2019 Award Recipients
The Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM) is proud to celebrate two academy members—Gregory M. Archual, MBA, winner of the award for Significant Contributions to AAAEM, Travis W. Schmitz, PhD, MBA, winner of the Annual Achievement Award, and James J. Scheulen, PA, MBA, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This past March, the AAAEM and the Association of Academic Charis of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) held their 11th annual joint administrators/chairs retreat in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Learn more about them below!
2019 Award Recipients | |
Significant Contributions to AAAEMGregory M. Archual, MBA The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Greg Archual is the Chief Operating Officer and Administrator of the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University. Greg received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from the University of Akron in 1982 and his MBA from Ashland University in 1987. Greg received his Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification from Kent State University in 2006. In 2018, he also was a member of the first AAAEM CAEMA graduating class. Greg’s work history includes both manufacturing and healthcare sectors, working for eleven years as an industrial/management engineer with a focus on process improvement and systems engineering. His work experience also includes thirteen years managing an emergency department of a level one trauma center and eleven years of academic emergency medicine practice management. In his current role, he is responsible for the strategic, financial, and operational success of the department’s four missions: clinical, education, research, and faculty development. Greg is responsible for all operations of the department, which include: two emergency departments, two after hours clinic operations, hyperbaric medicine, a clinical decision unit, an ultrasound division, and a Physician Advisor Program. Greg resides in Dublin Ohio with Julie, his wife of 36 years. They have three sons, Anthony, Christopher, and Mark. He is currently Immediate Past President of AAAEM and is faculty for the CAEMA program. He has attended all eleven AACEM/AAAEM retreats and has been an active member on the benchmark committee since its inception. He has presented at SAEM national, SAEM regional, and the AACEM/AAAEM annual retreat on multiple occasions on behalf of AAAEM. During Greg’s year as president of AAAEM, the Member Assistance Program (MAP) was created. MAP provides financial assistance to the members of AAAEM who, because of financial constraints at their institution(s), are unable to attend annual educational meetings. Additionally, the annual AAAEM Insight newsletter was reestablished and new membership categories were created. Greg is being recognized for his development and advocacy of the academy, its membership engagement, development and recognition. He has also participated in CAEMA and as faculty in CAEMA, and has been a dedicated Benchmark Committee member. | |
Annual Achievement AwardTravis W. Schmitz, Phd, MBA Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Travis Schmitz is the department administrator for Emergency Medicine at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Travis also serves as the director of operations for the Office of the Chief Medical Officer for the healthcare system. In his six years at Northwestern, he has integrated two community emergency rooms and eight immediate care centers. In his role with the Office of the CMO, he provides leadership to areas including the Medical Staff Office, Credentials Verification Office, and Graduate Medical Education. Before coming to Northwestern, Travis spent over eight years at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, working as a finance administrator/ practice operations director for the Department of Medicine and the department administrator for the Department of Anesthesiology. Travis received his bachelor degree in business administration from Mississippi College and his MBA from Millsaps College. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Health Sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2013. He still teaches for the University of Mississippi system in an online program for the Department of Health Sciences. Travis has two very active boys, ages 9 and 7. In his free time, he has served as the president of an associate board for a non-profit in Chicago that provides housing, healthcare, and human connection to those struggling with poverty and/or homelessness, with a special emphasis to youths and those in the LGBT community. Travis also loves to explore the Chicago food scene, exercise, and is happiest when he is with his friends and family. Travis has been a member of AAAEM since 2013. Since that time, he has been an active member of the benchmarking committee. He has also served as an at-large member of the Executive Committee and currently serves on the membership committee. Starting in 2019, Travis will join Kirsten Rounds, creator of the CAEMA program, to co-direct the Certificate in Academic Emergency Medicine Administration program. Travis is being recognized for taking on co-leadership of CAEMA, being an active member of the Benchmark committee, being a thought leader in EM, as well his general guidance and support for membership development. | |
Lifetime Achievement AwardJames J. Scheulen, PA, MBA Johns Hopkins Health System
Jim Scheulen is the Chief Administrative Officer for Emergency Medicine and Capacity Management for Johns Hopkins Medicine. He is responsible for the operations of the Johns Hopkins Health System Emergency Departments, including both hospital operations and physician practices. Mr. Scheulen is the founder of the Johns Hopkins Access Line and Johns Hopkins Lifeline critical care transportation service and in his new role as Chief Administrative Officer, he leads efforts to manage hospital capacity for Johns Hopkins. In this role, Jim leads institutional efforts at inpatient operations improvement and has led the development of a one of a kind, hospital capacity optimization command center. Mr. Scheulen is active in the leadership of pre-hospital EMS and Emergency Preparedness for Johns Hopkins and for the State of Maryland; most recently, Jim was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Emergency Medical Services Board, which oversees the operation of all EMS activity in the state. Jim is a founding member of the Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine and has served a number of positions on the executive board, including as president during the formative years of the academy. Jim has worked with the AAAEM Benchmark Committee since it began and works with that team to produce benchmarks for academic emergency departments on an annual basis. Mr. Scheulen has over 30 peer reviewed publications on topics including: care of the burn patient, Emergency Department operations and crowding, disaster preparedness and, most recently, the use of simulation modeling in hospital and emergency department operations and, of course, emergency department benchmarking. Jim is being recognized for his outstanding work, as a founding member of the AAAEM, a past president, his unparalleled work in leading the Benchmark and related surveys, for AAAEM’s visibility within SAEM and finally for facilitating the merger with the AACEM on joint collaboration around academic emergency medicine key data and information. He is a nationally and internationally known thought leader in emergency medicine administration. |
2018 Award Recipients
The Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM) is proud to celebrate two academy members—Cathi A. Harbertson, winner of the award for Significant Contributions to AAAEM, and Linda Davis-Moon, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This past March, the AAAEM and the Association of Academic Charis of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) held their 11th annual joint administrators/chairs retreat in San Diego, CA. One of the highlights of the retreat is the annual awards dinner, where the academies had the opportunity to honor our two awardees. Learn more about them below!
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2017 Award Recipients
The Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM) is proud to celebrate two academy members—Cathi A. Harbertson, winner of the award for Significant Contributions to AAAEM, and Linda Davis-Moon, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This past March, the AAAEM and the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) held their 10th annual joint administrators/chairs retreat in Miami, FL. One of the highlights of the retreat is the annual awards dinner, where the academies had the opportunity to honor our two awardees. Learn more about them below!
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2016 Award Recipients
The Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM) is proud to celebrate two academy members—Antoinette M. Brooke, winner of the award for Significant Contributions to AAAEM, and Kristen Rounds, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This past March, the AAAEM and the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) held their ninth annual joint administrators/chairs retreat. One of the highlights of the retreat is the annual awards dinner, where the academies had the opportunity to honor our two awardees. Learn more about them below!
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