Cassandra Bradby, MD

Cassandra Bradby, MD, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and residency program director at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and ECU Health Medical Center.

Dr. Bradby earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the College of William & Mary and her medical degree from Meharry Medical College. She completed her emergency medicine residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Kings County Hospital, where she served as education chief resident.

Her work focuses on medical education, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She contributed to the 2022 Consensus Conference on Developing a Research Agenda for Addressing Racism in Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Bradby is an active leader in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), with service in the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM). She served as president and on the executive board. She contributed to the development of the Leadership, Engagement, and Academic Pathway Program and to SAEM equity and inclusion initiatives.