President-Elect

Stanford University

It is an honor to be considered for SAEM President-Elect. It is an exciting and transformative time in our specialty with challenges and opportunities in our workforce, crowding within the healthcare system, ensuring a strong researcher pipeline, promoting provider well-being, and the evolution of our practice across acute care medicine. In this era, thoughtful and strategic leadership is necessary. As a long-standing leader in the Society, I have led multiple successful initiatives and would be honored to serve you as President-Elect engaging and supporting members while advancing the mission of the Society and our specialty.

I am Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. I completed residency training at the Denver Health Medical Center, and a research fellowship at the Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine.

Over the course of my career, I have been an active contributor and leader within the Society. As a resident, I served as the Resident Member of the Board of Directors. As a faculty member, I have had the privilege of serving in many leadership roles, including my current service as Secretary-Treasurer on the Board of Directors and four years as Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Additional highlights of my contributions to the Society include eleven years of dedicated service on the SAEM Program Committee, including two years as SAEM Program Committee Chair, service as a member and leader within numerous committees, academies, and task forces, and leader of multiple national-level initiatives and strategic planning sessions to enhance emergency care education and research. I am also a member of the Academic Emergency Medicine Editorial Board. Through these excellent experiences and multiple leadership roles, I came to understand the essential role of the Society in advancing academic emergency medicine through education, innovation, and research. Moreover, I came to fully appreciate the benefits of the collaborative relationships developed through the Society which foster the exchange of knowledge and ideas that help improve patient care.

My goals for supporting members and advancing the Society and specialty are multifaceted. The first goal is to ensure high-quality education, networking, and faculty development for all members to help facilitate the leadership skills necessary to advance our specialty. The second goal is to increase research opportunities for investigators with the intent of increasing competitive, successful applications for federal research grants. I would advocate for expanded research training opportunities (R38, T32, K12), and actively engage as President-Elect with the National Institutes of Health and other federal funding agencies to increase funding for emergency care research. Third, I would continue to encourage active participation by junior faculty, residents, and students within the Society so they may benefit from the Society’s valuable resources as they become the future leaders in our specialty. Early mentorship through the Society is vital for the development of these future academicians who will carry forth the Society’s mission. Finally, I would work to continue to strengthen our relationships and engagement with other emergency medicine organizations as collegiality and collaboration is key to our specialty’s success.

The Society has played an integral role in my development as an academician, and as President-Elect, I would encourage and foster opportunities for this same development for others so they may also benefit from the Society’s rich resources. My overall goal would be to strengthen the role of the Society as an influential leader in providing and advocating for emergency care research, education, and grants. I fully appreciate the many outstanding opportunities afforded by the Society, and it would be an honor to serve you as President-Elect.

Secretary-Treasurer

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Being a member of the SAEM Board of Directors has provided me the opportunity to contribute to strategic planning that will optimize the professional development of the academic emergency medicine community. It has truly been a privilege to be a member of this team that is working to ensure that SAEM provides opportunities that will be most impactful for its members. I would be honored to have the opportunity to continue to serve SAEM as Secretary-Treasurer.

I obtained my medical degree at Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport and completed an emergency medicine residency at Emory University School of Medicine. I am currently a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and work clinically at Parkland Health and Hospital Systems. I am the Associate Vice Chair of Outreach and Engagement for the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Director of the Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program, the Co-Director of the Joint Admission Medical Program at UT Southwestern, and previously served in medical student training as associate clerkship director. I completed the Medical Education Research Certificate Program, the AAMC s Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program, and AACEM’s Chair Development Program. My research interests include medical education, diversity and inclusion, health equity, and cardiac resuscitation.

I have two decades of work in EM enhancing the careers of colleagues at UTSW EM. Serving as a board member has given me the opportunity to serve members of SAEM across multiple platforms. I have been actively involved in multiple academies, committees, and interest groups at SAEM. I have been involved in the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) since it was founded. As an executive committee member and President of ADIEM, I collaborated with multiple academies, committees and interest groups including AWAEM, CDEM, AGEM, the Simulation Academy, RAMS, and the Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Interest Group. I have been a member of SAEM’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, Membership Committee, Ethics Committee, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Wellness Committee, Faculty Development Committee, and Workforce Committee.

SAEM has contributed tremendously to my professional development and being on the SAEM board has afforded me the opportunity to help promote the development of other academic emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students through SAEM. My goal as Secretary-Treasurer would be to continue to work with SAEM to make innovative changes and creative solutions that advance the mission and vision of the society. If elected to serve as the SAEM Secretary-Treasurer, I will continue to work with SAEM as it contributes to the evolution of emergency medicine’s expanding scope and supports the optimal, future workforce within academic emergency and acute care medicine. I will be instrumental in helping SAEM implement programs that increase resources for emergency medicine educators, increase resources to support emergency care research, increase the pathway for academic EM physicians, and build a culture of inclusion which will ultimately improve the delivery of emergency care for all patients. I will work to increase the number of SAEM grants to help support the development and retention of junior faculty, help to design programs to increase opportunities for medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty, and assist in the implementation of programs that promote personal and professional development and professional wellbeing. I am excited about the vision that SAEM has for academic medicine, and I would be honored to have the opportunity to continue to serve the organization that has been so influential in my professional growth.