Tai Donovan

I am a fourth-year medical student at Windsor University School of Medicine with aspirations of becoming an Emergency Medicine Physician. I was born and raised in New York and received my Bachelor’s degree from Howard University in Washington, DC. I worked for five years as a Nationally Registered EMT for the New York City 911 system. I became a certified American Heart Association CPR and First Aid instructor and started my own successful training business. I am passionate about improving representation in medicine and combatting health disparities. My commitment to medicine and serving my community led me to create my own organization dedicated to providing resources, health education, and health screening to domestic violence and homeless shelters throughout New York City and presently expanding to Chicago. My experience includes creating and running the first free COVID-19 testing site for Loretto Hospital in Chicago at the height of the pandemic and working as an ACLS certified ER technician for the trauma level one hospital, The University of Chicago. Currently, I am the Board Secretary for MedCEEP, a non-profit organization that is a pipeline program for high school students that live in Chicago communities most affected by gun violence and health disparities. I am also the Vice Chair for AAEM’s Cabinet of Delegates, Head Liaison for SNMA's EM interest group, and am actively pursuing her master's degree in health care management. I am presently completing a year long Leadership Program through the organization SNMA. I am on SAEM's Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine Committee, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Committee, Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Committee, Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) Committee, and the Evidence-Based Healthcare and Implementation Committee. I would love to use my platform with RAMS to help create programming that would encourage and advance diversity and inclusion for members that can identify as underrepresented in medicine. There are many issues that are unique to physicians of color and I would love to create resources to help our members navigate those issues while providing them with the support they need.