Lewis M. Fraad Department of Pediatrics (Resident Program)- Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University - Jacobi Medical Center

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Sergey Kunkov, MS, MD

718-918-5860
kunkovmd@optonline.net

Dr. Kunkov is an Attending Physician and the Associate Fellowship Director in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. In 2002, Dr. Kunkov received the Ambulatory Pediatric Association’s (now Academic Pediatric Association) prestigious Ludwig-Seidel Award, which recognizes the best research project by a fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kunkov is board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and he is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Undergraduate:
Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

Graduate:
Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Medical School:
St. Petersburg College of Medicine

Training:

Internship and Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship: Jacobi Medical Center

Awards and Honors:

Ludwig-Seidel Award, for the Best Research by a fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Ambulatory Pediatric Association APA Young Investigator Grant

Research and/or Clinical Interests:

Adherence and morbidity following emergency department care for inner-city astmatics
Identifying children at low risk for bacterial conjunctivitis
Ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture

Bibliography:

Chao JH, Kunkov S, Reyes LB, Lichten S, Crain EF: Comparison of two approaches to observation therapy for acute otitis media in the emergency department. Pediatrics 2008;121:e1352-6.
Kunkov S: Our PEM fellowship program will be participating in the upcoming 2008 Match. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007;23:430.
Schreiber KM, Cunningham SJ, Kunkov S, Crain EF: The association of preprocedural anxiety and the success of procedural sedation in children. Am J Emerg Med 2006;24:397-401.
Kunkov S, Pinedo V, Silver EJ, Crain EF: Predicting the need for hospitalization in acute childhood asthma using end-tidal capnography. Pediatr Emerg Carez 2005;21:574-7. Kunkov S: Acute Scrotum. Office Emerg Pediatr 2001;14:2-4.
Kunkov S: Gestation & birth; issues unique to newborn& prematurity; prevention, health supervision, & child abuse, in Stead LG (ed): First Aid for the Pediatric Clerkship. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.