1990s - Phelps

Scot Phelps, J.D., M.P.H. ’95, was appointed assistant commissioner of emergency management at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2002 and has been teaching a course on disaster management at the New York Medical College. He writes that as head of the new emergency management bureau he is getting the opportunity to combine his experiences as a paramedic, emergency manager and administrator to better prepare New York City against terrorism.