Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH

My name is Katrina Gipson and I am an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University where I serve as the inaugural Director of Advocacy. Recently, I was faculty at Emory University and the founding health policy fellowship director. Hailing from Ann Arbor, MI, I have a BS in biomedical engineering from Yale, an MPH in health management & policy from the University of Michigan, and an MD from Case Western Reserve University. I completed my intern year and emergency medicine residency training at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and a health policy fellowship at George Washington University.

I am immediate past-president of ADIEM and a member of AWAEM and AGEM. I served as co-chair of the education subcommittee of the former equity and inclusion committee, a member of the Consensus Conference planning committee, and I’ve had the pleasure of presenting didactics and publishing with many of you. SAEM cultivates a network of resilient leaders, researchers, and mentors who will usher us into this next phase of health care. SAEM equipped me with the clarity and humility to set the agenda for our specialty’s academic impact. I hope to influence that impact and represent our membership’s interests as a member of the SAEM Bylaws Committee.

Transformative leadership is measured by the growth of its team. I am running for the SAEM Bylaws Committee to ensure that we have the resources to pursue academic excellence for improved health care outcomes. I want to grow our research financing. I want to combat medical mis/disinformation perpetuated in the media with evidence-based medicine. I want our colleagues to feel safe when taking care of whoever presents to their emergency departments. The growth of our specialty reflects the health and growth of our most vulnerable patients, the most vulnerable members of our team.