Unlocking Inclusivity: Proven Strategies for Diverse and Equitable Recruitment (ADIEM and Education Committee Sponsored)

Joshua Davis, MD, is an emergency physician in Wichita, KS, who teaches as a faculty member instructor at the Simulation Center University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita and a Course Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is the Assistant Medical Director for Ultrasound, Quality, and Research with Vituity in Wichita, KS. His research interests are broad and include emergency medicine clinical topics along with patient safety, interprofessional communication, handoff communication, procedural competency, and medical education. He has published over 75 peer reviewed articles, given multiple national presentations, and written several book chapters. He is involved in developing several national guidelines and curricula.

Dr. Druck is an emergency physician who focuses on treatment of emergent conditions at University Hospital. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the University and educates resident physicians and medical students.

His interests include mentorship, wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), medical education, and the intersection of education and clinical care. He has been involved in medical education at the undergraduate level, graduate level, and CME level. From a DEI perspective, he has been involved in DEI efforts on an undergraduate, graduate, and national level.

Dr. Ashlea Winfield is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Director of the Cook County Health Simulation Center in Chicago, IL. Dr. Winfield earned her Master of Science in Public Health from the Tulane University School of Public Health and medical doctorate from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans. She then went on to complete her residency at Cook County Health where she served as a chief resident, earning her the highest leadership award granted by her department to a resident physician, the Robert Simon Leadership Award. She then completed her emergency simulation fellowship at Cook County Health.

Dr. Winfield has created multiple initiatives aimed at fostering a culture of safety and equitable treatment for all individuals within her program and institution. Dr. Winfield has lectured nationally and regionally on topics related to caring for gender expansive patients, trauma informed care, racism, implicit bias, and promoting equitable processes in residency recruitment. Dr. Winfield is a member of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Executive Committee and co-chair of the Resident and Trainee committee. Due to her ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts she was awarded the Cook County Health Physician of the Year in 2022-2023 and is a member of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) 2022-2023 40 under 40.
As the Associate Director of the Cook County Simulation Center, Dr. Winfield directs simulation-based education for emergency medicine residents with a focus on procedural competency and task trainer development as well as using simulation to teach topics in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Winfield also uses her expertise in medical simulation to inspire youth to pursue careers in STEM by partnering with local high schools. She is also a board member of local non-profit; the I Am Abel Foundation which helps youth in Chicago reach their dreams by allowing exposure to careers in healthcare and providing resources to achieve their educational goals.

Annahieta Kalantari, DO, MEd FACEP, FACOEP, is an associate professor, Vice Chair of Education, Medical Education Fellowship Director, and board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing in Hershey, PA. She is an internationally known speaker and author. She is also the recipient of multiple teaching and speaking awards. Her clinical talks focus on the area of infectious disease but she is most passionate about medical education and physician well-being. She hopes to help transform the culture of medicine from a grin-and-bear-it society to one that holds self-care, physician wellness, and community at the center of its values.

Dr. Oh is an Associate Professor at Emory University. Her academic interests include emergency ultrasound education and research, and faculty development. She is the former ACEP Academic Affairs Committee Chair, Course Director of ACEP Virtual Grand Rounds, and Associate Course Director of SAEM/AACEM's eLEAD faculty development program. She is a member of the SAEM Program Committee and SAEM Education Committee, and has been a faculty mentor for the ACEP Teaching Fellowship and SAEM AEUS Grantwriting Program. She is the PI of a DoD funded clinical trial related to contrast enhanced ultrasound in blunt abdominal trauma.

Dr. Joshua Ellis is a faculty physician in Emergency Medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He graduated from Howard University College of Medicine and completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic, where he was the recipient of the Golden Stethoscope Resident/Fellow Educator of the Year and also the Gold Humanism Award. He then went on to complete a Masters in public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and his education fellowship at Harvard Medical School and BIDMC.

He now serves as the Clerkship Director for the EM Clerkship at UAMS and also as the Chair of the LGBTQ+ subcommittee of ADIEM at SAEM. His other work has focused on improving diversity within higher medical education, and he has published twice in New England Journal of Medicine as well as being awarded the Harvard Medical School Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award. He currently also is the clinical director of Project Heal, a Hospital Based Violence Intervention Program aimed at decreasing recidivism in.