Cassandra Bradby, MD

Dr. Bradby is an assistant professor and residency program director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and ECU Health Medical Center.

A graduate the College of William & Mary where she studied biology, she earned her medical degree from Meharry Medical College. Dr. Bradby completed her emergency medicine residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Kings County Hospital, where she served as education chief resident in her final year.

Dr. Bradby’s research focuses on medical education, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, and the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was an active contributor to the 2022 Consensus Conference on Developing a Research Agenda for Addressing Racism in Emergency Medicine.

Since joining the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) in 2014, Dr. Bradby has taken on multiple leadership roles, particularly within the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM). She has served on the ADIEM executive board since 2019, holding positions as member-at-large, secretary-treasurer, president-elect, president, and immediate past president. She played a pivotal role in developing the Leadership, Engagement, and Academic Pathway Program (LEAP), which supports underrepresented-in-medicine students pursuing careers in academic emergency medicine. As an inaugural member of SAEM’s Equity & Inclusion Committee, she has contributed to strategic planning and the development of DEI curricula.