Resilience Through Relationships - The Backbone of Emergency Medicine: Stop the Stigma EM Month

In this CORD Connects Virtual Presentation, explore the impact of loneliness on emergency physicians and the crucial role that personal connections play in fostering resilience. This webinar will examine how meaningful relationships and wellness strategies influence clinical practice, enhance personal well-being, and support mental health in the demanding field of emergency medicine.

Moderators/Panelists
  • Pamela Dyne, MD

    Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

    Dr. Pamela Dyne is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, a former president of CORD, program director and DIO, a certified life and health coach, a certified chief wellness officer, and director of coaching for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. With over 25 years of experience in GME, faculty development, and organized medicine leadership, her current position as Chief Physician Wellness Officer of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center allows her to integrate her leadership experience and knowledge of organizational and individual wellbeing with the human aspect of middle management that is required to create institutional change.


  • Shawn London, MD

    Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

    University of Connecticut

    Shawn London, MD, is an Associate Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut. His interests include difficult airway management, point of care ultrasound, emergency radiology, and medical informatics.
  • Christine R. Stehman, MD

    Director of Wellness Education

    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

    Christine Stehman, MD is a visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria where she serves as the Director of Wellness Education and Director of Faculty Development. She arrived in Peoria after following a circuitous route including two stops in Chicago separated by service in the US Navy including two combat deployments with the USMC, and fellowship training in Boston. Within the world of Emergency Medicine, outside of her clinical duties, she serves as a guest mentor for the ALiEM Faculty Incubator, a mentor for the CORD Mini-Fellowship in Wellness Leadership, as a member on a number of CORD and SAEM committees, and as a reviewer for a number of journals. In her non-emergency medicine life, she serves as a role model for what she teaches: taking time to travel, spend time with her friends, family and dogs, working out, and reading.


  • Brooke Heibel, MD

    Clinical Associate

    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

    Brooke Heibel, MD, is a Clinical Associate in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
  • Emily Stapleton, DO

    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

    Emily Stapleton, DO, is a Clinical Associate in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.

Event Information

October 11, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)

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