Mia L. Karamatsu, MD

I am an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. I have been a faculty member at Stanford University since 2020. Previously, I was at Loma Linda University for 2 years and worked in the community for 10 years. I was at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) pediatric emergency department in Oakland and California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco. I graduated from John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. I completed my pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellowship at Loma Linda University.

Since joining SAEM 3 years ago, I have benefited from the support of its members, especially the women of SAEM AWAEM. I currently serve as the co-chair for the AWAEM Wellness Committee. I am also an active member of the SAEM Wellness Committee and SAEM Equity and Inclusion Committee. Within my institution, I serve as the Physician Wellness Champion for my department’s PEM physician group. I am an advocate for physician wellness and strongly believe in supporting and elevating the careers of female physicians. I would love this opportunity to work with other executive team members to continue the mission of AWAEM, which is to recruit, promote, and retain women in academic emergency medicine. If elected, I will continue the work of my predecessors in maintaining a balanced budget to support the mission of this academy. It would be an honor to serve this community. Thank you for this opportunity.