Committee Leadership
Administration And Operations

Administration & Operations Leaders
Chair
Josue Minaya, MD
Chair-Elect
Chad Nix, MD
Vice Chair
Jack Buckanavage, MD
Vice Chair
William Boyer, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Abigail Raynor, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Alice Lu
Critical Care Leaders
Chair
Alexandra Hallagan, MD
Chair-Elect
Alex Lucas, MD
Vice Chair
Josh Wild, DO
Vice Chair
Alex Cavert, MD
Vice Chair
Dominique Gelmann, MD
Vice Chair
Luci Qiao, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Yi Qin Zhu, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Pooja Dave, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Aarif Motorwala, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Jonathan Hanan, MD
Diversity & Inclusion Leaders
Chair
Jessica Andre-Todd, MD
Chair-Elect
Cathryn Phouybanhdyt, MD
Vice Chair
Avery Ford, MD
Vice Chair
Kelsey Newbold, DO
Assisant Vice Chair
Ravi Sandhu
Vice Speaker of the Council
Kailey Jacobson, DO
Atlanta, GA
Education Leaders
Chair
Kayla Basedow, MD
Chair Elect
Allison Gasnick, MD
Vice Chair
Andres Lopez, MD
Vice Chair
Kendrick Lim, DO
Vice Chair
Christopher Thompson, DO
Assistant Vice Chair
Ellis Jang, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Katelyn Hagstrom, MD
Director of Education
Louisa Weindruch, DO
Dallas, TX
Government Services Leaders
Chair
Kyler Osborne, MD
Chair-Elect
Evan Miller, DO
Vice Chair
Ryan Leone, MD
Vice Chair
Tyler McGuire, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Christopher Heins, MD
Vice Speaker of the Council
Kailey Jacobson, DO
Atlanta, GA
Health Policy Committee Leaders
Chair
Nicholas Melucci, DO
Chair-Elect
Alberto Perez-Sthory, MD
Vice Chair
Srikar Adibhatla, MD
Vice Chair
April Huckleberry, MD
Vice Chair
Parth Patel, MD
Technology, Telehealth & Informatics Leaders
Chair
Sidra Speaker, MD
Chair-Elect
Monique Arnold, MD
Vice Chair
Avi Patel, MD
Vice Chair
Alec Labadie, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Christopher Awad MD,MBA
ACGME RC-EM Liaison
Brittany Botticelli, MD
Boston, MA
International Committee Leaders
Chair
Ekiomoado Olumese, MD
Chair-Elect
Aditya Lal Vallath, IMG
Vice Chair
Amera Hassan, MD
Vice Chair
Gabriela Hernandez, DO
Director of Leadership Development
Grace Bunemann, DO
Chicago, IL
Pediatric EM Leaders
Chair
Lauren Altomare, DO
Chair Elect
Hannah Miller, MD
Vice Chair
Alisha Agarwal, MD
Director of Leadership Development
Grace Bunemann, DO
Chicago, IL
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Leaders
Chair
Shilpi Ganguly, MD
Chair Elect
Matthew Lyons, DO
Vice Chair
Sriram Venkatesan
Vice Chair
Mohammad Abuakar, CCEMT-P
Vice Chair
Elizabeth Mangin
Vice Chair
Kyle Essex, DO
Assistant Vice Chair
Alicia Stoebenau, MECM, NREMT-P
Research Leaders
Chair
Michael Makutonin, MD
Chair Elect
David Gordon
Vice Chair
Laura Harding-Jackson, DO
Vice Chair
Emilia Clementi, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Lauren Eisner, MD
EMRA Rep to the AMA
Anna Heffron, MD, PhD
New York, NY
Simulation Leaders
Chair
Elizabeth Yim, MD
Chair-Elect
Kyle Cohen, DO, NRP
Vice Chair
Danier Ong, MD
Vice Chair
Allison Smith, MD
Secretary/Editor, EM Resident
Elizabeth Nisper, MD
Grand Rapids, MI
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Social EM Leaders
Chair
Alessandra Della Porta, MD
Chair Elect
Margaret Hayslip, MD
Vice Chair
David Bronstein, MD
Vice Chair
Mitchell Love, DO
Vice Chair
Clara Keum, MD
EMRA Rep to the AMA
Anna Heffron, MD, PhD
New York, NY
Sports Medicine Leaders
Chair
Christian Holland, MD
Chair Elect
Jacquelyn Pearlmutter, DO
Vice Chair
Ricky Gable, MD
Vice Chair
Raymond Zhou, MD
EMRA Representative to ACEP
Kelsey Morgan, MD
Dallas, TX
Toxicology Leaders
Chair
Laura Szczesniak, MD
Chair Elect
Claire Seo, MD
Vice Chair
Hayn Jackson, MD
Vice Chair
Katherine Markin, MD
EMRA Representative to ACEP
Kelsey Morgan, MD
Dallas, TX
Ultrasound Leaders
Chair
Olivia Williams, DO
Chair Elect
Sean Beckman, DO
Vice Chair
Miranda Teixeira, MD
Vice Chair
Daniel Castro, MD
Vice Chair
Ochan Kwon, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Ryan Bellinger, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Ayo Isola, MD
Assistant Vice Chair
Madeleine Silverstein, MD
Director of Education
Louisa Weindruch, DO
Dallas, TX
Wellness Leaders
Chair
Diana Gregoriou, MD
Chair Elect
Coral Byrns, DO
Vice Chair
Sarah Beth Hanna, DO
Vice Chair
Melina Kanji, MD
Secretary/Editor, EM Resident
Elizabeth Nisper, MD
Grand Rapids, MI
Wilderness Division Leaders
Chair
Jackson Anderson, MD
Chair Elect
Mariko Ching, MD
Vice Chair
Kelly Dinh, DO
Vice Chair
Olivia Chase, DO
Vice Chair
Megan Barthels, DO
Assistant Vice Chair
Hunter Stutz, DO
Assistant Vice Chair
Erin Kinney, MD
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