Dr Garra joined the faculty in 2000.  He serves as Residency Program Director and Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  In addition to maintaining an active clinical and administrative role in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr Garra is the Medical Record Committee Chair and member of the Graduate Medical Education Committee for Stony Brook University Hospital.
Dr Garra maintains an active academic and research career.  He is a regular columnist for the Empire State Emergency Physician Interim Communique.  He provides various lectures and skill workshops for medical student, pediatric and emergency medicine residents.  Dr Garra assisted in the development and implementation of medical simulation for the Stony Brook School of Medicine.  Dr Garra’s research interests are focused on pediatric abdominal pain and diagnostic imaging, medical student education and outcomes assessment of residency training.