Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Grantees

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Congratulations to this year's grantees!

SAEMF recognizes the valuable role of emergency medicine medical student interest groups (EMIGs), and awards grants of up to $1,000 to support these groups' educational activities. EMIG grant goals are to:


  • Promote growth of emergency medicine education at the medical student level
  • Identify new educational methodologies advancing undergraduate education in emergency medicine
  • Support the educational endeavors of an EMIG. Learn more about these grants.

We applaud the following grantees for being awarded these important educational grants for their programs:


EMIG People-1-Emilie Baxter

Emilie Baxter  

Recipient of The 2025 David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Endowed Grant

Harvard Medical School Emergency Medicine Interest Group / Harvard Medical School for “Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Bootcamp: Building Medical Students’ Skills in Pediatric Critical Care through Simulation-based Trainings”


EMIG People-2-Waymon Whiting IV EMIG People-3-Zoie Richardson

Waymon Whiting IV and Zoie Richardson

Recipients of The 2025 David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Endowed Grant

Columbia VP & S Emergency Medicine Interest Group / Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons for “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Drug Overdose Community Workshop”


EMIG People-4-Tristan Wisont

Tristan Wisont  

UWSOM EMIG / University of Washington School of Medicine for “Foundations of Management of the Heavily Contaminated Airway”


EMIG People-5-Alexandra Vasile EMIG People-6-Jon O’Mara

Alexandra Vasile and Jon O’Mara 

OCOM EMIG / Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine for “Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine (OCOM) Emergency Medicine Club”


EMIG People-7-Rachel Schuler

Rachel Schuler 

Mizzou Emergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group / University of Missouri School of Medicine for “Transition to Clerkship Boot Camp: Preparing M3 Students for Emergency Medicine Rotations”