Sonya Naganathan, MD, MPH

My name is Sonya Naganathan, and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. I received my MD from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Toledo, OH, and completed my emergency medicine residency at Washington University in St. Louis. I graduated from the Global Emergency Medicine fellowship at Brown University and its School of Public Health with my MPH in 2021. I joined the faculty at UTSW in October 2021. Over the last few years, I have been involved in various aspects of global health including research in resource-limited settings, large-scale development and delivery of COVID-19 response curricula, and domestic preparedness efforts. More recently, I have been working with colleagues in India and Nepal in the development of novel applications to bolster healthcare system resilience with regard to pediatric respiratory illnesses secondary to air pollution.

Thank you for your nomination for Member-at-Large. SAEM is a wonderful organization that truly encompasses what we do as academic emergency physicians. GEMA’s role in advocating and furthering the role of global healthcare delivery is an important part. It is equally important that we maintain our membership base and double our efforts for global engagement to carry out the mission of this Academy. In the last two years, I have held two different GEMA Executive Committee positions and feel that my experience in these roles will help support GEMA's mission over the next year. Thank you for your consideration.