Featured Grantees

Shashank Somasundaram, BS

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ai Xin Chen, MD & Elizabeth Scott, MD

UCLA-Harbor Medical Center

Jessica Bod, MD

Yale University School of Medicine

Melissa Erin Parsons, MD

University of Florida

Julie Gesch, MD

The Andrew Levitt Center for Social Emergency Medicine

Julian T. Hertz, MD, MSc

Duke University

Michael Gottlieb, MD

Rush University Medical Center

Michael Gottlieb, MD is the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Division and the Program Director for the Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center. He is also the co-creator and Chief Strategic Officer for the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Faculty Incubator, as well as the Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section and Past-Chair of the AAEM Ultrasound Section. He has authored over 450 peer-reviewed publications and has received over $20 million in federal and foundation funding. He is also an editor for 8 journals, has received numerous top peer reviewer awards, and is a nationally-recognized speaker and educator. His academic interests include medical education, ultrasound, infectious diseases, heart failure, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 

Cynthia Santos, MD

Assistant Professor

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Jennifer Love, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

I am a research fellow in the department of emergency medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and medical toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University.

Over the last two years, I have chaired the AWAEM didactics committee. As didactics chair, I organized and lead efforts to support AWAEM didactic submissions for SAEM's annual meeting. For SAEM 2021, AWAEM had a record number of member didactic submissions (20+) and acceptances (16), all helping to promote and further AWAEM's mission. In my role as didactics committee chair, I have worked closely with the executive committee and received direct mentorship from the current VP of Education, Dr. Kat Ogle.

I am running for the position of VP of Education to continue working on AWAEM's educational initiatives that promote and sponsor women in emergency medicine. Over the last two years, I have been fortunate to review the brilliant educational didactics conceptualized and executed by our members for a variety of emergency medicine audiences at SAEM ASM. As VP of Education, I hope to build a structured curriculum for academic departments to be incorporated into the AWAEM Toolkit. This curriculum would broaden the reach of our AWAEM member experts beyond the annual meeting, and provide additional speaking opportunities for AWAEM members. Additionally, as VP of Education, I hope to work closely with our social media team to be able to promote AWAEM-related educational information and highlights continuously throughout the year. Finally, as VP of Education, I will work closely with the executive committee to develop and support new educational ideas that synergize with AWAEM's other missions including research, membership, and development.

Betty Chang, MD

New York–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Michelle Lee, MDCM

The Hospital for Sick Children

Bennett Lane, MD, MS

University of Cincinnati

Christine Luo, MD, PhD

Oregon Health and Science University

Masashi Okubo, MD, MS

University of Pittsburgh

Taneisha Wilson, MD, SCM

Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital