Samantha Chao, MD, HEC-C

Samantha is a PGY-4 in Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan and one of the current chief residents. She completed medical school at the University of Michigan in 2020 and earned her undergraduate degree at Carleton College with a double major in English and Chemistry. She is an active member of the ACEP Ethics Committee and one of the few residents to sit on the committee. Her current academic and research interests include applying clinical ethics in the emergency department, improving health care for patients who are incarcerated, palliative care, clinical ultrasound, and DEI efforts related to reducing the use of stigmatizing language.