Martin A. Reznek, MD, MBA
UMass Chan Medical School
Biography
I am professor, executive vice chair for clinical operations and education, and director of the Richard V Aghababian Leadership and Administrative Fellowship in the department of emergency medicine at UMass Chan Medical School.
SAEM serves a crucial function in that it is only organization in this country with a primary focus on the advancement of education and research in emergency medicine. The collective power of our talented membership and our shared mission are more critical today than ever, as the strains of modern health care economics threaten the academic mission. SAEM was instrumental in developing my early academic career by serving as a platform for the growth and development of simulation in emergency medicine (EM). Without SAEM, medical simulation would never have advanced as it has. I have been indebted to the organization since I was a resident for supporting simulation in general as well as my personal scholarly and educational activities. It has been an honor to serve continuously in SAEM committee leadership roles for well over a decade, and I would welcome the opportunity to continue to give back to SAEM by serving on the SAEM Board of Directors.
In the current economic and workforce environment of health care, clear demonstration to outside entities of the value of academic pursuits in our specialty is of critical importance, and SAEM must play a central role in this. Beyond my academic work, professional growth in the areas of administration and leadership has been a priority for me throughout my career. Through diverse leadership roles including executive vice chair of clinical operations and education, founding fellowship director, vice president for quality and safety, chief operating officer, SAEM Finance Committee Chair, and SAEM Membership Committee Chair, as well as through my MBA training, I feel that I have an excellent understanding of how to demonstrate the value of EM education and research to our partners in hospital leadership, industry, other specialty organizations, and federal agencies. SAEM further fostering relationships with these partners nationally will be crucial to the advancement of academic EM and the practice of EM in general, as will SAEM further developing tools for our members to better develop these relationships locally.
If entrusted with an SAEM Board position, I would offer wisdom and experience gained from leadership and mentorship roles that have crossed all five aspects of the mission of academic EM: education, research, clinical care, health equity and diversity/inclusion. I have extensive backgrounds in curriculum design and evaluation, quality/operations research, and departmental, hospital, and SAEM programmatic development including health equity and diversity/inclusion programs. Supporting all five components of the academic mission is crucial to ensure that academic EM thrives for the benefit of all our patients, all SAEM members, and our specialty in general.
SAEM serves a crucial function in that it is only organization in this country with a primary focus on the advancement of education and research in emergency medicine. The collective power of our talented membership and our shared mission are more critical today than ever, as the strains of modern health care economics threaten the academic mission. SAEM was instrumental in developing my early academic career by serving as a platform for the growth and development of simulation in emergency medicine (EM). Without SAEM, medical simulation would never have advanced as it has. I have been indebted to the organization since I was a resident for supporting simulation in general as well as my personal scholarly and educational activities. It has been an honor to serve continuously in SAEM committee leadership roles for well over a decade, and I would welcome the opportunity to continue to give back to SAEM by serving on the SAEM Board of Directors.
In the current economic and workforce environment of health care, clear demonstration to outside entities of the value of academic pursuits in our specialty is of critical importance, and SAEM must play a central role in this. Beyond my academic work, professional growth in the areas of administration and leadership has been a priority for me throughout my career. Through diverse leadership roles including executive vice chair of clinical operations and education, founding fellowship director, vice president for quality and safety, chief operating officer, SAEM Finance Committee Chair, and SAEM Membership Committee Chair, as well as through my MBA training, I feel that I have an excellent understanding of how to demonstrate the value of EM education and research to our partners in hospital leadership, industry, other specialty organizations, and federal agencies. SAEM further fostering relationships with these partners nationally will be crucial to the advancement of academic EM and the practice of EM in general, as will SAEM further developing tools for our members to better develop these relationships locally.
If entrusted with an SAEM Board position, I would offer wisdom and experience gained from leadership and mentorship roles that have crossed all five aspects of the mission of academic EM: education, research, clinical care, health equity and diversity/inclusion. I have extensive backgrounds in curriculum design and evaluation, quality/operations research, and departmental, hospital, and SAEM programmatic development including health equity and diversity/inclusion programs. Supporting all five components of the academic mission is crucial to ensure that academic EM thrives for the benefit of all our patients, all SAEM members, and our specialty in general.
