Meagan R. Hunt, MD

Dr. Meagan Hunt is an assistant professor in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine where she has served as the adult ED medical director, assistant medical director, and physician director of APP services. She completed her undergraduate and medical training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC School of Medicine, respectively. Following residency training at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Hunt practiced in both academic and community settings in six different sites associated with Wake Forest Emergency Physicians and continues this work at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Her passions include providing equitable care for all patients, compassionate and consistent high-quality care for mental health and substance use disorders in the ED, and experiences and programs promoting connection, support, and authenticity among medical providers. As an operational leader, Dr. Hunt navigated challenges including the COVID pandemic, phased opening of a new academic ED, integration of a labor and delivery department, and integration of a new EMR and a new health system. She has served on several SAEM committees and, after joining ADIEM, founded and chaired the ADIEM operations committee since 2022. As development officer for ADIEM, she aims to increase membership and grow community for members to support their commitment to providing equitable care for all patients in one of the most challenging environments in medicine. She will continue developing ADIEM as a safe space providing connection to EM academicians at all levels to support new and existing collaborations aimed to celebrate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our field in addition to equitable care for all. She hopes to implement regular offerings for members to share their experiences in this work, build partnerships, and care for themselves and each other.