2023 Annual Alliance Donors

For gifts and pledges between January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023

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Each year we are able to make a significant investment in emergency medicine’s future by funding close to $850,000 in grants. This is only possible through the generosity of our Annual Alliance donors. A special thanks to these visionary donors who make the SAEM Foundation’s work possible and who are partnering with us to award more, and larger grants. Commit yearly to the Foundation by joining a community of like-minded individual’s intent on producing quality research and education that will change the future of the specialty.

Enduring

• Bill Barsan, MD
• Steven L. Bernstein, MD
• Steven B. Bird, MD
• Michelle Blanda, MD
• Charles B. Cairns, MD
• Wendy C. Coates, MD
• Gail D'Onofrio, MD
• Deborah B. Diercks, MD, MSc
• Robert S. Hockberger, MD
• James F. Holmes, Jr., MD, MPH
• Gabor D. Kelen, MD
• Ian B.K. Martin, MD, MBA
• James J. McCarthy, MD, MHA
• Nick M. Mohr, MD, MS
• Andrew S. Nugent, MD
• Ali S. Raja, MD, DBA, MPH
• Megan N. Schagrin, MBA, CAE, CFRE
• Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH
• Gregory A. Volturo, MD
• Richard E. Wolfe, MD
• Nestor Rhett Zenarosa, MD

Sustaining

• Pooja Agrawal, MD, MPH 
• Thomas C. Arnold, MD
• Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS
• Andra L. Blomkalns, MD, MBA
• David F.M. Brown, MD
• Michael D. Brown, MD, MSc
• Jim Comes, MD
• Gregory J. Fermann, MD
  
• Katherine L. Heilpern, MD
• Sheryl L. Heron, MD, MPH; in honor of her husband, Boniface Thomas, her parents, Basil and Amy Heron, best friend Patricia Baines, other key family and friends, as well as her Emory EM family, ADIEM, and AWAEM, for their support throughout the years
• Brian Hiestand, MD, MPH
• James W. Hoekstra, MD
• Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD
• Babak Khazaeni, MD
• Michelle Lall, MD, MHS
• Phillip D. Levy, MD, MPH
• Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MSc; In memory of Suzanne Shepherd, MD
  
• Roland Clayton Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD
  
• Angela M. Mills, MD
• Brian J. O'Neil, MD
• Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH
  
• Ava Pierce, MD
• Susan B. Promes, MD, MBA
• Niels K. Rathlev, MD
  
• Elizabeth Schoenfeld, MD, MS; An additional annual gift was made in honor of Melissa McMillian's 13th anniversary with SAEM
  
• Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH
• Rahul Sharma, MD, MBA
  
• Scott VanEpps, MD, PhD
• Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA
• Jody Vogel, MD, MSc, MSW
• David Evan Wilcox, MD
• Brian J. Zink, MD

Advocate

• James G. Adams, MD
• Opeolu M. Adeoye, MD
• Brian J. Browne, MD
• Bo D. Burns, DO
• Danielle Campagne, MD
• Chad M. Cannon, MD
• Christopher Robert Carpenter, MD, MSc
• Brendan G. Carr, MD
• Douglas M. Char, MD
• Ted A. Christopher, MD
• Carl R. Chudnofsky, MD
• James E. Colletti, MD
• Ted Corbin, MD, MPP
• Joshua Davis, MD
• John DeAngelis, MD; An additional annual gift was made in honor of Melissa McMillan's 13th SAEM-aversary
• Jeff Druck, MD
• Robert Eisenstein, MD
• Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD
  
• Charles J. Gerardo, MD, MHS
• Prasanthi Govindarajan, MD, MAS
• Erik P. Hess, MD
• Christy Hopkins, MD, MPH, MBA
  
• Ula Hwang, MD, MPH
• Nicholas J. Jouriles, MD
• Stephanie Kayden, MD, MPH
• Babak Khazaeni, MD
• Kevin Kotkowski, MD, MBA
• Robert F. McCormack, MD
• Lawrence A. Melniker, MD, MS, MBA
• Joseph Miller, MD
• Chadwick Miller, MD
• James R. Miner, MD
• Bryn E. Mumma, MD, MAS
• Paul I. Musey, Jr., MD, MS
  
• Marquita S. Norman, MD, MBA
• David T. Overton, MD
  
• Arthur M. Pancioli, MD
• Peter S. Pang, MD; In honor of Yung-soo and Jung Sook Pang
  
• Ralph J. Riviello, MD, MS
• Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD
• David C. Seaberg, MD
• Peter E. Sokolove, MD
• Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP
• Mary E. Tanski, MD, MBA
• Jeremy Thomas, MD, MBA
• Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH
• Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH
  
• David W. Wright, MD
• Richard D. Zane, MD
• James M. Ziadeh, MD

Mentor

• Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH
• Mike Baumann, MD
• Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH
  
• Linda Brown, MD MSCE
• James E. Brown, Jr., MD
• John Burkhardt, MD, PhD
• Yvette Calderon, MD, MS
• Jeffrey M. Caterino, MD, MPH
• Computer System Innovations (CSI) and Doug Morris, Founder of CSI
• Elizabeth Datner, MD
• John M. Deledda, MD
• Eric W. Dickson, MD
• Rosemarie Fernandez, MD
• Chris Fox, MD
• Chris Goode, MD
• Azita G. Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA
• Richard J. Hamilton, MD, MBA
• Gregory W. Hendey, MD
• Carolyn Kluwe Holland, MD, MEd
• Namita Jayaprakash, MB Bch BAO, MRCEM
• Dietrich Von Kuennsberg Jehle, MD; In honor of Dr. Herbert Jehle
  
• Samuel M. Keim, MD
• Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH
  
• Brent King, MD, MMM
• Diann M. Krywko, MD
• Dick C. Kuo, MD
• Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH
• Eric L. Legome, MD
• John P. Marshall, MD
• Kerry McCabe, MD
• Nicole McCoin, MD
• Christopher McDowell, MD, MBA, MEd
  
• Lewis S. Nelson, MD, MBA
• Vicki E. Noble
• Mary D. Patterson, MD
• Mary Beth Phelan, MD
• Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
• Scott W. Rodi, MD, MPH
• Rawle Anthony Seupaul, MD
  
• Robert Shesser, MD
• Adam J. Singer, MD; In memory of Richard Nowak
  
• David P. Sklar, MD
• Gregory Ryan Snead, MD
• Susan A. Stern, MD; In memory of James Roberts and Richard Nowak
  
• Terry L. Vanden Hoek, MD
  
• Michael C. Wadman, MD
• Elizabeth Lea Walters, MD
• Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH
• Sandy L. Werner, MD
• Taneisha Wilson, MD; In honor of SAEMF; Francesca Beadoin; Megan Ranney; and ADIEM

Young Professionals

• Anonymous (2)
• Anonymous (1); In honor of Chris Carpenter's Diagnostic Series
• Rami A. Ahmed, DO, MHPE
• Uche Anigbogu, MD
• Donald Hayes Arnold, MD
  
• Fernanda Bellolio, MD, MS
• Christopher Bennett, MD, MSc, MA
• Dowin Hugh Boatright, MD
• Merle Andrea Carter, MD
• Bernard P. Chang, MD, PhD
• Charmayne Cooley, MD
• Richelle J. Cooper, MD, MSHS
  
• D. Mark Courtney, MD MSci
• Deborah Dean, MD
• Petra Duran-Gehring, MD
• Yves Duroseau, MD
• Patrick Eiben, MD
• Carly Eastin, MD; In honor of Carey Chisholm and Kevin Rodgers
  
• Daniel J. Egan, MD
• Robert Ehrman, MD, MS
• Jonathan Fisher, MD, MPH
• Caroline Freiermuth, MD, MHS
• Latha Ganti, MD, MS, MBA
• Romolo J. Gaspari, MD
• Nina Gentile, MD
• Lowell W. Gerson, PhD
• Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH
• Michael A. Gisondi, MD
• Elizabeth M. Goldberg, MD, ScM
• Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD
• Joshua Goldstein, MD
• Colin F. Greineder, MD, PhD
• Corita Reilley Grudzen, MD, MSHS
• Shayne Gue, MD, MSMEd
• Nick Hartman, MD, MPH
• Alison Schroth Hayward, MD, MPH
• Carleigh F. F. Hebbard, PhD, MD
• Judd E. Hollander, MD
• Haeyeon Hong, MD
• Meagan Hunt, MD
• Alexander Janke, MD
  
• Julianna J. Jung, MD
• Dean E. Johnson, MD; In honor of SAEM's Faculty Development Committee
• Matthew T. Keadey, MD
• Rowan Kelner, MD
• Rachel Koval, MD
• Diane Kuhn, MD
• Nancy Kwon, MD, MPA; In memory of my brother, John S. Kwon
• Elizabeth Leenellett, MD
  
• Penelope C. Lema, MD; In honor of Dr. Cody Smith
  
• Mark Levine, MD
• Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, MS
• Louis J. Ling, MD
  
• Eve D. Losman, MD, MHSA
• Elise O. Lovell, MD
• Mike Lozano, Jr., MD, MSHI, FACEP
• Adrienne N. Malik, MD
  
• Dan Mayer, MD
• Danielle M. McCarthy, MD, MS
• Jolion McGreevy, MD, MBE, MPH
• Ryan McKillip, MD
• Robert M. McNamara, MD
• Sudave Daniel Mendiratta, MD
• Anne M. Messman, MD, MHPE
• Andrew B. Moore, MD, MCR
  
• Erin Muckey, MD, MBA
• Philip A. Mudd, MD, PHD
• Jessie G. Nelson, MD
• Elizabeth M. Nestor, MD; In honor of Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, ScM
• Craig Newgard, MD, MPH
  
• Kat Ogle, MD
  
• Edgar Ordonez, MD, MPH
• Ronny Otero, MD, MSHA
• Peter Paige
• Leigh A. Patterson, MD
• Emily Pauw, MD
• James Paxton, MD MBA; In honor of Melissa McMillian's 13th anniversary with SAEM
• Ryan Pedigo, MD, MHPE
• Cori McClure Poffenberger, MD
• Jonathan McCoy, MD
• Gregory Polites, MD
• Samuel J. Prater, MD
• Heather Marie Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH
• Christian D. Pulcini, MD, MEd, MPH
• Neha Raukar, MD, MS
• Michael Redlener, MD
• Lynne D. Richardson, MD
• Lynn Palacol Roppolo, MD
• Anthony Russell Rosania, III, MD
• John Rozehnal, MD
• Elizabeth Rubano, MD
• Shira A. Schlesinger, MD, MPH
• Kinjal Nanavati Sethuraman, MD, MPH
• Gururaj Shan, MD
• Siri Shastry, MD
• Emily Spilseth Binstadt, MD, MPH
• Marc D. Squillante, DO
• Jeffrey Stowell, MD
• Judah Sueker, MD
• Harsh P. Sule, MD, MPP
• Wendy W. Sun, MD
• Andrej Urumov, MD
• Laura Walker, MD, MBA
• Dustin Blake Williams, MD
• Stephanie Williford
• Kabir Yadav, MDCM, MS, MSHS

Residents

• Anonymous (2)
• Daniel Jose Artiga, MD
  
• Laura Barrera, MD
• Mitchell Blenden, MD
• Taylor Brown, MD
• Emily Cloessner, MD
• Kenneth Felsenstein, MD, PhD
• Zoe Fisher, MD
• Corey Hazekamp, MD, MS
• Patricia Hernandez, MD
• Hamza Ijaz, MD
• Daniel N. Jourdan, MD; In honor of Daniel N. Jourdan
• Angel Li, MD
• Tiffany Mitchell, MD
• Giovanni Rodriguez, MD
• Joel Rowe, MD
• Lauren Wilson, MD

Medical Students

• A special thanks to the group of anonymous students who came together to donate a group gift at SAEM23
• Anonymous (1)
• Stephanie Balint
• Cole Ettingoff, MPH

Additional Donors

• Anonymous (11)
• Anonymous; In honor of Dr. Brooke Lerner
• Beau Abar, PhD
  
• David Adler, MD, MPH
  
• William Alley, MD
• Aaron Barksdale, MD
  
• Jason Bischof, MD
• Cindy Bitter, MD, MPH
• Marc Alan Borenstein, MD
• Katherine Hunold Buck, MD
• Cassandra Bradby, MD
• Taylor Burkholder, MD, MPH
• Elizabeth Burner, MD PhD
• Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH
• Lauren Cameron-Comasco, MD
• Meta Carroll, MD
• Michael Cassara, DO, MSEd, CHSE
• Andrew K. Chang, MD, MS
• Wendy Chang, MD
  
• Alice Y. Chen, MD
• Brian F. Chinnock, MD
• Samuel O. Clarke, MD, MAS
  
• Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD
  
• Brock Daniels, MD MPH
• Moira Davenport, MD
• Kimberly R. Dittler, MD
  
• Youyou Duanmu, MD, MPH
  
• Layne Dylla, MD, PhD
• Andrea Fang, MD
• Kiran Faryar, MD, MPH
• Ramana Feeser, MD
  
• Jennifer A. Frey, PhD
• Brenda Friedman, MD
• Ray Fowler, MD, FACEP
• Fiona E. Gallahue, MD
• Rebecca Goett, MD
• Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS
• Riley P. Grosso, MD
• Joshua Guttman, MD
• John Patrick Haran, Jr., MD
• Sara Hock, MD
• Jeffrey Hom, MD, MPH
• Jason Hoppe, DO
• Laura Roff Hopson, MD
• Hillary R. Irons, MD, PhD
• David H. Jang, MD, MSc
• Laura Janneck, MD, MPH
• Bory Kea, MD, MCR
• Randall W. King, MD
• Sean Kivlehan, MD, MPH
  
• Jeffrey A. Kline, MD
• Damon R. Kuehl, MD
• Ryan LaFollette, MD
• Alexander T. Limkakeng, Jr., MD
  
• Judy Linden, MD; In memory of Gloria Kuhn
  
• Andrew S. Liteplo, MD; In honor of Melissa McMillian's 13th anniversary with SAEM
• Rachel Liu, MD; In honor of Melissa McMillian's 13th anniversary with SAEM
• Shan Liu, MD SD
• Yiju Teresa Teresa Liu, MD; In honor of Melissa McMillian's 13th anniversary with SAEM
• Bernard L. Lopez, MD, MS
• Elise O. Lovell, MD; In honor of ADIEM
  
• Angela Lumba-Brown, MD; In honor of Irene Lumba
  
• Joshua Lupton, MD
• Bo Enemark Madsen, MD, MPH
  
• Brandon Maughan, MD, MHS, MSHP
• Ryan P. McCormack, MD, MS
• Taylor McCormick, MD
  
• Ron Medzon, MD
• Stephen Miller, DO
• Joel L. Moll, MD
• Sree Natesan, MD
• Dhimitri Nikolla, DO
• Laura Nolting, MD, FACEP
• Ogechukwu Agatha Offorjebe, MD
• Kelli O'Laughlin MD, MPH
• Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSC, FACEP
• Viral Patel, MD
• Elissa Perkins, MD, MPH
• Ronald G. Pirrallo, MD, MHSA
  
• Dorcas Boahema Pinto, MD
• Marc A. Probst, MD, MS
• Yanina Purim-Shem-Tov, MD
• Martin Pusic, MD
• Mike Puskarich, MD MSCR
• Michael S. Radeos, MD, MPH
• Robert Rash, MD
• Martin Reznek, MD, MBA
  
• Amber Sabbatini, MD, MPH
• Annabella Salvador-Kelly, MD
• Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow, MD, MSHP
• Kori Sauser Zachrison, MD, MSc
• Carl Schultz, MD
• Willard W. Sharp, MD, PhD
• Jeff Siegelman, MD
• Richard H. Sinert, DO
• Howard A. Smithline, MD
  
• Lauren Southerland, MD
• Peter A D Steel, MD
  
• Julie Stilley, PhD
• Alexander St. John, MD
• Matthew Strehlow, MD
• Tania D. Strout, PhD, RN, MS
• Sophie Terp, MD, MPH
• Christopher Thom, MD
• Kara Toles, MD
• William F. Toon, EdD, NRP
• Robert W. Turer, MD
• Alexander Ulintz, MD
• Kyle Vogt, MD
• Jason Wagner, MD
• Alexandra J. Weissman, MD MS MPH
• Lance D. Wilson, MD
• Ashlea Danielle Winfield, MD
• Susan M. Wojcik, PHD
• Andrea Wu, MD, MMM
• David Yang, MD
• Justin Yaworsky, MD
• Xiao Chi Zhang, MD, MS
• Amy Zeidan, MD
• Michael Zwank, MD
  

SAEM Staff Donors

• Megan Schagrin, MBA, CAE, CFRE
• Krystle Ansay
• Monica Bell, CMP
• Holly Byrd-Duncan, MBA
• Erin Campo
• Kar Corlew
• Laura Giblin
• George Greaves
• Dometrise Hairston
• Dawud Lawson; In honor of Northwestern Emergency Medicine and Rush University Cardiology
• Anthony Macalindong
• Melissa McMillian, CAE, CNP; Two generous gifts to honor Jane Scott for her lifelong dedication to training emergency medicine researchers and in honor of all SAEM members working to improve emergency care
  
• Alison Mistretta
  
• Andrea Ray
• Doug Ray, MSA
• Kayla Roseen
• Stacey Roseen
• Megan Schagrin, MBA, CAE, CFRE
• Bill Schmitt
• Juana Vazquez
• Julie Wolfe; In honor of the ED and doctors at DeWitt Army Hospital who saved my mom's life
  
• Edwina Zaccardo

As of December 31, 2023