Rohit Mukherjee

My name is Rohit Mukherjee, and I am a fourth-year medical student and Dean's Scholar at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. I had been drawn to emergency medicine as an uninsured caregiver who often found the emergency department to be a safety net.

Initially, building on my training as an emergency medical technician, I had the opportunity to receive the U.S. Fulbright Research Fellowship with the Columbia University sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems program, assisting governmental partners in Ghana with establishing a decentralized emergency dispatch center to streamline referrals for maternal and newborn emergencies in the Northern and Oti regions, serving over 123,000 women.

Moreover, I have been fortunate to serve as a SAEM ED Administration & Clinical Operations and Research Committee Member, where I have aided with developing modules on augmented intelligence for a novel asynchronous curriculum for the American Board of Emergency Medicine, qualitatively examining barriers to conducting research in emergency medicine, and crafting instructional vidoes for a learning series to increase student engagement with emergency medicine research.

In each of these experiences, I joined dynamic teams that have collaborated to spearhead local, national, and global efforts to foster interest in emergency medicine, strengthening the growth of future leaders, and addressing embedded disparities in acute care settings. Through SAEM, I have leveraged an extensive mentorship network, educational workshops, and pathways to pursue an emergency medicine residency, to ultimately address the narrative of disadvantage that pervades my own community.

If elected to the RAMS Board, I aim to enhance the RAMS mentorship framework by developing a longitudinal mentorship pipeline that extends beyond medical students and residents, supporting undergraduate students. This initiative would garner earlier exposure to emergency medicine through a three-part process: (1) interactive workshops held at the SAEM Annual Meeting and virtually to identify mentee interests; (2) structured pairing with medical student and faculty mentors; and (3) developing a monitoring and evaluation plan to assess for engagement across various academic levels.

Through this effort, I look forward to the opportunity to serve the next generation of leaders in academic emergency medicine with the privilege of earning your vote!