2025 Sports Medicine Committee Leader Spotlight

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Christian Holland, MD, Chair of the EMRA Sports Medicine Committee, 2025

christian hollandProgram: Allegheny General Hospital

Your goal as an EMRA leader: Continuing to help promote Emergency Medicine not only as a speciality but importantly on Sports Medicine. I want to help spread the information that is easily accessible and reasonable but also useful to my peers.

Why did you get involved in a professional society? I desire strongly to be apart of the change and want to know the new information that can potentially be practice changing. There is so much research and changes in our practice particularly in Emergency Medicine and I think I can learn from being exposed to all this newfound knowledge, and serve a role to help sift through what matters and what does not. 
 
What is the best advice you have ever received? Enjoy the journey on the way to your destination 

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: Baseball coach

Favorite life hack for night shifts: 2-3 energy drinks

What app on your phone consumes the most of your time? Instagram vs amboss/rosh 

Favorite channel on social media? Daniel Tosh has a new youtube channel thats pretty great

What's on your playlist? Rod Wave ft Jack Harlow Yungen

 

Jacquelyn Pearlmutter, DO, Chair-Elect of the EMRA Sports Medicine Committee, 2025

jacquelyn pearlmutterProgram: Creighton University of Arizona (Maricopa County)

Your goal as an EMRA leader: My goal as an EMRA leader is to continue to contribute to the success of the fields of both emergency medicine and sports medicine. I want to improve education for residents and inspire others to become passionate about different topics in emergency medicine. 

Why did you get involved in a professional society? I have always aspired to be a leader in the communities I have been a part of. With my specific interests in sports medicine and ultrasound, I am currently involved in teaching about musculoskeletal ultrasound. I am also implementing a longitudinal nerve block curriculum for my residency, where I teach about how and why to perform ultrasound-guided nerve blocks. My goal is to ultimately publish this curriculum for other emergency medicine residents to use. I want to help develop the online musculoskeletal curriculum of EMRA by providing additional educational information to apply to the field of emergency medicine. 
 
What is the best advice you have ever received? Throughout the years, I have received good advice from many people. One piece of advice that I found extremely helpful is to stop and take a breath. This applies to many situations, but most certainly applies to emergency medicine when it can become stressful at times. It is always important to stop and breathe to bring one back to the present moment. 

If I weren't an emergency physician, I would be: If I was not an emergency medicine physician, I would be either a park ranger or a backcountry adventure tour guide

Favorite life hack for night shifts: Play some disco music and or have great snacks to look forward to eating. Drink my homemade kombucha

What app on your phone consumes the most of your time? New York Times cooking because I love learning new recipes 

Favorite channel on social media? A man called Ove and remarkably bright creatures 

What are your top songs on Spotify Wrapped? Everything by Mount joy and Tash Sultana 



Raymond Zhou, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Sports Medicine Committee, 2025

raymond zhouProgram: Mount Sinai Morningside West

What is your goal as an EMRA leader? To share knowledge, resources, and interests related to Sports Medicine and musculoskeletal diseases with colleauges in EMRA. 

Why did you get involved in a professional society? To serve my patients and colleagues through advocacy and education related to Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine. 

What do you think are the top three traits of a great leader? Honesty, Kindness, Vision

What is the best advice you have ever received? Just keep swimming!

What is something that people don't know about you? I have previously worked as a swim and soccer coach. 

Favorite channel on social media? Brian Sutterer.

 

Ricky Gable, MD, Vice Chair of the EMRA Sports Medicine Committee, 2025

ricky gableProgram: University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Memphis

 

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