2025Technology, Telehealth and Informatics Committee Leader Spotlight

Sidra Speaker, MD, MS, Chair of the EMRA Technology, Telehealth & Informatics Committee, 2025

Program: UC San Diego Health

Your goal as an EMRA leader: To help make informatics education accessible to emergency medicine residents throughout the country so that we're prepared to use the technology available to us. I would like to promote physician understanding of data and technology so that we can best harness these tools to improve the cost, quality and accessibility of Emergency care.

Why get involved in a professional society? To connect with other residents and faculty within my field and to get involved the the EM community.

What do you think are the top three traits of a great leader? Drive, creativity, and excellent communication skills.

What is the best advice you have ever received? Don't change you goals just because someone says "no".

What is something that people don't know about you? I relax by doing art projects and making birthday cards for close friends and family. 

If you weren't an emergency physician, what would you be? A pain medicine physician. If not a physician I'd like to be a florist.

What is the last non-textbook you read? The Amber Spyglass

Monique Arnold, MD, Chair-Elect of the EMRA Technology, Telehealth & Informatics Committee, 2025

Program: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Avi Patel, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Technology, Telehealth & Informatics Committee, 2025

Program: UC San Diego Health

Your goal as an EMRA leader: As an EMRA leader, I aim to advocate for innovations that enhance physician and patient care by leveraging technology and informatics. I want to ensure emergency medicine clinicians are prepared to harness data and emerging tools to improve the cost, quality, and accessibility of care.

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: A National Park Service Ranger. Or Astronaut.

Alec LaBadie, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Technology, Telehealth & Informatics Committee, 2025

Program: Henry Ford Wyandotte

Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal as an EMRA leader is to bring new ideas of a new generation to the field of medicine. I also hope to participate in influencing legislative decision making on behalf of physicians and patients.

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: I would probably work in some computer science field with coding or engineering.