Ryan Pedigo, MD, MHPE

 I am honored to be considered for the SAEM Nominating Committee. SAEM has been transformative for myself and countless others, and I hope to give back to the organization in this role. I have been chair of the Awards Committee for SAEM for the past three years. During that time, we enhanced diversity of individuals and institutions applying to awards and improved the consistency of award scoring by implementing standardized letters of recommendation. This also reduced the barrier to applications because we had increased transparency in what data we wanted. We also made new awards, optimized existing awards, and successfully increased funding for the resident and medical student awards to allow for SAEM attendance without financial strain. I am now on the SAEM AI task force and am working to enhance our processes using large language models. I also serve as the chair of the SAEM CDEM Awards committee, a role I have held since 2022.

My background is in medical education and leadership. I completed the two-year UCLA Medical Education Fellowship program, received a Master of Health Professions Education from the University of Michigan, and recently completed a two-year leadership development program with the California Health Care Foundation. I have served Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as clerkship director, associate residency program director, and currently as residency program director. In addition, I am a co-chair for the UCLA Health System’s ACGME Faculty Development Hub and help direct faculty development for the health system. Lastly, I am a decision editor for Academic Emergency Medicine: Education and Training. I believe I have the experience and intentional skillset development to serve the SAEM community. Thank you for considering my candidacy and I hope to be able to continue to play a part in advancing the mission of this important organization.