Elizabeth S. Temin, MD, MPH

I am an Emergency Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). I completed my Emergency Medicine Residency at Boston Medical Center in 2004. I then went on to complete a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at Boston EMS in 2006, during which I obtained my MPH from Boston University School of Public Health. I joined the faculty at MGH in July 2006 where I provide clinical care, supervise trainees including residents, medical students and advanced practice providers (APPs), conduct research, and provide administrative leadership for my department as the first Division Chief for Advanced Practice Provider Affair.

I have been the medical director for APPs in the MGH Emergency Department (ED) since 2009. I currently supervise over 70 APPs including hiring, training, direct observation, chart review, didactic and simulation teaching, bedside teaching and ongoing quality assessment. I have created multiple educational opportunities for our APPs including simulation, didactic and ultrasound teaching at each stage of their careers, including onboarding, work in the Acute area of the ED, the pediatric area of the ED, and the ED observation unit, as well as continuing education with monthly simulation sessions and procedural training. I have published on this work, including papers on best practices, educational and integrational initiatives, In 2016 I started the interest group at SAEM for Medical Directors of Advanced Practice Providers, since combined with the SAEM Operations interest group, and sat on the SAEM APP task force which published a national survey of all academic ED chairs and program directors on their views and use of APPs in 2021. In 2021 I became chief of the first national Division of APP Affairs in an academic ED. In this role I lead our staff in research, national leadership positions, educational initiatives and clinical care. Many of the APPs I have trained have gone on to start and lead clinical programs in other EDs, to sit on national organization boards, and teach in national and international ultrasound programs and to publish in national journals.
In other areas of interest I spent 10 years as the assistant director for Quality and Safety in our department, spearheading initiatives on patient and staff safety, leading simulation session on implicit bias, and taking the lead to write a code of conduct for patients and visitors. I also co-lead the MGH ED women's group and have initiated a salary and leadership role review by gender of our department.
During my years at MGH I have strived for excellence in my clinical care, research, teaching and department administration to contribute to the intellectual pursuits of the MGH.