing interest to individuals actively pursuing formal fellowship training.  In addition to the standard longitudinal Disaster Medicine curriculum, those involved with the interest track have additional options including participation in our National Disaster Life Support Training Center providing Basic and Advanced Disaster Life Support classes, additional lectures and training, research and presentation opportunities, disaster response exercises, experience with our WellSpan Disaster Response Team and working with active Incident Command teams. Working closely with our Wilderness Medicine and EMS divisions, multiple graduates from YHEM have pursued fellowship in these niche fields.