Do No Harm, Do Know Harm: Ethical Implications of the Tactical Physician (Ethics Committee Sponsored)

Aaron Kuzel, D.O., MBA

Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY-II University of Louisville School of Medicine

Aaron R. Kuzel, D.O., MBA is an Emergency Medicine Resident at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is currently serving as a Member-at-Large on the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s (SAEM) Resident and Medical Student’s (RAMS) Board. Dr. Kuzel is a former Forensic Scientist for the United States Department of Justice and currently works on projects related to medical education, rural emergency medicine, health policy, ems, tactical emergency medicine, and forensics. Dr. Kuzel is a graduate of the DO/MBA program at Lincoln Memorial University College of Osteopathic Medicine where he received induction into Sigma Sigma Phi (SSP), the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), and Omega Beta Iota (OBI) the Osteopathic Health Policy Honor Society. Dr. Kuzel is also a recipient of the commission of Kentucky Colonel and a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

Matthew Ryan

Member-at-Large

University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine

I received my PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Florida and thereafter completed fellowships at the Technical University of Berlin and at York University in Toronto. I served as Associate Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University North where I taught both general chemistry and advanced chemistry courses in addition to conducting basic research before embarking on a career of medicine. I earned my MD from Indiana University and completed my residency in Emergency Medicine at ORMC in Orlando, Florida. I joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida in 2008 soon thereafter I became our EM Clerkship Director and a member of CDEM. Currently I serve as Vice Chair of Education. In addition to Clerkship Director, I also served as Director of the 4th Year Program and on numerous UF COM committees including the Curriculum Committee and Academic Assessment Committee. I currently serve on the University of Florida (UF) Curriculum Committee, the UF Academic Assessment Committee and the UF General Education Committee which oversee the educational mission for the entire university. I have served and continue to serve on numerous SAEM committees including the Program Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Membership Committee, and the Awards Committee. I have also served on the CDEM Academic Assessment Committee and the Awards Committee. I have presented numerous times at SAEM and CORD regarding SLOE writing and other educational topics including Feedback and Clerkship Initiatives such as wilderness medicine. I believe CDEM provides a clear and unified voice for our specialty which is vital to continuing to attract the best and most dedicated learners to emergency medicine. In this regard, making strides to engage both preclinical and clinical students is vital. I would like to help create a road map for early engagement of students and early learners, to bridge any existing gaps between UME and GME and continue to illuminate what makes our specialty important within medicine.

John Slish, MD, EMT-T, TCCC-I, ILO

Jolion McGreevy