Dr. Cynthia Marie Casucci-hida MD

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Cynthia Casucci, who serves the population of Valhalla, New York. Cynthia Casucci, MD, is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician at Emergency Medical Associates, and is affiliated to Westchester Medical Center and Maria Ferrari Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cynthia Casucci is an experienced and acclaimed physician. Her career in medicine began when she graduated from the St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada. She later completed a residency at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, New York, followed by a fellowship at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington. Dr Casucci is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and she provides urgent care and treatments for children and adolescents with a wide range of conditions and traumas that require immediate attention, as well as providing expert pain management. Emergency Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. As first-line providers, emergency physicians manage patients of all ages with undifferentiated ailments of all types. They are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and beginning investigations and interventions to diagnose and treat illnesses in the acute phase. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units, but may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics. Emergency physicians may subspecialize in disaster medicine, medical toxicology, ultrasonography, critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, palliative care, or aerospace medicine.

Recommended Articles

• Understanding the Causes of Fibromyalgia

  The exact cause of fibromyalgia is a medical mystery; however, research on this condition and pain and sensory processing is being monitored to discover how fibromyalgia develops and impacts the body. For now, research has identified several risk factors that predispose an individual for developing...

• The Top 8 Diet Options

  A number of studies have reported more than once that choosing the right kinds of foods is the first step towards weight loss. The top eight diet options:...

• What are Atrial Fibrillation Blood Clots?

  What are Atrial Fibrillation Blood Clots?Perhaps the terms Atrial Fibrillation Blood Clots are familiar with your ears or may be not, as the opposite applies to many and may be you are one of them. If you are in the latter group of people, then worry only if you have not read this article to the end...

• The Value of Clinical Intuition: Kids also Experience Drug Side Effects

  Clinical intuition is difficult to describe. Personally, it is the art of integrating nonverbal information that a patient presents in order to reach a diagnosis, reducing the need for diagnostic testing. This is especially important in children who often react differently to procedures, tests and...

• Treatment for Meningitis

  The severity of meningitis varies from one person to another. In common cases, medications can help solve the problem and the person may recover within 1 to 3 weeks. But in cases where there is a risk of the infection spreading to the meninges, hospitalization and other confirmation tests might be...

• Is Meningitis Contagious?

  Caused by bacteria and viruses, meningitis is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord known as the meninges. The inflammation is usually caused by an infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It can develop as a result of injury,...