AGEM Pioneer Award

At the AGEM 10th anniversary celebration, AGEM recognized Pioneers of Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Please join us in congratulation these outstanding individuals who helped build the specialty into what it is today!

Manish Shah, MD
University of Wisconsin

Tess Hogan, MD
University of Chicago 

Ula Hwang, MD
Yale University

Chris Carpenter, MD
Washington University

With special recognition to the following individuals for their contributions to establish geriatric emergency medicine as a specialty: Art Sanders, Lowell Gerson, Scott Wilber, and Jeff Jones.

2025 Outstanding SAEM Staff Contributor: Melissa McMillian, CAE, CNP
Melissa McMillian served as the staff liaison to AGEM for over a decade, and her dedication and commitment to geriatric emergency medicine was unparalleled. During that time, she became synonymous with AGEM through her efforts as both an advocate for AGEM and propelling the field of geriatric emergency medicine forward.