Addie Burtle, MD

I am an emergency medicine resident at Washington University in St. Louis. I was a nontraditional medical student, having discovered my passion for medicine only after beginning a career in documentary filmmaking. It was a desire to share knowledge and be a force for social change that made documentary filmmaking meaningful for me, and it was these same values that ultimately pulled me to emergency medicine. Emergency medicine, now more than ever, serves as a symbol of medicine at its best. A voice for science in a time of pandemic. Embracing the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge. Serving as a force for equity. Caring and advocating for the most vulnerable in our society. As a resident member on the SAEM Board, I would work diligently to support these values and the mission of SAEM.