Why EM?

TOPIC: "Fellowship Opportunities in Emergency Medicine"
Jeremiah Escajeda, MD
Dr. Escajeda, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh EMS Fellowship, is a UPMC Emergency Room Physician, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, and Medical Command Physician at UPMC Communications Center.
Julio M. De Peña MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAWM
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University. Board certified in Emergency Medicine, he is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physician (FACEP); the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (FAAEM) and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). Medical officer for the Dominican Red Cross Hurricane Georges disaster relief efforts and Disaster relief Task Force
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TOPIC: "DO & IMG Students Interested in EM”
Douglas Finefrock, DO
Vice-Chairman Emergency Department and founding EM Residency Director, Hackensack University Medical Center
Joshua Sayers
Former IMG representative for the EMRA MSC, Ross University Graduate 2017
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TOPIC: "Emergency Medicine - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”
Jason Wagner, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Christopher Sampson, MD
Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri Health School of Medicine
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TOPIC: "EM Pearls and Pitfalls”
Michael L. Epter, DO, FAAEM
Program Director, Maricopa Medical Center
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July 30, 2020 | TOPIC: “Special Populations Series: COVID’s Impact for Military Match Applicants”
Eric Chin, MD, MBA, FAAEM, LTC, MC
Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine
SAUSHEC/Brooke Army Medical Center
United States Army
Roderick Fontenette, MD, FACEP, LTC, MC, FS
Military Associate Program Director
DGMC/UC Davis Integrated Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
United States Air Force
John Devlin, MD, FACEP, FAACT, CAPT
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
United States Navy

November 21, 2019 : TOPIC: "Special Populations Series: Military”
Megan Halliday, MD, LT, MC
US Navy
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia
Robert Langenohl, DO, CPT, MC
US Army
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center
Marcus Sinewe, MD, Capt, MC
US Air Force
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
University of Washington
Rory P. Stuart, MD, LT COL, MC
US Air Force
Assistant Military Program Director
UC Davis/Travis Integrated Emergency Medicine Residency Program

TOPIC: "Military Match - Army”
Brad Reynolds, MD
Professor and Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University
Troy W. Akers MAJ,MC, FS
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University
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TOPIC: "The Military Match - Navy”
CDR John J. Devlin, MD
Program Director, Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth), Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Daphne P. Morrison Ponce, MD, FAAEM
Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, United States Navy, Assistant Program Director, Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth), Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Dylan Arnold, MD
Assistant Program Director, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
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TOPIC: "The Military Match - Airforce”
Roderick W. Fontenette, MD, FACEP
Major, Medical Corps, Program Director, David Grant Medical Center/UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine Integrated Residency Program
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TOPIC: "The Military Match and EM Bound HPSP Students & More"
Dylan Arnold, MD
Assistant Program Director, Naval Medical Center San Diego
Mark Riddle, DO
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director, Darnall Army Medical Center
Grigory Charney, MD
Emergency Medicine Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University, School of Medicine
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TOPIC: "Wellness in Emergency Medicine”
Arlene S. Chung, MD, MACM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and An Associate Program Director for the Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Residency Program in New York City
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July 9, 2020 | TOPIC: “Special Populations Series: Applicants with Families”
Lisa Stoneking, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Residency Program Director
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Past Chief of Staff
University of Arizona School of Medicine-Banner University Medical Center South
AJ Lakey, DO
PGY-2 Emergency Medicine
Past EMRA MSC Osteopathic Coordinator and Pacific Regional Representative
Residency: Southeastern Health
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences-COM
Jazmyn Shaw, MS4
University of Mississippi Medical Center
EMRA Board of Directors
Medical Student Council Chair

March 26, 2020 : TOPIC: Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine: Tips for Success as an Underrepresented EM Applicant
Kerry K. McCabe, MD
Vice-Chair of Education
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Jessica Faiz, MD
PGY-3, Chief Resident 2020-2021
Boston Medical Center (BMC) Emergency Medicine Residency
Chair, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, BMC EM
Chair, EMRA Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Jeremy Collado, MD
PGY-3, Chief Resident 2020-2021
Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine (DHREM)
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, DHREM
Co-chair, co-founder Minority and Ally Residency Council (MARC), University of Colorado
Vice-chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EMRA)

December 12, 2019 : TOPIC: "Special Populations Series: Couples Match”
Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA
EMRA President
PGY-3, University of Cincinnati
Coupled with Med-Peds
Andrew Q. Stromberg, MD
PGY-1 Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
Coupled with IM-Prelim/Neurology
Caitlin Schrepel, MD
Medical Education Fellow
Acting Instructor
University of Washington
Coupled with Internal Medicine
Ryan Buckley, MD
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
Yale-New Haven Health
Coupled with Psychiatry

November 21, 2019 : TOPIC: "Special Populations Series: Military”
Megan Halliday, MD, LT, MC
US Navy
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia
Robert Langenohl, DO, CPT, MC
US Army
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center
Marcus Sinewe, MD, Capt, MC
US Air Force
PGY-3 Emergency Medicine
University of Washington
Rory P. Stuart, MD, LT COL, MC
US Air Force
Assistant Military Program Director
UC Davis/Travis Integrated Emergency Medicine Residency Program

October 17, 2019 : TOPIC: "Special Populations Series: At-Risk & Reapplicants”
Adam Kellogg, MD
Associate Residency Director
University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate Health
Co-Chair CORD-EM Advising Students Committee (ASC-EM)
Natalie Strokes, DO
PGY-1, Emergency Medicine
Baystate Medical Center
MACEP Resident Representative
Dylan Devlin, MD
PGY-2, Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

September 26, 2019 : TOPIC: "Special Populations Series: DOs & Orphans”
Jonathan Giordano, DO
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
McGovern Medical School part of UTHealth
Lesley Walinchus-Foster, MD
PGY-3, Chief Resident
Emergency Medicine
Cooper University Hospital
A.J. Lakey, DO
PGY-1, Emergency Medicine
Southeastern Health
Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO
Assistant Residency Director,
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

April 25, 2019 : TOPIC: "Social EM: Immigrant & Refugee Health”
Laura Janneck, MD, MPH, FACEP
Director of Immigrant, Refugee, and Global Health
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Kyle Ragins, MD
PGY4 Resident, UCLA
EMRA Social Emergency Medicine Committee Vice Chair
Hannah Gordon, MPH
Medical Student, Class of 2019
Vice-Chair, EMRA Social EM Committee
Florida International University
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

November 15, 2018: "Starting the Conversation: A Crash Course on Health Policy in EM”
Cedric Dark, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Executive Editor, Policy Prescriptions
Alison Haddock, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Board Member, American College of Emergency Physicians

September 6, 2018 : TOPIC: "Pathway to Peds in EM”
Jessica Wall, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital
Geoffrey P. Hays, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Lilly A. Bellman, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow and Ultrasound Fellow
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Department of Pediatrics

TOPIC: "Women in Emergency Medicine”
Dara Kass, MD
CEO and Editor-in-chief of FemInEM
Deborah Pierce, DO
Residency Program Director, Einstein Healthcare Network
Teresa Ross, MD
AAEM Women in EM Committee Co-Chair
Nicky Ottens, DO
ACOEP Board of Trustees, Council of Women in EM Chair
Shana Ross, DO
Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO
Assistant Program Director, Undergraduate Medical Director, Einstein Healthcare Network
Elizabeth Johnson, MD
Lincoln Medical Center
Audrey Sanford, DO
University of Illinois Chicago

TOPIC: "Medical Students and Advocacy”
John J. Rogers, MD, CPE, FACEP, Chair of the Board
ACEP Chair of the Board, Associate ED Medical Director, Chief of Department of Medicine, Chief of Staff Elect, and Emergency Physician at Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon, Ga.; Associate ED Medical Director and Emergency Physician, Coliseum Medical Center, Macon, Ga.; Associate ED Medical Director, Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, Ga.; and Emergency Physician at Monroe County Hospital, Forsyth, Ga.
Peter Jacoby, MD, FACEP
NEMPAC Chairman
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TOPIC: "DO & IMG Students Interested in EM”
Douglas Finefrock, DO
Vice-Chairman Emergency Department and founding EM Residency Director, Hackensack University Medical Center
Joshua Sayers
Former IMG representative for the EMRA MSC, Ross University Graduate 2017
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TOPIC: "The Importance of Diversity in Emergency Medicine”
Esther Choo, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine
Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
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TOPIC: "Leadership and Women in Medicine”
Rebecca Parker, MD, FACEP
President, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Alicia Kurtz, MD
President, Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA)
Watch NowStarting Early / Research

TOPIC: "Extracurricular Involvement in EM"
Elena DiMiceli, MD
PGY1 at NYU/Bellevue
EMRA Program Representative
Shyam Murali, MS4
MS4 at Texas A&M College of Medicine
Rising intern at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH
EMRA Simulation Committee Chair-Elect

TOPIC: "Student Research in Emergency Medicine"
Nicholas Mohr, MD
MS Assistant Fellowship Director, Critical Care Fellowship Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine University of Iowa Healthcare Carver College of Medicine
Jessica Whittle, PhD, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor Director of Research UT College of Medicine Chattanooga
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TOPIC: "All Things Research”
Dave Cone, MD
Yale, Former Editor in Chief of Academic EM
Watch NowAways and Auditions

April 29, 2021 | TOPIC: “EM Away Rotations & SLOEs in 2021-2022: Let's Talk About the New Consensus Statement!”
Fiona Gallahue, MD FACEP
Immediate Past-President, Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD EM)
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine-UW Medicine
Julianna Jung, MD, FACEP
President, Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center
RJ Sontag, MD
President, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Emergency Physician, Mid-Ohio Emergency Services

April 9, 2020 | TOPIC: "COVID's Implications on Away Rotations."
J.V. Nable, MD
Clerkship Director, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Robbie Paulsen, MD
Clerkship Director, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician
University of Cincinnati
Hannah Hughes, MD, MBA
EMRA President
PGY-3, Chief Resident 2020-2021
University of Cincinnati

July 18, 2019 : TOPIC: "Acing Auditions & Becoming an Awesome Applicant”
Michael Pallaci, DO, FACEP, FACOEP
Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Adena Regional Medical Center
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nicole McCoin, MD
Keith D Wrenn Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Education
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

February 7, 2019 : TOPIC: "Do Your Titers! And Other Timely VSAS Advice”
Ronnie Kuo Ren, MD
Medical Education Fellow, EM UMass - Baystate Medical Center
Co-lead for CORD Advising Students Committee (ASC-EM)
VSAS/Away Rotaion Subcommittee
David Charles Gordon, MD
Duke University
Associate Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical Undergraduate Education Director
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sarah Ring, MS4
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
EMRA Medical Student Council Chair

TOPIC: "Securing Your SLOES”
Jennifer S. Jackson, M.D., FACEP
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Faculty Advisor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Student Co-Clerkship Director, Emergency Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

TOPIC: "Attacking Your Aways”
Maria Moreira, MD
Program Director: Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine
Staff Physician, Denver Health Medical Center
Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Jan Shoenberger, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Residency Program Director
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

TOPIC: "The VSLO/VSAS Program & Securing Away Rotations"
Shanaz Sulejmanovic, M.Ed
Program Manager
AAMC Visiting Students Learning Opportunities (VSLO)
Lind J. Villamar, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director University of New Meexico
Associate Professor
Aadil Vora, MS4
EMRA -MSC Osteopathic Coordinator

TOPIC: "How to Ace Your Audition Rotation”
Christopher I. Doty, MD, FACEP, FAAEM (@PoppasPearls)
Program Director, University of Kentucky-Chandler Medical Center
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May 18, 2024
Getting Started in EM Research: Lessons from Rising Stars
The EMRA Research Committee interviewed 4 soon-to-be legends in the emergency medicine research community, from residents to established faculty, to understand their experiences. Our interviewees — Mat Goebel, MD, MAS; Corey Hazekamp, MD, MS; Vinitha Jacob, MD, PhD; and Laura Harding-Jackson, DO, PhD — discussed how they got their start in EM research, relevant training, current focuses and niches, and more.

May 21, 2024
ABEM Board Certification Changes: What You Need to Know
The financial, equitable, and logistical implications of a new, in-person ABEM certifying exam as planned — especially one that replaces the current virtual OCE format — warrants further consideration and discussion with the most affected stakeholders: trainees and early-career physicians.