Claim Your Seat: Leverage Your Unique Talents Like Women Leaders in Emergency Medicine(AWAEM and ADIEM Sponsored)

Although there are growing numbers of women in medical school, women physicians remain underrepresented in leadership roles. Evidence suggests that gender bias among emergency physicians is present as early as during residency with one study demonstrating emergency medicine residents are negatively biased against women in positions of leadership. Bias adversely impacts other historically underrepresented and minoritized groups in medicine as well, leading to persistent disparities in leadership. Despite such persistent bias, women leaders have been able to leverage traits that may not be traditionally rewarded in white male-dominant work environments, such as empathy, vulnerability, and humility, to act as change masters.

We will highlight women leaders in emergency medicine who thrive by leveraging their unique talents as they spearhead innovation in clinical operations and quality improvement. Via panel discussion, these leaders will share their career paths, the “why” behind their accomplishments, and what unique talents their teams would be missing without them. Especially pertinent to emergency medicine, panelists will discuss how they effectively balance hospital and department interests to lead change management overall. Panelists and attendees will break into small groups moderated by didactic organizers to build community and recognize the value we each bring in an operational case-based challenge.

Attendees will commune with each other and work through challenges alongside women leaders, an underrepresented group in emergency medicine. In case-based practice, they will recognize and harness their own unique talents to practice leading as their authentic selves. They will utilize their inherent strengths rather than mimicking traditionally celebrated leadership traits. Session participants will walk away appreciating the strength in their existing multidimensional identities.

Anyone questioning their capacity to lead at any stage of their career should consider attending. We are also endorsed by ADIEM,AWAEM, and the ED Administration and Clinical Operations Committee for this presentation.

Presenters:

  • Meagan R. Hunt, MD
  • Kelly Bookman, MD
  • Laura E. Walker, MD, MBA
  • Tehreem Rehman, MD MPH MBA
  • Anna P. Fang, MD
  • Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP, FCCM, FAAEM, RDMS
  • Jean Scofi, MD, MBA
  • Lauren M. Nentwich, MD
  • Sarah K. Wendel, MD, MBA
Authors

  • Meagan R. Hunt, MD

    Wake Forest University School of Medicine

    Dr. Meagan Hunt is an assistant professor with the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and medical director for the adult emergency department at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She has served in that role since 2019 and prior to that she was assistant medical director beginning in 2017. During that time Dr. Hunt also was Physician Director of Acute Care APP services for her department from 2015-2024. In June 2022, she founded the ADIEM operations committee to support developing operational solutions to support healthcare equity. Meagan loves spending time with her family and dogs, traveling, and learning to ride horses when she is not at work. She is excited to support all emergency medicine providers in their pursuit of leadership as we all have something to contribute.

  • Kelly Bookman, MD

    University of Colorado School of Medicine/UCHealth

    I am Professor and Vice Chair for Operations for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM DEM), as well as Senior Medical Director for Informatics for the UCHealth hospital system. My responsibilities include overseeing and leading all aspects of emergency care delivery at the University of Colorado Hospital’s Emergency Department as well as the 3 community hospital EDs that CU SOM DEM faculty staffs. Additionally, I am the Senior Medical Director for the UCHealth Emergency Medicine Service Line where I guide the operations and quality of the ED’s throughout the 12 hospital UCHealth system. I have also served in multiple roles within UCHealth including Chief Medical Officer positions in 3 different hospitals within the system, regional Associate CMO across the large northern region of UCHealth, and interim CEO/President role at one of the community sites. Most recently, I served as the system UCHealth CMO of Revenue Cycle.

  • Laura E. Walker, MD, MBA

    Mayo Clinic

    Dr. Walker has served as ED director, quality chair and regional hospital practice chair and is currently the Vice Chair of Digital Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She has an academic focus on health systems improvement and care delivery and is actively engaged in exploring, implementing and understanding the effects of virtual care, AI and maching learning into the clinical space. She believes women belong at all leadership tables and is a passionate about supporting their equitable advancement.

  • Tehreem Rehman, MD, MPH, MBA

    Mount Sinai Hospital

    As an Assistant Professor and Assistant Medical Director at The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, I am passionate about improving the quality, efficiency, and equity of healthcare delivery. I have over ten years of clinical experience with dual degrees in public health and business administration, and certifications from Epic Physician Builder and the American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

    My core competencies include clinical operations, social drivers of health, quality improvement, transitions of care, informatics, and reimbursement policy. I have contributed to several Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Expert Panels on national quality measures for emergency medicine and am a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians Reimbursement Committee and Health Innovation Technology Committee. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, and the Journal of the National Medical Association.

  • Anna P. Fang, MD

    Boston Medical Center

    Anna Fang, MD is a PGY-3 resident physician at Boston Medical Center. She graduated from Yale University in 2014 and received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2021. Her academic work focuses on development of emergency care systems and strengthening emergency care delivery in resource-limited settings globally. Drawing on her expertise in data analytics, her research interests also include data optimization for quality improvement processes and development of monitoring and evaluation systems. She has conducted research in Haiti and Sierra Leone on these topics.

  • Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP, FCCM, FAAEM, RDMS

    University of Alabama Birmingham

    Dr. Elie is an Endowed Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Elie is triple board-certified in emergency medicine, critical care and hospice and palliative care medicine.
  • Scofi S., Jean

    Jean Scofi, MD, MBA

    Northwell Health

    Dr. Scofi is the Chief Medical Information Officer for the Emergency Medicine Service Line and the Director of Medical Informatics for Enterprise Digital Services at Northwell Health. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and her fellowship in healthcare administration at Yale New Haven Hospital with an Executive MBA from the Yale School of Management.

  • Lauren M. Nentwich, MD

    Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

    Dr. Lauren Nentwich is Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Nentwich earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center followed by an NIH research fellowship in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Nentwich’s professional interests are in optimizing ED and hospital flow and capacity and developing processes to support emergency physicians and ED staff in the care of their patients.

  • Sarah K. Wendel, MD, MBA

    University of Virginia

    Dr. Wendel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. She currently serves as the Medical Director in the UVA Emergency Department and Director of Quality for the Department of Emergency Medicine.

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