Jossie Antoinette Carreras Tartak, MD, MBA

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, I pursued my medical education at the University of Pennsylvania and my residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. I'm currently a faculty member at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Throughout my medical and residency training, I've advocated for the Latino/a/x community in the United States and pursued research projects aimed at both showcasing how marginalized communities experience worse health outcomes in the emergency department and addressing those disparities through education and novel technologies. I had the honor of receiving the "Outstanding Future Academician" award from this academy in 2021. I'm currently co-chair of the ADIEM Ops committee, where we are collaborating with national experts to develop an actionable tool that emergency departments can utilize to evaluate internal disparities in care. This work has made me realize how local regulations have made it incredibly to pursue health equity and DEI work in parts of this country.

If elected member-at-large, I would aim to leverage the voice and the financial resources of this academy to advocate for and support the members of our community--including students, trainees, and faculty--that are facing barriers to promote their work and access funding through traditional means amidst the current political climate. I also think it's important to foster discussions between members of all SAEM regions to develop strategies that enable all of us to continue the DEI and health equity work built over the past several decades during a time of regulatory uncertainty. Lastly, I think our academy could leverage its large membership to have subject experts featured on traditional media outlets speaking up on behalf of the communities being targeted in our country.

Thank you for your consideration!