Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote
Advancing Precision Emergency Medicine: Innovations in Translational Medicine and Population Health
Charles B. Cairns, MD
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs
Drexel University
The SAEM25 Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote, delivered by Charles B. Cairns, MD, the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg dean of the College of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs at Drexel University, will explore how biomedical innovation, population health management, and precision emergency medicine intersect to shape the future of emergency care. A leader in emergency medicine and critical care education, training, and research, Dr. Cairns will examine the historical impact of emergency medicine on patient outcomes, highlighting its critical role in treating time-sensitive, life-threatening conditions and advancing population health initiatives.
This presentation will discuss the forces driving population health management and define precision emergency medicine, including individualized patient phenotyping through systems biology and its relationship to population health outcomes. Attendees will gain insight into the challenges of integrating new discoveries, technologies, and care models into health care systems while considering how the genetic revolution and digital transformation can shape emergency medicine education, research, and clinical practice.
Honoring Dr. Rosen’s legacy, this keynote offers a forward-thinking perspective on how emergency medicine continues to evolve and drive innovation, education, and patient care.
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Charles B. Cairns, MDWalter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean; Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs
Drexel University
Charles B. Cairns, MD, is the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg dean of the College of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs at Drexel University. A leader in emergency medicine and critical care education, training, and research, he previously served as dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University and dean of the College of Medicine and assistant vice president for clinical research at the University of Arizona. He has also been chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina, associate chief of emergency medicine at Duke University, and director of emergency medicine research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the world’s largest academic research organization.
Dr. Cairns has served as director of the National Institutes of Health United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group and as principal investigator of the Department of Homeland Security National Collaborative for Biopreparedness. He has led COVID-19 research and innovation efforts to understand the acute and longitudinal immune response to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, including as clinical lead for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Immunophenotyping (IMPACC) study, a member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convalescent plasma study, and principal investigator of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project on predicting COVID-19 community infection and recovery.
An honors graduate of Dartmouth College, Dr. Cairns earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina and completed his residency in emergency medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular research at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Peter Rosen, a founding father of emergency medicine, passed away in 2019 and is widely recognized for his many contributions to academic emergency medicine. The Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote Address is intended to memorialize Dr. Rosen’s life and legacy and gratitude for helping craft the emergency medicine specialty into what it is today.
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