What to Expect When You're Expecting Unionization

In recent years, the landscape of graduate medical education has witnessed a growing trend in house staff unionization. This phenomenon has posed unique challenges and opportunities for program directors across the country. To shed light on this topic, we will present our experiences and lessons learned as program directors in recently unionized programs. This peer-led discussion aims to help program leaders understand the logistics of house staff unionization, its impact on program dynamics, and strategies to foster positive relationships within this evolving landscape. Join us for an engaging and informative session that will empower program leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complex terrain of house staff unionization while ensuring the well-being and professional growth of their trainees.

Presenters:

  • Sara M. Krzyzaniak, MD
  • Daniel J. Egan, MD
  • Fiona Gallahue, MD
Authors

  • Sara M. Krzyzaniak, MD

    Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Clinical Associate Professor

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

    Sara Krzyzaniak MD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University where she serves as an Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine as well as the Residency Program Director. She completed medical school at Northwestern University followed by residency training at Denver Health Residency in EM. She has had several leadership roles in medical education for the past decade. Dr. Krzyzaniak is passionate about medical education and enjoys mentoring and working with medical students and residents. Her research interests are in strategies to address the remediation of struggling learners and issues related to gender and race representation in medicine and has authored several peer-reviewed articles on these topics. She is a peer reviewer for several journals and is a guest consulting editor for WestJEM's CORD/CDEM issue. She has lectured nationally on both clinical and education topics.

  • Daniel J. Egan, MD

    Mass General Brigham

    Daniel Egan is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is currently the program director of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Mass General Brigham and Vice Chair of Education for MGB Emergency Medicine.

  • Fiona Gallahue, MD

    University of Washington

    Dr. Fiona Gallahue is the former president of the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD-EM). Dr. Gallahue established the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Washington (UW) in 2011. She led the program from 2011 through 2023 and is now the program director emeritus of the emergency medicine residency at the UW. She is a professor at the UW in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She was awarded the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2020 and the Parker J. Palmer Program Director Award from CORD-EM in 2023.

    Dr. Gallahue is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She completed her residency and chief residency in emergency medicine at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center in 2001.

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