Christina Matulis, MD

Vice President of Social Media & Communication Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center

Biography

My name is Christina Matulis and I am applying for the position of Vice President of Social Media and Communication. I completed my emergency medicine training at the Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital followed by a simulation fellowship at Yale University and the Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation. Currently, I am practicing as an emergency physician at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center where I am also involved in simulation for the residency program and have an interest in expanding interprofessional simulation at our community sites.

Previously, I served as the inaugural fellow on the SAEM Simulation Executive Committee for the 2022-2023 year. During this time, I established an early career physician subcommittee within the Simulation Academy to provide mentorship, support, and networking opportunities for medical students, residents, and early career physicians. Through collaboration with the SAEM committee at large, I helped increase membership and helped host several mentorship talks throughout the year with leaders in the simulation community. In the past year, I have stayed active in the SAEM simulation academy.

As an early career physician, the SAEM Simulation Academy has provided me with crucial mentorship and networking opportunities that have fostered career growth. I want to ensure that we continue to grow our presence within the emergency medicine community so that as many members can benefit from the Academy’s offerings as possible. If elected as the VP of social media and communication, I will continue to grow the presence of the SAEM Academy to increase our membership, with a particular emphasis on early career physicians who are shaping the future of simulation in emergency medicine. Early on in my position, I will assess areas of success as well as improvement for communication, so that we ensure we are reaching all eligible SAEM members who could benefit from membership to our Academy. I will also continue to increase awareness of our committee at national conferences so that we can create meaningful collaborations nationally, both virtually and in-person.