MyERAS 2023-2024 Updates: Guidance for Applicants
This RAMS-sponsored webinar will provide an overview of the changes to the ERAS application for the upcoming 2024 residency application season. Our panel will review changes to the “Experiences” section, the addition of a “Geographic Preference” section, and updates to the “Program Signaling” component for emergency medicine. Additionally, they will give advice on how to best optimize your application as an applicant to emergency medicine.
Moderator: Mitchell Blenden, MD
Panelist: Alexis Pelletier-Bui MD & Elizabeth B. Werley, MD
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Mitchell Blenden, MD
Rams Board/Secretary-Treasurer
Yale University
Mitchell Blenden, MD, is the first-year Administration and Operations Fellow at Yale University. He completed his residency at Northwestern University in Chicago. During his residency, Dr. Blenden served as the Secretary/Treasurer for SAEM RAMS and contributed to multiple SAEM committees, including the Administration and Observation Committee, the Workforce Committee, and the Awards Committee. His academic interests include observation medicine, emergency department throughput, and patient satisfaction in the emergency department. -
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Residency Program Director, and Emergency Medicine Subspecialty Advisor
Cooper University Hospital/Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui is the Associate Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) where she also serves as the CMSRU EM subspecialty advisor. Dr. Pelletier-Bui is the Application Process Improvement Committee (APIC) liaison to the Council of Residency Directors in EM (CORD) Board of Directors, and is a prior APIC Chair.
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Residency Program Director & Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
PennState Health
Elizabeth Werley, MD, is core faculty and the former Program Director for the Emergency Medicine residency program at Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine. She served as the Application Process Improvement Committee Chair from 2023-2024 and has remained an active leader in the committee since her term.
